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HELLO HACKER - Project Daybreak

A story-rich hacking sim played inside a real Linux desktop. Recon networks, break web apps, crack crypto, and extract hidden data with tools that behave like the real thing, while an autonomous AI watches the network, learns, and hacks back. The commands are real. So are the consequences.

★ SPACE BEAR ★ MAINLINING ★ COMET 64 ★ CASECRACKER ★ HACK RUN ★ UPLINK ★ WELCOME TO THE GAME II ★ CYBER MANHUNT ★ WELCOME TO THE GAME ★ TIS-100 ★ HACKHUB: FREE TRIAL ★ S.P.L.I.T ★ WE ♥ IT 
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Mainlining

77% 👍 OF 369
About This Game

After MI7 has been hacked, your primary goal is to bring a cyber-criminal network to justice. Played entirely from your computer's desktop, Mainlining is a thrilling point and click hacking adventure that features a gripping narrative which will have you hooked from the very first case.

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CaseCracker

89% 👍 OF 3.5K
About This Game

No flashy visuals, just pure mental gymnastics. Actively search, cross-reference, and unravel the truth from a complex database. In this hardcore text-based deduction game, the devil is always in the details. Detective, are you ready?

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Search Police Records
  • …Connect Scattered Clues
  • …Rebuild Event Timelines
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Hack RUN

85% 👍 OF 239
About This Game

Ever wanted to be a hacker? Hack your way into the heart of a mysterious organization to uncover their secrets. Hack RUN® is a game which uses 'old school' command prompts (like DOS or UNIX) that simulate a real operating system. Learn the commands of each system to help you navigate through your adventure.

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Uplink

91% 👍 OF 2.4K
About This Game

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.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …break into a bank, hunt down a hidden 967-million credit account, move the money into an anonymous account abroad, then erase every connection record that could prove it was you.
  • …hack into Uplink itself, steal the agent list, and use it to get rival hackers arrested or jailed.
  • …steal personal info from an entire hacker corporation, then turn it into FBI arrests to wipe out the competition.
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Welcome to the Game II

84% 👍 OF 3.5K
About This Game

Welcome to the Game II is an atmospheric horror / strategy / puzzle game that takes you into the world of the deep web in search of the shadow web. Play as an investigative reporter trying to solve a case of a mysterious woman broadcasting for help as masked men are on the hunt to kill her.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Find Eight Hashes
  • …Search Hidden Webpages
  • …Switch Wi-Fi Networks
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Cyber Manhunt

92% 👍 OF 15K
About This Game

Cyber Manhunt is a story-oriented puzzle game focusing on big data, hacking, citizen privacy, and social workers. It focuses on social issues such as cyber violence and privacy breaches.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …pose as someone else in chats, earn a target's trust, then use it to extract private info or device access.
  • …assemble personal details from records and security questions to crack passwords and break into phones or mailboxes.
  • …take every clue you found and label who's killer, witness, hacker, or accomplice to make the final accusation stick.
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Welcome to the Game

84% 👍 OF 2.6K
About This Game

Welcome to the Game is a creepy horror/puzzle game that takes you into the world of the Deep Web. Explore the Deep Web with the sole purpose of trying to find a Red Room, an online service / website that allows you to see and participate in interactive torture and murder.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Find Eight Keys
  • …Search Deep-Web Sites
  • …Beat Hacking Puzzles
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TIS-100

97% 👍 OF 4.1K
About This Game

TIS-100 is an open-ended programming game by Zachtronics, the creators of SpaceChem and Infinifactory, in which you rewrite corrupted code segments to repair the TIS-100 and unlock its secrets. It’s the assembly language programming game you never asked for!

Player reviews say you can…

  • …print out a real reference manual, then use it to solve the menu that turns out to be the first puzzle.
  • …split one problem across 12 nodes running at once, coordinating them until the outputs line up in the right order.
  • …build your own games inside the machine using a visual console sandbox after you repair enough corrupted segments.
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HackHub: Free Trial

95% 👍 OF 702
About This Game

Unravel cyber secrets and foil mass surveillance as a skilled hacker in HackHub. Challenge authority, rewrite the rules, and emerge as the ultimate digital rebel.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Crack Wi-Fi Networks
  • …Break Into Databases
  • …Trace Network Targets
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s.p.l.i.t

93% 👍 OF 4.1K
About This Game

A short psychological horror game, where you attempt to gain root access into an unethical superstructure.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …type real terminal commands to navigate directories, run software, and chase root access from a first-person command prompt.
  • …coordinate an operation in an IRC chat room while the whole plan unravels in messy, real-time back-and-forth.
  • …race through a rapid-fire speed-typing sequence where missing words fast enough changes how the ending goes.