- #1 Hack Faster
97% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Night Syntax
Windows · Linux
Hack Faster is a story-driven incremental hacking simulator. Scan networks, breach layered defenses, extract valuable files, and erase your traces before lockdown. Push your tools into Overclock, sell what you steal, and upgrade your rig.
Why similar: Hacking 48.1% ★, Cyberpunk 10.8%, Simulation 8.5%, Strategy 8.2%, Resource Management 7.4%
- #2 Nightwire
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Ryan CantonePub: Vaelith Studios
Windows
Wire up a data-theft rig, launder stolen bytes on a live black market, and climb the netrunner underworld one burned identity at a time — until a ghost of who you used to be logs on, learns how you fight, and comes for the only chair that fits one of you.
Why similar: Hacking 35.6% ★, Simulation 16%, Strategy 14.7%, Cyberpunk 12.2%, Resource Management 6.5%
- #3 RootKit
96% 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 41.5% ★, Strategy 14.2%, Simulation 13.1%, Text-Based 8.6%, Cyberpunk 7.2%
- #4 Flashpaper
95% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Aaron Nelsen
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are the unseen hand — the resistance's digital arm inside a regime that has begun burning books. Crack the Concord's networks from a green-phosphor terminal, cover every log you touch before the trace fills, and get paid off-grid. 24 missions. Three you are not meant to win.
Why similar: Hacking 53% ★, Simulation 13%, Cyberpunk 12.1%, Strategy 7.7%, Text-Based 4.7%
- #5 Blackwire
94% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Victoria Rasmussen
Windows · Linux
Blackwire is a single-player hacking simulation in the spirit of the classics. You are a freelance agent with a gateway, a contract board, and a trace timer that does not care how close you were to done.
Why similar: Hacking 64.3% ★, Simulation 16.1%, Cyberpunk 15.9%, Minimalist 3.7%
- #6 OVERRIDE PROTOCOL
94% 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 55.8% ★, Cyberpunk 13%, Simulation 12.9%, Strategy 10.3%, Text-Based 7.4%
- #7 Hack RUN
93% matchVery Positive84% of 238 reviews2015
Dev: i273 LLC
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 40%
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 61.8% ★, Simulation 19.9%, Strategy 18.2%
- #8 RxB - Cyber security management game
92% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Serious Games Interactive ApS
Windows · Mac
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 56.3% ★, Resource Management 13.3%, Strategy 10.8%, Simulation 9.4%, Management 7.6%
- #9 EchoLink: Recursion
91% matchMostly Positive71% of 17 reviews2026
Dev: Detonation Zone Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 49.9% ★, Resource Management 10.8%, Cyberpunk 10.3%, Simulation 9.3%, Management 8.9%
- #10 NITE Team 4 - Military Hacking Division
91% matchVery Positive92% of 1,262 reviews2019
Dev: Alice & Smith
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 28.2 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 75.2% ★, Simulation 12.8%, Strategy 10.7%, Indie 1.3%
- #11 Hack Run ZERO
90% matchPositive91% of 47 reviews2015
Dev: i273 LLC
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 68%
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 57.8% ★, Simulation 20.5%, Strategy 19.9%, Indie 1.8%
- #12 My Brother Hacker
89% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Citadel Protocol
Windows
Your brother is gone. He left behind a USB stick with an unknown system and an AI that teaches you to hack. Break into networks, uncover who he really was, and question everything you find. A terminal-based hacking thriller set in 2036.
Why similar: Hacking 48.6% ★, Cyberpunk 13.2%, Dynamic Narration 13.2% ★, Simulation 10.3%, Choices Matter 6.5%
- #13 NULL ROUTE
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Oneirox Interactive
Windows
NULL ROUTE is an asymmetric online PvP hacking game where GHOST infiltrates networks and HUNTER tracks the intrusion. Use terminal tools, scanners, network maps, and procedural routes to outthink the player on the other side.
Why similar: Hacking 55.6% ★, Investigation 14.8%, Strategy 13.2%, Simulation 10.3%, Atmospheric 1.8%
- #14 Cyber Attack
88% matchMixed70% of 188 reviews2020
Dev: LUXO InteractivePub: LUK KUS SOFT
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 50.8% ★, Strategy 20.6%, Simulation 18.2%, Management 8%, Indie 2.4%
- #15 Hacker Evolution Duality
87% matchMostly Negative34% of 554 reviews2011
Dev: exosyphen studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 13.4 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 77.6% ★, Simulation 19.9%, Indie 2.5%
- #16 Hacker Evolution: Untold
86% matchMixed61% of 455 reviews2010
Dev: exosyphen studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.3 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 71% ★, Simulation 26.8%, Indie 2.2%
- #17 Hacknet
85% matchVery Positive94% of 26,152 reviews2015
Dev: Team Fractal AlligatorPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 13.4 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 90.2% ★, Cyberpunk 2.9%, Simulation 2.8%, Choices Matter 1.8%, Sci-fi 1.1%
- #18 Void Future: Hacking Protocol
84% 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 48% ★, Investigation 9.8%, Simulation 9.3%, Cyberpunk 9%, Text-Based 6.8%
- #19 Proxy - Ultimate Hacker
86% 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 74.2% ★, Simulation 24.8%, Indie 0.9%
- #20 Project: AFTERSHOCK
84% matchPositive100% of 25 reviews2026
Dev: Tuna Dundar
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 44.4% ★, Cyberpunk 12.1%, Resource Management 10.9%, Simulation 9%, Strategy 8.6%
- #21 hack_me 3
83% 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 68.1% ★, Simulation 28.5%, Indie 3.4%
- #22 Song of Farca: Prologue
82% matchVery Positive89% of 209 reviews2021
Dev: Wooden MonkeysPub: Alawar
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 55%
You are Isabella Song – a hacker PI. Your job is to hack cameras, phones, and computers, as well as question suspects, analyze evidence and draw conclusions. But don't forget that in Farca city, even criminals can end up victims.
Why similar: Hacking 44.8% ★, Investigation 15.6%, Cyberpunk 12.5%, Simulation 10%, Choices Matter 6.9%
- #23 Server-Admin Simulator
81% match2 user reviews67% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Ice Phoenix Studios
Windows
Build your datacenter empire from scratch. Buy hardware, manage contracts, hire staff and outsmart rivals. Face random events, hack the competition and survive the market. Moddable. Multiplayer. No two runs alike.
Why similar: Hacking 43.2% ★, Simulation 22.4%, Strategy 20.4%, Management 8.1%, Dark 4.8%
- #24 Botnet of Ares
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tiniuc
Windows · Linux
Botnet of Ares is an incremental hacking roguelite set in a cyberpunk world where everything is connected. Unlock upgrades, expand your botnet, exploit millions of devices, optimize your network & decide the future of humanity.
Why similar: Hacking 46.1% ★, Cyberpunk 13.1%, Simulation 10%, Management 8.6%, Choices Matter 7.8%
- #25 Hacker.exe
82% 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 65.1% ★, Simulation 16.8%, Strategy 16%, Indie 2%
- #26 Yolo Space Hacker 2 - Mission Bahamas
80% 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 55% ★, Cyberpunk 15.4%, Simulation 11.1%, Strategy 9.7%, Text-Based 6.1%
- #27 >//:System.Hack
79% matchMostly Positive71% of 31 reviews2017
Dev: Nullray Gaming
Windows
>//:System.Hack is a sim-rpg set in a dystopian future. Take the role of a neophyte hacker as they begin their criminal career. Design programs, increase your skills, upgrade your hardware, hack systems in cyberspace, battle IC, rob banks, manage your own company and more!
Why similar: Hacking 52.8% ★, Simulation 20.8%, Cyberpunk 19.1%, Sci-fi 4.7%, Indie 2.6%
- #28 System Overload
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Jabran
Windows
System Overload is a retro desktop sim game played entirely inside a 90s Task Manager. Juggle CPU, RAM and heat to finish contracts before your PC melts down.
Why similar: Hacking 39.8% ★, Simulation 22.1%, Resource Management 11.6%, Management 8.2%, Strategy 7.8%
- #29 HACK.BAK
78% 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 66.9% ★, Strategy 11.2%, Simulation 10.7%, Text-Based 9.8%, 2D 0.7%
- #30 CorpOS 2000
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: UnknownOperatorPub: UmbraCorp
Windows
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 36.6% ★, Dynamic Narration 15.8% ★, Conspiracy 9.9% ★, Simulation 8.8%, Strategy 8.6%
- #31 Tech Support: Error Unknown
77% matchMostly Positive73% of 687 reviews2019
Dev: Dragon SlumberPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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 76.5% ★, Simulation 18.3%, Management 3.7%, Indie 1.5%
- #32 Hacker Evolution
77% matchMixed68% of 1,083 reviews2010
Dev: exosyphen studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.5 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 52.4% ★, Simulation 13.7%, Cyberpunk 12.1%, Text-Based 9.1%, Strategy 8.6%
- #33 hack_me 2
76% matchMixed68% of 793 reviews2017
Dev: EasyWays TeamPub: Indovers Studio
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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 55.9% ★, Simulation 42.2%, Indie 1.9%
- #34 SIGKILL
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: BrainFog Studios
Windows
The world runs on systems you're not supposed to touch. SIGKILL hands you the keys. A realistic hacking simulator where every hack ripples through a living geopolitical simulation. What you do with that power is up to you.
Why similar: Hacking 49.3% ★, Dynamic Narration 18.9% ★, Cyberpunk 10.5%, Conspiracy 8.1% ★, Simulation 6.5%
- #35 Cyber Manhunt
73% matchVery Positive92% of 15,723 reviews2021
Dev: Aluba Van+Pub: 摸鱼游戏
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 11.6 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 67.2% ★, Simulation 18.2%, Cyberpunk 6.7%, Investigation 4.6%, Indie 1.5%
- #36 Retro Hacker
75% 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 62% ★, Simulation 16.7%, Text-Based 12.8%, Choices Matter 7.1%, Indie 1.4%
- #37 Network & Cyber Security Simulator
74% 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: Hacking 54.7% ★, Simulation 17.1%, Strategy 14.2%, Cyberpunk 9.7%, Sci-fi 3.7%
- #38 Uplink
74% 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 61.7% ★, Cyberpunk 9.9%, Strategy 8.4%, Simulation 6.5%, Text-Based 5.2%
- #39 Hacker Evolution IMMERSION
75% matchMixed56% of 43 reviews2016
Dev: exosyphen studios
Windows
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 66.4% ★, Simulation 30.1%, Indie 3.6%
- #40 Blackdoor
72% 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: Hacking 54% ★, Simulation 11.3%, Cyberpunk 9.2%, Text-Based 6.5%, Conspiracy 6.2% ★
- #41 Lost Entry
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: FallenDevs
Windows
Lost Entry is a horror game where you search the dark net 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 dark net killers.
Why similar: Hacking 64.6% ★, Strategy 11.9%, Simulation 10.4%, Management 7.7%, Dark 4%
- #42 GLYPHIS_IO BBS: The Proxy Tapes 1989
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: James BradleyPub: The Civitas Universe
Windows · Mac · Linux
A narrative hacking adventure set in an alternate 1989 Japan. Boot your Bradsonic 69000, dial into underground bulletin boards, solve programming puzzles and crack games you can actually play. Tune into pirate radio and earn the trust of a crew whose secrets put more than your computer at risk.
Why similar: Hacking 47.9% ★, Investigation 15.1%, Cyberpunk 10%, Conspiracy 8.8% ★, Simulation 8.6%
- #43 Data Trader
72% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Kinetic Sparks
Windows · Mac · Linux
Data Trader is a cyberpunk strategy game where information has become the world's most valuable resource. Buy archives, trade classified data, command agents, and uncover the truth about who you really were.
Why similar: Hacking 37.8% ★, Strategy 18.6%, Management 13.2%, Cyberpunk 11.6%, Choices Matter 9.3%
- #44 Hackflesh
71% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: NecoPlanet
Windows
Hack the system. Generate data. Break reality. Hackflesh is a cyberpunk clicker with 20 generators, 716 upgrades, a constellation prestige system and over 600 achievements. Click, automate, hack, repeat.
Why similar: Hacking 50.5% ★, Cyberpunk 15.4%, Simulation 11.6%, Strategy 11.2%, Sci-fi 3.8%
- #45 HELLO HACKER
70% 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 54.5% ★, Text-Based 8.7%, Conspiracy 8.2% ★, Simulation 7.6%, Investigation 6.9%
- #46 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 60.9% ★, Simulation 30.4%, Atmospheric 5.1%, Indie 3.7%
- #47 XXX_CYBERRAT_XXX
70% matchVery Positive94% of 149 reviews2023
Dev: Nocturne Studio
Windows
A paranoid cybercriminal tries to regain control over an underground marketplace stolen by his former coworkers. You must utilize your hacking and intelligence gathering skills to get rid of hitmen sent by your enemies in a race with worsening mental state and terrifying hallucinations.
Why similar: Hacking 50.2% ★, Investigation 11.9%, Cyberpunk 11%, Simulation 9.3%, Strategy 8.9%
- #48 Dark Looter
70% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Chiqui Games
Windows
Dark Looter is a browser-based hacking simulation game. Build your rig, steal files from virtual institutions, mine cryptocurrency, and climb the hacker ranks — all in a persistent online world.
Why similar: Hacking 61.5% ★, Strategy 15.4%, Simulation 13%, Resource Management 8.5%, Indie 0.8%
- #49 Cybermere
71% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2021
Dev: Player 1
Windows
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 61.7% ★, Cyberpunk 12%, Conspiracy 8.8% ★, Sci-fi 7%, Futuristic 5.6%
- #50 Grey Hack
69% 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 76.1% ★, Simulation 11.5%, Cyberpunk 4.3%, Strategy 3.8%, Text-Based 3.1%
- #51 Yolo Space Hacker
68% matchVery Positive95% of 214 reviews2020
Dev: BKNLab
Windows
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 62.4% ★, Cyberpunk 10.8%, Simulation 10.4%, Choices Matter 9%, Sci-fi 4.8%
- #52 Mu Complex
69% 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 96.8% ★, Indie 3.2%
- #53 CRACKME.EXE
69% 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 68.7% ★, Investigation 19.9%, Strategy 10.2%, 2D 0.6%, Indie 0.5%
- #54 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: Hacking 58.5% ★, Simulation 15.9%, Conspiracy 8.6% ★, Cyberpunk 7.5%, Text-Based 6.6%
- #55 The Black Vault
67% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2025
Dev: FallenDevs
Windows
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 72.1% ★, Strategy 13.7%, Simulation 13.2%, Indie 1.1%
- #56 Remain At Your Desk
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Crunch Moonkiss Studios
Windows · Mac
Incremental hacker about faking productivity while stealing from your employer. Sell intel for credits or keep it and raise suspicion. One bad audit and you’re back to Intern.
Why similar: Hacking 48.7% ★, Cyberpunk 14.6%, Management 8.5%, Strategy 7.6%, Text-Based 7.3%
- #57 Sorry, James
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 858 reviews2017
Dev: KonstructorsPub: Hook Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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Why similar: Hacking 54.9% ★, Strategy 13%, Text-Based 10.7%, Simulation 7.6%, Atmospheric 6.6%
- #58 Terminal Hacker: Override
66% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: EchoWorks
Windows
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 67% ★, Text-Based 14.5%, Simulation 9.8%, Minimalist 7.5%, Indie 1.2%
- #59 Signal Zero: Dispatch
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: PanicBit
Windows
Take control of a sprawling cyberpunk metropolis. Operating from a sleek, asymmetrical command interface, you must manage high-speed vehicle pursuits, deploy tactical units, and survive a grueling 10-level crime escalation. The neon streets are burning, and you are the only voice on the wire.
Why similar: Simulation 22.6%, Strategy 20.7%, Cyberpunk 18.2%, Management 13.9%, Resource Management 11.3%
- #60 DROP - System Breach
65% matchVery Positive87% of 194 reviews2023
Dev: Etherfield StudioPub: MicroProse Software
Windows · Mac
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 59.8% ★, Strategy 11.1%, Simulation 10.9%, Sci-fi 4.7%, Atmospheric 4.6%