Hack Run has arrived

Build a hacking deck, balance Access against Trace, and clear five escalating targets. Complete the full run to install the Ghost Process in your main server room. Every 60 seconds, it finds your strongest automated machine and boosts it to x3 speed for 12 seconds.

New content

• Added Hack Run, a five target deckbuilding event with persistent card upgrades.
• Added the Ghost Process reward, which moves through the server room and boosts automated machines.

Early game improvements

• Added clearer feedback animations for manual hardware purchases and manager hiring.
• Smoothed the first hardware costs and early progression.
• Added one time guidance showing new players where to click machine progress bars.
• Added guidance highlighting the first puzzle piece in the inventory.

Interface and performance

• Reworked the research layout so upgrades progress clearly from lower to higher costs.
• Improved event card layouts and long text handling.
• Smoothed puzzle piece and token movement on high refresh rate displays.
• Reduced expensive puzzle rendering and capped repeated visual effects.

Fixes

• Tutorial prompts no longer return after prestige.
• A completed Hack Run can no longer be restarted.
• Improved research cost formatting.
• Fixed several save state edge cases.

Thanks for playing Server Farm Idle.