- #1 Grey Hack
97% matchVery Positive90% of 1,786 reviews2017
Dev: Loading Home
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 12.6 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 85.7% ★, Simulation 8.8%, Strategy 2.5%, Indie 2.2%, Adventure 0.8%
Why You'll Like It: This is a persistent, massively-multiplayer hacking simulation that mirrors the realistic terminal-based gameplay found in NITE Team 4.
- #2 Hacknet
96% matchVery Positive94% of 25,824 reviews2015
Dev: Team Fractal AlligatorPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 13.2 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 96.9% ★, Simulation 2.1%, Adventure 0.6%, Indie 0.5%
Why You'll Like It: A highly acclaimed terminal-based hacking simulator that captures the tension and technical satisfaction of infiltrating remote systems.
- #3 hackmud
96% matchMostly Positive77% of 841 reviews2016
Dev: ComCODE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 66.7 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 82.8% ★, Simulation 9.3%, Indie 4%, Puzzle 3.8%
Why You'll Like It: A text-based, massively-multiplayer hacking game that requires actual scripting and social engineering to succeed in a persistent world.
- #4 Midnight Protocol
94% matchVery Positive86% of 442 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 88.7% ★, Strategy 8.2%, Indie 3.1%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical, story-rich hacking game played entirely through a terminal interface that emphasizes strategic decision-making.
- #5 Cyber Ops
95% matchMixed44% of 136 reviews2020
Dev: Octeto StudiosPub: Games Operators
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Become a military hacker and help your black ops team reach their goal in this noir cyberpunk tactical game. Scan, hack, overtake, control and manage high tech devices, vehicles and even enemy cyborgs with cutting-edge implants.
Why similar: Hacking 91.7% ★, Indie 4.2%, Adventure 4.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the tactical military side of hacking, requiring you to guide agents through missions using remote surveillance and cyber intervention.
- #6 Cyber Manhunt
93% matchVery Positive93% of 15,410 reviews2021
Dev: Aluba Van+
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.8 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 76.3% ★, Simulation 14.4%, Puzzle 5.9%, Indie 3.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the investigative and social engineering aspects of hacking, tasking you with gathering data to solve complex cases.
- #7 Uplink
94% matchVery Positive91% of 2,406 reviews2006
Dev: Introversion Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 38%
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 81.5% ★, Strategy 6.7%, Simulation 6%, Indie 2.9%, Puzzle 2.8%
Why You'll Like It: The classic hacking simulation that set the standard for the genre, focusing on system infiltration and data theft.
- #8 EXAPUNKS
92% matchVery Positive95% of 1,852 reviews2018
Dev: Zachtronics
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 11.9 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: Hacking 82.8% ★, Simulation 8.1%, Puzzle 6.1%, Indie 3.1%
Why You'll Like It: A Zachtronics game that challenges you to write code and hack systems, providing a deep, technical experience for those who enjoy the logic of hacking.
- #9 Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You
91% matchVery Positive90% of 15,333 reviews2016
Dev: Osmotic StudiosPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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: Hacking 78.4% ★, Simulation 12.9%, Indie 5.1%, Adventure 3.7%
Why You'll Like It: A surveillance-focused thriller that tasks you with monitoring private data to prevent terrorist threats, mirroring the intelligence-gathering feel of NITE Team 4.
- #10 Mainlining
91% matchMostly Positive77% of 359 reviews2017
Dev: RebelephantPub: ReadGraves
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.2 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 79.7% ★, Simulation 9.8%, Adventure 3.9%, Indie 3.7%, Puzzle 2.9%
Why You'll Like It: A detective-style hacking game that requires you to use real-world logic to track down criminals through their digital footprint.
- #11 Mu Complex
90% matchMostly Positive80% of 206 reviews2015
Dev: studiocime
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 ...
Why similar: Hacking 85.7% ★, Indie 5.5%, Adventure 5.4%, Puzzle 3.4%
Why You'll Like It: An immersive, puzzle-heavy hacking adventure that uses a simulated OS to pull you into its mysterious narrative.
- #12 SHENZHEN I/O
88% matchVery Positive95% of 4,421 reviews2016
Dev: Zachtronics
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 61%
BUILD CIRCUITS. WRITE CODE. RTFM.
Why similar: Hacking 35.7% ★, Simulation 32.1%, Puzzle 22.5%, Indie 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a deep dive into hardware and software engineering, perfect for players who appreciate the complex technical puzzles within NITE Team 4.
- #13 Counter Terrorist Agency
89% matchMixed45% of 538 reviews2019
Dev: Play2ChillPub: Games Operators
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Counter Terrorist Agency lets you fight international terrorism and prevent attacks all over the world. Use modern invigilation techniques, discover connections, interrogate suspects, eliminate threats and dismantle terrorist networks.
Why similar: Hacking 65.2% ★, Simulation 15.6%, Strategy 13.9%, Indie 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: A strategic simulation where you manage a global intelligence agency to prevent terrorist attacks through surveillance and data analysis.
- #14 TIS-100
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 4,045 reviews2015
Dev: Zachtronics
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 52%
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: Hacking 72.5% ★, Simulation 12.6%, Puzzle 10.3%, Indie 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: A hardcore assembly-language programming game that captures the raw, low-level technical feel of advanced cyberwarfare.
- #15 World Wide Hack
87% matchMixed64% of 80 reviews2021
Dev: Lotus Innovations
Windows · Linux
Reveal company secrets while hacking and exploring their quantum simulation networks. Fights for control with other players, coop with your faction, gather best tools, build most secure servers, write scripts and webs, or choose to be solo hacker who makes the right choices to change the world.
Why similar: Hacking 72.9% ★, Simulation 9.8%, Strategy 7%, Puzzle 4.9%, Indie 2.7%
Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer-focused hacking simulation that emphasizes community-driven cyberwarfare and complex puzzle-solving.
- #16 Hacker Evolution Duality
89% matchMostly Negative34% of 540 reviews2011
Dev: exosyphen studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 20%
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 80.7% ★, Simulation 14.1%, Indie 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: A simulation-focused hacking game that offers a sandbox environment for testing your digital intrusion skills.
- #17 DROP - System Breach
85% matchVery Positive88% of 181 reviews2023
Dev: Etherfield StudioPub: MicroProse Software
Windows · Mac
Welcome to DROP, a fast-paced action-strategy hacking simulator. Ready to hack your way to fame and fortune while avoiding getting caught? Use stealth and cunning to maneuver between the ongoing power struggle of corporations and factions to control the fragmented networks in the city.
Why similar: Hacking 74.2% ★, Simulation 9.4%, Strategy 8.5%, Puzzle 4.4%, Indie 3.5%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced hacking strategy game that blends tactical decision-making with intense, time-sensitive system breaches.
- #18 ThreatGEN: Red vs. Blue
86% matchVery Positive90% of 80 reviews2019
Dev: ThreatGEN
Windows · Mac · Linux
ThreatGEN: Red vs. Blue is an educational game-based cybersecurity simulator designed for those with genuine interest in cybersecurity. Learn and practice cybersecurity concepts & strategy, play as the red team (hackers) or the blue team (defenders), single player or online vs. a colleague.
Why similar: Hacking 79.2% ★, Simulation 10.2%, Strategy 8.4%, Indie 2.3%
Why You'll Like It: A turn-based strategy game designed for cybersecurity education, focusing on realistic network defense and offensive tactics.
- #19 Do Not Feed the Monkeys
84% matchVery Positive94% of 12,088 reviews2018
Dev: Fictiorama StudiosPub: Alawar
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A digital voyeur simulator where you watch strangers through surveillance cameras. Invade their privacy and witness their most intimate moments, but don’t interact with the subjects – anything could happen if you dare feed the monkeys!
Why similar: Simulation 42.6%, Strategy 41.2%, Adventure 16.1%
Why You'll Like It: A voyeuristic simulation game where you monitor private lives through cameras, emphasizing the surveillance and information-gathering aspects of hacking.
- #20 Hacker Simulator
84% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,255 reviews2021
Dev: Save All Studio
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 10.9 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 84.7% ★, Simulation 11.1%, Adventure 2.6%, Indie 1.7%
Why You'll Like It: A crime-focused simulation that allows you to build your reputation as a hacker through various illegal digital activities.
- #21 Anonymous Hacker Simulator
82% matchVery Positive86% of 739 reviews2024
Dev: SicariusPub: G-DEVS.com
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.7 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 82.6% ★, Simulation 15.8%, Indie 1.6%
Why You'll Like It: An immersive simulation that puts you in the shoes of a hacktivist, focusing on realistic tools and crime-based objectives.
- #22 Operation: Tango
82% matchVery Positive87% of 8,491 reviews2021
Dev: Clever PlaysPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
It takes two to save the world in this cooperative spy adventure. Pair up with a friend as Agent or Hacker—with only your voices to connect you—and work together to bring a hi-tech global menace to its knees. Now with a FREE CONTENT UPDATE!
Why similar: Hacking 85% ★, Puzzle 9.6%, Adventure 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: An asymmetric co-op game where one player acts as the field agent and the other as the hacker, perfectly capturing the team-based military dynamic.
- #23 Cyber Manhunt 2: New World - The Hacking Simulator
80% matchVery Positive93% of 5,341 reviews2025
Dev: Aluba Van+Pub: Spiral Up Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 22.6 hrs≥1hr: 95%
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: Hacking 83.4% ★, Simulation 8.4%, Strategy 6.6%, Puzzle 1.2%, Indie 0.5%
Why You'll Like It: A modern investigative hacking game that expands on the social engineering and data-mining mechanics of its predecessor.
- #24 Hack RUN
83% matchVery Positive84% of 230 reviews2015
Dev: i273 LLC
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 39%
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 67% ★, Simulation 15.1%, Strategy 12.1%, Adventure 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: A text-based terminal simulator that uses authentic command-line prompts to guide you through a corporate espionage story.
- #25 Project DeepWeb
81% matchVery Positive82% of 129 reviews2020
Dev: NightCat Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.6 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 76.6% ★, Simulation 11.1%, Puzzle 5.4%, Adventure 4%, Indie 2.9%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric hacking adventure that focuses on the darker, more mysterious corners of the digital world.
- #26 Yolo Space Hacker
79% matchVery Positive96% of 214 reviews2020
Dev: BKNLab
Windows
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 83.7% ★, Simulation 9.8%, Puzzle 5.4%, Adventure 0.6%, Indie 0.5%
Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-based hacking game that integrates stealth and interactive fiction into its technical simulation gameplay.
- #27 HackHub - Ultimate Hacker Simulator
77% matchVery Positive91% of 446 reviews2026
Dev: HotBunnyPub: G-DEVS.com
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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 78.1% ★, Simulation 10.1%, Strategy 5%, Puzzle 4.6%, Indie 2.2%
- #28 Hypnospace Outlaw
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 5,338 reviews2019
Dev: TendershootPub: No More Robots
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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: Simulation 64.2%, Puzzle 15.4%, Indie 11.2%, Adventure 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: A unique OS simulation that captures the feeling of navigating a retro-digital world while performing investigative tasks.
- #29 HACK_IT
81% 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 72.2% ★, Simulation 10.9%, Strategy 5.8%, Adventure 4.5%, Indie 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: A casual simulation game that introduces the basics of terminal-based hacking in an accessible, adventure-driven format.
- #30 HackHub: Free Trial
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 680 reviews2024
Dev: HotBunnyPub: G-DEVS.com
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 40%
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 70.9% ★, Simulation 12.9%, Strategy 10.8%, Puzzle 5.4%
- #31 Tech Support: Error Unknown
78% matchMostly Positive74% of 635 reviews2019
Dev: Dragon SlumberPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 78.7% ★, Simulation 13.2%, Adventure 5%, Indie 3%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven simulation that requires you to use technical tools and hacking to solve customer issues and uncover a larger conspiracy.
- #32 hack_me 2
79% matchMixed68% of 792 reviews2017
Dev: EasyWays TeamPub: Indovers Studio
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
hack_me 2 is a story about hacker-beginner, who is going to confront to new World Order, where is no place for personal secrets.
Why similar: Hacking 62.6% ★, Simulation 33.1%, Indie 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: An indie hacking simulation that provides a straightforward, puzzle-driven approach to system infiltration.
- #33 Anonymous Hacker Simulator: Prologue
74% matchVery Positive91% of 1,915 reviews2023
Dev: SicariusPub: G-DEVS.com
Windows
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 81.7% ★, Simulation 16.7%, Indie 1.7%
- #34 Cyber Attack
76% matchMostly Positive72% of 185 reviews2020
Dev: LUXO InteractivePub: LUK KUS SOFT
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Take control of an elite global team of hackers, intercepting communications between corporations, governments, and criminals all around the world. You can protect humanity by exposing messages between dangerous individuals or exploit corporations to increase your fortune. The choice is yours.
Why similar: Hacking 61.4% ★, Simulation 15.4%, Strategy 15.3%, Indie 5.8%, Adventure 2.1%
- #35 Hacker Evolution
77% 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 72.1% ★, Simulation 13.2%, Strategy 7.2%, Puzzle 4.8%, Indie 2.6%
- #36 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 71.3% ★, Simulation 20.2%, Adventure 4.8%, Indie 3.7%
- #37 hack_me
76% matchMixed60% of 2,102 reviews2017
Dev: Egor MagurinPub: Indovers Studio
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 24.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Hack_me is a hacker simulator game. The main objective in game – is to hack big companies's servers to show people that there is nothing in this world that protected on 100%. You’ll need to use your cmd, bruteforce, SQL-injectors and other programs to hack servers.
Why similar: Hacking 75.7% ★, Simulation 13.6%, Adventure 4.1%, Indie 3.3%, Strategy 3.2%
- #38 Midnight Heist
70% matchVery Positive92% of 491 reviews2025
Dev: MediaTale
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Go on heists through Midnight City alone or with up to four players to fulfill tasks as a hacker for various organizations. Improve your reputation, earn money, and uncover the secrets of shady companies all while being hunted by terrifying entities.
Why similar: Hacking 87.8% ★, Simulation 7.7%, Adventure 4.5%
- #39 ANONYMOUS;CODE
72% matchMostly Positive80% of 513 reviews2023
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Hack Into God
Why similar: Hacking 90.4% ★, Adventure 9.6%
- #40 Darknet
73% matchVery Positive91% of 127 reviews2017
Dev: E McNeill
Windows
Darknet is a strategy/puzzle game in which you play as an elite hacker in the Net. Plug into cyberspace, using viruses, worms, and exploits to steal the data before your signal gets traced. Includes both VR and non-VR versions.
Why similar: Hacking 67.3% ★, Strategy 20%, Indie 7.5%, Puzzle 5.1%
- #41 Hacktag
74% matchMixed67% of 421 reviews2018
Dev: Piece of Cake studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Hacktag is a fast-paced two-player co-op stealth-game with unique asymmetric gameplay. Play as the stealth Agent in the field or as the virtually-infiltrated Hacker and work together to carry out espionage missions where nothing goes as expected!
Why similar: Hacking 90.3% ★, Indie 5.3%, Adventure 4.5%
- #42 Hacky
70% matchVery Positive91% of 92 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 89.2% ★, Simulation 8.7%, Indie 2.1%
- #43 Sapper - Defuse The Bomb Simulator
72% matchMixed42% of 92 reviews2023
Dev: Live Motion GamesPub: WIG Publishing
Windows
Learn the ins and outs of one of the world's most dangerous professions. Searching, lockpicking, hacking, disarming, operating under pressure. Welcome to the typical day of Sapper. Courage is forged in the sounds of ticking bombs and the feeling of cold sweat on your back.
Why similar: Hacking 78.6% ★, Simulation 13.1%, Adventure 5%, Indie 3.3%
- #44 XXX_CYBERRAT_XXX
69% matchVery Positive94% of 144 reviews2023
Dev: Nocturne Studio
Windows
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 77% ★, Simulation 10%, Strategy 8.4%, Puzzle 4.7%
- #45 BitVault
71% matchVery Positive94% of 53 reviews2020
Dev: Enigma Dragons LLC
Windows
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 83% ★, Strategy 7.7%, Puzzle 6.8%, Indie 2.4%
- #46 s.p.l.i.t
66% matchVery Positive93% of 3,199 reviews2025
Dev: Mike Klubnika
Windows · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 1.6 hrs≥1hr: 46%
A short psychological horror game, where you attempt to gain root access into an unethical superstructure.
Why similar: Hacking 82.6% ★, Simulation 11.6%, Puzzle 4.5%, Indie 1.3%
- #47 CHAQS
70% 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 83.6% ★, Simulation 10.7%, Adventure 4.2%, Puzzle 1.5%
- #48 Clandestine
71% matchMostly Positive80% of 506 reviews2015
Dev: Logic Artists
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Clandestine is a 2-player or singleplayer stealth/hacking game set in 1996. Asymmetrical co-op allows one player to take the role of the spy while a friend provides overwatch and assistance as the hacker, and unravel a post-Cold War espionage conspiracy.
Why similar: Hacking 96.5% ★, Indie 3.5%
- #49 Hacker Evolution: Untold
73% matchMixed60% of 447 reviews2010
Dev: exosyphen studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 75.5% ★, Simulation 19.9%, Indie 4.6%
- #50 Welcome to the Game II
69% matchVery Positive84% of 3,417 reviews2018
Dev: Reflect Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 69%
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 78.2% ★, Strategy 8.7%, Simulation 8.1%, Indie 2.9%, Puzzle 2.1%
- #51 ReHack
71% matchMostly Positive74% of 54 reviews2018
Dev: EasyWays TeamPub: EasyWays
Windows
The hacking simulator, which consists of many mini-games, which together all merge into one, composite game.
Why similar: Hacking 65.9% ★, Simulation 24.8%, Indie 9.3%
- #52 Squally
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 125 reviews2023
Dev: Zachary CanannPub: Squalr, Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Squally is a 2D puzzle RPG programming game that teaches you how to hack. Control the world by rewriting it in x86/x64 assembly language!
Why similar: Hacking 72.5% ★, Strategy 18.7%, Adventure 8.8%
- #53 The Black Watchmen
69% matchVery Positive89% of 747 reviews2015
Dev: Alice & Smith
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Become a Secret Agent and investigate paranormal activities in this dark Lovecraftian universe. This Alternate Reality Game will have you explore complex puzzles in-game but also in real-life; interacting with real websites, companies, and NPCs that we created as part of our universe.
Why similar: Puzzle 49.3%, Indie 26.6%, Adventure 24.1%
- #54 Sophie's Safecracking Simulator
68% matchVery Positive97% of 68 reviews2021
Dev: Sophie Houlden
Windows · Mac · Linux
Crack simulated safe locks using real techniques!
Why similar: Hacking 59.3% ★, Simulation 30.9%, Puzzle 9.8%
- #55 ServiceIT: You can do IT
66% matchMixed60% of 582 reviews2025
Dev: picture4uPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 71%
⚡️Fix electronics 📈manage firm 💻challenge the hacker... ServiceIT is a simulation game where you run a full-service IT company to engage in tasks like diagnosing, repairing equipment, network infiltration, programming, server management while an Anonymous hacker keeps sabotaging it all.
Why similar: Hacking 81.9% ★, Simulation 12.5%, Puzzle 3.1%, Indie 2.4%
- #56 CaseCracker
65% matchVery Positive90% of 3,209 reviews2022
Dev: BlackRobe
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 75%
In order to improve the efficiency of selecting talents, the Chicheng police specially developed a test system-the true detection system, with the black robe company. As a tester, you need to complete the cracking of the case under the rules of the system.
Why similar: Hacking 74.6% ★, Simulation 9%, Strategy 8%, Puzzle 5.5%, Adventure 2.9%
- #57 Rogue Bit
68% matchVery Positive89% of 122 reviews2018
Dev: Bigosaur
Windows · Mac · Linux
A single bit of computer memory became sentient and decided to escape from digital into the real world. Explore RAM, modify bytes and hack machine code and CPU registers to set it free.
Why similar: Hacking 72.1% ★, Simulation 17.4%, Indie 5.9%, Puzzle 4.6%
- #58 Palm Cracker
64% matchVery Positive98% of 86 reviews2025
Dev: Petter Malmehed
Windows
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: Hacking 61% ★, Simulation 23%, Puzzle 8.6%, Adventure 4.7%, Indie 2.7%
- #59 4th Generation Warfare
67% matchMixed56% of 163 reviews2022
Dev: Eversim
Windows
As the leader of a nation, dispatch and control your team of characters all around the world to destabilize your enemies and establish your supremacy. All methods are fair game: hacking, sabotage, political interference, military strikes, corruption, treachery, assassinations, data theft…
Why similar: Hacking 83.2% ★, Strategy 8.7%, Simulation 8%