Rank 01Games like Bitburner
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- Updated Sep 15, 2026
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The closest matches to Bitburner: Hacknet, Uplink, Autonauts, Upload Labs, and Kaizen: A Factory Story. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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Upload Labs
Why this: Shares automation and idle progression with Bitburner.
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Kaizen: A Factory Story
Why this: Also Programming and Automation, like Bitburner.
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Linkito
Why this: Shares achievement hunting with Bitburner.
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- 19VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action
Also Dystopian and Cyberpunk, like Bitburner.
- 97% of 11,908 reviews
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Genres: Strategy, Indie, Simulation
- 78% of 233 reviews
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- Released: 2021
- Developer: Fulcrum Games, Hydroflame, over 250 github contributors
- Price: Free to play
- Steam Deck: Deck Playable
- 95% of 6,012 reviews
- Genres: Free To Play
- Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux
Players highlight
- Automating hacking operations with custom scripts
- Building empires through gangs and corporations
- Competitive optimization and high score chasing
- Competitive
- Immersive
- Intense
About Bitburner
The closest matches to Bitburner: Hacknet, Uplink, Autonauts, Upload Labs, and Kaizen: A Factory Story. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Bitburner is your kind of game, the closest matches are Hacknet, Uplink and Autonauts — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as competitive, immersive and intense, and single out its achievement hunting and automation. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
About Bitburner: Bitburner is a programming-based incremental game. Write scripts in JavaScript to automate gameplay, learn skills, play minigames, solve puzzles, and more in this cyberpunk text-based incremental RPG.
Is Bitburner worth buying?
Players recommend it
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 95% of 6,012 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Free to play.
- People who recommend it had played a median of 54 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics had played a median of 7 h before their negative review.
- Steam Deck Playable: works, with some rough edges.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Automating hacking operations with custom scripts
- Building empires through gangs and corporations
- Competitive optimization and high score chasing
- Deep stock market trading system
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“Game wouldn't close and took control of my PC for a bit? I only played the game for 1 hour, max, yet it says I've played more than 29 hours. Had to uninstall to close the game, I couldn't even find it in task manager”
Frequently asked about Bitburner
Can I run it?
Does Bitburner run on Steam Deck?
Bitburner is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
Is Bitburner free to play?
Yes — Bitburner is a free-to-play title on Steam. You can install and play it without buying anything, though some games include optional in-app purchases.
What games are most similar to Bitburner?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Bitburner are Hacknet, Uplink, Autonauts.
Who developed Bitburner?
Bitburner was developed by Fulcrum Games, Hydroflame, over 250 github contributors and published by Fulcrum Games.