Games like Darknet
If Darknet is your kind of game, the closest matches are System Escape, Astraeus and beVaiR — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its cyberpunk atmosphere enhances immersion, atmospheric and challenging. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About Darknet: Darknet is a strategy/puzzle game in which you play as an elite hacker in the Net. Plug into cyberspace, using viruses, worms, and exploits to steal the data before your signal gets traced. Includes both VR and non-VR versions.
Players who liked Darknet also play
Steam players who put hours into Darknet also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
System Escape
WHY THIS
Top pick for Darknet fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Darknet.
Can you escape this difficult underground facility? Robots listen for your every move and cameras monitor sensitive areas. You'll find a utility device and laser gun, but being stealthy will be your best chance at staying alive! Made for VR, but supports non-VR play too.
Astraeus
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Darknet fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Darknet.
Astraeus is a VR asteroid mining RTS game that's quick to play, easy to learn, and enormous in scope. Build a mining network from dozens of bases, and watch as hundreds of ships swarm around you.
beVaiR
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Darknet fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Darknet.
beVaiR is a unique combination of story and immersive VR strategy game. Become a neurohacker and modify the living network through strategic actions: collect energy, convert it according to your demands and shoot it at the nodes. Help your faction dominate!
Dataminers
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Darknet fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Darknet.
Get inside the mind of an ethical hacker and race against the firewall as you collect data, hack terminals and bring enemies down from the inside. Dataminers is a casual logic game, where you climb and clear towers full of data mines.
Adapt or Perish
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Darknet.
Ranked #5 for Darknet fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Darknet.
This is more than just an odd looking strategy game, it is a strategy platform. Genetically engineer amorphic creatures & buildings, in real time, in an endlessly open world that adapts to your playstyle. Share, and even battle your designs. How much will they be worth?
Neon Cipher
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Darknet fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Darknet.
Neon Cipher is an action-packed puzzle-platformer designed for smooth and engaging gameplay. Across 50 levels, you'll use third- and first-person mechanics to solve intricate puzzles and battle enemies blocking your path.
Security Hole
WHY THIS
Shares time pressure and an atmospheric mood with Darknet.
Ranked #8 for Darknet fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Darknet.
Can you push through?! Security Hole is a challenging spatial puzzle with a cyberpunk story. You become a hacker who passes 3D virus blocks through security holes to save humanity. The game mechanics look like a workout tool for spatial thinking.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Darknet at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Darknet on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Darknet.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Darknet on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Darknet.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Darknet on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Darknet.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Sid Meier's Civilization® V
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Darknet on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Darknet.
Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Darknet on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Darknet.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Darknet on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Darknet.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Darknet on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Darknet.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Darknet on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Darknet.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Darknet.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Darknet.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Darknet.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
Travellin Cats in Paris
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Darknet.
Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!
Steam Engine Simulator
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Darknet.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Coloring Pixels
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Darknet.
A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.
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More from E McNeill
Other recommendable Steam games by E McNeill, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Ironlights
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Darknet.
Another title from E McNeill, the studio behind Darknet.
Ironlights is a VR dueling game with skillful, fluid melee combat. Parry, block, and strike down your opponents using a variety of physics-based weapons. Test your skills in multiplayer battles, or fight to the top of the league in the huge single-player campaign!
Auralux: Constellations
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with Darknet.
Another title from E McNeill, the studio behind Darknet. Shares Strategy and Indie with Darknet.
Auralux: Constellations is the awaited sequel to Auralux, the critically acclaimed minimalistic Real Time Strategy game. Explore a dozen new gameplay mechanics through each constellation, one new feature at a time. It's Real-Time Strategy, deconstructed.
Tactera
WHY THIS
Another title from E McNeill, the studio behind Darknet. Shares Strategy and Indie with Darknet.
Tactera is a Real-Time Strategy game played on a “virtual tabletop”. Comes with VR (Rift/Vive) and non-VR versions! Inside a futuristic war room, a 3D hologram shows two armies on the verge of battle. Build swarms of gunships, tanks, bombers, and other units to strategically outmaneuver the enemy!
Skylight
WHY THIS
Another title from E McNeill, the studio behind Darknet. Shares Strategy and Indie with Darknet.
Skylight is a turn-based tactics game of colossal space battles, with VR and non-VR versions. Command nimble squadrons of fighters, specialized frigates, and giant capital ships as you orchestrate your forces toward victory.
Astraeus
WHY THIS
Another title from E McNeill, the studio behind Darknet. Shares Strategy and Indie with Darknet.
Astraeus is a VR asteroid mining RTS game that's quick to play, easy to learn, and enormous in scope. Build a mining network from dozens of bases, and watch as hundreds of ships swarm around you.
IRONSTRIKE
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Darknet.
Another title from E McNeill, the studio behind Darknet.
IRONSTRIKE is a 4-player co-op roguelike featuring physics-based swordplay, gestural spellcasting, and archery. Wield a sword, bow & arrow, or magic, and customize your build as you fight to rescue the gods of a vibrant fantasy world.
Frequently asked about Darknet
- Does Darknet run on Steam Deck?
- Darknet is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Darknet cost?
- Darknet is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Darknet?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Darknet are System Escape, Astraeus, beVaiR.
- Who developed Darknet?
- Darknet was developed by E McNeill.
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