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Games like Cyber Ops

If Cyber Ops is your kind of game, the closest matches are Cyber Ops Prologue, Counter Terrorist Agency and Beast Agenda 2030 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its permadeath adds real stakes, challenging and stressful. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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About Cyber Ops: Become a military hacker and help your black ops team reach their goal in this noir cyberpunk tactical game. Scan, hack, overtake, control and manage high tech devices, vehicles and even enemy cyborgs with cutting-edge implants.

2020ActionStrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDWindows · macOSby Octeto Studios
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Players who liked Cyber Ops also play

Steam players who put hours into Cyber Ops also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Cyber Ops Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Cyber Ops fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Cyber Ops.

    Become a military hacker and help your black ops team reach their goal in this noir cyberpunk tactical game. Scan, hack, overtake, control and manage high tech devices, vehicles and even enemy cyborgs with cutting-edge implants.

    2020ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Counter Terrorist Agency

    WHY THIS

    Shares a stressful mood with Cyber Ops.

    Second-strongest match for Cyber Ops fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Cyber Ops.

    Counter Terrorist Agency lets you fight international terrorism and prevent attacks all over the world. Use modern invigilation techniques, discover connections, interrogate suspects, eliminate threats and dismantle terrorist networks.

    2019ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Beast Agenda 2030

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Cyber Ops fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Cyber Ops.

    Inspired by Escape From New York, Shadowrun SNES and Genesis, Deus Ex and H.P. Lovecraft, Beast Agenda 2030 is a Stealth, Gadgets and Hacking focused Action RPG with optional permadeath that encourages you to use your brain to complete missions in procedurally generated city districts.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. There Came an Echo

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Cyber Ops fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Cyber Ops.

    There Came an Echo is a real-time strategy game in which the player assumes command of a small squadron, using an advanced voice recognition system to issue orders. It features a character-driven sci-fi narrative that stars Wil Wheaton, Ashly Burch, Laura Bailey, Yuri Lowenthal, and more!

    2015StrategyIndie14.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. LIBERATED

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Cyber Ops fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Cyber Ops.

    Lock, load, and get ready for a new kind of action adventure! Immerse yourself in a noir rain-soaked city inside a paperback comic. Uncover a cyberpunk conspiracy against human rights. THIS is the revolution.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Crypto: Against All Odds - Tower Defense

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Cyber Ops.

    Ranked #6 for Cyber Ops fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Cyber Ops.

    Crypto: Against all odds is a tower defense game, where you take the role of a cybersecurity expert to fight against hackers and other blockchain threats in this cypherpunk interactive fiction. Combined with squad customization, base/tower building, and simulation. Defend the blockchain!

    2021StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  7. Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive

    WHY THIS

    Shares a tense mood with Cyber Ops.

    Ranked #7 for Cyber Ops fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Cyber Ops.

    "Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive" is the first strategy game ever to combine a movie-based and story-driven atmosphere of an adventure game with the intellectual challenge of a real time tactic game.In this western-style title, discover a game of strategy and tactics played out in exceptional real time.

    2013ActionStrategy4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Gunpoint

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Cyber Ops fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Cyber Ops.

    Gunpoint is a stealth puzzle game that lets you rewire its levels to trick people. You play a freelance spy who takes jobs from his clients to break into high security buildings and steal sensitive data.

    2013ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Cyber Ops

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Not For Broadcast

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Cyber Ops cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with Cyber Ops.

    A new political Party has won a landslide in the General Election, and for some reason the editor at the news station you work at has done a runner. Now it’s up to you, the Janitor, to take over the editing booth in this tumultuous time - will you help the government, or stand in their way?

    2022IndieAdventureSimulation24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Uplink

    WHY THIS

    Shares a stressful mood with Cyber Ops.

    Reviewers of Cyber Ops cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Cyber Ops.

    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.

    2006StrategyIndie11.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN

    WHY THIS

    Shares a tense mood with Cyber Ops.

    Reviewers of Cyber Ops cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Cyber Ops.

    Ushering in a new era for the METAL GEAR franchise with cutting-edge technology powered by the Fox Engine, METAL GEAR SOLID V: The Phantom Pain, will provide players a first-rate gaming experience as they are offered tactical freedom to carry out open-world missions.

    2015ActionAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Doomsday × Ghost in the Shell

    WHY THIS

    Shares a stressful mood with Cyber Ops.

    Reviewers of Cyber Ops cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Cyber Ops.

    Fight the Posthuman crisis in the Ghost in the Shell collab!

    2023StrategyMassively MultiplayerRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Cavern Commandos

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Cyber Ops cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Cyber Ops.

    Inspired by classic platformers like Rick Dangerous, Cavern Commandos offers a challenging gaming experience with numerous weapons, hundreds of foes, and dozens of labyrinthine caverns.

    2021ActionIndie1.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. METAL GEAR & METAL GEAR 2: Solid Snake

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Cyber Ops cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Cyber Ops.

    The first and second title in the METAL GEAR series that established the stealth action genre, as well as the basic mechanics of the series.

    2023Action19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Frozen Synapse

    WHY THIS

    Shares a tense mood with Cyber Ops.

    Reviewers of Cyber Ops cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Cyber Ops.

    Brings the simultaneous turn-based strategy genre up-to-date and lets you give detailed, accurate orders to your squad.

    2011StrategyIndie24.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Cyber Ops at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Cyber Ops on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Cyber Ops.

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Cyber Ops on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Cyber Ops.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. R.E.P.O.

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~53% under Cyber Ops on Steam right now. Shares Action with Cyber Ops.

    An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.

    2025ActionEarly Access6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Cyber Ops on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Cyber Ops.

    PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Cyber Ops on Steam right now. Shares Action with Cyber Ops.

    Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Sid Meier's Civilization® V

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Cyber Ops on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Cyber Ops.

    Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!

    2010Strategy7.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Cyber Ops on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Cyber Ops.

    We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Cyber Ops on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Cyber Ops.

    Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Cyber Ops.

    The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Cyber Ops.

    Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Cyber Ops.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Cyber Ops.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Cyber Ops.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Cyber Ops.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Cyber Ops.

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Cyber Ops.

    NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!

    2019IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Octeto Studios

Other recommendable Steam games by Octeto Studios, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Cyber Ops Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Octeto Studios, the studio behind Cyber Ops. Shares Action and Strategy with Cyber Ops.

    Become a military hacker and help your black ops team reach their goal in this noir cyberpunk tactical game. Scan, hack, overtake, control and manage high tech devices, vehicles and even enemy cyborgs with cutting-edge implants.

    2020ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Sky Oceans: Wings for Hire

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Octeto Studios, the studio behind Cyber Ops.

    Sky Oceans: Wings For Hire is a homage to JRPG classics! Set in the open skies, experience adrenaline-filled turn-based dogfights as you take the role of captain and unite a party of rag-tag sky pirates setting upon an unforgettable, touching journey.

    2024RPG8.74 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Crosswinds

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Octeto Studios, the studio behind Cyber Ops.

    Crosswinds is a romantic adventure set in the skies. After a failed casino heist, two lovers must separate to avoid capture. Fly across 1930s Mediterranean coastal towns, follow hidden letters and intimate clues, and reunite with your beloved through a contemplative journey of self discovery.

    AdventureRPGSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Cyber Ops

Does Cyber Ops work on Steam Deck?
Cyber Ops is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
How much does Cyber Ops cost?
Cyber Ops is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Cyber Ops?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Cyber Ops are Cyber Ops Prologue, Counter Terrorist Agency, Beast Agenda 2030.
Who developed Cyber Ops?
Cyber Ops was developed by Octeto Studios and published by Games Operators.

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