TIS-100
Repair a fictional 1980s machine by writing tiny assembly programs, one puzzle at a time, at whatever pace you like.
97% of 3,398 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 18$6.99
Games like SYSCALL: RING ZERO
Did SYSCALL: RING ZERO leave you in a retro and minimalist frame of mind? Browse these games for your next favorite.
EXAPUNKS
It is 1997, you have the phage, and the deal is one hack per dose of medicine. Program little robots called EXAs to slip into networks, trash files and vanish. A puzzle game about writing code, wrapped in a warm, funny 90s hacker world that is easy to lose whole evenings to.
Retro, Minimalist, Replayable
96% of 1,381 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 12$19.99TIS-100
A broken computer from the 1980s lands on your desk, and the only way to fix it is to write assembly code by hand. TIS-100 turns real low-level programming into puzzles: a dozen instructions, tiny memory, and over 45 challenges that are solvable, just not easily. When your program finally runs clean, the satisfaction is enormous.
Minimalist, Replayable
97% of 3,398 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 18$6.99SIC-1
SIC-1 is a single-instruction programming game. Neglect your personal life in pursuit of promotions and vague assurances of job security! Optimize your programs to rise to the top of the leaderboards! SIC Systems thanks you for your hard work! Now please return to your desk.
Retro, Minimalist
94% of 263 Steam reviews are positiveFreeABI-DOS
Build the most advanced operating system ever created! Can you master the fictional simulation language of this mind-bending machine? Design circuits, automate UBITS (coloured mobile data blocks), and optimize your system. The Admin is always watching, and he’s not what he seems.
Minimalist, Replayable, Mysterious
92% of 442 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6FreeRogue Bit
A single bit of computer memory became sentient and decided to escape from digital into the real world. Explore RAM, modify bytes and hack machine code and CPU registers to set it free.
Retro, Minimalist, Replayable
89% of 121 Steam reviews are positive$2.99Squally
Squally is a 2D puzzle RPG programming game that teaches you how to hack. Control the world by rewriting it in x86/x64 assembly language!
Retro
76% of 106 Steam reviews are positive$24.99Silicon Zeroes
Build hardware. Solve puzzles. From the creator of Manufactoria, a new open-ended puzzle game set in Silicon Valley's first startup.
Retro, Minimalist, Replayable
88% of 249 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$14.99QuantumPulse 2A
Solve programming puzzles on a fictional computer with radio-based communication and unique limitations. Competitively optimize to compete on leaderboards against friends and the global community.
Retro, Minimalist
94% of 31 Steam reviews are positive$11.99The Signal State
A post-apocalyptic farm needs its machines fixed, and only you can patch the cables. The Signal State is a puzzle game built on modular synthesizer logic: drag modules into a rack, wire them up, and turn raw signals into working outputs. Over 40 puzzles, a sandbox, and leaderboards for when one solution is never enough.
Retro, Minimalist, Replayable
86% of 655 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$19.99Comet 64
Comet 64 is a programming puzzle game. The year is 1984. All you got is a Comet 64 home computer and the operator's manual it came with.
Retro, Minimalist
74% of 183 Steam reviews are positive$14.99Cyber Sentinel
Experience the hacker's side of cyberpunk in Cyber Sentinel! This design-based puzzle game features a complete visual programming kit for designing your own viruses.
Retro, Minimalist
82% of 22 Steam reviews are positive$9.99ProxOS
Step into a time portal to 1993. While your friends are battling it out in the latest FPS adventures, you got the opportunity to learn the newest trend, programming. Turn on your CRT monitor and learn to write code, compete with others in challenges or write minigames.
Retro, Minimalist
94% of 17 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Cheaper than SYSCALL: RING ZERO
Rogue Bit
A single bit of computer memory became sentient and decided to escape from digital into the real world.
89% of 121 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
QuantumPulse 2A
Solve programming puzzles on a fictional computer with radio-based communication and unique limitations.
94% of 31 Steam reviews are positive$11.99
Cyber Sentinel
Experience the hacker's side of cyberpunk in Cyber Sentinel!
82% of 22 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
CORE.SYS
CORE.SYS is a brainteasing action puzzler where you’ll need to break through layers of digital security with quick-thinking strategy.
100% of 2 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
RE_ALLOC
Master the machine. In RE_ALLOC, you are the architect of execution.
25% of 4 Steam reviews are positive$3.49
Hacknet
Follow a dead hacker's trail through other people's systems, one typed command at a time.
93% of 16,978 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 42$9.99
SAYONARA++
Tokyo holds the last remnants of human life. All our pilots are dead; you are our sole surviving AI.
100% of 1 Steam reviews are positive$5.99
A=B
A=B is a programming puzzle game with only one instruction: A=B, which means replacing A with B.
94% of 919 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$4.99
Mu Complex
Play as a hacker and take control of an ultra secret company to reveal the darkest secrets.
79% of 192 Steam reviews are positive$8.99
BitVault
Become an expert hacker by using your raw brainpower! Learn how to get ahead in your new job at a cybersecurity company.
100% of 63 Steam reviews are positive$11.99
HACK.BAK
Hackers have encrypted your data and it's your job to hack them back.
100% of 10 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Hidden gems like SYSCALL: RING ZERO
868-BACK
868-BACK is a computer-hacking strategy roguelike game where your mission is to dismantle capitalism one server at a time!
98% of 135 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$13.99
HackHub - Ultimate Hacker Simulator
Scan networks, crack databases and work out the next move yourself as a surveillance conspiracy slowly comes apart.
88% of 1,024 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 313$16.99
ABI-DOS
Build the most advanced operating system ever created! Can you master the fictional simulation language of this mind-bending machine?
92% of 442 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6Free
Net.Attack() - Code or Die!
CODE OR DIE! Hack enemy systems & survive the security response by engineering lethal bullet-heaven algorithms.
80% of 514 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$7.99
Virtual Circuit Board
Virtual Circuit Board is the sandbox drawing-based logic simulator where you can build, program, decorate, and simulate anything from simple…
91% of 307 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$14.99
Last Call BBS
Log into a 90s bulletin board and fill it with factories, circuits, dungeons and card games, one download at a time.
94% of 1,226 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 31$19.99
SIC-1
SIC-1 is a single-instruction programming game. Neglect your personal life in pursuit of promotions and vague assurances of job security!
94% of 263 Steam reviews are positiveFree
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…
95% of 208 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$24.99
The Signal State
Fix a post-apocalyptic farm by wiring modular synthesizer modules, one puzzle at a time.
86% of 655 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$19.99
Turing Complete
Wire up gates, memory and assembly until a machine you designed runs your own code, then keep building in the sandbox.
95% of 5,762 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 123$19.99
Squally
Squally is a 2D puzzle RPG programming game that teaches you how to hack. Control the world by rewriting it in x86/x64 assembly language!
76% of 106 Steam reviews are positive$24.99
Alan's Automaton Workshop
Alan's Automaton Workshop is an open-ended programming puzzle game.
82% of 197 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Newest games like SYSCALL: RING ZERO
Blackdoor
You're a hacker with a terminal and four terrible scripts - time to rewrite them.
86% of 21 Steam reviews are positive$12.99
HackHub - Ultimate Hacker Simulator
Scan networks, crack databases and work out the next move yourself as a surveillance conspiracy slowly comes apart.
88% of 1,024 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 313$16.99
CORE.SYS
CORE.SYS is a brainteasing action puzzler where you’ll need to break through layers of digital security with quick-thinking strategy.
100% of 2 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
868-BACK
868-BACK is a computer-hacking strategy roguelike game where your mission is to dismantle capitalism one server at a time!
98% of 135 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$13.99
Net.Attack() - Code or Die!
CODE OR DIE! Hack enemy systems & survive the security response by engineering lethal bullet-heaven algorithms.
80% of 514 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$7.99
EmuDevz
A game about building emulators! Implement your own NEEES core in JavaScript, get instant feedback with unit/video tests, build the graphics unit in…
89% of 79 Steam reviews are positiveFree
You Are The Code
A programming puzzle game, but YOU CAN'T TYPE. Navigate and run pre-existing lines of code! Watch out for bugs eating away your program!
100% of 41 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
QuantumPulse 2A
Solve programming puzzles on a fictional computer with radio-based communication and unique limitations.
94% of 31 Steam reviews are positive$11.99
HACK.BAK
Hackers have encrypted your data and it's your job to hack them back.
100% of 10 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
ABI-DOS
Build the most advanced operating system ever created! Can you master the fictional simulation language of this mind-bending machine?
92% of 442 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6Free
Hacky
The ultimate "Hollywood Hacker" simulator for when you want to look busy, dangerous, and incredibly tech-savvy.
92% of 98 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Hackshot
The most deviously STYLISH Strategy game ever ... Shoot to Hack; ... Optimize and Combo to rise; ... as a HACKER
92% of 12 Steam reviews are positive$11.99