- #1 EXAPUNKS
97% matchVery Positive95% of 1,885 reviews2018
Dev: Zachtronics
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 58%
The year is 1997. You used to be a hacker, but now you have the phage. You made a deal: one hack, one dose. There’s nothing left to lose… except your life.
Why similar: Programming 42.1% ★, Hacking 30.6% ★, Cyberpunk 9.6%, Logic 9.2%, Puzzle 4.7%
- #2 hackmud
96% matchMostly Positive77% of 847 reviews2016
Dev: ComCODE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 70.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
hackmud is a retro cyberpunk RPG where you play a digital persona in a chaotic, unpredictable, and often goofy abandoned internet. Enter a 90s hacker movie filled with scripts, scams, and sabotage. Explore the world of digital secrets and forge your legacy through cunning, creativity, or disruption.
Why similar: Hacking 35.5% ★, Programming 33.1% ★, Cyberpunk 11.6%, Text-Based 7.7%, Simulation 4.4%
- #3 Remain At Your Desk
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Crunch Moonkiss Studios
Windows · Mac
Incremental hacker about faking productivity while stealing from your employer. Sell intel for credits or keep it and raise suspicion. One bad audit and you’re back to Intern.
Why similar: Hacking 26.4% ★, Programming 24% ★, Cyberpunk 13.4%, Text-Based 7.6%, Dystopian 7.5%
- #4 RUNLENGTH
95% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: DBOX Game Studio
Windows
You are PID_0x7F, a rogue process fighting to survive inside a dying computer. Outrun the system's daemons, solve living data-structure puzzles, and reconstruct the truth your creator tried to delete — before the machine wipes you for good.
Why similar: Programming 25.5% ★, Hacking 23.2% ★, Dystopian 10.3%, Cyberpunk 8.6%, Story Rich 6.8%
- #5 Bitburner
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 7,343 reviews2021
Dev: Fulcrum Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Bitburner is a programming-based incremental game. Write scripts in JavaScript to automate gameplay, learn skills, play minigames, solve puzzles, and more in this cyberpunk text-based incremental RPG.
Why similar: Programming 40.1% ★, Hacking 25.6% ★, Dystopian 9%, Text-Based 8.5%, Cyberpunk 8.5%
- #6 Grey Hack
94% matchVery Positive90% of 1,864 reviews2017
Dev: Loading Home
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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.
Why similar: Hacking 47.5% ★, Programming 32.6% ★, Simulation 5.4%, Logic 4.8%, Cyberpunk 4.5%
- #7 Blackdoor
93% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2026
Dev: Static Signal
Windows · Linux
You're a hacker with a terminal and four terrible scripts - time to rewrite them. Hack servers by writing actual code in a custom scripting language: probe ports, crack passwords, steal data, and get out before the trace completes. The better your code, the better you hack.
Why similar: Hacking 32.2% ★, Programming 28.6% ★, Cyberpunk 9.4%, Text-Based 7.6%, Logic 6.4%
- #8 HACKING INTO EREBUS
92% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Likya Group
Windows
HACKING INTO EREBUS is a terminal-driven hacking cyberpunk thriller. Jack into a hostile network and outsmart ARIA, a surveillance system that watches your every move. Breach nodes, override defenses and pry secrets from a crew trapped in cryosleep. Fight your way into Compartment Zero.
Why similar: Hacking 27.9% ★, Programming 25.9% ★, Cyberpunk 12%, Thriller 8.1%, Text-Based 5.9%
- #9 Torrent Empire
91% matchMixed62% of 26 reviews2025
Dev: Steel Games
Windows
Are you ready to build your own torrent empire? Crack software, manage servers, dive into shady deals, and outsmart the authorities—all in the shadow of the 2000s. Balance risk and reward in this terminal-based strategy sim. Become a digital legend or lose it all!
Why similar: Hacking 31.6% ★, Programming 29.2% ★, Management 6.8%, Cyberpunk 6.3%, Text-Based 5.8%
- #10 hack_me
91% matchMixed60% of 2,102 reviews2017
Dev: Egor MagurinPub: Indovers Studio
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 25.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Hack_me is a hacker simulator game. The main objective in game – is to hack big companies's servers to show people that there is nothing in this world that protected on 100%. You’ll need to use your cmd, bruteforce, SQL-injectors and other programs to hack servers.
Why similar: Hacking 37.3% ★, Programming 28.5% ★, Dialogue Heavy 13%, Simulation 7.3%, Horror 3.9%
- #11 Network & Cyber Security Simulator
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Network & Cyber Security Simulator
Windows
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!
Why similar: Hacking 34.4% ★, Programming 31.6% ★, Cyberpunk 10.3%, Simulation 8.2%, Dialogue Heavy 5.9%
- #12 HackMeNow
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AngrySysOps
Windows
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.
Why similar: Hacking 33.3% ★, Programming 27.6% ★, Text-Based 9.2%, Cyberpunk 8%, Logic 6.1%
- #13 DA-VI-NC1
89% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Baby Bear Fish
Windows
DA-VI-NC1 is a Turing-machine-based coding puzzle game. You must complete the puzzles, pass the Turing test, and discover the philosophical world of DA-VI-NC1 with the Mona Lisa.
Why similar: Programming 42.7% ★, Hacking 28.9% ★, Logic 16.5%, Simulation 6.1%, Puzzle 5.1%
- #14 Code World
88% matchMostly Positive70% of 44 reviews2017
Dev: Fewjix
Windows
In Code World you control the robot that can walk around the world and send messages to devices. Every device reacts on those messages according to its code. You will have to read this code, understand what messages to send and write your own code.
Why similar: Programming 35.5% ★, Hacking 32.7% ★, Text-Based 11.3%, Logic 9.9%, Simulation 4%
- #15 Rogue Bit
87% matchVery Positive89% of 123 reviews2018
Dev: Bigosaur
Windows · Mac · Linux
A single bit of computer memory became sentient and decided to escape from digital into the real world. Explore RAM, modify bytes and hack machine code and CPU registers to set it free.
Why similar: Programming 37.6% ★, Hacking 34.7% ★, Logic 12.9%, Simulation 9.1%, Puzzle 4.6%
- #16 SYSCALL: RING ZERO
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Chilling Moose Games
Windows · Mac
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!
Why similar: Programming 35.3% ★, Hacking 28.4% ★, Logic 14.1%, Cyberpunk 6.3%, Text-Based 5.3%
- #17 The Signal State
86% matchVery Positive87% of 687 reviews2021
Dev: Reckoner IndustriesPub: iterco
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Set in a post-apocalyptic future, The Signal State puts your logic skills to the test with complex puzzles inspired by modular synthesizers. Repair machines, rebuild an abandoned farm, and be part of a revolution that will change the fate of agriculture once and for all.
Why similar: Programming 31.4% ★, Hacking 18.3% ★, Logic 15.9%, Dystopian 13.7%, Cyberpunk 7%
- #18 Else Heart.Break()
85% matchMixed67% of 840 reviews2015
Dev: Erik SvedängPub: Erik Svedäng AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 37%
A game about friendship, love and technology in a place where bits have replaced atoms.
Why similar: Programming 45.2% ★, Hacking 35.3% ★, Cyberpunk 9.5%, RPG 6.7%, Atmospheric 2.5%
- #19 TIS-100
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 4,101 reviews2015
Dev: Zachtronics
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 52%
TIS-100 is an open-ended programming game by Zachtronics, the creators of SpaceChem and Infinifactory, in which you rewrite corrupted code segments to repair the TIS-100 and unlock its secrets. It’s the assembly language programming game you never asked for!
Why similar: Programming 62.8% ★, Hacking 18.6% ★, Logic 7.7%, Puzzle 5.5%, Simulation 3.5%
- #20 Sorry, James
84% matchMostly Positive79% of 855 reviews2017
Dev: KonstructorsPub: Hook Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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Why similar: Hacking 34.7% ★, Thriller 13.7%, Text-Based 13%, Story Rich 8.4%, Puzzle 7.6%
- #21 HELLO HACKER - Project Daybreak
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: h3ll0h4ck3r
Windows · Linux
A story-rich hacking sim played inside a real Linux desktop. Recon networks, break web apps, crack crypto, and extract hidden data with tools that behave like the real thing, while an autonomous AI watches the network, learns, and hacks back. The commands are real. So are the consequences.
Why similar: Hacking 37.2% ★, Programming 31.8% ★, Cyberpunk 8.1%, Text-Based 8%, Simulation 7.7%
- #22 Software Engineering Course / Informatyka - zrozum i zaprogramuj komputer
83% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2020
Dev: Wydawnictwo DagielPub: Adventuresity
Windows
The program was created on the basis of an engineering study program. No prior knowledge of any IT issues is required - we start with simple tasks and step by step learn the basics of computer programming.
Why similar: Programming 40.3% ★, Hacking 38% ★, Logic 16.2%, Puzzle 5.1%, Singleplayer 0.3%
- #23 H4CT0PL45M
81% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: MetricBead
Windows · Linux
Play as the ghost in the machine and hack your way through the 48 levels of the puzzle-platformer H4CT0PL45M! Use your ability to possess hardware to make your way to the end of each level and complete your infiltration.
Why similar: Hacking 46.8% ★, Programming 22.2% ★, Logic 14.6%, Cyberpunk 5.7%, Puzzle 3.8%
- #24 QuantumPulse 2A
80% matchPositive90% of 31 reviews2025
Dev: Dashing Strike
Windows · Mac · Linux
Solve programming puzzles on a fictional computer with radio-based communication and unique limitations. Competitively optimize to compete on leaderboards against friends and the global community.
Why similar: Programming 42.9% ★, Hacking 25.2% ★, Logic 15.8%, Text-Based 6.4%, Puzzle 5.7%
- #25 Uplink
82% matchVery Positive91% of 2,436 reviews2006
Dev: Introversion Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 38%
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.
Why similar: Hacking 41.5% ★, Programming 19.6% ★, Cyberpunk 11.3%, Text-Based 6.8%, Sci-fi 4%
- #26 Hardwired
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lostbyte
Windows · Linux
Enter the terminal and jack into a retro-cyberpunk world. Hardwired is a hacker simulation where you explore networks, uncover secrets, and manipulate systems through command-line interfaces. Discover hidden logs, tap into surveillance feeds, and unravel story a set in a fractured dystopia.
Why similar: Hacking 28.5% ★, Programming 26.9% ★, Cyberpunk 13.5%, Text-Based 9.2%, Simulation 4.4%
- #27 TAU-09
79% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: axsys_crash
Windows · Linux
Become a Robotic Exploration Systems Programmer (RESP). Get sent to the corners of the galaxy and program robots like if your life depended on it, because it does.
Why similar: Programming 36.6% ★, Hacking 31.7% ★, Logic 9.2%, Cyberpunk 8.5%, Simulation 5.5%
- #28 Lo-Res Shaders: The Game
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Super Fun Laser Club
Windows · Mac
A single player graphics-coding puzzle game for creative coders and coding creatives. Built for people who like their graphics coding low level and retro styled.
Why similar: Programming 43.2% ★, Hacking 35.6% ★, Logic 8.4%, Simulation 7.3%, Puzzle 4.8%
- #29 Project: AFTERSHOCK
77% matchPositive100% of 24 reviews2026
Dev: Tuna Dundar
Windows · Mac · Linux
Project: AFTERSHOCK is a fast-paced arcade hacking roguelite set in a dystopian future. Command a 20-year-old legacy terminal to breach enemy systems, siphon funds, and upgrade your hardware. Use your reflexes to survive the countdown and bring down the very system you created.
Why similar: Hacking 34% ★, Cyberpunk 15.7%, Dystopian 13.8%, Text-Based 8.6%, Story Rich 5.3%
- #30 GRIDHACK
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: THRESHOLD ANOMALY
Windows · Linux
GRIDHACK is a sci-fi puzzle RPG where you fight nonogram battles to hack your way on an intergalactic quest as you try to find out what happened to a planet called Earth!
Why similar: Hacking 36.4% ★, Logic 17.3%, Cyberpunk 13.8%, RPG 11.4%, Sci-fi 8.4%
- #31 Void Future: Hacking Protocol
77% matchPositive92% of 25 reviews2026
Dev: RVL InteractivePub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
In Void Future: Hacking Protocol, you play as a hacker in a cyberpunk world ruled by corporations. Hack, solve puzzles, and uncover a global conspiracy. Hunted by a system that never sleeps, you’ll need to stay hidden, outsmart surveillance, and fight to survive.
Why similar: Hacking 36.9% ★, Programming 19.8% ★, Cyberpunk 11.7%, Text-Based 10%, Simulation 5.5%
- #32 Beyond a Steel Sky
78% matchVery Positive88% of 1,644 reviews2020
Dev: Revolution Software Ltd
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
From multi-award winning Revolution comes ‘Beyond a Steel Sky’, a groundbreaking 3D adventure thriller, set in an AI-driven future. Subvert the world, hack the systems and solve dark conspiracies to uncover the devastating truth.
Why similar: Hacking 27.1% ★, Dystopian 19%, Cyberpunk 17.6%, Thriller 12.9%, Choices Matter 6.2%
- #33 You Are The Code
74% matchPositive100% of 47 reviews2025
Dev: ThinkWithGames
Windows
A programming puzzle game, but YOU CAN'T TYPE. Navigate and run pre-existing lines of code! Watch out for bugs eating away your program!
Why similar: Programming 33.8% ★, Hacking 32.9% ★, Text-Based 11.8%, Logic 11.1%, Puzzle 5.2%
- #34 Quadrilateral Cowboy
76% matchVery Positive92% of 1,013 reviews2016
Dev: Blendo Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 55%
When you have a top-of-the-line hacking deck armed with a 56.6k modem and a staggering 256k RAM, it means just one thing: you answer only to the highest bidder.
Why similar: Hacking 36.2% ★, Programming 31.6% ★, Cyberpunk 16.7%, Sci-fi 4.5%, Story Rich 4.1%
- #35 CHAQS
75% matchMostly Positive77% of 53 reviews2022
Dev: nomorevalid
Windows
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.
Why similar: Hacking 32.8% ★, Programming 31.7% ★, Cyberpunk 11.4%, Logic 8%, Simulation 4.6%
- #36 Extortion
76% matchPositive88% of 26 reviews2020
Dev: Dysnomia
Windows · Mac · Linux
You're a computer engineer with a terrible secret. Someone is blackmailing you and now, you have to hack some servers and get secret files for him. Would you succeed in achieving their missions or would you find them and revenge?
Why similar: Hacking 34% ★, Programming 26.3% ★, Logic 10.6%, Text-Based 7.4%, Simulation 7.1%
- #37 Cyber Warrior
73% matchPositive85% of 41 reviews2025
Dev: Dunke Games
Windows
Cyber Warrior is a hacking simulator where you play as an ex retired bureau agent recruited back to take on a powerful criminal organization. Explore dozens of interactive desktops, navigate 200+ in-game websites, solve puzzles, customize your setup and make decisions that will shape a new cyber age
Why similar: Hacking 34.7% ★, Programming 31.5% ★, Logic 12.5%, Dialogue Heavy 6.4%, Choices Matter 4.9%
- #38 Nothing To Remember
75% matchMixed69% of 29 reviews2021
Dev: Guts United
Windows
Nothing To Remember is an immersive murder mystery that runs in real-time, right on your desktop. Through their personal messages, you'll uncover two characters unknowingly intertwined as they hunt a killer long thought dead. When your next choice could mean life or death, will you answer the call?
Why similar: Hacking 19.9% ★, Thriller 17.8%, Dialogue Heavy 13%, Text-Based 12.2%, Logic 8%
- #39 exorSYS
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kelp
Windows
After upgrading to a new Operating System, uncover the mystery behind this cursed piece of software. Keen eyed users must take a careful note of their surroundings if they want to survive.
Why similar: Hacking 30% ★, Programming 23.2% ★, Thriller 11.2%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Horror 6.8%
- #40 Hacknet
73% matchVery Positive94% of 26,049 reviews2015
Dev: Team Fractal AlligatorPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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.
Why similar: Hacking 71.4% ★, Programming 9.4% ★, Dystopian 4.6%, Cyberpunk 3.8%, Logic 3.3%
- #41 World Wide Hack
73% matchMixed63% of 83 reviews2021
Dev: Lotus Innovations
Windows · Linux
Reveal company secrets while hacking and exploring their quantum simulation networks. Fights for control with other players, coop with your faction, gather best tools, build most secure servers, write scripts and webs, or choose to be solo hacker who makes the right choices to change the world.
Why similar: Hacking 31.9% ★, Programming 25.8% ★, Cyberpunk 14.3%, Text-Based 8.2%, Simulation 4.7%
- #42 Game Settings
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lozange Lab
Windows · Mac · Linux
Twist reality by tweaking the menu. Change parameters, shape the environment, and trigger strange events. But what are you really configuring? As the mystery unfolds, you begin to wonder who's really in control.
Why similar: Hacking 32.7% ★, Programming 27.2% ★, Thriller 11%, Dystopian 7.7%, Psychological Horror 5.7%
- #43 Botnet of Ares
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tiniuc
Windows · Linux
Botnet of Ares is an incremental hacking roguelite set in a cyberpunk world where everything is connected. Unlock upgrades, expand your botnet, exploit millions of devices, optimize your network & decide the future of humanity.
Why similar: Hacking 35.4% ★, Dystopian 19.6%, Cyberpunk 17%, Management 9.4%, Choices Matter 6.9%
- #44 BitVault
72% matchVery Positive93% of 54 reviews2020
Dev: Enigma Dragons LLC
Windows
Become an expert hacker by using your raw brainpower! Learn how to get ahead in your new job at a cybersecurity company. Analyze servers for weaknesses, and hack them using their own subroutines to access the data they protect.
Why similar: Hacking 41.8% ★, Logic 19%, Cyberpunk 18.8%, Story Rich 8.2%, Puzzle 7.1%
- #45 NeonSync
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MirrorWater
Windows · Mac
Explore cyberspace, destroy malware in tactical turn-based combat, and cover your tracks before the system finds you.
Why similar: Hacking 28.5% ★, Programming 22.3% ★, Cyberpunk 13.5%, Dystopian 11.4%, Text-Based 8.7%
- #46 Enigma
70% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: MetroCorex
Windows
In 2070’s Novacore, humanoid robots go rogue—play operative Brian as he infiltrates floating island Enigma to disable control nodes and confront a rogue AI.
Why similar: Hacking 31.5% ★, Dystopian 20.6%, Cyberpunk 18.3%, Dialogue Heavy 13.1%, Sci-fi 6.5%
- #47 Hacker's Life
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Protection Games
Windows
Hacker's Life is a game where you take the seat of a hacker, infect devices all over the world with malware, and join a hacker group to pull off bigger attacks. See your malware take control of the world and become famous for your hacking skills, but be careful not to get busted.
Why similar: Hacking 37.9% ★, Programming 36.1% ★, Management 10.2%, Simulation 6%, Choices Matter 5.3%
- #48 Hacking for Hermann
71% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2022
Dev: Philip Schmiel Development
Windows
Program your team of AIs to infiltrate corporation servers and find your brother Hermann. This game is about the fun of coding and optimization. There is always something to improve.
Why similar: Programming 29.9% ★, Hacking 27.2% ★, Logic 12.2%, Cyberpunk 11.8%, Dystopian 11.2%
- #49 1000-BIT
69% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: 89o
Windows · Linux
An open-ended programming puzzle game where you operate entirely in binary.
Why similar: Programming 44.9% ★, Hacking 31.9% ★, Text-Based 8.5%, Simulation 8.4%, Puzzle 5.9%
- #50 Radiotext
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Alp Arslan
Windows · Mac · Linux
Rise against the corporate overlords and become a cyber activist hacker. Join the uprising in a cyberpunk world using radio waves.
Why similar: Hacking 33.9% ★, Cyberpunk 14.8%, Dystopian 14%, Text-Based 7.6%, RPG 5.3%
- #51 Programmed To Execute
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Programming Pigeon
Windows
Instruct a robot to resolve hostage situations in this tactical programming puzzle game. Use guns, lasers, explosions, and even the environment to save every hostage. No prior programming knowledge required.
Why similar: Programming 57.4% ★, Logic 20.3%, Simulation 10.4%, Puzzle 7.4%, Strategy 3.2%
- #52 Silicon Zeroes
70% matchVery Positive87% of 284 reviews2017
Dev: PleasingFungus Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Build hardware. Solve puzzles. From the creator of Manufactoria, a new open-ended puzzle game set in Silicon Valley's first startup.
Why similar: Programming 49% ★, Hacking 31.1% ★, Simulation 12.2%, Puzzle 6.4%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #53 Hacky
67% matchVery Positive92% of 100 reviews2024
Dev: Cuddle Code
Windows
The ultimate "Hollywood Hacker" simulator for when you want to look busy, dangerous, and incredibly tech-savvy.
Why similar: Hacking 33% ★, Programming 24.7% ★, Dystopian 13%, Cyberpunk 10.7%, Logic 8.7%
- #54 SIC-1
68% matchVery Positive95% of 258 reviews2022
Dev: Anti-Pattern Games
Windows · Linux
SIC-1 is a single-instruction programming game. Neglect your personal life in pursuit of promotions and vague assurances of job security! Optimize your programs to rise to the top of the leaderboards! SIC Systems thanks you for your hard work! Now please return to your desk.
Why similar: Programming 37.5% ★, Hacking 15.2% ★, Logic 14.3%, Text-Based 10.8%, Dystopian 10.6%
- #55 LANE-4: A Dystopian Programming Thriller
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dylan Falconer
Windows · Linux
An open-ended programming game in which you optimise 4-core assembly code to maintain a 1990s alt-history dystopian megacity's infrastructure. Take jobs from middlemen with hidden agendas and uncover the chilling consequences of your "routine" fixes in this assembly language puzzle thriller.
Why similar: Programming 45.4% ★, Text-Based 15.9%, Hacking 12.7% ★, Simulation 8.7%, Puzzle 7.8%
- #56 Zero Trust
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Tomáš Fišer
Windows
An action hacking simulator set in a fully simulated world. Choose your path, craft your own tools, exploit vulnerabilities, and build your reputation. Every company, hacker, and law enforcement agency operates independently — nothing happens by chance. Every playthrough is unique.
Why similar: Hacking 32.5% ★, Programming 30.8% ★, Logic 12.1%, Cyberpunk 9.7%, Text-Based 7.7%
- #57 Univocity
67% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Novaerc
Windows · Mac · Linux
Univocity is a short cyberpunk visual novel wrapped in neon aesthetics with a lush atmospheric soundtrack, featuring a deep and emotional conversation between two people about taking down a global tech monopoly.
Why similar: Dystopian 28.9%, Cyberpunk 24.1%, Thriller 20.6%, Sci-fi 7.7%, Story Rich 6.7%
- #58 CyberRebeat -The Fifth Domain of Warfare-
68% matchPositive89% of 18 reviews2018
Dev: E.N.NachPub: Sekai Project
Windows · Mac
Enter the world of hackers where Hiro and Misa must uncover the circumstances behind a mystery arson attack on a company that may be tied to the legendary hacker "Warlock". What will they uncover in their pursuit of the truth? A visual novel that brings the world of hackers to life!
Why similar: Programming 41.9% ★, Hacking 35.2% ★, Cyberpunk 16.1%, Sci-fi 5.7%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #59 Tunnet
65% matchVery Positive94% of 717 reviews2023
Dev: puzzled_squid
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Build, debug and optimize a computer network in an underground facility.
Why similar: Programming 33.5% ★, Hacking 29.3% ★, Logic 16.3%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Puzzle 4.7%
- #60 Hifuu OS: Hack Into the Barrier
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KaleidoScreens
Windows · Mac · Linux
Hifuu OS: Immersive hacking simulator based on the Touhou Project. Play as Renko Usami, learn and use authentic terminal commands to hack into the Great Hakurei Barrier. Unravel the truth behind Maribel Hearn's mysterious coma as you search through Gensokyo's secret and private documents.
Why similar: Hacking 36.2% ★, Programming 20.8% ★, Text-Based 12.5%, Logic 9.4%, Story Rich 5.8%