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2015 PC 9.75 € 👍 94 % Very positive, 25,115 reviews on Steam

Hacknet is a hacking simulator played entirely in a terminal, where you use real-style commands to break into systems and uncover the mysterious death of a hacker. It offers little hand-holding, plenty of secrets and an atmospheric network full of puzzles.

What defines Hacknet:

  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Lots to discover
  • Strong, story-driven narrative

The closest matches for Hacknet are The Dig, Ether One and Return to Mysterious Island. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Hacknet special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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The Dig

93 %

1995 PC 5.89 € 👍 92 % Very positive, 1,193 reviews on Steam

  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Strong, story-driven narrative
  • Lots to discover

A classic LucasArts point-and-click adventure in which a team of astronauts uncovers the secrets of a vanished alien civilization on a distant world. Moody science fiction with clever puzzles and a memorable score.

Ether One

Puzzles and brain teasers

A first-person adventure in which you enter the fading memories of a dementia patient as a memory-therapy worker. Tricky puzzles and a moving story about losing the mind drive the experience.

Return to Mysterious Island

Focus on a single character

A classic point-and-click adventure where you play castaway sailor Mina on an island inspired by Jules Verne, collecting and combining items to solve puzzles. Staying alive and unraveling the island's secrets go hand in hand.

Filament

Focus on a single character

A calm, fully narrated puzzle adventure where you use a cable-spooling suit to solve wire puzzles aboard a seemingly abandoned spaceship while uncovering its mystery.

Desktop Explorer

Puzzles and brain teasers

You dig through the abandoned profiles of an old PC in a point-and-click mystery, uncovering an eerie secret. Puzzles, cryptic games and outdated software piece together what happened to its previous user.

Rivage

Puzzles and brain teasers

Rivage is a sci-fi puzzle adventure where you wake as Miranda aboard a space station caught in a strange cosmic phenomenon. You explore the station, solve intricate puzzles and uncover what happened to your missing crew.

Shardlight

Focus on a single character

A grim point-and-click adventure set in a post-apocalyptic world, where a young woman infected with a deadly plague hunts for a cure in an oppressive society. Inventory puzzles and conversations drive the story.

Obduction

Puzzles and brain teasers

A puzzle adventure from the makers of Myst: you are whisked to an alien world and solve intricate environmental puzzles across surreal, interlinked landscapes to uncover the mystery behind it.

Tales of the Neon Sea

Puzzles and brain teasers

A pixel-art cyberpunk detective adventure set in a rainy neon city, where you solve cases through puzzles, clue hunting and mini-games. Its noir mood, robots and quirky gangster cats give it a distinct charm.

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