The best hacking indie games, ranked by reviews

Data report Built from live indielist data on 2026-07-24. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 15 hacking indie games on Steam, holding 119,105 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 · 16,782 reviews · 94% positive · 2015
3. Shadows of Doubt · 14,445 reviews · 82% positive · 2024
4. Nodebuster · 13,935 reviews · 97% positive · 2024
5. Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You · 8,875 reviews · 90% positive · 2016
6. Streamer Life Simulator 2 · 6,643 reviews · 81% positive · 2026
7. Thief Simulator 2 · 6,608 reviews · 88% positive · 2023
8. TIS-100 · 4,091 reviews · 97% positive · 2015
9. SHENZHEN I/O · 3,718 reviews · 95% positive · 2016
10. Welcome to the Game II · 3,497 reviews · 84% positive · 2018
11. Peripeteia · 2,926 reviews · 86% positive · 2025
12. Grey Hack · 1,778 reviews · 90% positive · 2017
13. Orwell: Ignorance is Strength · 1,492 reviews · 76% positive · 2018
14. EXAPUNKS · 1,365 reviews · 95% positive · 2018
15. Scrutinized · 1,291 reviews · 89% positive · 2020

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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