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24 alternatives to EXAPUNKS

The year is 1997. You used to be a hacker...

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. EXAPUNKS launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Free My Play▲58

   A Hacker News for freemium games

   2014 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Clandestine▲61

   A stealth/hacking game set in 1996

   2015 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Hacker Experience▲96

   Online hacking simulation game

   2014 · hackerexperience.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   HackerBracket▲219

   A community for sharing hacks

   2014 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   DiscoRunner▲71

   Programming the oldschool way! Hack 1000+ Apple II apps!

   2016 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   RESISTOR_▲80

   Hacking on the brink of nuclear destruction

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Hacknet OS▲60

   Dive down a rabbit hoIe

   2015 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Game About Squares▲178

   Sorry in advance for the lost productivity…

   2014 · gameaboutsquares.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   CHKN▲94

   That time you made a fake crazy animal in a sandbox game

   2016 · chkngame.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Emily is Away▲104

    A retro AIM simulator. Chat with Emily.

    2015 · kyleseeley23.itch.io · its alternatives →

11. 11
    BetaPage 2.0▲224

    Community of Hackers and Makers

    2017 · pitchwall.co · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Game of Hacks▲72

    Test your application hacking skills.

    2014 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Bit Pit▲74

    Score-hoarding arcade jumparound

    2015 · voishark.itch.io · its alternatives →

14. 14
    MC Lars: The Video Game▲63

    A beat-driven platformer

    2016 · mclars.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    N++▲107

    An impossible platformer, 10 years in the making

    2015 · nplusplus.org · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Sparq▲79

    A community for gamers

    2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Hello Tech Pros: Hacking for Fun and Proft▲66

    But mostly for fun

    2016 · gadgetsprimer.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Cut and Hack▲55

    The worlds first choice-driven abstract hacking simulator

    2015 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Game Oldies▲72

    Hundreds of free retro games online

    2015 · its alternatives →

20. 20HN
    Hacker News Git Blame▲66

    One night I was deep in a rabbit hole, reading old HN comments. I eventually ended up scraping a bunch of usernames and building a game! Please suggest any other users who you'd want to see/upstanding members of the community who deserve to be featured.

    2023 · hngitblame.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Gamurs▲77

    A social network for hardcore gamers

    2015 · gamurs.group · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Hover: Revolt of Gamers▲60

    free run / parkour game

    2015 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Master Spy▲72

    Stealth-based retro platforming action

    2015 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    HackerX▲83

    Hacker and Maker community on Slack

    2014 · typeform.com · its alternatives →

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