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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

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.

34
playing now
93%
positive of 5.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$12.99
steam price (US)

34 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Cooling
  • · 34 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 8% of 17,990 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 113k–254k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,643 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 8 of 16 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

9492026-08-11 19:00 — 31 players2026-08-12 11:00 — 80 players2026-08-13 03:00 — 40 players2026-08-13 19:00 — 28 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 44 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 27 players2026-08-15 18:00 — 36 players2026-08-16 10:00 — 94 players2026-08-17 02:00 — 35 players2026-08-17 18:00 — 29 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 60 players2026-08-18 23:00 — 11 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 92 players2026-08-20 07:00 — 44 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 9 players2026-08-21 14:00 — 63 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 46 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 11 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 94 players2026-08-24 05:00 — 39 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 15 players2026-08-25 13:00 — 68 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 39 players2026-08-26 21:00 — 16 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 71 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 37 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 20 players2026-08-29 12:00 — 76 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 34 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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

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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Similarity via IGDB.