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Uplink
Uplink lets you play as a freelance hacker tackling risky contracts for corporations. Break into systems, steal data, sabotage rivals, and upgrade your gear. Support factions or go rogue in this immersive, strategy-driven hacking simulation game where your choices shape the outcome.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“> Be me > Have a run going smoothly > All apps upgraded to latest versions > Gateway fully upgraded > Put several high-ranking hackers to jail > Earns tens of thousands a day > Decided to skimp 1500 from a job just to test things out > Get disavowed less than five minutes later”
— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs played“It was hot, the night we burned Chrome. This game is probably the coolest game to exist maybe ever”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“Play the game, Feds. Play the game, Zion Gateway, Feds. Play the game, realize there's story, Feds. Play the game, realize the consequences of removal jobs, literal enlightenment, Feds. Play the game, Trinity gateway, Nuke, Profit. A guide to the game:…”
— a player, Steam review · 31 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 11:38 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
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Latest official news
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Apple Silicon Support
The Mac OS X version of Uplink has been updated to support both Intel and Apple Silicon architectures.
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Indie, Strategy |
| Player tags | Hacking · Indie · Strategy · Singleplayer · Cyberpunk · Simulation · Sci-fi · Real-Time with Pause · 2D · Experimental · Atmospheric · Puzzle (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
| Estimated owners | 500,000 – 1,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.uplink.co.uk/ |