Single-player games like Ghost in the SQL Data
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Ghost in the SQL Data, 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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import robots
Single-player alternative to Ghost in the SQL Data — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Ghost in the SQL Data.
Program robots in Python to collect the resources scattered across each planet. You never control them directly. You write the code, hit run, and watch it work. No programming experience needed, just learn as you play.
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ʘmʘchim
Single-player alternative to Ghost in the SQL Data — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Ghost in the SQL Data.
Build machines, contraptions and playgrounds out of everyday objects in a physics sandbox driven by visual programming. Overcome obstacles, save the city, create worlds. Every goal has a dozen answers. Every crash, collapse and explosion is just the next idea.
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Space Detective 14
Single-player alternative to Ghost in the SQL Data — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Space Detective 14 is a visual novel set in the Space Station 14 universe. Giovanni Mariotti is a hardboiled detective investigating on a serial-killer. Popular Space Station 14’s player characters make an appearance as either friend or foe of the protagonist: Nilk the Narf, Sister Niima, Smudge.
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RouteScript
Single-player alternative to Ghost in the SQL Data — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Ghost in the SQL Data.
You write the courier's program. This city has no GPS, and no "go to" command. Find the roads yourself, draw the map by driving, build the dispatcher yourself. Real JavaScript. If the food arrives, it means your code was right.
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Black File
Single-player alternative to Ghost in the SQL Data — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Ghost in the SQL Data.
Istanbul, after midnight. Black File is a noir detective game: investigate crime scenes, examine evidence in 3D — rotate it, zoom in, read the back — then use what you find to break a suspect's story.
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Netshell
Single-player alternative to Ghost in the SQL Data — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Ghost in the SQL Data.
A 90s-themed hacking simulation with real shell commands and authentic techniques, set inside a UNIX-style operating system from 1997 with accurately recreated applications. Scan ports, exploit vulnerabilities, evade traces, join the underground, and live the Wild West era of the early internet.
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Hacknet
Single-player alternative to Ghost in the SQL Data — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Ghost in the SQL Data.
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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Copy Editor: A RegEx Puzzle
Single-player alternative to Ghost in the SQL Data — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Ghost in the SQL Data.
Copy Editor is an intricate puzzle game that teaches you Regular Expressions (RegEx), commonly used in computer science and language theory. Build complex rules that process and revise famous texts for your wacky and demanding publisher!
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Tenders Fight
Single-player alternative to Ghost in the SQL Data — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Join the FAST FPS Experience! FIGHT against evil forces of chickens and save earth!Use your FISTS and your SPECIAL ABILITIES to Defeat them all save find the origin of the invasion!
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Sheep Seeker
Single-player alternative to Ghost in the SQL Data — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Sheep Seeker is a fast-paced, 3D platformer where you race through dynamic levels to catch every sheep as fast as possible with a friend or solo. Unlock unique abilities to Run, Jump, Explode, and Warp to compete for the top spot on the global Sheep Seeker leaderboard!