- #1 Cyber Manhunt
97% 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 55.9% ★, Mystery 11.4%, Puzzle 10%, RPG 7.2%, Detective 5.1%
- #2 Mu Complex
96% 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 81% ★, Adventure 7.5%, Puzzle 7.4%, Indie 4.2%
- #3 Terminal
96% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Clueless Dev
Windows
Terminal is an atmospheric puzzle/hacking game where you solve puzzles, messages, and minigames to escape the confines of a soulless corporation
Why similar: Hacking 48% ★, Minigames 30.3% ★, Puzzle 8.4%, Typing 6.1% ★, Text-Based 4%
- #4 Hacknet
95% 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 91.8% ★, Typing 2.8% ★, Detective 1.8%, Story Rich 1.3%, Adventure 0.8%
- #5 Project DeepWeb
94% 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 49.9% ★, Mystery 9.9%, Typing 9.7% ★, Puzzle 8.2%, Exploration 6.1%
- #6 HACK.BAK
94% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2025
Dev: David Huish
Windows
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 65% ★, Typing 8.1% ★, Exploration 7.8%, Puzzle 7.3%, Text-Based 7%
- #7 The Last Sight
93% matchPositive83% of 18 reviews2024
Dev: OtrexDevPub: FallenDevs
Windows
You started a neighborhood security program, which gradually expanded in size. Over time, it evolved to monitor not only homes but also warehouses, gas stations and various other locations. However, as your program grew, it began attracting the attention of dubious individuals.
Why similar: Hacking 57.2% ★, Investigation 15.5%, Mystery 13%, Puzzle 8.5%, Nonlinear 5.2%
- #8 Mainlining
92% 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 73.1% ★, Typing 8.6% ★, Puzzle 6.1%, Adventure 5.2%, Story Rich 3.1%
- #9 Tech Support: Error Unknown
91% 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 83% ★, Adventure 7.7%, Story Rich 6.7%, Indie 2.5%
- #10 Corban's Station
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Novumber Studios
Windows · Mac
In this first-person puzzle exploration game, walk the liminal spaces of a long-abandoned service station. Reprogram aging computers, physically reroute damaged and fading connections and restore fragments of their waning memory.
Why similar: Hacking 54.5% ★, Puzzle 11.5%, Investigation 10.9%, Mystery 9.2%, Exploration 7.4%
- #11 NITE Team 4 - Military Hacking Division
90% matchVery Positive92% of 1,253 reviews2019
Dev: Alice & Smith
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 23.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
NITE Team 4 is a military hacking simulation game that explores the world of cyberwarfare and features realistic mission scenarios.
Why similar: Hacking 87.5% ★, Puzzle 5.5%, Adventure 4.6%, Indie 2.4%
- #12 Coldwake
89% matchPositive100% of 23 reviews2026
Dev: MadLeap Games
Windows
Explore an abandoned facility in this narrative-driven terminal adventure. Unlock hidden files, solve text-based puzzles, and piece together a fragmented AI as you uncover the truth behind a failed salvation and a buried past in this cold, atmospheric mystery.
Why similar: Hacking 38.7% ★, Investigation 12.7%, Typing 11.6% ★, Detective 7.5%, Puzzle 7.5%
- #13 Replica
89% matchVery Positive86% of 3,503 reviews2016
Dev: Somi
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 35.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 65.2% ★, Puzzle 10.9%, Mystery 8.9%, Story Rich 5.6%, Adventure 4.8%
- #14 CaseCracker
88% 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 43.9% ★, Typing 9% ★, Detective 8.4%, Mystery 8.3%, Puzzle 7.5%
- #15 ANONYMOUS;CODE
86% 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 63.4% ★, Investigation 19%, Adventure 9.8%, Story Rich 6.2%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #16 Cyber Warrior
85% matchPositive85% of 40 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 50.8% ★, Investigation 12.9%, Typing 10.8% ★, Mystery 8.9%, Detective 8%
- #17 Enter the kOS
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Binary Bacteria
Windows
kOS is an old and broken operating system as your playground to solve a mystery involving sentient programs, physics shenanigans and ingenuity.
Why similar: Hacking 48.9% ★, Mystery 20.2%, Puzzle 12.1%, Exploration 7.8%, Adventure 5.3%
- #18 HACK_IT
87% 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 67.3% ★, Adventure 6.1%, Typing 5.9% ★, RPG 5.6%, Puzzle 4.8%
- #19 Radiotext
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alp Arslan
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 48.7% ★, Typing 10.2% ★, Puzzle 7.4%, Nonlinear 6.9%, Mystery 6.7%
- #20 Proxy - Ultimate Hacker
84% matchPositive93% of 15 reviews2016
Dev: Ready Play Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 96%
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 87.6% ★, Puzzle 10.7%, Indie 1.7%
- #21 Keyword: A Spider's Thread
83% 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 43% ★, Mystery 10.7%, Detective 10.3%, Puzzle 9.5%, Investigation 8.8%
- #22 La Sombra
82% matchPositive94% of 16 reviews2024
Dev: byDanDans
Windows
With the help of a device capable of hacking different electronics, the cat burglar known as "La sombra" must sneak around through a building ridden by terrorist, Now she must choose between stealing the precious "Emerald Tiara" or to stop the terrorist.
Why similar: Hacking 68.9% ★, Metroidvania 27.2%, Indie 2.5%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #23 Impossible Mission II
82% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2020
Dev: Epyx, Inc.Pub: Pixel Games UK
Windows
Sequel to the equally-popular Impossible Mission, this classic 1980s action platformer sees you tasked with infiltrating a futuristic fortress, built to keep safe malicious mastermind Elvin Atombender. Now available on Steam for the first time, responsibility for saving the world rests with YOU!
Why similar: Hacking 47.4% ★, Metroidvania 19.3%, Investigation 14.4%, Exploration 6.2%, Detective 5.8%
- #24 DECODE
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Aren Games
Windows
DECODE is a minimalist logic puzzle game inspired by classic deduction systems. Analyse clues, break digital locks, and uncover hidden rules through text-based challenges. Every move matters. Think carefully.
Why similar: Hacking 58.4% ★, Mystery 16.6%, Puzzle 12.6%, Detective 7%, 2D 3.2%
- #25 serverBound
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Solitary Func
Windows
Face off in strategic, turn-based battles against bots that exploit vulnerabilities in your community. Unravel the mysteries behind these attacks, connect with the humans at risk, and safeguard the digital realm in serverBound—an investigative RPG that transforms cybersecurity into an epic adventure
Why similar: Hacking 45.8% ★, Metroidvania 15.3%, Investigation 14.8%, Mystery 9.7%, Exploration 6%
- #26 Hacker Evolution Duality
81% 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 95.1% ★, Indie 4.9%
- #27 Airhack: Hacking
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Airem
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are a secret Agent who begins work for the Airem as Hacker. Hacking servers of global corporations for profit, stealing data, manipulate the stock market, modify peoples academic or criminal records, laundering money, erasing evidence, framing innocent people. Do not trust anyone.
Why similar: Hacking 65.6% ★, Typing 11.4% ★, Puzzle 7.3%, RPG 6.2%, Adventure 4.7%
- #28 RE:Solver
78% 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 42.5% ★, Investigation 15.1%, Mystery 10.7%, Detective 7.6%, Nonlinear 6.9%
- #29 Server is Down
79% matchMostly Negative38% of 16 reviews2020
Dev: DbVectraPub: DbVectra & AlexTykh
Windows
You are a system administrator who spends his nights fixing an old server, but something :) causes critical errors in the server, and along with it breaks your reality. This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Why similar: Hacking 79% ★, Adventure 7.3%, Text-Based 5.6%, 2D 5.1%, Indie 1.5%
- #30 DEBUG NEPHEMEE
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nephemee Studio
Windows
『DEBUG NEPHEMEE(デバッグ・ネフェミー)』は、見下ろし型の2Dアドベンチャーゲームです。舞台は、バグに侵された世界。 独自の戦闘システムと、個性豊かなキャラクターたちとの出会いを通して、“デバッグ”の旅へと踏み出します。
Why similar: Hacking 44.9% ★, Puzzle 13.7%, Adventure 11%, Exploration 9.6%, Story Rich 9.1%
- #31 Void Future: Hacking Protocol
77% matchNo user 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 57.4% ★, Typing 11.4% ★, Investigation 10.6%, Puzzle 8.3%, Text-Based 5.9%
- #32 Song of Farca: Prologue
76% matchVery Positive89% of 199 reviews2021
Dev: Wooden MonkeysPub: Alawar
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 55%
You are Isabella Song – a hacker PI. Your job is to hack cameras, phones, and computers, as well as question suspects, analyze evidence and draw conclusions. But don't forget that in Farca city, even criminals can end up victims.
Why similar: Hacking 53.1% ★, Investigation 16.5%, Detective 9.9%, Exploration 6.3%, Mystery 4.2%
- #33 Terminal Hacker: Override
75% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: EchoWorks
Windows
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 69.6% ★, Puzzle 15.2%, Text-Based 11.1%, Singleplayer 2.2%, Indie 2%
- #34 Unprompted
76% matchPositive91% of 23 reviews2023
Dev: Matt Eshleman
Windows · Mac
Type to guess the words used to create machine-made artworks, while slowly uncovering the algorithm's reflections on its own work. Come investigate more than 1,500 generated artworks across 7 carefully curated galleries.
Why similar: Hacking 37.2% ★, Investigation 15.7%, Typing 11.7% ★, Detective 8.3%, Mystery 8%
- #35 Wardialler
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: nervous_testpilotPub: Mode 7
Windows
A hacking text adventure.
Why similar: Hacking 48.1% ★, Investigation 14.8%, Typing 10.5% ★, Adventure 10.3%, Text-Based 6.3%
- #36 Hack 'n' Slash
77% matchMixed53% of 919 reviews2014
Dev: Double Fine Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 35%
Hack ‘n’ Slash is a puzzle action game about hacking -- reprogram object properties, hijack global variables, hack creature behavior, and even rewrite the game’s code. The only way to win is not to play...by the rules!
Why similar: Hacking 72.7% ★, Puzzle 10.8%, Adventure 7.4%, Female Protagonist 3.4%, Indie 3%
- #37 Nancy Drew®: Mystery of the Seven Keys™
74% matchMixed56% of 326 reviews2024
Dev: HeR Interactive
Windows · Mac
A thrilling blend of adventure, mystery, and history! Play as Nancy Drew to uncover the truth behind the theft of a client's heirloom necklace. Solve challenging puzzles, uncover a sinister web of cyber crime, and sleuth through Prague's mysterious streets entwined with medieval legends and alchemy.
Why similar: Investigation 19.6%, Hacking 19.5% ★, Mystery 16.6%, Detective 11.2%, Puzzle 10.2%
- #38 W.I.T.S: INITIATION
74% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: Rashidi Interactive
Windows
A puzzle game where you are the newest recruit to a government agency dedicated to stopping cyber crimes. You must prove yourself and level up in the system by solving puzzles, at the same time there is a mystery to uncover at the agency. Who can you trust?
Why similar: Hacking 30.1% ★, Investigation 25.8%, Detective 12.3%, Puzzle 9.6%, Text-Based 9%
- #39 Hack the System
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Coffee++ games
Windows
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 61.5% ★, Mystery 10.3%, Puzzle 8.7%, RPG 7.3%, Story Rich 7%
- #40 锈城 - Rust City
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Moran
Windows
A pixel-style horror puzzle RPG game where you will play as a girl named Song Kerr, using your wits to survive in Rust City while exploring the long-hidden truths among the tangled clues... Please note, do not break the rules: monsters will appear at midnight, do not go outside!
Why similar: Hacking 37.7% ★, Investigation 16.3%, Mystery 15%, Puzzle 9.7%, Detective 6.3%
- #41 ESC (Electronics Security Company)
72% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Electronics Security Company
Windows · Mac
Experience hacking and uncover hidden secrets. Type commands to decode messages, navigate systems, and gain remote access to devices.
Why similar: Hacking 51.2% ★, Investigation 15%, Typing 9.2% ★, Detective 7.8%, Exploration 5.4%
- #42 Cyber Manhunt 2: New World - The Hacking Simulator
69% 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 63.4% ★, Mystery 13.8%, Story Rich 7%, Detective 5.5%, RPG 4.8%
- #43 Hifuu OS: Hack Into the Barrier
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KaleidoScreens
Windows · Mac · Linux
Hifuu OS: Immersive hacking simulator based on the Touhou Project. Play as Renko Usami, learn and use authentic terminal commands to hack into the Great Hakurei Barrier. Unravel the truth behind Maribel Hearn's mysterious coma as you search through Gensokyo's secret and private documents.
Why similar: Hacking 53.6% ★, Investigation 11%, Typing 8.8% ★, Text-Based 7.1%, Puzzle 6.3%
- #44 Zly.ii: The Hacked Station
71% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: Simon Says: Play!
Windows
Zly.ii The Hacked Station is a first-person sci-fi adventure game made for the 10th anniversary of the Black Cube series (ASA, Myha...). Visit an abandoned space station, and try to get a Black Cube while searching for your lost friend...
Why similar: Hacking 56.4% ★, Puzzle 10.9%, Exploration 9.4%, Investigation 6.8%, Adventure 6.3%
- #45 Decker
73% match9 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2019
Dev: Rich Vos
Windows
Thwart heartless mega-corporations as a downtrodden coder-turned-hacker in this original, futuristic take on hacking. Use your wits and every program at your disposal to outwit, outmaneuver, or flat out overpower the relentless virtual guardians of the megacorps' most closely guarded secrets.
Why similar: Hacking 71.7% ★, RPG 23%, Indie 5.3%
- #46 Passcode Breaker: The Day Before
72% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2019
Dev: Tutorial Boss
Windows
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 80% ★, Puzzle 13.7%, Indie 6.3%
- #47 Sorry, James
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 854 reviews2017
Dev: KonstructorsPub: Hook Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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Why similar: Hacking 57.7% ★, Puzzle 14.2%, Story Rich 9%, Text-Based 8.3%, Adventure 3.5%
- #48 Greyhat - A Digital Detective Adventure
70% matchVery Positive91% of 244 reviews2020
Dev: Limited Games
Windows
How far would you go to save your daughter? As an infamous hacker-for-hire you have the skills to steal almost any secret. But when your daughter is taken, will you be able to use these skills to uncover a dark conspiracy that goes further than you could ever imagine?
Why similar: Hacking 46.2% ★, Mystery 12.3%, Investigation 11.6%, Detective 9.2%, Puzzle 8%
- #49 Hue Quest
70% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: z4ckstudiosPub: Zackiel Opheim
Windows
Hue Quest is a 3D/2D point and click adventure game where you uncover a lost story by hacking into a heavily guarded underground agency. You continue to do so all while doing everything in your power to keep your operation hidden to avoid being shut down, using the tools provided at your disposal.
Why similar: Hacking 46.6% ★, Investigation 14.6%, Exploration 10.9%, Adventure 9.9%, Mystery 9.8%
- #50 Wavekin
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: La Folie Studio
Windows
An ocean. Ruins. A song. Recover what silence has erased. You are the last hope of a civilization on the brink of oblivion, with your voice as your only tool. Dive, listen, awaken. Unarmed, guided only by your senses.
Why similar: Mystery 23.9%, Metroidvania 21.2%, Exploration 15.8%, Adventure 14.7%, Puzzle 9.9%
- #51 Untrusted: hackers at large
68% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2026
Dev: playuntrusted.comPub: Evolved Labs
Windows · Linux
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 58.6% ★, Typing 10.3% ★, Puzzle 7.7%, RPG 5.9%, Text-Based 5.3%
- #52 project HECK
69% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: CyberMonk Studio
Windows
This is a casual and entertaining typing game that lets you experience the thrill of hacking systems by rapidly typing on your keyboard. Whether stress-testing your keyboard or unwinding after a tough day, this game has got you covered!
Why similar: Hacking 75% ★, Typing 17.1% ★, Puzzle 4.2%, Indie 2.6%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #53 A Sinister Glitch
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Lynx
Windows
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 83.2% ★, Puzzle 14.4%, Singleplayer 1.3%, Indie 1%
- #54 Mystery of the Malign
66% matchVery Positive93% of 76 reviews2025
Dev: Gameplay Supremacy
Windows
Investigate. Interrogate. Descend into a world of intrigue to untangle the Mystery of the Malign.
Why similar: Mystery 24.7%, Investigation 24.6%, Puzzle 14.5%, Exploration 11.1%, Story Rich 9.8%
- #55 cr4ckr
67% matchMixed56% of 16 reviews2024
Dev: Cutie Café
Windows
cr4ckr is a puzzle game about cracking passwords.
Why similar: Hacking 64.6% ★, Typing 17.6% ★, Text-Based 7.9%, 2D 4.6%, Puzzle 2.8%
- #56 Code 7: A Story-Driven Hacking Adventure
69% matchVery Positive93% of 113 reviews2017
Dev: Goodwolf StudioPub: Rel.Pink
Windows · Mac · Linux
Try to save humanity in this episodic and fully voiced hacker story. Guide your partner through a thrilling and emotional science fiction journey by hacking systems and extracting information. All from your keyboard.
Why similar: Hacking 60.2% ★, Adventure 15%, Indie 6.7%, Text-Based 6.3%, Story Rich 6%
- #57 Amatsuko
65% matchVery Positive100% of 77 reviews2025
Dev: ArnauPub: Companyia Catalana d'Orient
Windows
A knowledge-based progression game. Explore and solve the strange misteries of the interconnected fantasy worlds trapped inside an esoteric book and discover the roots of a terrible evil. No stats, no log, no savefiles. Only pure knowledge is your progress.
Why similar: Mystery 25.1%, Exploration 15%, Puzzle 13.4%, Story Rich 10.7%, Investigation 10.7%
- #58 ZeroPrompt
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ZeroBit
Windows
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 44.1% ★, Investigation 18.7%, Mystery 8.9%, Detective 8.4%, Text-Based 6.5%
- #59 Carmen Sandiego
66% matchMostly Positive71% of 80 reviews2025
Dev: Gameloft
Windows
The scarlet super thief Carmen Sandiego is back! Adorn Carmen’s signature red hat and play as the vigilante herself to navigate a world of espionage, utilizing high-tech gadgets, and ultimately capturing VILE.
Why similar: Hacking 32.3% ★, Investigation 30.2%, Detective 13.6%, Puzzle 10.8%, Exploration 6.2%
- #60 GRIDHACK
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: THRESHOLD ANOMALY
Windows
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 61.4% ★, Puzzle 14.2%, RPG 12%, Story Rich 5.2%, Adventure 5.1%