Hacker Ascension - Hacking Sim

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About this game

Hacker Ascension is a tense, offline hacking simulator for anyone who has ever wanted the fantasy of sitting at a terminal and breaking into systems that were never meant to be opened. No fluff, no grind, no internet required - just you, a command line, and a network of hardened targets.

You start as an anonymous freelancer and claw your way up to legend. Every contract is a puzzle: get in, take what you came for, and get out before the trace catches you.

HOW IT PLAYS
Infiltrate each network one node at a time. Scan for hidden hosts, crack firewalls, decrypt locked files, and bounce your connection through machines you have already breached to throw the trace off your scent. Every action starts a countdown - finish the job before it empties, or your global trace climbs. Let it hit 100 percent and you are caught.

It is a constant push and pull between speed and stealth: move fast and risk detection, or play it careful and watch the clock. This is a thinking player's hacking game - part strategy, part puzzle, all tension.

FEATURES
- A 20-mission story campaign across five acts, from your first shady contract to the conspiracy at the top.
- Six optional expansions with 60 more missions - 80 hand-built missions in total, each one solvable, each one different.
- Endless freelance contracts with scaling difficulty, a clean-streak multiplier, and rising notoriety ranks.
- A full upgrade tree - improve your CPU, firewall, security, proxy, and spoofing to change how every hack plays.
- Field Kit tools for when things go wrong: wipe your trace, run an untraceable hack, plant a decoy, or deep-scan a network.
- Achievements and detailed run stats to chase.
- Three hands-on tutorials that teach the systems step by step, so newcomers and veteran hackers both feel at home.
- An authentic terminal and command-line feel wrapped in a clean, dark cyberpunk interface. Type real commands or play entirely by touch.

PLAY YOUR WAY
- Fully offline. No connection needed, so it is perfect for flights, commutes, or anywhere with no signal.
- A premium, pay-once game. No ads, no tracking, no accounts, and no data collection.
- Your entire progress is saved locally on your device.

SIX EXPANSIONS (optional, after the campaign)
Each expansion is a self-contained 10-mission campaign with its own story and its own signature mechanic:
- BLACKSITE - the other side of the screen: honeypots, multi-key vaults, and the toughest vanilla targets.
- DEAD HAND - a cold-war launch system that never stood down. Nuclear countdowns and 3-key authorization chains.
- THE TUMBLER - chase frozen crypto through mixers and block confirmation windows before the coins move again.
- WETWARE - social engineering. Profile personas, steal identities, and unmask a con artist who is three people at once.
- THE ADVERSARY - an AI that learns your technique. Adaptive firewalls that harden as you work and mirror sentries that collapse your relays.
- BLACKSTART - grid warfare. Cascade faults and re-locking switchgear in a race to keep a hospital online.
Buy them one at a time, or grab the discounted all-expansions bundle.

If you have ever wanted a proper single-player hacker simulator - one that respects your time and your intelligence - Hacker Ascension is built for you.

Boot the terminal, and see how long you can stay ahead of the trace.

What’s new

v1.5.1
- Fixes a startup crash in v1.5