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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 25,006 reviews of which 23,410 were positive and 1,596 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.2 out of 10. 😍
The game is currently priced at 9.75€ on Steam.
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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
- 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
User reviews & Ratings
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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.
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By far the best hacking game I have seen here with some "meta" elements added to it. This game is just as fun even if you don't have a background in cyber security. 10/5 stars
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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!!!
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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!
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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!
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Developer
Team Fractal Alligator
Publisher
Fellow Traveller
Release
12 Aug 2015
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