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The best hacking games

There's a unique kind of simulation games that can be described only as "hacking simulations". The gameplay of hacking sims is centered around some kind of computer hacking, but can involve other types of activities usually part of different genres (adventure, strategy, etc.). Hacking is often implemented in games as a mini-game or a subset of non-mandatory skills (take, for example, Deus Ex, or System Shock).

Most popular hacking games

System Shock 2
action-adventureWindows XP/98/95, Linux, Mac
Neuromancer
adventureDOS
  • system-shock-2-07
    Windows XP/98/95LinuxMac1999protected4.2/5 Irrational Games

    System Shock 2 is a Windows science fiction cyberpunk game developed by Irrational Games, designed by Ken Levine and published by Electronic Arts in 1999. System Shock 2 is a blend of more than one genre: RPG, action-adventure, shooter, stealth game.

  • deus-ex-02
    DOSMac2000protected4.2/5 Ion Storm
  • covertaction-1
    DOS1990protected4.1/5 MicroProse Software
  • interphase-01
    DOS19894.1/5 The Assembly Line
  • hacker-4
    DOSMac19864.1/5 Activision
  • uplink-v1.3-5
    Windows XP/98/952003protected4/5 Introversion Software Limited
  • neuromancer-3
    DOS19894/5 Interplay Productions
  • bloodnet-4
    DOS1993protected4/5 MicroProse Software

    BloodNet is a blend of point & click adventure (it has puzzles and an adventure style dialogue system) and RPG (player statistics, combat, random encounters), set in a dark cyberpunk New York. BloodNet was developed and published by MicroProse software in 1993. You are Ransom Stark who's goal in the game is to defeat a vampire called Van Helsin...

  • system-shock-04
    DOS1994protected3.9/5 Looking Glass Studios
  • hacker-2-doomsday-papers-3
    DOS19863.7/5 Activision

    Hacker II: The Doomsday Papers is a video computer game developed by Steve Cartwright and published by Activision. It was released in 1986 and is a sequel to the original Hacker game. The game was available for various home computer systems of the time, including the Apple II, Commodore 64, and MS-DOS.In Hacker II: The Doomsday Papers, players take...

  • computerunderground-1
    DOS1993freeware3.5/5 Haxsoft
  • igor_objective_uuklaonia-02
    DOS19953.5/5 Péndulo Studios
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