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Single-player games like Cyber Ops

Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Cyber Ops, 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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    Cyber Ops Prologue — Steam game cover

    Cyber Ops Prologue

    Single-player alternative to Cyber Ops — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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 PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Counter Terrorist Agency — Steam game cover

    Counter Terrorist Agency

    Single-player alternative to Cyber Ops — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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 PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Beast Agenda 2030 — Steam game cover

    Beast Agenda 2030

    Single-player alternative to Cyber Ops — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    There Came an Echo — Steam game cover

    There Came an Echo

    Single-player alternative to Cyber Ops — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    LIBERATED — Steam game cover

    LIBERATED

    Single-player alternative to Cyber Ops — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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 VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Crypto: Against All Odds - Tower Defense — Steam game cover

    Crypto: Against All Odds - Tower Defense

    Single-player alternative to Cyber Ops — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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!

    2021StrategyIndieSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive — Steam game cover

    Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive

    Single-player alternative to Cyber Ops — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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 PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Gunpoint — Steam game cover

    Gunpoint

    Single-player alternative to Cyber Ops — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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 PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Not For Broadcast — Steam game cover

    Not For Broadcast

    Single-player alternative to Cyber Ops — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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 PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Uplink — Steam game cover

    Uplink

    Single-player alternative to Cyber Ops — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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 PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN — Steam game cover

    METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN

    Single-player alternative to Cyber Ops — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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 PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Cavern Commandos — Steam game cover

    Cavern Commandos

    Single-player alternative to Cyber Ops — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    METAL GEAR & METAL GEAR 2: Solid Snake — Steam game cover

    METAL GEAR & METAL GEAR 2: Solid Snake

    Single-player alternative to Cyber Ops — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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 VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Frozen Synapse — Steam game cover

    Frozen Synapse

    Single-player alternative to Cyber Ops — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Sky Oceans: Wings for Hire — Steam game cover

    Sky Oceans: Wings for Hire

    Single-player alternative to Cyber Ops — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    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 VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Crosswinds — Steam game cover

    Crosswinds

    Single-player alternative to Cyber Ops — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    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.

    AdventureRPGSingle-playerSimilar games →