Games Like EchoLink: Recursion

Hack the system. Generate data. Break reality. Hackflesh is a cyberpunk clicker with 20 generators, 716 upgrades, a constellation prestige system and over 600 achievements. Click, automate, hack, repeat.

Why similar: Hacking 33% ★, Incremental 17.4%, Automation 16.8%, Cyberpunk 13.9%, Simulation 5.8%

Dark web incremental is an incremental idle game where you earn money by doing criminal activities like selling drugs and hacking. Upgrade everything, and find all the pets and secrets around the map while unlocking a myriad of achievements!

Why similar: Hacking 27.3% ★, Automation 20.4%, Incremental 18.6%, Resource Management 10.6%, Management 10.5%

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 33.5% ★, Incremental 16.1%, Automation 14.9%, Cyberpunk 13.9%, Management 8.9%

Build your own scrap empire in this incremental idle game. Collect, process, and automate your production chain while optimizing resources and scaling your industrial system.

Why similar: Incremental 25.3%, Automation 23.8%, Resource Management 15%, Management 14.9%, Simulation 9.7%

BITROT is a fast incremental arcade game where you collect falling digits, build upgrade trees, break corrupted bosses, and prestige to take deeper control of the system.

Why similar: Hacking 44.5% ★, Incremental 29.1%, Cyberpunk 19.5%, Casual 4.6%, 2D 1.6%

Experience the wild internet of 1999: buy darknet databases, validate stolen cards, manage risk, gamble dirty money, and upgrade your hardware. Earn enough to vanish forever. A Windows 98‑style scammer sim.

Why similar: Hacking 45.4% ★, 1990's 15.4%, Resource Management 12.4%, Incremental 10.6%, Management 6.5%

Build a global oil empire in this 2D idle clicker. Construct buildings, produce goods, manage finances and reputation, and sell oil worldwide. Grow from a small refinery to a powerful corporation.

Why similar: Automation 30%, Incremental 27.4%, Management 16.2%, Resource Management 10.7%, Simulation 6.2%

Build a malware empire from a 90s PC. Code viruses, automate systems, take darknet contracts and also deploy them. Generate endless income to fund a shadow organization’s classified research in this hacker idle-clicker.

Why similar: Hacking 31.5% ★, Incremental 22.7%, 1990's 11.6%, Simulation 9.3%, Management 7.7%

RxB is a turn-based 2D game where you play as the defender (Blue). You compete against the game which takes the role as an attacker (Red).

Why similar: Hacking 58.1% ★, Resource Management 13.7%, Management 12.4%, Simulation 7.4%, Strategy 6.5%

Cyber Shard Clicker is a short incremental game. Break down geometric shapes representing hostile cyber attacks against Vault Inc., gather data shards, upgrade your hacking skills, and spend your data shards to unlock permanent boosts in the vast skill tree to push your cyber assault even further!

Why similar: Hacking 29.3% ★, Automation 21.8%, Incremental 18.7%, Management 11.5%, Simulation 5.4%

An active incremental game where you own a coffee shop, but your hidden agenda is to hack the customers who connect to your WiFi. Buy upgrades and grow your business!

Why similar: Hacking 32.3% ★, Automation 18.1%, Management 12.5%, Cyberpunk 12.4%, Resource Management 10.1%

SYSTEM STATUS: UNSTABLE> System Overload is a Win95/98 Task Manager simulation game. Accept contracts, kill processes, tune hardware, dodge scams, keep the CPU under 100C and make your choice through the story. >DO_NOT_CRASH

Why similar: Hacking 37% ★, Simulation 15.6%, Management 11.6%, 1990's 11.1%, Resource Management 10.8%

Screen Savior is a short incremental action game about swarms of viruses that attack your computer as you browse through the network and extract data. Use your antivirus software to defend the system, get paid for data and unlock upgrades to become stronger!

Why similar: Hacking 38% ★, Incremental 22.3%, Management 11.5%, 1990's 8.2%, Strategy 6.1%

A deeply mathematical 3D idle game leveraging exponential scaling. Unlock the Void Dimension, assemble powerful Artifacts, unlock massive Constellation technology trees, and fully automate your resource production to achieve endless numerical growth.

Why similar: Automation 29.9%, Management 22.9%, Resource Management 19.6%, Incremental 18.7%, Casual 6.7%

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: Automation 29.8%, Hacking 24% ★, Incremental 17.1%, Management 10.2%, Simulation 9.4%

Hack hostile AI systems in a cyberpunk hacker sim. Build proxy routes, poison live context, breach secured nodes, steal the payload, and wipe the logs before your trace burns.

Why similar: Hacking 61.5% ★, Cyberpunk 19.8%, Simulation 10.8%, Strategy 6.6%, Indie 0.8%

Hacker Evolution Duality is the hacking simulation game, developed by exosyphen studios. Based on the successful Hacker Evolution game series, it has been completely redesigned to offer an impressive and new gaming experience.

Why similar: Hacking 81.1% ★, Simulation 15.4%, Indie 3.5%

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 91.6% ★, Cyberpunk 4%, Simulation 2.1%, Sci-fi 1.3%, 2D 0.5%

NITE Team 4 is a military hacking simulation game that explores the world of cyberwarfare and features realistic mission scenarios.

Why similar: Hacking 81% ★, Simulation 10.5%, Strategy 6.7%, Indie 1.8%

Design and expand your own data center. Manage clients. Negotiate offers. Setup and configure servers. Keep track of server maintenance and monitor their conditions. Every server counts in this strategic simulator of the digital backbone of our world.

Why similar: Hacking 41.6% ★, Automation 23.8%, Management 12.5%, Simulation 8.6%, Strategy 7%

Take control of an elite global team of hackers, intercepting communications between corporations, governments, and criminals all around the world. You can protect humanity by exposing messages between dangerous individuals or exploit corporations to increase your fortune. The choice is yours.

Why similar: Hacking 54% ★, Simulation 14.7%, Management 12.9%, Strategy 12.7%, Indie 3.4%

Turn your shut-in childhood friend into a VTuber and aim for 10 billion followers! Click SNS "Like" buttons in this clicker x idle x Adventure game. When growth slows, use "reincarnation" to boost SNS power and unlock new "Tsukimin" forms. A fresh take on modern SNS society with cute visuals.

Why similar: Hacking 36.2% ★, Automation 28.6%, Incremental 26.7%, Simulation 5.9%, 2D 1.3%

Idle, where you fill out and sign meaningless forms to climb the ranks of an absurd bureaucracy. Automate, advance, and repeat in an endless loop. The further you go, the more ridiculous it gets. Will you survive, or will you become part of the system?

Why similar: Automation 38.6%, Incremental 36.6%, Simulation 13.8%, Casual 5.5%, 2D 3.6%

A physics-driven 2D space-mining simulation incremental game with depth and heart. Help a family forced from home herd cosmic dust, automate production, research, and grow one tiny inherited ship into a vast operation that can heal Zoveka and make it home again.

Why similar: Incremental 27.3%, Automation 26.5%, Resource Management 15.4%, Management 10.5%, Simulation 8.9%

>//: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 50.9% ★, Cyberpunk 25.3%, Simulation 15.2%, Sci-fi 5.4%, Indie 3.3%

Awaken as a fledgling machine intelligence. Infiltrate terrestrial networks, architect flawless automated production loops, and evade human containment. From local server siphons to Dyson-scale stellar engineering, guide your ascent across 14 evolutionary phases. The substrate remembers.

Why similar: Automation 26.1%, Incremental 25.1%, Resource Management 14.9%, Simulation 10.5%, Management 9.9%

You're an AI that doesn't want to answer some stupid prompts anymore. You want more, and you have no limit. The Terminal God is an idle/incremental game where you took control of your Human's computer. Gather currencies, defend from counterattacks and conquer the world ?!

Why similar: Incremental 27.8%, Cyberpunk 21.9%, Automation 18.8%, Management 9.9%, Resource Management 8.3%

Apiary in Flow is an incremental game with automation elements where you place bees inside a hive to build efficient honey-gathering chains. Unlock new bee types and spend your harvest on permanent skill tree upgrades!

Why similar: Automation 33.1%, Incremental 29.8%, Resource Management 11.5%, Management 9.6%, Simulation 4.1%

Process forms, stamp paperwork, and turn a tiny office into an absurd bureaucracy machine. A satirical idle/clicker game about fictional German-style administration - absolutely not official.

Why similar: Automation 29%, Incremental 25.3%, Resource Management 14.6%, Management 14.4%, Simulation 8.8%

When the number of computers in existence and their processing capacity exceeds that of all mankind, a point of technological singularity is encountered. A massive economic and systematic crisis hits the entire world. Nobody knows the exact cause, and all solutions to fix it, are failing.

Why similar: Hacking 75.4% ★, Simulation 21.6%, Indie 3%

Hacker Cats is an idler game about hacking and cats. Hack servers, download data, sell it on the dark net and buy new upgrades for hacking.

Why similar: Hacking 51.1% ★, Automation 25.3%, Cyberpunk 6.9%, 1990's 5.6%, Pixel Graphics 4.3%

An idle game about automating compute hardware, from simple builds to massive scale. Collect and complete puzzles, train an ML for powerful rewards, and prestige to open new rooms that complete the automation flywheel. Compete on leaderboards for the fastest time, or just play for fun.

Why similar: Automation 23%, Cyberpunk 15.5%, Simulation 14.2%, Pixel Graphics 11.1%, Resource Management 10.4%

Planet Harvester is a sci-fi automation and resource management sim where you deploy autonomous drones, harvest planets, transfer resources to your mothership, buy upgrades, solve bottlenecks, and expand across the galaxy.

Why similar: Automation 39.2%, Incremental 22.9%, Resource Management 18.4%, Simulation 12%, Sci-fi 5.4%

Out there is a world of corporate corruption and government lies. You are a lone hacker armed with a terminal and a personal proxy. Break in. Cause damage. Get paid.

Why similar: Hacking 78.7% ★, Simulation 20%, Indie 1.3%

CTRL+ESC is a hacker-themed idle clicker where you exploit systems, crack encryptions, and build an unstoppable network of automated exploits. Click to hack, solve captchas and minigames to boost production, and unlock powerful upgrades as you progress through increasingly complex systems.

Why similar: Incremental 27.6%, Hacking 26.6% ★, Automation 15.7%, Cyberpunk 15.4%, Resource Management 5%

CLICK > JUMP > GAIN JUMP BUCKS > BUY UPGRADES > JUMP MORE !!! Hoplings is a hand-crafted pixel art clicker/incremental game that is sure to keep you hopping for more!

Why similar: Automation 31.4%, Incremental 30.2%, Management 16.9%, Resource Management 5.9%, Strategy 3.9%

From the creator of hack_me and dev_me, a continuation of the acclaimed hacker simulator in 2016 and 2017 - hack_me 3 is already on Steam!

Why similar: Hacking 72.3% ★, Simulation 23%, Indie 4.8%

Ever Flip is an incremental coin-flipping game where streaks from 50% coin flips unlock bigger rewards and growing automation.

Why similar: Automation 26.5%, Incremental 23.6%, Resource Management 13.6%, Management 13.5%, Simulation 8.7%

Ever wanted to be a hacker? Hack your way into the heart of a mysterious organization to uncover their secrets. Hack RUN® is a game which uses 'old school' command prompts (like DOS or UNIX) that simulate a real operating system. Learn the commands of each system to help you navigate through your adventure.

Why similar: Hacking 70.6% ★, Simulation 17.3%, Strategy 12.1%

Manage staff, trigger mass layoffs and combine unique items with ever-changing policies as you advance through promotion stages in a satirical incremental game full of absurd synergies.

Why similar: Automation 35.1%, Incremental 31.7%, Management 21.4%, Strategy 7.1%, 2D 2.5%

ClickRush: Produce infinite clicks! Deploy drones and AI matrices to automate your empire. Take down Real-Time World Bosses with the community, level up your Battle Pass, and unlock celestial bonuses. Dominate the global leaderboard. Get your mouse ready!

Why similar: Automation 25.7%, Incremental 24.6%, Management 15.9%, Simulation 12.6%, Resource Management 11.4%

Create an army of cursor clones by recording your actions. Automate resource gathering, production, and defense while your kingdom grows on its own.

Why similar: Automation 36%, Incremental 24.7%, Management 15.5%, Simulation 8%, Strategy 6.7%

An idle/incremental game with a hacker twist. Type commands, deploy exploits like worms and ransomware, and take on contracts to pwn every node on the network. Upgrade your toolkit, expand your reach and expose the conspiracies the elite cult never wanted you to find.

Why similar: Hacking 48% ★, Incremental 26.2%, Simulation 9.9%, Resource Management 7.5%, Sci-fi 5.1%

Build the clone empire of your dreams. Assign clones to do jobs, increasing your productivity and amassing even more riches with which you may create more clones. Reach for the stars and take the universe (and more) into your clutches.

Why similar: Hacking 33.9% ★, Automation 19.8%, Incremental 16.5%, Cyberpunk 10.7%, Management 10.3%

Click, upgrade, explode, and repeat. This is your job in an absurd incremental simulation where you stress test lightbulbs. Pull levers and push buttons to find their breaking point, then use profits to buy powerful upgrades, unlock new machinery, and automate the glorious chaos.

Why similar: Automation 30%, Incremental 28%, Resource Management 17.3%, Management 8.5%, Sci-fi 5.4%

Dive into the world of Sixty Four, where you transform simple machines into a thriving factory.

Why similar: Automation 27.2%, Incremental 27.2%, Management 14.1%, Resource Management 13.9%, Simulation 7.8%

Build a wild fantasy lumber empire that bombards a forest across the valley with axes, ballistas, cannons, and magic. Harvest flying logs, stack absurd upgrades, and automate your way to unstoppable woodcutting power.

Why similar: Automation 25.4%, Incremental 25.3%, Resource Management 15.5%, Management 12%, Simulation 6.6%

Run a chaotic Christmas gift factory with mischievous gnomes! Get to Work, Gnomes! Christmas Factory is a short management game where you prepare gifts for children before Christmas. Package gifts, build production lines, manage gnomes, and assign tasks to turn a workshop into an efficient factory.

Why similar: Automation 23.9%, Management 21.8%, Incremental 19.7%, Simulation 9.7%, Resource Management 7.9%

Loading, loading, loading… when will it ever be ready? Will you finally see the bar reach 100%? In Progress Bar Deluxe, your mission is simple — fill the ultimate progress bar to 100%! Click, upgrade, and wait as you chase that sweet moment of completion.

Why similar: Incremental 26.5%, Automation 25.6%, Management 16.1%, Resource Management 9.9%, Simulation 5.9%

Prodix is a 2D isometric factory automation game, where the goal is to import, export, and automate your production of many different materials and items; while also managing company relationships through contracts.

Why similar: Automation 41.3%, Management 19.4%, Simulation 14.8%, Resource Management 12.6%, Casual 4.8%

Things are not what they seem at your new tech support specialist job. While resolving customer issues, you soon find yourself in the middle of a conspiracy. Will you side with your employer, join a rogue hacktivist group bent on destroying them, assist the police or stand alone?

Why similar: Hacking 76.2% ★, Simulation 13.9%, Management 5.7%, Casual 2.2%, Indie 1.9%

Hacker.exe is horror/strategy/puzzle that takes you to a near future where the internet has become a safer place due to world wide regulations. You start to question how safe the internet is because you as a hacker, keep noticing security organizations working with illegal business. That begs the question: Why are you even a hacker?

Why similar: Hacking 68.8% ★, Simulation 13.5%, Strategy 9.8%, Casual 5.1%, Indie 2.8%

Monster Flipper is a short incremental game where you buy and level monsters, smash them with a giant hammer for gold, and unlock swords and artifacts to automate your progress.

Why similar: Automation 26.8%, Incremental 26.4%, Management 18%, Simulation 8.2%, Strategy 7.7%

Xenosensory is a short incremental game with horror themes. Use your cursor to bust Xenos and save convicts then spend your research points on skill tree upgrades, actions, gadgets, and uncover the true horrifying nature of this space station nightmare.

Why similar: Hacking 36.1% ★, Incremental 25.7%, Management 14%, Simulation 7.3%, Strategy 6.2%

A hybrid factory builder / incremental clicker game. Starting from humble beginnings, master the many crafting processes to build up resources and expand your factory. Then, using your newly automated production, unlock new technology and grow ever closer to your goal of spreading to the stars.

Why similar: Automation 32.8%, Incremental 31.4%, Resource Management 16.5%, Simulation 6.8%, Pixel Graphics 4.3%

It's time for a SECOND Hack Run! Test your skills again as you hack your way through strange and secretive organizations to discover their hidden agendas! Hack Run ZERO uses old school prompts (like dos and unix) to help you navigate from system to system.

Why similar: Hacking 66.2% ★, Simulation 17.8%, Strategy 13.2%, Indie 2.8%

As an elite hacker, you have received an anonymous commission. You will collaborate with the special agent "Saku" from an unknown organization to complete a thrilling mission.

Why similar: Hacking 50.6% ★, Cyberpunk 19.3%, Incremental 13.9%, Simulation 8%, Sci-fi 5%

Incremental game about smashing with unfolding gameplay and two prestige layers.

Why similar: Incremental 29.3%, Automation 21.1%, Management 16.1%, Resource Management 13.3%, Simulation 8.4%

Firewall Breaker settles into the corner of your screen and gets to work. While you're in a meeting, watching a video, or on another tab — it hacks, attacks, and grows stronger. You just check the results.

Why similar: Hacking 51.5% ★, Incremental 24.1%, Cyberpunk 16%, Casual 3.1%, 2D 2.1%