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Hacknet

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App ID 365450
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Fellow Traveller
Franchise Fellow Traveller
Supported Systems Windows macOS Linux
Technologies FNA Engine, XNA Engine
Last Changenumber 28972462
Last Record Update 14 May 2025 – 03:07:40 UTC ()
Release Date 12 August 2015 – 23:56:00 UTC ()
😍 91.54%
25k reviews
42
In-Game

Hacknet is an immersive, terminal-based hacking simulator for PC. Dive down a rabbit hoIe as you follow the instructions of a recently deceased hacker, whose death may not have been the accident the media reports.

Additional Information

Developer Team Fractal Alligator
metacritic_name Hacknet
metacritic_score 82
metacritic_fullurl https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/hacknet?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1f
community_visible_stats Yes
workshop_visible Yes
DLCAvailableOnStore Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher Fellow Traveller
Store Release Date 12 August 2015 – 23:56:25 UTC ()
osarch empty string
community_hub_visible Yes
Social Media https://discord.gg/7cHhVT9.
https://www.tiktok.com/@fellowtravellergames
https://x.com/hacknetOS
https://www.youtube.com/@FellowTraveller
Primary Genre Simulation (28)
Store Genres Indie (23), Simulation (28)
Steam Release Date 12 August 2015 – 23:56:00 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 13 October 2023 – 00:46:12 UTC () (1697157972)
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review_percentage 93
Detected Technologies (?) FNA Engine, XNA Engine, CEF SDK, Ogg SDK, SDL SDK, SteamworksNET SDK, Vorbis SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • Valve is still working on adding support for this game on Steam Deck
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • Valve is still working on adding support for this game on SteamOS
  •  
  • category: Unsupported
  • steamos_compatibility: Unsupported
  • test_timestamp: 23 February 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 2958328
  • configuration:
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    requires_non_controller_launcher_nav0
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    small_text0
    requires_internet_for_setup0
    requires_internet_for_singleplayer0
    recommended_runtimeproton-stable
    requires_h2640
    requires_voice_files0
    gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported0
    hdr_support0
Content Descriptors General Mature Content (5)
controllertagwizard Yes
First seen on SteamDB 20 April 2015 – 02:51:12 UTC (), in changelist #1000887
Content Descriptors (Including DLC) General Mature Content (5)

Supported Languages

9 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles Achievements
English Yes Yes Yes Yes
French Yes Yes Yes Yes
German Yes Yes Yes Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes Yes Yes Yes
Korean Yes Yes Yes Yes
Russian Yes Yes Yes Yes
Simplified Chinese Yes Yes Yes
Japanese Yes Yes Yes
Turkish Yes Yes Yes

Tags

🔌 Hacking 🖥️ Simulation 💻 Programming ⌨️ Typing 👤 Singleplayer 📚 Story Rich 🎶 Great Soundtrack 🧞 Choices Matter 🌫 Atmospheric 🚨 Crime 🔋 Cyberpunk 🕵️ Detective 🧩 Logic 🏽 2D 🏫 Education 🗺️ Adventure 😓 Difficult ⛓ Dystopian 🚀 Sci-fi 🌱 Indie

Categories

Single-player Steam Achievements Steam Trading Cards Captions available Steam Workshop Steam Cloud Includes level editor Family Sharing Cloud Gaming Cloud Gaming (NVIDIA)

Assets

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timestamp13 September 2024 – 23:55:33 UTC
Trailers
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Depots

ID Configuration Size DL.
229003 Windows Shared InstallDepot from 228980.NET 4.0 Client Profile Redist No size
229012 Windows Shared InstallDepot from 228980XNA 4.0 Redist No size
365451 Windows Hacknet Content XNA 272.64 MiB 186.46 MiB
365457 Windows UnusedHacknet Content Windows FNA No size
365454 macOS Hacknet Content OSX 304.23 MiB 191.74 MiB
365453 Linux 32-bitHacknet Content Linux x86 0 B 0 B
365455 Linux 64-bitHacknet Content Linux x64 92.22 MiB 27.16 MiB
365456 Linux Hacknet Linux Content Common 218.39 MiB 166.00 MiB
365452 [DEPRECATED] Hacknet Baked In Soundtrack 688.03 MiB 692.81 MiB
365458 Windows DLC 521840Hacknet Labyrinths DLC WINDOWS 149.57 MiB 146.16 MiB
365459 macOS DLC 521840Hacknet Labyrinths DLC OSX 149.57 MiB 146.16 MiB
408711 Linux DLC 521840Hacknet OST [HQ] 149.57 MiB 146.16 MiB
521840 UnusedDLC 521840Hacknet - Labyrinths (521840) WINDOWS No size

Total size on disk is 1.98 GiB and total download size is 1.66 GiB.

Total size on disk is 960.67 MiB and total download size is 879.27 MiB, when filtered to Windows, English, no DLC depots.

Branches

Name Description Build ID Time Updated
public 2958328 24 July 2018 – 06:29:12 UTC
accessibility_mode Branch with more moderate language, and drastically reduced trace times. 1769131 20 April 2017 – 03:46:21 UTC

Other

Name Value
baselanguages English, German, French, Korean, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Japanese
workshopdepot Hacknet (365450)
privatebranches 1
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