- #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 26.6% ★, Programming 23.8% ★, Puzzle 10%, Dystopian 9.2%, Story Rich 6.7%
- #2 Else Heart.Break()
96% 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 39.3% ★, Hacking 37.8% ★, Conspiracy 8.3% ★, Cyberpunk 6.7%, Adventure 4.1%
- #3 Replica
96% matchVery Positive86% of 3,534 reviews2016
Dev: Somi
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 36.8 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 45.2% ★, Dystopian 19.1%, Puzzle 9.6%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%, Mystery 7.5%
- #4 Beneath a Steel Sky (1994)
95% matchVery Positive89% of 598 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 30.4% ★, Dystopian 16%, Cyberpunk 11.4%, Conspiracy 11.2% ★, Puzzle 7%
- #5 AI is Home - Survival Thriller
94% matchMixed64% of 22 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 30.3% ★, Programming 22.7% ★, Dystopian 15.3%, Thriller 10.1%, Cyberpunk 8.4%
- #6 DreamScript
94% 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: Hacking 24.4% ★, Programming 23.4% ★, Game Development 21.7% ★, Experimental 16.4% ★, Puzzle 6.5%
- #7 Flashpaper
93% 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 48.1% ★, Dystopian 14.1%, Cyberpunk 12.1%, Story Rich 6.3%, Retro 5%
- #8 OFF GRID : Stealth Hacking
92% 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 26.9% ★, Programming 20.6% ★, Conspiracy 13% ★, Dystopian 12.3%, Experimental 9.6% ★
- #9 Bug Catcher
91% 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 32% ★, Hacking 25.7% ★, Game Development 22.9% ★, Puzzle 8.1%, Pixel Graphics 5.3%
- #10 Blackdoor
91% 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 39.7% ★, Programming 28.3% ★, Conspiracy 8.9% ★, Cyberpunk 7.5%, Mystery 5%
- #11 Commit!!!
90% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: gand-tr
Windows · Mac · 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 34.8% ★, Programming 28.7% ★, Game Development 27.8% ★, Pixel Graphics 4.5%, Retro 3.7%
- #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 42.4% ★, Programming 29.4% ★, Conspiracy 12.3% ★, Puzzle 7.1%, Cyberpunk 6%
- #13 EXAPUNKS
89% 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 43.7% ★, Hacking 39.1% ★, Puzzle 8.6%, Cyberpunk 8%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #14 CRT7
88% 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 34% ★, Psychological 14.2%, Conspiracy 12.8% ★, Dystopian 11.4%, Puzzle 7.8%
- #15 1000-BIT
87% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: 89o
Windows · Linux
An open-ended programming puzzle game where you operate entirely in binary.
Why similar: Programming 39.4% ★, Hacking 34.4% ★, Puzzle 9.1%, Mystery 8.5%, Retro 4.5%
- #16 Uplink
86% 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 48.1% ★, Programming 18.5% ★, Experimental 12.1% ★, Cyberpunk 8.6%, Puzzle 4.9%
- #17 Hack 'n' Slash
86% 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 52.5% ★, Programming 30.9% ★, Puzzle 10%, Adventure 5.9%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #18 Lo-Res Shaders: The Game
84% 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: Hacking 41.1% ★, Programming 40.5% ★, Puzzle 7.9%, Pixel Graphics 5.1%, Retro 4.8%
- #19 Software Engineering Course / Informatyka - zrozum i zaprogramuj komputer
85% 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: Hacking 44.4% ★, Programming 38.3% ★, Puzzle 8.6%, Game Development 8.4% ★, Singleplayer 0.3%
- #20 Enigma
83% 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 34.7% ★, Dystopian 17.7%, Conspiracy 17.4% ★, Cyberpunk 13.2%, Exploration 4.1%
- #21 Bitburner
82% 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 44% ★, Hacking 35% ★, Dystopian 9.5%, Cyberpunk 7.5%, Puzzle 3.4%
- #22 Mainlining
84% 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 59.8% ★, Programming 19.9% ★, Puzzle 6.5%, Pixel Graphics 4.9%, Adventure 4.6%
- #23 exorSYS
82% 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 33.9% ★, Programming 21.3% ★, Mystery 12.3%, Puzzle 8.6%, Thriller 7.8%
- #24 Rendezvous: Shadows of the Past
81% matchVery Positive82% of 82 reviews2022
Dev: Pendopo CreationsPub: Hitcents
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 43%
He can't escape the memories that haunt him, and soon Setyo realizes he must return to Neo-Surabaya to save what's left of his family. Experience the upheaval of Setyo's mundane life in Bay City in this action-adventure prologue to Rendezvous.
Why similar: Hacking 33.8% ★, Cyberpunk 14.6%, Dystopian 13.9%, Puzzle 9.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%
- #25 Hacknet
81% 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 80.7% ★, Programming 8.6% ★, Dystopian 4%, Cyberpunk 2.8%, Story Rich 1.5%
- #26 Quadrilateral Cowboy
80% 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 40.6% ★, Programming 28.8% ★, Cyberpunk 12.3%, Puzzle 4.4%, Atmospheric 4.1%
- #27 Beyond a Steel Sky
79% matchVery Positive88% of 1,669 reviews2020
Dev: Revolution Software Ltd
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 31.7% ★, Dystopian 17.3%, Cyberpunk 13.5%, Mystery 9.7%, Thriller 9.3%
- #28 Extortion
79% 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 39.2% ★, Programming 24.6% ★, Conspiracy 11.8% ★, Mystery 8.6%, Puzzle 7.6%
- #29 ISLAND_NAME_HERE
78% 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 39.4% ★, Experimental 15.3% ★, Programming 12% ★, Puzzle 11%, Story Rich 5.3%
- #30 EmuDevz
77% matchVery Positive89% of 74 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 34% ★, Game Development 30.2% ★, Hacking 22.5% ★, Puzzle 6.3%, Pixel Graphics 3.3%
- #31 Dither Paradox
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Smartive.games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 31.1% ★, Dystopian 16.1%, Cyberpunk 10.4%, Mystery 10.2%, Puzzle 6.6%
- #32 Pragma Twice
76% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2026
Dev: Bryan Gillespie
Windows · Linux
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 43.9% ★, Hacking 39.9% ★, Puzzle 9.9%, Pixel Graphics 5.2%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #33 H4CT0PL45M
76% 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% ★, Programming 21.9% ★, Pixel Graphics 8.5%, Puzzle 6.6%, Cyberpunk 4.6%
- #34 hackmud
77% 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 47.3% ★, Programming 35.9% ★, Cyberpunk 10.3%, Puzzle 6.5%
- #35 ConOps21: Subversion Protocol
75% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: BoldHat®
Windows
Neo-London remembers nothing. The Dominion made certain of it. You are Cipher Reeve — the man their erasure failed to take - and the buried Signal you've touched carries the memory of everyone they erased. A psychological techno-thriller where truth is contraband and every choice is recorded.
Why similar: Conspiracy 21.7% ★, Psychological 17.1%, Dystopian 15.6%, Cyberpunk 14.7%, Thriller 11.4%
- #36 Enter the kOS
75% 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 39.9% ★, Mystery 20%, Puzzle 12.7%, Retro 11.3%, Exploration 5.7%
- #37 The 22nd is Serda. f0a178
74% 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% ★, Game Development 26.4% ★, Puzzle 11%, Mystery 9.8%, Adventure 8.2%
- #38 Remain At Your Desk
74% 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 38.5% ★, Programming 28.5% ★, Cyberpunk 12.8%, Dystopian 8.5%, Mystery 4.9%
- #39 Backtrace: Mechanisms for Forgetting
73% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Petallix Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Backtrace is a yuri mystery and puzzle game set inside a retro computer. Log on night after night to uncover a story of internet exploits and unexpected friendships with a crew of 80s hackers. Solve 2D grid-based puzzles to piece together the mystery.
Why similar: Hacking 46.5% ★, Puzzle 15.3%, Programming 8.4% ★, Mystery 7%, Retro 6.9%
- #40 The Remains and The Residue
72% 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 22.1%, Mystery 18.5%, Puzzle 14.7%, Thriller 13.6%, Retro 10.6%
- #41 From The Mystery Zone
73% 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 39.3% ★, Mystery 20.9%, Puzzle 12.1%, Adventure 7.1%, Exploration 6.1%
- #42 NeonSync
72% 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 33.4% ★, Programming 21.2% ★, Conspiracy 13.4% ★, Dystopian 10.4%, Cyberpunk 10.4%
- #43 Glitchspace
73% 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 56.4% ★, Hacking 26.2% ★, Puzzle 12.3%, Adventure 5.1%
- #44 Grey Hack
71% 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 61.2% ★, Programming 34% ★, Cyberpunk 3.8%, Adventure 1%
- #45 GLYPHIS_IO BBS: The Proxy Tapes 1989
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: James BradleyPub: The Civitas Universe
Windows · Mac · Linux
A narrative hacking adventure set in an alternate 1989 Japan. Boot your Bradsonic 69000, dial into underground bulletin boards, solve programming puzzles and crack games you can actually play. Tune into pirate radio and earn the trust of a crew whose secrets put more than your computer at risk.
Why similar: Hacking 39.9% ★, Conspiracy 14.4% ★, Mystery 10.2%, Cyberpunk 9.2%, Retro 6.2%
- #46 DECRYPTO Project
70% 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 32.7% ★, Dystopian 19.8%, Mystery 17.1%, Puzzle 10.5%, Story Rich 7%
- #47 Night Hacking
70% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Time Traveling Badger
Windows
An interactive story about hacking, unveiling secrets, chatting with people, and searching for purpose.
Why similar: Hacking 43.6% ★, Conspiracy 19.2% ★, Dystopian 14.3%, Story Rich 6.6%, Pixel Graphics 6%
- #48 Tunnet
69% 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: Hacking 33.2% ★, Programming 30.9% ★, Puzzle 7.6%, Mystery 7.1%, Experimental 6.2% ★
- #49 U-Sharp: The Unity Coding Learning Game
70% 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 30.9% ★, Game Development 29.4% ★, Hacking 27.7% ★, Puzzle 6.4%, Atmospheric 3.1%
- #50 Mnemonimov
68% matchPositive97% of 31 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 30.7% ★, Hacking 29.4% ★, Game Development 28.1% ★, Puzzle 6.3%, Retro 5%
- #51 Eye 4 Eye
69% matchVery Positive98% of 83 reviews2023
Dev: Team Eye 4 EyePub: Yi Dai
Windows
Embark on a mission to unveil the truth behind a missing daughter case. Utilize the search engine to gather clues and uncover the dark secrets of TempleTech. Experience a suspenseful journey through the eyes of Hazel.
Why similar: Mystery 15.6%, Conspiracy 13.7% ★, Puzzle 10%, Dystopian 8.5%, Retro 8.3%
- #52 Algotica Iterations
71% 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 45.1% ★, Hacking 31.5% ★, Puzzle 11.3%, Adventure 7.4%, Atmospheric 4.7%
- #53 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 44.9% ★, Programming 30.3% ★, Puzzle 8.4%, Cyberpunk 7%, Mystery 4%
- #54 Code Wizard: Java Edition
68% 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 41% ★, Programming 34% ★, Puzzle 9%, Game Development 7.9% ★, Pixel Graphics 4.2%
- #55 Quantum Breach
67% matchNo user reviews100% of 5 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 57.1% ★, Programming 39.5% ★, Adventure 2%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #56 TAU-09
67% 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: Hacking 40.1% ★, Programming 37.6% ★, Puzzle 8.9%, Cyberpunk 7%, Retro 5.8%
- #57 Network & Cyber Security Simulator
67% 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 47.1% ★, Programming 35.1% ★, Cyberpunk 9.2%, Psychological 8.1%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #58 HACKING INTO EREBUS
67% 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 39% ★, Programming 29.4% ★, Cyberpunk 11%, Thriller 7%, Puzzle 7%
- #59 Hacker life simulator
68% 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 39.7% ★, Game Development 30.1% ★, Programming 27.1% ★, 3D 2.2%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #60 Void Future: Hacking Protocol
65% 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 46.7% ★, Programming 20.3% ★, Cyberpunk 9.7%, Puzzle 8.6%, Conspiracy 4.8% ★