- #1 EXAPUNKS
97% matchVery Positive95% of 1,900 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 41.8% ★, Hacking 30.7% ★, Cyberpunk 9.7%, Logic 9.2%, Puzzle 4.8%
- #2 hackmud
96% matchMostly Positive77% of 847 reviews2016
Dev: ComCODE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 71.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 35.4% ★, Programming 32.7% ★, Cyberpunk 11.8%, Text-Based 7.8%, RPG 4.4%
- #3 The Signal State
96% matchVery Positive87% of 698 reviews2021
Dev: Reckoner IndustriesPub: iterco
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.1 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 31.1% ★, Hacking 18.3% ★, Logic 16%, Dystopian 13.8%, Cyberpunk 7.1%
- #4 Grey Hack
95% matchVery Positive90% of 1,885 reviews2017
Dev: Loading Home
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 13.4 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 47.6% ★, Programming 32.3% ★, Simulation 5.5%, Logic 4.9%, Cyberpunk 4.6%
- #5 Tunnet
94% matchVery Positive94% of 736 reviews2023
Dev: puzzled_squid
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Build, debug and optimize a computer network in an underground facility.
Why similar: Programming 33.2% ★, Hacking 29.4% ★, Logic 16.4%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Puzzle 4.8%
- #6 Silicon Zeroes
94% 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 48.9% ★, Hacking 31.3% ★, Simulation 12.1%, Puzzle 6.5%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #7 Rogue Bit
93% matchVery Positive90% of 124 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 37.4% ★, Hacking 34.8% ★, Logic 13%, Simulation 9.1%, Puzzle 4.6%
- #8 Quadrilateral Cowboy
92% matchVery Positive92% of 1,015 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 31.3% ★, Cyberpunk 16.9%, Sci-fi 4.5%, Story Rich 4.1%
- #9 TIS-100
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 4,119 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 62.6% ★, Hacking 18.7% ★, Logic 7.7%, Puzzle 5.5%, Simulation 3.5%
- #10 Virtual Circuit Board
90% matchVery Positive92% of 323 reviews2023
Dev: Reverie Foundry
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 20.1 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Virtual Circuit Board is the sandbox drawing-based logic simulator where you can build, program, decorate, and simulate anything from simple monochrome circuits to complex and colorful computers. Play with digital logic in this sandbox-only experience.
Why similar: Programming 37.9% ★, Hacking 32.6% ★, Logic 14.9%, Simulation 5.6%, Puzzle 4.9%
- #11 Uplink
91% matchVery Positive91% of 2,440 reviews2006
Dev: Introversion Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 39%
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 19.5% ★, Cyberpunk 11.4%, Text-Based 6.8%, Sci-fi 4%
- #12 U.V.S. Nirmana
89% matchVery Positive89% of 220 reviews2026
Dev: CoincidencePub: Klei Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
U.V.S. Nirmana is a engineering puzzle game from Coincidence, the creators of Kaizen: A Factory Story and the inventors of the Zach-like. Set off on the Unreturning Void Ship Nirmana as it continues a journey of uncountable eons toward the edge of the universe.
Why similar: Programming 59.4% ★, Logic 20.2%, Puzzle 7.8%, Strategy 4.7%, Simulation 3.1%
- #13 World Wide Hack
89% 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 25.6% ★, Cyberpunk 14.5%, Text-Based 8.2%, Simulation 4.6%
- #14 Comet 64
88% matchMostly Positive76% of 189 reviews2021
Dev: Onur AyasPub: what sorceress this
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Comet 64 is a programming puzzle game. The year is 1984. All you got is a Comet 64 home computer and the operator's manual it came with.
Why similar: Programming 43.8% ★, Hacking 27.5% ★, Logic 10.6%, Puzzle 6%, Text-Based 5.9%
- #15 NITE Team 4 - Military Hacking Division
87% matchVery Positive92% of 1,262 reviews2019
Dev: Alice & Smith
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 28.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
NITE Team 4 is a military hacking simulation game that explores the world of cyberwarfare and features realistic mission scenarios.
Why similar: Hacking 78.6% ★, Simulation 10.1%, Strategy 6.9%, Puzzle 4.5%
- #16 Spinnortality | cyberpunk management sim
86% matchMostly Positive77% of 315 reviews2019
Dev: James PattonPub: Clockwork Bird
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Found a company, spread fake news, start riots and become immortal. In this cyberpunk management sim, wealth is power and corporations are king. Can you monopolize the globe and build a corporate empire that will stand forever?
Why similar: Cyberpunk 29.2%, Dystopian 25%, Management 16%, Simulation 11.2%, Strategy 8.6%
- #17 SHENZHEN I/O
86% matchVery Positive95% of 4,533 reviews2016
Dev: Zachtronics
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 61%
BUILD CIRCUITS. WRITE CODE. RTFM.
Why similar: Programming 68.9% ★, Logic 15.6%, Puzzle 5.8%, Hacking 4.8% ★, Simulation 4.3%
- #18 Deadeye Deepfake Simulacrum
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 881 reviews2025
Dev: nodayshalleraseyou
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Embody the ultimate cybernetic corporate agent. Master deadly gunplay, time manipulation, and supernatural abilities. Hack computers, people, even the individual bullets flying at you. Confront the future, and die trying.
Why similar: Hacking 40.6% ★, Cyberpunk 17.7%, Dystopian 16.2%, RPG 6.9%, Story Rich 6.7%
- #19 Prime Mover
85% matchVery Positive88% of 217 reviews2018
Dev: 4Bit Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Retrace the path of the Prime Mover to uncover the story of the Byte of Burden! Prime Mover is an open-ended puzzle game about designing circuit boards.
Why similar: Programming 71.4% ★, Simulation 11.4%, Puzzle 10.3%, Sci-fi 5.7%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #20 SOLAS 128
84% matchVery Positive93% of 217 reviews2021
Dev: Amicable AnimalPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows
Explore SOLAS 128, a game of interconnected puzzles where you redirect and reconfigure rhythmic pulses of light to breathe life back into an ancient machine. BAFTA Scotland Game Winner.
Why similar: Programming 40.6% ★, Hacking 23.4% ★, Logic 19.4%, Puzzle 5.9%, Sci-fi 4%
- #21 Hacker Simulator
84% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,280 reviews2021
Dev: Save All Studio
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 55%
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.
Why similar: Hacking 49.2% ★, Programming 27.1% ★, Cyberpunk 12.4%, Simulation 6.9%, Atmospheric 2.9%
- #22 Quantum Odyssey
81% matchVery Positive93% of 161 reviews2025
Dev: Quarks Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
See the logic all of us obey. Design, optimize, and reverse-engineer real quantum algorithms in an open-ended Zachlike puzzle game. Solve 500+ visual puzzles and hack other players’ creations. No coding or physics background required.
Why similar: Programming 29.3% ★, Hacking 28.8% ★, Cyberpunk 14%, Logic 13.1%, Sci-fi 5%
- #23 Remain At Your Desk
82% 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 23.8% ★, Cyberpunk 13.5%, Text-Based 7.6%, Dystopian 7.5%
- #24 Duskers
82% matchVery Positive90% of 2,819 reviews2016
Dev: Misfits Attic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Pilot drones into derelict spaceships to find the means to survive and piece together how the universe became a giant graveyard.
Why similar: Programming 36.4% ★, Hacking 35.9% ★, Horror 6.6%, Puzzle 5.2%, Sci-fi 4.8%
- #25 Flashpaper
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Aaron Nelsen
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are the unseen hand — the resistance's digital arm inside a regime that has begun burning books. Crack the Concord's networks from a green-phosphor terminal, cover every log you touch before the trace fills, and get paid off-grid. 24 missions. Three you are not meant to win.
Why similar: Hacking 37.7% ★, Cyberpunk 14.7%, Dystopian 14.3%, Simulation 7%, Text-Based 6.4%
- #26 7 Billion Humans
80% matchVery Positive93% of 2,145 reviews2018
Dev: Tomorrow Corporation
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Automate swarms of office workers to solve puzzles inside your very own parallel computer made of people. A thrilling followup to the award winning Human Resource Machine. Now with more humans!
Why similar: Programming 73.6% ★, Logic 11.4%, Puzzle 8.1%, Simulation 5.9%, Singleplayer 1%
- #27 RUNLENGTH
79% 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 25.3% ★, Hacking 23.2% ★, Dystopian 10.4%, Cyberpunk 8.7%, Story Rich 6.8%
- #28 Neon Noodles
79% matchVery Positive80% of 110 reviews2023
Dev: Vivid Helix
Windows · Mac · Linux
In a future where food is the ultimate symbol of status, you are a recipe programming technician for a ruthless aristocracy. Create, test and optimize your culinary machines in this deliciously dark zach-like!
Why similar: Programming 42.1% ★, Cyberpunk 22.2%, Logic 16.8%, Sci-fi 6.1%, Simulation 5.9%
- #29 Bitburner
78% matchVery Positive95% of 7,431 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 39.7% ★, Hacking 25.9% ★, Dystopian 9.1%, Cyberpunk 8.5%, Text-Based 8.4%
- #30 ServiceIT: You can do IT
78% matchMixed56% of 743 reviews2025
Dev: picture4uPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 68%
⚡️Fix electronics 📈manage firm 💻challenge the hacker... ServiceIT is a simulation game where you run a full-service IT company to engage in tasks like diagnosing, repairing equipment, network infiltration, programming, server management while an Anonymous hacker keeps sabotaging it all.
Why similar: Programming 39.9% ★, Hacking 39.1% ★, Management 10.3%, Simulation 6.7%, Puzzle 3.2%
- #31 QuantumPulse 2A
77% 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 42.7% ★, Hacking 25.3% ★, Logic 15.9%, Text-Based 6.4%, Puzzle 5.7%
- #32 Blackdoor
76% matchPositive85% of 20 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 32.6% ★, Programming 28.3% ★, Cyberpunk 9.4%, Text-Based 7.5%, Logic 6.4%
- #33 Torrent Empire
75% 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 31.7% ★, Programming 29% ★, Management 6.7%, Cyberpunk 6.4%, Text-Based 5.8%
- #34 HACKING INTO EREBUS
76% 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 25.7% ★, Cyberpunk 12.1%, Thriller 8.2%, Text-Based 5.9%
- #35 Hack 'n' Slash
77% matchMixed53% of 934 reviews2014
Dev: Double Fine Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 35%
Hack ‘n’ Slash is a puzzle action game about hacking -- reprogram object properties, hijack global variables, hack creature behavior, and even rewrite the game’s code. The only way to win is not to play...by the rules!
Why similar: Hacking 53.4% ★, Programming 38.4% ★, Puzzle 7.2%, Singleplayer 1%
- #36 Network & Cyber Security Simulator
74% matchNo user reviews2026
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 34.5% ★, Programming 31.4% ★, Cyberpunk 10.4%, Simulation 8.2%, Dialogue Heavy 6%
- #37 Cyber Warrior
73% matchPositive86% of 42 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 34.8% ★, Programming 31.3% ★, Logic 12.6%, Dialogue Heavy 6.5%, Choices Matter 4.9%
- #38 hack_me
75% matchMixed60% of 2,103 reviews2017
Dev: Egor MagurinPub: Indovers Studio
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 25.9 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 37.5% ★, Programming 28.3% ★, Dialogue Heavy 13%, Simulation 7.2%, Horror 3.9%
- #39 HackMeNow
73% 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 27.4% ★, Text-Based 9.2%, Cyberpunk 8.1%, Logic 6.2%
- #40 Hard Chip
72% matchVery Positive91% of 68 reviews2024
Dev: Elorth
Windows
Hard Chip is a 3D simulation/puzzle game about building processors focusing on realism. Explore the world of semiconductor chip design and delve into the intricacies of CPU logic, floor planning, and propagation delay.
Why similar: Programming 34.6% ★, Hacking 31.5% ★, Logic 15.8%, Simulation 5.5%, Puzzle 5.1%
- #41 DA-VI-NC1
72% 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 42.5% ★, Hacking 29% ★, Logic 16.6%, Simulation 6.1%, Puzzle 5.1%
- #42 Hacky
71% matchVery Positive92% of 102 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 24.5% ★, Dystopian 13.1%, Cyberpunk 10.8%, Logic 8.8%
- #43 SYSCALL: RING ZERO
71% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Chilling Moose Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 35.1% ★, Hacking 28.5% ★, Logic 14.2%, Cyberpunk 6.4%, Text-Based 5.3%
- #44 >//:System.Hack
74% matchMostly Positive71% of 31 reviews2017
Dev: Nullray Gaming
Windows
>//:System.Hack is a sim-rpg set in a dystopian future. Take the role of a neophyte hacker as they begin their criminal career. Design programs, increase your skills, upgrade your hardware, hack systems in cyberspace, battle IC, rob banks, manage your own company and more!
Why similar: Hacking 41.1% ★, Cyberpunk 25.3%, RPG 15.6%, Simulation 12.3%, Sci-fi 5.7%
- #45 Code World
73% 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 35.3% ★, Hacking 32.8% ★, Text-Based 11.3%, Logic 9.9%, Simulation 4%
- #46 Human Resource Machine
71% matchVery Positive94% of 4,703 reviews2015
Dev: Tomorrow Corporation
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Program little office workers to solve puzzles. Be a good employee! The machines are coming... for your job. From the creators of World of Goo and Little Inferno.
Why similar: Programming 77.5% ★, Puzzle 9.1%, Logic 7.3%, Simulation 5%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #47 Game Settings
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lozange Lab
Windows · Mac · Linux
A mystery-driven adventure where you manipulate the world by tweaking the game itself. 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 30.3% ★, Programming 22.7% ★, Dystopian 15.3%, Thriller 10.1%, Cyberpunk 8.4%
- #48 Upload Labs
67% matchVery Positive92% of 8,641 reviews2025
Dev: EnigmaDev Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 21.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
A sci-fi management game where you build and optimize your computer's system from the ground up. Connect and configure interconnected nodes to efficiently download, process, and upload files. Manage your setup, solve system challenges, and become the ultimate system architect
Why similar: Programming 38.5% ★, Hacking 25% ★, Logic 13%, Management 9.9%, Simulation 9.6%
- #49 H4CT0PL45M
68% 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% ★, Logic 14.6%, Cyberpunk 5.8%, Puzzle 3.9%
- #50 HELLO HACKER - Project Daybreak
69% 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 37.3% ★, Programming 31.6% ★, Cyberpunk 8.2%, Text-Based 8%, Simulation 7.7%
- #51 Sorry, James
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 858 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 7.7%
- #52 Else Heart.Break()
70% matchMixed67% of 843 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 44.9% ★, Hacking 35.4% ★, Cyberpunk 9.6%, RPG 6.8%, Atmospheric 2.5%
- #53 Hacknet
69% matchVery Positive94% of 26,152 reviews2015
Dev: Team Fractal AlligatorPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 13.4 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 9.3% ★, Dystopian 4.6%, Cyberpunk 3.9%, Logic 3.4%
- #54 Hardwired
68% 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 28.6% ★, Programming 26.7% ★, Cyberpunk 13.6%, Text-Based 9.2%, Simulation 4.4%
- #55 Netshell
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Beyond Logic Labs
Windows · Mac · Linux
A 90s-themed hacking simulation with real shell commands and authentic techniques, set inside a UNIX-style operating system from 1997 with accurately recreated applications. Scan ports, exploit vulnerabilities, evade traces, join the underground, and live the Wild West era of the early internet.
Why similar: Hacking 33.5% ★, Programming 29.4% ★, Dialogue Heavy 11.3%, Text-Based 9.2%, Logic 6.1%
- #56 Project: AFTERSHOCK
66% matchPositive100% of 25 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 33.9% ★, Cyberpunk 15.8%, Dystopian 13.8%, Text-Based 8.5%, Story Rich 5.3%
- #57 Software Engineering Course / Informatyka - zrozum i zaprogramuj komputer
69% match8 user reviews50% of 8 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 40.1% ★, Hacking 38.1% ★, Logic 16.3%, Puzzle 5.2%, Singleplayer 0.3%
- #58 TAU-09
66% 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 36.4% ★, Hacking 31.8% ★, Logic 9.2%, Cyberpunk 8.6%, Simulation 5.5%
- #59 Void Future: Hacking Protocol
66% matchPositive88% of 26 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 19.6% ★, Cyberpunk 11.8%, Text-Based 9.9%, Simulation 5.4%
- #60 Lo-Res Shaders: The Game
67% 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% ★, Hacking 35.8% ★, Logic 8.5%, Simulation 7.2%, Puzzle 4.9%