Steam app 1812820 · updated 13 Sep 2026, 07:26 UTC
Bitburner is a programming-based incremental game. Write scripts in JavaScript to automate gameplay, learn skills, play minigames, solve puzzles, and more in this cyberpunk text-based incremental RPG.
718 hourly samples, with the daily peak drawn over them. Weekends are shaded.
58 months, December 2021 to September 2026. The highest number of people in the game at once, each month, on a time axis -- a gap in the record stays a gap.
The highest number of people in the game at once, each month. Four, because four is as far back as the source keeps anything finer than one figure a month.
31 days, each one the highest figure that day. The source keeps no hourly detail this far back. Weekends are shaded.
31 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 108 hourly samples from 27 Aug, which is as far back as the source keeps every hour. Weekends are shaded.
26 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 610 hourly samples. Each dip is a night. Weekends are shaded.
Bitburner was released on Dec 10, 2021.
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98 achievements in total.
46 developer announcements, Dec 2021 to May 2026 · times in UTC
Version 3.0.1 has been released, please report any issues on Github or the #bug-report channel on Discord ## v3.0.1: 17 May 2026 ### BREAKING CHANGES - Change getServer return type; rename getServerAuthDetails and add missing dnet…
Patch notesWe are aware of issues launching the game directly from Steam for some Linux users. By all reports we currently have, launching the game directly from the executable (instead of through Steam) is a workaround for the time being. We are…
Patch notesAfter a long development cycle, version 3.0.0 has been released!This version does include many breaking changes, which may require your attention. These breaking changes are listed in the changelog.When loading into 3.0.0 for the first…
omuretsu## v2.8.1: 4 April 2025 ### MAJOR CHANGES ### UI - Increase width of each job in "Job" tab (#2017) (@catloversg) - Fix: Cannot buy augmentations via UI when money is equal to cost (#2039) (@catloversg) - Do not close scripts in editor when…
Patch notes### MAJOR CHANGES - Grant Bladeburner API access to SF6 and "Blade's Simulacrum" augmentation to SF7.3 (#1926) (@Sphyxis) - Move tail-related APIs to ns.ui namespace (#1935) (@catloversg) - Support scripts playing against each other on "No…
Patch notes## v2.7.0: 8 December 2024 ### MAJOR ADDITIONS - BN options selection interface (@catloversg) - Support JSX, TS, TSX script files (@catloversg) ### UI - Tweak Hacknet summary (@catloversg) - Only show relevant changes in "Purchased…
Patch notes## v2.6.2 Release: 3 July 2024 ### CHANGES - Hotfix (also backported to 2.6.1): Fixed an issue with invalid format on steam cloud save (@catloversg) - Augmentations: Augmentations that affect starting money now add money instead of…
Patch notes2.6.1 included an error in how the steam cloud saves were handled, sorry about that! This should now be fixed on the main release branch (development branch will see a larger update, including this change, later today) HOTFIX Steam cloud…
Patch notes## v2.6.1 - 21 May 2024 ### MAJOR CHANGES - Exported savegames are now compressed. This means that savegames from 2.6.1dev will need to be manually converted before backloading into 2.6.0 (@catloversg) - There was a small API change related…
Patch notes### MAJOR ADDITIONS - A new minigame IPvGO, based on the game Go. Visit DefComm in New Tokyo or the CIA in Sector-12 for access. Documentation for the mechanic is available ingame under "How to Play" once the mechanic is available.…
Patch notesAdditional notes: It was reported that 2.5.0 was the most recent release to work on Windows 7 and 8, so a new legacy branch was added for Steam users who are on these older OSes. Newer versions of the game can be played on the web: Release…
Patch notesAny special options you have enabled in the File menu will need to be reselected after this update, due to a change in how these settings are stored internally. Also, a new previous_release branch has been added on steam. This will be one…
Patch notes## v2.5.0 (10/2/2023) ### NOTES (Corporation) Bugfixes in Corporation may cause a large balance shift for this mechanic. ### API CHANGES: - ns.print and ns.tprint now handle printing Set and Map objects directly (@ficocelliguy) - ns.spawn…
Patch notes## v2.4.1 Update (8/26/23) ### FEATURE ADDITIONS: - Added "Enable terminal history search with arrow keys" option in Misc options category, inspired by similar functionality in shells like zsh. (@ficocelliguy) ### BUGFIX: - Fixed a bug…
Patch notesreadthedoc documentation is now in-game.
Patch notes2.3.0 release came with a lot of bugs, so we're short-cycling the 2.3.1 release to get a large number of bugfixes out. There are also a few feature changes, see the full changelog below: NETSCRIPT: * Added ns.setTitle, which sets the…
Patch notesSorry for the rocky launch folks! Hopefully this is the last set of hotfixes needed for the 2.3.0 main branch. Please continue to report any issues, thanks! Several important fixes for savegame migration issues from older save versions.…
Patch notesFixed some save migration issues. Fixed an SF3 issue with "Spring Water" industry. Thanks to everyone who has been submitting bug reports, and thanks everyone for your patience while we've been working through these issues!
Patch notes* Fixed an error where multi-buying corporation upgrades was not applying a multi-benefit. * Fixed ls clickable script links not opening the code correctly when ls was in a directory other than root * Addressed an issue where a soft reset…
Patch notesFixes a potential crash when initially migrating the save to 2.3.0. Running scripts will not be loaded on the initial savegame migration - any scripts will need to be relaunched manually after the save migration.
Patch notesVersion 2.3.0 is live on the main branch! Going forward, the development branch will also see more frequent updates. See the 2.3.0 changelog below. Please report any issues on github or on the #bug-report channel on discord. v2.3.0 - SF3…
omuretsuv2.3.0 - Hydro is back baby! ** Scripting ** - Replaced NS2 with NS3, we're thrilled to move on from Javascript to Rust. Note that this will break existing scripts. - ns.print and tprint now return randomly encrypted values. - Added a ram…
hydroflamev2.2.1 Hotfixes Hotfix / bugfix: * (@d0sboots) Implemented a new API wrapping solution that prevents the need for binding functions to ns when placing them in a new variable, but maintains and perhaps improves upon the performance gains…
Patch notesv2.2.0 - Jan 2 2023 Development Reboot Dev notes * The previous main developer, hydroflame, is stepping back from this project for the foreseeable future. To facilitate this, we've moved the repo to a new location at…
Patch notesv2.0.0 is live. Me and other members of the community will be available on Discord to help if you have any question about specific changes. Make sure you read your V2.0.0_API_BREAK.txt carefully.
hydroflameHi everyone, v2 has stabilitzed, however will not be released until after I come back from vacation (3 weeks from now) so I can help with any problems that might occur. However everything is ready, You can see the patch notes here as well…
hydroflameWe are preparing v2.0.0. One part of this release is the new work system which breaks some API. But while were at it we are going to fix a few other pain points in the API. In exchange when it launches everyone gets +10 level of NFG. You…
hydroflameI'm so sorry, totally missed it during testing. NS1 scripts should run fine now.
Patch notesThe mechanism has been reworked such that it only crashes when the scripts don't give up context for 2 full seconds. (Instead of 1000 ns function call) The function asleep still doesn't reset the counter and I'm monitoring the situation…
Patch notes## v1.7.0 - 2022-04-13 to 2022-05-20 #### Information Modifications included between **2022-04-13** and **2022-05-20** 'b5e4d70' to '0fbe4a1').…
Patch notesv1.6.3 - 2022-04-01 Few stanek fixes ---------------------------- Stanek Gift * Has a minimum size of 2x3 * Active Fragment property 'avgCharge' renamed to 'highestCharge' * Formula for fragment effect updated to make 561% more sense. Now…
Patch notes1.7.0 2022-04-01 - Giant overhaul ** Platform ** * Available on the Atari 2600 and flipphones. ** Hacking ** * Now gated by a real life subscription to Nord-west VPN * Is now considered rude, thus lowers karma. ** PVP ** * Added PVP, you…
Patch notesFixed issue where tail windows would freeze the game.
Patch notes** Vitalife secret lab ** * A new mechanic called Augmentation Grafting has been added. Resleeving has been removed. * Credit to @nickofolas for his incredible work. ** Stanek ** * BREAKING: Many functions in the stanek API were renamed in…
Patch notes** Steam Cloud Saving ** * Added (@MartinFournier) ** UI ** * background now matches game primary color (@nickofolas) * page title contains version (@MartinFourier) * Major text editor improvements (@nickofolas) * Display bonus time on…
hydroflameI think we FINALLY nailed that bug. The issue was caused by doing the following 1. Close all browsers (prior to opening the game) 2. Open Bitburner 3. Open a link from inside Bitburner. 4. Close Bitburner At that point Steam considers the…
Patch notesv1.3.0 - 2022-01-04 Cleaning up ------------------------------- ** External IDE integration ** * The Steam version has a webserver that allows integration with external IDEs. A VSCode extension is available on the market place. (The…
Patch notesOk the "not properly exiting" issue seems to be somewhat related to having other browsers running, which makes no sense because the app should run in a sandbox. Anyway apparently I'm not the only one to have this issue with electron, see…
Patch notesv1.1.0 - 2021-12-18 You guys are awesome (community because they're god damn awesome) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ** Script Editor ** * The text editor can open several files at…
Patch notesSo if you minimize the window the game should still run Also I did a thing to try to get the game to die die. Idk electron is weird it should just stop when I close all the windows, right?
Patch notesA player generously gave me their save file with a reproductible way to trigger a unfreed ram problem and it is now resolved. You may need to click the icon next to save which kills everything. I really hope this works.
Patch notesAfter 5 years of development, contributions from hundreds of developers, the critically acclaimed open source programming hacking sim is available on Steam. Inspired by games like Else Heart.break(), Hacknet, Uplink, and Deus Ex, Bitburner…
hydroflameI believe I fixed the issue where ram doesn't get freed correctly.
Patch notesHi everyone, I've had very few reports of a bug where a script that dies would not release the ram it consumes. Unfortunately I have not been able to reproduce the issue but I have added more safety check to try to make it work as it…
Patch notesThere was a library that would load at runtime. Now the game should fully work offline. This is specially important for Chinese players who had part of the game blocked by the great firewall of China.
Patch notesWhen your script freezes there is an option in the menu bar to killall scripts and reload the game.
Patch notesWhat Steam runs, and with what. Straight from the app configuration.
| Description | Executable | Arguments | Platform | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| normally | bitburner.exe | windows | ||
| Launch | bitburner.app | macos | ||
| --no-sandbox (diff flags for different linux distro) | bitburner | --no-sandbox --ozone-platform=x11 | linux | |
| and kill all scripts at startup. | bitburner.exe | --no-scripts | windows | |
| no flags | bitburner | --ozone-platform=x11 | linux | |
| --disable-seccomp-filter-sandbox | bitburner | --disable-seccomp-filter-sandbox --ozone-platform=x11 | linux |
It runs on public data and somebody's spare time.
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