Games like hackmud
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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.
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$19.99EXAPUNKS
Oct 22 · Zachtronics
Both: Programming · Puzzle · Hacking
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.
ProgrammingPuzzleHackingAutomationIndieSimulationLogicCyberpunkSingleplayerDifficult👍 1,378
$19.99Grey Hack
Dec 14 · Loading Home
Both: Hacking · Programming · Massively Multiplayer
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.
HackingSimulationProgrammingMassively MultiplayerEarly AccessIndieStrategySandboxRealisticPvP👍 1,805
$2.99Hacker Evolution
Sep 14 · exosyphen studios
Both: Hacking · Puzzle · Text-Based
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...
SimulationHackingPuzzleSingleplayerText-BasedStrategyCyberpunkDifficultIndieAction👍 417
$9.99Hacknet
Aug 12 · Team Fractal Alligator
Both: Hacking · Programming
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.
HackingSimulationProgrammingTypingStory RichSingleplayerGreat SoundtrackChoices MatterCrimeAtmospheric👍 16,915
$11.99Uplink
Aug 23 · Introversion Software
Both: Hacking · Cyberpunk
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.
HackingIndieStrategySingleplayerCyberpunkSimulationSci-fiReal-Time with Pause2DExperimental👍 1,771
$24.99Hacker Simulator
Oct 20 · Save All Studio
Both: Hacking · Programming · Cyberpunk
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.
HackingSimulationSingleplayerRealisticCrimeProgrammingTypingDetectiveAdventureCyberpunk👍 1,230
$9.99Cyber Manhunt
Feb 2 · Aluba Van+
Both: Puzzle · Hacking
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.
SimulationRPGPuzzleHackingIndieMysteryDetectiveSingleplayerCrimeImmersive Sim👍 14,522
$13.37Hack 'n' Slash
Sep 9 · Double Fine Productions
Both: Hacking · Puzzle · Programming
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!
AdventureIndieHackingHack and SlashPuzzleProgrammingCasualSingleplayerFemale ProtagonistFantasy👍 538
$24.99Else Heart.Break()
Sep 24 · Erik Svedäng, El Huervo / Niklas Åkerblad, Tobias Sjögren, Oscar "Ratvader" Rydelius, Johannes Gotlén
Both: Programming · Hacking · Cyberpunk
A game about friendship, love and technology in a place where bits have replaced atoms.
ProgrammingAdventureIndieRPGHackingSingleplayerSurrealAtmosphericCyberpunkPoint & Click👍 347
$12.99Deadeye Deepfake Simulacrum
Sep 18 · nodayshalleraseyou
Both: Hacking · Cyberpunk
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.
HackingTop-Down ShooterRPGStory RichBullet TimeCyberpunkActionSimulationTranshumanismFuturistic👍 840
World of Haiku
Jul 22 · Haiku, Inc
Both: Hacking · Cyberpunk · Puzzle
Entering the World of Haiku is the first step to acquiring the critical, real-world skills needed to become a cybersecurity professional. This is the first and only gamified cyberpunk experience that teaches you real-world hacking skills and tools as you advance through the game missions.
HackingRPGCyberpunkEducationFuturisticSandboxPuzzleAction RPGStrategy RPGPuzzle Platformer👍 133
$12.99NETGHOST
Apr 3 · DRAGONFIRE STUDIOS
Both: Cyberpunk · Hacking · Programming
Netghost is a Crime Drama visual novel with a mystery-driven story full of intrigue, twists and turns. The story follows Ian Newfield, a cyber security engineer who transforms into a cold-blooded criminal in his struggle to protect the company he works for and aid his ailing sister.
Visual NovelCyberpunkHackingProgrammingSci-fiArtificial IntelligenceMysteryCasualCrimeDetective
$19.99Anonymous Hacker Simulator
Apr 3 · Sicarius
Both: Hacking
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.
SimulationHackingTypingImmersive SimCrimeSandboxDetectiveStealthLife Sim3D👍 743
$19.99NITE Team 4 - Military Hacking Division
Feb 26 · Alice & Smith
Both: Hacking · Puzzle
NITE Team 4 is a military hacking simulation game that explores the world of cyberwarfare and features realistic mission scenarios.
HackingSimulationStrategyIndieAdventureMilitaryPuzzleMultiplayerSingleplayer👍 1,018
-75%$7.49Observer: System Redux
Nov 10 · Bloober Team, Anshar Studios
Both: Cyberpunk · Hacking
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.
HorrorInvestigationCyberpunkHackingStealthWalking SimulatorFirst-PersonStory RichAction-AdventureAlternate History👍 2,468
FreeHack RUN
Jun 17 · i273 LLC
Both: Hacking · Text-Based
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.
SimulationStrategyAdventureFree to PlayHackingText-Based👍 154
$4.99Untrusted
May 9 · playuntrusted.com
Both: Hacking · Text-Based · Cyberpunk
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.
MultiplayerSocial DeductionHackingOnline Co-OpText-BasedCyberpunkInvestigationParty-Based RPGTabletopRPG
$9.99Welcome to the Game II
Apr 3 · Reflect Studios
Both: Hacking
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.
HorrorHackingPsychological HorrorStrategyIndieSimulationDifficultSingleplayerNudityFirst-Person👍 3,174
FreeDatascape
Oct 10 · Aava Fertsman, Nicholas Gard
Both: Cyberpunk · Hacking
Traverse the Datascape, hack ICE to explore their programs and make a run on the SimulaCom corp! If that's not your thing just explore a section of the Datascape. A compact experience with a message to discover.
CyberpunkExplorationHackingInteractive FictionCapitalism1980sWalking Simulator3DOpen WorldNonlinear
$19.99The Signal State
Sep 23 · Reckoner Industries
Both: Puzzle · Programming
Set in a post-apocalyptic future, The Signal State puts your logic skills to the test with complex puzzles inspired by modular synthesizers. Repair machines, rebuild an abandoned farm, and be part of a revolution that will change the fate of agriculture once and for all.
PuzzleLogicSimulationAutomationProgrammingIndieSandboxLevel EditorModdableTutorial👍 651
$14.99Midnight Protocol
Oct 13 · LuGus Studios
Both: Hacking
Midnight Protocol is a tactical narrative-driven RPG with unique keyboard-only controls. Hack into servers, beat security systems and discover encrypted secrets while you try to find answers to why and how you got doxxed.
SingleplayerHackingTypingStory RichAtmosphericTurn-Based StrategyStrategy RPGMinimalistStrategyCrime👍 237
-80%$0.99Hacker Evolution: Untold
Sep 14 · exosyphen studios
Both: Hacking
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.
SimulationIndieHackingSingleplayer👍 191
$14.99One Hour One Life
Nov 8 · Jason Rohrer
Both: Massively Multiplayer
A multiplayer survival game of parenting and civilization building. Get born to another player as your mother. Live an entire life in one hour. Have babies of your own in the form of other players. Leave a legacy for the next generation as you help to rebuild civilization from scratch.
IndieSimulationSurvivalMassively MultiplayerCraftingLife SimColony SimOpen WorldBuildingHand-drawn👍 4,145
$2.99Hacker Evolution Duality
Aug 15 · exosyphen studios
Both: Hacking
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.
IndieSimulationHacking👍 215
-40%$7.79Cyber Manhunt 2: New World - The Hacking Simulator
Jan 20 · Aluba Van+
Both: Puzzle · Hacking
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.
DetectivePuzzleMysteryPoint & ClickInvestigationAtmosphericStory RichHackingDark HumorDystopian 👍 5,194
-50%$0.99Data Hacker: Reboot
Apr 17 · New Reality Games
Time, Space and Parallel Universes collapse and merge, tethered to threads of reality and sustained by a paradoxical power source. Nothing is impossible - it is time to become a Data Hacker.
IndieRPGAdventureAnimeSci-fiStory RichFantasyCraftingJRPG👍 128
Worlds Adrift
May 24 · Bossa Studios
Both: Massively Multiplayer
We're tired of endless grinding, mini-maps and predetermined fun. That's why we intend to redefine MMOs and empower our players to find their own destiny, write their own stories, and leave a lasting impression on the world they helped us create. How will you impact it and what will your legacy be?
Open WorldMassively MultiplayerCraftingExplorationSurvivalAdventureSandboxPhysicsMultiplayerPvP👍 4,158
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Both: Massively Multiplayer
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Massively MultiplayerOpen World Survival CraftSandboxRPGCraftingBuildingPvPMedievalMMORPGIndie👍 1,379
$14.99Cybernetic Fault
May 5 · Whale Rock Games
Both: Cyberpunk · Hacking
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!
CyberpunkSci-fiStory RichInvestigationExplorationCharacter Action GameHackingAction-AdventureAction3D👍 679
$19.99Black Ice
Jul 9 · Nonadecimal Creative, Super Duper Garrett Cooper
Both: Cyberpunk
Hack greedy megacorps to help as many people as you can in a high-agility cyberpunk looter/shooter RPG. Explore neon cyberspace vistas and outmaneuver AIs to customize your hacker OS and weapon combos. Play solo or online co-op with up to 10 people!
Early AccessExplorationLooter ShooterArena ShooterCyberpunkOpen WorldFPSShooterAction RPGCharacter Customization👍 515
FreeWAKFU
Sep 18 · Ankama Studio
Both: Massively Multiplayer
Immerse yourself in the WAKFU universe with this free to play MMORPG. Select your class, travel the world, meet adventurers to challenge powerful monsters in epic turn-based battles.Participate in the kingdom’s economy and politics and create your own legend!
Free to PlayTurn-Based StrategyMassively MultiplayerMMORPGOpen WorldRPGTurn-BasedStrategyAdventureAnime👍 148
$8.99The Yellow King
Feb 5 · Spellbook
Both: Massively Multiplayer
A dark horror MMO inspired by the writings of H. P. Lovecraft. Infinite dungeon exploration, boss raids, guilds, PvP, leaderboards, and the destruction of your soul by an uncaring immortal e̵̺̙̺̥̅͆̾̽̈̇̇̂̑̊͊̽̕͜͝lde̸̮͔̞̮͖͖̙̍̒̽̓r̶̨̹̠̪̫͓̻͍̥͇̄͌͂̋̊̚ g̶̩̮̙̾̎̌̋̎͌͘͠oḓ̸̛̮̦̮͎͖̖͖͕͊͋̉̂́͛ slowly devouring the universe.
ActionMassively MultiplayerIndieAdventureRPGCasualEarly AccessGoreViolentLovecraftian👍 195
$2.99Malware
Jul 31 · Odd Games
Both: Puzzle
Malware lurks where you least expect it. Unscrupulous software vendors have hidden traps inside legitimate installers — can you spot them all and keep your computer clean?
SimulationPuzzleSingleplayerStrategyPoint & ClickHidden ObjectIncremental1990'sLife Sim2D👍 1,141
-75%$4.99Punch Club 2: Fast Forward
Jul 20 · Lazy Bear Games
Both: Cyberpunk
Train, fight, and rise to the top in this knockout sequel to the smashing fighter management simulator! Mentor your fighter and guide him to become the ultimate champion: choose from different combat styles, control his routine, and watch him kick some butt like a proud sensei!
Time ManagementPixel GraphicsMartial ArtsResource ManagementManagementAdventureCyberpunkSportsStrategy RPGTactical RPG👍 3,813
-35%$9.74SANABI
Nov 8 · WONDER POTION
Both: Cyberpunk
SANABI is an exhilarating stylish dystopian action-platformer. Play as a legendary retired veteran and use your signature prosthetic arm to jump over cliffs and skyscrapers, zip through bullets and traps and defeat powerful enemies.
Pixel GraphicsStory RichActionCyberpunk2D PlatformerAdventureSingleplayer2DIndieAction-Adventure👍 41,734
Dual Universe
Sep 27 · Novaquark
Both: Massively Multiplayer
Dual Universe is a first-person Sci-Fi MMO built and driven by players, in a single persistent universe. You can build almost anything out of voxels, trade in a free economy, lead industries, travel through space, explore planets, or wage war in a fully editable sandbox universe. Subscription-based.
Massively MultiplayerMMORPGSpace SimBuildingSci-fiVoxelSandboxCity BuilderOpen WorldBase Building👍 533
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Jan 26 · Bad Yolk Games
Both: Programming
You’re the designer, engineer and architect if you can imagine it you can create it! Construct robots of any shape or size from eight-legged spider bots to eerie UFO contraptions.
3DOnline Co-OpCo-opSingleplayerSandboxBuildingProgrammingSimulationRobotsPhysics👍 1,004
$29.99Kenshi
Dec 6 · Lo-Fi Games
A free-roaming squad based RPG. Focusing on open-ended sandbox gameplay features rather than a linear story. Be a trader, a thief, a rebel, a warlord, an adventurer, a farmer, a slave, or just food for the cannibals. Train your men up from puny victims to master warriors.
Open WorldSandboxSurvivalRPGStrategy RPGImmersive SimSimulationPost-apocalypticCraftingSamurai👍 98,503
$14.99Hidden Folks
Feb 15 · Hidden Folks
Both: Puzzle
Search for hidden folks in hand-drawn, interactive, miniature landscapes. Unfurl tent flaps, cut through bushes, slam doors, and poke some crocodiles! Rooooaaaarrrr!!!!!
Hidden ObjectCasualHand-drawnIndiePuzzlePoint & ClickRelaxing2DFunnySingleplayer👍 7,612
$5.99The Past Within
Nov 2 · Rusty Lake
Both: Puzzle
The Past Within is the new co-op experience from Rusty Lake! Play together with someone you deem trustworthy: one in The Past, the other in The Future. Observe and communicate what you see around you. Solve the puzzles and uncover Albert Vanderboom’s plan.
Co-opPuzzleOnline Co-OpMultiplayerEscape RoomHorrorMysteryPoint & ClickAdventureIndie👍 14,676
$19.99StarCrawlers
May 23 · Juggernaut Games
Both: Cyberpunk
StarCrawlers is a modern take on a classic cRPG dungeon crawler set in a gritty spacepunk universe. Build a crew of renegade adventurers on the fringes of space, taking jobs from megacorps to hunt bounties, sabotage rivals and conduct corporate espionage.
RPGDungeon CrawlerIndieSci-fiTurn-Based CombatGrid-Based MovementAdventureCRPGFirst-PersonCyberpunk👍 793
$24.99Risk of Rain 2
Aug 11 · Hopoo Games
Escape a chaotic alien planet by fighting through hordes of frenzied monsters – with your friends, or on your own. Combine loot in surprising ways and master each character until you become the havoc you feared upon your first crash landing.
Third-Person ShooterAction RoguelikeMultiplayerCo-opRoguelikeRogueliteActionLooter ShooterLootOnline Co-Op👍 240,052
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Oct 16 · Fair Games ApS
Build, quest, and conquer across an infinite procedurally generated world. Play alone or with friends as you establish a settlement and explore deep dungeons, fight monsters and bosses, mine rare ores, craft magical equipment, recruit specialists for your colony, and more!
Open World Survival CraftPixel GraphicsMultiplayerOpen WorldSandboxSurvivalCraftingAdventureIndieRPG👍 24,443
FreeUnderlight
Dec 14 · KoiWare, LLC
Both: Massively Multiplayer
Be a part of a vast Underlight City of dreamers. Real people, just like you, creating real characters. There are no pre determined paths for you to follow and no specified end game. You are in control of how your character interacts with the other characters creating true conflict and resolution. It's your dream to make.
1990'sMMORPGMassively MultiplayerRetroFantasyRPGPvEPvPFree to PlayAdventure
-60%$7.99Ctrl Alt Ego
Jul 22 · MindThunk
Both: Puzzle
Innovative genre mashup (first-person immersive sim puzzler FPS RPG) with emphasis on problem-solving and creativity. Unique vibes and original mechanics that you won't have experienced before. One of the best games of 2022 according to various credible sources!
Immersive SimPuzzleSandboxPhysicsStealthPhilosophicalDark ComedyFPSRPGSci-fi👍 738
$0.99Loot Box Quest
Dec 13 · Going Loud Studios
Both: Memes
The spiritual successor to DLC Quest! Earn that sense of pride and accomplishment in the way that only repetitive clicking can deliver. It's a clicker game, so chill out, have a few chuckles, and watch numbers get bigger while the industry burns around us all.
CasualIncrementalSatireFunnyIndieDark ComedyMemesSingleplayerIdlerLoot👍 470
$19.99DYSMANTLE
Nov 16 · 10tons Ltd
Ascend from your shelter. Ruin everything. Escape the wretched island. ⚔️🔨🎣🌱🌵🍰 Explore. Fight. Level up. Survive. Gather. Craft. Harvest. Hunt. Build. Farm. Solve puzzles. Fish. Cook. Live. Enjoy the bittersweet post-apocalypse.
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Dec 11 · Croteam
Both: Puzzle
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