
Venture into the dreams of a programmer, haunted by his past. Battle with traumas using choices and turn based combat, learn hacking using realistic technology and uncover the man's true purpose.
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Venture into the dreams of a programmer, haunted by his past. Battle with traumas using choices and turn based combat, learn hacking using realistic technology and uncover the man's true purpose.

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A game about friendship, love and technology in a place where bits have replaced atoms.

Freelancer Life Simulator: Prologue
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.
A game about friendship, love and technology in a place where bits have replaced atoms.
Why similar: Programming 49.1% ★, Hacking 37.3% ★, Surreal 8.3%, Adventure 4.4%, Singleplayer 0.9%
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: Hacking 35.1% ★, Programming 32.4% ★, Management 8.8%, Life Sim 6.4%, Realistic 6.1%
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 54.1% ★, Programming 36.1% ★, Simulation 3.6%, Realistic 3.5%, Immersive Sim 2%
Become one of the best freelancers, starting your way from scratch. Fulfill orders of varying difficulty.
Why similar: Hacking 37.2% ★, Programming 31.7% ★, Management 9.4%, Life Sim 6.9%, Realistic 6.5%
Hack_me is a hacker simulator game. The main objective in game – is to hack big companies's servers to show people that there is nothing in this world that protected on 100%. You’ll need to use your cmd, bruteforce, SQL-injectors and other programs to hack servers.
Why similar: Hacking 42.1% ★, Programming 33% ★, Conversation 11.4%, Simulation 4.9%, Adventure 4%
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: Hacking 39.5% ★, Programming 38.6% ★, Management 8.8%, Immersive Sim 6.8%, Simulation 3.7%
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 39.1% ★, Realistic 6.6%, Simulation 4.7%, Singleplayer 0.7%
A terminal-based hacking game where you play as a broke hacker trying to hack a bank and get rich.
Why similar: Hacking 49.5% ★, Programming 43.3% ★, Simulation 4%, Adventure 1.8%, Singleplayer 1.4%
In Web Host Simulator, you'll start your web hosting company in your small apartment, aiming to become the world's leading provider. But to do so, you must win clients, outperform competitors, and deal with cyber threats, disruptions, and challenges from an ISP!
Why similar: Hacking 31.3% ★, Programming 31.1% ★, Immersive Sim 7.6%, Management 7.5%, Life Sim 6.6%
Enter the terminal and jack into a retro-cyberpunk world. Hardwired is a hacker simulation where you explore networks, uncover secrets, and manipulate systems through command-line interfaces. Discover hidden logs, tap into surveillance feeds, and unravel story a set in a fractured dystopia.
Why similar: Hacking 33.1% ★, Programming 32.1% ★, Philosophical 14.6%, Immersive Sim 7.6%, Story Rich 4%
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 53.6% ★, Programming 38.9% ★, Adventure 6.4%, Singleplayer 1%
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 60.2% ★, Programming 25.9% ★, Adventure 5%, Simulation 4.8%, Story Rich 3.1%
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 56.3% ★, Hacking 40.4% ★, Simulation 2.5%, Singleplayer 0.7%
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 48.5% ★, Hacking 43.5% ★, Simulation 6.7%, Singleplayer 1.3%
Glitchspace is about reprogramming the game to solve puzzles. Trapped in an abstract cyberspace world, your way forward uses visual programming to edit environmental geometry, whilst unlocking key programming concepts along the way.
Why similar: Programming 69.3% ★, Hacking 25.4% ★, Adventure 5.3%
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 75.3% ★, Hacking 21.6% ★, Simulation 2.4%, Singleplayer 0.7%
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 51.5% ★, Programming 29.4% ★, Realistic 10.5%, Simulation 4.3%, Adventure 2.7%
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% ★, Hacking 39.4% ★, Simulation 4.3%, Singleplayer 1.3%
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 56.9% ★, Hacking 37.5% ★, Simulation 4.6%, Singleplayer 0.9%
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 41.7% ★, Programming 39.6% ★, Management 7.4%, Life Sim 5.9%, Simulation 4%
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 56% ★, Hacking 34.6% ★, Simulation 7.9%, Singleplayer 1.5%
Step into the subconscious mind of a brilliant professor, where memories twist, logic bends, and hidden truths await discovery through intricate puzzles
Why similar: Philosophical 28.7%, Psychological 22.9%, Surreal 15.3%, Emotional 13.9%, Realistic 7.8%
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 51.9% ★, Hacking 47.6% ★, Singleplayer 0.4%
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 84.9% ★, Programming 11.3% ★, Story Rich 1.5%, Simulation 1.2%, Adventure 0.8%
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 49.3% ★, Programming 47.2% ★, Simulation 3.6%
⚡️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 34.2% ★, Hacking 33.2% ★, Management 7.3%, Immersive Sim 6.4%, Realistic 5.7%
You’re a grade-schooler at a religious institution where something feels off in this surreal, first-person adventure game. Do your genes make a difference in the outcome of your suffering? Will your faith be enough to shroud your fears? Perhaps you already know the answer.
Why similar: Philosophical 33.9%, Psychological 30.3%, Surreal 20.5%, Adventure 7.2%, 3D 4.3%
hack teh world A cool hacking game where you play as a computer virus. You can play as a Ransomware, Trojan, Spyware, Miner, or just play the Tutorial. Choose from over 195 countries and spread your virus to other countries.
Why similar: Hacking 51.4% ★, Programming 41.9% ★, Simulation 5.9%, Singleplayer 0.7%
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 72.7% ★, Adventure 8%, Simulation 7.8%, Story Rich 7.3%, Management 4.2%
An open-ended programming puzzle game where you operate entirely in binary.
Why similar: Programming 55.3% ★, Hacking 38.2% ★, Simulation 5.9%, Singleplayer 0.6%
Dobo’s Heroes is a puzzle platform game, where you need to help Dobo leave the depths of his world. For that to happen, use his grandchildren’s powers to get to the portal of each mission.
Why similar: Philosophical 32.3%, Psychological 30%, Emotional 17.4%, Conversation 12.8%, Adventure 4%
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 58.4% ★, Hacking 38.6% ★, Simulation 2.1%, Singleplayer 0.9%
Dive into a small, dense open world with cryptic puzzles, weird interactions and interesting characters. Will you fit in? Join in divine communion? Or become something of your own!
Why similar: Philosophical 31.5%, Conversation 25.7%, Psychological 20.5%, Surreal 10.7%, Adventure 7.8%
When you have a top-of-the-line hacking deck armed with a 56.6k modem and a staggering 256k RAM, it means just one thing: you answer only to the highest bidder.
Why similar: Hacking 44.1% ★, Programming 39.9% ★, Immersive Sim 6.5%, Adventure 4.2%, Story Rich 4%
Help Debugger 3.16 to find and delete all bugs in the game worlds of the developer. Learn and use program code in this award-winning puzzle platformer to program you very own game at the end!
Why similar: Programming 50.3% ★, Hacking 49.7% ★
An immersive indie hacking simulation game. Help the Project Daybreak team expose a secret government program.
Why similar: Hacking 48.5% ★, Programming 42.6% ★, Simulation 5.9%, Story Rich 2.5%, Singleplayer 0.6%
Algotica is an educational puzzle game about programming with cute lowpoly graphics. If you wanted to start learning programming but think that it too difficult to understand or just don't have enough time or not sure that you need it - this game is a good start point for you
Why similar: Programming 58.1% ★, Hacking 33.5% ★, Adventure 8.4%
HACKERGAME is a 2D terminal-based arcade hacking game and is currently in the early days of development.
Why similar: Hacking 43.3% ★, Programming 36.8% ★, Realistic 10.2%, Story Rich 3.8%, Conversation 3%
Your life depends on a machine that struggles to count higher than 256. But with a little bit of BASIC and a lot of cunning, you may just live long enough to escape a dying spaceship with a mind of its own. Let's hope eight bits are enough.
Why similar: Programming 42.1% ★, Hacking 40.9% ★, Realistic 8.2%, Adventure 4.5%, 3D 4.3%
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: Hacking 41.5% ★, Programming 41.3% ★, Realistic 8.8%, Adventure 3.6%, Simulation 3.4%
Piñata Puppy World is a 2000’s nostalgia driven explorative campaign game with a dramatic and surreal storyline disguised within the genre of “Mascot Horror”.
Why similar: Philosophical 20.7%, Surreal 17.9%, Psychological 14.8%, Realistic 13.1%, Immersive Sim 11.6%
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 44.5% ★, Programming 41.6% ★, Conversation 6.4%, Immersive Sim 4.1%, Simulation 2.8%
System Zero is a hacker simulation game. You must use your hacking tools for accessing to the devices. You will become a black hat who wants to make his living.
Why similar: Hacking 41.3% ★, Programming 38.8% ★, Immersive Sim 7.1%, Realistic 6.4%, Simulation 6%
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 50.4% ★, Hacking 45.3% ★, Simulation 3.3%, Singleplayer 1.1%
A short 10 minute visual novel about being a fragment in the universe and trying to find a way out of the ****.
Why similar: Philosophical 34%, Psychological 23.9%, Surreal 20.1%, Emotional 16.9%, Story Rich 3.6%
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 55.4% ★, Programming 27% ★, Immersive Sim 5.4%, Roguelike 4.6%, Story Rich 3.8%
Step into the space between subconscious and reality. Explore strange liminal worlds, solve sound-driven puzzles, and unravel the secrets behind the enigmatic device left by a vanished scientist.
Why similar: Philosophical 38.1%, Psychological 19.9%, Surreal 11.8%, Adventure 10.1%, Emotional 9.6%
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: Programming 45% ★, Hacking 41.5% ★, Immersive Sim 7.7%, Simulation 2.6%, Adventure 2.4%
“Thing-in-Itself” is a short interactive story about the struggles of understanding another human being. Using Immanuel Kant’s concept as a framework, it leads the player through stages of a relationship, exploring how perceptions may clash and surroundings can alter.
Why similar: Philosophical 28.7%, Psychological 21.7%, Emotional 15.6%, Conversation 14%, Immersive Sim 7.8%
Create your own AI, program the AIs of the future. If you're ready to create a learning mind, code cybersecurity, robotics, and chatbots, and push the boundaries against other AIs in the system. Create, train, develop, and compete.
Why similar: Hacking 42.6% ★, Programming 41.5% ★, Immersive Sim 8.4%, Simulation 3.7%, 3D 3.1%
The 52 Fragments are an experimental, esoteric series of games and experiences. Beginning Nov. 1, 2023, one fragment will be added to the library each week for one year. These games examine themes related to identity, agency, perception, and the creative process.
Why similar: Programming 37.5% ★, Philosophical 32.5%, Surreal 17.1%, Emotional 10.2%, 3D 1.5%
Strayed Lights is a colourful action-adventure featuring epic boss fights and a unique parry-based combat system. Shift between colours to repel attacks and strike back. Explore a dreamlike world as you restore your light that was torn by shadows.
Why similar: Philosophical 25.7%, Psychological 18.5%, Surreal 15.8%, Emotional 13.2%, Third Person 11.6%
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 54.6% ★, Hacking 44% ★, Singleplayer 1.4%
Explore SOLAS 128, a game of interconnected puzzles where you redirect and reconfigure rhythmic pulses of light to breathe life back into an ancient machine. BAFTA Scotland Game Winner.
Why similar: Programming 47.4% ★, Hacking 26.3% ★, Psychological 24.6%, Singleplayer 1.6%
Take a team of hackers under your strict guidance and become known to the whole world. Expand your hideout and hack various companies around the world. Become the most famous group in the world!
Why similar: Hacking 42.5% ★, Programming 36.8% ★, Life Sim 8.3%, Realistic 4.1%, Simulation 4%
Become a Robotic Exploration Systems Programmer (RESP). Get sent to the corners of the galaxy and program robots like if your life depended on it, because it does.
Why similar: Programming 51.4% ★, Hacking 43.4% ★, Simulation 4.4%, Singleplayer 0.8%
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: Hacking 38.2% ★, Programming 34.9% ★, Immersive Sim 9.2%, Realistic 4.5%, Life Sim 3.7%
Squally is a 2D puzzle RPG programming game that teaches you how to hack. Control the world by rewriting it in x86/x64 assembly language!
Why similar: Hacking 49.5% ★, Programming 40.1% ★, Adventure 10.4%
There are things that often fail on nothing but themselves. Is there even a way out? Playing Kafka is a narrative adventure full of impenetrable schemes, insidious plot twists and conversations that slip out of hand. Based on Kafka’s life and his work, developed with Kafka experts.
Why similar: Philosophical 24.6%, Psychological 22.4%, Surreal 22.1%, Emotional 10.7%, Story Rich 8.2%
Play, learn, and experiment with programming in the Sprite32! 8-bit microcomputer sandbox. Use the high-level FREMScript programming language to write programs, create dynamic pixel art, and explore audio generation. Play tutorials and challenges to learn all the aspects of the system.
Why similar: Programming 65.7% ★, Hacking 26.5% ★, Simulation 6.6%, Singleplayer 1.3%