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Uplink cover art

Uplink

Introversion Software · 2006-08-23

SteamGOG

IndieStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Text

Releases: May 27, 2003 (Mac), Jun 07, 2012 (iOS), Oct 01, 2001 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 01, 2001 (Linux), Aug 15, 2012 (Android)

Uplink lets you play as a freelance hacker tackling risky contracts for corporations. Break into systems, steal data, sabotage rivals, and upgrade your gear. Support factions or go rogue in this immersive, strategy-driven hacking simulation game where your choices shape the outcome.

Uplink is an Indie Strategy game released in 2006, priced at $11.99, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (91% of 2436 reviews).

1
playing now
91%
positive of 2.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
72/100
IGDB user rating (28 ratings)
4h
to beat · rushed 3h · completionist 6h
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$11.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Uplink is a simulation video game released in 2001 by the British company Introversion Software. The player takes charge of a freelance computer hacker in a fictional futuristic 2010, and must break into foreign computers, complete contracts and purchase new hardware to hack into increasingly harder computer systems.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 49 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity up 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 50,052 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 98k–195k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,440 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$5.99-50%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2014-11-26) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $11.99 · on sale 36 of 61 observed days · $5.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
202020172026Week of 2017-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1202026-09-15 13:00 — 10 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 3 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 3 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 5 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 7 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 6 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 8 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 3 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 7 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 7 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 4 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 8 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 7 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 5 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 6 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 4 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 5 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 12 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 03:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
424Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 17 · peak 37Dec 2012 — avg 15 · peak 45May 2013 — avg 12 · peak 28Oct 2013 — avg 12 · peak 33Mar 2014 — avg 10 · peak 30Aug 2014 — avg 14 · peak 32Jan 2015 — avg 28 · peak 113Jun 2015 — avg 29 · peak 103Nov 2015 — avg 19 · peak 52Apr 2016 — avg 11 · peak 31Sep 2016 — avg 15 · peak 43Feb 2017 — avg 13 · peak 30Jul 2017 — avg 15 · peak 42Dec 2017 — avg 15 · peak 50May 2018 — avg 8 · peak 26Oct 2018 — avg 8 · peak 24Mar 2019 — avg 7 · peak 20Aug 2019 — avg 9 · peak 21Jan 2020 — avg 13 · peak 27Jun 2020 — avg 11 · peak 27Nov 2020 — avg 10 · peak 21Apr 2021 — avg 7 · peak 23Sep 2021 — avg 6 · peak 15Feb 2022 — avg 7 · peak 18Jul 2022 — avg 6 · peak 17Dec 2022 — avg 5 · peak 15May 2023 — avg 4 · peak 14Oct 2023 — avg 4 · peak 14Mar 2024 — avg 5 · peak 15Aug 2024 — avg 5 · peak 12Jan 2025 — avg 5 · peak 14Jun 2025 — avg 5 · peak 12Nov 2025 — avg 6 · peak 17Apr 2026 — avg 5 · peak 12Aug 2026 — avg 9 · peak 29
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$11.99$0.992015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — best price $0.992015-06-22 — best price $9.992015-11-02 — best price $9.992016-07-04 — best price $9.992016-10-18 — best price $7.992017-01-02 — best price $9.992017-06-23 — best price $1.492017-11-16 — best price $1.492018-05-10 — best price $2.492018-06-29 — best price $9.992018-08-30 — best price $1.992018-11-27 — best price $9.992019-05-23 — best price $9.992019-11-01 — best price $9.992019-12-19 — best price $1.992020-03-24 — best price $8.992020-05-31 — best price $8.992020-07-09 — best price $9.992020-12-22 — best price $2.492021-11-24 — best price $1.992022-04-18 — best price $1.992022-11-18 — best price $2.492023-03-16 — best price $1.992023-06-29 — best price $1.992024-02-23 — best price $1.992024-12-04 — best price $9.992025-07-10 — best price $9.992026-01-05 — best price $11.992026-05-05 — best price $11.992026-08-29 — best price $11.992026-09-04 — best price $11.992026-09-10 — best price $11.992026-09-16 — best price $3.592026-09-22 — best price $3.592026-09-28 — best price $3.592026-10-04 — best price $3.592026-10-10 — best price $5.992026-10-15 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

124242026-05-30 — 36 pageviews2026-06-03 — 42 pageviews2026-06-07 — 34 pageviews2026-06-11 — 47 pageviews2026-06-15 — 24 pageviews2026-06-19 — 44 pageviews2026-06-23 — 41 pageviews2026-06-27 — 38 pageviews2026-07-01 — 49 pageviews2026-07-05 — 34 pageviews2026-07-09 — 32 pageviews2026-07-13 — 39 pageviews2026-07-17 — 47 pageviews2026-07-21 — 48 pageviews2026-07-25 — 51 pageviews2026-07-29 — 45 pageviews2026-08-02 — 44 pageviews2026-08-06 — 65 pageviews2026-08-10 — 41 pageviews2026-08-14 — 29 pageviews2026-08-18 — 42 pageviews2026-08-22 — 32 pageviews2026-08-26 — 43 pageviews2026-08-30 — 48 pageviews2026-09-03 — 34 pageviews2026-09-07 — 42 pageviews2026-09-11 — 62 pageviews2026-09-15 — 124 pageviews2026-09-19 — 58 pageviews2026-09-23 — 51 pageviews2026-09-27 — 51 pageviews2026-10-01 — 53 pageviews2026-10-05 — 60 pageviews2026-10-08 — 58 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DIndiePuzzleSci-fiHackingStrategyCyberpunkSimulationStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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