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hackmud

ComCODE · 2016-09-22

Steam

IndieMassively MultiplayerRPGSimulation

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

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.

hackmud is an Indie, Massively Multiplayer, RPG, and Simulation game released in 2016, priced at $18.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (78% of 847 reviews).

13
playing now
78%
positive of 847 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$18.99
steam price (US)

13 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 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

Quiet
  • · 13 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 14 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 42% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (62 reviews).
  • · Top 12% of 49,562 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 21k–51k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 847 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 5 of 11 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
535320172026Week of 2017-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1962026-09-15 06:00 — 17 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 13 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 14 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 15 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 9 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 11 players2026-09-23 04:00 — 8 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 11 players2026-09-25 19:00 — 11 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 9 players2026-09-28 10:00 — 14 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 10 players2026-10-01 01:00 — 8 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 14 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 15 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 19 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 12 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 13 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 6 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 10 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 11 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 9 players2026-10-14 05:00 — 6 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 13 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1461Aug 2016Aug 2026Aug 2016 — avg 1 · peak 7Dec 2016 — avg 38 · peak 59Apr 2017 — avg 27 · peak 47Aug 2017 — avg 27 · peak 44Dec 2017 — avg 31 · peak 60Apr 2018 — avg 28 · peak 43Aug 2018 — avg 21 · peak 40Dec 2018 — avg 13 · peak 35Apr 2019 — avg 7 · peak 20Aug 2019 — avg 15 · peak 31Dec 2019 — avg 13 · peak 25Apr 2020 — avg 17 · peak 28Aug 2020 — avg 13 · peak 24Dec 2020 — avg 12 · peak 24Apr 2021 — avg 16 · peak 26Aug 2021 — avg 17 · peak 27Dec 2021 — avg 17 · peak 28Apr 2022 — avg 15 · peak 29Aug 2022 — avg 15 · peak 23Dec 2022 — avg 5 · peak 19Apr 2023 — avg 12 · peak 22Aug 2023 — avg 3 · peak 10Dec 2023 — avg 5 · peak 14Apr 2024 — avg 36 · peak 395Aug 2024 — avg 15 · peak 25Dec 2024 — avg 25 · peak 58Apr 2025 — avg 14 · peak 23Aug 2025 — avg 8 · peak 18Dec 2025 — avg 11 · peak 19Apr 2026 — avg 13 · peak 22Aug 2026 — avg 10 · peak 25
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

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

1712026-05-29 — 7 pageviews2026-06-02 — 4 pageviews2026-06-06 — 8 pageviews2026-06-10 — 7 pageviews2026-06-14 — 7 pageviews2026-06-18 — 8 pageviews2026-06-22 — 5 pageviews2026-06-26 — 10 pageviews2026-06-30 — 5 pageviews2026-07-04 — 4 pageviews2026-07-08 — 5 pageviews2026-07-12 — 6 pageviews2026-07-16 — 2 pageviews2026-07-20 — 2 pageviews2026-07-24 — 11 pageviews2026-07-28 — 9 pageviews2026-08-01 — 2 pageviews2026-08-05 — 13 pageviews2026-08-09 — 10 pageviews2026-08-13 — 9 pageviews2026-08-17 — 3 pageviews2026-08-21 — 1 pageviews2026-08-25 — 7 pageviews2026-08-29 — 5 pageviews2026-09-02 — 2 pageviews2026-09-06 — 7 pageviews2026-09-10 — 8 pageviews2026-09-14 — 6 pageviews2026-09-18 — 7 pageviews2026-09-22 — 15 pageviews2026-09-26 — 4 pageviews2026-09-30 — 8 pageviews2026-10-04 — 10 pageviews2026-10-07 — 8 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2016-12-17 (Steam store data)

Player tags

RPGIndieMemesPuzzleHackingCyberpunkSimulationText-BasedProgrammingMassively Multiplayer

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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