Single tagdata 30 Sep 2026
Hacking: 89 releases in the last 12 months
There is no price yet: it needs 30 or more indie paid launches in the last four complete quarters. 5 of 85 matured launches earned $100k or more. Releases rose 134% on the year before: 89 against 38.
- China market: over 35% of reviews are Chinese
- Price
- n/a under 30 launches
- Price vs a year earlier
- n/a no price
- Releases, 12 months
- 89 38 the year before
- Upcoming games
- 227 coming soon on Steam
- Games on the store
- 591 carrying both tags
Boards
as of 30 Sep 2026Where this tag stands on each board of the front page. Every value carries its 90% interval and its sample.
Boards rank genres and tag pairs. This tag is a theme, mood, feature or presentation tag, so it is never ranked as a market on its own; its pairs are listed below.
Launch success
Matured indie paid launches that earned an estimated $100k or more, against the number expected for games at the same price tier and launch quarter.
- Launches
- 85
- Hit rate
- 5.9%2.1% to 9.7%
- Expected rate
- 5.7%
Under 30 matured launches, so this tag is not on the launch success board. Read these counts as a small sample.
Revenue spread
85 launchesEstimated lifetime gross of the same matured launches. Half earned less than the median; one in ten earned more than the top figure.
- Bottom tenth
- $81
- Median
- $809
- Top tenth
- $28,380
Estimated from Steam review counts. Lifetime to date, so it differs from the first-year price above.
Supply
raw release countsGames released with this tag, last 12 months against the 12 before.
- Change
- +134%
Tag
- HackingNot a genreA theme, mood, feature or presentation tag: never ranked as a market on its own, only inside pairs.
Comparable games
8 indie titlesThe biggest indie games in this tag by estimated lifetime gross. Revenue is shown as a number at 50 or more reviews, as a range at 10 to 49, and not at all below 10.
Cyber Manhunt 2: New World - The Hacking Simulator (opens the Steam store)2024 · 5,204 reviews, 92% positiveest. $819k
Agent 64: Spies Never Die (opens the Steam store)2026 · 885 reviews, 86% positiveest. $388k
HackHub - Ultimate Hacker Simulator (opens the Steam store)2026 · 963 reviews, 88% positiveest. $331k
Anonymous Hacker Simulator (opens the Steam store)2024 · 746 reviews, 85% positiveest. $302k
Deathground (opens the Steam store)2025 · 881 reviews, 60% positiveest. $267k
Welcome to the Game III (opens the Steam store)2026 · 657 reviews, 77% positiveest. $266k
s.p.l.i.t (opens the Steam store)2025 · 3,917 reviews, 92% positiveest. $237k
ServiceIT: You can do IT (opens the Steam store)2024 · 678 reviews, 55% positiveest. $178k
More with Hacking
pairs with Hacking- Simulation + Hackingno price45 releases in 12 months
- Puzzle + Hackingno price41 releases in 12 months
- 2D + Hackingno price28 releases in 12 months
- Strategy + Hackingno price23 releases in 12 months
- Cyberpunk + Hackingno price22 releases in 12 months
- Programming + Hackingno price17 releases in 12 months
- Casual + Hackingno price15 releases in 12 months
- Typing + Hackingno price15 releases in 12 months
- Adventure + Hackingno price13 releases in 12 months
- Hacking + Text-Basedno price13 releases in 12 months
- Action + Hackingno price12 releases in 12 months
- Story Rich + Hackingno price12 releases in 12 months
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