Single-player games like TNOC
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to TNOC, 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
- 1
Monitor State
Single-player alternative to TNOC — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with TNOC.
You are an operator in a dystopia world, watch and punish citizens. Experience a deep narrative with moral dilemmas. Obey, resist or find another path.
- 2
HackMeNow
Single-player alternative to TNOC — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with TNOC.
A terminal-style hacking puzzle game where every command matters. Investigate logs, decode secrets, avoid traps, and uncover the rogue system watching from behind the screen.
- 3
NULL TRACE
Single-player alternative to TNOC — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with TNOC.
Hack into digital systems, uncover hidden secrets, and reveal the truth behind a mysterious experiment in this atmospheric sci-fi terminal hacking simulator.
- 4
Silicon Dreams | cyberpunk interrogation
Single-player alternative to TNOC — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with TNOC.
It’s 2065, and you are an interrogator-model android tasked with rooting out deviants among your own kind. You must probe for lies, monitor and exploit emotional spikes, earn the trust of your subjects, and make the final call: release, or destroy?
- 5
Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector
Single-player alternative to TNOC — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with TNOC.
A dice-driven RPG, in a human and heartfelt sci-fi world. You are an escaped android, with a malfunctioning body, a price on your head and no memory of your past. Get a ship, find a crew, and take on contracts while you navigate across the Starward Belt.
- 6
Citizen Sleeper
Single-player alternative to TNOC — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with TNOC.
Roleplaying in the ruins of interplanetary capitalism. Live the life of an escaped worker, washed-up on a lawless station at the edge of an interstellar society. Inspired by the flexibility and freedom of TTRPGs, explore the station, choose your friends, escape your past and change your future.
- 7
BROK the InvestiGator
Single-player alternative to TNOC — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with TNOC.
An innovative adventure mixed with beat 'em up and RPG elements. In a grim world where animals have replaced mankind, what kind of detective will you be?
- 8
Staffer Reborn
Single-player alternative to TNOC — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with TNOC.
Staffer Reborn is a game of supernatural abilities and logical deduction set in 1960s America. It tells the story of a man trapped in a cycle of death and resurrection caused by his supernatural ability and the investigator who was recruited to help.