
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.
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Hacking, Programming, Simulation, Singleplayer.

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.

Blackdoor
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.

Artificial Intelligence Simulator
Create your own AI, program the AIs of the future. If you're ready to create a learning mind, code cybersecurity, robotics, and chatbots, and push the boundaries against other AIs in the system. Create, train, develop, and compete.
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 32.7% ★, Programming 26.1% ★, Typing 10.3% ★, Text-Based 7.4%, Cyberpunk 5.3%
Create your own AI, program the AIs of the future. If you're ready to create a learning mind, code cybersecurity, robotics, and chatbots, and push the boundaries against other AIs in the system. Create, train, develop, and compete.
Why similar: Hacking 29.7% ★, Programming 25.2% ★, Software 20.3% ★, Artificial Intelligence 13.6%, Simulation 4.4%
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 33.9% ★, Programming 16.3% ★, Typing 10.4% ★, Text-Based 8.8%, Artificial Intelligence 6.9%
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 31.1% ★, Programming 21.5% ★, Espionage 9.6% ★, Typing 7.6% ★, Text-Based 6.5%
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 36% ★, Programming 27.6% ★, Typing 8.9% ★, Text-Based 7.5%, Simulation 7.5%
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: Hacking 33.7% ★, Programming 32.8% ★, Text-Based 11.3%, Education 8.6%, Puzzle 4.4%
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 48.4% ★, Programming 29.2% ★, Simulation 5.5%, Typing 3.9% ★, Text-Based 3.6%
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 35.9% ★, Programming 26.9% ★, Artificial Intelligence 10.9%, Typing 10.6% ★, Simulation 6.7%
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 40% ★, Hacking 30.2% ★, Education 9.6%, Logic 6.8%, Simulation 6.4%
CHAQS is an instructive CTF (Capture The Flag) game that performs the basic functions of an operating system. While it meets your expectations from an operating system to a certain extent with the applications it contains, CHAQS progresses in the direction of more challenges in terms of gameplay.
Why similar: Hacking 31.1% ★, Programming 27% ★, Typing 11.8% ★, Education 7.7%, Cyberpunk 6.1%
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 39% ★, Programming 32.6% ★, Text-Based 8.2%, Cyberpunk 7.2%, Simulation 4.8%
An open-ended programming puzzle game where you operate entirely in binary.
Why similar: Programming 37.3% ★, Hacking 29.6% ★, Typing 9.1% ★, Simulation 7.8%, Text-Based 7.6%
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 36% ★, Programming 35% ★, Simulation 9.5%, Education 7.3%, Puzzle 5.4%
HACKERGAME is a 2D terminal-based arcade hacking game and is currently in the early days of development.
Why similar: Hacking 33.4% ★, Programming 24.7% ★, Software 18.4% ★, Typing 9.7% ★, Text-Based 8%
A terminal-based hacking game where you play as a broke hacker trying to hack a bank and get rich.
Why similar: Hacking 45% ★, Programming 34.3% ★, Typing 13.6% ★, Simulation 6.2%, Adventure 0.5%
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 38.5% ★, Programming 36.7% ★, Education 11.3%, Logic 6.5%, Puzzle 6%
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 35.3% ★, Programming 29.2% ★, Typing 11.9% ★, Text-Based 6.2%, Simulation 5.7%
Hack hostile AI systems in a cyberpunk hacker sim. Build proxy routes, poison live context, breach secured nodes, steal the payload, and wipe the logs before your trace burns.
Why similar: Hacking 46.8% ★, Artificial Intelligence 20%, Text-Based 11.5%, Cyberpunk 10.4%, Simulation 8.2%
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 43.6% ★, Hacking 35.3% ★, Cyberpunk 6.3%, Puzzle 6.2%, Logic 4.2%
Terminal Insanity: CodeJacker is a competitive coding game featuring 4 distinct game modes. In one, you play as an Attacker trying to corrupt source code, or as a Defender, making sure that the program still executes without leaks or crashes. C, Python, and JavaScript are supported, with more coming
Why similar: Hacking 27.3% ★, Programming 22.8% ★, Software 16.8% ★, Typing 9.3% ★, Text-Based 7%
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 37.4% ★, Programming 16.9% ★, Typing 12.8% ★, Text-Based 11.1%, Puzzle 6.1%
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 53.9% ★, Programming 19.8% ★, Typing 9.6% ★, Simulation 7.3%, Puzzle 4.7%
Make a Snake AI using simple visual commands. Develop a strategy, let the computer do the hard work, sit back and watch it play the game for you.
Why similar: Hacking 31.5% ★, Programming 30.2% ★, Artificial Intelligence 14.6%, Education 9.3%, Puzzle 4.4%
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 43.9% ★, Hacking 31.2% ★, Text-Based 9.9%, Cyberpunk 5.9%, Education 3%
Void Future: Prologue is a standalone free experience set in the universe of Void Future. Play as a hacker in a cyberpunk world ruled by corporations and complete a single, fully designed mission. Hack systems, solve puzzles,and uncover secrets — while staying hidden from a system that never sleeps.
Why similar: Hacking 18.7% ★, Typing 14.2% ★, Artificial Intelligence 12.8%, Programming 11.6% ★, Simulation 10.3%
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 42% ★, Hacking 29.7% ★, Simulation 11.6%, Education 8%, Puzzle 7%
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 35.8% ★, Programming 29.2% ★, Typing 11.8% ★, Investigation 6.4%, Logic 5.1%
Dive into a sandbox operating system simulator and learn to code with FantasyLang. Personalise your desktop, build and tweak apps, uncover hidden secrets, and venture into the darknet. Shape the system however you like. Your OS, your rules.
Why similar: Hacking 27.9% ★, Programming 27.6% ★, Software 16.2% ★, Education 8.6%, Simulation 5.8%
Enter the terminal and jack into a retro-cyberpunk world. Hardwired is a hacker simulation where you explore networks, uncover secrets, and manipulate systems through command-line interfaces. Discover hidden logs, tap into surveillance feeds, and unravel story a set in a fractured dystopia.
Why similar: Hacking 31.1% ★, Programming 26.3% ★, Typing 10.6% ★, Text-Based 9.7%, Cyberpunk 8.3%
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 45.2% ★, Programming 19.2% ★, Text-Based 7.1%, Cyberpunk 6.9%, Typing 6.7% ★
Silent Signals is a screen-based detective game where you solve dark cyber mysteries as an ethical hacker. Dive into isolated systems, decrypt secrets, and uncover the truth.
Why similar: Software 25.2% ★, Hacking 24.5% ★, Programming 18.4% ★, Cyberpunk 8.6%, Simulation 6.9%
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 35.9% ★, Hacking 32.2% ★, Logic 6.3%, Text-Based 5.8%, Puzzle 5%
Hifuu OS: Immersive hacking simulator based on the Touhou Project. Play as Renko Usami, learn and use authentic terminal commands to hack into the Great Hakurei Barrier. Unravel the truth behind Maribel Hearn's mysterious coma as you search through Gensokyo's secret and private documents.
Why similar: Hacking 36.1% ★, Programming 18.6% ★, Text-Based 12.1%, Typing 9.2% ★, Investigation 5.2%
Comet 64 is a programming puzzle game. The year is 1984. All you got is a Comet 64 home computer and the operator's manual it came with.
Why similar: Programming 36.7% ★, Hacking 25.5% ★, Education 8.7%, Typing 7.1% ★, Puzzle 6.3%
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 42.6% ★, Hacking 39.2% ★, Simulation 8%, Puzzle 6.1%, Logic 3.6%
Learn CPU architecture with puzzles
Why similar: Programming 49.3% ★, Hacking 17.8% ★, Education 11.9%, Logic 7.9%, Puzzle 6.2%
A real-time hacking sandbox simulator with procedurally generated content. Multiple tools and techniques to use, multiple computers to hack, multiple missions to solve, and multiple vulnerabilities to exploit!
Why similar: Hacking 29.9% ★, Programming 24.2% ★, Espionage 15.3% ★, Cyberpunk 7.8%, Typing 7.4% ★
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 77.1% ★, Programming 9.1% ★, Typing 3.7% ★, Education 2.3%, Cyberpunk 2.3%
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 61.8% ★, Hacking 20.4% ★, Puzzle 6.8%, Simulation 3.8%, Logic 3.3%
Hacker’s Journey is a realistic hacking simulation game built around scenarios written by cybersecurity experts. No Hollywood hacking. Learn the tools, techniques, and tradecraft used in the wild.
Why similar: Hacking 38% ★, Programming 29.6% ★, Education 12.6%, Text-Based 10.1%, Simulation 6.7%
Alternate between infiltration and hacking of cameras and servers, using real tools. Sharpen your OSInt skills, prepare a trojan, and launch a targeted phishing attack to hack in total discretion...
Why similar: Hacking 44.9% ★, Cyberpunk 12%, Education 11.4%, Text-Based 9.2%, Simulation 7%
A programming puzzle game, but YOU CAN'T TYPE. Navigate and run pre-existing lines of code! Watch out for bugs eating away your program!
Why similar: Hacking 36.7% ★, Programming 33.8% ★, Text-Based 12.7%, Puzzle 6.7%, Logic 4.9%
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 44.2% ★, Hacking 28.9% ★, Puzzle 7.5%, Logic 7.2%, Text-Based 7.1%
An action hacking simulator set in a fully simulated world. Choose your path, craft your own tools, exploit vulnerabilities, and build your reputation. Every company, hacker, and law enforcement agency operates independently — nothing happens by chance. Every playthrough is unique.
Why similar: Hacking 22.4% ★, Programming 18.1% ★, Typing 14.4% ★, Education 12.1%, Simulation 10.6%
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 40% ★, Hacking 37% ★, Investigation 9.9%, Cyberpunk 9.6%, Sci-fi 2.8%
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 49.5% ★, Programming 24.7% ★, Typing 10.3% ★, Simulation 7.1%, Cyberpunk 7%
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 41.7% ★, Text-Based 13.5%, Cyberpunk 9.2%, Typing 9.1% ★, Simulation 8.3%
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 37.9% ★, Hacking 36.6% ★, Puzzle 6.5%, Simulation 6.3%, Cyberpunk 5.5%
Experience hacking and uncover hidden secrets. Type commands to decode messages, navigate systems, and gain remote access to devices.
Why similar: Hacking 35.4% ★, Programming 29.9% ★, Typing 9.1% ★, Investigation 7.4%, Text-Based 5.3%
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 37.5% ★, Hacking 27.5% ★, Education 9.9%, Puzzle 7.9%, Simulation 7.9%
Learn programming by implementing an elevator through a guided tour
Why similar: Programming 41.6% ★, Software 14.6% ★, Typing 12.1% ★, Education 11.1%, Simulation 9.1%
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 46.8% ★, Hacking 38.5% ★, Puzzle 7.7%, Simulation 7.1%
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 55.8% ★, Programming 23.7% ★, Logic 6.9%, Puzzle 5.2%, Cyberpunk 3.9%
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 46.7% ★, Hacking 29.6% ★, Education 11%, Puzzle 8.5%, Adventure 2.5%
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 33.2% ★, Programming 27.6% ★, Text-Based 9.2%, Cyberpunk 8%, Logic 6.1%
Hackers have encrypted your data and it's your job to hack them back. Explore a procedurally generated network using an arsenal of terminal commands to find the encryption key.
Why similar: Hacking 56.3% ★, Text-Based 15.2%, Typing 10.9% ★, Simulation 6.9%, Puzzle 6.5%
A game about friendship, love and technology in a place where bits have replaced atoms.
Why similar: Programming 48.5% ★, Hacking 42.3% ★, Cyberpunk 6.5%, Adventure 1.6%, Indie 1.1%
Wake up to silence. One terminal, one survivor, one dying ship. Can you bring the Delta-4 back online? Delta 4 is a sci-fi survival terminal sim—type commands, decode logs, and fight to keep a dying ship alive.
Why similar: Hacking 24.6% ★, Programming 21.1% ★, Typing 11.9% ★, Artificial Intelligence 11.8%, Text-Based 8.5%
Mystery Boxes is a codebreaking puzzle game. Send 4-digit signals to a mysterious artifact, which will respond with another sequence. Look for patterns in the responses to identify the rules, then use this information to produce the target response.
Why similar: Hacking 29.2% ★, Programming 29.1% ★, Education 9.9%, Text-Based 8.4%, Logic 6.2%
The ultimate "Hollywood Hacker" simulator for when you want to look busy, dangerous, and incredibly tech-savvy.
Why similar: Hacking 36.5% ★, Programming 24.5% ★, Typing 12.9% ★, Education 8.8%, Cyberpunk 6.7%