10 Video Games That Take A Genius To Beat

5. Hacknet

Much like shooting two guns while flying through the air, if hacking was as easy as it looked in the movies then everyone would be doing it. As Hacknet goes to show, however, it is not that easy.

This self-stylized 'hacking simulator' forces you to use actual hacking tactics in order to solve the mysterious death of a famous hacker. For the most part, this means staring at screens of generic code without much guidance on what exactly you are supposed to be doing and what it will all lead to.

As any good programmer will tell you, half the time your success in this game isn't even intentional. Hacknet isn't so much a fun game to play as it is a cruel training exercise that only rewards players the chance to dive deeper into its labyrinth of complex coding.