The best hacking indie games, ranked by reviews

Data report Built from live indielist data on 2026-09-07. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 16 hacking indie games on Steam, holding 118,696 reviews at an average of 90% positive. This list ranks them by Steam review count, the most reliable public sales proxy, with a white-box sales estimate behind every title. The most reviewed is Crime Scene Cleaner with 31,659 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

1. Crime Scene Cleaner · 31,659 reviews · 98% positive · 2024
2. Hacknet · 16,892 reviews · 94% positive · 2015
3. Shadows of Doubt · 14,632 reviews · 82% positive · 2024
4. Nodebuster · 13,830 reviews · 97% positive · 2024
5. Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You · 8,930 reviews · 90% positive · 2016
6. Streamer Life Simulator 2 · 6,719 reviews · 81% positive · 2026
7. Thief Simulator 2 · 6,548 reviews · 88% positive · 2023
8. SHENZHEN I/O · 3,730 reviews · 95% positive · 2016
9. TIS-100 · 3,384 reviews · 97% positive · 2015
10. Welcome to the Game II · 3,167 reviews · 84% positive · 2018
11. Peripeteia · 3,101 reviews · 86% positive · 2025
12. Grey Hack · 1,797 reviews · 90% positive · 2017
13. Orwell: Ignorance is Strength · 1,503 reviews · 76% positive · 2018
14. EXAPUNKS · 1,371 reviews · 95% positive · 2018
15. Scrutinized · 1,310 reviews · 89% positive · 2020
16. 868-HACK · 123 reviews · 91% positive · 2015

How this list is built

Games are ranked by Steam review count, the most reliable public proxy for sales when actual figures are private. Each title links to its indielist page, where the white-box sales estimate expands into the full Boxleiter formula, so you can audit the number rather than trust a black box. Review counts come from Steam; sales figures are estimates, not official sales data.

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