Hacker's Restart is a Ren'Py visual novel by Jeheh, shown with 3D rendered characters. You play a male protagonist from a wealthy, isolated home, whose prank hacking and growing obsession lead to legal trouble. With childhood friend Celine, you start a new life to protect your parents. The story blends romance, teasing, and voyeuristic tension while asking who you can trust and whether you can outsmart the law.
Development is ongoing. The current build is v0.8 plus a Steam Version, released March 1, 2023 for Windows, Linux, Mac, and Android. It is English and uncensored. The latest update adds the remainder of the operation day, removes unnecessary options from the start, adjusts dialogue from previous days, and fixes typos and bugs. The Steam version may show missing image errors later.
Developer's description
Hacker's Restart is a game about you and your childhood friend starting a new chapter in your lives in order to save your parents from the legal troubles you brought on yourselves.
As the child of a rich family, you have lived a privileged and isolated life. Being protected from the outside world by your parents your entire life, you never had the chance to make a lot of friends. This is the reason why you and your childhood friend Celine started living your lives in front of computer screens.
It all started as a fun little way to mess with Celine, hacking into her computer as a prank and having fun with it. Your fascination by the world of hacking quickly spiraled out of control as you got more engulfed by it, which landed you in a sticky situation with the law. Even though who you are- other than your online name- is not known by the government, this doesn't mean that you are safe where you are.
This is where your story starts. What will you encounter in your new life? Who can you trust? And most importantly, will you be able to outsmart the law?
Steam (2023-03-01)
Steam Version
there are some missing image errors later on in the game
v0.8
Added the remainder of the operation day
Removed some unnecessary options from the start
Made many adjustments to the dialogue of all previous days
Fixed typos and bugs
v0.7.1
-Fixed two fatal bugs
v0.7
-Added the operation day
-Made adjustments to the dialogue of the previous day
-Added a new disclaimer to the start of the game
-Fixed typos and bugs
v0.6.1
-Fixed the bug where some images from previous versions would not show up depending on the player's choices
-Fixed the bug where the game would randomly crash in the android version
-Re-done ~20 renders from previous updates
-Fixed the android build for v0.6.1
-Added and revamped proper sound effects to two erotic scenes (thanks to KoGa3)
-Fixed typos and bugs
v0.6
-Added day 7
-Made several changes to the dialogue from previous updates
-Adjusted the textbox size to fit the text better
-Fixed typos and bugs
v0.5.1
-Added a new erotic scene to day 6
-Changed the main menu image
-Made changes to some dialogoe between Violet and MC
-Fixed typos & bugs
v0.5
-Added day 6
-Added a new sound mode: "excessive"
-Added save naming & deleting (thanks to Deebris)
-Major improvements to the code (thanks to 79flavors)
-Re-done ~20 renders from previous update
-Fixed typos & bugs
v0.4.1 Bugfix
-Fixed the bug where the game would crash before even starting
-Fixed the bug where certain audio files would crash the game
-Added an android build for v0.4.1 (v0.4 didn't have an APK)
v0.3.1
-Added dialogue to day 4 in order to portray MC's feelings more effectively
-Fixed the preferences, save, and the load menus (thanks to Deebris)
-Added, changed, and removed sound effects and music (thanks to KoGa3)
-Small remake to the main menu
-Fixed typos & bugs
v0.3
-Added day 4
-Removed Interactive Notifications
-Re-done ~20 renders from days 1-4
v0.1.1 Bugfix
Bugfix
v0.1
first release
Player reviews
Player rating4.0 / 5 · 15 ratings
Written reviews15 · avg 3.9★
Positive (4–5★)73%
Latest review2025-06-22
What players say
Most players give it four or five stars, praising visuals while criticizing short length and rushed ending.
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Players like
Good renders and attractive models
Cute, likable female characters
Nice animations and sex scenes
Engaging story and interesting premise
Common complaints
Confusing, poorly paced story
Rushed, abrupt ending
Short length and few scenes
Best for players who like short games with good renders, cute characters, and some sex scenes.
Summarised from 15 written player reviews.
briansanders2025-06-22★★★★★
A nice small game. Not much in terms of story or sex scenes tbh. Just a small game that you can finish off in 1 hour. Can give it a go if you don't have anything to do. Both the…
Golden Idiot2025-02-20★★★★★
The main positives of this game is that the renders are good and it has a variety of scenes and characters, if not enough of them. Although the story makes me feel discombobulated and disoriented. I could not really follow…
TheimmortalP2023-08-17★★★★★
This is one of those games which takes way too long to get to the point. The dialogue is pretty awkward too, and poorly paced. Good art though. I really like the models. They're really cute. My constructive criticism is…
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