# Hacknet game

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hacknet-game/748478>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [March 9, 2016, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hacknet-game/748478 "2016-03-09T21:45:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![JohnClay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2016, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hacknet-game/748478/1 "2016-03-09T21:45:42Z")

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[http://www.hacknet-os.com/](http://www.hacknet-os.com/)

It’s $9.99 on Steam and [GOG.com](http://GOG.com) (apparently no DRM there).

It is based on real hacking and is quite educational. In the game I had to hack another hacker’s computer and he got revenge. It turns out he removed one of my system files that stopped the GUI from working. I thought something was wrong with the game. But I did an internet search on it and found out how to fix it using just the command line.

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**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2016, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hacknet-game/748478/2 "2016-03-10T21:15:25Z")

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This looks kind of intriguing, actually.