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Hacker Simulator

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2021

Should you play it?

Become a hacker and build your online reputation to the top. Complete contracts, buy new programs, upgrade your computer, crack wifi networks and infiltrate peoples or companies online systems.

What works

  • Realistic hacking concepts and tools
  • Educational and engaging for beginners
  • Active developer support and updates
  • Immersive synthwave soundtrack
  • Challenging and rewarding gameplay

Things to keep in mind

  • Repetitive and grindy gameplay
  • Limited command line functionality
  • Lack of customization and exploration
  • No multiplayer or social features
  • Ui and quality of life improvements needed

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Anonymous Hacker Simulator

  • HackHub: Free Trial

  • Thief Simulator

  • Glitched Out: Chapter 1

  • High Entropy: Challenges

  • Born Into Fear

More violent

Games that feels like Hacker Simulator but with more combat and destruction

  • Dead Signal

  • Welcome to the Game

  • Scrutinized

  • The Deadseat

  • Intruders: Hide and Seek

  • The Spotter: Dig or Die

More exploratory

Games that feels like Hacker Simulator but with more exploration of areas and secrets

  • Dishwashing Simulator

  • Title_Pending

  • Spirits of Xanadu

  • Hacknet

  • Feed the Deep

  • I'm on Observation Duty 3

Less fantastical

Games that feels like Hacker Simulator but with less imaginative fiction

  • Electrician Simulator - First Shock

  • IT Specialist Simulator

  • Airport X-Ray Simulator

  • Electrician Simulator

  • Hardware Engineers

  • Remove: 범죄는 흔적을 남긴다

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Hacker Simulator: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Expression, Fellowship, Cooperation, Competition. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Violence, Exploration, Story.

Last update: 21/08/2026