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Bitburner

Bitburner

Bitburner is a programming-based incremental game. Write scripts in JavaScript to automate gameplay, learn skills, play minigames, solve puzzles, and more in this cyberpunk text-based incremental RPG.

Released Dec 10, 2021 Developer Fulcrum Games, Hydroflame, over 250 github contributors Publisher Fulcrum Games Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux ProgrammingIdlerHackingAutomationFree to Play
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-09-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.

94.9%positive7,421 reviews
Recommended · 103 found this helpful

“This has got to be the most dystopian thing I've ever seen. The year is 2077, and they still use JavaScript? Lord help us.”

— a player, Steam review · 20 hrs played
Recommended · 105 found this helpful

“Been a software engineer for close to a decade and this is the most I've ever enjoyed programming in my life. If you're using AI to play this, I want you to know that I am actively laboring to have your voting rights restricted.”

— a player, Steam review · 173 hrs played
Recommended · 47 found this helpful

“At work claude writes all the code for me. Then I come back home and get to write code by myself on Bitburner. 10/10 game.”

— a player, Steam review · 19 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-08 via SteamCharts.

5,935all-time peak
0 2.5k 5k 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 3.9k avg · Jan 2022

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-28.

98achievements
2.1%median completion
1.1%rarest: Exploit: true recursion
61.3% of players 50.6% of players 28.0% of players 25.8% of players 22.5% of players 19.0% of players 18.9% of players 18.8% of players 18.5% of players 16.0% of players 13.6% of players 13.2% of players 12.9% of players 11.4% of players 10.4% of players 9.6% of players 9.4% of players 8.7% of players 7.9% of players 7.8% of players 7.7% of players 7.6% of players 7.6% of players 7.2% of players 6.6% of players 6.1% of players 5.4% of players 5.0% of players 4.7% of players 3.9% of players 3.7% of players 3.5% of players 3.5% of players 3.2% of players 3.2% of players 3.1% of players 3.0% of players 3.0% of players 3.0% of players 2.7% of players 2.7% of players 2.6% of players 2.6% of players 2.6% of players 2.4% of players 2.3% of players 2.3% of players 2.2% of players 2.1% of players 2.1% of players 2.1% of players 2.0% of players 2.0% of players 2.0% of players 1.9% of players 1.9% of players 1.9% of players 1.9% of players 1.9% of players 1.8% of players 61.3% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
61.3%Free money! — Purchase your first hacknet node.
50.6%Maximum speed! — Write an ns2 script.
28.0%The original hacker — Make 10m from hacknet nodes.
Rarest badges of honor
1.1%Exploit: true recursion — Hidden achievement
1.1%Exploit: rainbow — Hidden achievement
1.2%BN9: Challenge — Hidden achievement

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

May 17, 2026
3.0.1 Release

Version 3.0.1 has been released, please report any issues on Github or the #bug-report channel on Discord ## v3.0.1: 17 May 2026 ### BREAKING CHANGES - Change getServer return type; rename getServerAu

May 02, 2026
Linux Launching Issues/Workaround on 3.0.0

We are aware of issues launching the game directly from Steam for some Linux users. By all reports we currently have, launching the game directly from the executable (instead of through Steam) is a wo

May 02, 2026
Major Update: 3.0.0

After a long development cycle, version 3.0.0 has been released! This version does include many breaking changes, which may require your attention. These breaking changes are listed in the changelog.

Apr 04, 2025
2.8.1 Patch Notes

## v2.8.1: 4 April 2025 ### MAJOR CHANGES ### UI - Increase width of each job in "Job" tab (#2017) (@catloversg) - Fix: Cannot buy augmentations via UI when money is equal to cost (#2039) (@catloversg

Mar 05, 2025
v2.8.0 Release: 5 March 2025

### MAJOR CHANGES - Grant Bladeburner API access to SF6 and "Blade's Simulacrum" augmentation to SF7.3 (#1926) (@Sphyxis) - Move tail-related APIs to ns.ui namespace (#1935) (@catloversg) - Support sc

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.

GenresFree To Play
Player tagsProgramming · Idler · Hacking · Automation · Free to Play · Text-Based · Cyberpunk · Simulation · Singleplayer · Dystopian · Puzzle · RPG (Steam store community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish
Achievements98
Official sitehttps://bitburner-official.github.io/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 and later are supported Processor: An Intel Pentium 4 processor or later that's SSE2 capable Memory: 512 MB RAM Graphics: Intel Integrated Graphics Storage: 500 MB available space Sound Card: N/A