Top Hacking Games
60+ hacking games ranked by player tags and tunable re-ranking. Related tags include Indie, Singleplayer, Simulation, Puzzle.
Recommended Hacking Games

Hacknet
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.

Watch_Dogs® 2
Welcome to San Francisco. Play as Marcus, a brilliant young hacker, and join the most notorious hacker group, DedSec. Your objective: execute the biggest hack of history.
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- #1 Hacknet98% matchVery Positive94% of 26,067 reviews2015Developer: Team Fractal AlligatorPublisher: Fellow TravellerPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 3.0hMean: 13.4h≥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.
- #2 Watch_Dogs® 295% matchVery Positive82% of 101,233 reviews2016Developer: UbisoftPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 10.6hMean: 45.3h≥1hr: 87%
Welcome to San Francisco. Play as Marcus, a brilliant young hacker, and join the most notorious hacker group, DedSec. Your objective: execute the biggest hack of history.
- #3 Watch_Dogs™95% matchMostly Positive80% of 52,351 reviews2014Developer: UbisoftPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 8.5hMean: 31.8h≥1hr: 89%
In today's hyper-connected world, Chicago operates under ctOS, the most advanced computer network in America.
- #4 Cyber Manhunt75% matchVery Positive92% of 15,668 reviews2021Developer: Aluba Van+Publisher: 摸鱼游戏Platforms: Windows, MacMedian: 7.9hMean: 11.5h≥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.
- #5 Pony Island68% matchVery Positive95% of 18,085 reviews2016Developer: Daniel Mullins GamesPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 3.0hMean: 16.1h≥1hr: 88%
Pony Island is a suspense puzzle game in disguise. You are in limbo, trapped in a malevolent and malfunctioning arcade machine devised by the devil himself. It is not a game about ponies.
- #6 NITE Team 4 - Military Hacking Division67% matchVery Positive92% of 1,258 reviews2019Developer: Alice & SmithPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 4.8hMean: 26.4h≥1hr: 92%
NITE Team 4 is a military hacking simulation game that explores the world of cyberwarfare and features realistic mission scenarios.
- #7 Bitburner65% matchVery Positive95% of 7,363 reviews2021Developer: Fulcrum GamesPlatforms: 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.
- #8 Alien Swarm: Reactive Drop64% matchVery Positive95% of 23,766 reviews2017Developer: Reactive Drop TeamPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 1.7hMean: 10.0h≥1hr: 63%
Co-operative top-down shooter game available for free. An epic bug hunt featuring a unique blend of co-op play and squad-level tactics.
- #9 Hacker Evolution Duality67% matchMostly Negative34% of 551 reviews2011Developer: exosyphen studiosPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 12mMean: 13.4h≥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.
- #10 Grey Hack64% matchVery Positive90% of 1,866 reviews2017Developer: Loading HomePlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 4.0hMean: 13.3h≥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.
- #11 Replica63% matchVery Positive86% of 3,527 reviews2016Developer: SomiPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 2.8hMean: 36.4h≥1hr: 88%
Replica is an interactive novel game played through a cellphone and social media. The insane experience of peeping into someone's private life through a cellphone will transform you into the state's greatest patriot.
- #12 Watch Dogs®: Legion62% matchMixed56% of 12,494 reviews2023Developer: Ubisoft TorontoPublisher: UbisoftPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 6.0hMean: 33.1h≥1hr: 83%
Build a resistance as you fight to take back a near-future London facing its downfall. Welcome to the Resistance.
- #13 EXAPUNKS61% matchVery Positive95% of 1,887 reviews2018Developer: ZachtronicsPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 2.1hMean: 12.0h≥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.
- #14 Cyber Manhunt 2: New World - The Hacking Simulator59% matchVery Positive93% of 5,660 reviews2025Developer: Aluba Van+Publisher: Spiral Up GamesPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 10.1hMean: 21.8h≥1hr: 95%
Discover a digital realm shrouded in mystery. Sequel to an award-winning narrative driven hacking simulator puzzle game. Play as an AI assistant in a major corporation. Deploy intricate social engineering tactics and expose hidden truths in a world of ambition and high-tech deception.
- #15 Welcome to the Game II61% matchVery Positive84% of 3,523 reviews2018Developer: Reflect StudiosPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 2.2hMean: 8.6h≥1hr: 69%
Welcome to the Game II is an atmospheric horror / strategy / puzzle game that takes you into the world of the deep web in search of the shadow web. Play as an investigative reporter trying to solve a case of a mysterious woman broadcasting for help as masked men are on the hunt to kill her.
- #16 Welcome to the Game61% matchVery Positive84% of 2,591 reviews2016Developer: Reflect StudiosPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 1.4hMean: 3.8h≥1hr: 59%
Welcome to the Game is a creepy horror/puzzle game that takes you into the world of the Deep Web. Explore the Deep Web with the sole purpose of trying to find a Red Room, an online service / website that allows you to see and participate in interactive torture and murder.
- #17 Operation: Tango60% matchVery Positive86% of 8,868 reviews2021Developer: Clever PlaysPublisher: Team17Platforms: WindowsMedian: 4.1hMean: 5.9h≥1hr: 94%
It takes two to save the world in this cooperative spy adventure. Pair up with a friend as Agent or Hacker—with only your voices to connect you—and work together to bring a hi-tech global menace to its knees. Now with a FREE CONTENT UPDATE!
- #18 Hacker Evolution: Untold62% matchMixed61% of 455 reviews2010Developer: exosyphen studiosPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 3.0hMean: 4.3h≥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.
- #19 TIS-10060% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 4,104 reviews2015Developer: ZachtronicsPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 1.2hMean: 6.2h≥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!
- #20 hack_me 261% matchMixed68% of 793 reviews2017Developer: EasyWays TeamPublisher: Indovers StudioPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 3.0hMean: 6.3h≥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.
- #21 s.p.l.i.t58% matchVery Positive93% of 3,895 reviews2025Developer: Mike KlubnikaPlatforms: Windows, LinuxMedian: 1.0hMean: 1.5h≥1hr: 48%
A short psychological horror game, where you attempt to gain root access into an unethical superstructure.
- #22 Uplink60% matchVery Positive91% of 2,436 reviews2006Developer: Introversion SoftwarePlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 30mMean: 6.7h≥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.
- #23 Tech Support: Error Unknown60% matchMostly Positive74% of 648 reviews2019Developer: Dragon SlumberPublisher: Iceberg InteractivePlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 2.8hMean: 3.6h≥1hr: 81%
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?
- #24 Anonymous Hacker Simulator: Prologue58% matchVery Positive90% of 1,921 reviews2023Developer: SicariusPublisher: G-DEVS.comPlatforms: Windows
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.
- #25 Hacker Simulator59% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,276 reviews2021Developer: Save All StudioPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 1.3hMean: 11.5h≥1hr: 55%
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.
- #26 Turing Complete58% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,587 reviews2021Developer: LevelHeadPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 3.7hMean: 12.7h≥1hr: 78%
Learn CPU architecture with puzzles
- #27 hackmud58% matchMostly Positive77% of 847 reviews2016Developer: ComCODEPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 5.7hMean: 69.9h≥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.
- #28 E.Y.E: Divine Cybermancy58% matchVery Positive84% of 8,026 reviews2011Developer: Streum On StudioPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 4.6hMean: 9.9h≥1hr: 83%
In a dark Cyberpunk world, you (and up to 3 friends) wage war against the all-powerful Federation in this Source-powered FPS/RPG.
- #29 Scrutinized57% matchVery Positive89% of 1,389 reviews2020Developer: Reflect StudiosPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 2.6hMean: 6.8h≥1hr: 69%
Work to expose the numerous criminal degenerates that plague your quiet town. Use citizen-issued reports, police records, social media accounts, text conversations, and more to determine who’s an actual threat and who’s harmless, all while avoiding the killers trying to infiltrate your home.
- #30 Mu Complex59% matchMostly Positive80% of 206 reviews2015Developer: studiocimePlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 3.0hMean: 4.9h≥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 ...
- #31 CaseCracker57% matchVery Positive89% of 3,465 reviews2022Developer: BlackRobePlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 4.2hMean: 5.7h≥1hr: 77%
No flashy visuals, just pure mental gymnastics. Actively search, cross-reference, and unravel the truth from a complex database. In this hardcore text-based deduction game, the devil is always in the details. Detective, are you ready?
- #32 HackHub - Ultimate Hacker Simulator56% matchVery Positive89% of 912 reviews2026Developer: HotBunnyPublisher: G-DEVS.comPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 3.0hMean: 4.9h≥1hr: 68%
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.
- #33 Hack 'n' Slash58% matchMixed52% of 930 reviews2014Developer: Double Fine ProductionsPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 24mMean: 3.2h≥1hr: 35%
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!
- #34 Anonymous Hacker Simulator56% matchVery Positive86% of 779 reviews2024Developer: SicariusPublisher: G-DEVS.comPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 2.8hMean: 4.6h≥1hr: 72%
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.
- #35 ВЗЛОМ ЖОПЫ57% matchVery Positive86% of 2,556 reviews2020Developer: Filasaf GamesPublisher: Dr RobotPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 12mMean: 33.7h≥1hr: 11%
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- #36 Observer: System Redux56% matchVery Positive85% of 2,998 reviews2020Developer: Bloober TeamPublisher: Bloober Team SAPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 3.0hMean: 8.3h≥1hr: 69%
A first‑person cyberpunk horror detective story set in a decaying, neon‑scarred future. As an Observer who invades minds to hunt for clues, you will sift through corrupted memories to track down a mysterious killer and confront your own dark past.
- #37 ANONYMOUS;CODE56% matchMostly Positive80% of 554 reviews2023Developer: MAGES. Inc.Publisher: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.Platforms: WindowsMedian: 6.1hMean: 12.5h≥1hr: 87%
Hack Into God
- #38 HackHub: Free Trial55% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 699 reviews2024Developer: HotBunnyPublisher: G-DEVS.comPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 48mMean: 2.2h≥1hr: 39%
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.
- #39 hack_me57% matchMixed60% of 2,102 reviews2017Developer: Egor MagurinPublisher: Indovers StudioPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 3.0hMean: 25.6h≥1hr: 86%
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.
- #40 Clandestine57% matchMostly Positive80% of 510 reviews2015Developer: Logic ArtistsPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 3.6hMean: 6.5h≥1hr: 90%
Clandestine is a 2-player or singleplayer stealth/hacking game set in 1996. Asymmetrical co-op allows one player to take the role of the spy while a friend provides overwatch and assistance as the hacker, and unravel a post-Cold War espionage conspiracy.
- #41 Else Heart.Break()57% matchMixed67% of 840 reviews2015Developer: Erik SvedängPublisher: Erik Svedäng ABPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 36mMean: 3.4h≥1hr: 37%
A game about friendship, love and technology in a place where bits have replaced atoms.
- #42 Duskers56% matchVery Positive90% of 2,790 reviews2016Developer: Misfits AtticPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 1.5hMean: 10.6h≥1hr: 59%
Pilot drones into derelict spaceships to find the means to survive and piece together how the universe became a giant graveyard.
- #43 Deadeye Deepfake Simulacrum54% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 866 reviews2025Developer: nodayshalleraseyouPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 1.2hMean: 4.7h≥1hr: 53%
Embody the ultimate cybernetic corporate agent. Master deadly gunplay, time manipulation, and supernatural abilities. Hack computers, people, even the individual bullets flying at you. Confront the future, and die trying.
- #44 Welcome to the Game III54% matchMostly Positive78% of 648 reviews2026Developer: Reflect StudiosPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 3.4hMean: 11.4h≥1hr: 74%
Navigate the internet's dark net, searching for pieces of a puzzle that once combined will clear your outstanding debt. Scan strange websites for info, hack into PCs while defending your own, and buy/sell goods & services, all while avoiding threats in this strategic, suspenseful horror game.
- #45 Operation: Tango - Friend Pass55% matchVery Positive85% of 2,276 reviews2020Developer: Clever PlaysPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 3.2hMean: 3.8h≥1hr: 82%
Download the Friend Pass and play for free with a friend who owns the full Operation: Tango game. It takes two to save the world, but it only takes one to pay for it.
- #46 Quadrilateral Cowboy55% matchVery Positive92% of 1,013 reviews2016Developer: Blendo GamesPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 1.2hMean: 3.5h≥1hr: 55%
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.
- #47 Mainlining56% matchMostly Positive77% of 368 reviews2017Developer: RebelephantPublisher: ReadGravesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 3.0hMean: 3.3h≥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.
- #48 SIMULACRA 255% matchVery Positive87% of 1,688 reviews2020Developer: Kaigan GamesPublisher: Soft SourcePlatforms: WindowsMedian: 3.8hMean: 6.5h≥1hr: 75%
A dead influencer. An obsessed detective. Three suspects. Piece the truth together by going through the victim’s phone messages, videos, and social media in the follow up to the critically acclaimed SIMULACRA.
- #49 MINDHACK54% matchVery Positive93% of 745 reviews2023Developer: VODKAdemo?Platforms: Windows, Mac
Change the minds of evildoers…for good! MINDHACK is a text adventure game where you meet unique evildoers, hack their minds, and rewrite them into happy people!
- #50 MINDNIGHT55% matchVery Positive85% of 2,973 reviews2017Developer: No MoonPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 2.2hMean: 9.8h≥1hr: 69%
Inspired by the party games Werewolf and The Resistance, MINDNIGHT is a cyberpunk online social deduction game of deceit, accusations and unpredictability. It challenges your ability to lie and detect others that are trying to be deceptive.
- #51 Hack RUN55% matchVery Positive84% of 237 reviews2015Developer: i273 LLCPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 48mMean: 4.4h≥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.
- #52 Hacker's Journey54% matchMostly Positive78% of 209 reviews2026Developer: Electric HeartPlatforms: 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.
- #53 Screeps: World54% matchVery Positive86% of 2,089 reviews2016Developer: Screeps, LLCPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 4.7hMean: 52.0h≥1hr: 75%
Screeps: World is an open source MMO strategy sandbox game for programming enthusiasts. You control your colony by writing JavaScript code that operates 24/7 in the huge persistent online open world.
- #54 Cybernetic Fault54% matchMostly Positive75% of 902 reviews2025Developer: Whale Rock GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 1.4hMean: 7.3h≥1hr: 61%
Prove your ability to read names next to the big red buttons! Show your ability to fight for life in a science center that is falling apart from the consequences of an insane scientific experiment!
- #55 Agent 64: Spies Never Die53% matchVery Positive88% of 798 reviews2026Developer: Replicant D6Platforms: WindowsMedian: 1.8hMean: 2.8h≥1hr: 61%
A retro spy FPS inspired by the N64 era. Go guns-blazing in action-packed shootouts, steal secret plans, and accomplish objectives while foiling evildoers’ schemes as a secret agent in a solo or co-op campaign. Fight friends in both local split-screen multiplayer and online with up to 8 opponents.
- #56 Untrusted54% matchVery Positive82% of 1,302 reviews2021Developer: playuntrusted.comPublisher: evolvedlabsPlatforms: Windows, Linux
Untrusted is an online multiplayer (10 to 16 players) hacking / social deduction game: as an hacker, hack your target - as an undercover agent, disrupt the operation. Follow your objective or kill everyone - the choice is yours.
- #57 Midnight Heist53% matchVery Positive93% of 522 reviews2025Developer: MediaTalePlatforms: WindowsMedian: 3.0hMean: 9.3h≥1hr: 83%
Go on heists through Midnight City alone or with up to four players to fulfill tasks as a hacker for various organizations. Improve your reputation, earn money, and uncover the secrets of shady companies all while being hunted by terrifying entities.
- #58 Idle Hacking: An Inaction RPG53% matchVery Positive81% of 236 reviews2026Developer: GigaForge GamesPlatforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
A persistent idle MMORPG, with a text-based hacking theme. Enjoy the "Inaction RPG" design philosophy by crafting equpiment using ARPG influenced prefix/suffix systems, build or join player managed syndicates, trade on the marketplace, and compete in community events.
- #59 RIVE54% matchVery Positive83% of 1,048 reviews2016Developer: Two TribesPublisher: Two Tribes PublishingPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 3.2hMean: 4.1h≥1hr: 90%
This 360-degree shooter/platformer hybrid lets you choreograph a ‘dance of destruction’ in insanely spectacular battles and set-pieces. RIVE feels like the explosive games of yore, pumping megapixels in true 21st century style.
- #60 Deathground53% matchMixed63% of 1,031 reviews2025Developer: Jaw Drop GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 1.8hMean: 2.5h≥1hr: 71%
A 1-4 player co-op horror game that throws you into a desperate fight for survival against deadly dinosaurs. Run, hide and work together to complete missions and uncover the secrets buried within the abandoned AEON research facility. Can you and your friends make it out alive?
