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Play Overview
Hacknet (2015) is a simulation where you play a hacker completing missions and hacking into systems just by typing. Designed to be as close to real hacking as possible, you use actual commands and hacking tools to explore servers, chat rooms, and gain access to vulnerable systems. Along with numerous mind-bending references to real-world code, some self-referential, it provides surprisingly insightful commentary on current internet culture, safety and security, exploring how it can be an asset for both good and bad.
When the creator of the world's greatest security system mysteriously dies, you start receiving messages from his virtual "ghost" who implies his death may not be an accident. With their help, you learn the basics of hacking and start to choose jobs to take on.
It's all played entirely by reading and writing lines of code, which enable you to infiltrate systems and expose dark secrets of these powerful companies. It's up to you what you do and how you play. As you progress, you learn more powerful techniques to get deeper into the secure data and uncover a web of secrets. Along the way, you make surprisingly tough moral choices, such as whether to assist the dying of a terminally ill patient by hacking into their pacemaker.
The result is a game that requires a great deal of persistence and skill to overcome the many challenges you face. But that's exactly why it's so fun. The uncompromising dedication to realism means that each action feels important, each successful step feels like a victory, and every move you make has lasting consequences.
Our examiner, Ben Kendall, first checked Hacknet 20 months ago. It was re-examined by Jo Robertson and updated 10 months ago.
When the creator of the world's greatest security system mysteriously dies, you start receiving messages from his virtual "ghost" who implies his death may not be an accident. With their help, you learn the basics of hacking and start to choose jobs to take on.
It's all played entirely by reading and writing lines of code, which enable you to infiltrate systems and expose dark secrets of these powerful companies. It's up to you what you do and how you play. As you progress, you learn more powerful techniques to get deeper into the secure data and uncover a web of secrets. Along the way, you make surprisingly tough moral choices, such as whether to assist the dying of a terminally ill patient by hacking into their pacemaker.
The result is a game that requires a great deal of persistence and skill to overcome the many challenges you face. But that's exactly why it's so fun. The uncompromising dedication to realism means that each action feels important, each successful step feels like a victory, and every move you make has lasting consequences.
Our examiner, Ben Kendall, first checked Hacknet 20 months ago. It was re-examined by Jo Robertson and updated 10 months ago.
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Play Style
This is a Brain Game and Simulation game with Narrative, Puzzle and Role-Play elements. This is a single-player game.
Duration
Play Time: This game will take between 5 and a half hours and 13 hours to complete. The "Labyrinths" extra content adds on another 3 hours of play time on average. The time to beat varies significantly due to the lack of objectives and tutorials, instead allowing you to make your own way through the fame and discover how to play yourself.
Benefits
This game is good if you want to:
Age Ratings
Rated for younger players in the US. Rated ESRB TEEN for Drug Reference and Bad Language.
Skill Level
16+ year-olds usually have the required skill to enjoy this game. You need to be able to remember long commands and think critically about how to solve the problems you encounter. It can be a very hard game, and you can often find yourself stuck or with seemingly no way forward.
Costs
Hacknet usually costs £8.50.
Along with the soundtrack, there is extra content you can buy which expands the story and adds new mechanics, even requiring you to do things outside the game, like changing the actual game files.
It's important to set up your accounts and devices appropriately. More information is on our Financial Resources page.
Hacknet
There are the following additional costs associated with this game:- In-Game Purchases: Additional in-game purchases are offered for items that enhance the experience.
Along with the soundtrack, there is extra content you can buy which expands the story and adds new mechanics, even requiring you to do things outside the game, like changing the actual game files.
It's important to set up your accounts and devices appropriately. More information is on our Financial Resources page.
Game Details
Release Date: 12/08/2015, updated in 2015
Out Now: Mac and PC
Skill Rating: 16+ year-olds
Players: 1
Genres: Brain Game, Simulation (Narrative, Puzzle and Role-Play)
Accessibility: 13 features
Components: 2D Side-On and Text
Developer: Hacknet OS (@HacknetOS)
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