Blackdoor is an indie developed by Static Signal, released 6 August 2026 on Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Blackdoor is
Blackdoor is an indie game developed by Static Signal and released in 2026. It is available on Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
You're a hacker with a terminal, four terrible scripts, and an anonymous contact who needs files from places they really shouldn't be. The scripts were free. You can tell. Your port scanner checks all 65,535 ports. That's thorough. It's also going to take longer than the heat death of the universe. Your password cracker uses brute force - bold strategy, shame about the intrusion detection system it just woke up. These tools will technically get the job done, in the same way that a spoon will technically dig a tunnel. So you do what any self-respecting hacker would do. You read the code. You rewrite it. Your new probe only scans common ports - done in seconds. Your new cracker reads the…
How it plays
Its themes are sandbox. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Blackdoor launched on 6 August 2026, within three weeks of Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy, Mortal Shell II, Beast of Reincarnation and Star Wars Zero Company.
Released around the same time: Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy, Mortal Shell II, Beast of Reincarnation, Star Wars Zero Company.
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When did Blackdoor come out?
Blackdoor was released on 6 August 2026 for Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows).
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