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 813 reviews of which 646 were positive and 167 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.6 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 19.10€ on Steam.

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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Dec. 2024

This game is a masterpiece that hurts my soul. And that's not a reference to the use of JavaScript (mostly). It is the game of my dreams in basically every way, honestly, but playing it once you escape the "tutorial" just slams you with this odd feeling. Genuinely not 100% sure how to explain the feeling; my best attempt is that it strikes you with a deep sense of nostalgia for experiences you never had, that never occurred. Like I can see how great the game is, and its biggest flaw is really no fault of its own: playerbase. Ultimately, the game sets out to be a mmo from the terminal, Hack.net's multiplayer cousin. But you can't have a mmo without the mm. I sat here for 3 hours looking into learning JavaScript, frustrated by the lack of resources available. I found wikis from 2017, a dead reddit, a slightly less dead discord. I couldn't understand (and still don't) how there was so little engagement for such a great product. And then, I checked the player counts. 24. At the time of writing this and as I had played previously, there were only 23 other people in game. An all time peak of 502 players. I have no idea why this is, but the game apparently was never given a shot. The game's amazing. I can't recommend it due to lack of players, but I have to recommend it due to lack of players if that even makes any sense. I was expecting a solid base of ~20,000 players and now I'm here experiencing a tragedy lol

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!

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19.10€

7.6

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Developer

ComCODE

Publisher

ComCODE

Release 22 Sep 2016

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