Single-player games like SEC//SIM — Security Engineer Simulation
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to SEC//SIM — Security Engineer Simulation, 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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HackMeNow
Single-player alternative to SEC//SIM — Security Engineer Simulation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with SEC//SIM — Security Engineer Simulation.
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.
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Cyber Academy
Single-player alternative to SEC//SIM — Security Engineer Simulation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with SEC//SIM — Security Engineer Simulation.
Master cybersecurity by doing inside a living virtual OS. Complete hands on modules, then enter a safe fictional Dark Net where virtual operators infiltrate rivals, defend their own systems, hunt traces and compete for reputation. More modules are coming.
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SYSCALL: RING ZERO
Single-player alternative to SEC//SIM — Security Engineer Simulation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with SEC//SIM — Security Engineer Simulation.
Reverse-engineer a private 1990s BBS. Read disassembly, patch broken checks, optimize a nine-core rack, and write assembly firmware that locks onto live scope traces. With 200+ puzzles, full controller support and offline play, you can refine your assembly skills on all your devices!
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Web Host Simulator
Single-player alternative to SEC//SIM — Security Engineer Simulation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with SEC//SIM — Security Engineer Simulation.
In Web Host Simulator, you'll start your web hosting company in your small apartment, aiming to become the world's leading provider. But to do so, you must win clients, outperform competitors, and deal with cyber threats, disruptions, and challenges from an ISP!
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Ghostpunk
Single-player alternative to SEC//SIM — Security Engineer Simulation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with SEC//SIM — Security Engineer Simulation.
Investigate paranormal cases using a 1990s CRT terminal. Analyze photos. Decode audio. Interrogate suspects and decide what’s real, what’s fake and who’s lying. But the deeper you go, the more the system starts watching you back.
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NeonSync
Single-player alternative to SEC//SIM — Security Engineer Simulation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with SEC//SIM — Security Engineer Simulation.
Explore cyberspace, destroy malware in tactical turn-based combat, and cover your tracks before the system finds you.
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PhD Simulator
Single-player alternative to SEC//SIM — Security Engineer Simulation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with SEC//SIM — Security Engineer Simulation.
PhD Simulator is a text-based strategy and life simulation game about doctoral study. Spend limited energy on research, papers, journal choices, and your advisor while managing stress, health, and unexpected events. Finish your dissertation and face the final review. How wold you manage your PhD?
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Tracked
Single-player alternative to SEC//SIM — Security Engineer Simulation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with SEC//SIM — Security Engineer Simulation.
Tracked is a strategic hacker-heist game played through a fictional operating system. Analyze contracts, route through digital relays, and run tools on your own rig. Manage resources and an active Trace—and disappear before the trail leads back to you.
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Abyssal Breeder's Journal
Single-player alternative to SEC//SIM — Security Engineer Simulation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with SEC//SIM — Security Engineer Simulation.
A dark, text-and-pixel monster-breeding sim. Hatch abominations, train them with a TRPG card hand, and send them off to the surface for good. Stats and Traits inherit down two separate bloodlines, so every generation is a deliberate choice, not a reroll.
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NO KING IN HELL
Single-player alternative to SEC//SIM — Security Engineer Simulation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with SEC//SIM — Security Engineer Simulation.
A turn-based strategy RPG with elevation-based maps and monster raising. Weaken and seize enemies to control them that same turn. Assign classes, raise, evolve, and fuse monsters to build squads. Manage invasion and defense forces as rival factions compete for control of the continent.
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Devour & Evolve
Single-player alternative to SEC//SIM — Security Engineer Simulation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with SEC//SIM — Security Engineer Simulation.
You are born at the bottom of the food chain, in a first-person maze that grows more dangerous the deeper it runs. Weaken your prey, then choose: devour it, or bind it and carry it home. What you carry home lives in your nest, pairs, and lays — and the egg it lays is the body you wake up in next.