
Your brother is gone. He left behind a USB stick with an unknown system and an AI that teaches you to hack. Break into networks, uncover who he really was, and question everything you find. A terminal-based hacking thriller set in 2036.
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Your brother is gone. He left behind a USB stick with an unknown system and an AI that teaches you to hack. Break into networks, uncover who he really was, and question everything you find. A terminal-based hacking thriller set in 2036.

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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.

Yolo Space Hacker
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.
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 48.4% ★, Cyberpunk 20.7%, Artificial Intelligence 20.5%, Simulation 9.7%, Singleplayer 0.7%
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 46.9% ★, Cyberpunk 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Choices Matter 8.4%, Sci-fi 7.1%
Break into fictional networks with real-feeling shell commands. Scan hosts, crack credentials, trace logs, steal evidence, and survive the fallout in a CRT-noir thriller where Signal Ghost's local AI characters remember what you do - and what you say.
Why similar: Hacking 35.8% ★, Cyberpunk 12%, Dynamic Narration 11.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 8.5%, Choices Matter 7.2%
>//:System.Hack is a sim-rpg set in a dystopian future. Take the role of a neophyte hacker as they begin their criminal career. Design programs, increase your skills, upgrade your hardware, hack systems in cyberspace, battle IC, rob banks, manage your own company and more!
Why similar: Hacking 45.9% ★, Cyberpunk 30.4%, Simulation 15.7%, Sci-fi 8%
The world runs on systems you're not supposed to touch. SIGKILL hands you the keys. A realistic hacking simulator where every hack ripples through a living geopolitical simulation. What you do with that power is up to you.
Why similar: Hacking 41.4% ★, Dynamic Narration 21.2% ★, Cyberpunk 16.2%, Artificial Intelligence 10.6%, Simulation 4.7%
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 85.5% ★, Cyberpunk 5%, Simulation 2.3%, Choices Matter 2.1%, Sci-fi 2%
Radiotext is an interactive story set in the near future, where communication without intrusion requires radio-waves. Dive into a cryptographic radio-net in this text-based rpg, where you need to think carefully before typing your answers.
Why similar: Hacking 40.4% ★, Cyberpunk 19.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Simulation 6.8%, Choices Matter 6.4%
Out there is a world of corporate corruption and government lies. You are a lone hacker armed with a terminal and a personal proxy. Break in. Cause damage. Get paid.
Why similar: Hacking 73.2% ★, Simulation 21.3%, Puzzle 5.5%
In Void Future: Hacking Protocol, you play as a hacker in a cyberpunk world ruled by corporations. Hack, solve puzzles, and uncover a global conspiracy. Hunted by a system that never sleeps, you’ll need to stay hidden, outsmart surveillance, and fight to survive.
Why similar: Hacking 47.4% ★, Cyberpunk 16.3%, Artificial Intelligence 9.5%, Simulation 8%, Sci-fi 5.2%
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 41.2% ★, Cyberpunk 20%, Artificial Intelligence 13.8%, Simulation 7.4%, Sci-fi 7.1%
In the year 2398, a network of intelligent computers known as Nightgate, is the last remaining life form on Earth. Step into the computer and uncover what lies beyond the futuristic landscapes of Nightgate.
Why similar: Hacking 57.9% ★, Cyberpunk 16.2%, Artificial Intelligence 11.9%, Sci-fi 6.7%, Minimalist 3.1%
Become an expert hacker by using your raw brainpower! Learn how to get ahead in your new job at a cybersecurity company. Analyze servers for weaknesses, and hack them using their own subroutines to access the data they protect.
Why similar: Hacking 53% ★, Cyberpunk 26%, Story Rich 9.8%, Puzzle 6.2%, Minimalist 4.1%
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 48% ★, Artificial Intelligence 18.4%, Cyberpunk 12.5%, Simulation 7.8%, Story Rich 4.6%
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 81.7% ★, Simulation 18.3%
Tired of boring network diagrams? Network & Cyber Security Simulator takes networking and cybersecurity into an interactive first-person (FPS) simulation game! Learn by doing, configure realistic CLI terminals from scratch, solve technical puzzles, and become the digital architect!
Why similar: Hacking 50.2% ★, Cyberpunk 16.3%, Simulation 13.7%, Artificial Intelligence 12.8%, Sci-fi 6.6%
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 53.3% ★, Cyberpunk 27.3%, Simulation 9.4%, Puzzle 3.9%, Minimalist 2.9%
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 72.1% ★, Simulation 15.1%, Story Rich 8.5%, Adventure 4.3%
NITE Team 4 is a military hacking simulation game that explores the world of cyberwarfare and features realistic mission scenarios.
Why similar: Hacking 82% ★, Simulation 12.1%, Puzzle 3.1%, Adventure 2.7%
It is January 1, 2000. Every registered business in America just received a mandatory government operating system. Yours is installed and already running. So is everything else.
Why similar: Hacking 35.1% ★, Dynamic Narration 20.3% ★, Artificial Intelligence 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 9%, Choices Matter 8.1%
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 61.6% ★, Simulation 14.5%, Cyberpunk 11.3%, Puzzle 6.7%, Story Rich 4.3%
Traverse the Datascape, hack ICE to explore their programs and make a run on the SimulaCom corp! If that's not your thing just explore a section of the Datascape. A compact experience with a message to discover.
Why similar: Hacking 44.2% ★, Cyberpunk 24.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Artificial Intelligence 6.2%, Exploration 4.7%
GRIDHACK is a sci-fi puzzle RPG where you fight nonogram battles to hack your way on an intergalactic quest as you try to find out what happened to a planet called Earth!
Why similar: Hacking 49.3% ★, Cyberpunk 20.3%, Sci-fi 14.3%, Puzzle 7%, Story Rich 6.1%
When the number of computers in existence and their processing capacity exceeds that of all mankind, a point of technological singularity is encountered. A massive economic and systematic crisis hits the entire world. Nobody knows the exact cause, and all solutions to fix it, are failing.
Why similar: Hacking 75.3% ★, Simulation 24.7%
Project: AFTERSHOCK is a fast-paced arcade hacking roguelite set in a dystopian future. Command a 20-year-old legacy terminal to breach enemy systems, siphon funds, and upgrade your hardware. Use your reflexes to survive the countdown and bring down the very system you created.
Why similar: Hacking 46.6% ★, Cyberpunk 23.4%, Simulation 8.2%, Sci-fi 6.8%, Story Rich 6.8%
MP5 is a dynamic TPP action shooter game with a depressing, heavy storyline. Take a look at a dark vision of the world where scientists have found a way to connect our mind and memories with machines. Play as the soul that has been forced to live in the machine and choose your path.
Why similar: Hacking 26.6% ★, Dynamic Narration 23.8% ★, Artificial Intelligence 18.9%, Cyberpunk 17.9%, Exploration 4.9%
You are Isabella Song – a hacker PI. Your job is to hack cameras, phones, and computers, as well as question suspects, analyze evidence and draw conclusions. But don't forget that in Farca city, even criminals can end up victims.
Why similar: Hacking 46.6% ★, Cyberpunk 23.7%, Simulation 9.1%, Choices Matter 8.9%, Exploration 3.9%
Cybermere is a sci-fi hacking game. Use warez to penetrate ICE, mine for password fragments and break into database of various companies. You play as Lance, a novice hacker in 2033.
Why similar: Hacking 56.1% ★, Cyberpunk 20%, Sci-fi 12.5%, Choices Matter 5.3%, Puzzle 4.8%
RootKit is a tactical hacking game set inside a corporate honeypot network. Track hostile hackers, infiltrate their systems, steal crypto and data, and eliminate them before they trace your connection.
Why similar: Hacking 49.7% ★, Cyberpunk 15.9%, Simulation 13.7%, Choices Matter 8.6%, Sci-fi 6.4%
beVaiR is a unique combination of story and immersive VR strategy game. Become a neurohacker and modify the living network through strategic actions: collect energy, convert it according to your demands and shoot it at the nodes. Help your faction dominate!
Why similar: Hacking 33.6% ★, Cyberpunk 21.9%, Dynamic Narration 20.3% ★, Artificial Intelligence 8%, Story Rich 6.7%
Every NPC in this game runs on a local LLM. Ask them anything. The internet is dying. You're a internet moderator. Filter out AI impostors from humanity's last clean network. Use investigation tools to detect deception. Every verdict shapes the internet.
Why similar: Hacking 31.1% ★, Artificial Intelligence 20.6%, Cyberpunk 20.3%, Choices Matter 7.1%, Interactive Fiction 5.9%
From multi-award winning Revolution comes ‘Beyond a Steel Sky’, a groundbreaking 3D adventure thriller, set in an AI-driven future. Subvert the world, hack the systems and solve dark conspiracies to uncover the devastating truth.
Why similar: Hacking 37.8% ★, Cyberpunk 26.7%, Sci-fi 10.5%, Choices Matter 9.2%, Story Rich 7.4%
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 59.2% ★, Cyberpunk 17.5%, Sci-fi 7.2%, Simulation 5.5%, Story Rich 4.9%
DotSec is a modern hacking simulator where you can choose your path as a Black Hat, White Hat, or Gray Hat hacker. The choices you make will directly impact your journey through the hacking world while also guiding you through complex puzzles and challenges.
Why similar: Hacking 47.3% ★, Simulation 24.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Puzzle 4.7%
Build your digital empire from a cramped room to a high-tech penthouse. Code, hack, mine crypto, and manipulate the dark web in this deep 3D economic sandbox simulator. Stay in the shadows, manage your hardware, and don't get caught by the police!
Why similar: Hacking 52.3% ★, Cyberpunk 26.3%, Interactive Fiction 9%, Simulation 8.2%, Sandbox 4.1%
Prove your ability to read names next to the big red buttons! Show your ability to fight for life in a science center that is falling apart from the consequences of an insane scientific experiment!
Why similar: Hacking 42% ★, Cyberpunk 27.2%, Sci-fi 11.6%, Story Rich 8.4%, Exploration 4.7%
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 ...
In 2070’s Novacore, humanoid robots go rogue—play operative Brian as he infiltrates floating island Enigma to disable control nodes and confront a rogue AI.
Why similar: Hacking 42.7% ★, Cyberpunk 27%, Sci-fi 11.1%, Choices Matter 7.4%, Story Rich 5.4%
Cyberpunk adventure game about orphan Drew's fight against powerful corporation.
Why similar: Hacking 30.9% ★, Cyberpunk 22%, Dynamic Narration 18.5% ★, Sci-fi 9.4%, Story Rich 5.7%
From the creator of hack_me and dev_me, a continuation of the acclaimed hacker simulator in 2016 and 2017 - hack_me 3 is already on Steam!
Why similar: Hacking 73.3% ★, Simulation 26.7%
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 54.7% ★, Artificial Intelligence 12.2%, Simulation 11.5%, Cyberpunk 9.5%, Interactive Fiction 7.6%
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 64.6% ★, Simulation 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%, Story Rich 4%, Adventure 3.8%
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 52.8% ★, Cyberpunk 22.4%, Simulation 12%, Puzzle 5%, Exploration 3.5%
As an elite hacker, you have received an anonymous commission. You will collaborate with the special agent "Saku" from an unknown organization to complete a thrilling mission.
Why similar: Hacking 49.5% ★, Cyberpunk 25.2%, Simulation 9%, Sci-fi 8%, Puzzle 5.6%
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 45.3% ★, Cyberpunk 22.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%, Artificial Intelligence 8.9%, Simulation 7.7%
Retro Hacker simulates hacking from a computer terminal with a text based operating system.
Why similar: Hacking 61.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Simulation 14.4%, Choices Matter 8.7%, Singleplayer 0.9%
You are Juno, a teenage girl getting evidence to clear her brother's name. Choose who helps you solve the mystery. With multiple endings, some scenes are flashbacks to the past. Your actions there may even change who committed the crime, with what, and where!
Why similar: Hacking 39.1% ★, Cyberpunk 25.7%, Sci-fi 8.8%, Choices Matter 8.7%, Interactive Fiction 7.5%
You are PID_0x7F, a rogue process fighting to survive inside a dying computer. Outrun the system's daemons, solve living data-structure puzzles, and reconstruct the truth your creator tried to delete — before the machine wipes you for good.
Why similar: Hacking 39.2% ★, Cyberpunk 15.9%, Sci-fi 13.1%, Story Rich 10.8%, Puzzle 7%
Ever wanted to be a hacker? Hack your way into the heart of a mysterious organization to uncover their secrets. Hack RUN® is a game which uses 'old school' command prompts (like DOS or UNIX) that simulate a real operating system. Learn the commands of each system to help you navigate through your adventure.
Why similar: Hacking 73.5% ★, Simulation 20.6%, Adventure 5.8%
Botnet of Ares is an incremental hacking roguelite set in a cyberpunk world where everything is connected. Unlock upgrades, expand your botnet, exploit millions of devices, optimize your network & decide the future of humanity.
Why similar: Hacking 49.7% ★, Cyberpunk 26%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Simulation 9.3%, Minimalist 2.6%
A turn-based sci-fi puzzle adventure where every move costs power. Navigate a failing spaceship, solve environmental systems, and uncover the truth behind a rogue AI and your stolen human past.
Why similar: Hacking 28.5% ★, Dynamic Narration 17.6% ★, Artificial Intelligence 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Choices Matter 8.2%
EchoLink: Recursion is an active incremental hacking simulation spanning 1990s dial-up to 2150s megacities. Hack through time by infiltrating networks, building proxy chains, and automating routines. Every reset reboots you with exponential upgrades. Grow a skill tree and rewrite history.
Why similar: Hacking 60.1% ★, Cyberpunk 22.6%, Simulation 9.7%, Sci-fi 7.3%, Singleplayer 0.4%
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 75.5% ★, Simulation 11.6%, Story Rich 4.8%, Puzzle 3.9%, Adventure 3.3%
Hack the System is an isometric, narrative puzzle. In a dark dystopian country, you have to investigate the conspiracy behind your missing sister by hacking computer networks.
Why similar: Hacking 56.9% ★, Sci-fi 10.9%, Simulation 9.9%, Story Rich 9.5%, Puzzle 4.9%
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 51% ★, Cyberpunk 25.6%, Sci-fi 8%, Story Rich 5.4%, Puzzle 2.7%
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 64.1% ★, Cyberpunk 17.4%, Simulation 10.4%, Sandbox 2.7%, Atmospheric 2.2%
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 54.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, Simulation 9.8%, Story Rich 7.9%, Puzzle 5.5%
A first‑person cyberpunk horror detective story set in a decaying, neon‑scarred future. As an Observer who invades minds to hunt for clues, you will sift through corrupted memories to track down a mysterious killer and confront your own dark past.
Why similar: Hacking 40.9% ★, Cyberpunk 22.3%, Dynamic Narration 18.9% ★, Choices Matter 6.4%, Story Rich 6.4%
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 55.1% ★, Artificial Intelligence 19.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Simulation 8.8%, Puzzle 4.6%
After being abducted by brutal soldiers and his kinfolk butchered, Robert Foster finds himself in Union City - a vast metropolis under the tyranny of a fascist AI. Alone, save for the circuit board of his best friend, Foster must discover the sinister truth - and why they specifically came for him.
Why similar: Hacking 42.9% ★, Cyberpunk 26.7%, Sci-fi 10.4%, Story Rich 8.4%, Puzzle 4.7%
Terminal Warfare is a cyberpunk deckbuilding roguelike where you breach corporate networks in turn-based hack battles. Queue exploit cards, manage bandwidth and trace, earn creds, build your deck, and craft cyberdeck upgrades to take down tougher AI defenses.
Why similar: Hacking 46.8% ★, Cyberpunk 29.1%, Artificial Intelligence 15.2%, Sci-fi 9%