Unhack

Unhack

Fair · Short indie · 2015

The verdict

NO RUSH.

Fair at $3.99. Buy it if you want it.

Length
1.2h 1.5h to 100%
Value
$3.33/hr
Reviews
86% of 307 positive
Reviews or length hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.

Buy now or wait

Discounted in 7 of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.

Next sale
Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4

Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.

What drives the score

How to read this

Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work

Holding it back
Value$3.33/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews86% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones Scored as 84% after the small-sample adjustment
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds0 of 24 reviews
Steam-purchase reviews sampled whose writer refunded the game. Nothing is docked
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

About the game

The 5K Worm is on a rampage across cyberspace. As the top unhacker in Smash Security, it is your mission to bring an end to this virus. Join forces with AI companion Weedy and become an unstoppable duo!
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, 1280 x 960, 205 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.

The value story

It has been discounted 93 times in the 12 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 50 percent, about 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.

Against its own genre it lands in the top 8 percent on value. It is better reviewed than 88 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Please, Don’t Touch Anything ($4.99, scores 61) beats it on value, while it beats Zup! XS ($1.99, scores 58).

What players say

There's merit in the worst of it. i damn near lost my mind doing the mazes. Why would you tie the dialogue, you know, where you're telling the story. to specific moves? You destroy the rhythm of precision. Because it's not about step by step it's about solving the problem and if you can see the timing, the level is a river to sweep through, not puddle stomp. The solve was of course to have the ability to see past...
SpazmanianDevilRecommendedafter 2.3hNov 2025Read on Steam
2 more reviews
Unhack, developed and published by InvertMouse, is a creative fusion of visual novel storytelling and light puzzle gameplay that blends science fiction themes with a distinctive anime-inspired style. The game places players in the role of an "Unhacker," a digital security expert tasked with combating a destructive virus known as the 5K Worm. Set in a futuristic cyberspace where artificial intelligence and human...
xxadonisxxRecommendedafter 14hNov 2025Read on Steam
I am 32 years old. My ex-wife and I have a daughter together, and we adopted our son together. Both are now 4 years old. When we were going through our separation, I felt lost and unhappy. I was self-destructive. One day, I was so angry with everything spiraling out of control that I punched a concrete wall in a moment of overwhelming emotion. This resulted in breaking my fifth metacarpal in my right hand-the hand I...
ZubumafuRecommendedafter 3.4hJan 2024Read on Steam

Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).

Cite this score

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Unhack scores 59/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/340800/unhack
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Reviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 29, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

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Details

DeveloperInvertMouse
PublisherInvertMouse
GenreShort indie
Released2015
Players35Kowners, SteamSpy estimate