Games Like Malware

Greetings Enforcer, and thank you for enlisting in the Hypnospace Patrol Department! As the world falls into its slumber, Hypnospace becomes a bustling global village. These virtual streets aren't going to police themselves!

Why similar: 1990's 29%, Point & Click 22.2%, Simulation 14.1%, Detective 13.8%, Retro 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: It perfectly captures the 90s internet aesthetic and UI-based navigation found in the seed game.

Big Brother has arrived - and it’s you. Investigate the lives of citizens to find those responsible for a series of terror attacks. Information from the internet, personal communications and private files are all accessible to you. But, be warned, the information you supply will have consequences.

Why similar: Simulation 74.1%, Detective 10.4%, Point & Click 6.7%, Hacking 6.6% ★, Singleplayer 1.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on UI-based investigation and monitoring, mirroring the feeling of digging through digital files.

Congratulations. The October labor lottery is complete. Your name was pulled. For immediate placement, report to the Ministry of Admission at Grestin Border Checkpoint. An apartment will be provided for you and your family in East Grestin. Expect a Class-8 dwelling.

Why similar: Point & Click 36.6%, Simulation 22.5%, Puzzle 12.9%, Retro 9.6%, Strategy 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the core gameplay loop of meticulous document verification and identifying discrepancies in a high-stakes environment.

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 26.9% ★, Simulation 26%, Puzzle 23.1%, Detective 15.8%, Singleplayer 2.6%

Why You'll Like It: A detective simulation that requires gathering information through digital footprints and hacking techniques.

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: Puzzle 36.3%, Hacking 23.1% ★, Simulation 20.2%, Logic 12.3%, Singleplayer 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a deep, retro-computer logic puzzle experience that appeals to fans of technical simulation.

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 35% ★, Puzzle 29%, Simulation 17.5%, Logic 13.6%, Singleplayer 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers complex hacking and coding puzzles set within a gritty, retro-future aesthetic.

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 37.9% ★, Strategy 16.4%, Puzzle 14.6%, Simulation 14.4%, Text-Based 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: The quintessential hacking simulator that defined the genre of navigating virtual OS environments.

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Why similar: Puzzle 28.4%, 1990's 20.3%, Retro 12.6%, Simulation 10.5%, Logic 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: A charming, puzzle-heavy indie game that leans heavily into the retro desktop aesthetic.

A genealogical mystery straight out of 1998. Scour the early Internet for clues, uncover hidden connections, and piece together the family tree behind the secretive Roottree Corporation.

Why similar: Detective 27.7%, Point & Click 22.2%, Puzzle 17.6%, 1990's 17%, Logic 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: A deep detective mystery that relies on navigating digital archives and connecting disparate pieces of information.

Emily is Away is an interactive story. Create a screenname and choose your path through the branching narrative.

Why similar: Simulation 37.8%, Retro 29.5%, Singleplayer 14%, Text-Based 9%, 2D 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: It masterfully simulates the experience of using a retro computer operating system to interact with others.

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 51.6% ★, Simulation 44.3%, Indie 2.2%, Casual 1.9%

Why You'll Like It: It places you in the role of a support agent navigating a simulated OS to solve technical issues.

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 73.7% ★, Detective 9.6%, Simulation 8%, Logic 4.5%, 2D 2%

Why You'll Like It: A terminal-based hacking simulator that emphasizes realistic command-line interaction and puzzle-solving.

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: Detective 20.8%, Hacking 16.8% ★, Puzzle 13.8%, Simulation 10.4%, Strategy 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: A text-based detective game that focuses on hacking and psychological puzzle-solving.

Officer Jia has vanished, leaving a classified message pointing to the CaseCracker 2.0 system. Tear through suspects' alibis, look beyond the text, and extract hidden threads from seemingly unrelated intel. Will you find the ultimate truth, or a trap?

Why similar: Detective 24.3%, Point & Click 21.6%, Simulation 12.6%, Logic 10.8%, Puzzle 10%

Why You'll Like It: A direct sequel that expands on the investigative and immersive-sim elements of the first game.

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 45.7% ★, Simulation 24.3%, Detective 10.5%, Strategy 7%, Logic 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: A realistic OS simulation that allows players to explore a persistent, interconnected network of virtual computers.

Confronted with fragmented narratives and deceptive persons of interest, you must isolate crucial evidence. Shatter logical loopholes from testimonies and reconstruct the crime scene from subtle clues. Can you survive this immersive battle of wits?

Why similar: Point & Click 25.4%, Detective 24.7%, Puzzle 16.1%, Simulation 12.3%, Psychological Horror 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: Continues the series' focus on mystery and detective work within a simulated digital environment.

Look through someone else’s computer. Inspired by early “escape room” flash games.

Why similar: Puzzle 32.1%, Point & Click 31.7%, Simulation 23.7%, Psychological Horror 7.1%, Singleplayer 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-heavy horror game that centers on investigating a mysterious website.

BUILD CIRCUITS. WRITE CODE. RTFM.

Why similar: Puzzle 37.9%, Simulation 24.9%, Logic 24.5%, Hacking 5.8% ★, Singleplayer 4%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on hardware and software engineering puzzles that require the same analytical mindset as the seed game.

Welcome to the Game II is an atmospheric horror / strategy / puzzle game that takes you into the world of the deep web in search of the shadow web. Play as an investigative reporter trying to solve a case of a mysterious woman broadcasting for help as masked men are on the hunt to kill her.

Why similar: Hacking 31.4% ★, Strategy 18.1%, Simulation 16.7%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Puzzle 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the tension of navigating a dangerous, hidden web environment from the safety of a desktop.

The 98xx is an old computer OS from the 90s that’s recently been discovered after many years of being lost. There are still a few working files within the OS that can be explored.

Why similar: Point & Click 36.9%, Simulation 27.9%, Puzzle 20.9%, Psychological Horror 11%, Singleplayer 2.6%

Why You'll Like It: A simulation game that uses a retro operating system to deliver a psychological horror experience.

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 30.6% ★, Simulation 29.5%, Detective 19.1%, Life Sim 17.9%, Singleplayer 2.2%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the simulation of hacking and crime within a realistic digital interface.

A new political Party has won a landslide in the General Election, and for some reason the editor at the news station you work at has done a runner. Now it’s up to you, the Janitor, to take over the editing booth in this tumultuous time - will you help the government, or stand in their way?

Why similar: Point & Click 56.3%, Simulation 33.6%, Singleplayer 8.1%, Indie 2%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a high-pressure UI-based simulation where you manage complex systems in real-time.

A paranoid cybercriminal tries to regain control over an underground marketplace stolen by his former coworkers. You must utilize your hacking and intelligence gathering skills to get rid of hitmen sent by your enemies in a race with worsening mental state and terrifying hallucinations.

Why similar: Hacking 22.4% ★, Detective 15.6%, Puzzle 15.1%, Simulation 14.9%, Strategy 12.6%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, simulation-heavy game that explores the dangers of hacking and digital infection.

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 31.6% ★, Point & Click 22.9%, Simulation 19.9%, Puzzle 13%, Memes 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A point-and-click hacking adventure that tasks you with gathering evidence to solve crimes.

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: Point & Click 20.9%, Detective 19.1%, Incremental 15.5%, Hacking 14.5% ★, Puzzle 12.5%

Minesweeper but the rules are changing.

Why similar: Puzzle 45.9%, Logic 28.8%, Strategy 17%, Singleplayer 4%, Casual 2.8%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist puzzle game that appeals to the logic-based gameplay found in computer-themed simulations.

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 40.3% ★, Simulation 26.9%, Detective 25.4%, Singleplayer 6.6%, Indie 0.9%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a straightforward, singleplayer experience centered on hacking and digital crime.

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 33.5% ★, Puzzle 26.3%, Simulation 24.7%, 2D 5.6%, Singleplayer 5%

Why You'll Like It: A simulation game that tasks players with navigating the dark web to solve complex puzzles.

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 62.1% ★, Puzzle 25.3%, Singleplayer 9.7%, Indie 1.9%, Casual 1%

Why You'll Like It: A unique hacking and puzzle game that uses a portable computer to manipulate the environment.

10 CDs, 10 passwords. Find hidden messages, text, numbers to unlock next CD to continue your steganography puzzle journey.

Why similar: 1990's 26.1%, Puzzle 17.8%, Detective 17.2%, Point & Click 15.5%, Retro 13.8%

Delve into a gripping world of puzzles, true ciphers on an old PalmPilot system. Will you uncover the Crypt Killer’s confession and bring him to justice, or will he escape the law?

Why similar: Point & Click 27.2%, Detective 18.7%, Simulation 17.7%, Puzzle 14.4%, Hacking 9.2% ★

You log on to a computer having no clue of what lies within. Explore its files, solve puzzles to recover missing pieces, and decipher passwords to enter otherwise prohibited folders. As you delve deeper into its content, you’ll find that there is a greater mystery to be solved.

Why similar: Detective 31.1%, Simulation 22%, Puzzle 21.8%, Text-Based 7.8%, Retro 7%

Congratulations, you've found Dingir OS — an operating system that lets you glimpse into the darkest corners of the internet. Browse forbidden websites, investigate lethal files, and immerse yourself in the world of digital legends. (We are not responsible for anything that may happen to you.)

Why similar: Hidden Object 23.4%, Point & Click 22.2%, Detective 19.3%, Puzzle 12.3%, Simulation 11.5%

A desktop psychological horror inspired by the Smile Dog creepypasta. Open the attachment, read your emails, and survive a real nightmare spilling out across your screen.

Why similar: Point & Click 29.2%, Incremental 17.4%, Simulation 14.5%, Puzzle 11.9%, Psychological Horror 11.3%

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 25.7% ★, Simulation 24%, Puzzle 19.1%, Strategy 13.4%, Text-Based 8%

Why You'll Like It: A classic simulation game that uses puzzle-solving to represent the act of hacking.

Winion Virus is a pixel-art visual novel horror game. It features adorable and charming graphics paired with a dark fairy-tale story full of unexpected twists. As a point-and-click adventure, your task is to fix the errors occurring within the computer.

Why similar: Point & Click 47.8%, Simulation 21.4%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, 2D 9.2%, Singleplayer 4.3%

You bought a PC that belonged to a suicidal developer, do you dare to run "Game.exe"?

Why similar: Incremental 52.3%, 1990's 17%, Life Sim 13.3%, Psychological Horror 9.1%, Singleplayer 4.3%

The ultimate surveillance game. Monitor camera feeds solo, team up in multiplayer, or versus friends. Detect anomalies, report suspicious activities, and ensure security across diverse locations. Your watchful eyes make the difference!

Why similar: Incremental 30.4%, Hidden Object 27.7%, Puzzle 17.3%, Simulation 17.3%, Psychological Horror 5.2%

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: Simulation 30.4%, Hacking 29.2% ★, Detective 24.7%, Life Sim 12.7%, Singleplayer 2.3%

There is a big discussion going on about a mysterious group named The Katydids proposing riddles and challenges on online forums, Are you clever enough to unravel the mystery of this obscure organization?

Why similar: Point & Click 23.7%, Hacking 17.2% ★, Puzzle 15%, Simulation 12.9%, Strategy 10%

Sort forms, get to know your mysterious new collegues & unravel mysteries they're trying to cover up as you step in to replace the previous RH at this mysterious pharmaceutical company.

Why similar: Point & Click 38.9%, Simulation 16.7%, 1990's 16.4%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, 2D 7.2%

Point-and-click mystery adventure on the virtual SNS! Find secrets hidden by family, friends, companies, and idols.

Why similar: Point & Click 36%, Detective 19.7%, Simulation 14.6%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Text-Based 8.9%

Play as a lethal virus infecting various organs in your host's body while trying to outsmart the immune cells that seek to eliminate you and your kind. Generate clones and watch them propagate, infecting cells and taking down bosses.

Why similar: Incremental 33%, Point & Click 31%, Simulation 24.9%, Linear 3.7%, 2D 3%

Okay, Pedro is AWOL, and you have to get this LAN Party set up at the Game Store for the session later. Connect cables, install software, and solve puzzles all while you and the gang uncover the mystery of your missing friend.

Why similar: 1990's 25.1%, Hidden Object 19.5%, Detective 18.1%, Point & Click 15.9%, Puzzle 14.7%

Become a dishonest computer repairman, steal rams. Burn the motherboards!

Why similar: Life Sim 40.5%, Simulation 37.8%, Hacking 16.3% ★, Singleplayer 2.3%, Casual 2.3%

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 72.9%, Retro 15.4%, Singleplayer 6.1%, Indie 5.6%

Inspired by JCS videos and similar Interrogation analysis. Match evidence with statements. Play good cop/bad cop. Make choices. Learn what makes people tick. Unravel the mystery.

Why similar: Point & Click 31.1%, Puzzle 19.7%, Strategy 13.9%, Simulation 12.9%, Psychological Horror 8.8%

Welcome to Netbreak™, a horror-puzzle experience. When a mysterious USB drive arrives on your desk, your curiosity drags you into a nightmare. Piece together clues, watch forbidden videos, and take down an underground SNUFF marketplace, that allows you to see interactive torture and murder.

Why similar: Simulation 30.4%, Memes 18.8%, Hacking 16.7% ★, Puzzle 12.1%, Strategy 9.6%

The ultimate "Hollywood Hacker" simulator for when you want to look busy, dangerous, and incredibly tech-savvy.

Why similar: Hacking 45.3% ★, Simulation 22.6%, Logic 15.5%, 2D 8.1%, Singleplayer 4.8%

Pony Island is a suspense puzzle game in disguise. You are in limbo, trapped in a malevolent and malfunctioning arcade machine devised by the devil himself. It is not a game about ponies.

Why similar: Puzzle 33.9%, Hacking 30% ★, Psychological Horror 17.1%, Memes 7.3%, Singleplayer 5.9%

An interactive horror experience of exploring a missing woman’s phone.

Why similar: Point & Click 31.1%, Detective 28.2%, Puzzle 15.5%, Simulation 13.5%, Psychological Horror 9.4%

WannaMine - In this game you have to control the virus so he could get around the firewall of computer "firewall" and get directly to the CPU! A winding path makes the game fun and not easy.

Why similar: Simulation 46.2%, Memes 30.4%, 2D 8.3%, Singleplayer 6%, Casual 5.1%

"Let's play a typing game." Dyping Escape is a simple game where you type according to instructions from the game master, a mysterious eyeball. But be careful; everything you type becomes reality. Just be careful not to brick your computer.

Why similar: Hidden Object 46.6%, Retro 13.7%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Text-Based 10.5%, 2D 7.9%

You are an observer tasked with monitoring surveillance footage for suspicious activity. This innocuous job soon takes a turn for the creepy, as anomalies begin to appear, from moving furniture... to them. Experience a real-time horror straight from horror-filled creepypastas!

Why similar: Hidden Object 25.5%, Point & Click 24.9%, Puzzle 13.6%, Simulation 12.5%, Strategy 10.8%

Let’s recall the memory before the accident and erase the traces of your crime.

Why similar: Simulation 30.1%, Point & Click 30%, Detective 27.1%, 2D 6.6%, Singleplayer 5.4%

Is a hidden object game in which you need to find all the bitcoins in a large location. Bitcoins will be located in a variety of places, from the most prominent to barely noticeable places

Why similar: Incremental 28.3%, Hidden Object 28%, Point & Click 15.8%, Puzzle 11.8%, Memes 7%

You are an Earworm. You are an underworld contractor who hacks memories for a living. Dive into the memories of your victims in order to unlock the security questions to their bank account.

Why similar: 1990's 46.8%, Puzzle 22.2%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Retro 7.7%, Linear 4.2%

Use hacking tools to hack into these Vtubers' computers, discover their true identity, and expose who they really are!

Why similar: Life Sim 27.4%, Hacking 24.2% ★, Incremental 23.6%, Simulation 12.3%, Singleplayer 5.3%

A missing person case straight out of 1995. Search the early internet, dig through emails and dusty floppy discs, and uncover the secrets behind the disappearance of Victoria Mason.

Why similar: Point & Click 21%, Detective 18.7%, Incremental 16.8%, 1990's 16.2%, Puzzle 12.1%

Welcome to our ethical hacker's organisation: we will teach you how to use actual hacker tools (terminal, proxy, reverse shells...) to scan the network, crack passwords, bypass server security and solve the mystery of the Bikini-72 space station.

Why similar: Hacking 28.9% ★, Point & Click 26.2%, Puzzle 20.8%, Simulation 17.2%, 2D 3.5%