Hacknet overview

Overview

Hacknet comes from Team Fractal Alligator and is published by Fellow Traveller. It arrived on Steam on Aug 12, 2015, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, Captions available, Steam Workshop, Adjustable Text Size, Camera Comfort, and Playable without Timed Input. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows, macOS, Linux, and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Hacknet's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 20 players at 26 September 2026 - 06:46:41 UTC, with a tracked peak near 127,640. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 94% positive across 11,647 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Hacknet is available in 9 languages including:

5 regional rating boards including esrb, pegi, dejus, steam germany, and igrs

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Hacknet has sold up to 1,700,000 units and has 16,920 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $10,300,000. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

Hacknet overview details

Hacknet combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

AVAILABLE NOW: HACKNET - LABYRINTHS EXPANSION Join a small team of elite hackers pulling off a complex series of data heists in Hacknet Labyrinths, a major expansion for critically acclaimed terminal-based hacking simulator, Hacknet. Adding a new 3-4 hour chapter to the game, Hacknet Labyrinths sees you recruited by the mysterious Kaguya to join a small team of elite hackers on the hunt for powerful new tools and programs. Hacknet Extensions Mod Tools Hacknet Extensions , a free suite of mod tools for Hacknet and Hacknet Labyrinths is now available. You can access Hacknet Extensions via the main menu and use it to create Hacknet campaigns, system networks, nodes, themes, music and story missions. Share your creations with other players through Steam Workshop. An interactive tutorial has been included in Extensions. This will step you through the process of creating a mod. There is an extensive guide in the Steam Community hub, and you can connect, collaborate and discuss with other modders in the Hacknet Extensions Discord, linked on the side of the page. About the Game Hacknet is an immersive, terminal-based hacking simulator for PC. Dive down a rabbit hoIe as you follow the instructions of a recently deceased hacker, whose death may not have been the accident the media reports. Using old school command prompts and real hacking processes, you’ll solve the mystery with minimal hand-holding and a rich world full of secrets to explore. Bit, a hacker responsible for creating the most invasive security system on the planet, is dead. When he fails to reconnect to his system f…

SteamPulse editorial summary

Hacknet is listed as a game with $9.99. It supports Windows, macOS, and Linux, belongs to Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, Captions available, Steam Workshop, Adjustable Text Size, Camera Comfort, and Playable without Timed Input, and is associated with Indie and Simulation. SteamPulse's latest observation records 20 players at 26 September 2026 - 06:46:41 UTC, a tracked peak of 127,640, and 94% positive reviews.

Overview tags

HackingSimulationProgrammingTypingSingleplayerStory RichGreat SoundtrackChoices MatterCrimeAtmosphericCyberpunkDetectiveLogic2DEducation

Content descriptors

Contains depictions of computer hacking, some of which have serious implied consequences.

Highlighted achievements

Support and legal notes

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