Hacker Evolution: Untold

Hacker Evolution: Untold

Skip · Strategy · 2010

Steam Deck Playable

The verdict

SKIP IT.

Winter Sale 2026 Dec 17
cut in 8 of 8 sales

It scores 9, under the fair line, at $4.99.

Cost per hourS
$0.58/hr
Reviews▼
61% of 454
Genre rank
Top 90% Strategy

Holding it back: Reviews

Why
Reviews or length hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.

Time and effort

Main story
8.6h
To 100%
13.2h 1.5x the story

Price and sales

Sales
116 on record
Typical cut
51% off
Steam low
$0.39 August 2023
Sale every
37d last October 2026
Lowest now on Steamall-time low $0.39 on IsThereAnyDeal

Players and genre

Online
1 now
Cheaper than
59% of its genre
Better reviewed
8% of its genre
Price and player charts

Players

Players online
1 when we last checked, on Nov 5, 03:54 UTC

Player counts from the Steam Web API.

The value story

The value story

It has been discounted 116 times in the 14 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 51 percent, about 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 2 days ago.

It is less well reviewed than 92 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Hacker Evolution ($4.99, scores 20) beats it on value, while it beats hack_me ($5.99, scores 5).

Buy now or wait

Buy now or wait

Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 2 days ago.

Next sale
Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4

Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.

What drives the score

Grades: S best, D weakest

S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work

Raising the score
Cost per hour$0.58/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Holding it back
Reviews
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones. Scored as 62% after the small-sample adjustment
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds0 of 72 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

What players say

Hacker Evolution: Untold, developed and published by exosyphen studios, takes players back to the beginnings of one of the series' central figures, Brian Spencer. Designed as a narrative prequel, the game explores the circumstances that transformed a gifted software engineer into a fugitive navigating a world of digital conspiracies. Rather than presenting hacking through realistic cybersecurity practices, the title...
xxadonisxxRecommendedafter 15hJul 2026Read on Steam
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Beautiful & absolutely underrated game. For me as a geek that like terminals this game is awesome. I expected just mini-games with digits, but in reality it has great terminal emulation and you feel that geek vibe and elegance of using computers. And what surprised me more is that story in that game is exciting and awesome too! So guys, please, if that is just not game of your taste, don't put bad review/mark on it...
TeMaToSRecommendedafter 5.0hJun 2025Read on Steam
Trying to hack feels like a grandma mixing cables. Navigation is tough, and boring dialogues remind me of a university coding diploma. I need tea and patience to survive this maze!
🍀 WinteraidNot recommendedafter 6.1hMar 2026Read on Steam

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

About the game

When the number of computers in existence and their processing capacity exceeds that of all mankind, a point of technological singularity is encountered. A massive economic and systematic crisis hits the entire world. Nobody knows the exact cause, and all solutions to fix it, are failing.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 512 MB of memory, DirectX compatible video card, 205 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.

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

Cite this score

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Hacker Evolution: Untold scores 9/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/70110/hacker-evolution-untold
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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 Nov 6, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

Developerexosyphen studios
Publisherexosyphen studios
GenreStrategy
Released2010
Players350Kowners, SteamSpy estimate