EXAPUNKS on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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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.

EXAPUNKS is a programming, puzzle and hacking game developed and published by Zachtronics.
Released on October 22nd 2018 is available in English on Windows, MacOS and Linux.

It has received 1,754 reviews of which 1,664 were positive and 90 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.0 out of 10. 😍

The game is currently priced at 19.50€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified EXAPUNKS into these genres:

Programming Puzzle Hacking Automation Indie Simulation Logic Cyberpunk Singleplayer Difficult Great Soundtrack Sandbox

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS *: Windows Vista / 7 / 8 / 10
Processor: 2.0 GHz
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: 1366 x 768
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 660 MB available space

MacOS

OS: macOS 10.9+
Processor: 2.0 GHz
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: 1366 x 768
Storage: 690 MB available space

Linux

OS: Ubuntu 16.04+, SteamOS
Processor: 2.0 GHz
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: OpenGL 3.3, 1366 x 768
Storage: 720 MB available space

User reviews & Ratings

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Feb. 2025

The theme and vibe of the game greatly inspire me to hack. The puzzles are interesting, although not very difficult for a more experienced programmer. That is not a negative, as your solutions are compared (if you wish so) to the rest of the playerbase and to your friends. This prompts you to optimize the speed and size of your algorithms, which is very fun, although sometimes cheesy. The world-building is quite immersive and it is inspired by real 90s hacker culture. It is clear the developer has either lived and hacked back in the 90s, or has done their homework very well. As said before, the general motifs and world of EXAPUNKS constitute great inspiration and motivation to contribute and change something about your own community. Which might be its greatest attribute. Never wished more for a stack than when playing this game tho lol.

Oct. 2024

Without doubt, this game is the best introduction to the Zachtronics programming genre. Many reviews here highlight the well-written immersive story, and that is indeed the case. For me, even better was the programming language and development environment are strong enough to meet the challenges that are placed before you. TIS-100 and Shenzhen I/O are much more hardcore endeavors where figuring out to implement a sound design is most of the challenge. If you're looking for one game to see if the bundle is right for you, I strongly recommend this one.

Oct. 2024

Zachtronics developed a lot of these 'assembly code' games, and I think this one was the best execution of the concept. While I enjoyed the others a lot, TIS was very bare-bones and Shenzhen was too complex and varied in its objectives. I think this game struck a great balance in challenge, visual feedback, and I liked the story as well

Aug. 2024

Assembly code game goodness TIS100 evolved into Shenzhen I/O, Shenzhen I/O evolved into Exapunks. Great game, fun puzzles, and educational to boot! Redshift coding and hacker battles elevates this to my favourite Zachtronics game, at least among the coding ones (Magnum Opus is a different beast entirely) ;------------------------------------------- Making it through the story feels like being reborn in fire. I have ascended. My neurons are throbbing. Thank you, Zachtronics. Now I'll go study actual programming

April 2024

My favorite Zachtronics game and one of the finest engineering games ever made. The hardware has a lot of depth to it that you come to master over time. You'll realize that sections of the manual you initially glossed over, were actually hinting at something very useful and very deep. By the end of it you'll look at problems very differently and get to a better solution on your first try. Strongly recommend, this game will actually make you smarter.

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