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Electric Heart · 2026 · Windows, macOS, Linux

Steam: 75 % positive of 249 reviews, as of Oct 28

Hacker’s Journey is a realistic hacking simulation game built around scenarios written by cybersecurity experts. No Hollywood hacking. Learn the tools, techniques, and tradecraft used in the wild.

24 games that play like Hacker's Journey and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: HackHub - Ultimate Hacker Simulator, Hacknet and Anonymous Hacker Simulator.

Player tags

  • Immersive Sim
  • Education
  • Simulation
  • Hacking
  • Crime
  • Programming
  • Text-Based
  • Story Rich
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Plays and looks like Hacker's Journey

These games are close to it by gameplay and by look, so they appear in both lists below.

By gameplay

Plays like Hacker's Journey

Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.

More matches

  1. Hacker Evolution70 % positive of 419Shared: Immersive Sim · Education · Simulation
  2. Cyber Manhunt92 % positive of 14,575Shared: Immersive Sim · Simulation · Hacking
  3. NITE Team 4 - Military Hacking Division90 % positive of 1,020Shared: Simulation · Hacking · Indie
  4. Yolo Space Hacker95 % positive of 208Shared: Education · Simulation · Hacking
  5. s.p.l.i.t91 % positive of 4,024Shared: Simulation · Hacking · Indie
  6. Hack RUN84 % positive of 239Shared: Simulation · Hacking · Text-Based
  7. Bitburner94 % positive of 7,458Shared: Education · Simulation · Hacking
  8. EXAPUNKS96 % positive of 1,380Shared: Simulation · Hacking · Programming
  9. DROP - System Breach86 % positive of 179Shared: Simulation · Hacking · Crime
  10. Midnight Protocol87 % positive of 239Shared: Hacking · Crime · Programming
  11. The Operator90 % positive of 8,684Shared: Immersive Sim · Simulation · Crime
  12. Hacker Evolution Duality30 % positive of 217Shared: Simulation · Hacking · Indie

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Looks like Hacker's Journey

Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.

More matches

  1. Mainlining76 % positive of 286
  2. Anonymous Hacker Simulator85 % positive of 756
  3. Idle Hacking: An Inaction RPG80 % positive of 261
  4. Melvor Idle89 % positive of 14,758
  5. Welcome to the Game III76 % positive of 669
  6. Antimatter Dimensions92 % positive of 4,675
  7. MITHOS: Game Master's TTRPG Toolkit90 % positive of 195
  8. Hacker Simulator74 % positive of 1,232
  9. while True: learn()90 % positive of 7,399
  10. Hacker Simulator: Free Trial77 % positive of 472
  11. IT Specialist Simulator74 % positive of 451
  12. Database Detective: Minor Crimes Division97 % positive of 1,068

At a glance

What games like Hacker's Journey have in common

  • The tags they share most often with Hacker's Journey: Simulation (22 of 24), Hacking (20) and Immersive Sim (8).
  • They came out between 2006 and 2026, none of them after Hacker's Journey (2026).
  • Best rated by Steam players: EXAPUNKS (96 % positive of 1,380).

How these matches work

Matches come from embeddings of Steam descriptions, player tags and screenshots, computed offline. “Plays like” compares what the games are about and how players tag them; “Looks like” compares their screenshots. The share of positive reviews is based on Steam user reviews.

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