Midnight Protocol

Midnight Protocol is a tactical narrative-driven RPG with unique keyboard-only controls. Hack into servers, beat security systems and discover encrypted secrets while you try to find answers to why and how you got doxxed.

Midnight Protocol is a singleplayer, hacking and typing game developed by LuGus Studios and published by Iceberg Interactive.
Released on October 13th 2021 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 5 languages: English, German, Russian, Simplified Chinese and Japanese.

It has received 408 reviews of which 350 were positive and 58 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.0 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 14.79€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Midnight Protocol into these genres:

Singleplayer Hacking Typing Story Rich Atmospheric Turn-Based Strategy Strategy RPG Minimalist Strategy Crime Indie Sci-fi Tactical RPG Action Programming Turn-Based Tactics RPG Experimental 3D Investigation

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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

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS *: Windows 7
Processor: Intel Core i5 2.4Ghz or better
Memory: 3 GB RAM
Graphics: Geforce GTX 960 / Radeon HD 7750 or better, 1GB video card memory
DirectX: Version 10
Storage: 10 GB available space
Additional Notes: Only playable with a keyboard

MacOS

OS: macOS 10.12+
Processor: AMD64 or Intel64 CPU
Memory: 4 MB RAM
Graphics: DirectX10 or OpenGL 3.2 Compatible GPU
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 10 MB available space

Linux

OS: Ubuntu 18.04
Processor: i7 6700k
Memory: 4 MB RAM
Graphics: GTX980 Ti
Storage: 10 MB available space

Reviews

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Jan. 2025

So good! 10/10 for me on both the storyline and game mechanics. Just know to put on your strategy hat for this coz it's more chess-like than any other hacking game or turn-based tactics.

Dec. 2024

I'm really fond of hacking and programming games. This one is one of the best. It's not realistic hacking by any measure—but it is hacking gamified in one of the best ways I know of. Basically, it's an RPG with turn-based tactical combat and a hackers-themed story with a great interface. The latter may be a point of contention for many — but I, personally, have great affinity for any developer who makes their game playable on keyboard alone (carpal tunnel syndrome is an issue for me). Here, keyboard is the only options, and you'll have to type commands or hotkeys for everything. To me, this adds a lot to the atmosphere and the feel of game. It's a Hollywood-esque take on "hacking" vibe-wise but at same time it's moderately deep from the perspective of tactics and deck-building. So, if something like Duskers and Hacknet is your thing, you're going to enjoy this game a lot. Grabbed during the sale for 5-6 bucks, it's a steal.

Dec. 2024

This is a great game, but it's hard to describe. Part puzzle game, but strategy, part RPG... if you like games that are hard to categorize into the usual buckets, this is for you. Very unique, great writing, and even in the turn based mode it has moments where I get surprisingly tense. This game oozes it's theme from every pore and you can tell the creators cared a lot about it.

Nov. 2024

Underrated hacking puzzle game that needs more attention! I had lots of fun and the story was really good

Oct. 2024

Really neat "hacking" game - or more accurately - a cyberpunk-themed puzzle game. It's not quite at the level of the alltime classic, Uplink, but it's really really good. You purchase and equip various programs and hardware add ons, then use them to complete a wide variety of missions. The missions themselves have numerous options that are integrated organically into what you can do. For example, you might be investigating someone's home network and stumble across their bank savings, and you'll have different outcomes based on if you leave it untouched or not. There's an overarching plot as well as numerous side plotlines that come together in various ways. There can be a lot to keep track of and the plot itself has a few really complicated (but cool!) moments. Only gripe I had is that while there are a ton of various program/hardware options, once you figure out a configuration that works well, it's pretty easy to just use that for everything. There are only a couple missions that really force you to use different configurations.

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