Hacknet

Hacknet is an immersive, terminal-based hacking simulator for PC. Dive down a rabbit hoIe as you follow the instructions of a recently deceased hacker, whose death may not have been the accident the media reports.

Hacknet is a hacking, simulation and programming game developed by Team Fractal Alligator and published by Fellow Traveller.
Released on August 12th 2015 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 9 languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Japanese and Turkish.

It has received 24,842 reviews of which 23,253 were positive and 1,589 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.2 out of 10. 😍

The game is currently priced at 9.75€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Hacknet into these genres:

Hacking Simulation Programming Typing Story Rich Singleplayer Great Soundtrack Choices Matter Atmospheric Crime Cyberpunk Detective Logic 2D Education Adventure Difficult Dystopian Sci-fi Indie

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Requirements

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

Windows

OS *: Windows XP
Processor: 2.0 GHz
Memory: 512 MB RAM
Graphics: OpenGL 3.0+ (2.1 with ARB extensions acceptable)
Storage: 500 MB available space

MacOS

OS: OSX 13.04
Processor: 2.0 GHz
Memory: 512 MB RAM
Graphics: OpenGL 3.0+ (2.1 with ARB extensions acceptable)
Storage: 500 MB available space

Linux

OS: Ubuntu 13.4 LTS
Processor: 2.0 GHz
Memory: 512 MB RAM
Graphics: OpenGL 3.0+ (2.1 with ARB extensions acceptable)
Storage: 500 MB available space

Reviews

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Oct. 2024

Before this game I was extremely averse to any idea of coding (scratch trauma). The game really walked me through what commands are and how to generally use them without directly giving me the answers, the directory function was super helpful. I felt like I could actually visualize myself going through different files and directories without feeling totally lost like I used to. Sure it might be unrealistic to a real "hacking scenario", but how would I know that! Anyways I'm taking a python class now and this game helped me understand the basic concepts and how to move through files a lot better. This game was frustrating initially for someone who knew literally nothing about coding in the beginning, but it was like a puzzle I got to figure out over time which was really rewarding. I would recommend this game if your thinking about trying coding. 5 stars!!!

June 2024

Will this teach you to be a hacker? No, definitely not, lots of steps are taken out to make it a fun game. Will this teach you what it's like to be a hacker? Definitely, I'm a cyber security student and this makes me feel like I'm good at it hahaha! It's a lot of fun, and worth the price, I got it during the Summer sale and I'd buy it again for the full price, the developers deserve it!

June 2024

The game has a really cool and stylish UI, but for users who have been using Linux for a long time, it seems a bit "like a square peg in a round hole". I hope the game has more attention to detail. I use arch btw

May 2024

Having just completed the main campaign at the time of writing - with an expansion DLC and community-made storylines to go grab whenever I fancy - I find myself applauding a demonstrable, confident and competent passion project. Sitting at a fake operating system staring at flickering text and pondering what move to try next has no right to be this satisfying, yet Hacknet remains - with very few exceptions - a title that rewards ingenuity, curiosity and player agency. People say this is one of the definitive hacking simulators, and if this is indeed the case, it's not just the fact that you can screw around so intensively in a simulated internet ecosystem that you actually break the plot - it's because you're doing what hackers actually do most of the time, which is sit back, let out a big puffy-cheek sigh of mild exasperation and mutter "ugh, how do we get around THAT one?!" or "oh wow, I probably shouldn't have been able to do this yet am being rewarded for doing so." The game teaches a few handy command line basics for those not in the know, but it's not going to give you much of anything in the way of dangerous IRL skills, largely because the premise of the game is that a fellow hacker has created a catch-all exploit that can open any computer like a can of sardines with the right complementary toolkit. Obtaining these tools, deepening your dive into the rabbithole and exploring a series of both serious and darkly comical scenarios is very much the crux of the game, and it's enjoyable and often tense in ways simply sitting at a computer has no right to be. At the time of this review I have 10 hours in, and that's the core campaign done and dusted - enjoyable throughout and very rarely apt to let any pacing issues slip. Missions are unlocked by communicating with shady friends (and sometimes frenemies) who closely guard IP addresses and web tools that can expand your arsenal and uncover the truth behind those lurking in the darkest reaches of the web, trashing our rights man, TRAAAASHING. Coupled with a banging soundtrack and just enough thrills and spills to make you sit up and pay attention when you get too cocky, Hacknet couples both careful thread-pulling at mysteries and intrigue with heartpounding oh-god-oh-dear-god panic moments where the screen goes weird and you know you're up a creek you were never invited to with a paddle your trembling fingers now can't spell the name of, just as you need it the most. Excited to try community and DLC plotlines next!

Feb. 2024

Hacked jmail server. DELETED my own account details. Softlocked since I can't receive emails. 10/10

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9.75€

9.2

23,253

1,589

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Developer

Team Fractal Alligator

Publisher

Fellow Traveller

Release 12 Aug 2015

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