hackmud

hackmud is a text-based multiplayer hacking simulator for keyboard-compatible personal home computers. Crack protected systems and solve puzzles as you explore the abandoned internet of the future. Write scripts to protect your winnings and trick other players. Lose everything. Get it back.

hackmud is a hacking, programming and massively multiplayer game developed and published by ComCODE.
Released on September 22nd 2016 is available in English on Windows, MacOS and Linux.

It has received 803 reviews of which 639 were positive and 164 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.6 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 13.37€ on Steam and has a 30% discount.

The Steam community has classified hackmud into these genres:

Hacking Programming Massively Multiplayer Simulation Indie Cyberpunk Puzzle Text-Based Memes RPG

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Requirements

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Windows

OS *: Windows 7
Memory: 2 GB RAM
DirectX: Version 10

MacOS

OS: Mac OS 10.9
Memory: 2 GB RAM

Linux

Memory: 2 GB RAM

Reviews

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Oct. 2024

I thought I was going to play for an hour or two before getting bored and deciding to quit. ~10 hours in and I am craving more and more. Edit: ~20 hours in and I will probably keep messing around with it. Though sadly the game is "dead". And by "dead" I mean you will rarely encounter another player in game to talk with, the discord community is active, but the game itself doesn't seem to get much traffic sadly, from my own observations. The " [...] as you explore the abandoned internet of the future." part of the game's description is very apt. The 0000 channell is filled with various scams, automated scripts and what not from the earlier days of the game. To sum it up; if the idea of exploring a (abandoned) sandbox MUD, filled with automated scrips, NPCs, and rarely a player or two, all while using a terminal interface and javascript scripts to do so appeals to you, then you might enjoy the game as I did/am/will. If not, I don't think I could recommend the game.

May 2024

Coming from absolute ZERO prior knowledge of coding, programming, hacking, etc; I found this game rather difficult but rewarding when you have those "light bulb" moments. It's a solid game even with the skill ceiling being so high. I'm not far into the game however I'm enjoying it :) P.s PirateSoftware is the reason I checked this game out!

May 2024

PirateSoftware hooked me to this. Very good concept for the game, good lore and puzzles hidden everywhere. Lots of pop culture references that you need to know, which is one of the downsides along with the horrendous new-player experience. There is very little handholding which would be good but in a game revolving around more and more complex puzzles, getting the basics and what to look for through the tutorial would be nice. After getting past the tutorial, you are just dropped in the world, with zero direction, zero help, zero clue. Still I enjoy the game, and will continue enjoying it

April 2024

Insanely fun game with a huge amount of depth. Definitely interact with the community, there are a lot of fun people here. If you get owned chat around, chances are people will help you until you know what you're doing. After that, trust no one. Good luck!

Jan. 2024

5/10, leaning towards positive. As a security engineer with two decades of experience, I was excited about this, but it seems better suited for people with no coding experience. A positive is that a few players mention the skills they've picked up, which is good. But, you could learn the same languages in about 5% of the time with a structured course. Seems like a fun way to introduce cyber-security concepts to beginners or those interested, but not for me I think.

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Steam price	23 December 2024 20:45
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-30% 19.10€ 13.37€

7.6

639

164

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Developer

ComCODE

Publisher

ComCODE

Release 22 Sep 2016

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