Uplink (2001) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Uplink

You play an Uplink Agent who makes a living by performing jobs for major corporations. Your tasks involve hacking into rival computer systems, stealing research data, sabotaging other companies, laundering…

70 1 October 2001

What Uplink is

Uplink is an indie game developed by Introversion Software and released in 2001. It was published by Ambrosia Software. It is available on Android, iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

You are a newly assigned agent to the secretive underground hacking organisation known as "Uplink". Their motives are neutral, and have hackers that aid the unsuspecting world, and the morally bankrupt that only desire money and power over the people. Eventually a string of unusual hiring practices are made my the Andromeda Research Corporation (ARC), and the story unfolds.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a text perspective. Its themes are science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Uplink holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 32% of the 5,098 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2001 averaged 72, so it scored 2 points below the year average.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 4 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 6 hrs, roughly 1.5 times the length of the critical path.

What it launched against

Uplink launched on 1 October 2001, within three weeks of Grand Theft Auto III, Silent Hill 2, Silent Hill 2 (2001) and Ico. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Grand Theft Auto III, Silent Hill 2, Silent Hill 2 (2001), Ico.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer