NEMESIS

Hacking games where every connection leaves a trail.

Bounce through relays, break into corporate servers, and get out before the trace finds you. Nemesis is a pair of games set on the same network: one you play alone, and one you share with every other runner on the shard.

Nemesis WSComing soon Single-player hacking simulation for macOS Nemesis CSIn development Persistent-world hacking MMO for Steam

NEMESIS WS

Coming soon

A single-player hacking simulation. Your workstation, your gateway, your mistakes.

Nemesis WS remote system screen: the file copier at 20% on Meridian Research's file server, with 73.5 seconds left on the trace and suspicion at 10 of 100.
Copying a research archive from Meridian Research. The dial on the right is the trace.

You are a freelance runner with a gateway, a few starter tools and 1,000 credits. Take contracts from the mission board, scout the target, route your connection through public relays and break in. Copy what you came for, clean the access logs, and disconnect before the trace completes. If it does, your profile is finished.

  • Live traces and suspicion. Every action on a target raises suspicion. Cross 100 and the active trace runs at double speed.
  • A network to explore. Firms run web, file, records and hardened archive servers. Read a server's files to find addresses you weren't given.
  • Consequences that keep running. Investigations follow your trail after you log off. Paying for a job doesn't make the evidence go away.
  • A branching campaign. Story contracts, follow-up jobs and choices that change how it ends, alongside rotating freelance work.
  • Gear worth saving for. CPUs up to 240 GHz, memory up to 256 TB, faster breakers and firewall bypass tools. Sell stolen files to the data broker to pay for them.
Platform macOS 14 or later Players 1, offline Soundtrack “Neon Protocol”, original score
Nemesis WS network map with a route from the player's gateway through the West, Central and East public relays to Meridian Research.
Plan the route. Every relay you bounce through buys time against the trace.
Nemesis WS mission debrief for Chapter 2, Follow the transfers, unlocking two exclusive Chapter 3 contracts.
Story contracts branch. In Chapter 3 you either expose the evidence or bury it.

NEMESIS CS

In development

A persistent-world hacking MMO. One job board, one shared world, one long mystery.

Every runner on a shard works from the same job board. Most contracts are generated from what is happening in the world right now. A few are story jobs that move a long-running mystery forward, and they look exactly like everything else. Take one by chance and you might make a fortune, or lose everything.

  • The board is the story. Any contract might matter. Nothing in its wording, timing or pay tells you which ones do.
  • Corporations rise and fall on your work. Twelve corps per shard, with a live stock ticker and news feed. Push one far enough and it collapses or gets bought.
  • Permanent stakes. Get caught and your handle is gone for good. Your account survives, and the dead are remembered in the shard's records.
  • Run with a crew. Team up with two to four runners for co-op jobs. There is no PvP at launch.
  • Fair to everyone. No single crew can claim every story beat, and late joiners can catch up.
Planned for Steam: macOS, Windows, Linux, Steam Deck and browser Price Buy once, no in-game purchases Shard size About 100 runners online
shard s1 · job board● 87 runners online
ContractLanePay
Retrieve a file from Helix RecordsShard board · specialist workboard4,000 cr
Corporate · Vantablack Biotech · EraseAgainst Meridian Researchcorporate2,000 cr
Retrieve a file from Meridian ResearchTaken by another runner · 4 min agoboard1,500 cr
Retrieve a file from Obsidian Archive VaultShard board · specialist workboard9,000 cr
Corporate · Orison Capital · RetrieveAgainst Cygnus Financial Systemscorporate6,000 cr

One of these moves the story. The board won't tell you which.

Illustration of the shared job board and 24-hour ticker, using the game's real corporations and job types.

Working today

  • Shared job board. Take a job and it's gone for everyone. Drop it and it comes back.
  • World jobs. Finishing one advances the shard for every runner and makes the news.
  • Living corporations. Twelve corps whose rivalries post jobs against each other. Push one far enough and a rival buys it.
  • A live market. Every corp's price and 24-hour move, with headlines when one struggles, collapses or changes hands.
  • Hosted runners. Your world lives on the server, with permadeath and a record of the fallen.
  • A macOS client that signs in with your Steam account.

Which one is for you?

Nemesis WS is the complete single-player game, and the rules behind it power Nemesis CS. Learn the craft alone, then take it online.

Nemesis WSNemesis CS
StatusComing soonIn development
PlayersJust you, offlineAbout 100 runners per shard, with optional crews of 2–4
The worldYour own network of firms, relays and investigatorsA shared, persistent shard that changes with every job taken
StoryA branching campaign with several endingsA long-running mystery hidden among ordinary contracts
If you're caughtYour profile endsYour handle dies for good; your account carries on
PlatformsmacOS 14 or laterSteam on macOS, Windows, Linux and Steam Deck, plus browser