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24 alternatives to System Shock: Enhanced Edition

Take the role of a hacker in this classic sci-fi shooter me…

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. System Shock: Enhanced Edition launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Leap of Fate▲67

   Hack 'n slash rogue-like in a cyberpunk setting

   2015 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   A.I. Invasion▲61

   An action-loaded top-down-shooter in a futuristic setting

   2015 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Hacker Experience▲96

   Online hacking simulation game

   2014 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Master Spy▲72

   Stealth-based retro platforming action

   2015 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Clandestine▲61

   A stealth/hacking game set in 1996

   2015 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   SUPERHOT▲158

   Where time moves only when you move

   2016 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Space Shooter▲61

   The classic retro game recreated using Pygame and python.

   2016 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   No Man's Sky▲272

   Explore a nearly endless procedurally generated universe

   2016 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   ENHANCE.COMPUTER▲82

   Voice-based crime solving game. Yell at your computer.

   2018 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Illuminascii▲66

    Rogue-like shooter with ASCII text stylings

    2015 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Nuclear Throne▲63

    A brutal, yet adorable, roguelike shooter

    2015 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Doom (2016)▲86

    The classic shooter franchise returns.

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Z-Type▲76

    Your new favorite space shooter typing game

    2014 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Hacknet OS▲60

    Dive down a rabbit hoIe

    2015 · its alternatives →

15. 15PT
    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 →

16. 16
    hack.css▲174

    The CSS framework for hackers

    2016 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Free My Play▲58

    A Hacker News for freemium games

    2014 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Alekhine's Gun▲74

    Experience the paranoia and thrill of cold war espionage

    2016 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Midair▲74

    Fast-paced shooter with high-flying freedom of movement

    2016 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Sublevel Zero▲85

    Roguelike 6DoF shooter where reality is falling apart

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    DiscoRunner▲71

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

    2016 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Todo for hackers▲101

    CLI Todo app for hackers

    2015 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Kill The Plumber▲92

    It's like Mario in reverse. Take the role of the enemies.

    2016 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Life in Bunker▲67

    A bunker-building survival simulator

    2016 · its alternatives →

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