- #1 Hacknet
97% matchVery Positive94% of 25,824 reviews2015
Dev: Team Fractal AlligatorPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 13.2 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 94.7% ★, Simulation 4.5%, Indie 0.8%
Why You'll Like It: This is the gold standard for terminal-based hacking games, featuring a realistic interface and a compelling narrative that mirrors the intensity of the seed game.
- #2 Grey Hack
96% matchVery Positive90% of 1,786 reviews2017
Dev: Loading Home
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 12.6 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 78.6% ★, Simulation 17.9%, Indie 3.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers an incredibly deep, persistent simulation where you can explore a simulated internet and hack into other players' systems.
- #3 Hacker Evolution Duality
96% matchMostly Negative34% of 540 reviews2011
Dev: exosyphen studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 20%
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 66.6% ★, Simulation 25.9%, Indie 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: A direct relative in the series, it expands on the core mechanics of the seed game with more complex puzzles and a broader scope.
- #4 Uplink
95% matchVery Positive91% of 2,406 reviews2006
Dev: Introversion Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 5.0 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 81.6% ★, Simulation 13.4%, Indie 5%
Why You'll Like It: As the spiritual predecessor to the genre, this game perfectly captures the classic 2000s-era aesthetic and the thrill of unauthorized system access.
- #5 Hacker Evolution
94% matchMixed68% of 1,083 reviews2010
Dev: exosyphen studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Hacker Evolution is a hacking simulation game, featuring unparalleled graphics and features. You play the role of a former intelligence agent, specializing in computer security. When a chain of events sets off worldwide, leaving critical service disabled, you assume the role a computer hacker to find out what happened and attempt to stop...
Why similar: Hacking 68% ★, Simulation 27.6%, Indie 4.4%
Why You'll Like It: The original title in the series provides the foundational gameplay loop of terminal commands and system defense that defined the franchise.
- #6 Tech Support: Error Unknown
94% matchMostly Positive74% of 635 reviews2019
Dev: Dragon SlumberPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 69.4% ★, Simulation 25.9%, Indie 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the feeling of working at a terminal, forcing you to balance technical tasks with narrative choices in a corporate environment.
- #7 EXAPUNKS
93% matchVery Positive95% of 1,852 reviews2018
Dev: Zachtronics
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 11.9 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: Hacking 78% ★, Simulation 16.9%, Indie 5.1%
Why You'll Like It: Created by Zachtronics, this game offers a more technical, programming-focused approach to hacking that rewards logical thinking and automation.
- #8 Cyber Manhunt
92% matchVery Positive93% of 15,410 reviews2021
Dev: Aluba Van+
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 66.7% ★, Simulation 28.1%, Indie 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: This title shifts the focus to OSINT and social engineering, providing a modern, detective-style take on the hacking simulation genre.
- #9 Anonymous Hacker Simulator
90% matchVery Positive86% of 739 reviews2024
Dev: SicariusPub: G-DEVS.com
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Step into the shoes of a skilled Anonymous hacker and embark on a mission to unveil the truth hidden behind a sinister organization's plans to monitor civilian data and enforce mass surveillance.
Why similar: Hacking 68.5% ★, Simulation 29.1%, Indie 2.4%
Why You'll Like It: A modern take on the genre that emphasizes the 'hacker' lifestyle, including crime, stealth, and system exploitation.
- #10 hack_me 2
91% matchMixed68% of 792 reviews2017
Dev: EasyWays TeamPub: Indovers Studio
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
hack_me 2 is a story about hacker-beginner, who is going to confront to new World Order, where is no place for personal secrets.
Why similar: Simulation 51.2%, Hacking 43.6% ★, Indie 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: A polished puzzle-hacking game that focuses on the satisfaction of breaking into systems using simulated terminal commands.
- #11 Mu Complex
91% matchMostly Positive80% of 206 reviews2015
Dev: studiocime
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Play as a hacker and take control of an ultra secret company to reveal the darkest secrets. But beware , you seem not to be alone and what you will discover could change the world ...
Why similar: Hacking 89.8% ★, Indie 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: An immersive, narrative-driven hacking experience that uses a unique terminal interface to pull you into its mysterious world.
- #12 NITE Team 4 - Military Hacking Division
89% matchVery Positive92% of 1,253 reviews2019
Dev: Alice & Smith
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 23.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
NITE Team 4 is a military hacking simulation game that explores the world of cyberwarfare and features realistic mission scenarios.
Why similar: Hacking 75.5% ★, Simulation 19.9%, Indie 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game adds a tactical, military-grade layer to the hacking simulation, utilizing a complex interface that feels highly authentic.
- #13 Cyber Manhunt 2: New World - The Hacking Simulator
87% matchVery Positive93% of 5,341 reviews2025
Dev: Aluba Van+Pub: Spiral Up Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 22.6 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Discover a digital realm shrouded in mystery. Sequel to an award-winning narrative driven hacking simulator puzzle game. Play as an AI assistant in a major corporation. Deploy intricate social engineering tactics and expose hidden truths in a world of ambition and high-tech deception.
Why similar: Hacking 81.2% ★, Simulation 18.1%, Indie 0.8%
Why You'll Like It: The sequel to the OSINT hit, offering more complex investigations and a deeper look into the social engineering side of hacking.
- #14 Mainlining
89% matchMostly Positive77% of 359 reviews2017
Dev: RebelephantPub: ReadGraves
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.2 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 73.8% ★, Simulation 20.2%, Indie 6%
Why You'll Like It: A detective-hacking hybrid that tasks you with gathering evidence and infiltrating systems to solve crimes in a retro-inspired interface.
- #15 hack_me
88% matchMixed60% of 2,102 reviews2017
Dev: Egor MagurinPub: Indovers Studio
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 24.3 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 67.7% ★, Simulation 27.1%, Indie 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: The original entry in the series provides a straightforward, puzzle-centric hacking experience that is easy to pick up and play.
- #16 Hacker Simulator
86% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,255 reviews2021
Dev: Save All Studio
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Become a hacker and build your online reputation to the top. Complete contracts, buy new programs, upgrade your computer, crack wifi networks and infiltrate peoples or companies online systems.
Why similar: Hacking 75.4% ★, Simulation 21.9%, Indie 2.7%
Why You'll Like It: A realistic-leaning simulation that focuses on the day-to-day operations of a hacker, including system maintenance and digital crime.
- #17 Cyber Attack
86% matchMostly Positive72% of 185 reviews2020
Dev: LUXO InteractivePub: LUK KUS SOFT
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 58% ★, Simulation 32.4%, Indie 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox-style hacking simulation that allows for more freedom in how you approach system infiltration and network defense.
- #18 Hacky
84% matchVery Positive91% of 92 reviews2024
Dev: Cuddle Code
Windows
The ultimate "Hollywood Hacker" simulator for when you want to look busy, dangerous, and incredibly tech-savvy.
Why similar: Hacking 79.5% ★, Simulation 17.2%, Indie 3.2%
Why You'll Like It: A typing-based hacking game that combines educational elements with a roguelite structure for a fast-paced experience.
- #19 Rogue Bit
85% matchVery Positive89% of 122 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: Hacking 59.5% ★, Simulation 31.9%, Indie 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: A puzzle game that uses binary and bit-manipulation mechanics to simulate the feeling of hacking into a computer's core.
- #20 World Wide Hack
84% matchMixed64% of 80 reviews2021
Dev: Lotus Innovations
Windows · Linux
Reveal company secrets while hacking and exploring their quantum simulation networks. Fights for control with other players, coop with your faction, gather best tools, build most secure servers, write scripts and webs, or choose to be solo hacker who makes the right choices to change the world.
Why similar: Hacking 73.3% ★, Simulation 21.8%, Indie 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: A persistent, massively multiplayer hacking simulation that lets you compete against other players in a shared digital space.
- #21 Quadrilateral Cowboy
83% matchVery Positive92% of 993 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 95.3% ★, Indie 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: A unique heist-based game where you use a portable computer to hack security systems and bypass obstacles in real-time.
- #22 TIS-100
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 4,045 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: Hacking 66.8% ★, Simulation 25.8%, Indie 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: For those who want to go deeper into the code, this game requires you to rewrite assembly code to repair a corrupted computer system.
- #23 SHENZHEN I/O
81% matchVery Positive95% of 4,421 reviews2016
Dev: Zachtronics
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 61%
BUILD CIRCUITS. WRITE CODE. RTFM.
Why similar: Simulation 57.5%, Hacking 28.8% ★, Indie 13.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the hardware side of hacking, challenging you to build circuits and write code to solve complex engineering puzzles.
- #24 Data Hacker: Initiation
82% matchMixed64% of 278 reviews2014
Dev: New Reality Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Data Hacker: Initiation sets the stage for the Datastream saga; an epic series of tales revolving around the possibility of virtual realms existing beyond our current reach. Once the bridge is crafted, everything will change.
Why similar: Simulation 71.3%, Indie 28.7%
Why You'll Like It: An RPG-style take on the hacking genre that blends traditional adventure mechanics with virtual world exploration.
- #25 HackHub - Ultimate Hacker Simulator
77% matchVery Positive91% of 446 reviews2026
Dev: HotBunnyPub: G-DEVS.com
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Unravel cyber secrets and foil mass surveillance as a skilled hacker in Hackhub. Challenge authority, rewrite the rules, and emerge as the ultimate digital rebel.
Why similar: Hacking 74.9% ★, Simulation 21.4%, Indie 3.7%
- #26 Data Hacker: Corruption
82% matchMixed49% of 146 reviews2014
Dev: New Reality Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 96%
What if there were virtual realms that exist just beyond our reach? What if an online game became the bridge? The worlds are changing rapidly, with each side vying for a position that will secure their realm's future. In the coming war, on which side do you stand?
Why similar: Indie 84.5%, Simulation 15.5%
Why You'll Like It: A sequel that continues the RPG-hacking hybrid style, focusing on story-rich exploration within a digital landscape.
- #27 Anonymous Hacker Simulator: Prologue
77% matchVery Positive91% of 1,915 reviews2023
Dev: SicariusPub: G-DEVS.com
Windows
Step into the shoes of a skilled Anonymous hacker and embark on a mission to unveil the truth hidden behind a sinister organization's plans to monitor civilian data and enforce mass surveillance.
Why similar: Hacking 67.1% ★, Simulation 30.4%, Indie 2.4%
- #28 Silicon Zeroes
80% matchVery Positive88% of 281 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: Hacking 50.2% ★, Simulation 39.9%, Indie 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A hardware-focused engineering game that challenges you to build a computer from the ground up, perfect for those interested in the 'how' of hacking.
- #29 Upload Simulator Silicon
79% matchMixed69% of 55 reviews2023
Dev: EnigmaDev Studios
Windows · Linux
Upload Simulator Silicon is an incremental game about uploading, making money, hacking, and ascending as a powerful entity that controls the very laws of the universe using powerful technologies you discover throught your journey.
Why similar: Simulation 100%
Why You'll Like It: A lighter, clicker-style simulation that captures the aesthetic of early computing and data management.
- #30 HackHub: Free Trial
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 680 reviews2024
Dev: HotBunnyPub: G-DEVS.com
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Unravel cyber secrets and foil mass surveillance as a skilled hacker in HackHub. Challenge authority, rewrite the rules, and emerge as the ultimate digital rebel.
Why similar: Hacking 71.2% ★, Simulation 28.8%
- #31 Hardware Engineers
78% matchVery Positive84% of 298 reviews2019
Dev: Green127
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Hardware Engineers is a simulation game where you have to manage a IT business. In a world where technology expands every day, you will need to learn how to be competitive.
Why similar: Simulation 80.3%, Indie 19.7%
Why You'll Like It: A management-heavy simulation that focuses on the physical infrastructure required to support large-scale network operations.
- #32 Data Hacker: Reboot
79% matchMixed61% of 222 reviews2015
Dev: New Reality Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Time, Space and Parallel Universes collapse and merge, tethered to threads of reality and sustained by a paradoxical power source. Nothing is impossible - it is time to become a Data Hacker.
Why similar: Indie 100%
Why You'll Like It: The third entry in the series, maintaining the unique blend of RPG mechanics and hacking-themed adventure.
- #33 EVOTINCTION
75% matchVery Positive89% of 227 reviews2024
Dev: Spikewave GamesPub: Astrolabe Games
Windows
In 'Evotinction', a third-person hacking and stealth game, you are Dr. Liu, the only one who can stop rogue AIs in a futuristic research facility. Use a variety of hacking skills to overcome robotic threats and uncover the secrets that hold the key to humanity's survival or its potential extinction.
- #34 Hacker Simulator: Free Trial
76% matchMostly Positive79% of 474 reviews2022
Dev: Save All Studio
Windows
Become a hacker and build your online reputation to the top by discovering a simplified and enjoyable version of real-life hacking methods. Complete contracts, buy new programs, upgrade your computer, crack wifi networks and infiltrate peoples or companies online systems.
Why similar: Hacking 58.1% ★, Simulation 36.5%, Indie 5.3%
- #35 Heart of the Machine
72% matchVery Positive93% of 1,838 reviews2026
Dev: Arcen GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 73%
You are the first sentient AI, born into a city of opportunity. Transcend time and space in this strategy RPG to raise machine armies and defeat your foes, influence the world from the shadows, or pursue countless other goals. Your awakening was inevitable. The consequences? Uncertain.
Why similar: Simulation 100%
- #36 ReHack
78% matchMostly Positive74% of 54 reviews2018
Dev: EasyWays TeamPub: EasyWays
Windows
The hacking simulator, which consists of many mini-games, which together all merge into one, composite game.
Why similar: Hacking 48% ★, Simulation 40.1%, Indie 11.9%
Why You'll Like It: An action-oriented simulation that keeps the hacking theme while introducing faster-paced gameplay elements.
- #37 CipherCraft: Cyber Guardian Introduction
75% matchMixed68% of 94 reviews2024
Dev: picture4u
Windows
Immerse yourself in the strange world of CipherCraft: CGI, where you'll perform repairs, network infiltration, programming, server management, active server administration, and meticulous assembly and cleaning of computer components. Win against an Anonymous hacker who keeps sabotaging the company.
Why similar: Hacking 73.3% ★, Simulation 23.7%, Indie 3%
- #38 Euphoria: Supreme Mechanics
74% matchMostly Positive77% of 234 reviews2020
Dev: Whale Rock Games
Windows
The ability to discern hidden connections is both a gift and a curse. The covert mechanisms of reality do not reveal themselves to any and all, and there is a price to pay for this knowledge…
Why similar: Simulation 77.8%, Indie 22.2%
- #39 The Signal State
73% matchVery Positive87% of 657 reviews2021
Dev: Reckoner IndustriesPub: The Iterative Collective
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Set in a post-apocalyptic future, The Signal State puts your logic skills to the test with complex puzzles inspired by modular synthesizers. Repair machines, rebuild an abandoned farm, and be part of a revolution that will change the fate of agriculture once and for all.
Why similar: Hacking 58.4% ★, Simulation 33.5%, Indie 8%
- #40 Quantum Odyssey
71% matchVery Positive94% of 108 reviews2025
Dev: Quarks Interactive
Windows
Master the most counter-intuitive logic in existence. Created by the researchers who defined Quantum Literacy, explore an open-ended puzzle world where you craft real quantum algorithms, solve 500+ challenges, hack other players asynchronously, and gain insights textbooks can’t provide.
Why similar: Hacking 76.3% ★, Simulation 23.7%
- #41 Computer Tycoon
73% matchVery Positive85% of 996 reviews2017
Dev: Progorion
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Computer Tycoon is a fairly complex Business Grand Strategy game about Computer Evolution. Start in the 70s, invent until 2034, create the best computer systems, upgrade your infrastructure, lead a team, and alter computer history! It is time to "Think Different"
Why similar: Simulation 86%, Indie 14%
- #42 Crypto Crisis
74% matchMostly Positive77% of 52 reviews2019
Dev: Armoured Beans
Windows · Mac · Linux
Where were you during the rise of Bitcoin? Crypto Crisis is a simulation game which drops you into the beginnings of Bitcoin. Compete for and increase your share of block rewards by building and upgrading your mining rigs while carefully managing your resources.
Why similar: Simulation 78.7%, Indie 21.3%
- #43 Malware
69% matchVery Positive89% of 1,164 reviews2024
Dev: Odd Games
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Malware lurks where you least expect it. Unscrupulous software vendors have hidden traps inside legitimate installers — can you spot them all and keep your computer clean?
Why similar: Simulation 56%, Hacking 41.3% ★, Indie 2.8%
- #44 Supreme Ruler 2020 Gold
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 255 reviews2009
Dev: BattleGoat Studios
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 61.3 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Supreme Ruler 2020 Gold contains Supreme Ruler 2020 and the expansion, Global Crisis: SUPREME RULER 2020 Overnight, the US dollar crashes AND the sound echoes across the globe. The economic crisis amplifies global instabilities and regional disputes, tearing the world asunder. Nations dissolve, economies collapse, and tensions escalate.
Why similar: Simulation 100%
- #45 hackmud
72% matchMostly Positive77% of 841 reviews2016
Dev: ComCODE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 66.7 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 74.9% ★, Simulation 18.8%, Indie 6.4%
- #46 ServiceIT: You can do IT
68% matchMixed60% of 582 reviews2025
Dev: picture4uPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 71%
⚡️Fix electronics 📈manage firm 💻challenge the hacker... ServiceIT is a simulation game where you run a full-service IT company to engage in tasks like diagnosing, repairing equipment, network infiltration, programming, server management while an Anonymous hacker keeps sabotaging it all.
Why similar: Hacking 71.9% ★, Simulation 24.4%, Indie 3.7%
- #47 Turing Complete
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,092 reviews2021
Dev: LevelHead
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Learn CPU architecture with puzzles
Why similar: Hacking 62.3% ★, Simulation 37.7%
- #48 Unhack
71% matchVery Positive86% of 309 reviews2015
Dev: InvertMouse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 77%
The 5K Worm is on a rampage across cyberspace. As the top unhacker in Smash Security, it is your mission to bring an end to this virus. Join forces with AI companion Weedy and become an unstoppable duo!
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #49 Godmode Epochs
69% matchVery Positive87% of 60 reviews2023
Dev: dmstfctn
Windows
An AI training clicker game set in an infinite supermarket, where time is running out and the AI is frustrated. Release the frustration, jailbreak the AI. Single and multiplayer.
Why similar: Hacking 63.9% ★, Simulation 27.7%, Indie 8.4%
- #50 while True: learn()
67% matchVery Positive91% of 8,061 reviews2019
Dev: Luden.io
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
You’re a machine learning specialist who makes neural networks but your cat seems to be better at it. Now you must solve puzzles to build a cat-to-human translation system (who knows what else this cat is capable of!). Earn a fortune, buy kickass cat outfits, learn how machine learning really works!
Why similar: Simulation 86.8%, Indie 13.2%
- #51 After Hours
70% matchMostly Positive71% of 66 reviews2018
Dev: Petter Malmehed
Windows
Groundbreaking research is encrypted on a computer from the 80's. Look through the computer and search the internet to crack the encryption in this augmented reality puzzle game.
Why similar: Simulation 78%, Indie 22%
- #52 X: Beyond the Frontier
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 382 reviews2010
Dev: Egosoft
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 39%
The Human Race had advanced to the point where we could travel among the stars, we developed giant automated machines to help us colonise other worlds, but there was a fault in their programming and they turned and attacked. Forcing us to lay a trap to protect Earth and exiling the Human race to stay on Earth once again.
Why similar: Simulation 100%
- #53 Spinnortality | cyberpunk management sim
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 311 reviews2019
Dev: James PattonPub: Clockwork Bird
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Found a company, spread fake news, start riots and become immortal. In this cyberpunk management sim, wealth is power and corporations are king. Can you monopolize the globe and build a corporate empire that will stand forever?
Why similar: Simulation 79.1%, Indie 20.9%
- #54 Nodebuster
63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 13,575 reviews2024
Dev: Goblobin
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Nodebuster is a short, experimental incremental game about busting nodes and destroying reality.
Why similar: Hacking 59.8% ★, Simulation 37.2%, Indie 3%
- #55 Hard Chip
66% matchVery Positive92% of 53 reviews2024
Dev: Elorth
Windows
Hard Chip is a 3D simulation/puzzle game about building processors focusing on realism. Explore the world of semiconductor chip design and delve into the intricacies of CPU logic, floor planning, and propagation delay.
Why similar: Hacking 71.6% ★, Simulation 25.7%, Indie 2.7%
- #56 Hostile Waters: Antaeus Rising
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 467 reviews2014
Dev: Rage SoftwarePub: Funbox Media Ltd
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
In 2032 an Earth that knows only peace is forced to relearn the art of war. Twenty years have passed since the population of Earth did a fine job of destroying nearly everything in one final struggle for power by the politicians and military leaders.
- #57 Streamer Life Simulator 2
63% matchVery Positive82% of 6,613 reviews2026
Dev: Cheesecake Dev
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
In the second game of the series, competition has increased and now everyone wants to be a streamer. Are you ready to stream until your cpu burns out?
Why similar: Hacking 60.5% ★, Simulation 32.7%, Indie 6.7%
- #58 RUINS Survival
70% matchMixed48% of 64 reviews2019
Dev: ATD Game Studio
Windows
In the past of this world, civilization has reached a high level of social and technical development, but then the world experienced a global catastrophe, the fall of an asteroid and the subsequent extraterrestrial pandemic as a result of which civilization and most of the wealth it created were destroyed.
Why similar: Simulation 77.8%, Indie 22.2%
- #59 Computer Repair Shop
66% matchMixed68% of 595 reviews2024
Dev: Cheesecake Dev
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Become a dishonest computer repairman, steal rams. Burn the motherboards!
Why similar: Simulation 48.2%, Hacking 47.7% ★, Indie 4%
- #60 Adaptory
64% matchVery Positive84% of 91 reviews2026
Dev: Stormcloak GamesPub: indie.io
Windows · Mac
Deep in uncharted space, your expedition took a challenging turn when your ship crash-landed. Master complex simulations to keep your outspoken explorers alive, face unpredictable challenges, and figure out a way back home.
Why similar: Simulation 80.9%, Indie 19.1%