Midnight Protocol

Midnight Protocol is a narrative-driven tactical RPG, and you steer all of it with the keyboard alone. You play Data, a prominent hacktivist who has just been doxxed and is now the target of blackmail by a shadowy government branch. Everything happens through your home terminal, driven by nothing but the keyboard.

Your choices shape who Data becomes. Respect others' privacy and bank accounts, or leave no stone unturned, help the police corner a rogue hacker, or squeeze a desperate husband hoping to get back some compromising photos. Black, grey and white hat reputation pulls the story in different directions. The design keeps you immersed in digital warfare without overcomplicated mechanics: you enter commands to wipe out or slip past security programs, and the keys you strike fold into the soundtrack.

Breaking into a digital safe or pulling out classified files demands careful planning, pay the troll toll, deploy jackhammers, cloaks and daggers against cybersecurity, and pick up fresh programs and hardware from the black market to tune a deck that fits your style. Dozens of side missions packed with easter eggs, intel-gathering on your targets and the occasional game of hacker chess add hours of optional content.