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Games like Data Hacker: Initiation

If Data Hacker: Initiation is your kind of game, the closest matches are Data Hacker: Corruption, LuLu's weapons shop and 先民的遗迹Relics of ancestors — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, contemplative and mysterious. 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.

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About Data Hacker: Initiation: Data Hacker: Initiation sets the stage for the Datastream saga; an epic series of tales revolving around the possibility of virtual realms existing beyond our current reach. Once the bridge is crafted, everything will change.

2014IndieAdventureSimulationRPG0.99 USDWindowsby New Reality Games
Data Hacker: Initiation — Steam game cover
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Atmosphere successfully mimics online game environmentsHacking enemies converts them into allies or itemsMultiple endings with cross playthrough consequencesAtmosphericContemplativeMysterious

Players who liked Data Hacker: Initiation also play

Steam players who put hours into Data Hacker: Initiation also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Data Hacker: Corruption

    WHY THIS

    Shares new game plus and an atmospheric mood with Data Hacker: Initiation.

    Top pick for Data Hacker: Initiation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Data Hacker: Initiation.

    What if there were virtual realms that exist just beyond our reach? What if an online game became the bridge? The worlds are changing rapidly, with each side vying for a position that will secure their realm's future. In the coming war, on which side do you stand?

    2014IndieAdventureSimulation0.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. LuLu's weapons shop

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Data Hacker: Initiation.

    Second-strongest match for Data Hacker: Initiation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Data Hacker: Initiation.

    《露露的装备店》是一款模拟经营向RPG游戏。在游戏中,你将扮演名叫露露的精灵少女,在一个偏远的小镇上,从零开始经营一家装备店。据说,这个小镇的上一家装备店才开几天就倒闭了,而这一次,能够将店成功运营起来吗?

    2023IndieAdventureSimulation3.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. 先民的遗迹Relics of ancestors

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Data Hacker: Initiation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Data Hacker: Initiation.

    This game is a RPG adventure and exploration role-playing game. The story takes place in Beijing six thousand years later. At present, this work is a beta version, with only one occupation and one chapter of plot. In the beta version, adventurers can set up their own adventure team to explore and discover the heritage.

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure2.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. The Adventurer - Episode 1: Beginning of the End

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Data Hacker: Initiation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Data Hacker: Initiation.

    Imagine if every time you fall asleep, a new adventure awaits you.

    2017IndieAdventureSimulation4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Data Hacker: Reboot

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Data Hacker: Initiation.

    Ranked #5 for Data Hacker: Initiation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Data Hacker: Initiation.

    Time, Space and Parallel Universes collapse and merge, tethered to threads of reality and sustained by a paradoxical power source. Nothing is impossible - it is time to become a Data Hacker.

    2015IndieAdventureRPG0.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. LISA: The Painful

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Data Hacker: Initiation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Data Hacker: Initiation.

    The miserable journey of a broken man...

    2014IndieAdventureRPG11.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Sylphy and the Sleepless Island

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Data Hacker: Initiation.

    Ranked #7 for Data Hacker: Initiation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Data Hacker: Initiation.

    One day, professional thief Sylphy learns of the mystical and valuable artifact of the Kingdom of Diezel, but the mission goes sideways and she ends up robbing the island of its night! She has one week to right her wrongs in this action-filled RPG!

    2021ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Last Word

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Data Hacker: Initiation.

    Ranked #8 for Data Hacker: Initiation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Data Hacker: Initiation.

    In a society where having the last word means having power over others, a small party is disrupted by a gentleman who politely issues orders via one-way intercom.

    2015IndieAdventureRPG1.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Data Hacker: Initiation at current Steam store prices.

  1. UBERMOSH

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Data Hacker: Initiation on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Data Hacker: Initiation.

    UBERMOSH is an arcade game about cutting bullets with a sword, in a gun-filled cyberpunk mosh pit.

    2015ActionIndie0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. QUICKERFLAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Data Hacker: Initiation on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Data Hacker: Initiation.

    QUICKERFLAK is an experimental fast-paced time-attack top-down combat retro-hardcore minigame, that can be finished in a minute.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Save Jesus

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Data Hacker: Initiation on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Data Hacker: Initiation.

    Someone is trying to murder Jesus. Disguised as Caesar with the Roman Empire by his side, an evil impostor from the future has set hundreds of deadly traps. Redirect the traps, kill the Romans and protect Jesus!

    2016IndieCasual0.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Barro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Data Hacker: Initiation on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Data Hacker: Initiation.

    Choose your little car and race!

    2018IndieCasualRacing0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Gachi Heroes

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Data Hacker: Initiation on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Data Hacker: Initiation.

    Gachi Heroes is a game about the dark fantasies. That's amazing an endlass journey in which you will know yourself with your favorite gachimuchi characters. How deep would you go?

    2018ActionIndieAdventure0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Trip to Vinelands

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Data Hacker: Initiation on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Data Hacker: Initiation.

    Trip to Vinelands is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame.

    2016ActionIndie0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. TTV2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Data Hacker: Initiation on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Data Hacker: Initiation.

    TTV2 is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame, sequel to Trip to Vinelands.

    2017ActionIndie0.49 USDSteam ↗
  8. Shotgun Legend

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Data Hacker: Initiation on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Data Hacker: Initiation.

    Eugene must battle aliens and the undead in search of a truck rim, as it seems to be his ticket home.

    2018ActionIndieRPG0.49 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Data Hacker: Initiation.

    NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!

    2019IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Data Hacker: Initiation.

    A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Data Hacker: Initiation.

    Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Data Hacker: Initiation.

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Tails Noir: Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Data Hacker: Initiation.

    Tails Noir: Prologue is the first act of a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Data Hacker: Initiation.

    Remedy, a recent graduate from the Saturnian healing school, must descend to Hurtland and use her powers to heal everyone from stray ducks to dark lords, and finally cure the ailing Prince Hingst. It's a short, whimsical adventure with plenty of heart(s).

    2016ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Epic Battle Fantasy 3

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Data Hacker: Initiation.

    Epic Battle Fantasy 3 is a silly turn-based JRPG, full of useless NPCs, rabid cats, childish humor, unreasonably large weapons, anime boobs, and other nonsense. And it's totally free!

    2016IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Riftbreaker: Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Data Hacker: Initiation.

    The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.

    2020ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from New Reality Games

Other recommendable Steam games by New Reality Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Invasion: Brain Craving

    WHY THIS

    Another title from New Reality Games, the studio behind Data Hacker: Initiation. Shares Indie and Adventure with Data Hacker: Initiation.

    It's the zombie-slaying survival game with JRPG elements you didn't know you wanted! Get swarmed by zombies in active-time battles, search for other survivors, eat and most importantly: SURVIVE!

    2016ActionStrategyIndie0.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Data Hacker: Reboot

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Data Hacker: Initiation.

    Another title from New Reality Games, the studio behind Data Hacker: Initiation. Shares Indie and Adventure with Data Hacker: Initiation.

    Time, Space and Parallel Universes collapse and merge, tethered to threads of reality and sustained by a paradoxical power source. Nothing is impossible - it is time to become a Data Hacker.

    2015IndieAdventureRPG0.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Data Hacker: Corruption

    WHY THIS

    Shares new game plus and an atmospheric mood with Data Hacker: Initiation.

    Another title from New Reality Games, the studio behind Data Hacker: Initiation. Shares Indie and Adventure with Data Hacker: Initiation.

    What if there were virtual realms that exist just beyond our reach? What if an online game became the bridge? The worlds are changing rapidly, with each side vying for a position that will secure their realm's future. In the coming war, on which side do you stand?

    2014IndieAdventureSimulation0.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Purgatory II

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Data Hacker: Initiation.

    Another title from New Reality Games, the studio behind Data Hacker: Initiation. Shares Indie and Adventure with Data Hacker: Initiation.

    In this indie strategy game, command your mighty legions of hellish creatures! Fight your way through the real world and seek vengeance for those who have wronged you!

    2018StrategyIndieAdventure0.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Data Hacker: Initiation

Does Data Hacker: Initiation work on Steam Deck?
Data Hacker: Initiation is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
How much does Data Hacker: Initiation cost?
Data Hacker: Initiation is listed on Steam at 0.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Data Hacker: Initiation?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Data Hacker: Initiation are Data Hacker: Corruption, LuLu's weapons shop, 先民的遗迹Relics of ancestors.
Who developed Data Hacker: Initiation?
Data Hacker: Initiation was developed by New Reality Games.

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