Single-player games like Netshell
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Netshell, ranked by player overlap. Every pick carries Steam's Single-player category, so multiplayer-only titles or always-online games don't sneak in. imho.run pulls the category data from Steam directly — Single-player here matches what the store labels.
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Ranked picks
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Blackdoor
Single-player alternative to Netshell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Netshell.
You're a hacker with a terminal and four terrible scripts. Rewrite them. Hack servers by writing actual code in a custom scripting language - probe ports, crack passwords, steal data, and get out before the trace completes. Better code = better hacker.
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Hacknet
Single-player alternative to Netshell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Netshell.
Hacknet is an immersive, terminal-based hacking simulator for PC. Dive down a rabbit hoIe as you follow the instructions of a recently deceased hacker, whose death may not have been the accident the media reports.
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Void Future: Hacking Protocol
Single-player alternative to Netshell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Netshell.
In Void Future: Hacking Protocol, you play as a hacker in a cyberpunk world ruled by corporations. Hack, solve puzzles, and uncover a global conspiracy. Hunted by a system that never sleeps, you’ll need to stay hidden, outsmart surveillance, and fight to survive.
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HackHub - Ultimate Hacker Simulator
Single-player alternative to Netshell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Netshell.
Unravel cyber secrets and foil mass surveillance as a skilled hacker in Hackhub. Challenge authority, rewrite the rules, and emerge as the ultimate digital rebel.
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Hacker Simulator
Single-player alternative to Netshell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Netshell.
Become a hacker and build your online reputation to the top. Complete contracts, buy new programs, upgrade your computer, crack wifi networks and infiltrate peoples or companies online systems.
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Anonymous Hacker Simulator
Single-player alternative to Netshell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Netshell.
Step into the shoes of a skilled Anonymous hacker and embark on a mission to unveil the truth hidden behind a sinister organization's plans to monitor civilian data and enforce mass surveillance.
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Vaudeville
Single-player alternative to Netshell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Netshell.
Vaudeville is an experimental whodunit game based on the latest AI technologies to generate dialogues in real time. This tale of murder, suspense and absurdity unfolds as you play, and you are the protagonist.
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Grey Hack
Single-player alternative to Netshell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Netshell.
Grey Hack is a massively multiplayer hacking simulator game. You're a hacker with full freedom to act as you wish on a vast network of procedurally generated computers.