
Bitburner is a programming-based incremental game. Write scripts in JavaScript to automate gameplay, learn skills, play minigames, solve puzzles, and more in this cyberpunk text-based incremental RPG.
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After 5 years of development, contributions from hundreds of developers, the critically acclaimed open source programming hacking sim is available on Steam.
Inspired by games like Else Heart.break(), Hacknet, Uplink, and Deus Ex, Bitburner is a programming-based idle incremental RPG where you, the player, take the role of an unknown hacker in a dark, dystopian world. The game provides a variety of mechanics and systems that can be changed through coding and solved or automated in whatever way you find suitable.
While a very basic programming background is recommended, it is not required to play the game!
Write scripts in JavaScript to automate your gameplay
Hack through a network of servers to train your abilities and earn money
Solve real programming questions to hone your skills and earn rewards
Improve your character with 100+ Augmentations
Trade in the stock market and write automated trading scripts
Interact with various gameplay mechanics to increase your stats and earn money
Explore the world and discover different companies, locations, and factions
Mini-games
Unlock secret perma-upgrades
Continuing development!
You can play the web version at
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Languages: English
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Themes across 46 recent reviews and how positive each mention is. A keyword signal, not full sentiment analysis.
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Fairly deep game if you enjoy the command line. It has quite a lot of interesting stuff going on -- offline and on. It's open source but that doesn't affect the playability which is nice. My favorite part is writing scripts even though I hate JavaScript, it's a pretty cool feeling to write a worm that knocks over a bunch of servers but doesn't take down the net. After a while you get stuck and you're waiting for it to get interesting, but that is true of a lot of good games. Bad CLI and text editor are the main drawbacks but If you are good at this game you can figure out how to work around it.
cool game
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Fun little hacking incremental to start with in classic green screen monochrome... modest system requirements. Completely open source. Over time it shifts to a massive scripting game with lots of variation, requiring/enabling you to automate more and more as you get deeper.... if you are creative enough. :D
I liked the game, but the game loop it's overwhelming, and, sometimes, frustrating.
Great game. Practically a piece of art. Even if you don't know how to code, you will if you get hooked :-P
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