Community28 Oct 2026NODE-07 - CTF FINAL STANDINGSThe puzzle server is dark again, and the standings are locked. 27 of you made it all the way to /node . Respect to every single one. Here are the 10 fastest, ranked by time from first connection to the flag: A special shout to ls-anode, who went from cold connection to root in under two minutes. That is incredible work. Every one of the 27 who solved it gets 5 BTC of in-game currency waiting at…
Next Fest Celebration! To celebrate the Steam Next Fest and the upcoming early access release a CTF style puzzle has been created to win 5 BTC of in game currency. This will ensure that you are one step ahead for buying exploits and hardware upgrades for your RIG. How it works Connect to the puzzle server using your terminal client over SSH and play the CTF. Get your code and let us know! Serve…
Welcome, and thanks for stopping by during Steam Next Fest. Playing here is gameplay from NODE: PROTOCOL, a hacking simulator where nothing is faked. You work from a real Linux terminal, scan networks, exploit real vulnerabilities, crack passwords, and push deeper into the systems you break into. No Hollywood screens. What you are watching is the actual tools and commands in action. This is cap…
NEW FEATURE - SECURITY DEVICES & AGENTS Higher tier networks are actively monitored. Defended LANs include a dedicated monitoring appliance, a Splunk SIEM, a Cisco Firepower IPS, or a Suricata IDS. Every monitored box runs one security agent matching to the appliance - Splunk's splunkd forwarder port 9997 - Cisco Secure Endpoint's ampdaemon, port 443 - Elastic's filebeat port 5044 - Gateways an…
NODE: Protocol | Beta Update (Oct 9–12) New & improved [+] Vane's Operator Handbook text is now fully selectable and can be copied, every command can be clicked to be copied, and there's a new search in the sidebar to filter topics. [+] You now get a heads-up alert the moment a target or corporation opens an investigation on you, so an escalation never catches you cold. [+] Terminal commands no…
NODE: Protocol -> Development update [+] build 1c59a80 [+] patch 2026.10.05 Singeplayer [+] Improved file honeypots, when a player is being monitored in the network, honeypots will be deployed on the filesystem. [+] Improved dynamic user logins, on various linux/unix servers [+] Balance for selling loot has been adjusted on darkmarket to fit harvesting loot from rooted servers [+] Apache and Ng…
Singleplayer [+] Real databases : Database servers now hold actual databases you can download and sell on the dark market. Sizes range from 50 MB to huge . Transfers take real time (60 seconds to 2 minutes) but run in the background, and the payouts are well worth it. [+] SSH keys & lateral movement : SSH keys can now be found in users' home directories and used to move laterally through networ…
Patch round #2 While the game is gearing up for Early Access on 6 November the beta testers have been playing and streaming the game live on twitch and YouTube. This has been loads of fun and also brought some bugs to light that are again patched. Many thanks again to those who helped and keep them coming! Bug Fixes [+] sqlmap: `--dump` and `--file-read` now save extracted files to your own `/h…
News While the game is still in beta many of the beta testers stream the game live and this is where we find bugs and quality of live adjustments. Most of these can be easily fixed and after 2 days another round of patching is being pushed live for the beta group. Many thanks to those who help me get closer to early access and make the difference while the game is ramping up for its demo releas…
Hey everyone, Welcome to the Steam page for NODE: PROTOCOL ! Whether you found the game through random tags or you've been following development for a bit, I’m incredibly glad you're here. I wanted to open up the roadmap today and talk about exactly what’s happening over the next few weeks. If you love deep, authentic hacking sims, command-line terminal pipelines, and messing around with hardwa…
Join us as we showcase continuous gameplay of NODE: PROTOCOL , an immersive hacking simulation built around realistic adversarial infrastructure, C2 tools, and authentic exploits. Keep in mind this is a Pre-Recorded gameplay loop that will be updated during the event with more various gameplay loops. What You'll See in the Stream: · Terminal & C2 Mechanics: Executing terminal pipelines with 95+…
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Announcements are the developer’s own posts to the game’s Steam news feed: updates and their patch notes, in-game events, releases and sales. The important ones are marked on the players chart.