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Idle Hacking: An Inaction RPG

Idle Hacking: An Inaction RPG

A persistent idle MMORPG, with a text-based hacking theme. Enjoy the "Inaction RPG" design philosophy by crafting equpiment using ARPG influenced prefix/suffix systems, build or join player managed syndicates, trade on the marketplace, and compete in community events.

Released Mar 18, 2026 Developer GigaForge Games Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux CasualIdlerRPGHackingMMORPG
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-09-25)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-25.

80.6%positive252 reviews
Recommended · 17 found this helpful

“I do not understand this game and I have never been happier. I clicked a thing. A number went up. Another thing unlocked. It's making money now. I don't know why. Chat is unhinged. The dev keeps poking the bear and the bear is us. Someone has been arguing about sig this and sig…”

— a player, Steam review · 17 hrs played
Recommended · 6 found this helpful

“Idle Hacking: An Inaction RPG offers plenty of complexity for players who enjoy building long‑term meta progress. The crafting system is surprisingly well‑balanced, to the point where even a seemingly mediocre item drop can become a core part of your loadout if luck tilts your…”

— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played
Not recommended · 9 found this helpful

“I really enjoyed Idle Hacking for quite a while, but the Breach update has unfortunately killed a lot of my interest in the game. The biggest issue for me is the introduction of forced group content into what has fundamentally been a mostly solo progression game. It feels like a…”

— a player, Steam review · 2,969 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.

318all-time peak
0 250 500 259 avg · May 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.

49achievements
27.0%median completion
4.0%rarest: Crit Cascade - Lucky Bit
84.1% of players 65.2% of players 55.2% of players 52.1% of players 50.7% of players 45.2% of players 42.3% of players 41.0% of players 40.8% of players 39.0% of players 38.7% of players 36.6% of players 36.2% of players 36.1% of players 33.1% of players 31.7% of players 31.6% of players 31.2% of players 30.6% of players 30.3% of players 29.8% of players 28.4% of players 28.3% of players 27.5% of players 27.0% of players 26.4% of players 25.5% of players 24.3% of players 23.5% of players 19.6% of players 16.9% of players 16.6% of players 16.4% of players 15.7% of players 15.4% of players 15.0% of players 14.6% of players 14.4% of players 14.2% of players 13.4% of players 12.3% of players 10.2% of players 10.0% of players 7.9% of players 7.9% of players 6.7% of players 5.8% of players 5.6% of players 4.0% of players 84.1% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
84.1%Tutorial Master - Quick Learner — Complete the onboarding tutorial
65.2%Gatherer - Casual — Perform 100 gathering actions
55.2%Upgrader - Tinkerer — Have 25 hardware shop upgrades
Rarest badges of honor
4.0%Crit Cascade - Lucky Bit — Trigger 1K multi-crit attacks
5.6%Garbage Collector - Pruner — Prune affixes 10 times
5.8%Mutex Master - Semaphore — Lock affixes 5 times

Latest official news

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

Sep 10, 2026
Network Breaches - Our Biggest Update Yet

Breach has arrived in Idle Hacking. Our largest update yet adds a new game mode that progresses independently of the normal idle progression. Head into hostile networks alone or with up to three other

Jun 30, 2026
2026 Fireworks Festival (Canada Day + US Independence Day)

July 1 - July 4 Fireworks Festival Join us in celebration of both Canada Day (July 1) and US Independence Day (July 4) in this multi-day holiday event. Log in during the event to receive your bonus ac

Jun 22, 2026
Mac Performance Update and DNS Fallback

A new build has been pushed for Windows and Mac users. For Mac users, this should significantly drop the CPU usage across all sections of the game. For Mac and Windows users, this update adds a DNS fa

Jun 05, 2026
New Player Enhancements and Continued UI Updates

New Player Tutorial/Goals Update Today we have launched an overhaul to the tutorial system with the goal of helping new players navigate the game's various systems. Instead of the tutorials mostly bei

May 16, 2026
DNS Fix for Certain DNS Resolvers (Such as 1.1.1.3 from Cloudflare)

We recently helped a user who had issues connecting to the server even though we've had 100% uptime in recent weeks. After going back and forth, we narrowed this problem to the use of a filtered DNS r

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.

GenresCasual, Indie, Massively Multiplayer, RPG, Free To Play
Player tagsCasual · Idler · RPG · Hacking · MMORPG · Massively Multiplayer · Text-Based · Cyberpunk · Loot · Indie · Crafting · Free to Play (Steam store community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · MMO · Co-op · Online Co-op · Cross-Platform Multiplayer · Steam Achievements · In-App Purchases
LanguagesEnglish * *
Achievements49
Official sitehttps://www.idlehacking.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 (64-bit) Processor: Intel Core i3 (Any Generation) Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Any DirectX: Version 11 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 600 MB available space