Games like Mainlining

Hooked on the mysterious and story-driven side of Mainlining? These games offer a similar pull for your backlog.

Greyhat - A Digital Detective Adventure
How far would you go to save your daughter? As an infamous hacker-for-hire you have the skills to steal almost any secret. But when your daughter is taken, will you be able to use these skills to uncover a dark conspiracy that goes further than you could ever imagine?
Mysterious, Story-driven, Dark
90% of 242 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Cyber Manhunt
A hacker-for-hire puzzle game about the dark side of the internet. Search databases, crack passwords, send phishing links and chat with targets in disguise to solve dangerous cases. Every case touches cyber violence and privacy in ways that feel uncomfortably real, and your choices shape where the story goes.
Mysterious, Story-driven, Dark
92% of 14,578 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 15$3.49
Hacknet
Hacknet is a terminal-based hacking sim with a mystery at its heart. A hacker named Bit is dead, his automated failsafe has contacted you, and the media reports do not add up. Type real commands, break into systems, read other people's mail and find out what really happened.
Mysterious, Story-driven, Dark
93% of 16,978 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 42$9.99
The Operator
You are the new Operator at the FDI, and the field agents call you when a case needs cracking. Dig through photos, databases and call transcripts on your console, feed agents what they need, and follow a conspiracy that starts pulling you in. A short, sharp detective story told entirely through a desktop.
Mysterious, Story-driven, Dark
91% of 8,699 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 23$13.99
Midnight Protocol
Midnight Protocol is a tactical narrative-driven RPG with unique keyboard-only controls. Hack into servers, beat security systems and discover encrypted secrets while you try to find answers to why and how you got doxxed.
Mysterious, Story-driven, Dark
87% of 239 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$14.99
Need to Know
Welcome to the Department of Liberty. Ascend the ranks of the NSA-like surveillance agency and decide: will you stand up for privacy, or help create an unstoppable police state? Spy on people’s deepest secrets, pick apart their private lives and decide their fate in this modern surveillance thriller.
Mysterious, Story-driven, Dark
74% of 175 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Mu Complex
Play as a hacker and take control of an ultra secret company to reveal the darkest secrets. But beware , you seem not to be alone and what you will discover could change the world ...
Mysterious, Story-driven, Retro
79% of 192 Steam reviews are positive$8.99
Hacker's Journey
Hacker’s Journey is a realistic hacking simulation game built around scenarios written by cybersecurity experts. No Hollywood hacking. Learn the tools, techniques, and tradecraft used in the wild.
Mysterious, Story-driven
76% of 253 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Song of Farca
You are Isabella Song, a hacker detective stuck at home, solving crimes through drones, cameras and searches. You pull evidence, question suspects, and live with what you choose. Dark, sharp and full of hard calls, it is worth playing for the armchair investigation alone.
Mysterious, Story-driven, Dark
78% of 1,405 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
Hacker Simulator
Type commands, crack Wi-Fi networks, plant malware and build a reputation as a freelance hacker, one contract at a time. Hacker Simulator turns real hacking methods into a playable terminal: buy new tools, upgrade your rig, and stay ahead of the systems hunting you. It is simplified on purpose, and it works.
74% of 1,234 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$24.99
Quadrilateral Cowboy
When you have a top-of-the-line hacking deck armed with a 56.6k modem and a staggering 256k RAM, it means just one thing: you answer only to the highest bidder.
Mysterious, Story-driven, Retro
92% of 897 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
How To Hack In?
A systems-driven, real-time hacking sandbox in a living, procedurally generated world. Profile people, infiltrate companies, exploit networks from your terminal, automate complex attacks, erase the evidence, trade stocks and crypto, and buy or sell intelligence on an underground marketplace.
Mysterious
88% of 42 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$12.99

Cheaper than Mainlining

Greyhat - A Digital Detective Adventure

How far would you go to save your daughter? As an infamous hacker-for-hire you have the skills to steal almost any secret.

$9.99

Cyber Manhunt

A hacker-for-hire puzzle game about the dark side of the internet.

$3.49

Hacknet

Follow a dead hacker's trail through other people's systems, one typed command at a time.

$9.99

Mu Complex

Play as a hacker and take control of an ultra secret company to reveal the darkest secrets.

$8.99

Hacker's Journey

Hacker’s Journey is a realistic hacking simulation game built around scenarios written by cybersecurity experts. No Hollywood hacking.

$4.99

Uplink

Take hacking contracts, break into systems and clean up every trace before the countdown runs out.

$11.99

Anonymous Hacker Simulator

Step into the shoes of a skilled Anonymous hacker and embark on a mission to unveil the truth hidden behind a sinister organization's plans to…

$4.99

Code 7: A Story-Driven Hacking Adventure

Try to save humanity in this episodic and fully voiced hacker story.

$5.99

Replica

The state hands you a stranger's phone and orders you to find proof he is a terrorist.

$2.99

hack_me 2

hack_me 2 is a story about hacker-beginner, who is going to confront to new World Order, where is no place for personal secrets.

$5.99

hack_me

A stripped-down hacker simulator where you break into big-company servers to prove nothing is fully protected.

$5.99

Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You

Dig through citizens' private lives to hunt a terrorist, and decide which truths security gets to see.

$9.99

Hidden gems like Mainlining

HackHub - Ultimate Hacker Simulator

Scan networks, crack databases and work out the next move yourself as a surveillance conspiracy slowly comes apart.

$16.99

Welcome to the Game III

Simon owes dangerous people money, and tonight the only way out is The Game: dig through the dark net for hidden puzzle pieces, hack other PCs while…

$19.99

Cyber Manhunt 2: New World - The Hacking Simulator

A narrative hacking simulator where you play an AI assistant inside a powerful corporation.

$12.99

Hacker's Journey

Hacker’s Journey is a realistic hacking simulation game built around scenarios written by cybersecurity experts. No Hollywood hacking.

$4.99

MINDHACK

Change the minds of evildoers…for good! MINDHACK is a text adventure game where you meet unique evildoers, hack their minds, and rewrite them into…

$12.99

Anonymous Hacker Simulator

Step into the shoes of a skilled Anonymous hacker and embark on a mission to unveil the truth hidden behind a sinister organization's plans to…

$4.99

The Operator

Search files, calls and photos on a console, guide field agents through their cases, and watch a conspiracy close in on you.

$13.99

Hacked: The Streamer

You are blackmailed in Hacked: The Streamer. Investigate clues, make impactful decisions, and shape your story to uncover the culprit is in this…

$8.49

DROP - System Breach

Welcome to DROP, a fast-paced action-strategy hacking simulator. Ready to hack your way to fame and fortune while avoiding getting caught?

$9.99

Yolo Space Hacker

Welcome to our ethical hacker's organisation: we will teach you how to use actual hacker tools (terminal, proxy, reverse shells...) to scan the…

$24.99

Midnight Protocol

Midnight Protocol is a tactical narrative-driven RPG with unique keyboard-only controls.

$14.99

Scrutinized

File reports on a quiet town's suspects from home, knowing two murderers are heading straight for your door.

$9.99

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