- #1 Cyber Manhunt
97% matchVery Positive92% of 15,723 reviews2021
Dev: Aluba Van+Pub: 摸鱼游戏
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 11.6 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 55.5% ★, Mystery 11.4%, Puzzle 10.2%, RPG 7.4%, Detective 5.2%
- #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 80.5% ★, Adventure 7.8%, Puzzle 7.6%, Indie 4.1%
- #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 48.2% ★, Minigames 30% ★, Puzzle 8.5%, Typing 6.2% ★, Text-Based 3.9%
- #4 Hacknet
95% matchVery Positive94% of 26,152 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 91.7% ★, Typing 2.8% ★, Detective 1.9%, Story Rich 1.3%, Adventure 0.8%
- #5 Project DeepWeb
94% matchVery Positive81% of 138 reviews2020
Dev: NightCat Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 49.7% ★, Mystery 9.9%, Typing 9.5% ★, Puzzle 8.4%, 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% ★, Exploration 7.8%, Puzzle 7.6%, Text-Based 6.9%
- #7 Backtrace: Mechanisms for Forgetting
93% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Petallix Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Backtrace is a yuri mystery and puzzle game set inside a retro computer. Log on night after night to uncover a story of internet exploits and unexpected friendships with a crew of 80s hackers. Solve 2D grid-based puzzles to piece together the mystery.
Why similar: Hacking 52.1% ★, LGBTQ+ 14.8%, Puzzle 13.8%, Adventure 6.6%, Mystery 6.4%
- #8 The Last Sight
92% matchPositive85% of 19 reviews2024
Dev: 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% ★, Investigation 15.4%, Mystery 13%, Puzzle 8.7%, Nonlinear 5.3%
- #9 Cyber Manhunt 2: New World - The Hacking Simulator
91% matchVery Positive93% of 5,705 reviews2025
Dev: Aluba Van+Pub: Spiral Up Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 21.6 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 43.7% ★, Investigation 15.4%, Mystery 12.4%, Detective 9%, Puzzle 8.1%
- #10 Mainlining
91% matchMostly Positive77% of 368 reviews2017
Dev: RebelephantPub: ReadGraves
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.3 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 72.9% ★, Typing 8.2% ★, Puzzle 6.4%, Adventure 5.3%, Story Rich 3.2%
- #11 Corban's Station
90% 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 54.1% ★, Puzzle 11.8%, Investigation 10.8%, Mystery 9.1%, Exploration 7.5%
- #12 CaseCracker
89% matchVery Positive89% of 3,489 reviews2022
Dev: BlackRobe
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
No flashy visuals, just pure mental gymnastics. Actively search, cross-reference, and unravel the truth from a complex database. In this hardcore text-based deduction game, the devil is always in the details. Detective, are you ready?
Why similar: Hacking 43.4% ★, Typing 8.7% ★, Detective 8.4%, Mystery 8.2%, Puzzle 7.7%
- #13 Coldwake
88% matchPositive100% of 39 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 38.9% ★, Investigation 12.5%, Typing 11.3% ★, Puzzle 7.7%, Detective 7.6%
- #14 NITE Team 4 - Military Hacking Division
89% matchVery Positive92% of 1,262 reviews2019
Dev: Alice & Smith
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 28.2 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 87.2% ★, Puzzle 5.6%, Adventure 4.8%, Indie 2.4%
- #15 glitch.exe
87% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: NilsCraftHDPub: Gamepeak Development
Windows
glitch.exe is a free-to-play hacking horror game where you infiltrate corrupted systems, uncover hidden secrets and piece together a story that was never meant to be found. Explore a unsettling digital world full of mystery, tension and things that should not exist.
Why similar: Hacking 89% ★, Adventure 9.2%, Singleplayer 1.8%
- #16 Enter the kOS
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Binary Bacteria
Windows
In "Enter the kOS" an old and broken operating system becomes your playground to solve a mystery involving sentient programs, physics shenanigans and ingenuity.
Why similar: Hacking 48.5% ★, Mystery 20.1%, Puzzle 12.4%, Exploration 7.9%, Adventure 5.6%
- #17 Dither Paradox
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Smartive.games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Shift between realities to uncover the dark secrets of The Spire. Dither Paradox is an atmospheric 2D hard sci-fi metroidvania where movement is the game and combat is a consequence. Collect modules, choose your build, and slowly remember the person you used to be.
Why similar: Hacking 39.1% ★, Metroidvania 16.8%, Mystery 10.6%, Detective 7.4%, Puzzle 6.7%
- #18 ANONYMOUS;CODE
84% matchMostly Positive79% of 560 reviews2023
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Hack Into God
Why similar: Hacking 62.9% ★, Investigation 18.8%, Adventure 10.3%, Story Rich 6.5%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #19 HACK_IT
86% 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 66.9% ★, Adventure 6.4%, Typing 5.8% ★, RPG 5.7%, Puzzle 4.9%
- #20 CORE.SYS
83% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: BradartPub: NipoBox Publishing
Windows
CORE.SYS is a brainteasing action puzzler where you’ll need to break through layers of digital security with quick-thinking strategy.
Why similar: Hacking 83.9% ★, Puzzle 10.4%, 2D 4.2%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #21 Cyber Warrior
82% matchPositive86% of 42 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 50.7% ★, Investigation 12.8%, Typing 10.6% ★, Mystery 8.9%, Detective 8.1%
- #22 Replica
84% matchVery Positive86% of 3,534 reviews2016
Dev: Somi
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 36.8 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 64.8% ★, Puzzle 11.1%, Mystery 8.8%, Story Rich 5.6%, Adventure 5.1%
- #23 SUBRUNNER
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 14 HP Studio
Windows
Your fridge stole your pastas ? No problem. Fast-paced action based hacking metroidvania.
Why similar: Hacking 42.5% ★, Metroidvania 17.1%, LGBTQ+ 13.2%, Mystery 10.9%, Exploration 6.4%
- #24 Radiotext
80% matchPositive100% of 34 reviews2026
Dev: Alp Arslan
Windows · Mac · Linux
Rise against the corporate overlords and become a cyber activist hacker. Join the uprising in a cyberpunk world using radio waves.
Why similar: Hacking 48.8% ★, Typing 10% ★, Puzzle 7.6%, Nonlinear 6.9%, Mystery 6.6%
- #25 CRACKME.EXE
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Berihime Studio
Windows
CRACKME.EXE is a hard hacking puzzle game where you use real tools to mess with the game's files and programs. You'll have to leave the game window to work out what's stopping you, then find a way around it.
Why similar: Hacking 67.8% ★, Investigation 17.5%, Puzzle 10.3%, 2D 2.4%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #26 The Internship
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cherry Bomb Interactive
Windows · Linux
Welcome to CorpCorp Incorporated. Complete your work, monitor your coworkers, and survive your internship in a surreal office horror game where something is deeply wrong beneath the surface.
Why similar: Hacking 45.4% ★, Investigation 19.1%, Mystery 14%, Puzzle 9.3%, Exploration 6.4%
- #27 Proxy - Ultimate Hacker
81% 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 87.3% ★, Puzzle 11.1%, Indie 1.7%
- #28 Keyword: A Spider's Thread
79% 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 42.7% ★, Mystery 10.6%, Detective 10.3%, Puzzle 9.8%, Investigation 8.7%
- #29 La Sombra
78% matchPositive94% of 17 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 68.1% ★, Metroidvania 28.1%, Indie 2.4%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #30 ViruStream
78% matchPositive100% of 17 reviews2024
Dev: ShiroNoPanda
Windows
One day, the game distribution site “ViruStream” was infected by a virus caused by hackers! Solve the riddles that the hacker gives you and remove the virus! Inspired by a certain experiential escape game, this is a puzzle-solving game with a time limit of 60 minutes!
Why similar: Hacking 45.1% ★, Investigation 15.5%, Mystery 9%, Exploration 8.8%, Puzzle 8%
- #31 Alice in the Firewall
77% 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 46.6% ★, Puzzle 11.6%, Exploration 11.3%, Investigation 6.9%, Female Protagonist 6.1%
- #32 Rapta
76% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: NullAx Studios
Windows
15 minutes and a terminal. Your sister's life in your hands. Navigate the Silicon Sneaky system, explore the digital underworld to secure $20,000, and make irreversible decisions. Your choices define her fate.
Why similar: Hacking 50.9% ★, Investigation 15.2%, Mystery 12.6%, Puzzle 7.9%, Detective 6.4%
- #33 BeyondHelix
75% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Bruno Vale Barbosa Eiterer
Windows · Linux
Another day, another data retrieval job. Or is it? Using a linux-like terminal, explore BeyondHelix's systems and uncover what led to the company's demise.
Why similar: Hacking 53.3% ★, Typing 14.3% ★, Exploration 9.7%, Puzzle 9.4%, Text-Based 6.6%
- #34 serverBound
75% 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 45.5% ★, Metroidvania 15.9%, Investigation 14.6%, Mystery 9.6%, Exploration 6%
- #35 Impossible Mission II
77% 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 46.9% ★, Metroidvania 19.9%, Investigation 14.2%, Exploration 6.2%, Detective 5.8%
- #36 Tech Support: Error Unknown
76% matchMostly Positive73% of 687 reviews2019
Dev: Dragon SlumberPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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 82.9% ★, Adventure 8.1%, Story Rich 6.5%, Indie 2.5%
- #37 DECODE
74% 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 58.2% ★, Mystery 16.5%, Puzzle 12.9%, Detective 7%, 2D 3.1%
- #38 Void Future: Hacking Protocol
72% matchPositive88% of 26 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 57.5% ★, Typing 11.3% ★, Investigation 10.5%, Puzzle 8.5%, Text-Based 5.8%
- #39 Airhack: Hacking
73% 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 65.3% ★, Typing 11.2% ★, Puzzle 7.5%, RPG 6.4%, Adventure 4.9%
- #40 Zly.ii: The Hacked Station
73% 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 55.8% ★, Puzzle 11.2%, Exploration 9.4%, Investigation 6.7%, Adventure 6.5%
- #41 RE:Solver
72% 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 42.4% ★, Investigation 14.9%, Mystery 10.7%, Detective 7.7%, Nonlinear 7%
- #42 Server is Down
73% 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 78.9% ★, Adventure 7.7%, Text-Based 5.5%, 2D 5%, Indie 1.5%
- #43 Wardialler
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: nervous_testpilotPub: Mode 7
Windows
A hacking text adventure.
Why similar: Hacking 48% ★, Investigation 14.7%, Adventure 10.8%, Typing 10.4% ★, Text-Based 6.2%
- #44 Hacker Evolution Duality
74% matchMostly Negative34% of 554 reviews2011
Dev: exosyphen studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 13.4 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 95.2% ★, Indie 4.8%
- #45 Flashpaper
70% 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 71.3% ★, Story Rich 7.1%, Adventure 4.8%, Text-Based 4.6%, Puzzle 4.2%
- #46 Song of Farca: Prologue
71% matchVery Positive89% of 209 reviews2021
Dev: Wooden MonkeysPub: Alawar
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 13.6 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% ★, Investigation 16.4%, Detective 10%, Exploration 6.3%, Mystery 4.2%
- #47 GLYPHIS_IO BBS: The Proxy Tapes 1989
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: James BradleyPub: The Civitas Universe
Windows · Mac · Linux
A narrative hacking adventure set in an alternate 1989 Japan. Boot your Bradsonic 69000, dial into underground bulletin boards, solve programming puzzles and crack games you can actually play. Tune into pirate radio and earn the trust of a crew whose secrets put more than your computer at risk.
Why similar: Hacking 51.5% ★, Investigation 14.5%, Mystery 10.8%, Puzzle 6.2%, Detective 5.9%
- #48 OBVERSE
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Diego Spartano
Windows
OBVERSE is an immersive first-person sci-fi mystery focused on exploration and problem-solving set in a secret underground research facility. Find creative solutions to every obstacle, outsmart hostile machines, and uncover the truth behind a failed experiment threatening to collapse reality itself.
Why similar: Hacking 46% ★, Investigation 13.8%, Mystery 12.6%, Nonlinear 7.7%, Puzzle 7.4%
- #49 Nancy Drew®: Mystery of the Seven Keys™
69% matchMixed57% of 352 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 19.3%, Hacking 19.3% ★, Mystery 16.5%, Detective 11.2%, Puzzle 10.5%
- #50 NULL ROUTE
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Oneirox Interactive
Windows
NULL ROUTE is an asymmetric online PvP hacking game where GHOST infiltrates networks and HUNTER tracks the intrusion. Use terminal tools, scanners, network maps, and procedural routes to outthink the player on the other side.
Why similar: Hacking 71.1% ★, Investigation 16.9%, Puzzle 6.2%, Exploration 4.7%, Indie 1%
- #51 HELLO HACKER
68% 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 57.3% ★, Typing 12.5% ★, Puzzle 9.4%, Text-Based 6.6%, Investigation 6.5%
- #52 Hack 'n' Slash
71% matchMixed53% of 934 reviews2014
Dev: Double Fine Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 3.3 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 72.2% ★, Puzzle 11.1%, Adventure 7.7%, Female Protagonist 3.4%, Indie 3%
- #53 Hack the System
69% 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 61.1% ★, Mystery 10.2%, Puzzle 8.9%, RPG 7.4%, Story Rich 7.1%
- #54 Malware City
67% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Ludos Forge
Windows · Mac · Linux
A skilled hacker has unleashed a powerful trojan. What will happen to the computers it infects? Help Vundo navigate through Malware City, a 2D platformer inspired by the dawn of personal computers. Infect as many systems as you can and become the most feared trojan to ever exist.
Why similar: Hacking 57.2% ★, Minigames 37.9% ★, Nonlinear 3.5%, 2D 0.5%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #55 The Death Game Report
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,217 reviews2026
Dev: shu3
Windows
Identify how every participant in the death game died, and submit your report.
Why similar: Mystery 30.8%, Puzzle 17.8%, Investigation 16.9%, Story Rich 11.1%, Adventure 9.6%
- #56 Terminal Hacker: Override
67% 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 69.4% ★, Puzzle 15.6%, Text-Based 10.8%, Singleplayer 2.1%, Indie 2%
- #57 Extortion
68% matchPositive88% of 26 reviews2020
Dev: Dysnomia
Windows · Mac · Linux
You're a computer engineer with a terrible secret. Someone is blackmailing you and now, you have to hack some servers and get secret files for him. Would you succeed in achieving their missions or would you find them and revenge?
Why similar: Hacking 53.3% ★, Mystery 9.6%, Puzzle 8.3%, Typing 8.3% ★, Adventure 4.5%
- #58 Unprompted
67% 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% ★, Investigation 15.5%, Typing 11.5% ★, Detective 8.4%, Puzzle 8%
- #59 Convoluted
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Noitasumma
Windows · Linux
Solve the mechanisms of a mysterious machine to find the way to its core. Deduce the patterns needed to connect Glimmer to glyphs in a unique logic puzzle system inspired by mathematical convolution.
Why similar: Hacking 59.7% ★, Mystery 18.2%, Puzzle 12.5%, 2D 3.1%, Exploration 2.8%
- #60 Hifuu OS: Hack Into the Barrier
66% 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 10.9%, Typing 8.7% ★, Text-Based 7%, Puzzle 6.5%