The best hacker games

Games about hackers focus on the theme of data control, digital intrusions, and resistance against corporations. They use both realistic hacking simulations and stylized mechanics.

Gameplay includes infiltrating networks, controlling devices, gathering information, and covert operations. Such projects often raise questions about privacy, the power of technology, and the ethics of the digital world.

Cyberpunk 2077

Role-playing game, Action, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Cyberpunk, Shooter

December 10, 2020

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 70/100

The game from CD Projekt RED, the creators of The Witcher, inspired by the tabletop game Cyberpunk 2020 by Mike Pondsmith. The player is sent to the year 2077...

Watch Dogs

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Stealth, Third-person view, Cyberpunk

May 26, 2014

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 74/100

Watch Dogs is a third-person, open-world sci-fi action-adventure game. The game takes place in the summer of 2003 in New York, whose key systems were infected with...

Watch Dogs 2

Action, Shooter, Stealth, Third-person view

November 15, 2016

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Watch Dogs 2 is a continuation of the hacker action game in the open world with a third-person view. The events of the game take place on the streets of San...

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Stealth, First-person view, Third-person view, Cyberpunk

August 23, 2016

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 83/100

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided is a continuation of the futuristic role-playing game with a first-person view, stealth elements and cyberpunk style. The year 2027 was a...

Watch Dogs Legion

Action, Shooter, Third-person view

October 29, 2020

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Watch Dogs Legion is a multi-genre sandbox game from a third-person perspective set in an open world, continuing the popular series of hacker action games. The...

Deus Ex: Human Revolution

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Stealth, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Cyberpunk

August 23, 2011

VGTimes: 9.4/10

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 89/100

Deus Ex: Human Revolution is a continuation of the legendary first-person action role-playing game Deus Ex. The game will take you to 2027, in which you will play...

Citizen Sleeper

Board / Group Game, Cyberpunk, Isometric, Adventure, Science fiction

May 5, 2022

Metacritic: 83/100

The main character is a sleeping, digitized human consciousness in an artificial body, owned by a corporation that wants to bring him back. As you wander among the...

Observation

Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future)

May 21, 2019

Players: 6.2/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Observation is a first-person sci-fi adventure set on a space station. The plot tells how a tragedy occurred at the station, due to which the entire crew with the...

Hacknet

Simulation, Puzzle, Logic

August 12, 2015

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Hacknet is an interesting puzzle game that will tell you the secrets of PC hacking. Following the instructions of a mystically deceased hacker, you will unravel the...

Telling Lies

Interactive movie, Adventure, First-person view

August 23, 2019

Players: 5.9/10

Metacritic: 83/100

Telling Lies is an interactive adventure from the creators of the Her Story series. The game tells the story of four characters, one of whom is hiding a big lie...

Anonymous Hacker Simulator

Simulation, First-person view, Detective, Cyberpunk

April 3, 2024

Players: 6/10

The main character is a hacker who confronts an organization that collects people's data. We need to find vulnerabilities in enemy services and prevent them from...

while True: learn()

Educational game (Education), Simulation, Puzzle, Indie, Adventure

January 18, 2019

An indie puzzle game with elements of a simulator and adventure, where all the mechanics are tied to machine learning. The main character is a programmer who...

Gunpoint

Arcade, Action, Stealth, Platformer, Indie, Tactics

June 3, 2013

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 83/100

Gunpoint is an arcade, action, stealth, platformer, indie and tactical game from the masters at Suspicious Developments. The game is published by Suspicious...

The Red Strings Club

Adventure, Cyberpunk, Side view

January 22, 2018

Players: 9.4/10

Metacritic: 80/100

The Red Strings Club — a "point and click" adventure with a side view in a cyberpunk style. The game's plot centers around a bartender and his hacker friend, who...

Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector

Role-playing game, Adventure, Isometric, Board / Group Game, Cyberpunk, Science fiction

January 31, 2025

Players: 9.4/10

Metacritic: 88/100

Direct sequel to Citizen Sleeper. The main character is a sleeper, a digitized human consciousness in an artificial body owned by a corporation that wants to...

7 Billion Humans

Arcade, Top-down view, Puzzle, Indie

August 23, 2018

Players: 8.7/10

7 Billion Humans is the sequel to the fun indie puzzle game Human Resource Machine. This time you have to automate a swarm of employees so that they become part of...

Operation: Tango

Adventure, Online, Futurism (Future), First-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Puzzle, Casual game

June 1, 2021

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 72/100

An espionage-themed action-adventure game in which two players undertake dangerous missions around the world. One player becomes an agent, and the second a hacker...

Hypnospace Outlaw

Adventure, Simulation, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Historical, Benchmark program

March 12, 2019

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Hypnospace Outlaw is an unusual 90s internet simulator with pixel graphics and text game elements. The player explores various websites, monitors mail receipts, and...

Cyber Protocol

Arcade, Logic, Puzzle, Cyberpunk, Indie, Top-down view, Cooperative (co-op)

September 26, 2019

Players: 7.4/10

Cyber Protocol is a top-down cooperative arcade puzzle game in cyberpunk style. In the game you have to help the android G0X6, who was killed under mysterious...

Invisible, Inc.

Action, Strategy, Stealth, Turn-based, Indie, Steampunk

May 12, 2015

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Invisible, Inc. — a tactical strategy with turn-based battles in a sci-fi setting. The game will tell about a secret organization of special agents who...

TIS-100

Simulation, Puzzle, Logic, Indie

July 20, 2015

TIS-100 is a limitless programming game from the creators of SpaceChem and Infinifactory. The game will offer you a number of exciting puzzles, to solve which you...

Pony Island

Puzzle, Logic, Indie

January 4, 2016

Players: 9.4/10

Metacritic: 86/100

Pony Island is a logic puzzle game from the developers of Daniel Mullins Games. The story is that the devil locks the player in an arcade, and in order to get out...

Event[0]

Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future)

September 14, 2016

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Event[0] is a sci-fi adventure with a first-person view. The game takes place on a deserted ship that drifts in deep space. The only interlocutor present on the...

Uplink

Role-playing game, Simulation, Cyberpunk

March 11, 2003

Players: 7.9/10

Uplink is a role-playing game with a dash of simulation from Introversion Software Limited. The main publisher of the game is Introversion Software...

Else Heart.Break()

Adventure, Puzzle, Indie

September 24, 2015

Metacritic: 79/100

Else Heart.Break() is an indie adventure with puzzle elements. The main character is Sebastian, who is searching for himself in the distant city of Dorisburg. Among...

SHENZHEN I/O

Simulation, Educational game (Education), Puzzle, Logic

November 17, 2016

Players: 9.5/10

SHENZHEN I/O is a programmer simulator with elements of an educational game. You have to get a job in a large Chinese company and develop software code for...

Exapunks

Puzzle, Indie, Simulation, Cyberpunk

October 22, 2018

Players: 9.5/10

Exapunks — an adventure puzzle game from the creators of Opus Magnum, SHENZHEN I/O , and TIS-100. The year is 1997. You used to be the greatest hacker, but...

Mainlining

Simulation, Adventure, Puzzle, Indie

January 26, 2017

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Mainlining is a simulator with elements of adventure, puzzle and indie game from the developers of the Rebelephant studio. The game is published by Merge Games...

Anonymous Hacker Simulator: Prologue

Simulation, First-person view, Cyberpunk, Sandbox

August 28, 2023

Free prologue to the game Anonymous Hacker Simulator, representing the opening chapter of the full version. The gamer, in the role of an anonymous hacker, uses...

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