Single-player games like hack_me
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to hack_me, 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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hack_me 2
Single-player alternative to hack_me — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with hack_me.
hack_me 2 is a story about hacker-beginner, who is going to confront to new World Order, where is no place for personal secrets.
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Hacknet
Single-player alternative to hack_me — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with hack_me.
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 Simulator
Single-player alternative to hack_me — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with hack_me.
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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HackHub - Ultimate Hacker Simulator
Single-player alternative to hack_me — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with hack_me.
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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Duskers
Single-player alternative to hack_me — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with hack_me.
Pilot drones into derelict spaceships to find the means to survive and piece together how the universe became a giant graveyard.
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Uplink
Single-player alternative to hack_me — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with hack_me.
Uplink lets you play as a freelance hacker tackling risky contracts for corporations. Break into systems, steal data, sabotage rivals, and upgrade your gear. Support factions or go rogue in this immersive, strategy-driven hacking simulation game where your choices shape the outcome.
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Grey Hack
Single-player alternative to hack_me — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with hack_me.
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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Midnight Protocol
Single-player alternative to hack_me — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with hack_me.
Midnight Protocol is a tactical narrative-driven RPG with unique keyboard-only controls. Hack into servers, beat security systems and discover encrypted secrets while you try to find answers to why and how you got doxxed.
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Mad Games Tycoon
Single-player alternative to hack_me — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with hack_me.
Form your own game studio set in the early 1980s in a small garage. Develop your own game ideas, create a team and develop megahit video games. Research new technologies, train your staff and upgrade your office space, going from a lowly garage to a huge building. Expand your business and dominate the world market for video games!
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TILE
Single-player alternative to hack_me — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with hack_me.
TILE is a minimalist puzzle game with relaxing soundtrack.
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Numberline 2
Single-player alternative to hack_me — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with hack_me.
NumberLine 2 is the continuation of the popular (no.) puzzle. You must repeat the indicated image from the numbers. But it isn't so easy - you can create only blocks with a "1", but when you create it, the numbers on all adjacent blocks are incremented by 1.
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ThinkAhead
Single-player alternative to hack_me — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with hack_me.
The concept of the game is to fill the board tiles using the knight chess piece. Levels start of simple, but become more complex leading up to the 10x10 board at the 60th level. Easy mode shows you the cells uoy can click on. It will help you to get uset to the gameplay.
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Bystander
Single-player alternative to hack_me — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with hack_me.
Bystander is an opportunity to become an agent for tracking the network during totalitarianism. Your task is to search among other people's correspondence on the network those that contradict the current laws, copies of which you will receive by fax.
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30 Seconds To Jail
Single-player alternative to hack_me — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with hack_me.
An indie game about cops, drugs and Bob Marley where you have 30 seconds to hide your drugs.
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Indie Dev Simulator
Single-player alternative to hack_me — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with hack_me.
In this game, you're playing as game developer and encounter typical problems like eating and sleeping. You need to correctly allocate your time for human needs, hobbies and work, to live another day as indie developer.
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Red Rush
Single-player alternative to hack_me — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with hack_me.
Take care of restoring the economy and the status of a superpower of a once great country in one of the most difficult times for Russia.