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Hacker Simulator

Save All Studio · 2021-10-20

Steam

IndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Oct 20, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Become a hacker and build your online reputation to the top. Complete contracts, buy new programs, upgrade your computer, crack wifi networks and infiltrate peoples or companies online systems.

Hacker Simulator is an Indie, Simulation game released in 2021, priced at $24.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and Mostly Positive (74% of 1277 reviews) sentiment.

5
playing now
74%
positive of 1.3k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
2
Nexus mods (118 downloads)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

In order to keep your business running, you need to stay anonymous regularly by hiding behind various wifi networks. To do this, you will learn how to use the famous suite of tools called Aircrack-ng! A lot of research has been done to bring you a simplified and enjoyable version of real-life hacking methods such as bruteforce, exploits, phishing and more! You will learn a lot during your adventure, but you will also learn that hacking is not without risk. The networks you will explore will be secured and the wifi connections will be monitored, requiring a high level of attention.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 5 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 154 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~19/week).
  • · Review velocity up 51% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 9% of 49,718 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 26k–57k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,277 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $4.99 at Steam (2025-05-26)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
696920212026Week of 2021-10-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

902026-09-15 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 23:00 — 2 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 3 players2026-09-19 14:00 — 4 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 05:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 20:00 — 4 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 6 players2026-09-27 11:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 17:00 — 7 players2026-10-04 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 09:00 — 5 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 15:00 — 4 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 4 players2026-10-13 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
743Oct 2021Aug 2026Oct 2021 — avg 34 · peak 89Dec 2021 — avg 20 · peak 65Feb 2022 — avg 39 · peak 235Apr 2022 — avg 18 · peak 75Jun 2022 — avg 23 · peak 266Aug 2022 — avg 18 · peak 78Oct 2022 — avg 10 · peak 38Dec 2022 — avg 11 · peak 36Feb 2023 — avg 10 · peak 36Apr 2023 — avg 44 · peak 419Jun 2023 — avg 7 · peak 37Aug 2023 — avg 8 · peak 23Oct 2023 — avg 8 · peak 22Dec 2023 — avg 9 · peak 27Feb 2024 — avg 7 · peak 21Apr 2024 — avg 8 · peak 27Jun 2024 — avg 5 · peak 14Aug 2024 — avg 11 · peak 77Oct 2024 — avg 4 · peak 13Dec 2024 — avg 4 · peak 13Feb 2025 — avg 4 · peak 10Apr 2025 — avg 4 · peak 13Jun 2025 — avg 13 · peak 59Aug 2025 — avg 4 · peak 12Oct 2025 — avg 7 · peak 23Dec 2025 — avg 6 · peak 19Feb 2026 — avg 8 · peak 21Apr 2026 — avg 5 · peak 16Jun 2026 — avg 4 · peak 10Aug 2026 — avg 4 · peak 12
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$4.992021-10-202026-07-092021-10-20 — best price $23.742021-12-22 — best price $19.742022-02-15 — best price $17.492022-03-28 — best price $17.492022-05-02 — best price $17.492022-06-04 — best price $16.242022-06-23 — best price $15.742022-07-28 — best price $12.492022-09-26 — best price $12.492022-11-22 — best price $7.492022-12-22 — best price $8.742023-01-09 — best price $8.742023-02-20 — best price $8.742023-04-02 — best price $7.492023-06-29 — best price $7.492023-11-21 — best price $7.492023-12-21 — best price $7.492024-03-14 — best price $17.492024-06-27 — best price $17.492024-08-20 — best price $17.492024-11-27 — best price $17.492024-12-19 — best price $17.492025-03-13 — best price $12.492025-05-26 — best price $4.992025-06-27 — best price $7.492025-09-29 — best price $7.492025-12-18 — best price $12.492026-01-06 — best price $4.992026-03-19 — best price $12.492026-06-25 — best price $12.492026-07-09 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

10 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil

Player tags

CrimeIndieActionTypingHackingSandboxAdventureCyberpunkDetectiveRealistic

Census log

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

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