Bitburner, programming-based incremental game

agmater 92 points 17 comments May 28, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (10 comments)

agmater

I've been playing this via Steam and having a lot of fun. It's very satisfying that you start simple and when you discover a new way you cleanly reset and do it better next run.

skinfaxi

The only game I've ever hit all achievements in! Very fun though I felt an internal pressure to move quickly, similar to the feeling I get when my factorio base starts getting big.

chipsrafferty

Doesn't work well on mobile.

jamie_ca

For anyone coming back, the 3.0 release this month changed some APIs (so you'll need to update your scripts) but also added a new Darknet mechanic.

srcreigh

This is a fantastic game, I’ve played many hours of it. If you want a programming based video game this could be really fun for you.

cautiouscat

Woah! I loved this game on Steam. If anyone likes factory games (Satisfactory or Factorio) and programming this is a must try. Also got a bit of idle game in the mix. Surprisingly immersive too for a mostly text game.

hyperific

Played the heck out of this a few years ago until I found the mother of all automation scripts...which took all the fun out of it.

ivanjermakov

Remember playing it for 20ish hours 3 years ago. Is there enough new changes to do another run?

iamnotarobottho

Such a good game, I have 1500 hours. It led me to make a benchmark on how well AI can orchestrate other AIs playing it. pretty funny to watch.

armitron

Would be a lot better from every possible angle (immersion, depth, replayability) if it was sandbox multiplayer. Otherwise, I'd rather play TIS-100.

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