Games like EXAPUNKS
by Zachtronics
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.
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$6.99TIS-100
Jul 20 · Zachtronics
Both: Programming · Puzzle · Difficult
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!
ProgrammingPuzzleIndieSimulationDifficultHackingLogicSingleplayerEducationAutomation👍 3,392
$9.99SpaceChem
Mar 2 · Zachtronics
Both: Puzzle · Difficult · Programming
Zachtronics is back with an ambitious new design-based puzzle game. Take on the role of a Reactor Engineer working for SpaceChem, the leading chemical synthesizer for frontier colonies. Construct elaborate factories to transform raw materials into valuable chemical products!
PuzzleDifficultProgrammingIndieLogicSingleplayerAutomationSci-fiGreat SoundtrackScience👍 2,628
$19.99The Signal State
Sep 23 · Reckoner Industries
Both: Puzzle · Logic · Automation
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
$14.99Alan's Automaton Workshop
Jan 20 · Laputa Labs
Both: Programming · Automation · Puzzle
Alan's Automaton Workshop is an open-ended programming puzzle game. Start a new business with Alan Turing and his groundbreaking innovation: the Turing Machine. Build unique automatons, and solve all kinds of problems from clients.
EducationProgrammingAutomationSteampunkPuzzleSandboxLogicBuildingSimulationSingleplayer👍 196
$19.99Last Call BBS
Aug 3 · Zachtronics
Both: Puzzle · Automation · Logic
Boot up your Z5 Powerlance and dial into Last Call BBS, the last game from Zachtronics! The Barkeep’s loaded up his retro computer with a full set of puzzle games for you to download and play. No need to worry about copy protection, they’re all fully cracked and ready to enjoy!
PuzzleAutomationRetro1990'sSolitaireSandboxLogicPixel GraphicsBuildingMechs👍 1,220
$18.99hackmud
Sep 22 · ComCODE
Both: Hacking · Programming · Cyberpunk
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.
IndieHackingProgrammingSimulationMassively MultiplayerRPGCyberpunkPuzzleText-BasedMemes👍 752
$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
$9.99Hacknet
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
$2.99Hacker Evolution
Sep 14 · exosyphen studios
Both: Hacking · Puzzle · Cyberpunk
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
$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
FreeGlitchspace
May 5 · Space Budgie
Both: Programming · Puzzle · Hacking
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.
ProgrammingIndiePuzzleAdventureVRFirst-PersonHackingEarly AccessFree to PlayAction👍 175
$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
-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
$5.99hack_me
Jan 5 · Egor Magurin, Eugene Radaev
Both: Hacking · Programming
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.
SimulationHackingAdventureIndieSingleplayerAtmosphericProgrammingArcade2DDialogue Heavy👍 1,454
FreeZACH-LIKE
Jun 17 · Zachtronics
Both: Puzzle · Programming
ZACH-LIKE is a book of behind-the-scenes design documents from Zachtronics. The digital version of ZACH-LIKE contains the full contents of the book, a bunch of terrible games that Zach made before SpaceChem, and some prototypes and early builds of Zachtronics games, both released and... not.
IndiePuzzleProgrammingFree to Play
FreeChip's Challenge 1
May 28 · Niffler Ltd.
Both: Puzzle · Logic · Difficult
Before Chip can join the Bit Busters computer club and hang out with the girl of his dreams, Melinda the Mental Marvel, he must solve all 144 challenging puzzles. Your bird's-eye view can help Chip rush through the puzzles and mazes before he's deleted by monsters, traps and the passage of time.
PuzzleSokobanRebootLogicFree to PlayDifficultStrategyTop-Down2DOld School👍 531
$4.99Frood Robotics
Jul 31 · Frood Designs
Both: Programming · Puzzle · Automation
Get your robot to the trophy! The catch: you can't control the robot directly, you must program it with a crude and cruelly limited programming language. Avoid pits, press buttons, and remember, if it's a bug but it works, then it is not a bug.
ProgrammingRobotsPuzzleRetroSokobanAutomationPixel GraphicsGrid-Based MovementEducationWord Game
$1.99I hate this game
Mar 7 · Pixel Error
Both: Puzzle · Logic
I hate this game is a logic game, where gameplay changes every level. Solve crazy puzzles and use forgotten functions of your PC! Be attentive, interact with everything that you see on the screen.
IndiePuzzlePixel GraphicsGreat SoundtrackLogic2DMinimalistPlatformerPuzzle PlatformerFunny👍 2,465
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$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
$4.99Cyber Attack
Aug 20 · LUXO Interactive
Both: Hacking
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.
StrategyIndieSimulationHackingSandboxCasualManagementOpen WorldEarly AccessAction👍 172
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
FreeHack RUN
Jun 17 · i273 LLC
Both: Hacking
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
$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
$9.99Crazy Machines 3
Oct 18 · Fakt Software
Both: Puzzle · Difficult
Crazy Machines 3 is the latest, greatest, most amazing and craziest part of the series and fascinates once more with physic-based puzzles. Build your own crazy machines and share your awesomeness across the world thanks to the Steam® Workshop.
SimulationPuzzlePhysicsStrategySandboxSingleplayerMultiplayerBuildingCasualDifficult👍 7,484
$14.99Nauticrawl
Sep 16 · Spare Parts Oasis
Both: Puzzle · Difficult
A stolen, enigmatic machine is your only way out. It's likely to kill you, but so will the hostile planet you're escaping. Pull levers, hack devices, and puzzle out how to pilot the Nauticrawl to freedom in this unusual atmospheric adventure... or die trying.
SimulationIndieAtmosphericSci-fiPuzzleDifficultSingleplayerPoint & ClickAdventureSteampunk👍 441
$29.99The Talos Principle
Dec 11 · Croteam
Both: Puzzle
The Talos Principle is a first-person puzzle game in the tradition of philosophical science fiction. Made by Croteam and written by Tom Jubert (FTL, The Swapper) and Jonas Kyratzes (The Sea Will Claim Everything).
PuzzlePhilosophicalFirst-PersonSci-fiStory RichAtmosphericSingleplayerGreat SoundtrackRobotsExploration👍 29,240
-80%$3.99Main Assembly
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
$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







