The Game Census
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Hacky

Cuddle Code · 2024-11-01

Steam

IndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 01, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The ultimate "Hollywood Hacker" simulator for when you want to look busy, dangerous, and incredibly tech-savvy.

93%
positive of 100 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 22% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 63% of 18,161 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.0k–4.5k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 100 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.99 at Steam (2026-06-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 9 of 19 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
202020242026Week of 2024-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-08: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-11-15: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-22: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-11-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-29: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-11-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-13: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-20: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-27: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-03: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-17: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-31: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-07: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-21: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-07: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-21: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-28: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-11: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-25: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-02: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-04: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-11: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-08: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-24: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-14: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-02: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-09: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-30: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-10: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-17: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-15: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-24: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$4.99$3.992024-11-012026-07-272024-11-01 — best price $4.242024-11-15 — best price $4.992024-12-19 — best price $4.492025-01-02 — best price $4.992025-01-06 — best price $4.492025-01-13 — best price $4.992025-02-17 — best price $4.492025-02-24 — best price $4.992025-03-13 — best price $4.242025-03-20 — best price $4.992025-03-31 — best price $4.242025-04-07 — best price $4.992025-05-12 — best price $4.242025-05-19 — best price $4.992025-06-27 — best price $4.242025-07-10 — best price $4.992025-07-14 — best price $4.242025-07-21 — best price $4.992025-08-25 — best price $4.242025-09-01 — best price $4.992025-09-29 — best price $4.242025-10-13 — best price $4.992025-11-17 — best price $4.242025-11-24 — best price $4.992025-12-18 — best price $4.242026-01-12 — best price $4.992026-02-16 — best price $4.142026-02-23 — best price $4.992026-03-19 — best price $4.142026-03-26 — best price $4.992026-04-13 — best price $4.142026-04-20 — best price $4.992026-05-25 — best price $4.142026-06-01 — best price $4.992026-06-25 — best price $3.992026-07-09 — best price $4.992026-07-20 — best price $3.992026-07-27 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

12
achievements tracked
22%
earned "Sleeper Agent"
4.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultySteam CloudFamily Sharing

28 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian…

Player tags

2DCrimeLogicCasualSci-fiTypingHackingCyberpunkEducationDystopian

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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