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But even without paying you can enjoy the entire game without limitations. Hacker's Quest is a stunning text adventure that needs a great hacker to reveal dark secrets!\n\nInspired by the Linux shell your smartphone turns into a hacking terminal. You'll get to know many people and companies - some will be moral and others may be evil. Listen to your knowledge of human nature and trust your technical skills to cope with this thrilling adventure. Perform well enough and you'll be a big boy soon!\n\nKeep your feet on the ground and be prepared at all times! As you infiltrate your enemies danger's all around you. You'll need to pass several challenges and minigames to become the winner in the end. If you're keeping your eyes open you gonna find some hidden information which distracted hackers will miss!\n\nHacker's Quest is a virtual offline adventure. Playing this game will not teach you hacking. The entire computer environment is simulated. 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Prior knowledge of Linux or computer technology is not required.","facts":{"developer_id":995672665,"developer_url":null,"first_released":"2015-07-23T07:35:51Z","support_url":"http://www.hackersquest.de/contact.html","privacy_url":null,"website_url":null,"app_version":"1.7","release_notes":"- iPhone X Support\n- iOS 11 Adjustments\n- Small bugfixes","rating_current_version":4.74017,"rating_count_current_version":5211,"star_counts":[102,37,134,567,4371],"genres":["Games","Word","Adventure"],"languages":["EN","DE"],"content_advisories":["Infrequent/Mild Profanity or Crude Humor","Infrequent/Mild Sexual Content and Nudity","Infrequent/Mild Mature/Suggestive Themes"],"device_families":["iphone","ipad","ipod"],"chart":null},"freshness":{"apple_read_at":"2026-10-19T15:12:11.605Z","catalog_read_at":"2026-10-19T15:12:11.605Z","reviews_checked_at":null,"summary_written_at":"2026-10-18T23:29:11.553Z","placed_at":"2026-10-18T01:27:11.619Z","scored_at":"2026-10-21T06:51:14.431Z"},"editorial":{"one_liner":"A text adventure game played through a simulated Linux shell on your phone, with minigames and challenges.","what_is":"Hacker's Quest is a text adventure game for iOS in which the phone works as a simulated hacking terminal inspired by the Linux shell. 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