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IdleOS is an idle hacking game played through a life-like command line. Type commands, spin up virtual machines and build an operation that mines, parses, cracks and matches its way from a high school student's records to classified government servers, and keeps running whether you're watching or not.
Every skill feeds the next. Mine logs, parse it into usernames and encrypted passwords, crack them, match them into credentials, then compile everything into the payloads you need to hack. Every process runs on its own, and VM windows let you keep several of them cranking at once.
42 processes across Mining, Parsing, Cracking, Matching, Phishing, Decoding, Compiling and Hacking
Open VM windows to run processes side by side
Overclock for speed, but watch the temperature: overheat and everything slows to a crawl
Phish for combat supplies with Spear, Whaling, Smish and long-running Traps that keep filling even while the game is closed
Every location has an upload goal. Package what you've made, let it upload in the background, and complete the goal to gain access to the next location, with new targets, new processes and new upgrades waiting inside.
Close the game and your operation keeps going. Come back to processes that kept running, resources that kept piling up and progress waiting to be spent. Background Services upgrades extend how long IdleOS works offline, all the way up to 24 hours.
No buttons, no menus. Everything happens in the terminal: cd into a skill, mine -logs to start a process, ssh cracking badge to fire up a VM, ls to check your haul. Quick to learn, satisfying to master.
Payloads get you in. Your build keeps you in. Fights play out automatically while you manage the battle: SQL Injectors chip through firewalls and integrity, Packet Spoofs keep your anonymity up, and the Hacking Mods you compile yourself change how every fight goes.
30 unique targets across 6 locations: School, Lawfirm, Hospital, Bank, Police and Government
Build your own Mods and equip them to take down tougher targets
One-time exploit items for when a fight turns against you
Gather intel on a target to weaken its defenses before you strike
Hard Mode targets for anyone who thinks they've mastered the system
Every skill has its own packages. apt install your way from v0.0 to v6.0 with 100+ upgrades: faster processes, better odds, more VM windows, and major-release capstones that unlock new modifier commands for each skill.
The free demo covers the School: every skill up to level 10, the Student and the Student (Hard). Your progress carries over to the full game.
IdleOS Demo updateThanks for the continued feedback to all the demo players. A few quality of life changes have been made along with a revamp of the tutorial to get players into the action sooner with less waiting around.New hint command (also next / lost): suggests what to run next and always shows your main goal. The side panel now shows what your next hack needs.Rebuilt tutorial: you hack your first target within the first few minutes. Steps show the exact commands to run, in order, and the tutorial window can be dragged.Faster hacking: SQL Injectors attack faster and cost less bandwidth.New Hacking Mods, including Handshake Exploit (bonus firewall damage on your first hit). Mods now last 5 hacks, drop more often and cost less bandwidth.5 new one-time items found in School caches: Proxy Hop, Lag Spike, Packet Flood, Smoke Screen and Overcharge. Use one right away with -force.Rare i...
Read full update on Steam ↗Demo update: run skills from anywhere + Tab auto-completeSkills run from any directory. Your skills are now on your $PATH, so you can type mine -logs, crack -password, compile -school and the rest from wherever you are,Tab auto-complete. Rejoice for tab auto-complete has been added. Press Tab to finish a command, a process, an item name or an upgrade. Press it again to list your options. Works in the Hacking console too (hack st + Tab → hack student).
Read full update on Steam ↗Demo update: smoother uploads, a new tutorial and a second targetNew tutorial window: every step gets its own page you can flip through, so the terminal stays cleanUploads no longer need packaging: upload \ sends items straight from your inventoryNew target: unlock the Administrator in Hacking with unlock administratorNew “Available to Run” panel shows which processes your inventory can run right nowNew VM cache drop: decode it for VM tokensHacking target cards now list what their cache dropsRebalanced resources, drops, upload times and Student (Hard)Systems cool twice as fastFixed: a multi-hack that ran out of payloads now keeps the hacks you’d already wonOld saves carry over; type tutorial reset if you want a refresher
Read full update on Steam ↗Steam currently lists 6 Nov 2026 as the release date.
IdleOS Demo updateThanks for the continued feedback to all the demo players. A few quality of life changes have been made along with a revamp of the tutorial to get players into the action sooner with less waiting aro…
Demo update: run skills from anywhere + Tab auto-completeSkills run from any directory. Your skills are now on your $PATH, so you can type mine -logs, crack -password, compile -school and the rest from wherever you ar…
Demo update: smoother uploads, a new tutorial and a second targetNew tutorial window: every step gets its own page you can flip through, so the terminal stays cleanUploads no longer need packaging: upload \ sends item…