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Hacky
The ultimate "Hollywood Hacker" simulator for when you want to look busy, dangerous, and incredibly tech-savvy.
View on Steam ↗ $4.99 (US · as of 2026-05-18)What players say
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“If you want to dive into the Matrix, then this game is for you! Immersive, challenging typing games like Hacky are why I have a creamy, thocky mechanical keyboard. Dive into the primary colors of a binary world as you use different protocols to hack into servers and unlock…”
— a player, Steam review · 25 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. History through 2024-12 via SteamCharts; self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.
Latest official news
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Hacky Demo Leaving Steam Soon
We want to inform you that the current demo of Hacky will be removed from Steam at the end of December 2024. This decision comes after careful consideration of our game's evolution and player feedback
UI Scaling Hotfix: Resolving Screen Resolution and Button Placement Issues
Fixed critical UI scaling bug causing buttons and interface elements to extend beyond screen boundaries Restored proper UI visibility and accessibility across different screen resolutions Ensured sett
UI Scale Feature Added
We've added a UI Scale option to the game settings, which allows players to adjust the overall user interface size if they find the default font too small. Players can now customize their interface to
'jump' command adjustment and minor writing improvements
'Jump' command now allows bypassing OTP by using pre-deployed backdoors, re-open all opened nodes inside the device (yea, we turn a bug into a feature!) Fixed logging issues for Firewall-protected dev
Game Balance Update
Crypto Miner OS Rework The Bitcoin-earning mechanism has been refined. Instead of gaining 1 Bitcoin per move, players now earn double Bitcoin from Bitcoin files. However, this comes with increased ris
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Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.
| Genres | Indie, Simulation |
| Player tags | Hacking · Typing · Rogue-lite · Casual · Education · Crime · Programming · Rogue-like · Simulation · 2D · Cyberpunk · Pixel Graphics (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Color Alternatives · Custom Volume Controls · Adjustable Difficulty · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French * , Italian * , German * , Spanish - Spain * , Bulgarian * , Czech * , Danish * , Dutch * , Finnish * , Greek * , Hungarian * , Indonesian * , Japanese * , Korean * , Norwegian * , Polish * , Portugues… |
| Achievements | 12 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 or newer Processor: 2.0 GHz Memory: 512 MB RAM Graphics: Support for OpenGL 3.3 Storage: 100 MB available space