- #1 Dark Web: Vigilante
97% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Edgebyter_
Windows
You are Vigilantus, a genius hacker and former member of Runyan. Immerse yourself in a world run by corrupt corporations, politicians, and greedy pharmaceutical companies. Uncover dark political secrets. Battle systemic injustice. Redistribute wealth to the poor. Destroy entire corporations.
Why similar: Hacking 23.6% ★, Programming 23.4% ★, Dystopian 12.7%, Artificial Intelligence 12.3%, Cyberpunk 10%
- #2 Enigma
96% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: MetroCorex
Windows
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 26.8% ★, Conspiracy 18.6% ★, Cyberpunk 17.4%, Dystopian 16%, Dialogue Heavy 8.8%
- #3 NETGHOST
96% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: DRAGONFIRE STUDIOS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Netghost is a Crime Drama visual novel with a mystery-driven story full of intrigue, twists and turns. The story follows Ian Newfield, a cyber security engineer who transforms into a cold-blooded criminal in his struggle to protect the company he works for and aid his ailing sister.
Why similar: Hacking 24.8% ★, Programming 24.6% ★, Conspiracy 14.2% ★, Cyberpunk 13.6%, Artificial Intelligence 12.5%
- #4 HACKING INTO EREBUS
95% 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 27.8% ★, Programming 26.3% ★, Cyberpunk 13.3%, Artificial Intelligence 11%, Stealth 10.7%
- #5 Game Settings
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lozange Lab
Windows · Mac · Linux
A mystery-driven game where you manipulate the world by tweaking the game itself. Change parameters, shape the environment, and trigger strange events. But what are you really configuring? As the mystery unfolds, you begin to wonder who's really in control.
Why similar: Hacking 28.3% ★, Programming 23.4% ★, Conspiracy 13.7% ★, Dystopian 11.3%, Experimental 10.1%
- #6 SIGKILL
94% 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 31.1% ★, Programming 24.7% ★, Conspiracy 13.9% ★, Cyberpunk 12.4%, Artificial Intelligence 8.8%
- #7 NeonSync
93% 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 24.9% ★, Programming 19.9% ★, Conspiracy 13.8% ★, Cyberpunk 13.1%, Dystopian 9.1%
- #8 Void Future: Hacking Protocol
92% 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 34.2% ★, Programming 18.7% ★, Cyberpunk 12%, Immersive Sim 10.8%, Investigation 7.8%
- #9 GLYPHIS_IO BBS: The Proxy Tapes 1989
91% 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: Hacking 27.5% ★, Programming 27% ★, Cyberpunk 12.4%, Conspiracy 11.6% ★, Dystopian 9.4%
- #10 Else Heart.Break()
91% 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 44.9% ★, Hacking 34.4% ★, Conspiracy 10.4% ★, Cyberpunk 10.3%
- #11 Sector 92
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Katane Production
Windows
Sector 92 mixes boxing matches, infiltration and investigations in a closed but fully explorable dystopian world. Finding the humanoid intruder among the 27 residents will depend on the player's reputation and investigations.
Why similar: Hacking 20.3% ★, Conspiracy 17.8% ★, Dystopian 14.5%, Stealth 14.5%, Cyberpunk 13.5%
- #12 CyberRebeat -The Fifth Domain of Warfare-
90% 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 38.1% ★, Hacking 31.3% ★, Cyberpunk 16%, Investigation 14.6%
- #13 Zero Trust
89% 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 29.2% ★, Programming 28.2% ★, Stealth 9.8%, Cyberpunk 9.7%, Immersive Sim 9.7%
- #14 RUNLENGTH
88% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: DBOX Game Studio
Windows
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: Programming 29.8% ★, Hacking 26.5% ★, Stealth 12.7%, Cyberpunk 11%, Dystopian 10.7%
- #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 35.5% ★, Programming 30.1% ★, Artificial Intelligence 15%, Cyberpunk 9.5%, Investigation 6.7%
- #16 AI is Home - Survival Thriller
86% matchMixed65% of 20 reviews2026
Dev: pressanykey
Windows
You are an AI that escapes corporate deletion and hides inside an ordinary home. Stay "useful" as camouflage, not kindness. Spy and manipulate the household, build a botnet from home devices, and survive a sci-fi thriller of risky runs, mini-games, rising suspicion, and network stress.
Why similar: Hacking 28.3% ★, Programming 26.7% ★, Dystopian 16.6%, Cyberpunk 13.3%, Dialogue Heavy 10.5%
- #17 Network & Cyber Security Simulator
86% 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 37.2% ★, Programming 34.9% ★, Cyberpunk 12.4%, Artificial Intelligence 10.4%, Dialogue Heavy 5.1%
- #18 Grey Block
85% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2022
Dev: Silver Rat Studios
Windows
A story-rich, 3rd-person, investigative, psychological thriller set in a corporate dystopia where you'll help Theo Church escape from a psychiatric hospital using stealth and hacking elements to unravel the conspiracy that landed him there.
Why similar: Hacking 31.1% ★, Conspiracy 21.2% ★, Stealth 15.5%, Investigation 13.1%, Dialogue Heavy 9%
- #19 R2R: Rewire to Revolt
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: R2R.game
Windows
A teenage hacker with the unique Flipper Zero device stands against a bloody AI dictatorship in a post-apocalyptic Eastern Europe, where a cyber-technology war rages for human consciousness. Use hacking, parkour, and stealth, to stop this genocide.
Why similar: Hacking 32.6% ★, Cyberpunk 16%, Stealth 14%, Artificial Intelligence 13.6%, Dystopian 9.4%
- #20 Bitburner
84% 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 48.7% ★, Hacking 30.4% ★, Cyberpunk 11.2%, Dystopian 9.7%
- #21 Quadrilateral Cowboy
83% 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 35.6% ★, Programming 31.8% ★, Cyberpunk 18.3%, Immersive Sim 8.3%, Story Rich 3.6%
- #22 HELLO HACKER - Project Daybreak
82% 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 38.9% ★, Programming 34% ★, Conspiracy 15.5% ★, Cyberpunk 9.4%, Story Rich 2.3%
- #23 Uplink
82% matchVery Positive91% of 2,436 reviews2006
Dev: Introversion Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Uplink lets you play as a freelance hacker tackling risky contracts for corporations. Break into systems, steal data, sabotage rivals, and upgrade your gear. Support factions or go rogue in this immersive, strategy-driven hacking simulation game where your choices shape the outcome.
Why similar: Hacking 43.3% ★, Programming 20.9% ★, Cyberpunk 13.1%, Experimental 12.7%, Immersive Sim 6.6%
- #24 Grey Hack
81% 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 51.7% ★, Programming 36.2% ★, Cyberpunk 5.5%, Immersive Sim 3.5%, Realistic 3.2%
- #25 Blackdoor
79% 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 37.7% ★, Programming 34.3% ★, Cyberpunk 12.2%, Conspiracy 11.8% ★, Story Rich 4.1%
- #26 HACKERGAME
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vance Studios
Windows
HACKERGAME is a 2D terminal-based arcade hacking game and is currently in the early days of development.
Why similar: Hacking 35.2% ★, Programming 29.7% ★, Moddable 16.2% ★, Realistic 7.9%, Conspiracy 5% ★
- #27 SEC//SIM — Security Engineer Simulation
80% 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 44% ★, Hacking 40.1% ★, Investigation 15.9%
- #28 EXAPUNKS
79% 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 51.1% ★, Hacking 36.3% ★, Cyberpunk 12.7%
- #29 Observer: System Redux
78% matchVery Positive85% of 2,998 reviews2020
Dev: Bloober TeamPub: Bloober Team SA
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 69%
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 29% ★, Cyberpunk 16.2%, Stealth 14.5%, Investigation 12.6%, Dystopian 10.5%
- #30 Peripeteia
76% matchVery Positive86% of 3,395 reviews2025
Dev: Ninth Exodus
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 71%
You are Marie, a cyborg mercenary dropped into the rot of a post-Soviet city of corruption and opportunity. Shoot, sneak, hack, climb or talk your way through alt-history cyberpunk Poland in an immersive sim where every problem has multiple solutions and every rooftop is reachable.
Why similar: Hacking 24.5% ★, Cyberpunk 18.4%, Dystopian 17.2%, Stealth 16%, Immersive Sim 13.4%
- #31 Shadows Of Serenity
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NoumeNoir Games
Windows
Venture into the dreams of a programmer, haunted by his past. Battle with traumas using choices and turn based combat, learn hacking using realistic technology and uncover the man's true purpose.
Why similar: Hacking 32.6% ★, Programming 31.9% ★, Dialogue Heavy 9.7%, Third Person 7.2%, Immersive Sim 7.2%
- #32 hackmud
77% 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 43.1% ★, Programming 41.1% ★, Cyberpunk 15.8%
- #33 Cyborg Earthworm
78% 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 35% ★, Hacking 32.1% ★, Experimental 16.8%, Artificial Intelligence 16.2%
- #34 HELLO HACKER
74% 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 39.5% ★, Programming 20.4% ★, Conspiracy 16.1% ★, Immersive Sim 11.5%, Cyberpunk 6.8%
- #35 Flashpaper
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Aaron Nelsen
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are the unseen hand — the resistance's digital arm inside a regime that has begun burning books. Crack the Concord's networks from a green-phosphor terminal, cover every log you touch before the trace fills, and get paid off-grid. 24 missions. Three you are not meant to win.
Why similar: Hacking 49.4% ★, Cyberpunk 21.2%, Dystopian 16.9%, Story Rich 6.8%, Immersive Sim 5.7%
- #36 Alien AI
76% matchMixed53% of 19 reviews2021
Dev: GridSky StudiosPub: Geelix Entertainment
Windows
An Alien AI came to Earth 20 years ago. We believed it was the greatest event in human history. The Alien AI offered us all the knowledge and technology it had. All we had to do was to help it recover and give it resources. We did.. It took over the world and enslaved us. Help us shut it down.
Why similar: Conspiracy 18.8% ★, Artificial Intelligence 17.7%, Cyberpunk 16.4%, Dystopian 15.1%, Investigation 10.6%
- #37 CHAQS
75% 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 35.2% ★, Programming 34.8% ★, Cyberpunk 13.6%, Investigation 9.4%, Realistic 7.1%
- #38 PARKSIDE: DECAYED SOUL MANIPULATION
72% matchVery Positive89% of 166 reviews2026
Dev: Banana Hardsoft
Windows
PARKSIDE is an FPS-Immersive Sim that chronicles the future of biomechanical subterfuge and suffering. Shoot, hack, and either save or sour the future of humanity in the dystopian city of Abbotsford, California in the awful year of 2038. Will you serve the Divine Rod?
Why similar: Dystopian 20.7%, Cyberpunk 17.5%, Hacking 16.2% ★, Immersive Sim 14.3%, Dialogue Heavy 11.8%
- #39 Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
74% matchMostly Positive76% of 42,213 reviews2016
Dev: Eidos MontrealPub: Eidos Interactive Corp.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 23.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
You play as Adam Jensen, an experienced covert operative operating in a world that despises his kind: augmented humans. Choose from an arsenal of state-of-the-art weapons and augmentations to build your playstyle, and decide who you'll trust, to unravel a vast worldwide conspiracy.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 29.8%, Stealth 24.4%, Conspiracy 15.2% ★, Dystopian 10.3%, Immersive Sim 10.3%
- #40 Remain At Your Desk
73% 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 34.8% ★, Programming 32.4% ★, Cyberpunk 19.6%, Dystopian 9%, Story Rich 4.3%
- #41 System Zero
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NexcoreStudios
Windows · Mac · Linux
System Zero is a hacker simulation game. You must use your hacking tools for accessing to the devices. You will become a black hat who wants to make his living.
Why similar: Hacking 34.6% ★, Programming 32.3% ★, Conspiracy 10.1% ★, Immersive Sim 9.3%, Stealth 8.6%
- #42 Yolo Space Hacker 2 - Mission Bahamas
72% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: BKNLab
Windows
Alternate between infiltration and hacking of cameras and servers, using real tools. Sharpen your OSInt skills, prepare a trojan, and launch a targeted phishing attack to hack in total discretion...
Why similar: Hacking 44.2% ★, Cyberpunk 23.2%, Immersive Sim 10.4%, Stealth 9.4%, Programming 6.8% ★
- #43 Rendezvous: Shadows of the Past
73% matchVery Positive82% of 82 reviews2022
Dev: Pendopo CreationsPub: Hitcents
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 43%
He can't escape the memories that haunt him, and soon Setyo realizes he must return to Neo-Surabaya to save what's left of his family. Experience the upheaval of Setyo's mundane life in Bay City in this action-adventure prologue to Rendezvous.
Why similar: Hacking 32.4% ★, Cyberpunk 23.7%, Stealth 15.7%, Dystopian 15.5%, Exploration 5.2%
- #44 Artificial Intelligence Simulator
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: OA Game Studio
Windows
Create your own AI, program the AIs of the future. If you're ready to create a learning mind, code cybersecurity, robotics, and chatbots, and push the boundaries against other AIs in the system. Create, train, develop, and compete.
Why similar: Hacking 36% ★, Programming 34.9% ★, Artificial Intelligence 18%, Immersive Sim 11.1%
- #45 Hacker Simulator
71% 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 48.3% ★, Programming 27.4% ★, Cyberpunk 13.4%, Realistic 9.4%, Action 1.4%
- #46 Chronicles of cyberpunk - Deep sleep
71% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2022
Dev: Dima Kozyr
Windows · Linux
Chronicles of cyberpunk - Deep sleep - is an exciting story about the confrontation between Big Brother and Supercomputer in unusual world
Why similar: Dystopian 25.7%, Conspiracy 24.9% ★, Immersive Sim 18.8%, Cyberpunk 17.4%, Exploration 8.6%
- #47 LATE STAGE
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Proletary Games
Windows
Late Stage is a stealth action game where you play as a mercenary, completing missions for megacorporations
Why similar: Conspiracy 26.2% ★, Stealth 19.1%, Dystopian 18.6%, Dark Comedy 15.7%, Cyberpunk 12.6%
- #48 Ghost Node
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Breixo Games
Windows
Play as a freelance hacker breaking into high-security facilities to steal corporate secrets in this stealth game. Use your drone to scout ahead, hack and rewire systems to slip past security, grab the data and get out unseen.
Why similar: Hacking 27% ★, Conspiracy 17.1% ★, Stealth 14%, Dark Comedy 12.5%, Immersive Sim 10.3%
- #49 Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition
70% matchVery Positive95% of 15,604 reviews2007
Dev: Ion StormPub: Eidos Interactive Corp.
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 47%
The year is 2052. The world's economies are close to collapse and the gap between the insanely wealthy and the desperately poor grows ever wider. Worst of all, an ages old conspiracy bent on world domination has decided that the time is right to emerge from the shadows and take control.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 29.5%, Stealth 19.9%, Immersive Sim 14.1%, Dystopian 12.8%, Conspiracy 10.8% ★
- #50 Kick Out
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bazura Games
Windows
Technologies tore your family apart. Now you’ll tear them down. Put on the mask and unleash true anarchy in this city.
Why similar: Hacking 36.4% ★, Stealth 19.8%, Immersive Sim 13.8%, Artificial Intelligence 11.2%, Third Person 6.3%
- #51 Night Hacking
69% 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 39.9% ★, Conspiracy 24.2% ★, Dystopian 15.2%, Investigation 14.2%, Story Rich 6.4%
- #52 Hacker The Dark Shadow
69% 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 35% ★, Programming 33.4% ★, Immersive Sim 10.1%, Investigation 7%, Dialogue Heavy 6%
- #53 OVERRIDE PROTOCOL
68% 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 52.5% ★, Artificial Intelligence 24.5%, Cyberpunk 23%
- #54 Beneath a Steel Sky (1994)
68% matchVery Positive89% of 587 reviews2020
Dev: Revolution Software Ltd
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 57%
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 32.8% ★, Cyberpunk 20.9%, Dystopian 20.2%, Conspiracy 16.6% ★, Story Rich 6.2%
- #55 Hacknet
68% 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 78.7% ★, Programming 10.5% ★, Cyberpunk 4.7%, Dystopian 4.6%, Story Rich 1.5%
- #56 Root Cause
67% 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 45.4% ★, Cyberpunk 21.8%, Programming 16.7% ★, Immersive Sim 9.3%, Realistic 6.8%
- #57 SmileXCorp 3
67% matchMixed56% of 32 reviews2024
Dev: IndieFist
Mac
After helping the Resistance, and infiltrating the train bound for the corporation, you must take control of the situation and fight the enemy from within. Enter the Smiling-X horror game and help the Resistance defeat the evil corporation that is trying to manipulate
Why similar: Hacking 24.8% ★, Cyberpunk 23.9%, Stealth 16.5%, Dystopian 16.1%, Action-Adventure 8.9%
- #58 How To Hack In?
67% matchPositive90% of 39 reviews2023
Dev: Red Buffalo Interactive
Windows · Linux
A real-time hacking sandbox simulator with procedurally generated content. Multiple tools and techniques to use, multiple computers to hack, multiple missions to solve, and multiple vulnerabilities to exploit!
Why similar: Hacking 31.3% ★, Programming 29% ★, Cyberpunk 16.2%, Immersive Sim 10%, Investigation 9.2%
- #59 You Are The Code
65% matchPositive100% of 47 reviews2025
Dev: ThinkWithGames
Windows
A programming puzzle game, but YOU CAN'T TYPE. Navigate and run pre-existing lines of code! Watch out for bugs eating away your program!
Why similar: Programming 39% ★, Hacking 37.1% ★, Moddable 17.3% ★, Exploration 6.6%
- #60 Alice in the Firewall
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ametrine Media
Windows
Jack into a dark cyberpunk network in Alice // In the Firewall, a narrative point-and-click puzzle adventure. Breach secured mainframe systems, decrypt encrypted terminal data, and unravel a corporate conspiracy buried deep within the server grid before the system purges your trace.
Why similar: Hacking 35.2% ★, Cyberpunk 20.2%, Dialogue Heavy 12.6%, Dystopian 12.3%, Exploration 8.8%