Welcome to: The Hackers

Like The Traitors — but with a lot more code. Everyone codes anonymously, argues in hidden Slack channels, then votes someone out.

The Traitors

The classic game of suspicion, strategy, and late‑night plotting.


Game premise

The Traitors is a game where contestants compete in tasks, argue — and murder. Among the "normal" players, called Faithfuls, are hidden Traitors, who secretly meet every night and decide on someone to kill.

Roles

Faithfuls: Work together to spot lies, build trust, and vote out suspected Traitors before it is too late.

Traitors: Blend in, act helpful, and quietly remove players one by one while steering suspicion anywhere but themselves.

The Hackers — HackClub, 2026

New for 2026

The Hackers takes the core idea of The Traitors and drops it into a software project. Instead of physical tasks, all players are working together to build an app. On the surface, everyone is part of one big dev team. Underneath, the sabotage is very real.


The UnEthicals (equivalent of Traitors) try to stop the Ethicals by adding bugs and useless features. Every day, one player is voted out based on suspicious activity. Each night, the UnEthicals secretly delete one Ethical from the project.

Roles in The Hackers

Ethicals (Faithfuls): Genuine builders who want the app to ship clean and functional.

UnEthicals (Traitors): Hidden saboteurs who add bugs, useless features, and chaos.

The Recruited: Ethiclas who are recruited to join the UnEthicals.

How The Hackers works

Step‑by‑step game basis

  • Assemble the dev team.
    A few players are secretly chosen as UnEthicals.
  • Code phase
    Everyone codes anonymously.
    Ethicals push clean code. UnEthicals sneak in bugs.
  • Talk phase
    Debate in hidden Slack channels.
    Players review commits, question decisions, and defend themselves.
  • Surface suspicions.
    Players build cases and try to identify sabotage patterns.
  • Vote phase
    Vote someone out.
    The team deletes one player from the project.
  • Night phase
    UnEthicals choose a target.
    They secretly delete one Ethical.
  • Reset and repeat.
    Code → talk → vote → delete continues.
  • Endgame.
    Ethicals win by voting out all the UnEthicals. UnEthicals win if they outnumber all Ethicals.