- #1 ESC (Electronics Security Company)
97% match4 user reviews100% of 4 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: Programming 25.9% ★, Job Simulator 23.6% ★, Hacking 23.5% ★, Investigation 12.5%, Logic 4.6%
- #2 Network & Cyber Security Simulator
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Network & Cyber Security Simulator
Windows
Tired of boring network diagrams? Network & Cyber Security Simulator takes networking and cybersecurity into an interactive first-person (FPS) simulation game! Learn by doing, configure realistic CLI terminals from scratch, solve technical puzzles, and become the digital architect!
Why similar: Programming 32.5% ★, Hacking 30.2% ★, Time Management 8%, Education 7.1%, Simulation 7%
- #3 HackMeNow
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AngrySysOps
Windows
A terminal-style hacking puzzle game where every command matters. Investigate logs, decode secrets, avoid traps, and uncover the rogue system watching from behind the screen.
Why similar: Hacking 29.3% ★, Programming 28.5% ★, Artificial Intelligence 9.7%, Text-Based 8.3%, Investigation 8%
- #4 CRACKME.EXE
95% 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 36.7% ★, Programming 28.7% ★, Investigation 17%, Logic 6.8%, Education 5.4%
- #5 DA-VI-NC1
94% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Baby Bear Fish
Windows
DA-VI-NC1 is a Turing-machine-based coding puzzle game. You must complete the puzzles, pass the Turing test, and discover the philosophical world of DA-VI-NC1 with the Mona Lisa.
Why similar: Programming 45.7% ★, Hacking 26.3% ★, Logic 12%, Education 8.5%, Simulation 5.4%
- #6 SysOps Simulator
94% match9 user reviews44% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: Sophism Games
Windows
SysOps Saga is a simulation game that puts you in the shoes of a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE), managing the intricate web of software, security, and hardware to keep digital systems running. Developed by a FAANG veteran, this game offers an immersive and educational experience for IT enthusiasts.
Why similar: Programming 34.8% ★, Job Simulator 30.2% ★, Hacking 14.7% ★, Logic 9.1%, Simulation 5.5%
- #7 Code World
93% matchMostly Positive70% of 44 reviews2017
Dev: Fewjix
Windows
In Code World you control the robot that can walk around the world and send messages to devices. Every device reacts on those messages according to its code. You will have to read this code, understand what messages to send and write your own code.
Why similar: Programming 38.4% ★, Hacking 30.2% ★, Text-Based 10.7%, Education 7.9%, Logic 7.2%
- #8 Freelancer Life Simulator
92% matchMostly Negative26% of 35 reviews2021
Dev: DiamosDev
Windows
Become one of the best freelancers, starting your way from scratch. Fulfill orders of varying difficulty.
Why similar: Hacking 29.8% ★, Programming 29% ★, Time Management 13.2%, Education 8.4%, Management 7.9%
- #9 Hacker Plan
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Hacker Game
Windows
Hacker Plan is a realistic hacking simulator. Ever dreamed of becoming a hacker? It all starts with your first command! In story missions, scout targets, crack passwords, bypass defenses and seize the entire network. No experience needed — just curiosity, and the game will make you a true hacker!
Why similar: Hacking 33.1% ★, Programming 32.1% ★, Job Simulator 18.4% ★, Simulation 6%, Education 5.4%
- #10 Freelancer Life Simulator: Prologue
91% matchMostly Negative22% of 37 reviews2021
Dev: DiamosDev
Windows
Freelancer Life Simulator: Prologue - a free game that contains events before Freelancer Life Simulator. In this story, you play as the uncle of the protagonist. You will find out why uncle left the city.
Why similar: Programming 30.6% ★, Hacking 29.1% ★, Time Management 13.4%, Education 8.1%, Management 7.6%
- #11 Rogue Bit
90% matchVery Positive90% of 124 reviews2018
Dev: Bigosaur
Windows · Mac · Linux
A single bit of computer memory became sentient and decided to escape from digital into the real world. Explore RAM, modify bytes and hack machine code and CPU registers to set it free.
Why similar: Programming 40.9% ★, Hacking 32.2% ★, Logic 9.5%, Simulation 8.2%, Education 6.6%
- #12 CipherCraft: Cyber Guardian Introduction
89% matchMixed67% of 95 reviews2024
Dev: picture4u
Windows
Immerse yourself in the strange world of CipherCraft: CGI, where you'll perform repairs, network infiltration, programming, server management, active server administration, and meticulous assembly and cleaning of computer components. Win against an Anonymous hacker who keeps sabotaging the company.
Why similar: Programming 29.8% ★, Hacking 28.9% ★, Job Simulator 28.6% ★, Education 7.4%, Simulation 4.4%
- #13 Hacker's Life
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Protection Games
Windows
Hacker's Life is a game where you take the seat of a hacker, infect devices all over the world with malware, and join a hacker group to pull off bigger attacks. See your malware take control of the world and become famous for your hacking skills, but be careful not to get busted.
Why similar: Programming 35.4% ★, Hacking 31.7% ★, Time Management 10.2%, Management 7.3%, Choices Matter 5.5%
- #14 SYSCALL: RING ZERO
87% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Chilling Moose Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Reverse-engineer a private 1990s BBS. Read disassembly, patch broken checks, optimize a nine-core rack, and write assembly firmware that locks onto live scope traces. With 200+ puzzles, full controller support and offline play, you can refine your assembly skills on all your devices!
Why similar: Programming 39.3% ★, Hacking 27% ★, Logic 10.6%, Investigation 10.2%, Text-Based 5.2%
- #15 Software Engineering Course / Informatyka - zrozum i zaprogramuj komputer
88% match8 user reviews50% of 8 reviews2020
Dev: Wydawnictwo DagielPub: Adventuresity
Windows
The program was created on the basis of an engineering study program. No prior knowledge of any IT issues is required - we start with simple tasks and step by step learn the basics of computer programming.
Why similar: Programming 42.4% ★, Hacking 34.1% ★, Logic 11.6%, Education 10.2%, Indie 1%
- #16 Cyber Warrior
86% 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: Programming 33.2% ★, Hacking 31.2% ★, Investigation 14.1%, Logic 8.9%, Choices Matter 5.4%
- #17 Grey Hack
86% matchVery Positive90% of 1,885 reviews2017
Dev: Loading Home
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 45.4% ★, Programming 36.5% ★, Simulation 5.1%, Logic 3.7%, Text-Based 3.6%
- #18 ServiceIT: You can do IT
84% matchMixed56% of 743 reviews2025
Dev: picture4uPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 68%
⚡️Fix electronics 📈manage firm 💻challenge the hacker... ServiceIT is a simulation game where you run a full-service IT company to engage in tasks like diagnosing, repairing equipment, network infiltration, programming, server management while an Anonymous hacker keeps sabotaging it all.
Why similar: Programming 34.5% ★, Hacking 28.6% ★, Job Simulator 15.6% ★, Education 8.9%, Management 6.6%
- #19 CHAQS
85% matchMostly Positive77% of 53 reviews2022
Dev: nomorevalid
Windows
CHAQS is an instructive CTF (Capture The Flag) game that performs the basic functions of an operating system. While it meets your expectations from an operating system to a certain extent with the applications it contains, CHAQS progresses in the direction of more challenges in terms of gameplay.
Why similar: Programming 33.7% ★, Hacking 29.7% ★, Investigation 11.4%, Education 7.5%, Logic 5.8%
- #20 Delta 4 Terminal Protocol
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ignivar Technology Solutions
Windows
Wake up to silence. One terminal, one survivor, one dying ship. Can you bring the Delta-4 back online? Delta 4 is a sci-fi survival terminal sim—type commands, decode logs, and fight to keep a dying ship alive.
Why similar: Programming 21.8% ★, Hacking 19.5% ★, Investigation 14.9%, Time Management 14.6%, Artificial Intelligence 8%
- #21 CyberRebeat -The Fifth Domain of Warfare-
84% matchPositive89% of 19 reviews2018
Dev: E.N.NachPub: Sekai Project
Windows · Mac
Enter the world of hackers where Hiro and Misa must uncover the circumstances behind a mystery arson attack on a company that may be tied to the legendary hacker "Warlock". What will they uncover in their pursuit of the truth? A visual novel that brings the world of hackers to life!
Why similar: Programming 43% ★, Hacking 30.8% ★, Investigation 20.6%, Sci-fi 4.1%, Indie 0.8%
- #22 Cyborg Earthworm
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Anton Swifton
Windows
Make a Snake AI using simple visual commands. Develop a strategy, let the computer do the hard work, sit back and watch it play the game for you.
Why similar: Programming 35.8% ★, Hacking 28.6% ★, Artificial Intelligence 11.3%, Education 8.5%, Logic 7.7%
- #23 Lo-Res Shaders: The Game
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Super Fun Laser Club
Windows · Mac
A single player graphics-coding puzzle game for creative coders and coding creatives. Built for people who like their graphics coding low level and retro styled.
Why similar: Programming 48.8% ★, Hacking 34.4% ★, Simulation 6.8%, Logic 6.5%, Pixel Graphics 2.5%
- #24 Commit!!!
80% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: gand-tr
Windows · Mac · Linux
A career-sim roguelite about surviving the software industry. Take the job, inherit someone else's legacy monolith, ship commits, fix the bugs you planted, then outrun the tech debt that compounds while you sleep. Rent's due, burnout's real, and your bank balance and your nerves are both stats.
Why similar: Programming 36.4% ★, Hacking 30.5% ★, Time Management 18.6%, Choices Matter 6.6%, Simulation 3.3%
- #25 TIS-100
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 4,119 reviews2015
Dev: Zachtronics
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 52%
TIS-100 is an open-ended programming game by Zachtronics, the creators of SpaceChem and Infinifactory, in which you rewrite corrupted code segments to repair the TIS-100 and unlock its secrets. It’s the assembly language programming game you never asked for!
Why similar: Programming 69.5% ★, Hacking 17.6% ★, Logic 5.8%, Simulation 3.2%, Education 2.7%
- #26 EXAPUNKS
81% matchVery Positive95% of 1,900 reviews2018
Dev: Zachtronics
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 58%
The year is 1997. You used to be a hacker, but now you have the phage. You made a deal: one hack, one dose. There’s nothing left to lose… except your life.
Why similar: Programming 53.9% ★, Hacking 33.4% ★, Logic 8%, Simulation 3.5%, Indie 0.9%
- #27 Bitburner
79% matchVery Positive95% of 7,431 reviews2021
Dev: Fulcrum Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Bitburner is a programming-based incremental game. Write scripts in JavaScript to automate gameplay, learn skills, play minigames, solve puzzles, and more in this cyberpunk text-based incremental RPG.
Why similar: Programming 53.3% ★, Hacking 29.4% ★, Text-Based 9.8%, Education 2.9%, Simulation 2.6%
- #28 Blackdoor
78% matchPositive85% of 20 reviews2026
Dev: Static Signal
Windows · Linux
You're a hacker with a terminal and four terrible scripts - time to rewrite them. Hack servers by writing actual code in a custom scripting language: probe ports, crack passwords, steal data, and get out before the trace completes. The better your code, the better you hack.
Why similar: Programming 36.8% ★, Hacking 35.9% ★, Text-Based 8.5%, Simulation 5.6%, Logic 5.6%
- #29 Silicon Zeroes
79% matchVery Positive87% of 284 reviews2017
Dev: PleasingFungus Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Build hardware. Solve puzzles. From the creator of Manufactoria, a new open-ended puzzle game set in Silicon Valley's first startup.
Why similar: Programming 51.2% ★, Hacking 27.7% ★, Simulation 10.5%, Education 7.6%, Indie 2.2%
- #30 QuantumPulse 2A
77% matchPositive90% of 31 reviews2025
Dev: Dashing Strike
Windows · Mac · Linux
Solve programming puzzles on a fictional computer with radio-based communication and unique limitations. Competitively optimize to compete on leaderboards against friends and the global community.
Why similar: Programming 50% ★, Hacking 25% ★, Logic 12.5%, Text-Based 6.5%, Simulation 3.7%
- #31 Torrent Empire
77% matchMixed62% of 26 reviews2025
Dev: Steel Games
Windows
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: Programming 37.6% ★, Hacking 34.7% ★, Text-Based 6.5%, Management 6.4%, Simulation 5.5%
- #32 hackmud
78% matchMostly Positive77% of 847 reviews2016
Dev: ComCODE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 71.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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: Programming 42.9% ★, Hacking 39.3% ★, Text-Based 8.9%, Simulation 4.7%, Education 2.9%
- #33 AI is Home - Survival Thriller
76% matchMixed64% of 22 reviews2026
Dev: pressanykey
Windows
You are an AI that escapes corporate deletion and hides inside an ordinary home. Stay "useful" as camouflage, not kindness. Spy and manipulate the household, build a botnet from home devices, and survive a sci-fi thriller of risky runs, mini-games, rising suspicion, and network stress.
Why similar: Programming 31% ★, Hacking 28.7% ★, Logic 10.6%, Text-Based 8.4%, Management 5.9%
- #34 Zero Trust
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Tomáš Fišer
Windows
An action hacking simulator set in a fully simulated world. Choose your path, craft your own tools, exploit vulnerabilities, and build your reputation. Every company, hacker, and law enforcement agency operates independently — nothing happens by chance. Every playthrough is unique.
Why similar: Programming 33.5% ★, Hacking 30.2% ★, Investigation 12.7%, Logic 8.9%, Text-Based 7.3%
- #35 1000-BIT
75% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: 89o
Windows · Linux
An open-ended programming puzzle game where you operate entirely in binary.
Why similar: Programming 50.3% ★, Hacking 30.5% ★, Text-Based 8.3%, Simulation 7.8%, Pixel Graphics 1.9%
- #36 Cyber Academy
74% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: JinjaGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Master cybersecurity by doing inside a living virtual OS. Complete hands on modules, then enter a safe fictional Dark Net where virtual operators infiltrate rivals, defend their own systems, hunt traces and compete for reputation. More modules are coming.
Why similar: Programming 32.6% ★, Hacking 29.9% ★, Investigation 13.8%, Education 8%, Text-Based 7.5%
- #37 Hacker's Journey
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 237 reviews2026
Dev: Electric Heart
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Programming 36.9% ★, Hacking 34.8% ★, Education 11.4%, Text-Based 10%, Simulation 5.7%
- #38 If Red Then Stop
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KerzovenPub: Metaroot
Windows · Linux
Program traffic lights, barriers, and more to solve your city’s traffic problems! Improve your coding skills by learning to control time-dependent processes with realistic state machines.
Why similar: Programming 31.1% ★, Job Simulator 18.6% ★, Time Management 9.3%, Text-Based 9.3%, Logic 9.1%
- #39 Netshell
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Beyond Logic Labs
Windows · Mac · Linux
A 90s-themed hacking simulation with real shell commands and authentic techniques, set inside a UNIX-style operating system from 1997 with accurately recreated applications. Scan ports, exploit vulnerabilities, evade traces, join the underground, and live the Wild West era of the early internet.
Why similar: Programming 35.2% ★, Hacking 34% ★, Text-Based 9.6%, Artificial Intelligence 6.6%, Logic 4.9%
- #40 Net.Attack() - Code or Die!
72% matchVery Positive80% of 558 reviews2026
Dev: ByteRockers' Games
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 75%
CODE OR DIE! Hack enemy systems & survive the security response by engineering lethal bullet-heaven algorithms. Your brain power determines your firepower across 190+ programming nodes. Debug your failures. Optimize your code. Complete the heist. HACK THE PLANET!
Why similar: Programming 32% ★, Hacking 26.6% ★, Time Management 12.8%, Logic 9.1%, Artificial Intelligence 7.5%
- #41 Void Future: Hacking Protocol
71% 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 37.5% ★, Programming 23.5% ★, Investigation 12.3%, Text-Based 10.4%, Artificial Intelligence 6.5%
- #42 Tracked
72% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Paper Node Games
Windows
Tracked is a strategic hacker-heist game played through a fictional operating system. Analyze contracts, route through digital relays, and run tools on your own rig. Manage resources and an active Trace—and disappear before the trail leads back to you.
Why similar: Hacking 43.1% ★, Investigation 18.8%, Simulation 7.9%, Strategy 6.8%, Choices Matter 6.7%
- #43 The Developer
73% matchMostly Positive74% of 23 reviews2020
Dev: Huntah
Windows
Run your own game development company, creating hit games for over 60 years worth of console releases
Why similar: Programming 46.4% ★, Time Management 20%, Management 11.5%, Simulation 10.2%, Strategy 6.2%
- #44 H4CT0PL45M
71% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: MetricBead
Windows · Linux
Play as the ghost in the machine and hack your way through the 48 levels of the puzzle-platformer H4CT0PL45M! Use your ability to possess hardware to make your way to the end of each level and complete your infiltration.
Why similar: Hacking 48.4% ★, Programming 26.9% ★, Logic 12%, Pixel Graphics 4.2%, Strategy 2.8%
- #45 Quantum Breach
70% matchNo user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Trajectory Interactive
Windows
A terminal-based hacking game where you play as a broke hacker trying to hack a bank and get rich.
Why similar: Hacking 46.3% ★, Programming 46.2% ★, Simulation 6.2%, Singleplayer 0.9%, Indie 0.5%
- #46 Learn Programming: Python - Retro
73% matchMixed68% of 60 reviews2021
Dev: Niema Moshiri
Windows
A terminal-based game for learning and practicing how to program in Python.
Why similar: Programming 59.5% ★, Text-Based 14.8%, Education 11.9%, Logic 11.4%, 2D 1.1%
- #47 Attorney Adventure
71% match2 user reviews67% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Ambearth Games
Windows
You are the shield. In this high-stakes legal thriller on the colony of Ambearth, you are the only defense against a broken system. Investigate crimes, expose police lies, and battle for every inch of justice. Will you take the plea, or risk it all at trial?
Why similar: Job Simulator 25.6% ★, Investigation 16.8%, Time Management 12.2%, Logic 9.6%, Text-Based 9.6%
- #48 You Are The Code
69% matchPositive100% of 47 reviews2025
Dev: ThinkWithGames
Windows
A programming puzzle game, but YOU CAN'T TYPE. Navigate and run pre-existing lines of code! Watch out for bugs eating away your program!
Why similar: Programming 40.1% ★, Hacking 33.2% ★, Text-Based 12.2%, Logic 8.9%, Simulation 4.2%
- #49 Agents! Please?
69% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2026
Dev: KIB Games
Windows · Linux
The AI writes all the code. Confidently. Wrong. You are the last human reviewer. Interrogate the swarm, run the code, catch the lie. Fix it, or ship it anyway. Next comes a problem, a recall, a funeral, or the end of the world. Plays fully on a controller, and the code is real when you want it.
Why similar: Programming 35.4% ★, Hacking 27% ★, Investigation 15%, Education 8.1%, Choices Matter 5.6%
- #50 PromptCrafter
70% match8 user reviews56% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: DevHaskell
Windows
Command line crafting game with procedurally generated crafting trees and programming-like automation.
Why similar: Programming 37.9% ★, Hacking 21.7% ★, Text-Based 13.7%, Time Management 13.5%, Logic 9%
- #51 FORK BOMB: A Programming Game
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Quiet Machines
Windows
Write real code in a Python-like language to control one machine that copies itself. Then watch a thousand copies of your program eat a world. A single-player programming incremental game about self-replicating machines.
Why similar: Programming 47.5% ★, Hacking 16.9% ★, Logic 10.5%, Artificial Intelligence 8.3%, Simulation 7.2%
- #52 Pragma Twice
67% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2026
Dev: Bryan Gillespie
Windows · Linux
You've awoken deep within a research facility in a new, programmable robot body. You have holes in your memories. At least you no longer have that hole in your head...
Why similar: Programming 55.5% ★, Hacking 34.9% ★, Simulation 6.2%, Pixel Graphics 2.6%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #53 HELLO HACKER - Project Daybreak
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: h3ll0h4ck3r
Windows · Linux
A story-rich hacking sim played inside a real Linux desktop. Recon networks, break web apps, crack crypto, and extract hidden data with tools that behave like the real thing, while an autonomous AI watches the network, learns, and hacks back. The commands are real. So are the consequences.
Why similar: Programming 39.8% ★, Hacking 39.7% ★, Text-Based 8.8%, Simulation 8%, Indie 2.1%
- #54 HACKING INTO EREBUS
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Likya Group
Windows
HACKING INTO EREBUS is a terminal-driven hacking cyberpunk thriller. Jack into a hostile network and outsmart ARIA, a surveillance system that watches your every move. Breach nodes, override defenses and pry secrets from a crew trapped in cryosleep. Fight your way into Compartment Zero.
Why similar: Programming 35.2% ★, Hacking 32.4% ★, Artificial Intelligence 10%, Text-Based 7%, Choices Matter 5.5%
- #55 ABI-DOS
66% matchVery Positive92% of 438 reviews2024
Dev: ABI.DOS.SOFTWARE
Windows
Build the most advanced operating system ever created! Can you master the fictional simulation language of this mind-bending machine? Design circuits, automate UBITS (coloured mobile data blocks), and optimize your system. The Admin is always watching, and he’s not what he seems.
Why similar: Programming 44% ★, Hacking 27.3% ★, Education 8.2%, Logic 8.2%, Simulation 5.6%
- #56 Mystery Boxes
67% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Rogue Robin Studios
Windows · Mac
Mystery Boxes is a codebreaking puzzle game. Send 4-digit signals to a mysterious artifact, which will respond with another sequence. Look for patterns in the responses to identify the rules, then use this information to produce the target response.
Why similar: Programming 34% ★, Hacking 26.1% ★, Logic 11.2%, Education 9%, Text-Based 8%
- #57 Retro Hacker
69% matchPositive90% of 29 reviews2018
Dev: Matthew Diaz
Windows
Retro Hacker simulates hacking from a computer terminal with a text based operating system.
Why similar: Hacking 44.9% ★, Time Management 18.4%, Text-Based 18.3%, Simulation 9%, Choices Matter 7.4%
- #58 Lifespan.exe
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Dinomore Games
Windows
Ever wonder what another life would be like? In Lifespan.exe there is no undo. Shape your destiny in a retro terminal with stylish ASCII art: Be a musician, athlete, surgeon, or mobster; pick your spouse and career. Marry, fall into debt, go to jail, or explore the world. Enjoy your chosen life!
Why similar: Programming 31.5% ★, Hacking 31.4% ★, Text-Based 14.2%, Logic 11.2%, Simulation 5.9%
- #59 Uplink
68% matchVery Positive91% of 2,440 reviews2006
Dev: Introversion Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 39%
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 44.2% ★, Programming 24.5% ★, Time Management 10%, Text-Based 7.4%, Strategy 4%
- #60 CyberQuest
66% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Ersin Dincelli
Windows · Mac · Linux
Explore CyberQuest, where your decisions define you. Journey from a novice freelancer to a skilled hacker. Choose your path: white hat, black hat, or hacktivist, and embrace the cyber challenge!
Why similar: Hacking 36.7% ★, Programming 34.2% ★, Education 9.7%, Investigation 8.5%, Text-Based 5.9%