
Experience the wild internet of 1999: buy darknet databases, validate stolen cards, manage risk, gamble dirty money, and upgrade your hardware. Earn enough to vanish forever. A Windows 98‑style scammer sim.
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Experience the wild internet of 1999: buy darknet databases, validate stolen cards, manage risk, gamble dirty money, and upgrade your hardware. Earn enough to vanish forever. A Windows 98‑style scammer sim.

Backdoor
Backdoor is a hacking simulation set in the early days of the Internet. You enter the underground world as a freelance hacker. Build your reputation, upgrade your tools, and take jobs from small clients or large corporations.

EchoLink: Recursion
EchoLink: Recursion is an active incremental hacking simulation spanning 1990s dial-up to 2150s megacities. Hack through time by infiltrating networks, building proxy chains, and automating routines. Every reset reboots you with exponential upgrades. Grow a skill tree and rewrite history.
Backdoor is a hacking simulation set in the early days of the Internet. You enter the underground world as a freelance hacker. Build your reputation, upgrade your tools, and take jobs from small clients or large corporations.
Why similar: Hacking 42.6% ★, Crime 22.9%, 1990's 17.2%, Immersive Sim 6.7%, Simulation 6.5%
EchoLink: Recursion is an active incremental hacking simulation spanning 1990s dial-up to 2150s megacities. Hack through time by infiltrating networks, building proxy chains, and automating routines. Every reset reboots you with exponential upgrades. Grow a skill tree and rewrite history.
Why similar: Hacking 45.4% ★, 1990's 15.4%, Resource Management 12.4%, Incremental 10.6%, Management 6.5%
Build a malware empire from a 90s PC. Code viruses, automate systems, take darknet contracts and also deploy them. Generate endless income to fund a shadow organization’s classified research in this hacker idle-clicker.
Why similar: Hacking 29.4% ★, 1990's 18.5%, Incremental 12.5%, Crime 11.8%, Simulation 7.4%
Every file is a puzzle. Every clue is hidden in plain sight. Dive into your brand new computer system, solve intricate challenges, and uncover the truth.
Why similar: Hacking 38.6% ★, Crime 25.2%, Immersive Sim 16.8%, Incremental 12.3%, Simulation 5.2%
Start from zero: no money, no shelter, no ID. Struggle to survive by taking on odd jobs in the subway and at the market until you can scrape together enough to buy a diploma and get to work. Upgrade your IQ by building a computer. And here's a twist: COMPUTER GAMES also boost your IQ in this game!
Why similar: 1990's 31.3%, Hacking 18.3% ★, Capitalism 12.6%, Incremental 9.4%, Life Sim 7.6%
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 42.4% ★, Crime 25.6%, Simulation 16.3%, Immersive Sim 13.2%, Indie 2.6%
Step into the shoes of a skilled Anonymous hacker and embark on a mission to unveil the truth hidden behind a sinister organization's plans to monitor civilian data and enforce mass surveillance.
Why similar: Hacking 48.4% ★, Crime 24.3%, Immersive Sim 13.4%, Simulation 9.2%, Life Sim 3.8%
Build, customise, and grow your cannabis empire from a tiny shop to a booming city-wide business! 🌿💼
Why similar: Crime 28%, Capitalism 15.5%, Immersive Sim 13.4%, Resource Management 13.1%, Management 7.8%
An incremental game about selling drugs on the dark web in the 90's. Secure supply lines, stockpile products and scale your marketplace to make a fortune and build an empire.
Why similar: Crime 26.7%, 1990's 21.1%, Capitalism 17.3%, Incremental 12.7%, Management 5.8%
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 90.2% ★, Crime 6.1%, Simulation 1.8%, Atmospheric 1.1%, 2D 0.4%
Step into the shoes of a skilled Anonymous hacker and embark on a mission to unveil the truth hidden behind a sinister organization's plans to monitor civilian data and enforce mass surveillance.
Why similar: Hacking 50.9% ★, Crime 21.5%, Immersive Sim 12.4%, Simulation 8.9%, Life Sim 5.4%
Build your digital empire from a cramped room to a high-tech penthouse. Code, hack, mine crypto, and manipulate the dark web in this deep 3D economic sandbox simulator. Stay in the shadows, manage your hardware, and don't get caught by the police!
Why similar: Hacking 48.7% ★, Crime 25.9%, Life Sim 6.8%, Capitalism 6.7%, Simulation 5.7%
Start with empty pockets and a pickpocket's nerve. Build a criminal empire one racket at a time in this atmospheric pixel-art idle game. Train your skills, run your crew, manage the heat - and when the law closes in, burn it all down and rise again, stronger.
Why similar: Crime 29.4%, Capitalism 24%, Incremental 15.3%, Life Sim 9.8%, Resource Management 7.2%
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 60.6% ★, Crime 16.7%, Simulation 10.6%, Immersive Sim 7.7%, Indie 1.7%
Hacker’s Journey is a realistic hacking simulation game built around scenarios written by cybersecurity experts. No Hollywood hacking. Learn the tools, techniques, and tradecraft used in the wild.
Why similar: Hacking 44.9% ★, Crime 28.7%, Immersive Sim 18.5%, Simulation 6.8%, Indie 0.8%
SYSTEM STATUS: UNSTABLE> System Overload is a Win95/98 Task Manager simulation game. Accept contracts, kill processes, tune hardware, dodge scams, keep the CPU under 100C and make your choice through the story. >DO_NOT_CRASH
Why similar: Hacking 38% ★, 1990's 19.6%, Resource Management 14%, Simulation 13.7%, Management 6.3%
Take over the coastal town of Faircombe one scam at a time!
Why similar: Hacking 32.5% ★, Crime 26.4%, Capitalism 16%, Immersive Sim 12.4%, Simulation 6.5%
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 54.9% ★, Crime 23.6%, Immersive Sim 12.7%, Old School 7.8%, Singleplayer 0.8%
RxB is a turn-based 2D game where you play as the defender (Blue). You compete against the game which takes the role as an attacker (Red).
Why similar: Hacking 61.7% ★, Resource Management 18.4%, Management 6.9%, Simulation 6.7%, Strategy 4.6%
DeepWeb Simulator is a simulation game where you will get lost in the dark corridors and experience the thrill of illegal trade. Place ads, make secret deals and build your criminal empire in the illegal world of the deep web.
Why similar: Hacking 40.6% ★, Capitalism 13.8%, Immersive Sim 13.1%, Life Sim 9.5%, Management 7.2%
Hack yourself, hack your friends, hack your enemies and hack EVERYTHING in this twin-stick, action immersive-sim. Use OVERPOWERED hacks that no other game would let you use to overcome intelligent enemies in a plagued simulation.
Why similar: Hacking 76.8% ★, Immersive Sim 23%, Indie 0.3%
It is January 1, 2000. Every registered business in America just received a mandatory government operating system. Yours is installed and already running. So is everything else.
Why similar: Hacking 35.9% ★, 1990's 15.6%, Capitalism 13.7%, Immersive Sim 9.9%, Simulation 5.6%
Build your gang, recruit members, plan precise crimes, and seize territory through drug dealing, theft, and other illegal activities that impact the city's operations. Face off against rival gangs and outsmart the police to establish a new order in the city.
Why similar: 1990's 26.8%, Capitalism 16.6%, Crime 14.3%, Simulation 13.7%, Resource Management 11.1%
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 83.1% ★, Simulation 13.5%, Indie 3.4%
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 43.7% ★, Crime 22.4%, Capitalism 16.3%, Immersive Sim 8.2%, Simulation 5.6%
DopeNet is a stupidly fun, dark web fantasy drug dealing simulator. Buy low, sell high, FREE OUR CEO.
Why similar: Hacking 31.6% ★, Crime 26.9%, Capitalism 16.7%, Resource Management 9.3%, Management 6.7%
Tokyo Mafia Simulator is an simulation action-adventure game where you experience the thrilling and dangerous life of a yakuza in Tokyo. You can extort, steal, hit, protect, date, and more, as you rise through the ranks of the underworld.
Why similar: Hacking 31.5% ★, Crime 29.2%, Resource Management 10.3%, Immersive Sim 10.2%, Life Sim 7%
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 62.1% ★, Crime 18.7%, Simulation 8.7%, Strategy 3.1%, Atmospheric 3%
NITE Team 4 is a military hacking simulation game that explores the world of cyberwarfare and features realistic mission scenarios.
Why similar: Hacking 84.2% ★, Simulation 9.3%, Strategy 4.6%, Indie 1.8%
Dark web incremental is an incremental idle game where you earn money by doing criminal activities like selling drugs and hacking. Upgrade everything, and find all the pets and secrets around the map while unlocking a myriad of achievements!
Why similar: Hacking 37.2% ★, Resource Management 18.3%, Incremental 15.1%, Old School 10%, Management 7.6%
90s-style Japanese survival horror about a cursed deep-web marketplace. RedLantern posts manifest in your room. Hack targets, trace shipments, upgrade your rig, and survive home invaders as you file reports to your boss.
Why similar: Hacking 38.8% ★, Crime 22%, 1990's 19.1%, Immersive Sim 11.3%, Simulation 5.1%
Thrilling business tycoon sim where you step into the shoes of a drug dealer in 1980s USA. Your main goal is simple: BUY LOW and SELL HIGH. Get ready for a experience where you'll combine strategy, risk-taking, and decision-making to build your criminal empire.
Why similar: Crime 28.8%, Capitalism 17.3%, Life Sim 11.9%, Immersive Sim 10.4%, Resource Management 9.4%
A psychotronic office adventure set in the heart of Multimedia Gulch on the eve of the year 2000.
Why similar: Hacking 34.7% ★, 1990's 18.7%, Capitalism 16.4%, Immersive Sim 11.5%, Life Sim 9.5%
Are you ready to build your own torrent empire? Crack software, manage servers, dive into shady deals, and outsmart the authorities—all in the shadow of the 2000s. Balance risk and reward in this terminal-based strategy sim. Become a digital legend or lose it all!
Why similar: Hacking 50.2% ★, Crime 23.8%, Life Sim 8.1%, Simulation 6.9%, Management 6.1%
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 54.1% ★, Crime 27%, Simulation 6.4%, Atmospheric 4.8%, Strategy 3.9%
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 74.9% ★, Simulation 20.3%, Indie 4.8%
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 77.9% ★, Simulation 19.1%, Indie 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 52.2% ★, Crime 25.7%, Old School 8.5%, Atmospheric 4.3%, Simulation 3.8%
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 63.1% ★, Crime 24.4%, Simulation 7.7%, Atmospheric 3.2%, Indie 0.8%
Build a cannabis empire through production, wholesale deals, hired staff, and smart decisions while staying ahead of the law.
Why similar: Crime 36.8%, Resource Management 15.2%, Simulation 11.7%, Immersive Sim 11.3%, Management 9.5%
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 81.1% ★, Simulation 17.6%, Indie 1.2%
Love Hotel Manager is a game where you own your own Love hotel! Manage and customize unique and whacky rooms while dealing with strange customers and their needs. Slowly expand your hotel to become a thriving business.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 20.8%, Capitalism 19.6%, Life Sim 17.1%, Simulation 14.9%, Resource Management 12.7%
Strategy sim game where you build a newspaper! Hire reporters, assign them stories and create amazing front pages! Balance advertisers and politics as you grow the subscriber base. Win awards, complete goals and challenges, research new technology and choose your path as events unfold.
Why similar: 1990's 19.8%, Crime 19.7%, Capitalism 18%, Immersive Sim 13.3%, Resource Management 12.7%
A clicker/management drug dealing simulator. Get your product cut and wrapped quickly and out on the streets. Build your crew, expand your operation, and climb the supply chain. Stay ahead of the cops, keep your crew in line, or pay the price.
Why similar: Crime 31.2%, Resource Management 15.9%, Capitalism 15.2%, Inventory Management 8.7%, Management 8.6%
Welcome to the seedy side of town, try to make money, while dodging knife fights, and running from the law.
Why similar: 1990's 27.6%, Crime 26.2%, Capitalism 22.9%, Life Sim 8.4%, Management 6.8%
The cult-classic drug economy game everyone has played is back... in 3D! 👀 You're a dealer in 1990s NYC with one goal: get as rich as possible in a month ⌛💰 Cocaine, LSD, weed, whatever's hot 🔥 Buy low and sell high for huge profit 📈 Get in a police shootout👮🔫 Or meet a hooker 🫦 Wishlist now!
Why similar: Crime 28.7%, 1990's 21.4%, Resource Management 11.7%, Immersive Sim 9.6%, Capitalism 9.5%
Dead broke in a dump, heavy mob debts, and a sick mother in the hospital. Hustle your way out. Flip wholesale goods online, day-trade crypto, build mining rigs, or dive deep into the dark web. A first-person hustle simulator where every dollar is your ticket out—or your death sentence.
Why similar: Crime 25.4%, Capitalism 20.5%, Simulation 12.8%, Life Sim 12.5%, Immersive Sim 12.2%
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 66.6% ★, Immersive Sim 12.8%, Simulation 7%, Management 6.4%, Strategy 4.7%
hackSociety is an immersive MMO hacking simulator. Become part of a living, breathing simulated society in the most thorough and expansive hacker sim ever made. Will you become a legend, or fade into obscurity?
Why similar: Hacking 35.4% ★, Crime 27.5%, Immersive Sim 16.5%, Resource Management 10.3%, Simulation 8.2%
A roguelite strategy game where you keep the books for the criminal underworld. Take contracts from cartels and sanctioned regimes, route money through 20+ jurisdictions, play the market of sanctioned coins. And don't poke Interpol.
Why similar: Hacking 29.7% ★, Crime 28.5%, Resource Management 14.5%, Capitalism 8.5%, Management 6%
Become a true Drug Lord in Drugz, an idle strategy game. Buy cheap, sell high, invest money in facilities and dodge police operations and rival gangs to expand your empire. Become the greatest Drug Lord in history and become a legend.
Why similar: Crime 21.2%, Capitalism 17.3%, Immersive Sim 13.7%, Life Sim 12.4%, Incremental 11.8%
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 75.6% ★, Simulation 15.8%, Strategy 8.6%
Sort, analyze and sell dangerous data in a cyberpunk city. Every file you trade affects factions, the economy — and your fate.
Why similar: Hacking 38.7% ★, Crime 35.1%, Management 10.9%, Strategy 7.3%, Simulation 5.6%
Run your own crime crew! What could possibly wrong? Recruit, train, and equip your squad. Earn money, survive raids from rival crews and strike back when ready. Conquer whole city and gradually gain influence and notoriety.
Why similar: Crime 34.1%, Capitalism 29.4%, Resource Management 18.2%, Management 7.5%, Simulation 4.4%
Step into the gritty streets of the 90s Bronx, Fence is an economic management Simulation RPG where you barter, trade, and outsmart the streets as you fight daily to keep out of poverty and ambitiously journey to the top.
Why similar: Crime 29.7%, 1990's 23.3%, Capitalism 17.9%, Life Sim 11%, Management 6.9%
Factory Outlet Simulator is a very comprehensive clothes manufacturing and selling game. You can produce the products of world famous brands in your factory and sell them. Or you can expand your business and create your own brand. Use your business acumen to lead the market from zero to the top!
Why similar: Resource Management 21.2%, Capitalism 19%, Life Sim 15.7%, Immersive Sim 15.6%, Simulation 13.3%
Run a store in the nostalgic world of video rentals. Manage inventory, serve customers, and customize your store to create the ultimate rental store experience. Purchase a range of movies and consoles. Hire and train employees. Upgrade and design your store.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 23.4%, Resource Management 18.2%, Life Sim 15.6%, 1990's 13%, Management 11.3%
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 58.2% ★, Crime 29.8%, Simulation 7%, Strategy 2.3%, Indie 1%