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Hacknet

Developer:
Team Fractal Alligator
Publisher:
Fellow Traveller
Release:
Aug 12, 2015
Price:
$9.99

About the game

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.

Platforms:
Windows, macOS, Linux
Languages:
English, French, German, Spanish - Spain and 5 more
Metacritic:
82
AppID:
365450
IndieSimulationHackingSimulationProgrammingTypingStory RichSingleplayer
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Game metrics

Players (CCU)33+31 (+1,550%) since tracking began
Daily peak from Jul 1, 2015 to Nov 7, 2026: lowest 2, highest 127,640, latest 33.
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Players (CCU) chart
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Events

Online before Nov 4, 2026: peaks by SteamCharts

Reviews

New reviews per period, all languages

94%Very Positive16,979 reviews
Positive
+15,245
Negative
−1,071
Score for the period
93%
15,245 positive and 1,071 negative reviews in the period.
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New positive and negative reviews
DatePositiveNegative
Sep 2015825
Oct 20152115
Nov 20151116
Dec 201516315
Jan 201614918
Feb 2016874
Mar 2016522
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Events

Release, patches, sales and announcements from Steam

Events
PictureDateTypeTitle
NewsUnHacknet Jam (opens in a new tab)
News❄️Hacknet 85% Off During Steam Winter Sale!❄️ (opens in a new tab)
NewsHacknet Celebrates Ten Years! (opens in a new tab)
NewsHacknet Community PathfinderJam 2024 (opens in a new tab)
NewsHacknet is 85% off in the Fellow Traveller Publisher Sale! (opens in a new tab)
News☀️Hacknet is 85% off during the Steam Summer Sale!☀️ (opens in a new tab)
NewsHacknet - 85% Off For LudoNarraCon! (opens in a new tab)
NewsHacknet is on sale at 85% off! (opens in a new tab)

Stats

Sales and revenue are GameLens estimates

Copies sold
509.4K (341.3K – 677.5K)
Gross revenue (base game)
$3.8M ($2.6M – $5.1M)
Reviews
17K
Review score
94%
Followers
80.7K
Average daily concurrent players (30 days)
36.5
Peak concurrent players
33
Copies sold in the last 7 days
90
Estimate the developer’s net revenue →

By country

Steam price by country: Steam does not publish where players are

Cheapest: Russia. Most expensive: Switzerland.
Countries ranked by price
#CurrencyConvertedDifference
1Russia₽385.00 · lowest $4.71$4.71-53%
2Ukraine₴225.00 · lowest $4.96$4.96-50%
3IndonesiaRp 90,999 · lowest $5.03$5.03-50%
4India₹480.00 · lowest $5.10$5.10-49%
5Philippines₱335.00 · lowest $5.31$5.31-47%
6South Asia — U.S. dollar$5.49 · lowest $5.49$5.49-45%
7Vietnam₫142,000 · lowest $5.55$5.55-44%
8Taiwan$188.00 · lowest $5.72$5.72-43%
9Latin America — U.S. dollar$5.79 · lowest $5.79$5.79-42%
10Middle East & North Africa — U.S. dollar$5.79 · lowest $5.79$5.79-42%
11Chile$5,750 · lowest $5.90$5.90-41%
12BrazilR$32.99 · lowest $5.99$5.99-40%
13Saudi ArabiaSAR 22.49 · lowest $6.00$6.00-40%
14South AfricaR 100.00 · lowest $6.06$6.06-39%
15KuwaitKWD 1.950 · lowest $6.28$6.28-37%
16China¥42.00 · lowest $6.28$6.28-37%
17CIS — U.S. dollar$6.29 · lowest $6.29$6.29-37%
18Kazakhstan₸2,900.00 · lowest $6.46$6.46-35%
19Thailand฿220.00 · lowest $6.56$6.56-34%
20MalaysiaRM 26.75 · lowest $6.59$6.59-34%
21Mexico$123.99 · lowest $6.65$6.65-33%
22PeruPEN 23.00 · lowest $6.70$6.70-33%
23QatarQAR 24.99 · lowest $6.87$6.87-31%
24Japan¥1,200 · lowest $7.58$7.58-24%
25Uruguay$310.00 · lowest $7.70$7.70-23%
26Singapore$10.00 · lowest $7.80$7.80-22%
27United Arab EmiratesAED 29.00 · lowest $7.90$7.90-21%
28Colombia$26,000 · lowest $8.02$8.02-20%
29South Korea₩11,000 · lowest $8.11$8.11-19%
30New Zealand$14.75 · lowest $8.18$8.18-18%
31Hong Kong SAR China$66.00 · lowest $8.42$8.42-16%
32Canada$12.99 · lowest $9.21$9.21-8%
33Australia$14.50 · lowest $9.97$9.970%
34United States$9.99 · lowest $1.49$9.99base
35Costa Rica₡4,600.00 · lowest $10.13$10.13+1%
36Euro area€9.75 · lowest $10.88$10.88+9%
37United Kingdom£8.50 · lowest $11.37$11.37+14%
38Israel₪36.95 · lowest $11.57$11.57+16%
39Norwaykr 110.00 · lowest $11.64$11.64+16%
40Polandzł 45.99 · lowest $11.68$11.68+17%
41SwitzerlandCHF 10.99 · lowest $13.40$13.40+34%

Prices from 41 Steam stores. Countries of a shared pricing zone (euro, CIS, Latin America, MENA, South Asia) are painted with the zone price. Rates as of Nov 7, 2026. Rates By Exchange Rate API (opens in a new tab)

Achievements

11 on Steam, rarest first

Difficulty of getting all achievementsHard

At most 6.5% of players have every achievement · median 9.9%

  • TRUE ULTIMATE POWER6.5%

    Run Clock.exe

  • Rude7%

    That's just impolite

  • /el Sec Champion7.1%

    Master of /el's friendly community

  • Quickdraw8.4%

    Complete the tutorial earlier than normal

  • You better not have clicked for those...8.9%

    Have a truly absurd number of pointclicker points

  • Hacknet9.9%

    Complete Bit's final request

  • PointClicker10%

    Purchase the final PointClicker upgrade

  • To the Wire12%

    Disconnect from a traced system with less than half a second to spare

  • Makeover!16%

    Run ThemeSwitcher

  • CSEC20%

    Be granted an account within CSEC

Builds and manifests

Build 2958328 · updated Jul 24, 06:29 AM UTC · Install size: 961 MB · Steam PICS data

Branches

BranchBuild IDUpdatedDescription
public2958328Jul 24, 06:29 AM UTC
accessibility_mode1769131Apr 20, 03:46 AM UTCBranch with more moderate language, and drastically reduced trace times.

Depots and manifests (public)

DepotNameOSLanguageManifestSize
365451windows3334967212005253180273 MB
3654527636448711508730507688 MB
365453linux 32-bit91184047074138572610 MB
365454macos5237573375958690650304 MB
365455linux 64-bit191108031218028755592 MB
365456linux3529038054491803885218 MB
365458DLC 521840windows2184418459091798884150 MB
365459DLC 521840macos2964520419333359855150 MB
408711DLC 521840linux4525842105236732908150 MB

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