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24 alternatives to Control Zero

Cyber Just Got Real

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Control Zero launched in 2019; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   CYBER▲69

   Next generation multiplayer online shooter game.

   2020 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Real Fake▲192

   Guess which startups are real vs. AI generated

   2024 · realfakegame.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Hacktivate▲139

   A capture-the-flag game teaching real cybersecurity skills

   2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Hacker Experience▲96

   Online hacking simulation game

   2014 · hackerexperience.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Continue? Y/N: A 60-second game about AI agent permission fatigue▲386

   A 60-second game about LLM permission fatigue. Claude Code needs your approval — but are you really reading the commands?

   May 2026 · llmgame.scalex.dev · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Terminhack▲233

   Impress your friends by pretending to be a real hacker 👨‍💻

   2021 · terminhack.learn.uno · its alternatives →

7. 7H1
   H4ck 1t, multiplayer hacking game▲110

   2016 · gateway.h4ck1t.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Game of Hacks▲72

   Test your application hacking skills.

   2014 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   0dAI▲62

   AI-driven ally for advanced cybersecurity defense

   2024 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Play the front page of Hacker News as interactive text games▲109

    Hey HN, I hacked together this fun project that lets you play any article on the front page of Hacker News as an interactive text game. You can create a game about anything by going to infinityarcade.com/ You can also use a URL, which is what this page uses. The whole thing is open source: https://github.com/themaximal1st/InfinityArcade

    2023 · infinityarcade.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Cut and Hack▲55

    The worlds first choice-driven abstract hacking simulator

    2015 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    ThreatStream▲60

    Real-time intelligence to defend a network from cyber threat

    2014 · anomali.com · its alternatives →

13. 13HN
    Hacker News in real-time▲68

    2011 · hackerstream.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    RESISTOR_▲80

    Hacking on the brink of nuclear destruction

    2015 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Cyberstorm▲55

    A full scale cyber attack against present-day New York

    2016 · matthewmather.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Cyber War▲65

    The Next Threat to National Security and What to Do About It

    2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    ZeroFOX▲78

    Identify and Prevent Cyber Attacks Across Social Media

    2014 · zerofox.com · its alternatives →

18. 18ZA
    Zero – an HTML5 game about modular arithmetic and prime numbers▲39

    2015 · zero.karaniwan.org · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Subverted Academy▲16

    Master cybersecurity with hands-on courses by industry experts. Learn pentesting, ethical hacking, and SOC operations through real challenges.

    Jan 2026 · academy.subverted.io · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Run an Empire▲64

    The Real-World Territory Control Game

    2014 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    VeryLazyTech▲11

    Simplify cybersecurity

    2025 · verylazytech.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    HackMe – XSS/CSRF Challenges▲12

    Hack your friend's online MMORPG game - specific focus, csrf/xss attacks - breakthenet/HackMe-XSS-CSRF-Challenges

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Cyber-Physics▲4

    First Kinetic Defense Engine to Stop Zero-DayAttacks offline

    Dec 2025 · aisolutions01.github.io · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Cyberlete▲9

    A gamer-run network built for fair play.

    Jun 2026 · cyberlete.net · its alternatives →

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