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Hack through time. From 1990s dial-up to 2150s megacities, infiltrate networks, build proxy chains, and outrun the alarm. Every death sends you back stronger. A cyberpunk roguelite where your brain is the only weapon that matters.

Why similar: Hacking 38.2% ★, Cyberpunk 21.8%, Roguelite 11.3%, Strategy 8.9%, Dystopian 8.1%

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Why similar: Hacking 37.2% ★, Text-Based 12%, Puzzle 9.9%, Story Rich 7.6%, Atmospheric 7.4%

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 38.7% ★, Text-Based 13.4%, Cyberpunk 12.4%, Strategy 11%, Simulation 10.3%

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 30.3% ★, Cyberpunk 21.4%, Dystopian 12.9%, Point & Click 11.4%, Puzzle 5.8%

The internet is dead. You're a gatekeeper for Zero-Mesh. Filter out AI impostors from humanity's last clean network. Interrogate live LLM agents that think, lie, and bribe in real-time. Use investigation tools to detect deception. Every verdict shapes the Zero-Mesh.

Why similar: Hacking 29.6% ★, Cyberpunk 15.3%, Dystopian 13.5%, Text-Based 9.8%, Point & Click 9.8%

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 41.7% ★, Cyberpunk 17.7%, Text-Based 12.1%, Simulation 9.2%, Puzzle 7%

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 31.7% ★, Cyberpunk 19.7%, Dystopian 13%, Point & Click 10.4%, Retro 7.9%

A single player hacking adventure set in the Untrusted world where you'll be playing as various hackers getting into computer systems to hack, steal and sabotage. Manage your crew, manage your risks, threaten or kill your targets. Investigate. Hack. Don't Die.

Why similar: Hacking 39.9% ★, Cyberpunk 13%, Text-Based 8.1%, Retro 7.3%, Time Management 6.9%

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 46.5% ★, Cyberpunk 23.8%, Text-Based 8.5%, Simulation 7.9%, Strategy 6.8%

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 48.6% ★, Cyberpunk 14.3%, Text-Based 6.8%, Strategy 5.4%, Time Management 4.9%

Our algorithm has chosen you for inclusion in the DECRYPTO project. Your job is simple: we send encrypted texts, you decipher them. Loyalty and diligence will be rewarded with upgrades and customization options for your system. Disobedience and sabotage will be punished.

Why similar: Hacking 30.1% ★, Dystopian 14.3%, Point & Click 14.1%, Simulation 10.1%, Puzzle 8.3%

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 85.1% ★, Cyberpunk 4.9%, Dystopian 3.3%, Simulation 2.2%, Story Rich 1.6%

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 70.7% ★, Simulation 19.9%, Puzzle 9.4%

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 39.5% ★, Cyberpunk 18.8%, Dystopian 9.9%, Text-Based 7.6%, Puzzle 6.5%

NITE Team 4 is a military hacking simulation game that explores the world of cyberwarfare and features realistic mission scenarios.

Why similar: Hacking 75.2% ★, Simulation 10.7%, Strategy 8.9%, Puzzle 5.1%

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 41.8% ★, Cyberpunk 21.8%, Dystopian 14.1%, Simulation 7.6%, Roguelite 6.6%

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 49.8% ★, Cyberpunk 24.4%, Puzzle 10.3%, Story Rich 8.3%, Strategy 6.3%

Carbonflesh is an atmospheric time-management RPG lifesim with clicker and base building elements, in a theocratic-industrial cyberpunk world. Hack, train and break free from the prison train you were left to rot. Make your comeback and reclaim the legacy you were cheated out of- no matter the cost.

Why similar: Hacking 31.9% ★, Cyberpunk 17.7%, Dystopian 12%, Time Management 8.7%, Retro 6.4%

Hack into crime scenes, look for evidence, analyze data, interrogate criminals, track suspects and deal with the consequences of your decisions. This is a dark and brutal detective story with a Black Mirror-esque atmosphere of digital dominance and the narrative structure of a US crime procedural.

Why similar: Hacking 29.5% ★, Cyberpunk 19.2%, Dystopian 15.6%, Point & Click 10.4%, Simulation 6.7%

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 51.4% ★, Cyberpunk 16.3%, Point & Click 9.4%, Puzzle 8.4%, Simulation 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 47.6% ★, Cyberpunk 31.6%, Simulation 15.8%, Sci-fi 5.1%

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 58.4% ★, Simulation 13.3%, Puzzle 11.3%, Cyberpunk 10.8%, Story Rich 3.6%

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 46.1% ★, Cyberpunk 15.9%, Text-Based 10.8%, Simulation 7.5%, Puzzle 7.2%

Hackers have encrypted your data and it's your job to hack them back. Explore a procedurally generated network using an arsenal of terminal commands to find the encryption key.

Why similar: Hacking 60.7% ★, Text-Based 14.7%, Strategy 8.5%, Simulation 8.2%, Puzzle 7.4%

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 66% ★, Simulation 17.9%, Strategy 16.2%

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 76.4% ★, Simulation 15.4%, Story Rich 8.1%

The Very Important Central Control Panel is back. Keeping the mysterious atmosphere and with even more mysteries. Control the omnipotence remote, experiment, and find many endings. Brainstorming in retro sci-fi style / Puzzle / Quest / Point Click.

Why similar: Hacking 31.9% ★, Cyberpunk 20.2%, Point & Click 12.6%, Puzzle 8.2%, Retro 8%

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 50.4% ★, Roguelite 10.8%, Strategy 7.8%, Simulation 7.7%, Puzzle 7.5%

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 51% ★, Dystopian 17.3%, Point & Click 10.6%, Story Rich 7.4%, Simulation 6.1%

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 48.2% ★, Cyberpunk 19.9%, Puzzle 12.2%, Sci-fi 8.6%, Stylized 5.4%

Retro Hacker simulates hacking from a computer terminal with a text based operating system.

Why similar: Hacking 56.5% ★, Text-Based 19.4%, Simulation 12.8%, Time Management 10.4%, Singleplayer 0.9%

You're a punk hacking into the cameras and devices of an abandoned building. Except it's not really abandoned, and whatever inhabits it senses your presence and plans to eliminate you.

Why similar: Hacking 66.4% ★, Puzzle 12.5%, Arcade 11.7%, Strategy 7.9%, Action 0.8%

Turn-based tactics game inspired by XCOM series with manual aiming and ricochets. Skill, precision and tactical thinking with NO RANDOM CHANCES! Upgrade your viruses and outmaneuver the enemy ICE in cyberspace battles. Reveal the corporate secrets and survive in this dark cyberpunk world.

Why similar: Hacking 41.2% ★, Cyberpunk 23.8%, Strategy 10.6%, Simulation 8.3%, Retro 6%

Veiled Edge is an indie game that weaves together diverse genres into a single, compelling narrative. With fresh ideas, experimental gameplay, and the distinctive atmosphere of cyberpunk, each chapter delivers a completely new experience, drawing players deeper into its virtual worlds.

Why similar: Hacking 37.3% ★, Cyberpunk 25.8%, Roguelite 10.9%, Puzzle 7.9%, Story Rich 7.6%

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 41.5% ★, Cyberpunk 20.3%, Text-Based 9.3%, Puzzle 6.9%, Simulation 6.7%

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 69.3% ★, Simulation 10.2%, Point & Click 9.5%, Puzzle 6.3%, Story Rich 3.8%

Enter the terminal and jack into a retro-cyberpunk world. Hardwired is a hacker simulation where you explore networks, uncover secrets, and manipulate systems through command-line interfaces. Discover hidden logs, tap into surveillance feeds, and unravel story a set in a fractured dystopia.

Why similar: Hacking 38.8% ★, Cyberpunk 19.9%, Text-Based 10.8%, Stylized 6.6%, Simulation 6.6%

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 82.6% ★, Simulation 17.4%

Deck-burning. Score-chasing. Plinko-style roguelike. Buy retro cartridges in a cyberpunk world, score massive points and push the Burnstation beyond its limits!

Why similar: Cyberpunk 28.8%, Hacking 28.6% ★, Score Attack 21.5%, Strategy 12.8%, Retro 7.6%

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 29.9% ★, Cyberpunk 28.1%, Dystopian 12.9%, Arcade 11.7%, Story Rich 7.7%

It's time for a SECOND Hack Run! Test your skills again as you hack your way through strange and secretive organizations to discover their hidden agendas! Hack Run ZERO uses old school prompts (like dos and unix) to help you navigate from system to system.

Why similar: Hacking 63.1% ★, Simulation 18.8%, Strategy 18.1%

Hacker.exe is horror/strategy/puzzle that takes you to a near future where the internet has become a safer place due to world wide regulations. You start to question how safe the internet is because you as a hacker, keep noticing security organizations working with illegal business. That begs the question: Why are you even a hacker?

Why similar: Hacking 65.9% ★, Simulation 14.3%, Strategy 13.5%, Action 6.4%

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 40.5% ★, Cyberpunk 29%, Dystopian 12.9%, Puzzle 9.4%, Atmospheric 4%

Replica is an interactive novel game played through a cellphone and social media. The insane experience of peeping into someone's private life through a cellphone will transform you into the state's greatest patriot.

Why similar: Hacking 61.2% ★, Dystopian 20.1%, Puzzle 11.1%, Story Rich 6.9%, Singleplayer 0.7%

Rendezvous is an adventure game set in a futuristic Indonesia. For Setyo to save his sister from sharing his own fate, he must return to the streets of Neo-Surabaya before it's too late. Is it truly possible to redeem the sins of your past?

Why similar: Hacking 38.3% ★, Cyberpunk 23%, Dystopian 15.7%, Puzzle 7.5%, Atmospheric 5.6%

A real-time tactical hacking puzzle where every move reshapes the challenge. Infiltrate megacorp servers, reroute connections, gather valuable data, and outsmart evolving defenses, all while racing against the clock and the ever-present threat of adaptive sentinels.

Why similar: Hacking 42.4% ★, Cyberpunk 19.7%, Dystopian 11%, Puzzle 8.4%, Strategy 8.2%

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 75.9% ★, Simulation 24.1%

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 53.7% ★, Simulation 9%, Puzzle 8.3%, Story Rich 8%, Atmospheric 7.1%

Alice and Tracey are a pair of Console Cowgirls on a mission! Their goal is to hack in to the network of a global med-tech conglomerate in search of information related to a deadly defect in the hottest new tech worldwide: neural machine interfaces.

Why similar: Hacking 45.1% ★, Cyberpunk 28%, Time Management 8.2%, Score Attack 7.8%, Roguelite 5.9%

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 55.7% ★, Cyberpunk 19.9%, Text-Based 10.5%, Simulation 7.5%, Puzzle 6.5%

Step into the shadows. Terminal Hacker: Override is an infinite, procedurally generated hacking simulator. Accept dark web contracts, bypass firewalls using pure word-deduction logic, and upgrade your system. No hand-holding, just you, the terminal, and the next target.

Why similar: Hacking 61.9% ★, Text-Based 22.2%, Puzzle 14.7%, Singleplayer 1.2%

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 44.4% ★, Cyberpunk 22.1%, Text-Based 13.8%, Simulation 7.3%, Strategy 6.9%

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 63.1% ★, Simulation 11.5%, Strategy 6.9%, Puzzle 4.9%, Action 4.8%

IO Interloper is a hacking heist game all about peering through security cameras, piloting drones, duping rubes, and saying I'M IN in a really gruff voice.

Why similar: Hacking 57.3% ★, Simulation 24%, Puzzle 9.4%, Atmospheric 7.9%, Singleplayer 1.4%

A cybercriminal tries to get into a major hacking group but catches the attention of some sort of Deep Web mafia. You must crack into servers and devices in order to obtain valuable information while avoiding getting murdered by a bunch of Deep Web killers.

Why similar: Hacking 66.5% ★, Strategy 10.5%, Simulation 10.2%, Puzzle 8.1%, Action 3.7%

Code.Breaker() is a cyberpunk visual novel about technology, cybercrime, and trying to survive in a world ruled by corporations. Hack your way out of your worst day at a job you´re not supposed to have.

Why similar: Cyberpunk 26.2%, Hacking 23.5% ★, Point & Click 11.6%, Text-Based 11%, Dystopian 9.3%

Passcode Breaker: The Day Before is a casual puzzle game in which players try to crack passcodes to deactivate computers, inspired by classic board game Mastermind with different modes and mechanics for everyone to enjoy.

Why similar: Hacking 70.1% ★, Retro 16.9%, Puzzle 13.1%

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 57.5% ★, Cyberpunk 20.5%, Puzzle 8.8%, Sci-fi 7.9%, Action 3.9%

Access Denied is a puzzle game in the world where for storage of personal data are used special device in the form of protected boxes. Imagine yourself in the role of the professional cracker of such devices and test your skills for 36 different levels.

Why similar: Hacking 42.5% ★, Cyberpunk 37.9%, Puzzle 17.5%, Singleplayer 2.2%

A fast paced arcade maze chasing game inspired by the 90s media portrayal of hackers and their culture. Download files, evade enemies, collect power-ups, launch rootkits, worms, and forkbombs and unleash total chaos.

Why similar: Hacking 40.3% ★, Cyberpunk 22.1%, Arcade 12.6%, Retro 8.3%, Score Attack 8.1%