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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.
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “Strategic hacking simulation” (25 of 78 reviews) and “Memorable tracker music” (5); the most common complaint is “Linux failures and mission glitches” (7). What reviewers agree on ↓
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-10-22 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
25 of the 78 reviews raise this.
5 of the 78 reviews raise this.
5 of the 78 reviews raise this.
“Good overall task, story, gameplay, word smashing simu... hahm... Just... get you one, or two more keyboard aside, be advised.”
“Fabulous classic hacking simulator. As much fun today as when I first played it in the early 2000s. Various easter eggs for the 1337 user, a challenging plot (that you can choose to ignore), and the adrenaline rush…”
“The UI is obviously really bad looking if you have modern tastes. I recommend playing in windowed mode and letting Windows scaling do its thing with the game set to an era-appropriate 4:3 resolution. I still think it's…”
5 of the 78 reviews raise this.
“Love this game. I have it on another account but I've played it for 5 years and keep coming back. Lots of fun!”
4 of the 78 reviews raise this.
7 of the 78 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Don't launch this on Linux. It messes up your display settings outside of the game.”
“Couldn't get it to work for me. Guess I don't get to hack now :(”
7 of the 78 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“I played this 10 years ago and bought it on steam in 2026, hoping it will just give me some nostalgic feels. Ended up plaing for 12 hours in 1.5 days, which is a lot for me. Of course the game shows it's age, with…”
“A classic hacker simulator. - I feel you always get caught from uplink eventually. - Still a great strategy simulator. - You will need to learn from your mistakes. - Not tried it but there is a mod to enhance the…”
Counted across 78 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 90.6% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“> 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 data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
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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.
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 2026-05-12.
| 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 |
| Official site | http://www.uplink.co.uk/ |