Games like Hacker vs IT
If Hacker vs IT is your kind of game, the closest matches are SYSCALL: RING ZERO, Terminal Insanity: CodeJacker and HackMeNow — 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.
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SYSCALL: RING ZERO
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Top pick for Hacker vs IT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hacker vs IT.
Reverse-engineer a private 1990s BBS. Read disassembly, patch broken checks, optimize a nine-core rack, and write assembly firmware that locks onto live scope traces. With 200+ puzzles, full controller support and offline play, you can refine your assembly skills on all your devices!
Terminal Insanity: CodeJacker
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Second-strongest match for Hacker vs IT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hacker vs IT.
Terminal Insanity: CodeJacker is a competitive coding game featuring 4 distinct game modes. In one, you play as an Attacker trying to corrupt source code, or as a Defender, making sure that the program still executes without leaks or crashes. C, Python, and JavaScript are supported, with more coming
HackMeNow
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Third-strongest match for Hacker vs IT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hacker vs IT.
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.
Legion Was Here
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Ranked #4 for Hacker vs IT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Hacker vs IT.
Steal a face. Study a life. Survive the conversation.
Cyber Warrior
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Ranked #5 for Hacker vs IT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hacker vs IT.
Cyber Warrior is a hacking simulator where you play as an ex retired bureau agent recruited back to take on a powerful criminal organization. Explore dozens of interactive desktops, navigate 200+ in-game websites, solve puzzles, customize your setup and make decisions that will shape a new cyber age
Hacknet
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Ranked #6 for Hacker vs IT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Hacker vs IT.
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.
Uplink
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Ranked #7 for Hacker vs IT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hacker vs IT.
Uplink lets you play as a freelance hacker tackling risky contracts for corporations. Break into systems, steal data, sabotage rivals, and upgrade your gear. Support factions or go rogue in this immersive, strategy-driven hacking simulation game where your choices shape the outcome.
Back to the Dawn
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Ranked #8 for Hacker vs IT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hacker vs IT.
Back to the Dawn is a story-rich RPG set in a high-security prison ruled by factions and buried secrets. Investigate two conspiracies from the inside, gather evidence, and outsmart a system designed to silence you. Make friends (or foes) with fellow inmates and with their help, break out of prison.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Hacker vs IT at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~75% under Hacker vs IT on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Hacker vs IT.
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?
The Test
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Priced ~50% under Hacker vs IT on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Hacker vs IT.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~63% under Hacker vs IT on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Hacker vs IT.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
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Priced ~50% under Hacker vs IT on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Hacker vs IT.
The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.
shapez
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Priced ~75% under Hacker vs IT on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hacker vs IT.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
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Priced ~50% under Hacker vs IT on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Hacker vs IT.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
The Test: Final Revelation
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Priced ~50% under Hacker vs IT on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Hacker vs IT.
The third chapter in The Test Trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover who you really are as a person. The Final Revelation is upon us... but are you sure you TRULY want the answers you seek?
The NOexistenceN of you AND me
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Priced ~50% under Hacker vs IT on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Hacker vs IT.
Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".
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The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Hacker vs IT.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
A Date with Death
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Hacker vs IT.
Fight against & romance the one hunting for your soul in A Date with Death, a romance chat simulator where you date(?) the Grim Reaper himself. Create your own character, decorate your apartment, and chat away with the charming yet dangerous Grim Reaper through text and video calls.
Cinderella Phenomenon - Otome/Visual Novel
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Hacker vs IT.
The Fairytale Curse was only the beginning...
The Children of Clay
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Hacker vs IT.
The Children of Clay is a short stop motion archeology horror game, where you have to study an ancient artefact and discover its dark secret.
one night, hot springs
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Hacker vs IT.
Haru is invited by her old friend Manami to spend a night at the hot springs. All Haru wants to do is enjoy the hot springs like everyone else, but she doesn't want to cause any trouble...
Crime Scene Cleaner: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Hacker vs IT.
When there’s a call, you are the man to clean up after your client’s dirty job. Siding with the mafia is a dangerous game, but they pay well, and you need money, right? So take your mop and better remove those bloodstains quickly before the police come.
last seen online
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Hacker vs IT.
Look through someone else’s computer. Inspired by early “escape room” flash games.
The Test: Secrets of the Soul
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Hacker vs IT.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal things from deep within. Some will be uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and are you SURE you want the answers you seek? For it is time to unlock "Secrets of the Soul..."
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Frequently asked about Hacker vs IT
- How much does Hacker vs IT cost?
- Hacker vs IT is listed on Steam at 3.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Hacker vs IT?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Hacker vs IT are SYSCALL: RING ZERO, Terminal Insanity: CodeJacker, HackMeNow.
- Who developed Hacker vs IT?
- Hacker vs IT was developed by Sapphirus Production.
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