Hacknet

 PC
User Score
7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 76 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 55 out of 76
  2. Mixed: 16 out of 76
  3. Negative: 5 out of 76

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  1. PrettyOkGuy
    Sep 28, 2015
    5
    It's like a game that is very close to my heart but i sorta worse in my eyes.
    It's decent and all that jazz but its more like "Hacker Evolution" Without the actual writing which makes (me atleast) feel more like a hacker. If you like to type and remember certain lines of input and a very hard and challenging game buy HACKER EVOLUTION and if you like casual not much of a challenge games    It's like a game that is very close to my heart but i sorta worse in my eyes.
    It's decent and all that jazz but its more like "Hacker Evolution" Without the actual writing which makes (me atleast) feel more like a hacker. If you like to type and remember certain lines of input and a very hard and challenging game buy HACKER EVOLUTION and if you like casual not much of a challenge games buy Hacknet/ Hacker Evoluions Little brother    … Expand
  2. BuzzSkill
    Oct 16, 2015
    7
    It's not bad. A hard game, that really immerses you in the world of hacking. It feels so realistic that you forget you're playing a game after a while, which is weird. But any game where you need to either look up a tutorial on how to bounce back from a game-over detection situation, or deal with a perma-broke game, is replacing fun with realism.
  3. Crackfarmer
    Oct 20, 2015
    6
    The Version i played was bugged and i couldn't continue the Story, after the next Patch my Savegame didn't worked anymore and i wasn't motivated to start all over again. Kinda disappointed in that Game.
  4. srf5132
    Jan 21, 2016
    7
    This game was somewhat of a disappointment. It was a really good idea, and It has a lot of polish, but I feel the polish is perhaps in the wrong areas. The terminal itself is far too basic to even really call it a terminal (doesn't even have the "echo" command). I would love to see a game like this with a more fully fledged terminal (complete with vim, emacs, grep, awk etc.), andThis game was somewhat of a disappointment. It was a really good idea, and It has a lot of polish, but I feel the polish is perhaps in the wrong areas. The terminal itself is far too basic to even really call it a terminal (doesn't even have the "echo" command). I would love to see a game like this with a more fully fledged terminal (complete with vim, emacs, grep, awk etc.), and perhaps one that even included such tools as "metasploit" that a true pen-tester would be using on a regular basis. However, given that it is virtually the only modern "terminal emulator" game, it deserves a look, at least until someone makes a better version of the same concept.… Expand

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#95 Most Shared PC Game of 2015

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Metascore
82

Generally favorable reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. PLAY! Zine
    Oct 7, 2015
    75
    Probably the closest you'll ever get to be a hacker. A truly unique and fun game.
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  2. DarkStation
    Sep 24, 2015
    100
    Simple and complex, HackNet is a thrilling and eye opening look into the world that keeps making headlines in the news. Kudos to Team Fractal Alligator for making something so complex feel accessible to everyone.
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  3. NZGamer
    Aug 21, 2015
    72
    Play it because it’s different, play it because it’s a far cry from anything you’re likely to in the coming months.
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