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Hacker's Journey

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.

Released Jul 21, 2026 Developer Electric Heart Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux Immersive SimSimulationEducationCrimeHacking
View on Steam ↗ $4.99 (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.

77.5%positive236 reviews
Recommended · 43 found this helpful

“Interesting so far, but when you type it is constantly having double letters appear, which means you have to keep deleting and then retyping. It's okay at first, but after a while, you don't want to play anymore from frustration. Edit: The developer seems to have fixed the issue…”

— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs played
Recommended · 14 found this helpful

“The workflow feels pretty authentic. I actually laughed out loud when I didn't get a bounty for the third vulnerability—it’s just *that* realistic! For once in a main storyline, I finally got to play the bad guy (black hat), and I found it super fun. The pixel-art conference was…”

— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played
Not recommended · 93 found this helpful

“The store page promises a realistic, multi-phase hacking experience designed by cybersecurity professionals with "no Hollywood hacking." Unfortunately, the actual game doesn't match the marketing at all. What you actually get is a very short (~90 minute) linear walkthrough that…”

— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played
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Latest official news

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

Jul 23, 2026
Bug Fixes

Returning to the main menu during HackCon restarts the process and requires a new ticket purchase. Now, the game won’t deduct your money in this scenario.

Jul 23, 2026
Bug fixes

Fixed some small bugs reported in our community forum.

Jul 23, 2026
Fixed Terminal Not Showing in External Monitor Bug

Fixed the issue where the terminal wasn’t displaying on an external monitor.

Jul 22, 2026
E-mails Not Showing Bug is Fixed

We’ve fixed a bug where the email client didn’t display some emails after travelling to Turkey.

Jul 21, 2026
Bug Fixes

The bug preventing the copy button from working on the Bitgiftcard website has been fixed. The terminal copy bug has been fixed.

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

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

GenresIndie, Simulation
Player tagsImmersive Sim · Simulation · Education · Crime · Hacking · Programming · Text-Based · Story Rich · Indie · Singleplayer (Steam store community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Custom Volume Controls · Keyboard Only Option · #category_playable_at_your_own_pace · Playable without Timed Input · Save Anytime · Stereo Sound · Subtitle Options
LanguagesEnglish, Turkish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Spanish - Spain
Official sitehttps://electricheart.net
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: 64-bit Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000 / AMD Radeon HD 7000 series Storage: 3 GB available space