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

Hacker Evolution Duality
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.

Hacker Evolution: Untold
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.
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 73.4% ★, Simulation 20.4%, Indie 6.2%
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 66.8% ★, Simulation 27.9%, Indie 5.3%
From the creator of hack_me and dev_me, a continuation of the acclaimed hacker simulator in 2016 and 2017 - hack_me 3 is already on Steam!
Why similar: Hacking 62.7% ★, Simulation 29.1%, Indie 8.2%
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 71.3% ★, Simulation 26.5%, Indie 2.3%
DotSec is a modern hacking simulator where you can choose your path as a Black Hat, White Hat, or Gray Hat hacker. The choices you make will directly impact your journey through the hacking world while also guiding you through complex puzzles and challenges.
Why similar: Hacking 43.1% ★, Simulation 28.2%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Choices Matter 8.2%, Indie 5.5%
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 75.9% ★, Simulation 20.2%, Indie 3.9%
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 62.1% ★, Text-Based 24.5%, Simulation 11%, Indie 1.7%, Singleplayer 0.7%
NITE Team 4 is a military hacking simulation game that explores the world of cyberwarfare and features realistic mission scenarios.
Why similar: Hacking 81.1% ★, Simulation 15.3%, Indie 3.7%
Mankind is about to reach its next step of evolution. Uncover the dark secret behind mankind's fastest technological evolution in recent history. It's not going in the right direction.
Why similar: Hacking 60.9% ★, Simulation 30.6%, Indie 8.5%
hack_me 2 is a story about hacker-beginner, who is going to confront to new World Order, where is no place for personal secrets.
Why similar: Hacking 51.9% ★, Simulation 43.4%, Indie 4.7%
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 93.8% ★, Simulation 3.2%, Choices Matter 2%, Indie 0.6%, Singleplayer 0.4%
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 69% ★, Text-Based 18.1%, Psychological Horror 9.7%, Indie 2.2%, Singleplayer 1%
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 48.5% ★, Text-Based 27.3%, Simulation 17%, Choices Matter 7.3%
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 60.4% ★, Text-Based 35.2%, Indie 2.8%, Singleplayer 1.5%
Retro terminal mystery: explore a live IBM PS/2, decode corrupted logs, and learn who waits behind the blinking prompt.
Why similar: Hacking 52.3% ★, Text-Based 29.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%, Simulation 5.9%, Indie 1.7%
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 50.9% ★, Text-Based 23.9%, Simulation 14.7%, Time Management 6.5%, Indie 2.5%
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 57.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Simulation 10.7%, Choices Matter 9%, Text-Based 4.5%
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 57.4% ★, Simulation 31.8%, Indie 9%, Singleplayer 1.7%
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 73.7% ★, Simulation 26.3%
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 ...
A forensic challenge - help private eye solve cases for their clients using OSINT and digital forensics techniques.
Why similar: Hacking 42.1% ★, Text-Based 29.5%, Interactive Fiction 25%, Indie 2.3%, Singleplayer 1%
Rule your realm, train heroes, and build a legendary kingdom in Daria. Experience strategy, storytelling, and diplomacy in this immersive sim.
Why similar: Text-Based 38%, Interactive Fiction 28.2%, Simulation 21.9%, Choices Matter 7.7%, Indie 2.4%
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 67.8% ★, Simulation 26.6%, Indie 5.6%
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 68.8% ★, Simulation 13.9%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Indie 2.7%, Singleplayer 1.4%
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Why similar: Hacking 51.9% ★, Text-Based 27.2%, Simulation 7.9%, Sexual Content 6.7%, Indie 5%
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 76.6% ★, Simulation 12.4%, Text-Based 8.3%, Indie 2.6%
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 65.7% ★, Simulation 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Indie 5.2%, Singleplayer 1.1%
cr4ckr is a puzzle game about cracking passwords.
Why similar: Hacking 57.8% ★, Text-Based 26%, Simulation 13.5%, Indie 1.8%, Singleplayer 0.9%
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 71.5% ★, Simulation 21.4%, Indie 4.2%, Psychological Horror 1.8%, Singleplayer 1.1%
Supreme OS is an operating system that runs on your operating system. With such stupendously amazing features as agile mail servers, exciting terminal commands, puzzles for your puzzles and the occasional AI singularity, Supreme OS is bound to be a game-changer!
Why similar: Hacking 56.8% ★, Simulation 22.1%, Text-Based 20.2%, Singleplayer 0.9%
Welcome to the Game is a creepy horror/puzzle game that takes you into the world of the Deep Web. Explore the Deep Web with the sole purpose of trying to find a Red Room, an online service / website that allows you to see and participate in interactive torture and murder.
Why similar: Hacking 66.1% ★, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Simulation 11.5%, Sexual Content 5.7%, Indie 3%
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 63.8% ★, Text-Based 14.5%, Time Management 10.1%, Simulation 7.5%, Indie 3%
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% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Text-Based 15.3%, Simulation 10.4%, Choices Matter 6.8%
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 73.2% ★, Simulation 21%, Indie 5.8%
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 78.7% ★, Simulation 15.4%, Indie 4.8%, Singleplayer 1.1%
Welcome to the Game II is an atmospheric horror / strategy / puzzle game that takes you into the world of the deep web in search of the shadow web. Play as an investigative reporter trying to solve a case of a mysterious woman broadcasting for help as masked men are on the hunt to kill her.
Why similar: Hacking 65.8% ★, Psychological Horror 13%, Simulation 10.8%, Sexual Content 5.8%, Indie 3.2%
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 48.3% ★, Text-Based 24.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Simulation 10.5%, Choices Matter 4.3%
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 55.1% ★, Text-Based 18.1%, Time Management 14.9%, Simulation 6.9%, Indie 3.4%
An immersive indie hacking simulation game. Help the Project Daybreak team expose a secret government program.
Why similar: Hacking 58.3% ★, Text-Based 17.7%, Simulation 17.5%, Indie 5.9%, Singleplayer 0.6%
Project: AFTERSHOCK is a fast-paced arcade hacking roguelite set in a dystopian future. Command a 20-year-old legacy terminal to breach enemy systems, siphon funds, and upgrade your hardware. Use your reflexes to survive the countdown and bring down the very system you created.
Why similar: Hacking 56.5% ★, Text-Based 19.4%, Simulation 12.8%, Time Management 10.4%, Singleplayer 0.9%
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Why similar: Hacking 53.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Simulation 12.2%, Psychological Horror 8.3%, Sexual Content 4.4%
Nothing To Remember is an immersive murder mystery that runs in real-time, right on your desktop. Through their personal messages, you'll uncover two characters unknowingly intertwined as they hunt a killer long thought dead. When your next choice could mean life or death, will you answer the call?
Why similar: Hacking 30.2% ★, Text-Based 26%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Choices Matter 9.3%, Psychological Horror 8.9%
A short psychological horror game, where you attempt to gain root access into an unethical superstructure.
Why similar: Hacking 55.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Simulation 12.3%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Singleplayer 1.6%
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 51.7% ★, Text-Based 25.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Simulation 8.9%, Singleplayer 0.9%
Welcome to the cutting edge of virtual mayhem in "ByteBurst" – the ultimate hacker's playground. Immerse yourself in a thrilling journey through the digital realm, where your skills will be pushed to the limit, and every line of code is a potential weapon.
Why similar: Hacking 49.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 25.5%, Simulation 19.3%, Indie 4.5%, Singleplayer 1.4%
Investigate six haunted properties and listen to the voices of spirits trapped in nightmares. Collect fragmented clues and discover the correct combination of names, locations, and vessels. A multi-ending horror adventure where the outcome changes depending on your choices during the ritual.
Why similar: Text-Based 54%, Interactive Fiction 39.1%, Indie 4.1%, Singleplayer 2.7%
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 58.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Simulation 13.4%, Text-Based 9.3%, Indie 2.9%
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 64.9% ★, Text-Based 19.4%, Simulation 14.6%, Singleplayer 0.7%, Indie 0.5%
A text adventure game about a 19th century explorer who finds himself stranded and alone.
Why similar: Text-Based 51.6%, Interactive Fiction 39.9%, Indie 8.6%
You receive a dinner invite from an awkward new neighbor and things go great.
Why similar: Text-Based 33.1%, Time Management 22.1%, Simulation 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Psychological Horror 9.7%
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 42.1% ★, Text-Based 22.7%, Simulation 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Choices Matter 8.6%
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 64.6% ★, Text-Based 19.7%, Simulation 11.5%, Indie 4.1%
Initiate a neural handshake with a doomed deep-space facility. Hack through a corrupted AI, evade corporate kill-squads, and uncover a terrifying biological conspiracy. Every keystroke decides who lives and who dies in this immersive sci-fi terminal thriller featuring 12 distinct endings.
Why similar: Text-Based 42.8%, Simulation 21.3%, Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Indie 1.9%
Unravel cyber secrets and foil mass surveillance as a skilled hacker in HackHub. Challenge authority, rewrite the rules, and emerge as the ultimate digital rebel.
Why similar: Hacking 65.8% ★, Simulation 19%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Singleplayer 0.6%
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Why similar: Text-Based 37%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Simulation 11.2%
Take control of an elite global team of hackers, intercepting communications between corporations, governments, and criminals all around the world. You can protect humanity by exposing messages between dangerous individuals or exploit corporations to increase your fortune. The choice is yours.
Why similar: Hacking 65.7% ★, Simulation 26.2%, Indie 8.1%
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 50.1% ★, Text-Based 28%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Simulation 9.6%, Singleplayer 1%
Please Insert Disc is a horror game about navigating the underbelly of a 2000's era gaming console to restore its functionality, but awakening something in the process. From the creators of Home Safety Hotline.
Why similar: Hacking 40.2% ★, Text-Based 23.3%, Interactive Fiction 21.6%, Simulation 14.3%, Indie 0.4%
Lost Entry is a horror game where you search the Deep Web for information while avoiding enemies that adapt to your actions. Your goal is to survive the night and complete the task your employer gives you without getting murdered by a bunch of Deep Web killers.
Why similar: Hacking 71.6% ★, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Simulation 12.8%, Indie 1.8%