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hackmud

ComCODE · 2016-09-22

Steam

IndieMassively MultiplayerRPGSimulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)

Releases: Sep 22, 2016 (Linux), Sep 22, 2016 (Mac), Sep 22, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

hackmud is a retro cyberpunk RPG where you play a digital persona in a chaotic, unpredictable, and often goofy abandoned internet. Enter a 90s hacker movie filled with scripts, scams, and sabotage. Explore the world of digital secrets and forge your legacy through cunning, creativity, or disruption.

15
playing now
78%
positive of 846 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$18.99
steam price (US)

15 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Hackmud is a massively multiplayer online video game and/or MUD that simulates 1990s hacker subculture through text-based adventure. Players use social engineering, scripting, and cracks in a text-based terminal to influence and control other players in the simulation. Reviewers wrote that the game's "campy hacking" mimics that of films like WarGames (1983) and Jurassic Park (1993).

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 28% of 18,104 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 21k–51k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 846 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.14 at Steam (2025-09-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.10 · on sale 7 of 16 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

1532026-08-12 01:00 — 12 players2026-08-12 17:00 — 9 players2026-08-13 09:00 — 7 players2026-08-14 00:00 — 7 players2026-08-14 16:00 — 11 players2026-08-15 08:00 — 7 players2026-08-16 00:00 — 8 players2026-08-16 16:00 — 8 players2026-08-17 08:00 — 3 players2026-08-18 00:00 — 3 players2026-08-18 15:00 — 10 players2026-08-19 07:00 — 6 players2026-08-19 23:00 — 7 players2026-08-20 15:00 — 9 players2026-08-21 07:00 — 11 players2026-08-21 22:00 — 7 players2026-08-22 14:00 — 9 players2026-08-23 06:00 — 6 players2026-08-23 22:00 — 8 players2026-08-24 13:00 — 9 players2026-08-25 05:00 — 4 players2026-08-25 21:00 — 8 players2026-08-26 14:00 — 9 players2026-08-27 04:00 — 8 players2026-08-27 20:00 — 8 players2026-08-28 12:00 — 10 players2026-08-29 03:00 — 8 players2026-08-29 19:00 — 10 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 15 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$1.142016-09-222026-08-102016-09-22 — best price $13.372017-02-06 — best price $14.992017-07-05 — best price $19.992017-11-01 — best price $19.992018-01-04 — best price $19.992018-06-21 — best price $14.992018-10-30 — best price $14.992018-12-20 — best price $14.992019-02-12 — best price $19.992019-08-19 — best price $14.992019-11-01 — best price $19.992019-12-19 — best price $14.992020-01-22 — best price $14.992020-06-25 — best price $14.992020-12-01 — best price $19.992021-02-11 — best price $14.992021-07-08 — best price $19.992021-11-19 — best price $14.992022-01-05 — best price $19.992022-05-06 — best price $14.992022-11-04 — best price $19.992023-05-05 — best price $14.992023-08-25 — best price $19.992023-12-25 — best price $19.992024-07-11 — best price $19.992024-12-04 — best price $19.102025-01-09 — best price $13.372025-03-06 — best price $19.102025-06-19 — best price $13.372025-09-25 — best price $1.142025-11-26 — best price $13.372026-01-05 — best price $18.992026-08-10 — best price $18.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2412026-05-29 — 7 pageviews2026-06-01 — 8 pageviews2026-06-04 — 5 pageviews2026-06-07 — 3 pageviews2026-06-10 — 7 pageviews2026-06-13 — 11 pageviews2026-06-16 — 8 pageviews2026-06-19 — 7 pageviews2026-06-22 — 5 pageviews2026-06-25 — 5 pageviews2026-06-28 — 9 pageviews2026-07-01 — 2 pageviews2026-07-04 — 4 pageviews2026-07-07 — 7 pageviews2026-07-10 — 5 pageviews2026-07-13 — 5 pageviews2026-07-16 — 2 pageviews2026-07-19 — 1 pageviews2026-07-22 — 9 pageviews2026-07-25 — 8 pageviews2026-07-28 — 9 pageviews2026-07-31 — 6 pageviews2026-08-03 — 11 pageviews2026-08-06 — 10 pageviews2026-08-09 — 10 pageviews2026-08-12 — 3 pageviews2026-08-15 — 3 pageviews2026-08-18 — 7 pageviews2026-08-21 — 1 pageviews2026-08-24 — 4 pageviews2026-08-25 — 7 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerMMOPvPCo-opCross-Platform MultiplayerIn-App Purchases1 DLC

Player tags

RPGIndieMemesPuzzleHackingCyberpunkSimulationText-BasedProgrammingMassively Multiplayer

Census log

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

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