- #1 The Case of Andrew D.
97% matchPositive89% of 27 reviews2025
Dev: Marcin BorkowskiPub: BPP
Windows
A forensic challenge - help private eye solve cases for their clients using OSINT and digital forensics techniques.
Why similar: Hacking 32.2% ★, Text-Based 23.4%, Minimalist 20.5%, Puzzle 13%, Casual 8.5%
- #2 Passcode Breaker: The Day Before
96% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2019
Dev: Tutorial Boss
Windows
Passcode Breaker: The Day Before is a casual puzzle game in which players try to crack passcodes to deactivate computers, inspired by classic board game Mastermind with different modes and mechanics for everyone to enjoy.
Why similar: Hacking 61% ★, Casual 16.9%, Puzzle 15.9%, Indie 6.2%
- #3 Proxy - Ultimate Hacker
96% 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 70.9% ★, Simulation 14.2%, Puzzle 13.2%, Indie 1.8%
- #4 cr4ckr
95% matchMixed56% of 16 reviews2024
Dev: Cutie Café
Windows
cr4ckr is a puzzle game about cracking passwords.
Why similar: Hacking 47.8% ★, Text-Based 22.3%, Minimalist 11.4%, Casual 7.2%, Simulation 6%
- #5 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 58.5% ★, Text-Based 23.9%, Puzzle 10%, Simulation 5.6%, Indie 1.3%
- #6 Hacker Evolution
94% matchMixed68% of 1,083 reviews2010
Dev: exosyphen studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 45.7% ★, Text-Based 22.3%, Puzzle 10.7%, Minimalist 10.7%, Simulation 7.1%
- #7 Sorry, James
93% matchMostly Positive79% of 854 reviews2017
Dev: KonstructorsPub: Hook Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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Why similar: Hacking 45% ★, Text-Based 24.5%, Puzzle 16.7%, Casual 5.3%, Simulation 3.7%
- #8 BeyondHelix
92% matchNo user 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 44.6% ★, Text-Based 21.3%, Minimalist 15.3%, Puzzle 11.6%, Simulation 4.3%
- #9 Retro Hacker
91% 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 55.2% ★, Text-Based 31.9%, Simulation 8.9%, Indie 2.6%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #10 HELLO HACKER
90% 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 47.4% ★, Text-Based 21.1%, Minimalist 13.1%, Puzzle 11.3%, Simulation 3.9%
- #11 Mu Complex
91% 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 83.1% ★, Puzzle 11.4%, Indie 5.5%
- #12 Void Future: Hacking Protocol
89% matchNo user 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 48.4% ★, Text-Based 19%, Minimalist 16%, Puzzle 10.5%, Simulation 5.6%
- #13 NITE Team 4 - Military Hacking Division
88% matchVery Positive92% of 1,255 reviews2019
Dev: Alice & Smith
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 23.3 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 81.2% ★, Simulation 8.2%, Puzzle 7.7%, Indie 2.9%
- #14 Prove You Can Win
86% matchVery Positive85% of 52 reviews2025
Dev: zqh games
Windows · Mac
This is a puzzle game like a mathematical book, based on logic and deduction. In this game, you don't need to beat the level, but need to prove it is beatable. Your goal is not to win, but to prove you can win.
Why similar: Text-Based 42.6%, Minimalist 29.3%, Puzzle 23.3%, Singleplayer 2.5%, Indie 2.3%
- #15 Flipol
87% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2021
Dev: Derin
Windows · Mac · Linux
Flip and color it all. It is a simple puzzle game.
Why similar: Minimalist 37.5%, Puzzle 30.2%, Casual 21.7%, Indie 7.4%, Singleplayer 3.2%
- #16 Scalak
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,091 reviews2018
Dev: Hamster On Coke Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Fulfilling puzzle game.
Why similar: Minimalist 40.8%, Puzzle 27.6%, Casual 25.2%, Indie 6.4%
- #17 Hacker Evolution Duality
89% matchMostly Negative34% of 543 reviews2011
Dev: exosyphen studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 13.3 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 82.2% ★, Simulation 12.3%, Indie 5.5%
- #18 Yolo Space Hacker 2 - Mission Bahamas
84% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: BKNLab
Windows
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 54.1% ★, Text-Based 16.7%, Minimalist 11.7%, Puzzle 9.9%, Simulation 6.6%
- #19 The Wake: Mourning Father, Mourning Mother
85% matchVery Positive82% of 269 reviews2020
Dev: Somi
Windows · Mac
The Wake is a record of past wounds opened at a three-day funeral. The journal is encoded with a simple substitution cipher that the player must break in order to reveal the writer’s psyche and discover the contradictions that define him.
Why similar: Hacking 38.6% ★, Text-Based 28.5%, Minimalist 12.8%, Puzzle 12.1%, Simulation 5.3%
- #20 ⟨Unknown_Terminal⟩
83% matchPositive93% of 15 reviews2026
Dev: Stelex Software
Windows
Retro terminal mystery: explore a live IBM PS/2, decode corrupted logs, and learn who waits behind the blinking prompt.
Why similar: Hacking 51.6% ★, Text-Based 31%, Casual 12.1%, Simulation 3.1%, Indie 1.3%
- #21 Picross for a Cause
82% matchVery Positive97% of 153 reviews2020
Dev: Porter Zach
Windows
Picross for a Cause is a puzzle game where you reveal pictures by using logic to fill in pixels. All proceeds are donated to the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc.
Why similar: Minimalist 37.8%, Puzzle 32.6%, Casual 21.8%, Singleplayer 4.5%, Indie 3.3%
- #22 Arrow Bingo
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: KiitoMaru
Windows
"Touch the arrow to slide the balls together, leading to One Away, then Bingo!" There are sheets on the floor marked with the same colors and numbers as the balls, and you move the balls to their matching sheets to reach the goal, line them up to get Bingo, and sink them.
Why similar: Minimalist 41.9%, Puzzle 30.5%, Casual 21.6%, Singleplayer 3.3%, Indie 2.7%
- #23 Mindsight
82% matchVery Positive91% of 58 reviews2017
Dev: Smokey Moose Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Mindsight is a minimalistic evolution of a match-3 game. The goal of the game is to find all sets of three adjacent symbols whose characteristics either match or differ.
Why similar: Minimalist 42.6%, Puzzle 26.1%, Casual 22.3%, Indie 9%
- #24 Unbalance
81% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2017
Dev: Tvee Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Unbalance is a minimalist physics puzzle about geometry and balance.
Why similar: Minimalist 42.6%, Puzzle 24.2%, Casual 24.2%, Indie 8.9%
- #25 Hacker Evolution: Untold
81% matchMixed60% of 452 reviews2010
Dev: exosyphen studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 77.6% ★, Simulation 17.5%, Indie 4.8%
- #26 Hacknet
77% matchVery Positive94% of 25,902 reviews2015
Dev: Team Fractal AlligatorPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 13.2 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 97.3% ★, Simulation 1.8%, Indie 0.5%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #27 DECODE
79% 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 52.7% ★, Minimalist 21.2%, Puzzle 17.2%, Casual 6.6%, Indie 1.4%
- #28 Terminal
76% 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 52% ★, Text-Based 16.5%, Puzzle 13.8%, Casual 8.3%, Simulation 5.6%
- #29 OVERRIDE PROTOCOL
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Peyote Gaming
Windows
Hack hostile AI systems in a cyberpunk hacker sim. Build proxy routes, poison live context, breach secured nodes, steal the payload, and wipe the logs before your trace burns.
Why similar: Hacking 64.4% ★, Text-Based 23.9%, Simulation 8.9%, Singleplayer 1.5%, Indie 1.4%
- #30 Color X Memory
80% matchNo user reviews2023
Dev: CasGames
Windows
Minimalistic puzzle game to test your visual memory. There are hidden colored cards on the field. Your task is to find paired cards by color opening paired cards. Good luck with your game.
Why similar: Minimalist 40.2%, Puzzle 27.4%, Casual 25.7%, Singleplayer 3.4%, Indie 3.2%
- #31 Supreme OS
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pantheon Inc.
Windows · Linux
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 53.6% ★, Text-Based 19.7%, Puzzle 14.4%, Simulation 11.3%, Singleplayer 1%
- #32 Runes
77% matchPositive80% of 41 reviews2016
Dev: Ede TarsolyPub: Headup
Windows · Linux
Runes is a unique puzzle game where you need to arrange the marbles in each and every level to match the picture in the upper-right corner. The less moves you use to do that, the more stars you'll earn.
Why similar: Minimalist 38.5%, Casual 30.2%, Puzzle 23.5%, Indie 7.8%
- #33 Cyber Manhunt
74% matchVery Positive93% of 15,478 reviews2021
Dev: Aluba Van+
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 11.5 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 65.8% ★, Puzzle 17.8%, Simulation 10.6%, Indie 3%, Casual 1.4%
- #34 LYSER
76% matchVery Positive90% of 84 reviews2019
Dev: Growfall Games
Windows
Casual puzzle with laser reflections.
Why similar: Minimalist 45.6%, Casual 25.8%, Puzzle 16.9%, Indie 9.5%, Singleplayer 2.2%
- #35 PUSH
75% matchVery Positive87% of 693 reviews2017
Dev: Maciej TargoniPub: Hamster On Coke Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Can you push all the buttons?
Why similar: Minimalist 36.5%, Puzzle 31.7%, Casual 25.2%, Indie 6.6%
- #36 LineWay
74% matchVery Positive93% of 560 reviews2017
Dev: PONY
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Can you draw a line?
Why similar: Minimalist 33.8%, Puzzle 31.3%, Casual 26.8%, Indie 5.1%, Singleplayer 3%
- #37 Delete
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,657 reviews2018
Dev: PONY
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 63.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Let the number tell you what to do
Why similar: Minimalist 35.6%, Puzzle 30.8%, Casual 22.5%, Indie 7.5%, Singleplayer 3.5%
- #38 YAMC - Yet Another Minesweeper Client
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Phil Blank Games
Windows
Yet Another Minesweeper Client is here to evoke pure apathy from onlookers! Come play the newest reimagining of that game that comes with most operating systems.
Why similar: Minimalist 41.3%, Puzzle 28.3%, Casual 26.9%, Singleplayer 3.5%
- #39 Sudoku Vacation 2
72% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Seven Sails Games
Windows
Play through more than 400 levels of Sudoku in 3 variants. Asterisk, Girandola and Center dot!
Why similar: Text-Based 29.5%, Minimalist 25.5%, Puzzle 23.1%, Casual 19.3%, Singleplayer 2.6%
- #40 hack_me 3
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Egor MagurinPub: Indovers Studio
Windows · Mac
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 73.9% ★, Simulation 18.5%, Indie 7.6%
- #41 Quaddro 2
72% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2018
Dev: Mental Lab Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Put your concentration and logic skills to the test by grouping 4 to 9 dots into squares, moving them around in a very fluid and responsive way in this minimalistic and full of challenges game.
Why similar: Minimalist 37.1%, Casual 28.2%, Puzzle 24.3%, Indie 10.4%
- #42 Hifuu OS: Hack Into the Barrier
73% 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 48.1% ★, Text-Based 24.2%, Minimalist 13.6%, Puzzle 8.6%, Simulation 4.5%
- #43 Zenge
69% matchVery Positive95% of 3,077 reviews2016
Dev: Hamster On Coke Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Relaxing puzzle game, telling the story of Eon through gorgeous art and music.
Why similar: Puzzle 39%, Minimalist 35.7%, Casual 17.5%, Indie 6.9%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #44 Extortion
70% 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 48.3% ★, Text-Based 15.3%, Minimalist 12.8%, Puzzle 11.1%, Simulation 7.9%
- #45 RootKit
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dan DePauloPub: Cold North Interactive
Windows
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 51.7% ★, Text-Based 30.1%, Simulation 9.8%, Minimalist 8.4%
- #46 Hacker.exe
71% matchMostly Negative24% of 25 reviews2018
Dev: LinkUp Games
Windows · Mac
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 71.3% ★, Casual 13.2%, Simulation 11%, Indie 4.4%
- #47 IO Interloper
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DANG!
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 59.2% ★, Simulation 17.7%, Puzzle 13.6%, Indie 7.3%, Singleplayer 2.2%
- #48 SquareCells
68% matchVery Positive90% of 1,245 reviews2015
Dev: Matthew Brown
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
SquareCells is an ambient logic puzzle game.
Why similar: Puzzle 44.6%, Minimalist 32.7%, Casual 15.7%, Indie 7.1%
- #49 Orbit Puzzle
67% matchPositive97% of 31 reviews2024
Dev: clrmt
Windows
An astronomical puzzle game about discovering the rotational speeds and radii of epicycles.
Why similar: Minimalist 43.2%, Puzzle 29.4%, Casual 18.7%, Indie 8.7%
- #50 Tech Support: Error Unknown
69% matchMostly Positive74% of 640 reviews2019
Dev: Dragon SlumberPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 79.6% ★, Simulation 11.4%, Casual 5.8%, Indie 3.2%
- #51 Airhack: Hacking
70% 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 61.7% ★, Puzzle 10.3%, Simulation 9.6%, Minimalist 8%, Casual 7%
- #52 Stack & Crack
68% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2018
Dev: Jambav
Windows · Mac · Linux
"Stack & Crack” is a unique minimalist puzzle game about four Boxies and their interesting interrelationships.
Why similar: Minimalist 37.8%, Casual 29.7%, Puzzle 21.5%, Indie 11%
- #53 KanjiFlash
69% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: JellyTeacher
Windows
KanjiFlash is a focused flashcard/mini-game/quiz trainer that teaches Kyōiku kanji, hiragana, and katakana, giving you the foundation for Japanese literacy and early JLPT success.
Why similar: Minimalist 30%, Text-Based 27%, Puzzle 20.3%, Casual 18.6%, Indie 2.2%
- #54 Mainlining
67% matchMostly Positive77% of 363 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 76.9% ★, Puzzle 9.9%, Simulation 8.1%, Indie 3.7%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #55 Puzzle - LINES AND KNOTS 3
64% matchPositive94% of 18 reviews2025
Dev: PlayToday
Windows · Mac · Linux
Logical puzzle game for meditation and relaxation. The goal of the game is to assemble a puzzle consisting of knots.
Why similar: Minimalist 39.7%, Puzzle 28.4%, Casual 20.4%, Simulation 6.4%, Indie 2.7%
- #56 Draw Light
68% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2018
Dev: RevolutionGT
Windows
It's a puzzle game that you can challenge with simple manipulation. Combine the various lights on the block and connect them together.
Why similar: Minimalist 40.7%, Casual 26.4%, Puzzle 23.1%, Indie 9.7%
- #57 Memorize Cards
70% matchNo user reviews2021
Dev: QuickBobber
Windows
This is a little game in the genre of paired images for memory.
Why similar: Minimalist 42.9%, Puzzle 25.9%, Casual 25%, Singleplayer 3.3%, Indie 3%
- #58 Linker Vibe
65% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Sinirain
Windows
A calming Numberlink puzzle game where you connect tiles, draw flowing paths, and solve all the levels.
Why similar: Minimalist 38.4%, Puzzle 28.8%, Casual 26.7%, Indie 3.3%, Singleplayer 2.8%
- #59 BitVault
65% matchVery Positive94% of 53 reviews2020
Dev: Enigma Dragons LLC
Windows
Become an expert hacker by using your raw brainpower! Learn how to get ahead in your new job at a cybersecurity company. Analyze servers for weaknesses, and hack them using their own subroutines to access the data they protect.
Why similar: Hacking 60.5% ★, Minimalist 18.4%, Puzzle 17.5%, Singleplayer 1.9%, Indie 1.8%