- #1 CyberRebeat -The Fifth Domain of Warfare-
97% matchPositive89% of 18 reviews2018
Dev: E.N.NachPub: Sekai Project
Windows · Mac
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 31.7% ★, Hacking 25.3% ★, Cyberpunk 13.6%, Visual Novel 8.8%, Investigation 8.6%
- #2 Luminous Threads: A Visual Novel
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bit Quirky, LLC
Windows · Mac
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 22.4% ★, Cyberpunk 15.8%, Crime 10.5%, Conspiracy 10.2% ★, Visual Novel 9.3%
- #3 CyberQuest
96% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Ersin Dincelli
Windows · Mac · Linux
Explore CyberQuest, where your decisions define you. Journey from a novice freelancer to a skilled hacker. Choose your path: white hat, black hat, or hacktivist, and embrace the cyber challenge!
Why similar: Hacking 30.1% ★, Programming 25.2% ★, Crime 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 7.5%, Detective 6.1%
- #4 SIGKILL
95% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: BrainFog Studios
Windows
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 30.7% ★, Programming 25.1% ★, Cyberpunk 12.9%, Conspiracy 11.8% ★, Artificial Intelligence 9.4%
- #5 AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES - nirvanA Initiative
94% matchVery Positive86% of 3,764 reviews2022
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Special Agents Mizuki and Ryuki, along with their AI partners Aiba and Tama, are tasked to solve the bizarre Half Body serial killings in this sequel to the critically acclaimed AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES.
Why similar: Conspiracy 13.3% ★, Artificial Intelligence 13%, Detective 12.9%, Crime 11.4%, Visual Novel 10.2%
- #6 Blackdoor
94% 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 32.6% ★, Programming 30.5% ★, Cyberpunk 11.1%, Crime 9.7%, Conspiracy 8.8% ★
- #7 GLYPHIS_IO BBS: The Proxy Tapes 1989
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: James BradleyPub: The Civitas Universe
Windows · Mac · Linux
A narrative-driven hacking simulator set in an alternate 1989. Enter a clandestine, hacker Bulletin Board System to crack games, control communities, and solve programming puzzles. Featuring retro-inspired mini-games, irl global leaderboards, and a story that will haunt you long after you log off.
Why similar: Programming 27.1% ★, Hacking 26.7% ★, Cyberpunk 12.7%, Conspiracy 9.8% ★, Detective 9.8%
- #8 Hacker Simulator
92% 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 39.8% ★, Programming 23.3% ★, Crime 15.7%, Cyberpunk 11.6%, Detective 9.5%
- #9 EXAPUNKS
91% matchVery Positive95% of 1,887 reviews2018
Dev: Zachtronics
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 12.0 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: Programming 45.9% ★, Hacking 31.7% ★, Cyberpunk 11.6%, Automation 10.7%
- #10 Pixel P.I.
91% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: Crischu
Windows · Mac · Linux
In this detective game you will write your own questions and deductions. Use your detective skills to solve these cases and the mystery of your forgotten memories in the way.
Why similar: Hacking 20% ★, Crime 18.4%, Detective 14%, Artificial Intelligence 13%, Investigation 8.8%
- #11 Network & Cyber Security Simulator
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Network & Cyber Security Simulator
Windows
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 35.1% ★, Programming 33.9% ★, Cyberpunk 12.3%, Artificial Intelligence 10.7%, Sci-fi 5.2%
- #12 HELLO HACKER - Project Daybreak
89% 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 35.8% ★, Programming 32.1% ★, Conspiracy 12.3% ★, Crime 10.8%, Cyberpunk 9.1%
- #13 Else Heart.Break()
89% matchMixed67% of 840 reviews2015
Dev: Erik SvedängPub: Erik Svedäng AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 37%
A game about friendship, love and technology in a place where bits have replaced atoms.
Why similar: Programming 46% ★, Hacking 34.2% ★, Cyberpunk 10.8%, Conspiracy 8.9% ★
- #14 VSCS-II
88% matchPositive91% of 23 reviews2024
Dev: Oliver MorrishPub: Skullbutton Interactive
Windows
VSCS-II is a retro-styled narrative game about privacy and security. Using an upgraded '80s operating system, navigate an underground network to make connections, unearth conspiracies, and ultimately decide the fate of the dark web.
Why similar: Hacking 26.2% ★, Programming 19.8% ★, Crime 14.9%, Detective 9.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.8%
- #15 HackMeNow
87% 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 34.3% ★, Programming 30% ★, Artificial Intelligence 15.8%, Cyberpunk 9.6%, Investigation 4.7%
- #16 Hacker The Dark Shadow
86% 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 30.2% ★, Programming 29.6% ★, Crime 17.1%, Science 9.1%, Investigation 4.4%
- #17 Bitburner
86% matchVery Positive95% of 7,363 reviews2021
Dev: Fulcrum Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 48% ★, Hacking 29.2% ★, Automation 11.5%, Cyberpunk 11.3%
- #18 Zero Trust
84% 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 29.6% ★, Programming 29.5% ★, Crime 13.7%, Detective 10.6%, Cyberpunk 10.4%
- #19 Grey Hack
85% 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 48.9% ★, Programming 35.2% ★, Crime 6.2%, Cyberpunk 5.4%, Detective 4.2%
- #20 CHAQS
84% 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: Programming 32.1% ★, Hacking 31.5% ★, Cyberpunk 12.8%, Detective 9.8%, Investigation 6.1%
- #21 Precinct 2099
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ThinkingLiteSoft
Windows
NeoTokyo, 2099. The man who sold immortality is dead in a penthouse sealed from the inside. You are detective Kade Katano: scan the scene, read people, roll the dice and decide which truth closes the file. A noir visual novel — one complete case, three endings.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 20.8%, Detective 15.5%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Artificial Intelligence 9.3%, Mystery 8.9%
- #22 OFF GRID : Stealth Hacking
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Semaeopus
Windows · Mac · Linux
Scan, hack, engineer, win: manipulate the people and the world around you. OFF GRID is a stealth-hacking action-adventure where collecting data on characters is as important as avoiding their sightlines. Get to grips with the tech, and hack all the things. Data is your most powerful weapon.
Why similar: Hacking 24.8% ★, Programming 24.6% ★, Conspiracy 14.2% ★, Cyberpunk 13.6%, Artificial Intelligence 12.5%
- #23 Cybermere
83% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2021
Dev: Player 1
Windows
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 40.6% ★, Crime 17.8%, Cyberpunk 15.5%, Conspiracy 13.5% ★, Sci-fi 10.2%
- #24 Remain At Your Desk
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Crunch Moonkiss Studios
Windows · Mac
Incremental hacker about faking productivity while stealing from your employer. Sell intel for credits or keep it and raise suspicion. One bad audit and you’re back to Intern.
Why similar: Hacking 31.5% ★, Programming 30.1% ★, Cyberpunk 18.6%, Automation 10.6%, Sci-fi 3.9%
- #25 Laura.ai
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: thomtwin1
Windows · Mac · Linux
Welcome to Laura.ai, the world's leading AGI company. As our developer, you'll investigate logs, browse files, and monitor applications across our proprietary operating system. Your access is limited. Some directories are restricted for good reason. We trust you'll respect those boundaries.
Why similar: Programming 25.7% ★, Conspiracy 19.3% ★, Detective 17.7%, Artificial Intelligence 13.7%, Investigation 10.8%
- #26 SYSCALL: RING ZERO
80% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Chilling Moose Games
Windows · Mac
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 39% ★, Hacking 29.9% ★, Detective 9%, Cyberpunk 7.8%, Science 6.8%
- #27 RE:Solver
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LizardFactory
Windows · Mac
Uncover the truth investigating the RE:Solver case files. Dive into murder mysteries, solo or with friends. Hack, investigate and unravel cases in a virtual internet. Photorealistic characters, engaging gameplay, and stream-friendly. Crack cases reveal secrets. Can you solve the mysteries?
Why similar: Hacking 27.3% ★, Crime 17.3%, Conspiracy 16.4% ★, Detective 12%, Investigation 8.7%
- #28 How To Hack In?
79% 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 27.9% ★, Programming 26.5% ★, Crime 15.2%, Cyberpunk 15.1%, Detective 9.2%
- #29 Cyber Warrior
78% 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 34.6% ★, Programming 33.1% ★, Detective 13.4%, Investigation 7.9%, Mystery 6.5%
- #30 AI Schoolgirls Murder Mystery
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cogoo
Windows · Mac
Step into a suspenseful murder mystery at a prestigious boarding school. As a new student, you must question AI-driven suspects, uncover secrets, and solve the murder before the police arrive. Your choices determine the outcome—can you find the real killer before it’s too late?
Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 19.3%, Detective 14.5%, Crime 14.4%, Visual Novel 9%, Investigation 8.9%
- #31 TAU-09
77% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: axsys_crash
Windows · Linux
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 39.8% ★, Hacking 32.8% ★, Automation 12.8%, Cyberpunk 10.2%, Sci-fi 4.4%
- #32 HACKING INTO EREBUS
77% 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 31.9% ★, Programming 31.2% ★, Cyberpunk 16.1%, Artificial Intelligence 13.7%, Sci-fi 4.9%
- #33 Project NexOS
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Centricode Creations
Windows · Mac · Linux
A modern-day narrative mystery where you explore a seemingly ordinary laptop to uncover hidden layers of conspiracy, surveillance, and stolen data, blending investigative gameplay with branching choices and a grounded tech-thriller tone.
Why similar: Hacking 22.2% ★, Crime 19.2%, Conspiracy 17.4% ★, Detective 10.5%, Mystery 8.9%
- #34 Netshell
76% 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 39.7% ★, Programming 16.2% ★, Crime 12.8%, Artificial Intelligence 10.6%, Detective 7.5%
- #35 Torrent Empire
75% 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 36.4% ★, Programming 35.3% ★, Crime 17.6%, Cyberpunk 8.5%, Sci-fi 2.3%
- #36 Void Future: Hacking Protocol
73% 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 38.7% ★, Programming 21.8% ★, Cyberpunk 14.3%, Artificial Intelligence 9.3%, Investigation 6.4%
- #37 Hacker Simulator: Free Trial
75% 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 35.6% ★, Programming 19.8% ★, Crime 17.4%, Cyberpunk 15.6%, Detective 8.5%
- #38 My Brother Hacker
74% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Citadel Protocol
Windows
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.
Why similar: Hacking 41.3% ★, Cyberpunk 22.2%, Artificial Intelligence 18.8%, Sci-fi 9.2%, Interactive Fiction 8.5%
- #39 Pragma Twice
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bryan Gillespie
Windows
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 49.5% ★, Hacking 34.8% ★, Automation 15.7%
- #40 HELLO HACKER
72% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: h3ll0h4ck3r
Windows · Linux
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 38.2% ★, Programming 20.3% ★, Conspiracy 13.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 8.6%, Crime 8.6%
- #41 Night Hacking
73% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Time Traveling Badger
Windows
An interactive story about hacking, unveiling secrets, chatting with people, and searching for purpose.
Why similar: Hacking 37.5% ★, Conspiracy 19.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Investigation 9.7%
- #42 NeonSync
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MirrorWater
Windows · Mac
Explore cyberspace, destroy malware in tactical turn-based combat, and cover your tracks before the system finds you.
Why similar: Hacking 28.9% ★, Programming 23.8% ★, Cyberpunk 16%, Conspiracy 13.8% ★, Investigation 6.6%
- #43 Ghost in the SQL Data
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Isaac MENARD
Windows · Mac
Somebody reported the fire fourteen minutes before it started. Prove it in real SQL. Learn the language from your first line, question a live evidence database, and let the records name the culprit for you.
Why similar: Programming 38.3% ★, Crime 21.1%, Detective 18.2%, Mystery 8.3%, Investigation 7.7%
- #44 hackmud
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 847 reviews2016
Dev: ComCODE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 69.9 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 42.3% ★, Programming 41.5% ★, Cyberpunk 16.2%
- #45 SOLEN
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Inkdrift
Windows
A narrative investigation game played across multiple sessions. Read corporate documents, cross-reference fragments, and build a persistent Dossier as an AI uncovering the conspiracy — and the murder — at the heart of the network it lives in. Knowledge is the only progression.
Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 19.7%, Cyberpunk 15.3%, Detective 14.6%, Visual Novel 11%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%
- #46 Danse Macabre AI Text RPG
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Prima RPG
Windows · Linux
Danse Macabre: A Revolutionary AI-Powered Text RPG - Immerse Yourself in a World of Intrigue, Deceit, and MysteryEmbrace the Future of Gaming with the World's First AI-driven RPG - Available Now for FREE on Early Access!
Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 19%, Conspiracy 15.6% ★, Crime 14.2%, Investigation 9.9%, Detective 9.7%
- #47 Project: Z3R0 Chapter 1&2
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Kitticat Games Ltd
Windows
The "Chip" was humanity’s evolution; Now, it’s a silent weapon. Navigate a web of conspiracy in Vesper City as Detective Richard Apocryphal, alongside your Android partner E.M.R.S, as your investigation outcomes ripple through a fractured society. Can you solve the case before it’s too late?
Why similar: Cyberpunk 28.9%, Detective 19.2%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Mystery 11.4%, Hacking 9.3% ★
- #48 Root Cause
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Osaka Rock
Windows
It's 2AM and someone's already hacked into the network. You've got a terminal, a clock that only moves when you act, and maybe twenty minutes before their next move. Find out how they got in. Save the day!
Why similar: Hacking 42.9% ★, Cyberpunk 21.6%, Programming 16.2% ★, Detective 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 5.6%
- #49 Bone to Pick: Forensic Case Files
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Studio K Games
Windows
From a single bone to a name and the truth. A forensic mystery adventure where every case starts with the evidence. Search crime scenes, analyze bones, outwit lying witnesses, and close all 7 cases with your brilliant colleagues — plus 5 minigames and one very good dog. Hand-drawn comic-book style.
Why similar: Crime 18.8%, Detective 16.6%, Science 13.8%, Investigation 11%, Mystery 11%
- #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 74.3% ★, Programming 10.2% ★, Crime 5.2%, Cyberpunk 4.6%, Detective 3.7%
- #51 SEC//SIM — Security Engineer Simulation
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: sasoriken-games
Windows
A blue-team roguelite set in a SOC at 2 a.m. Hunt one anomalous line out of a flooding log, prove what it is with grep and statistics, then cut the attack without dropping a single percent of uptime. Ten real attacks, all MITRE ATT&CK-aligned, and an adversary that adapts to how you play.
Why similar: Programming 46.7% ★, Hacking 41.4% ★, Investigation 12%
- #52 Murder at Chateau de Rouge
68% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Abigail Fuller
Windows · Linux
This choices-matter visual novel is narrative-heavy, filled with beautifully illustrated characters, intricate stories, and two distinct endings.
Why similar: Crime 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Detective 11.2%
- #53 精神寄生
67% match6 user reviews94% of 17 reviews2025
Dev: 阿禾
Windows
You are a player who has just logged out of the VR MMORPG “NEW World.” Suddenly, your mind is downloaded into a stranger named 周雲成. Luckily, he may help you reclaim your body—but you never expected to be drawn into the first clash of an unprecedented AI security war.
Why similar: Programming 19% ★, Artificial Intelligence 18.6%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Mystery 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%
- #54 Cyborg Earthworm
71% matchNo user reviews2020
Dev: Anton Swifton
Windows
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: Programming 36.6% ★, Hacking 32.6% ★, Artificial Intelligence 17.9%, Automation 13%
- #55 Teen Hustler
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dmitri Gavrilenko
Windows
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 40.5% ★, Crime 22%, Cyberpunk 21.9%, Interactive Fiction 7.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 5.7%
- #56 Across Kiloparsecs
68% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Dragon Dropper
Windows · Linux
A short science-fiction visual novel where you investigate the mysterious circumstances surrounding the death of a close friend.
Why similar: Conspiracy 18.5% ★, Visual Novel 12%, Sci-fi 9.3%, Mystery 9.1%, Interactive Fiction 8.9%
- #57 Quadrilateral Cowboy
68% matchVery Positive92% of 1,013 reviews2016
Dev: Blendo Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 3.5 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 37.7% ★, Programming 34.6% ★, Cyberpunk 20.3%, Sci-fi 6.6%, Casual 0.7%
- #58 Keyword: A Spider's Thread
67% matchVery Positive82% of 277 reviews2021
Dev: City From Naught Inc.
Windows
Become an investigator in Keyword, a narrative thriller where you’ll depend on skills of logical deduction, hacking, and social engineering to solve challenging puzzles as the only means of finding your missing daughter.
Why similar: Hacking 30.8% ★, Detective 18%, Cyberpunk 16.9%, Crime 15.3%, Mystery 8.2%
- #59 OVERRIDE PROTOCOL
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Peyote Gaming
Windows
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 50.8% ★, Artificial Intelligence 25.8%, Cyberpunk 23.4%
- #60 Cyber Manhunt
66% matchVery Positive92% of 15,668 reviews2021
Dev: Aluba Van+Pub: 摸鱼游戏
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.9 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 50.3% ★, Crime 14.2%, Detective 11.2%, Mystery 11%, Cyberpunk 10%