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Cyber Manhunt 2: New World - The Hacking Simulator

Aluba Van+ · Spiral Up Games · 2025-01-20

Steam

IndieRPGSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Text

Releases: May 09, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 09, 2024 (Mac)

Discover a digital realm shrouded in mystery. Sequel to an award-winning narrative driven hacking simulator puzzle game. Play as an AI assistant in a major corporation. Deploy intricate social engineering tactics and expose hidden truths in a world of ambition and high-tech deception.

Cyber Manhunt 2: New World - The Hacking Simulator is a $12.99 Indie, RPG, and Simulation game released in 2025, estimated to have 100,000 .. 200,000 owners, with a Very Positive review sentiment (93% of 5694 reviews).

59
playing now
93%
positive of 5.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$12.99
steam price (US)

59 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 14:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

Cyber Manhunt 2: New World - The Hacking Simulator trailer thumbnail

Cyber Manhunt 2: New World - The Hacking Simulator | GamePlay PC

≈49,128 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Cooling
  • · 59 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 530 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~66/week).
  • · Review velocity down 42% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 49,548 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 114k–256k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,694 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $7.79 at Steam (2026-06-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $12.99 · on sale 7 of 14 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.3k1.3k20242026Week of 2024-05-01: 1,276 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 124 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 278 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 253 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 218 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 504 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 315 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

10702026-09-14 23:00 — 17 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 62 players2026-09-17 15:00 — 59 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 18 players2026-09-20 06:00 — 67 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 95 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 7 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 25 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 67 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 19 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 24 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 40 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 21 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 21 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 80 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 51 players2026-10-06 01:00 — 16 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 82 players2026-10-08 16:00 — 48 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 14 players2026-10-11 07:00 — 85 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 64 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 6 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 59 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
48344May 2024Aug 2026May 2024 — avg 483 · peak 3,561Jun 2024 — avg 106 · peak 373Jul 2024 — avg 72 · peak 238Aug 2024 — avg 178 · peak 1,181Sep 2024 — avg 69 · peak 207Oct 2024 — avg 61 · peak 211Nov 2024 — avg 62 · peak 186Dec 2024 — avg 52 · peak 174Jan 2025 — avg 261 · peak 2,589Feb 2025 — avg 189 · peak 719Mar 2025 — avg 87 · peak 262Apr 2025 — avg 64 · peak 173May 2025 — avg 60 · peak 183Jun 2025 — avg 84 · peak 333Jul 2025 — avg 103 · peak 319Aug 2025 — avg 66 · peak 215Sep 2025 — avg 50 · peak 172Oct 2025 — avg 62 · peak 195Nov 2025 — avg 60 · peak 210Dec 2025 — avg 46 · peak 150Jan 2026 — avg 55 · peak 174Feb 2026 — avg 89 · peak 267Mar 2026 — avg 58 · peak 190Apr 2026 — avg 44 · peak 138May 2026 — avg 49 · peak 161Jun 2026 — avg 46 · peak 168Jul 2026 — avg 72 · peak 202Aug 2026 — avg 57 · peak 189
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$12.99$7.792024-05-102026-08-072024-05-10 — best price $8.992024-06-27 — best price $8.992024-07-31 — best price $8.992024-09-17 — best price $8.992024-10-24 — best price $8.992024-11-27 — best price $8.992024-12-19 — best price $8.992025-01-21 — best price $8.792025-02-11 — best price $12.992025-03-20 — best price $12.992025-05-04 — best price $12.992025-07-10 — best price $12.992025-08-04 — best price $12.992025-10-06 — best price $12.992025-11-05 — best price $12.992026-01-05 — best price $12.992026-02-23 — best price $12.992026-03-26 — best price $12.992026-05-05 — best price $12.992026-07-09 — best price $12.992026-08-07 — best price $12.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

54
achievements tracked
96.4%
earned "Fresh Start"
54.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultySave AnytimeSteam Cloud1 DLC

2 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2025-09-23 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)75211%54

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DRPGDramaCasualClickerHackingMysteryStrategyDetectiveDark Humor

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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