Hacknet

Yes its a very good game yeah 10/10 go play buy best game ever created :)

Wow, this game is impressive. I came into it thinking it would either be too much work or too boring. I was completely wrong.

I would recommend this game to anyone really. I haven't been this engaged in a game in a very long time. The story is very good and the game mechanics are very fun.

At this price, you cannot go wrong. Onto Labyrinths!

---{ Graphics }---
☐ You forget what reality is
☐ Beautiful
☐ Good
☐ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☑ MS-DOS

---{ Gameplay }---
☑ Very good
☐ Good
☐ It's just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Watch paint dry instead
☐ Just don't

---{ Audio }---
☑ Eargasm
☐ Very good
☐ Good
☐ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ I'm now deaf

---{ Audience }---
☐ Kids
☑ Teens
☑ Adults
☐ Grandma

---{ PC Requirements }---
☑ Check if you can run paint
☐ Potato
☐ Decent
☐ Fast
☐ Rich boi
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer

---{ Game Size }---
☐ Floppy Disk
☑ Old Fashioned
☐ Workable
☐ Big
☐ Will eat 15% of your 1TB hard drive
☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it
☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data

---{ Difficulty }---
☐ Just press 'W'
☑ Easy
☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☐ Significant brain usage
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls

---{ Grind }---
☐ Nothing to grind
☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☐ Isn't necessary to progress
☑ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You'll need a second life for grinding

---{ Story }---
☐ No Story
☐ Some lore
☐ Average
☐ Good
☐ Lovely
☑ It'll replace your life

---{ Game Time }---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☐ Short
☑ Average
☐ Long
☐ To infinity and beyond

---{ Price }---
☐ It's free!
☐ Worth the price
☑ If it's on sale
☐ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money

---{ Bugs }---
☐ Never heard of
☑ Minor bugs
☐ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs

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Additional notes : The game is great, definitely best in hacking genre. The only bug I had was the start crashing which is easy to fix since it's explained at pinned discussion. One of the best soundtracks I've ever heard. The DLC is by far better than the main game but don't start it if you haven't finished the game (THE KAGUYA TRIALS). Gameplay is awesome and the graphics ....... cmon you're playing a hacking game don't expect great graphics but there are lots of backgrounds in the game as you progress. 9/10 for me

Unique, a bit challenging at times, but overall fun and with an interesting story (9/10).

An excellent and entertaining simulation game.

Simple but fun. It's got some interesting puzzles, and the format makes for a game style that's somewhat unique

Typing can be fun as long as you get to pretend you're stealing secrets.

I 100%'d this game, and now every time I open my terminal, I half-expect an email from CSEC.

The thrill of sneaking into secure servers, stealing files, wiping logs… and then panicking when you hear the trace beep? Chef’s kiss.

It’s not real hacking, but it feels like it. Just enough to make you believe you’re one Red Bull away from taking down a megacorp.

8.5/10 — Makes you feel like a hacker without actually ending up on a watchlist.

A very fun game using some actual commands (though if you have too much knowledge in linux it will make it hard to not use actual commands) to solve puzles and beat the clock in stressful traces to keep your computer from getting counter hacked. 10/10

I wish this game taught me to code, but it's really fun to just porthack a rival computer in time

Uplink is this you? lolz
I´m really enjoying this game ! it´s a text based game mostly from what I´ve seen if you like cli and text go for it!

A good game pretty good to have the title "father of the hacking like games" has pretty good learn curve and cool way to teaching , the teenagers jokes are kinda meh doesn't add up to the experience of the game or lore but its ok its just there, the only thing i dont like about the game is that u cannot pause or leave labyrinths progression to go back into main story/game.

a very fun game. makes you feel somewhat like a real hacker. it is a VERY dirty trick to have the punishment for failing a sequence be save file deletion, but i will say it got me the most tense I've ever been playing a video game
tip for a certain sequence: there is no shame in hitting ALT + F4. it resets you to before the sequence started, that way you don't lose your save.

awesome game, it was a bit confusing at first because not all the commands are visible when using the help command, but the story and gameplay is really cool. I would recommend writing down the steps on how to hack a system on paper

абсолютный пик, интересный геймплей, сюжет, головоломки, классные сайд квесты, чего стоила эвтаназия (удаленно). Базовое знакомство с сетевыми протоколами)
короче всем советую

very enjoyable 7-8 hour long game. I'm now professional hacknet unix user. 10/10 :DDD

the CLI interface really sucks:

- doesnt parse spaces like a regular terminal, so "rm *" counts the first space as a character
- text from the terminal can't be selected and copy pasted
- .exe files in a UNIX system (not bad just weird xd)
- tab autocomplete doesnt go past a single file so tabbing at "home/s" wouldn't complete to "home/second_file"
- autocompleting an executable name doesnt add the space at the end

file navigation is hindered by the tiny top right back button. just have a .. button at the top of the file list or at the top of files. make it look like `less` or `vim` or something rather than a new screen

it's sometimes a bit unclear when the current task is complete.

I want to play it, it's just painful to play in the current state

I am saying this without exaggeration, This is one of the best games I've ever played in my life. The soundtrack is just so good when the tension picks up, the visuals are amazing. Commands are also somewhat realistic being based on UNIX commands. There is so so so so much to explore in the game and also the DLC is just amazing. I really hope that one day Hacknet will get a sequel that's even better.

first hacking sim and it was amazing! I really enjoyed solving contracts and uncovering secrets, also the UI is pretty nice and easy to navigate. I bought it on sale and decided to get the dlc too because of how much i enjoyed it : D definitely worth trying out.

Love the mistery, a bit confusing at first but kinda fun

This game is a masterpiece. I've tried out many 'Hacking' games in the past, but this one is the only one (so far) that has hit the spot in terms of enjoyment.

Fun game, can be confusing or buggy at times but I can find guides to it relatively easily.

Challenging and engaging game that truly puts your terminal mastery to the test. Its realistic hacking puzzles require you to navigate and command the system with precision, making each mission a rewarding challenge. The game's focus on authentic terminal usage resonates perfectly with anyone who loves to push their terminal skills to the limit. I use Arch btw.
Highly recommended!

Very fun and well-designed hacking simulator.

This game is a hacking simulation that isn’t very realistic. If you're playing to learn, this game might not be suitable for you. However, if you're looking for fun or just want a superficial understanding of hacking steps, this game might be a good fit.

Personally, I haven’t finished it yet, but I feel that it’s very user-friendly. It features a UI that’s always available, not just a CLI. You should play it if you’re considering pursuing this field in the future.

PS. Even though decryption or shell commands are done simply by typing them in the terminal, making you feel more like a cracker than a hacker.

one of the Best games in terms of story and execution so far. Yes you will find some things that look like a dead end and it's supposed to be like that. An actual fun and interactive game.

incredible game, investigated Bit's death, very open, sometimes the openness was detrimental

Definitely worthwhile. I learned a lot of things I never would have while playing this game.

This is a really good game. The puzzles require some outside of the box thinking and the programming aspect is really cool.

haha, i am official graduated from hacknet + 100% achievement in 15hrs. any hacknet certificate for me to become a qualify hacknet-ker :-)
looking forward the next episode hacknet2...

==probe==
.SSHCrack 22.
..FTPBounce 21..
...SMTPoverflow 25...
....KBT_PortTest 104....
.....WebServerWorm 80.....
......SQL_MemCorrupt 1433......
======= porthack =======
ForkBomb...............................................................................................................

This was recommended to me by one of my Sonic hacker friends. I really enjoy TIS-100 which is an assembly programming game, and I wanted something along those lines as well as similar to Uplink. i was pointed to this game, and I will admit that it's pretty decent. It does a good job at integrating Linux CLI terminal commands with actual hacking without all the technical aspects required for doing such things. Nicely done. Worth a buy if you want to feel like a computer hacker without learning all the details. If you really enjoy doing this, though, you might want to look into the hacker / cracker communities. Not all of us break into PC's. Some of us, like myself, just reverse engineer Sonic the Hedgehog or other video games.

According to many others, this is the best hacking simulator out there. While this is my very first experience with anything related to hacking, I do have to agree that this game is pretty darn good. The way it’s set up, it really feels like you’re hacking away from your own computer at home, fulfilling requests that flood your “jmail” inbox. This makes Hacknet a very immersive experience, as well as the terms used for the hacking commands being alleged correct hacking terms.

Because of the way the game is set up, the storyline gets you personally invested. Even though the whole game is only played through reading text, you start wanting to figure out what happened to our good friend Bit... and you also get to remotely euthanise someone. Always fun.

As someone with zero experience in the computer and hacking scene, Hacknet does a very good job of easing you into the new commands and builds up complexity exponentially. It eases you into the game with some more simple puzzles and spikes the difficulty later on. If you get really stuck, there’s some amazing guides out there that can point you in the right direction without spoiling everything. This is one of the best puzzle games I’ve played in recent times. Highly recommend you pick this up, especially when it’s on sale for like €1,50. Might need to check out the Labyrinths DLC sometime

Sometimes find myself wanting to use more complicated terminal commands only to be find out you can't which can be frustrating. The game is a fun intuitive semi-text puzzle focused game with a story and "hacker" mindset. The IRC chats can be funny at times. I'm also sure the punishments can feel real lethal to novice pc users. Found myself needing to think outside the box for some of the challenges. At one point the mission complexity suddenly escalates.

Remotely euthanized someone... 10/10.

Imagine your browsing steam one evening and come across a puzzle game from a company you've heard of then scrollling to the list of similar titles so see if there's anything better and more simple that's when you come across hacknet a game ultiizing codes you've heard of, you buy the ultimate edition, play it a few evenings later and manage to complete the game over the course of a few weeks, this is basically how i played hacknet, because initially i played it because of the unix codes, yet after the tutorial i realized i have stumbled upon a very good game, i finished the game and it's dlc labryinths on March 6th 2025 and i think hacknet is a masterpiece, though im not that smart about hacking the game was still intuitive enough that i only had to use a guide twice (once towards finale of base game (once at a section of one of the final missions of Labyrinths because i disconnected from a system before scan could finish it's scan)

Everytime you feel down or sad, remember: Console peasants cant play this masterpiece and never will.

A hacker named Bit is dead. His computer had an automated script which sends a random person a set of instructions. YOU are the one selected to follow out his last will.

The game is a good hacking simulation, with a good command line system, a well-designed UI for those who aren't quite used to the command line yet, and a very well-designed web of connections. IP addresses, names, and quests are randomized each time so everyone's experience is slightly different. They even have some funny conversations in text files on some PCs. All the scripts you need to complete the game are easily accessible, whether you get them from hidden locations or you find them in organization databases. There are even some interesting things you can do with the command line and some interesting moments where it pays to have a bit of extra knowledge going in. And easter eggs. MANY easter eggs. Seriously, when you think you've found it all, something new catches your eye.

Through my playthroughs I did not check if there was a way to create automated scripts for some of these things. If it was possible, I completely missed it, and if it wasn't, it is something I would fault this game for at least slightly. However, it not being there does not detract from the rest of the game, as hacking tools are abundant. The story is really good, and all of the design moments know just how to kick your brain into overdrive.

Overall, I'd give it a 10/10. This is one of my favorite games to date. If you are willing to learn the command line, generally good practices, and pay close attention to everything you find, this game will be a blast. I HIGHLY recommend learning how to use the command line instead of relying on the UI, as there are some things that will definitely be much better if you do so. A second or third playthrough also still hits pretty good, as you can look back at when things were introduced, catch things you wouldn't have caught before, and overall experience it in a completely different way. After you've played the DLC and the game itself once or twice though, the replayability goes down heavily, but there is a TON of mods in the community if you want to see what others have made.

Go out there and leave no trace behind.

It's a simple, yet engaging game. Some sequences are thrilling and the story is engaging enough.

Hacknet has a 90s vibe but seems like it could run forever. It almost makes me want to become a hacker. The dangers in the game seem so real when you get into it. Then I realize it would be too dangerous to really be a hacker. Super fun. Hope everyone tries it.

" I AM HACKERMAAANNN "
- one of the dwarves from Deep Rock Galactic, I think

anyways. Hacknet is THE penultimate movie hacker simulator, except it actually gets the terms correct. Good story, amazing gameplay, the works. Absolutely play, relatively cheap too.

This game is great, there are some small flaws, but they are hardly noticeable. Great story and menu feels amazing to hack with. One of my favourite parts was naix’s challenge! Thank you for making this fantastic game

- Has a native Linux version.

Nice game, great atmosphere of hacker life.

very nice game i thank the team that build it
i dont have any thoughts to add to or upgrade because of lake of my game development
in general i love it
thanks alot of this art

Great puzzler, interesting story

This game so good for who that want to start their career in this hacking things. But atleast their must a little bit knowledge in IT. Especially in Networking knowledge because it's testing your mind to solving hacking stuff and these stuff relate a lot with networking and practical solutions. anyway it's a good game !!

This game is amongst the best I've had the honour of playing.

It's not a simple thing to code a good hacking themed game: Hacknet not only manages to do that, it also manages to have great writing, funny puns, an interesting storyline (the DLC does too!), and well thought out missions. It's genuinely just a great game (and it's not too difficult, even if you aren't well versed in IT).

If you've considered buying it, please do so. You won't regret it. Wonderful game, with wonderful music too.

This was a really fun game, definitely one of my favorites. Hacknet captures the feeling of being the hacker in a movie. I never thought typing in a command prompt could feel tense, but with the awesome music and graphics I got really immersed. If you like UNIX command prompts, or want a fun way to practice some of those commands, this is the game for you.

Makes you feel like a real movie quality hacker.

I can't in good conscience give this game a bad review. Was there times that I got pissed off by having to do 3 play throughs to get all the achievements? Of course. Were there times when I got bored of the repetitiveness? Absolutely.

The first hour started off pretty good. When things are good, it gives a really satisfying experience of feeling like you're this actual big brain hacker. I like how it gives options for you to skip around some missions if you don't want to do it all and just want the achievements and get it over with.

The story feels sparse most of the time but when it's getting down, it was actually pretty good. The final missions were well made and a lot of fun. Overall, I don't really think this game is subjectively for me, but as a whole product, it's a well-built and solid labor of love from the creator and I would recommend it.

great for linux nerds or wannabe linux nerds.