Single-player games like Root Cause
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Root Cause, 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 Root Cause — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Root Cause.
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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Hacker vs IT
Single-player alternative to Root Cause — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Root Cause.
A game to show how really a fight between a Hacker and a IT worker works and how hackers operate. Old MS-DOS game.
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CHAQS
Single-player alternative to Root Cause — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Root Cause.
CHAQS is an instructive CTF (Capture The Flag) game that performs the basic functions of an operating system. While it meets your expectations from an operating system to a certain extent with the applications it contains, CHAQS progresses in the direction of more challenges in terms of gameplay.
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Hacknet
Single-player alternative to Root Cause — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Root Cause.
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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Hacker The Dark Shadow
Single-player alternative to Root Cause — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Root Cause.
Become a young programmer diving into the dangerous world of cybercrime. When the elite hacking collective Dark Shadows challenges you with a series of ruthless trials, you must push your genius to the limit. Will you prove your worth or become another digital casualty?
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Network & Cyber Security Simulator
Single-player alternative to Root Cause — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Root Cause.
Tired of boring network diagrams? Network & Cyber Security Simulator takes networking and cybersecurity into an interactive first-person (FPS) simulation game! Learn by doing, configure realistic CLI terminals from scratch, solve technical puzzles, and become the digital architect!
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Grey Hack
Single-player alternative to Root Cause — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Root Cause.
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.
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Hacker Simulator
Single-player alternative to Root Cause — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Root Cause.
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.