Cyber Manhunt is a fun little techno-thriller that turns hacking into a fun (and dangerous) game. I'm a sucker for games that use faux operating systems and let you dig through the email inboxes and text messages of intriguing characters. Cyber Manhunt certainly fulfills that desire to be a snoop.
It's also an excellent mystery game. Whether you're "GoGoing" (aka Googling) a character to find their "Teethbook" (aka Facebook) account or calling them pretending to be someone you're not to try to get information, the goal is always locating and filing away meaningful information. At the end of each chapter, you need to put all of those clues together and figure out what happened.
The only bummer about Cyber Manhunt is that its writing isn't nearly as well-done as everything else about it. Developer Aluba Studio is Chinese, and while this is far from the worst translation I've seen, it's definitely awkward in spots. And the game is almost annoyingly self-serious. I get that hacking is a serious topic and poses danger to people, but I'd love a little more camp here!
Still, it's well worth checking out, especially for its low price - $3.99 on iOS and $9.99 on Steam!
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