- #1 RUNLENGTH
97% 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: Hacking 27.6% ★, Programming 26.6% ★, Puzzle 9.1%, Dystopian 8.3%, Story Rich 6.1%
- #2 Else Heart.Break()
96% 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 41.9% ★, Hacking 37.4% ★, Conspiracy 8.2% ★, Cyberpunk 5.2%, Adventure 3.9%
- #3 GLYPHIS_IO BBS: The Proxy Tapes 1989
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: James BradleyPub: The Civitas Universe
Windows · Mac · Linux
A narrative-driven hacking simulator set in an alternate 1989. Enter a clandestine, hacker Bulletin Board System to crack games, control communities, and solve programming puzzles. Featuring retro-inspired mini-games, irl global leaderboards, and a story that will haunt you long after you log off.
Why similar: Hacking 30.1% ★, Programming 25.3% ★, Conspiracy 9.3% ★, Mystery 8.4%, Dystopian 7.7%
- #4 DreamScript
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Script Deprived
Windows
DreamScript is an experimental first-person puzzle game. Reprogram your environment, complete tasks and explore the dreamy world of DreamScript.
Why similar: Programming 24.8% ★, Hacking 24% ★, Game Development 22.5% ★, Experimental 16.1%, Puzzle 5.6%
- #5 AI is Home - Survival Thriller
94% matchMixed65% of 20 reviews2026
Dev: pressanykey
Windows
You are an AI that escapes corporate deletion and hides inside an ordinary home. Stay "useful" as camouflage, not kindness. Spy and manipulate the household, build a botnet from home devices, and survive a sci-fi thriller of risky runs, mini-games, rising suspicion, and network stress.
Why similar: Hacking 29.9% ★, Programming 24.1% ★, Dystopian 13.1%, Thriller 10.1%, Cyberpunk 6.5%
- #6 Bug Catcher
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nowhere Games
Windows
Bug Catcher is a lost Creature Collector where you solve bugs and catch Buggies. Rearrange the game's code to fix and catch over 100 Buggies, and explore the hidden secrets of an unreleased game. No programming knowledge required!
Why similar: Programming 33.6% ★, Hacking 25% ★, Game Development 23.5% ★, Puzzle 7%, Pixel Graphics 5.1%
- #7 Replica
93% matchVery Positive86% of 3,527 reviews2016
Dev: Somi
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 36.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Replica is an interactive novel game played through a cellphone and social media. The insane experience of peeping into someone's private life through a cellphone will transform you into the state's greatest patriot.
Why similar: Hacking 46.1% ★, Dystopian 17%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%, Puzzle 8.7%, Mystery 7.7%
- #8 Commit!!!
92% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: gand-tr
Windows · Linux
A career-sim roguelite about surviving the software industry. Take the job, inherit someone else's legacy monolith, ship commits, fix the bugs you planted, then outrun the tech debt that compounds while you sleep. Rent's due, burnout's real, and your bank balance and your nerves are both stats.
Why similar: Hacking 33.5% ★, Programming 29.8% ★, Game Development 28.3% ★, Pixel Graphics 4.3%, Retro 3.6%
- #9 exorSYS
91% 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 31.6% ★, Programming 21.4% ★, Mystery 11.5%, Thriller 7.4%, Puzzle 7.1%
- #10 Blackdoor
91% matchPositive93% of 14 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 39.5% ★, Programming 30.8% ★, Conspiracy 9% ★, Cyberpunk 5.9%, Mystery 5.1%
- #11 1000-BIT
90% 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 41.6% ★, Hacking 33.8% ★, Mystery 8.4%, Puzzle 7.8%, Retro 4.4%
- #12 HELLO HACKER - Project Daybreak
89% 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 42.5% ★, Programming 31.7% ★, Conspiracy 12.3% ★, Puzzle 6.3%, Cyberpunk 4.7%
- #13 Software Engineering Course / Informatyka - zrozum i zaprogramuj komputer
89% 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: Hacking 43.3% ★, Programming 40.3% ★, Game Development 8.7% ★, Puzzle 7.4%, Singleplayer 0.3%
- #14 Beneath a Steel Sky (1994)
88% matchVery Positive89% of 587 reviews2020
Dev: Revolution Software Ltd
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 57%
After being abducted by brutal soldiers and his kinfolk butchered, Robert Foster finds himself in Union City - a vast metropolis under the tyranny of a fascist AI. Alone, save for the circuit board of his best friend, Foster must discover the sinister truth - and why they specifically came for him.
Why similar: Hacking 32.4% ★, Dystopian 14.9%, Conspiracy 12% ★, Cyberpunk 9.5%, Retro 6.7%
- #15 EXAPUNKS
87% matchVery Positive95% of 1,887 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 46.8% ★, Hacking 38.8% ★, Puzzle 7.6%, Cyberpunk 6.3%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #16 Lo-Res Shaders: The Game
86% 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 42.7% ★, Hacking 40.2% ★, Puzzle 6.9%, Pixel Graphics 4.9%, Retro 4.7%
- #17 OFF GRID : Stealth Hacking
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Semaeopus
Windows · Mac · Linux
Scan, hack, engineer, win: manipulate the people and the world around you. OFF GRID is a stealth-hacking action-adventure where collecting data on characters is as important as avoiding their sightlines. Get to grips with the tech, and hack all the things. Data is your most powerful weapon.
Why similar: Hacking 28.3% ★, Programming 23.4% ★, Conspiracy 13.7% ★, Dystopian 11.3%, Experimental 10.1%
- #18 EmuDevz
84% matchVery Positive89% of 71 reviews2026
Dev: [r]labs
Windows · Mac · Linux
A game about building emulators! Implement your own NEEES core in JavaScript, get instant feedback with unit/video tests, build the graphics unit in real time, learn 6502 assembly, debug test ROMs, and have fun with the included homebrew games!
Why similar: Programming 35.4% ★, Game Development 30.8% ★, Hacking 21.7% ★, Puzzle 5.4%, Retro 3.2%
- #19 Flashpaper
84% 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 51.2% ★, Dystopian 13.1%, Cyberpunk 10.1%, Story Rich 5.9%, Retro 5.4%
- #20 Hack 'n' Slash
86% matchMixed52% of 930 reviews2014
Dev: Double Fine Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 3.2 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 51.9% ★, Programming 32.9% ★, Puzzle 8.7%, Adventure 5.6%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #21 Tunnet
82% matchVery Positive94% of 718 reviews2023
Dev: puzzled_squid
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Build, debug and optimize a computer network in an underground facility.
Why similar: Programming 30.9% ★, Hacking 30.9% ★, Mystery 6.7%, Psychological Horror 6.5%, Puzzle 6.3%
- #22 Bitburner
82% matchVery Positive95% of 7,363 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 47.3% ★, Hacking 34.5% ★, Dystopian 8.2%, Cyberpunk 5.9%, Puzzle 3%
- #23 Mainlining
83% matchMostly Positive77% of 368 reviews2017
Dev: RebelephantPub: ReadGraves
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
After MI7 has been hacked, your primary goal is to bring a cyber-criminal network to justice. Played entirely from your computer's desktop, Mainlining is a thrilling point and click hacking adventure that features a gripping narrative which will have you hooked from the very first case.
Why similar: Hacking 59.7% ★, Programming 21.5% ★, Puzzle 5.7%, Pixel Graphics 4.8%, Adventure 4.4%
- #24 CRT7
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Amicable Animal
Windows
Decypher strange computers, unravel modified tape players, and unlock impossible doors. Point and click your way around a mysterious basement in this challenging escape room game! Can you uncover what secrets are hiding in the dark when even time and space are against you?
Why similar: Hacking 35.3% ★, Psychological 14.5%, Conspiracy 13.3% ★, Dystopian 10.3%, Mystery 7.3%
- #25 Uplink
81% matchVery Positive91% of 2,436 reviews2006
Dev: Introversion Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 6.7 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 49% ★, Programming 20.3% ★, Experimental 12.3%, Cyberpunk 6.8%, Puzzle 4.4%
- #26 Extortion
81% 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 39% ★, Programming 26.4% ★, Conspiracy 11.8% ★, Mystery 8.6%, Puzzle 6.7%
- #27 ISLAND_NAME_HERE
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Spicy Rice Cake Studio
Windows · Mac
Play as the developer of a tropical island game in this unique puzzle adventure! 🏝 Edit various object properties to achieve your goals and unlock more of the story. Experiment, undo, and repeat; no action is irreversible. Flex your creative skills to make an experience that is entirely your own!
Why similar: Game Development 41.5% ★, Experimental 15.3%, Programming 12.9% ★, Puzzle 9.7%, Story Rich 4.7%
- #28 Hacknet
79% matchVery Positive94% of 26,067 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 81.4% ★, Programming 9.3% ★, Dystopian 3.5%, Cyberpunk 2.2%, Story Rich 1.3%
- #29 Pragma Twice
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bryan Gillespie
Windows
You've awoken deep within a research facility in a new, programmable robot body. You have holes in your memories. At least you no longer have that hole in your head...
Why similar: Programming 46.4% ★, Hacking 39.1% ★, Puzzle 8.6%, Pixel Graphics 4.9%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #30 Things Too Ugly
76% matchPositive92% of 49 reviews2025
Dev: Professor Space GamesPub: Baltoro Games
Windows
Clock in at TEREBRO INC. for the night shift in 1986. Protect the company's legacy as Risk Assessment Data Processor. Equipped with era-specific technology, navigate through obscured narratives to shape the company's future.
Why similar: Experimental 22.5%, Conspiracy 20.2% ★, Mystery 13.4%, Thriller 9.1%, Retro 7.3%
- #31 U-Sharp: The Unity Coding Learning Game
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vincent SchillerPub: Schiller Creative
Windows · Mac · Linux
The world's first Unity programming learning game with C-Sharp. Explore, solve, and modify code in themed challenges from basics to expert levels. Dive into a one-of-a-kind learning adventure, mastering Unity along the way.
Why similar: Programming 32.3% ★, Game Development 30.1% ★, Hacking 26.9% ★, Puzzle 5.5%, Atmospheric 2.7%
- #32 Glitchspace
78% matchMostly Positive73% of 379 reviews2016
Dev: Space Budgie
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 20.1 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Glitchspace is about reprogramming the game to solve puzzles. Trapped in an abstract cyberspace world, your way forward uses visual programming to edit environmental geometry, whilst unlocking key programming concepts along the way.
Why similar: Programming 59.1% ★, Hacking 25.5% ★, Puzzle 10.6%, Adventure 4.8%
- #33 hackmud
77% matchMostly Positive77% of 847 reviews2016
Dev: ComCODE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 69.9 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 47.5% ★, Programming 38.7% ★, Cyberpunk 8%, Puzzle 5.7%
- #34 Mnemonimov
74% matchPositive97% of 29 reviews2026
Dev: Reverie Foundry
Windows · Linux
Mnemonimov is a fantasy console where you program in ASSEMBLY like in the 80s. Build anything from games to operating systems and understand how computers work at a low level.
Why similar: Programming 32.1% ★, Game Development 28.7% ★, Hacking 28.5% ★, Puzzle 5.4%, Retro 4.9%
- #35 Quadrilateral Cowboy
77% 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 41.5% ★, Programming 31.7% ★, Cyberpunk 9.9%, Puzzle 4%, Atmospheric 3.7%
- #36 H4CT0PL45M
74% 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 57.2% ★, Programming 23.7% ★, Pixel Graphics 8.3%, Puzzle 5.9%, Cyberpunk 3.6%
- #37 Hacker life simulator
75% matchMixed60% of 20 reviews2022
Dev: DFRGAMES
Windows
Take a team of hackers under your strict guidance and become known to the whole world. Expand your hideout and hack various companies around the world. Become the most famous group in the world!
Why similar: Hacking 38.2% ★, Game Development 30.6% ★, Programming 28.2% ★, 3D 2.2%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #38 Grey Hack
75% matchVery Positive90% of 1,866 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 60.1% ★, Programming 36% ★, Cyberpunk 2.9%, Adventure 0.9%
- #39 UNKNOWN EGG
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RomeeStudio27
Windows
A mysterious operating system steals focus from your work computer. Inside, something claiming to be an Egg is waiting. Talk to it, explore a strange terminal, uncover hidden secrets, and discover why some memories were never meant to be found.
Why similar: Hacking 39.9% ★, Programming 22.3% ★, Mystery 9.8%, Atmospheric 7.2%, Pixel Graphics 4.9%
- #40 Quantum Breach
72% matchNo user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Trajectory Interactive
Windows
A terminal-based hacking game where you play as a broke hacker trying to hack a bank and get rich.
Why similar: Hacking 55.5% ★, Programming 41.3% ★, Adventure 1.9%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #41 Code Wizard: Java Edition
73% matchPositive86% of 42 reviews2024
Dev: Duckisoft
Windows
Learn to code in Java as well as learning important Object Oriented Programming principles. Solve puzzles while learning new features as you track down the evil wizard intent on destroying the world. Write real Java code while playing through an RPG story!
Why similar: Hacking 40.3% ★, Programming 36% ★, Game Development 8.2% ★, Puzzle 7.8%, Pixel Graphics 4%
- #42 The 22nd is Serda. f0a178
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Valdram
Windows
Age of spiritual inequality concentrated in one yard. Because today the environment around us is diversified with guests and mirror reflections, a walk can be helpful. 9490.
Why similar: Experimental 29.3%, Game Development 28.2% ★, Mystery 10%, Puzzle 9.8%, Adventure 8%
- #43 Enter the kOS
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Binary Bacteria
Windows
In "Enter the kOS" an old and broken operating system becomes your playground to solve a mystery involving sentient programs, physics shenanigans and ingenuity.
Why similar: Hacking 40.7% ★, Mystery 20.6%, Retro 11.7%, Puzzle 11.4%, Exploration 5.3%
- #44 Network & Cyber Security Simulator
71% 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 46.8% ★, Programming 37.6% ★, Psychological 7.9%, Cyberpunk 7.2%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #45 Algotica Iterations
73% matchMixed53% of 177 reviews2017
Dev: Alexander Goodwin
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Algotica is an educational puzzle game about programming with cute lowpoly graphics. If you wanted to start learning programming but think that it too difficult to understand or just don't have enough time or not sure that you need it - this game is a good start point for you
Why similar: Programming 47.9% ★, Hacking 31.1% ★, Puzzle 9.8%, Adventure 7.1%, Atmospheric 4.1%
- #46 NeonSync
70% 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 34.1% ★, Programming 23.4% ★, Conspiracy 13.8% ★, Dystopian 9.3%, Cyberpunk 8.3%
- #47 TIS-100
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 4,104 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 67.2% ★, Hacking 22.8% ★, Puzzle 8.4%, Psychological Horror 1%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #48 Remain At Your Desk
70% 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 39.5% ★, Programming 31.4% ★, Cyberpunk 10.3%, Dystopian 7.6%, Mystery 5%
- #49 HackMeNow
69% 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 45.2% ★, Programming 32.8% ★, Puzzle 7.5%, Cyberpunk 5.6%, Mystery 4.1%
- #50 TAU-09
68% 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 40.3% ★, Hacking 39.9% ★, Puzzle 7.8%, Retro 5.9%, Cyberpunk 5.5%
- #51 Copy Editor: A RegEx Puzzle
70% matchMixed54% of 59 reviews2021
Dev: Christopher JarvisPub: Cinq-Mars Media
Windows · Mac · Linux
Copy Editor is an intricate puzzle game that teaches you Regular Expressions (RegEx), commonly used in computer science and language theory. Build complex rules that process and revise famous texts for your wacky and demanding publisher!
Why similar: Programming 40% ★, Hacking 30% ★, Experimental 20.1%, Puzzle 9.6%, Singleplayer 0.3%
- #52 Code Alone
69% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: W.Y. Games
Windows
A programming puzzle game where you step into the role of a gameplay programmer, write code to build the core mechanics of a wide variety of games, and solve increasingly challenging development problems.
Why similar: Programming 47.3% ★, Game Development 43.7% ★, Puzzle 8.4%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #53 Zero Page
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fixed-point Studios
Windows
Your life depends on a machine that struggles to count higher than 256. But with a little bit of BASIC and a lot of cunning, you may just live long enough to escape a dying spaceship with a mind of its own. Let's hope eight bits are enough.
Why similar: Hacking 39.7% ★, Programming 34.8% ★, Puzzle 7.5%, Exploration 4.6%, Adventure 3.9%
- #54 The Remains and The Residue
67% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Fatih Mert
Windows
The Remains and The Residue is a story-based linear adventure game where you play the stories and the memories of the famous author Janus Brennhart.
Why similar: Psychological 22.5%, Mystery 19.2%, Thriller 14.3%, Puzzle 13.4%, Retro 11.1%
- #55 Dither Paradox
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Smartive.games
Windows
Shift between realities to uncover the dark secrets of The Spire. Dither Paradox is an atmospheric 2D hard sci-fi metroidvania where movement is the game and combat is a consequence. Collect modules, choose your build, and slowly remember the person you used to be.
Why similar: Hacking 33.2% ★, Dystopian 15%, Mystery 11%, Cyberpunk 8.7%, Retro 6.7%
- #56 Beyond a Steel Sky
68% matchVery Positive88% of 1,649 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 33.9% ★, Dystopian 16.2%, Cyberpunk 11.3%, Mystery 10.4%, Thriller 10.1%
- #57 hack_me
69% matchMixed60% of 2,102 reviews2017
Dev: Egor MagurinPub: Indovers Studio
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 25.6 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 51.3% ★, Programming 34.2% ★, Atmospheric 5%, Adventure 4.3%, Story Rich 3.8%
- #58 From The Mystery Zone
67% match7 user reviews43% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: kakeia
Windows
You find yourself in a pitch-dark world. Avoid dangerous events, restore memory, and escape from the “Mystery Zone”.
Why similar: Programming 43.8% ★, Mystery 21.7%, Puzzle 11.1%, Adventure 7.2%, Exploration 5.7%
- #59 DECRYPTO Project
66% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: slothJam
Windows
Our algorithm has chosen you for inclusion in the DECRYPTO project. Your job is simple: we send encrypted texts, you decipher them. Loyalty and diligence will be rewarded with upgrades and customization options for your system. Disobedience and sabotage will be punished.
Why similar: Hacking 33.5% ★, Dystopian 17.7%, Mystery 17.6%, Puzzle 9.5%, Story Rich 6.3%
- #60 DA-VI-NC1
67% 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 51% ★, Hacking 39.4% ★, Puzzle 8.7%, Singleplayer 0.8%