Games like Blackdoor
If Blackdoor is your kind of game, the closest matches are HELLO HACKER - Project Daybreak, HackMeNow and Netshell — picked from the ranked list below. 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.
Get personalized picks →About Blackdoor: You're a hacker with a terminal and four terrible scripts - time to rewrite them. Hack servers by writing actual code in a custom scripting language: probe ports, crack passwords, steal data, and get out before the trace completes. The better your code, the better you hack.
Players who liked Blackdoor also play
Steam players who put hours into Blackdoor 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.
HELLO HACKER - Project Daybreak
WHY THIS
Top pick for Blackdoor fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Blackdoor.
A story-rich hacking sim played inside a real Linux desktop. Recon networks, break web apps, crack crypto, and extract hidden data with tools that behave like the real thing, while an autonomous AI watches the network, learns, and hacks back. The commands are real. So are the consequences.
HackMeNow
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Blackdoor fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Blackdoor.
A terminal-style hacking puzzle game where every command matters. Investigate logs, decode secrets, avoid traps, and uncover the rogue system watching from behind the screen.
Netshell
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Blackdoor fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Blackdoor.
A 90s-themed hacking simulation with real shell commands and authentic techniques, set inside a UNIX-style operating system from 1997 with accurately recreated applications. Scan ports, exploit vulnerabilities, evade traces, join the underground, and live the Wild West era of the early internet.
NODE: PROTOCOL
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Blackdoor fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Blackdoor.
A full immersive hacking sim based on real exploits and C2 tools. Choose missions or pure free-roam. The world adapts to your every move and strikes back. Accept contracts. Hack servers. Earn BTC. Upgrade your gear and avoid getting traced. Play solo or in Co-op / CTF with your friends.
Zero Trust
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Blackdoor fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Blackdoor.
An action hacking simulator set in a fully simulated world. Choose your path, craft your own tools, exploit vulnerabilities, and build your reputation. Every company, hacker, and law enforcement agency operates independently — nothing happens by chance. Every playthrough is unique.
Hacknet
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Blackdoor fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Blackdoor.
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.
5YN-OS
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Blackdoor fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Blackdoor.
Dive into a sandbox operating system simulator and learn to code with FantasyLang. Personalise your desktop, build and tweak apps, uncover hidden secrets, and venture into the darknet. Shape the system however you like. Your OS, your rules.
Hacky
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Blackdoor fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Blackdoor.
The ultimate "Hollywood Hacker" simulator for when you want to look busy, dangerous, and incredibly tech-savvy.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Blackdoor at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under Blackdoor on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Blackdoor.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under Blackdoor on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Blackdoor.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Sid Meier's Civilization® V
WHY THIS
Priced ~42% under Blackdoor on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Blackdoor.
Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~52% under Blackdoor on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Blackdoor.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
How to Fish
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under Blackdoor on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Blackdoor.
A 1-4 player physics based fishing simulator. While drinking and boating you suddenly crash into a small island. To work your way back home you have to learn How to Fish.
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under Blackdoor on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Blackdoor.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under Blackdoor on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Blackdoor.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~92% under Blackdoor on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Blackdoor.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Blackdoor.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Blackdoor.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Blackdoor.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Blackdoor.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
Steam Engine Simulator
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Blackdoor.
The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Blackdoor.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Blackdoor.
Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.
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Frequently asked about Blackdoor
- How much does Blackdoor cost?
- Blackdoor is listed on Steam at 12.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Blackdoor?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Blackdoor are HELLO HACKER - Project Daybreak, HackMeNow, Netshell.
- Who developed Blackdoor?
- Blackdoor was developed by Static Signal.
imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Blackdoor.
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