Games Like quietd

The hacking runs itself. You just watch.

quietd is a «watch-only» game where hacking unfolds automatically in a terminal and clears itself to the very end while you do nothing but let it run. You operate nothing. A dark room, a single terminal. All there is is total silence and time, as monospaced characters stream by without a single hand to guide them — and you simply witness it.

Leave it running, and all 50 stages clear themselves

Launch it, and after that just leave it be. Stare at it intently, or let it run in the corner of your eye while you do something else — either is fine. The main campaign progresses automatically from start to finish, conquering all 50 stages on its own.

This isn't a lack of substance — it's the very heart of what this game is after. Like watching a video of a crackling fire, like surrendering to the sound of rain, you settle by watching the code flow by. Like softly putting on some background music, you let it run in a corner of your desktop, glance over now and then, and return to work or to the night — it's a contemplative ambient experience made for exactly that.

Skill shows in the «touch» of the hands

Chill is a matter of tempo and quiet — it doesn't mean the content is empty. The output streaming across the terminal — the results of commands like ls, ps, and ifconfig — scrolls by line after line with the texture of a real machine. An immersion like peering at the screen over a real hacker's shoulder. Without diluting that, we've shaped it into a «settling» experience through tempo and silence. And the hacker on the screen gradually gets better. Early on there are long pauses, as if searching for the keys; the typing is slow, and roundabout methods trip them up. Before long the pauses vanish, the typing is fast, the methods are refined, striking weak points in a single blow. Not through numbers — the very touch of the hands on screen tells the story of growth. The more stages stack up, the more quietly that craft is honed — a single night's quiet improvement. * Everything displayed is fictional.

A desktop companion

Slash commands

A set of commands you can type straight into the terminal — a text UI that uses no popups. Use them to change settings or display information.

A little extra: care to touch?

Watching is the default. But if the mood strikes, you're welcome to type something into the flowing screen. A command might go through — or it might not. A modest bit of playfulness, a chance to quietly peek into a fictional machine.

Who this is for

And — it isn't for those looking for a «game you play yourself». There's no strategy here, no test of your skill, no victory to seize. For those who know that, and still want to watch a quietly flowing night.

What's included

Dim the lights, and just leave it running. quietd doesn't need your hands. Just watch a single line that keeps running, quietly.