EXAPUNKS

EXAPUNKS

Zachtronics · 2018 · Programming, Puzzle, Hacking, Automation, Indie

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About EXAPUNKS

✦ AI summary

You're a desperate hacker in 1997 using rogue AI agents to infiltrate networks, write viruses, and pull off heists against corporations and governments while managing your addiction to survival. Zachtronics' signature open-ended puzzle design lets you solve hacks in countless ways, compete against friends in real-time battles, and create your own hacking challenges to share.

The year is 1997. You used to be a hacker, but now you have the phage. You made a deal: one hack, one dose. There’s nothing left to lose… except your life.

EXAPUNKS is the latest open-ended puzzle game from Zachtronics, the creators of Opus Magnum, SHENZHEN I/O, TIS-100, and more.


  • READ ZINES - Learn to hack from TRASH WORLD NEWS, the underground computer magazine. Tutorials, hacking tips, secret information, searing commentary— TRASH WORLD NEWS has you covered.
  • WRITE VIRUSES - Program your EXAs (EXecution Agents) to tear through networks, replicate themselves, trash files, terminate other EXAs— and leave without a trace.
  • HACK EVERYTHING - Hack banks, universities, factories, TV stations, highway signs, game consoles, the government... oh yeah, and your own body.
  • SLACK OFF - Play ПАСЬЯНС, if you hack the server where it’s stored. Or play HACK*MATCH, if you hack the region lock on your Sawayama WonderDisc. Or create your own homebrew games for the TEC Redshift… if you hack the development kit.
  • TAKE DOWN YOUR FRIENDS - Compete with your friends by running your programs directly against theirs in all-out hacker battles. Make every cycle count.
  • CREATE YOUR OWN PUZZLES - Create your own networks to hack, and share them with the world on Steam Workshop.

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Not recommended Jul 12, 2026
Amount of restrictions the game throws at you makes the coding process much less exciting. It's just frustrating at times that you can't achieve that 'beautiful' solution you had in your mind and now you need to 'downgrade' it significantly to pass a puzzle. SHENZHEN is almost perfectly balanced in that sense and is much more fun.
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Recommended Jul 13, 2026
Good programming game
Recommended Jul 11, 2026
Keep getting an error regarding the Application Control Policy. Please fix!
Recommended Jul 4, 2026
[h1]CAVE MAN BRAIN + EXA BOT = FUN [/h1] solitare bad, robot good, need robot live 20/10 W game
Recommended Jul 4, 2026
Super addictive and fun if you're into code-based puzzle games. Absolutely recommended.
Recommended Jul 1, 2026
Do you like other Zachatronics games??? WELL, YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO LIKE THIS ONE, TOO - WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR??????????????????????

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