HACK.BAK Steam news

• Latest observed playersNot available
• SteamPulse tracked peak1
• Units sold (VGI)No data available
• Revenue (VGI)No data available
• Review score100% positive
• Total reviews12
• Release dateJul 11, 2025
• DeveloperDavid Huish
• PublisherDavid Huish

Genres: Indie, Simulation, Strategy

Company pages: Developer: David HuishPublisher: David Huish

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HACK.BAK Steam news

HACK.BAK news collects recent Steam feed items, update posts, and announcements that SteamPulse can associate with this app.

Latest Steam announcements

• HACK.BAK - The Board Game is now Available! - 21 February 2026

  I'm pleased to announce that I've finished the design on HACK.BAK - The Board Game, and it is now available for order from The Game Crafter.https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/hack.bak-the-board-gameUp to four players can now compete to be the first one to unlock their data. In HACK.BAK - The Board Game, players place tiles and connectors to randomly build the computer network, search for command files, and race to find the elusive data key.

• Halloween Update is Live! - 29 September 2025

  The Halloween update is now available. It includes:New text files to findNew Halloween theme (main menu > options > change theme > halloween):orange colored font3 new music tracks from Captain Lucien (free halloween soundtrack also available)3 new data winning images, 1 for each network size

• Patch #2 - 26 July 2025

  The following change has been made: Updated intro.txt to better guide new players on how to begin

• Patch #1 - 18 July 2025

  The following changes have been made: Default selected line in options menu is now more appropriate Small formatting fix to Credits Changed the wording of help text for cp and decrypt command slightly

• HACK.BAK Out Now! - 11 July 2025

  HACK.BAK is now availableFind the commands, traverse the network, and get the key to your precious data.When I started making this a little over a year ago, I wasn't sure I'd be able to stick with it and release on Steam, but here I am, doing just that. Thank you to all my friends who helped test the game and my wife for writing the text for many of the extra files you'll find on your path. An especially big thanks to Captain Lucian for making the music.If you enjoy this little game of mine, I hope you can share it with someone else who does too.-David Huish

• Steam Deck Support - 7 July 2025

  HACK.BAK was designed with Steam Deck support in mind. The native resolution for the game is 1280x800. For best results in handheld mode, keep the game Fullscreen and set the Steam Deck's Maximum Game Resolution (Settings -> Display -> Maximum Game Resolution) to Default or Native.

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