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Game

Uplink

Released: Oct 1, 2001

Genres:

Puzzle Strategy

Themes:

Cyberpunk

Perspectives:

Text

Game Modes:

Single player

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Description from Steam STEAM

In Uplink, play as a freelance hacker taking on high-stakes contracts. Hack into secure systems, steal data, sabotage rivals, and manipulate evidence. Choose to support factions or go rogue, upgrading your tools and skills with each mission. As you navigate this world of cyber espionage, your choices have lasting consequences, influencing the direction of the story and your place within it. As a freelance hacker, you'll infiltrate high-security systems, steal corporate data, sabotage rivals, and frame others for cybercrimes. Success hinges on mastering tools like password crackers and log modifiers while evading detection by bouncing connections and erasing tracks. In Uplink , progression and upgrades drive your rise from rookie hacker to cyber-espionage expert. Earn credits by completing contracts, then invest in faster CPUs, advanced software, and powerful tools to take on tougher missions. As your skills grow, so do the stakes, creating a thrilling loop of challenge and reward that keeps the gameplay endlessly engaging. Your choices shape the story and the world around you. You can align with rival corporations, support one side, or remain neutral, each path influencing your missions and alliances. Alternatively, you can focus entirely on freelance hacking, building your reputation and wealth. Your decisions lead to different outcomes, making every playthrough unique and ensuring a dynamic, replayable experience. Introversion Software has been developing games since 2001, and stands behind acclaimed titles like Uplink, Defcon, Darwinia, Multiwinia, Prison Architect, Scanner Sombre, and their latest release, The Last Starship. Introversion has garnered both critical and commercial success being recognised with multiple awards including the IGF grand prize for Darwinia and BAFTA for best persistent game (Prison Architect). They have sold more than 4M copies of their games worldwide.

Description from IGDB IGDB

You play an Uplink Agent who makes a living by performing jobs for major corporations. Your tasks involve hacking into rival computer systems, stealing research data, sabotaging other companies, laundering money, erasing evidence, or framing innocent people. You use the money you earn to upgrade your computer systems, and to buy new software and tools. As your experience level increases you find more dangerous and profitable missions become available. You can speculate on a fully working stock market (and even influence its outcome). You can modify peoples academic or criminal records. You can divert money from bank transfers into your own accounts. You can even take part in the construction of the most deadly computer virus ever designed.

Storyline IGDB

You are a newly assigned agent to the secretive underground hacking organisation known as "Uplink". Their motives are neutral, and have hackers that aid the unsuspecting world, and the morally bankrupt that only desire money and power over the people. Eventually a string of unusual hiring practices are made my the Andromeda Research Corporation (ARC), and the story unfolds.

About Uplink

Uplink is a Puzzle, Strategy game released in 2001 developed by Introversion Software that offers Single player gameplay from a text perspective playable on Android, Linux, Mac with 27 user ratings averaging 72.3/100. The game explores themes like Cyberpunk. If you enjoy Uplink, you might also like similar games in our database of 45,000+ titles.

Basic Info

Release Date: October 1, 2001

IGDB Rating: 72.3/100 (27)

Rating Count: 27

IGDB ID: 8587

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Additional Information

IGDB Rating: 72.3/100 (27 votes)

Release Date: October 1, 2001

IGDB ID: 8587

Платформы 5

Droid

Linux

Mac

PC

iOS

Genres 2

Puzzle Strategy

Themes 1

Cyberpunk

Player Perspectives 1

Text

Game Modes 1

Single player

Companies

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Developers

Introversion Software

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Publishers

Ambrosia Software

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Introversion Software

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Keywords

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