Adversary mode · Pre-alpha
The Dark Side
You found it. Exploit Margin can be played from the other side of the breach.
Adversary mode puts you behind the keyboard: study a target, build or buy your tooling, and chain 16 attack techniques toward a payday. Ten AI-run companies are out there, shipping fast and patching late.
Adversary mode runs in the development build today. Playtesters will try it before anyone else.
Build the operation
Capability costs money or time. Buy access to a phishing platform tonight, or spend weeks building your own and answer to nobody. The underground market stocks 12 tools across password dumps, ransomware kits, remote access trojans, and zero-days.
- 01 Budget Password List
- 02 Premium Breach Collection
- 03 RaaS Professional
- 04 Polymorphic RAT
- 05 Cloud Platform Zero-Day
Sharpen the tradecraft
Six skill families decide what your operation can pull off: Reconnaissance, Social Engineering, Exploitation, Post-Exploitation, Malware Engineering, and Operational Security. Every job raises the ones you use. Sloppy tradecraft gets you noticed.
- Reconnaissance
- Social Engineering
- Exploitation
- Post-Exploitation
- Malware Engineering
- Operational Security
Pick the prize
Four objectives pay out in different ways: steal the data, ransom the systems, spy quietly for months, or mine crypto on someone else's power bill. The right choice depends on the target, your tooling, and how much heat you can take.
Where it stands
Adversary mode is playable in the development build and runs on the same simulation the defenders face. Balance and interface work continue. The public defender demo ships first; the list below hears about both sides.
One list covers both sides.
Playtest invitations, development milestones, and first word when either side opens up.