- #1 Void Future: Hacking Protocol
97% matchPositive92% of 25 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 29.7% ★, Typing 21.9% ★, Programming 8.7% ★, Text-Based 8.6%, Immersive Sim 7.9%
- #2 Blackdoor
96% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2026
Dev: Static Signal
Windows · Linux
You're a hacker with a terminal and four terrible scripts - time to rewrite them. Hack servers by writing actual code in a custom scripting language: probe ports, crack passwords, steal data, and get out before the trace completes. The better your code, the better you hack.
Why similar: Hacking 29.2% ★, Typing 21.7% ★, Programming 14.2% ★, Text-Based 7.3%, Conspiracy 5.6% ★
- #3 HELLO HACKER - Project Daybreak
96% 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 31.6% ★, Typing 18.7% ★, Programming 14.7% ★, Conspiracy 7.7% ★, Text-Based 7.3%
- #4 Extortion
95% 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 29.2% ★, Typing 17% ★, Programming 12.3% ★, Conspiracy 7.5% ★, Text-Based 6.8%
- #5 Hifuu OS: Hack Into the Barrier
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KaleidoScreens
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 29.4% ★, Typing 17.8% ★, Text-Based 10.9%, Programming 9.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 6.7%
- #6 void future prologue
94% matchMostly Positive79% of 14 reviews2026
Dev: RVL InteractivePub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
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: Typing 28.7% ★, Hacking 15.8% ★, Immersive Sim 10.7%, Text-Based 9.5%, Puzzle 6.8%
- #7 Zero Trust
93% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Tomáš Fišer
Windows
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 26.9% ★, Typing 22.2% ★, Programming 13.9% ★, Immersive Sim 7.5%, Text-Based 6.8%
- #8 cr4ckr
92% matchMixed61% of 18 reviews2024
Dev: Cutie Café
Windows
cr4ckr is a puzzle game about cracking passwords.
Why similar: Typing 35.9% ★, Hacking 35.5% ★, Text-Based 12.2%, Minimalist 4.4%, Simulation 4.2%
- #9 Torrent Empire
91% 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 31.7% ★, Typing 25.5% ★, Programming 16% ★, Crime 6.2%, Text-Based 6.2%
- #10 Netshell
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Beyond Logic Labs
Windows · Mac · Linux
A 90s-themed hacking simulation with real shell commands and authentic techniques, set inside a UNIX-style operating system from 1997 with accurately recreated applications. Scan ports, exploit vulnerabilities, evade traces, join the underground, and live the Wild West era of the early internet.
Why similar: Hacking 35.4% ★, Typing 17.5% ★, Text-Based 11.4%, Immersive Sim 9.3%, Programming 7.5% ★
- #11 Quantum Breach
90% matchNo user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Trajectory Interactive
Windows
A terminal-based hacking game where you play as a broke hacker trying to hack a bank and get rich.
Why similar: Hacking 42.5% ★, Typing 30.8% ★, Programming 19.8% ★, Simulation 4.3%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #12 BeyondHelix
88% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Bruno Vale Barbosa Eiterer
Windows · Linux
Another day, another data retrieval job. Or is it? Using a linux-like terminal, explore BeyondHelix's systems and uncover what led to the company's demise.
Why similar: Typing 34.5% ★, Hacking 34.3% ★, Text-Based 12%, Puzzle 6.5%, Minimalist 6.2%
- #13 Hacker Evolution
89% 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 35.7% ★, Typing 18.7% ★, Text-Based 12.8%, Immersive Sim 6.5%, Puzzle 6.2%
- #14 Mainlining
89% 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 51.1% ★, Typing 21.7% ★, Programming 11.4% ★, Simulation 5.1%, Puzzle 4.9%
- #15 Cyber Warrior
87% 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 33.6% ★, Typing 26.4% ★, Programming 16.6% ★, Logic 4.9%, Investigation 4.5%
- #16 Supreme OS
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pantheon Inc.
Windows · Linux
Supreme OS is an operating system that runs on your operating system. With such stupendously amazing features as agile mail servers, exciting terminal commands, puzzles for your puzzles and the occasional AI singularity, Supreme OS is bound to be a game-changer!
Why similar: Hacking 38.4% ★, Typing 31.3% ★, Text-Based 10.4%, Simulation 7.6%, Puzzle 7.6%
- #17 HACKING INTO EREBUS
86% 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 30.8% ★, Typing 24.9% ★, Programming 15.6% ★, Immersive Sim 7.6%, Text-Based 6.9%
- #18 HACK.BAK
84% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2025
Dev: David Huish
Windows
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 47.8% ★, Typing 22% ★, Text-Based 14.3%, Puzzle 6%, Simulation 4.3%
- #19 ⟨Unknown_Terminal⟩
84% matchPositive95% of 21 reviews2026
Dev: Stelex Software
Windows
Retro terminal mystery: explore a live IBM PS/2, decode corrupted logs, and learn who waits behind the blinking prompt.
Why similar: Hacking 37.9% ★, Typing 19.8% ★, Text-Based 16.7%, Conspiracy 14.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 6.3%
- #20 Project DeepWeb
85% matchVery Positive81% of 134 reviews2020
Dev: NightCat Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
This is a deep web exploration simulator. Discover hundreds of websites and files around the Web to get to the Silent House and save your friend. Find out creepy stories from the Web and meet its inhabitants. It's showtime!
Why similar: Hacking 37% ★, Typing 26.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 7.9%, Immersive Sim 7.7%, Puzzle 6.8%
- #21 Hardwired
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lostbyte
Windows · Linux
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 29.1% ★, Typing 23.7% ★, Programming 14.9% ★, Text-Based 10%, Immersive Sim 8.8%
- #22 Anonymous Hacker Simulator
82% matchVery Positive86% of 779 reviews2024
Dev: SicariusPub: G-DEVS.com
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.6 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 39.1% ★, Typing 31.2% ★, Immersive Sim 9.4%, Crime 6.9%, Simulation 6%
- #23 Grey Hack
82% matchVery Positive90% of 1,866 reviews2017
Dev: Loading Home
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Grey Hack is a massively multiplayer hacking simulator game. You're a hacker with full freedom to act as you wish on a vast network of procedurally generated computers.
Why similar: Hacking 50.3% ★, Programming 18.8% ★, Typing 9.8% ★, Simulation 4.3%, Text-Based 4.2%
- #24 1000-BIT
81% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: 89o
Windows · Linux
An open-ended programming puzzle game where you operate entirely in binary.
Why similar: Hacking 30.8% ★, Programming 23.7% ★, Typing 22.6% ★, Text-Based 8.8%, Puzzle 7.1%
- #25 CHAQS
81% matchMostly Positive77% of 53 reviews2022
Dev: nomorevalid
Windows
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 32.5% ★, Typing 29.5% ★, Programming 17.2% ★, Cyberpunk 4.2%, Investigation 3.7%
- #26 Hacker The Dark Shadow
80% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Burrito BlastPub: MadOctopus
Windows
Become a young programmer diving into the dangerous world of cybercrime. When the elite hacking collective Dark Shadows challenges you with a series of ruthless trials, you must push your genius to the limit. Will you prove your worth or become another digital casualty?
Why similar: Hacking 31.6% ★, Typing 18% ★, Programming 16.1% ★, Immersive Sim 7.6%, Crime 7.3%
- #27 Hacker Simulator
79% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,276 reviews2021
Dev: Save All Studio
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 11.5 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 44.7% ★, Typing 22.3% ★, Programming 13.6% ★, Crime 7.2%, Simulation 4.7%
- #28 HackHub - Ultimate Hacker Simulator
76% matchVery Positive89% of 912 reviews2026
Dev: HotBunnyPub: G-DEVS.com
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 68%
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 38.7% ★, Typing 30.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 8.4%, Crime 8.3%, Puzzle 5.9%
- #29 AB.Net
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Timothy Hacquebord
Windows
A terminal‑based hacking simulator focused on realism and system‑level interaction.
Why similar: Typing 28.1% ★, Hacking 19.3% ★, Text-Based 11%, Immersive Sim 10.4%, Puzzle 6.9%
- #30 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 37.4% ★, Programming 16.9% ★, Typing 12.8% ★, Text-Based 11%, Puzzle 6.1%
- #31 Uplink
79% matchVery Positive91% of 2,436 reviews2006
Dev: Introversion Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Uplink lets you play as a freelance hacker tackling risky contracts for corporations. Break into systems, steal data, sabotage rivals, and upgrade your gear. Support factions or go rogue in this immersive, strategy-driven hacking simulation game where your choices shape the outcome.
Why similar: Hacking 43.7% ★, Typing 15.4% ★, Programming 11.3% ★, Text-Based 7.6%, Immersive Sim 5.6%
- #32 Backdoor
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ninja Chompek
Windows
Backdoor is a hacking simulation set in the early days of the Internet. You enter the underground world as a freelance hacker. Build your reputation, upgrade your tools, and take jobs from small clients or large corporations.
Why similar: Hacking 44.3% ★, Crime 9.9%, Interactive Fiction 8%, Immersive Sim 6.9%, Simulation 5.9%
- #33 PromptCrafter
77% match8 user reviews56% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: DevHaskell
Windows
Command line crafting game with procedurally generated crafting trees and programming-like automation.
Why similar: Typing 28.8% ★, Hacking 22.1% ★, Programming 17.9% ★, Text-Based 14.5%, Minimalist 5.2%
- #34 You Are Not Alice
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Andrew BrownPub: Chroma Golem
Windows
YOU ARE NOT ALICE is a social engineering sandbox game where you play the role of a hacker who has taken over Alice's work computer. Your goal is to spread through her company by talking to her coworkers and convincing them to run a virus file you can send them.
Why similar: Hacking 33.8% ★, Typing 17.9% ★, Text-Based 13%, Interactive Fiction 7.7%, Crime 7.2%
- #35 Wardialler
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: nervous_testpilotPub: Mode 7
Windows
A hacking text adventure.
Why similar: Hacking 32.8% ★, Typing 26.6% ★, Text-Based 12%, Crime 8.2%, Cyberpunk 5.4%
- #36 Echoes of MK-ULTRA
74% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: Ghostlayer
Windows
In 1996’s digital haze, command DarkPulse, a rogue terminal torn from DARPA’s grip, to pierce Saraksen’s veiled conspiracy. Crack codes, hunt real-world clues, and decode cryptic media to expose forbidden truths. It's an ARG, and you’ve already been seen.
Why similar: Typing 27.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Text-Based 11.4%, Conspiracy 11% ★, Immersive Sim 10.2%
- #37 Untrusted: hackers at large
73% matchPositive94% of 17 reviews2026
Dev: playuntrusted.comPub: Evolved Labs
Windows · Linux
A single player hacking adventure set in the Untrusted world where you'll be playing as various hackers getting into computer systems to hack, steal and sabotage. Manage your crew, manage your risks, threaten or kill your targets. Investigate. Hack. Don't Die.
Why similar: Hacking 38.4% ★, Typing 25.1% ★, Text-Based 9.6%, Crime 7.9%, Puzzle 5.7%
- #38 System Zero
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NexcoreStudios
Windows · Mac · Linux
System Zero is a hacker simulation game. You must use your hacking tools for accessing to the devices. You will become a black hat who wants to make his living.
Why similar: Hacking 33.9% ★, Typing 20.5% ★, Programming 16.9% ★, Immersive Sim 7.6%, Puzzle 6.6%
- #39 ESC (Electronics Security Company)
73% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Electronics Security Company
Windows · Mac
Experience hacking and uncover hidden secrets. Type commands to decode messages, navigate systems, and gain remote access to devices.
Why similar: Hacking 33.7% ★, Typing 20.6% ★, Programming 17.3% ★, Immersive Sim 6.8%, Text-Based 5.5%
- #40 Terminal Hacker: Override
72% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: EchoWorks
Windows
Step into the shadows. Terminal Hacker: Override is an infinite, procedurally generated hacking simulator. Accept dark web contracts, bypass firewalls using pure word-deduction logic, and upgrade your system. No hand-holding, just you, the terminal, and the next target.
Why similar: Hacking 47.3% ★, Text-Based 21%, Minimalist 13.2%, Puzzle 11.5%, Simulation 3.9%
- #41 ハッカータイピング
75% matchNo user reviews2023
Dev: naoeZijiGames
Windows
あなたは今、この瞬間からハッカーになりました。ハッカータイピングは近未来風タイピングゲームです。あなたのもとにはたくさんの"依頼"が届きます。依頼は単語と文章で分かれており、好みのスタイルでタイピング可能。問題文の種類はなんと、600以上!!依頼を完了するとポイントがもらえ、加算されていきます。背景、エフェクト、音のすべてがハッカーの気分になれます。たくさんの依頼をこなしてランキング上位をめざそう!!
Why similar: Typing 44% ★, Hacking 43.1% ★, Text-Based 7.9%, Simulation 2.7%, Indie 1.3%
- #42 Hacker's Journey
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 209 reviews2026
Dev: Electric Heart
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 38.4% ★, Programming 19% ★, Immersive Sim 14.2%, Text-Based 11.5%, Crime 10.2%
- #43 ByteBurst: Hacking Simulator
72% matchMostly Positive70% of 30 reviews2024
Dev: HotBunny
Windows
Welcome to the cutting edge of virtual mayhem in "ByteBurst" – the ultimate hacker's playground. Immerse yourself in a thrilling journey through the digital realm, where your skills will be pushed to the limit, and every line of code is a potential weapon.
Why similar: Hacking 33.7% ★, Typing 20.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Puzzle 9.6%, Simulation 6.7%
- #44 Midnight Protocol
71% matchVery Positive86% of 452 reviews2021
Dev: LuGus StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Midnight Protocol is a tactical narrative-driven RPG with unique keyboard-only controls. Hack into servers, beat security systems and discover encrypted secrets while you try to find answers to why and how you got doxxed.
Why similar: Hacking 38% ★, Typing 31.1% ★, Programming 10.5% ★, Minimalist 6.8%, Crime 6.8%
- #45 Airhack: Hacking
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Airem
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are a secret Agent who begins work for the Airem as Hacker. Hacking servers of global corporations for profit, stealing data, manipulate the stock market, modify peoples academic or criminal records, laundering money, erasing evidence, framing innocent people. Do not trust anyone.
Why similar: Hacking 46.3% ★, Typing 29.9% ★, Simulation 6.8%, Puzzle 5.7%, Minimalist 3.1%
- #46 HACK_IT
73% matchMostly Negative25% of 145 reviews2016
Dev: Dan_D
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
HACK_IT presents players with a fully immersive hacking experience, you’ll meet characters and find out things you never imagined. Including interactive apps that will give you the power to shutdown servers and retrieve passwords.
Why similar: Hacking 49.2% ★, Typing 16% ★, Interactive Fiction 8.1%, Crime 6.2%, Simulation 6%
- #47 project HECK
71% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: CyberMonk Studio
Windows
This is a casual and entertaining typing game that lets you experience the thrill of hacking systems by rapidly typing on your keyboard. Whether stress-testing your keyboard or unwinding after a tough day, this game has got you covered!
Why similar: Hacking 50.8% ★, Typing 42.8% ★, Puzzle 3.1%, Indie 2.7%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #48 Radiotext
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Alp Arslan
Windows · Mac · Linux
Rise against the corporate overlords and become a cyber activist hacker. Join the uprising in a cyberpunk world using radio waves.
Why similar: Hacking 35.9% ★, Typing 27.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Text-Based 8.6%, Puzzle 6.1%
- #49 RE_ALLOC
69% match4 user reviews25% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: nomorevalid
Windows · Mac · Linux
Master the machine. In RE_ALLOC, you are the architect of execution. Design intricate hardware circuits, write custom assembly code, and optimize data flow across memory nodes. Efficiency is your only metric. Can you reach the kernel, or will your logic fail?
Why similar: Typing 39% ★, Text-Based 13.8%, Hacking 12.7% ★, Puzzle 8.7%, Immersive Sim 7.8%
- #50 Hacknet
70% matchVery Positive94% of 26,067 reviews2015
Dev: Team Fractal AlligatorPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Hacknet is an immersive, terminal-based hacking simulator for PC. Dive down a rabbit hoIe as you follow the instructions of a recently deceased hacker, whose death may not have been the accident the media reports.
Why similar: Hacking 77.6% ★, Typing 8.8% ★, Programming 5.6% ★, Crime 2.2%, Cyberpunk 1.5%
- #51 HACKERGAME
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vance Studios
Windows
HACKERGAME is a 2D terminal-based arcade hacking game and is currently in the early days of development.
Why similar: Hacking 37.9% ★, Typing 26.3% ★, Programming 17.1% ★, Text-Based 10%, Conspiracy 3.3% ★
- #52 s.p.l.i.t
67% matchVery Positive93% of 3,895 reviews2025
Dev: Mike Klubnika
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 48%
A short psychological horror game, where you attempt to gain root access into an unethical superstructure.
Why similar: Hacking 40.8% ★, Typing 31.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Puzzle 5.6%, Investigation 4.7%
- #53 Never Gives Up Her Dead
68% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Brian Rushton
Windows
Time is running out after a meteor strikes your interstellar starship. While the crew is under full alert, only you seem to notice the strange red portals opening up throughout the ship. Old school text-based parser: no graphics, huge worlds, no hints. Recommended for text game veterans.
Why similar: Typing 49.9% ★, Text-Based 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Puzzle 8.4%, Minimalist 6.7%
- #54 How To Hack In?
69% matchPositive90% of 39 reviews2023
Dev: Red Buffalo Interactive
Windows · Linux
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 31.1% ★, Typing 18.3% ★, Programming 15.3% ★, Immersive Sim 8.4%, Text-Based 7.1%
- #55 Yolo Space Hacker 2 - Mission Bahamas
68% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: BKNLab
Windows
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 46.1% ★, Text-Based 10.5%, Immersive Sim 9.1%, Cyberpunk 8%, Puzzle 6.2%
- #56 HackHub: Free Trial
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 699 reviews2024
Dev: HotBunnyPub: G-DEVS.com
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 39%
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 44.8% ★, Typing 21.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 8.9%, Puzzle 8.8%, Simulation 6.6%
- #57 Hacky
67% matchVery Positive92% of 100 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 35.4% ★, Typing 30% ★, Programming 14.5% ★, Crime 6.8%, Cyberpunk 4.2%
- #58 Hacker Simulator: Free Trial
68% 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 38.9% ★, Typing 22.1% ★, Programming 11.3% ★, Simulation 8.7%, Crime 7.8%
- #59 HyperDissonance
67% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: meta
Windows
HyperDissonance is a mind-bending first-person psychological horror game set in a cyberpunk city where Faith, a young hacker falls into a rabbit hole of memory-altering Bio-Chip technology while trying to uncover the truth behind her father's disappearance.
Why similar: Hacking 31.5% ★, Typing 26.8% ★, Programming 11.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 9.4%, Cyberpunk 6.1%
- #60 CaseCracker
66% matchVery Positive89% of 3,465 reviews2022
Dev: BlackRobe
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
No flashy visuals, just pure mental gymnastics. Actively search, cross-reference, and unravel the truth from a complex database. In this hardcore text-based deduction game, the devil is always in the details. Detective, are you ready?
Why similar: Hacking 35.8% ★, Typing 27% ★, Text-Based 15.2%, Puzzle 6.9%, Logic 5.1%