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Uplink lets you play as a freelance hacker tackling risky contracts for corporations. Break into systems, steal data, sabotage rivals, and upgrade your gear. Support factions or go rogue in this immersive, strategy-driven hacking simulation game where your choices shape the outcome.

Uplink is a hacking, indie and strategy game developed and published by Introversion Software.
Released on August 23rd 2006 is available in English on Windows, MacOS and Linux.

It has received 2,359 reviews of which 2,143 were positive and 216 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.7 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 2.35€ on Steam with a 80% discount, but you can find it for 1.10€ on Gamivo.

The Steam community has classified Uplink into these genres:

Hacking Indie Strategy Singleplayer Cyberpunk Simulation Sci-fi Real-Time with Pause 2D Experimental Atmospheric Puzzle Story Rich Programming Perma Death Rogue-like Text-Based Immersive Sim Time Management Typing

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Dec. 2025

This game will traumatize you significantly. But it's ok, the music is worth it. Uplink is a pretty realistic hacking sim where the government is 100 km from your house and approaching rapidly. Use the inherent weaknesses in IPv4 and telephone systems to make them think your house is elsewhere for long enough that you can destroy the evidence of your crimes. But be warned! Your computer is only as powerful as a potato, you've left logs all over the planet, and if you're still not quite done what you need to, investigators may take MONTHS to hit you with a game over. In this way, the game has true consequences, akin to an ironman or hardcore mode from today. You can't just start over from an older save, because the feds do not announce their investigation. Sure maybe the last save is OK, or perhaps you were had a few months prior. Maybe you just forgot a single logfile and there's still time, or maybe you were hacking five systems at once in a fugue state and just directly connected to one about a week back.

Nov. 2025

I am helplessly addicted to this game. The entire gameplay is thrilling and immensely satisfying. The design is a bit old (duh, it's 20 years old), but I barely noticed and there is a community mod to modernize the UI. 10/10 game.

Aug. 2025

Uplink is the kind of hyperpsecialized niche game that is designed to cater for the people interested in its premise and ONLY people interested in its premise. It's an old computer game where you essentially play as a hacker trying to crack into databases and perform illegal operations without getting caught. All of the appeals is how much the game spends effort into selling you the experience of being a hacker and it definitely achieves that goal. Most of the enjoyment of it comes from the "roleplay" you perform doing your odd jobs and hacking and from the mechanical challenges of juggling the many security systems and the agility required to perform all operations you have to do in a limited span of time. A simple, but fun and very worthwhile game if you're interested on the genre and want something more gameplay driven.

July 2025

Wake up, hacker. Time to hack the planet Still holding strong after 20 years since the release. During all this time, I still haven't found a similar game that could completely replace it.

May 2025

Played Uplink a lot when I was a teenager. UpilnkOS is a great overhaul for the game, but a month ago I found out about Onlink x86, a Mod that extends the game and make it a big modern. Great game overall.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Uplink is currently priced at 2.35€ on Steam.

Uplink is currently available at a 80% discount. You can purchase it for 2.35€ on Steam.

Uplink received 2,143 positive votes out of a total of 2,359 achieving a rating of 8.69.

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Uplink was developed and published by Introversion Software.

Uplink is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Uplink is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

Uplink is playable and fully supported on Linux.

Uplink is a single-player game.

Uplink does not currently offer any DLC.

Uplink does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Uplink does not support Steam Remote Play.

Uplink is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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