- #1 Else Heart.Break()
97% matchMixed67% of 836 reviews2015
Dev: Erik SvedängPub: Erik Svedäng AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 37%
A game about friendship, love and technology in a place where bits have replaced atoms.
Why similar: Programming 45.2% ★, Hacking 35.7% ★, Cyberpunk 7.6%, Conspiracy 7% ★, Indie 2.2%
- #2 EXAPUNKS
96% matchVery Positive95% of 1,878 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 47.6% ★, Hacking 35% ★, Cyberpunk 8.7%, Puzzle 6.5%, Indie 1.5%
- #3 HELLO HACKER - Project Daybreak
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: h3ll0h4ck3r
Windows · Linux
A story-rich hacking simulation set inside a full Linux desktop environment. Use real terminal commands, crack passwords, intercept traffic, and expose a secret autonomous AI program.. before it exposes you.
Why similar: Hacking 38.9% ★, Programming 32.8% ★, Conspiracy 10.1% ★, Cyberpunk 6.7%, Puzzle 5.5%
- #4 Software Engineering Course / Informatyka - zrozum i zaprogramuj komputer
95% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2020
Dev: Wydawnictwo DagielPub: Adventuresity
Windows
The program was created on the basis of an engineering study program. No prior knowledge of any IT issues is required - we start with simple tasks and step by step learn the basics of computer programming.
Why similar: Programming 43.2% ★, Hacking 41.2% ★, Puzzle 6.7%, Game Development 6.4% ★, Indie 2%
- #5 hackmud
94% matchMostly Positive78% of 844 reviews2016
Dev: ComCODE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 70.2 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 42.5% ★, Programming 39.2% ★, Cyberpunk 11%, Puzzle 4.9%, Indie 2.3%
- #6 Blackdoor
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Static Signal
Windows
You're a hacker with a terminal and four terrible scripts. 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. Better code = better hacker.
Why similar: Hacking 38.1% ★, Programming 33.5% ★, Cyberpunk 8.7%, Conspiracy 7.9% ★, Mystery 4.6%
- #7 Bitburner
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 7,299 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 49.6% ★, Hacking 32% ★, Cyberpunk 8.4%, Dystopian 6%, Puzzle 2.6%
- #8 Replica
92% matchVery Positive86% of 3,518 reviews2016
Dev: Somi
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 35.9 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 48.2% ★, Dystopian 13.9%, Pixel Graphics 9%, Puzzle 8.7%, Mystery 7.4%
- #9 Hack 'n' Slash
91% matchMixed52% of 926 reviews2014
Dev: Double Fine Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 3.1 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 50.1% ★, Programming 35.9% ★, Puzzle 8.1%, Indie 3%, Adventure 1.8%
- #10 AI is Home - Survival Thriller
91% matchNo user reviews
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 31.1% ★, Programming 28.5% ★, Dystopian 10.7%, Cyberpunk 10.5%, Thriller 6.4%
- #11 Glitchspace
90% matchMostly Positive73% of 379 reviews2016
Dev: Space Budgie
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 20.0 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 62.1% ★, Hacking 23.7% ★, Puzzle 9.5%, Indie 3.3%, Adventure 1.5%
- #12 Lo-Res Shaders: The Game
89% 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 47.4% ★, Hacking 39.6% ★, Puzzle 6.5%, Pixel Graphics 4.6%, Indie 1.1%
- #13 Bug Catcher
89% 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 40.3% ★, Hacking 26.6% ★, Game Development 19.4% ★, Puzzle 7.1%, Pixel Graphics 5.1%
- #14 Grey Hack
88% matchVery Positive90% of 1,843 reviews2017
Dev: Loading Home
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 12.5 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 56% ★, Programming 37.9% ★, Cyberpunk 4.2%, Indie 1.6%, Adventure 0.3%
- #15 1000-BIT
87% 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 47% ★, Hacking 33.8% ★, Mystery 7.7%, Puzzle 7.5%, Pixel Graphics 3.4%
- #16 Pragma Twice
86% 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 49.4% ★, Hacking 36.9% ★, Puzzle 7.8%, Pixel Graphics 4.4%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #17 Mainlining
86% matchMostly Positive77% of 363 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 58% ★, Programming 23.5% ★, Puzzle 5.3%, Pixel Graphics 4.4%, Story Rich 3.2%
- #18 Quadrilateral Cowboy
85% matchVery Positive92% of 1,008 reviews2016
Dev: Blendo Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 3.6 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 39.5% ★, Programming 34.3% ★, Cyberpunk 14.4%, Story Rich 3.6%, Puzzle 3.6%
- #19 H4CT0PL45M
84% 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 53.8% ★, Programming 25.2% ★, Pixel Graphics 7.4%, Puzzle 5.3%, Cyberpunk 5.2%
- #20 TIS-100
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 4,085 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 69% ★, Hacking 20.7% ★, Puzzle 7.3%, Indie 1.5%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #21 Extortion
83% 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 38.1% ★, Programming 29.1% ★, Conspiracy 10.3% ★, Mystery 7.7%, Puzzle 6.2%
- #22 Rogue Bit
82% matchVery Positive89% of 123 reviews2018
Dev: Bigosaur
Windows · Mac · Linux
A single bit of computer memory became sentient and decided to escape from digital into the real world. Explore RAM, modify bytes and hack machine code and CPU registers to set it free.
Why similar: Programming 45.4% ★, Hacking 42.4% ★, Puzzle 6.8%, Indie 4%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #23 CyberRebeat -The Fifth Domain of Warfare-
82% matchPositive89% of 18 reviews2018
Dev: E.N.NachPub: Sekai Project
Windows · Mac
Enter the world of hackers where Hiro and Misa must uncover the circumstances behind a mystery arson attack on a company that may be tied to the legendary hacker "Warlock". What will they uncover in their pursuit of the truth? A visual novel that brings the world of hackers to life!
Why similar: Programming 45.2% ★, Hacking 38% ★, Cyberpunk 13.8%, Indie 1.6%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #24 Quantum Breach
81% matchNo user 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 52.5% ★, Programming 44.2% ★, Singleplayer 1.8%, Indie 0.9%, Adventure 0.6%
- #25 Uplink
81% matchVery Positive91% of 2,420 reviews2006
Dev: Introversion Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Uplink lets you play as a freelance hacker tackling risky contracts for corporations. Break into systems, steal data, sabotage rivals, and upgrade your gear. Support factions or go rogue in this immersive, strategy-driven hacking simulation game where your choices shape the outcome.
Why similar: Hacking 49% ★, Programming 22.8% ★, Cyberpunk 10.5%, Experimental 6.7%, Puzzle 4.2%
- #26 Hacknet
80% matchVery Positive94% of 25,953 reviews2015
Dev: Team Fractal AlligatorPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Hacknet is an immersive, terminal-based hacking simulator for PC. Dive down a rabbit hoIe as you follow the instructions of a recently deceased hacker, whose death may not have been the accident the media reports.
Why similar: Hacking 80.8% ★, Programming 10.5% ★, Cyberpunk 3.4%, Dystopian 2.8%, Story Rich 1.4%
- #27 DreamScript
79% 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 31.6% ★, Hacking 27.1% ★, Game Development 19.7% ★, Experimental 9.9%, Puzzle 6.1%
- #28 DA-VI-NC1
79% 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 53.3% ★, Hacking 36.5% ★, Puzzle 7.8%, Indie 1.4%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #29 HackMeNow
78% 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 42.3% ★, Programming 34.7% ★, Cyberpunk 8%, Puzzle 6.7%, Mystery 3.5%
- #30 Silicon Zeroes
78% matchVery Positive87% of 282 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 52.2% ★, Hacking 33.5% ★, Puzzle 8.3%, Indie 4.3%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #31 Remain At Your Desk
77% 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 37.2% ★, Programming 33.4% ★, Cyberpunk 14.9%, Dystopian 5.6%, Mystery 4.4%
- #32 Code Wizard: Java Edition
77% 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: Programming 39.5% ★, Hacking 39.1% ★, Puzzle 7.3%, Game Development 6.2% ★, Pixel Graphics 3.7%
- #33 HACKING INTO EREBUS
76% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Likya Group
Windows
Hacking Into Erebus is a terminal-based sci-fi hacking game where you remotely hack systems, manipulate the crew and uncover their secrets. Use every tool to your advantage. Extract what you need, complete the missions and uncover what’s in the Compartment Zero. Will you succeed ?
Why similar: Hacking 44.5% ★, Programming 36.8% ★, Mystery 7.2%, Thriller 5.3%, Puzzle 3.3%
- #34 TAU-09
75% match2 user reviews100% of 2 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 43.3% ★, Hacking 38% ★, Cyberpunk 8%, Puzzle 7.1%, Indie 2.6%
- #35 EmuDevz
74% matchVery Positive89% of 65 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 42% ★, Game Development 25.1% ★, Hacking 22.9% ★, Puzzle 5.4%, Pixel Graphics 3.1%
- #36 Algotica Iterations
76% 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 53.4% ★, Hacking 30.7% ★, Puzzle 9.3%, Indie 4.3%, Adventure 2.3%
- #37 Beneath a Steel Sky (1994)
74% matchVery Positive89% of 575 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 35% ★, Cyberpunk 15.8%, Dystopian 12.6%, Conspiracy 11.5% ★, Puzzle 6.8%
- #38 Debugger 3.16: Hack'n'Run
75% matchMostly Positive78% of 36 reviews2018
Dev: Spiderwork Games
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Help Debugger 3.16 to find and delete all bugs in the game worlds of the developer. Learn and use program code in this award-winning puzzle platformer to program you very own game at the end!
Why similar: Hacking 47% ★, Programming 45.7% ★, Indie 7.3%
- #39 NETGHOST
73% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: DRAGONFIRE STUDIOS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Netghost is a Crime Drama visual novel with a mystery-driven story full of intrigue, twists and turns. The story follows Ian Newfield, a cyber security engineer who transforms into a cold-blooded criminal in his struggle to protect the company he works for and aid his ailing sister.
Why similar: Hacking 33.4% ★, Programming 32.1% ★, Cyberpunk 13.1%, Conspiracy 12.4% ★, Mystery 9%
- #40 Shadows Of Serenity
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NoumeNoir Games
Windows
Venture into the dreams of a programmer, haunted by his past. Battle with traumas using choices and turn based combat, learn hacking using realistic technology and uncover the man's true purpose.
Why similar: Hacking 37.4% ★, Programming 35.4% ★, Psychological 17.3%, Story Rich 4.3%, 3D 3.3%
- #41 Tunnet
71% matchVery Positive94% of 715 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 37.9% ★, Hacking 33.6% ★, Mystery 6.6%, Puzzle 6.5%, Psychological Horror 4.5%
- #42 SIGKILL
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: BrainFog Studios
Windows
The world runs on systems you're not supposed to touch. SIGKILL hands you the keys. A realistic hacking simulator where every hack ripples through a living geopolitical simulation. What you do with that power is up to you.
Why similar: Hacking 42.5% ★, Programming 32.7% ★, Conspiracy 12.3% ★, Cyberpunk 12.1%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #43 Hacker life simulator
73% 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 39.3% ★, Programming 32.7% ★, Game Development 24.4% ★, 3D 2.5%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #44 U-Sharp: The Unity Coding Learning Game
71% 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 38.5% ★, Hacking 28.4% ★, Game Development 24.6% ★, Puzzle 5.6%, 3D 2.8%
- #45 Torrent Empire
69% 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 44.1% ★, Programming 40.2% ★, Cyberpunk 7%, Puzzle 6.4%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #46 exorSYS
70% 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 37% ★, Programming 28.3% ★, Mystery 12.4%, Puzzle 8%, Thriller 5.3%
- #47 Code World
72% 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 47.2% ★, Hacking 44% ★, Puzzle 6.1%, Indie 1.5%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #48 Hacker Simulator
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,268 reviews2021
Dev: Save All Studio
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 54%
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 54.9% ★, Programming 30.2% ★, Cyberpunk 10.9%, Singleplayer 2%, Indie 1.3%
- #49 Mnemonimov
68% matchPositive100% of 26 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 38.6% ★, Hacking 30.4% ★, Game Development 23.7% ★, Puzzle 5.5%, Indie 1.1%
- #50 hack_me
71% matchMixed60% of 2,102 reviews2017
Dev: Egor MagurinPub: Indovers Studio
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 25.2 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 38.6% ★, Story Rich 4.1%, Indie 2.6%, Singleplayer 2%
- #51 SOLAS 128
70% matchVery Positive93% of 216 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 42.8% ★, Hacking 24.7% ★, Psychological 20.9%, Puzzle 7.5%, Indie 2.2%
- #52 Cyber Manhunt
68% matchVery Positive93% of 15,550 reviews2021
Dev: Aluba Van+Pub: 摸鱼游戏
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Cyber Manhunt is a story-oriented puzzle game focusing on big data, hacking, citizen privacy, and social workers. It focuses on social issues such as cyber violence and privacy breaches.
Why similar: Hacking 58.8% ★, Mystery 13.5%, Puzzle 11.3%, Cyberpunk 7.9%, Story Rich 3.5%
- #53 Dark Web: Vigilante
69% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Edgebyter_
Windows
You are Vigilantus, a genius hacker and former member of Runyan. Immerse yourself in a world run by corrupt corporations, politicians, and greedy pharmaceutical companies. Uncover dark political secrets. Battle systemic injustice. Redistribute wealth to the poor. Destroy entire corporations.
Why similar: Hacking 35.1% ★, Programming 33.7% ★, Dystopian 11.1%, Cyberpunk 10.5%, Conspiracy 6.9% ★
- #54 SYSCALL: RING ZERO
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Chilling Moose Games
Windows · Mac
Reverse-engineer a private 1990s BBS. Read disassembly, patch broken checks, optimize a nine-core rack, and write assembly firmware that locks onto live scope traces. With 200+ puzzles, full controller support and offline play, you can refine your assembly skills on all your devices!
Why similar: Programming 46.5% ★, Hacking 37.9% ★, Cyberpunk 6.7%, Puzzle 6.3%, Pixel Graphics 1.8%
- #55 Void Future: Hacking Protocol
68% matchNo user 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 47% ★, Programming 24.9% ★, Cyberpunk 11.8%, Puzzle 7.3%, Conspiracy 4.4% ★
- #56 QuantumPulse 2A
67% 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 55.1% ★, Hacking 32.7% ★, Puzzle 8.9%, Pixel Graphics 1.9%, Indie 1%
- #57 HELLO HACKER
66% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: h3ll0h4ck3r
Windows · Linux
HELLO HACKER features a realistic terminal. Use real Linux commands, network scanning, password cracking, and cryptography to infiltrate 10 interconnected servers and expose a deadly government surveillance program. Your colleague is missing. You're next. Are you ready to be a hacker?
Why similar: Hacking 46.6% ★, Programming 23.2% ★, Conspiracy 12.3% ★, Puzzle 8%, Cyberpunk 5.7%
- #58 Beyond a Steel Sky
67% matchVery Positive88% of 1,631 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 34.7% ★, Cyberpunk 17.9%, Dystopian 13%, Mystery 9.8%, Puzzle 6.6%
- #59 OFF GRID : Stealth Hacking
67% 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 30.8% ★, Programming 28.7% ★, Conspiracy 13.3% ★, Cyberpunk 11.4%, Dystopian 9.6%
- #60 Cyber Warrior
65% matchPositive85% of 41 reviews2025
Dev: Dunke Games
Windows
Cyber Warrior is a hacking simulator where you play as an ex retired bureau agent recruited back to take on a powerful criminal organization. Explore dozens of interactive desktops, navigate 200+ in-game websites, solve puzzles, customize your setup and make decisions that will shape a new cyber age
Why similar: Hacking 44.2% ★, Programming 39.7% ★, Mystery 8.7%, Puzzle 5%, Indie 1.5%