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HACK & BURST

HACK & BURST cover art
Developer
HiPe Studio
Released
Oct 1, 2026
Tags
ActionCasualIndie
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About this game

The developer's description, from the game's Steam store page.

About This Game

"HACK & BURST" is a fresh roguelite cyber action-puzzle game that fuses the strategic thinking of falling block-puzzles with the thrilling satisfaction of tower defense.

Set in a virtual network on the brink of a severe security crisis, you take on the role of a defense system operator. Construct and manipulate circuits on the puzzle board to power your defense system and protect it from waves of invading cyber viruses!

Key Features

1. Intuitive Energy Transmission! "Block Landing & Line Clear Actions"

Your puzzle moves on the right directly trigger actions in the defense zone on the left!

  • Block Landing: Instantly fires basic turret shots and activates equipped skills upon impact!
  • Block Clears: Unleashes stored energy to summon powerful beasts or unleash ultimate abilities! Fast and precise puzzle placement builds an impenetrable line of defense.

2. Pure Exhilaration! "Over-the-Top Sub-Skills, Summons & Massive Lasers"

Obliterate incoming viruses with a vast arsenal triggered by block landings and clears:

  • Sub-Skills: Build custom synergies like cascading lightning, space-warping black holes, and slicing boomerangs.
  • Block Clear Ultimates: Sweep the entire screen with a Massive Plasma Laser or call upon mighty Summons to wipe out enemy swarms in an instant!

3. Evolving Tactics! "In-Game Shop & Build System"

  • Expand Turrets & Unlock Summons to dramatically boost your firepower!
  • Various Power-Ups including damage boosts and range expansions.
  • Utility & Support Skills to counter incoming enemy disruptions. Adapt to the situation and craft your ultimate defense build!

4. Looming Cyber Threats & Massive Bosses

Face not only swarms of minion viruses overwhelming the screen, but also visual-disrupting hacking attacks and powerful bosses with unique attack patterns. One split-second mistake could collapse the entire system—survive the thrilling cyber warfare!

System requirements

As Steam lists them.

Windows

Minimum

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS
Windows 10 / 11 (64-bit)
Processor
Intel Core i3 or equivalent
Memory
4 GB RAM
Graphics
Intel HD Graphics 4000 or better
DirectX
Version 11
Storage
200 MB available space

Recommended

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system

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