60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Programming, Puzzle, Simulation, Logic.
You are a whale communication scientist. Join a secret NSA team deciphering a directed alien transmission. Use visual programming to process the signal, translate the language, and interpret the message. All the science is REAL, even the linguistics behind the alien language. No PhD required.
Hard Chip
Hard Chip is a 3D simulation/puzzle game about building processors focusing on realism. Explore the world of semiconductor chip design and delve into the intricacies of CPU logic, floor planning, and propagation delay.
Virtual Circuit Board
Virtual Circuit Board is the sandbox drawing-based logic simulator where you can build, program, decorate, and simulate anything from simple monochrome circuits to complex and colorful computers. Play with digital logic in this sandbox-only experience.
Hard Chip is a 3D simulation/puzzle game about building processors focusing on realism. Explore the world of semiconductor chip design and delve into the intricacies of CPU logic, floor planning, and propagation delay.
Why similar: Programming 26.8% ★, Science 16.6%, Hacking 16.5% ★, Automation 13.3%, Logic 9.3%
Virtual Circuit Board is the sandbox drawing-based logic simulator where you can build, program, decorate, and simulate anything from simple monochrome circuits to complex and colorful computers. Play with digital logic in this sandbox-only experience.
Why similar: Programming 29.5% ★, Science 17.3%, Hacking 13.9% ★, Automation 13.9%, Logic 8.5%
The Qubit Factory is an open-ended puzzle game incorporating real-life concepts from the cutting-edge field of quantum computing. Design and build logic circuits that manipulate bits and qubits (quantum bits) to solve devious computational challenges!
Why similar: Programming 35.1% ★, Automation 20.4%, Science 11.7%, Logic 10.3%, Puzzle 7.3%
Use real Python code to automate machines, robots, drones and more: Program self-driving vehicles; crack passwords; apply machine learning; automate logistics; use image processing to guide missiles. Gain real coding skills and solve exciting bite-sized programming challenges.
Why similar: Programming 25% ★, Automation 16.9%, Science 15.7%, Hacking 13.6% ★, Logic 8.9%
Use the MOLEK-SYNTEZ to create small molecules with various pharmacological effects from the comfort of your small Romanian apartment.
Why similar: Programming 39.4% ★, Science 22.1%, Automation 18.7%, Puzzle 9%, Simulation 7.5%
Master the most counter-intuitive logic in existence. Created by the researchers who defined Quantum Literacy, Quantum Odyssey is an open-ended puzzle game where you craft real quantum algorithms. Optimize 500+ challenges, hack other players, and gain insights textbooks can’t provide.
Why similar: Programming 20.6% ★, Hacking 17.3% ★, Automation 15.8%, Science 14.2%, Logic 9.2%
Learn CPU architecture with puzzles
Why similar: Programming 47.1% ★, Logic 13.1%, Hacking 10.3% ★, Automation 10.3%, Education 7.5%
Charge is a level-based puzzle game where you control the flow of charge around a circuit board. Arrange pre-built components into wondrous machines that take advantage of available resources and design your own modules from scratch.
Why similar: Programming 36.3% ★, Automation 21.7%, Science 15.7%, Logic 10.1%, Puzzle 7.8%
In Code World you control the robot that can walk around the world and send messages to devices. Every device reacts on those messages according to its code. You will have to read this code, understand what messages to send and write your own code.
Why similar: Programming 36% ★, Hacking 22.5% ★, Automation 19.5%, Logic 7.7%, Education 6.3%
The year is 1997. You used to be a hacker, but now you have the phage. You made a deal: one hack, one dose. There’s nothing left to lose… except your life.
Why similar: Programming 44.8% ★, Hacking 22% ★, Automation 16.7%, Logic 7.6%, Puzzle 6.2%
Mnemonimov is a fantasy console where you program in ASSEMBLY like in the 80s. Build anything from games to operating systems and understand how computers work at a low level.
Why similar: Programming 30.3% ★, Science 14.9%, Hacking 13.9% ★, Automation 13.6%, Logic 9.2%
A programmer's career sim. Acquire actual coding skills while playing! Learn programming from zero, earn skill points, change your office, create devices and games with visual programming. Our code learning game is a perfect introduction to Python, C++, C#, Java, or JavaScript.
Why similar: Programming 24.2% ★, Automation 17.3%, Science 16.1%, Hacking 15.3% ★, Logic 8.2%
SysOps Saga is a simulation game that puts you in the shoes of a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE), managing the intricate web of software, security, and hardware to keep digital systems running. Developed by a FAANG veteran, this game offers an immersive and educational experience for IT enthusiasts.
Why similar: Programming 33.4% ★, Automation 23.8%, Hacking 11.2% ★, Logic 9.8%, Science 8.9%
A circuit simulator where you draw everything. Wires are pixels, gates are triangles. Design chips, watch signals glow as they propagate, and debug by rewinding time.
Why similar: Programming 32.5% ★, Automation 16%, Science 14.3%, Hacking 13.4% ★, Puzzle 6.1%
BUILD CIRCUITS. WRITE CODE. RTFM.
Why similar: Programming 55.1% ★, Automation 21%, Logic 9.5%, Puzzle 5.7%, Education 3.4%
Invent a new computer! Logic World is a first-person sandbox simulation game that's all about digital logic. Play alone or with friends, design unique machines, build up layers of complexity, and experience the joy of circuits!
Why similar: Programming 28.5% ★, Science 16.8%, Hacking 16.5% ★, Automation 15.4%, Logic 9.2%
Discover the world of electronics by fixing your hamster’s RC plane. Connect, test, assemble and fail in spectacular ways. This cozy simulator lets you electrocute your hamster without authorities getting involved!
Why similar: Programming 31.9% ★, Science 18.3%, Automation 14.6%, Hacking 12.5% ★, Logic 7.6%
You've awoken deep within a research facility in a new, programmable robot body. You have holes in your memories. At least you no longer have that hole in your head...
Why similar: Programming 44.2% ★, Hacking 22.1% ★, Automation 22%, Puzzle 7%, Simulation 4.7%
The program was created on the basis of an engineering study program. No prior knowledge of any IT issues is required - we start with simple tasks and step by step learn the basics of computer programming.
Why similar: Programming 40.8% ★, Hacking 26% ★, Logic 12.6%, Education 8.3%, Puzzle 6.4%
Strange radio bursts have been detected! Embark on an immersive adventure as you analyze radio signals coming from space, decipher hidden messages, symbols, sounds, and translate alien languages. Follow an engaging story with countless dialogues and game-changing choices.
Why similar: Science 31.4%, Aliens 24.3%, Sci-fi 8.4%, Space 7%, Investigation 6.9%
Comet 64 is a programming puzzle game. The year is 1984. All you got is a Comet 64 home computer and the operator's manual it came with.
Why similar: Programming 37.3% ★, Hacking 15.7% ★, Automation 12.9%, Science 11.5%, Logic 6.8%
In the second episode of Finite State Automation Challenges, you will use finite-state automata to overcome 80 challenges from character string manipulation, computer science, and mathematics.
Why similar: Programming 43.7% ★, Science 18.4%, Automation 12.9%, Logic 8.2%, Puzzle 7.1%
You are an electrician, moving back to your hometown in the Austrian Alps, which you find lacks a certain... spark. Promptly tasked with wiring up the village, you solve electrical puzzles, blow fuses and master real-world circuitry techniques. Electrify the Alps, one circuit at a time.
Why similar: Programming 24.5% ★, Automation 21%, Science 20.1%, Logic 12.4%, Education 9%
DA-VI-NC1 is a Turing-machine-based coding puzzle game. You must complete the puzzles, pass the Turing test, and discover the philosophical world of DA-VI-NC1 with the Mona Lisa.
Why similar: Programming 46% ★, Hacking 21.1% ★, Logic 13.6%, Education 7.3%, Puzzle 6.8%
Solve puzzles and learn how to code in this unique and gripping sci-fi adventure!
Why similar: Programming 34.2% ★, Hacking 21.9% ★, Science 11.7%, Logic 7.8%, Space 7.5%
Build the most advanced operating system ever created! Can you master the fictional simulation language of this mind-bending machine? Design circuits, automate UBITS (coloured mobile data blocks), and optimize your system. The Admin is always watching, and he’s not what he seems.
Why similar: Programming 35.8% ★, Automation 20.6%, Hacking 17.7% ★, Logic 7.6%, Education 5.7%
Venture forth through this puzzle game across space. Use your command terminal to guide the Onlooker interstellar probe through treacherous galaxies to explore the farthest reaches of the universe. Avoid asteroids, perform research tasks, and weave through the stars!
Why similar: Programming 40.3% ★, Science 15.2%, Logic 13.2%, Space 11.2%, Puzzle 8.3%
Logic Arrows is a sandbox game where you design your own mechanisms: from logic gates to an entire computer. Use simple elements to build complex systems, solve engineering challenges and master computer logic.
Why similar: Programming 34.5% ★, Automation 26.1%, Science 14.5%, Logic 8.4%, Education 6.7%
Become a Robotic Exploration Systems Programmer (RESP). Get sent to the corners of the galaxy and program robots like if your life depended on it, because it does.
Why similar: Programming 37.6% ★, Hacking 22.1% ★, Automation 19%, Logic 7.3%, Puzzle 6.2%
Opus Magnum is the latest open-ended puzzle game from Zachtronics, the creators of SpaceChem, Infinifactory, and SHENZHEN I/O. Design and build machines that assemble potions, poisons, and more using the alchemical engineer’s most advanced tool: the transmutation engine!
Why similar: Programming 47.2% ★, Automation 27.6%, Puzzle 11.4%, Logic 9.8%, Simulation 4.1%
In this game, we will play with the simplest automaton model, Finite State Automaton, and use it to cope with 80 challenges.
Why similar: Programming 51.5% ★, Automation 29.3%, Puzzle 8.3%, Education 4.6%, Strategy 3.6%
Zachtronics is back with an ambitious new design-based puzzle game. Take on the role of a Reactor Engineer working for SpaceChem, the leading chemical synthesizer for frontier colonies. Construct elaborate factories to transform raw materials into valuable chemical products!
Why similar: Programming 45.4% ★, Puzzle 14%, Automation 13.4%, Logic 10.6%, Science 8.5%
Solve programming puzzles on a fictional computer with radio-based communication and unique limitations. Competitively optimize to compete on leaderboards against friends and the global community.
Why similar: Programming 45.1% ★, Hacking 17.9% ★, Automation 13.7%, Logic 12.8%, Puzzle 7.4%
TIS-100 is an open-ended programming game by Zachtronics, the creators of SpaceChem and Infinifactory, in which you rewrite corrupted code segments to repair the TIS-100 and unlock its secrets. It’s the assembly language programming game you never asked for!
Why similar: Programming 63.9% ★, Hacking 12.8% ★, Puzzle 6.9%, Logic 6%, Automation 5.5%
Netghost is a Crime Drama visual novel with a mystery-driven story full of intrigue, twists and turns. The story follows Ian Newfield, a cyber security engineer who transforms into a cold-blooded criminal in his struggle to protect the company he works for and aid his ailing sister.
Why similar: Programming 28% ★, Hacking 19.5% ★, Conspiracy 13.1% ★, Automation 11.4%, Science 9.7%
VELONE is a creative automation game in which you assemble and program mechanisms to solve logic puzzles. Both relaxing and highly replayable, you save the planet VELONE by creating automated constructs that move and assemble according to your masterplan.
Why similar: Programming 41% ★, Automation 26.1%, Logic 12.9%, Puzzle 7.3%, Aliens 5.8%
Design computational circuits which defy restrictions of our universe in this open-ended puzzle. Your completed creations become components to solve future challenges. As you design a circuit and can place your design within it, where there is a smaller you doing the same, and so on to infinity.
Why similar: Programming 36.5% ★, Science 18.7%, Logic 12%, Investigation 10.8%, Education 6.5%
Design increasingly complex computation units powered by high pressure steam. From switches to steam based computers, all in a world of analogue pressure devices. Use previous designs to solve further challenges, unravel the mystery of the missing steam and discover a new field of science.
Why similar: Programming 32.2% ★, Automation 20.6%, Science 19.9%, Investigation 11.4%, Education 6.2%
A single bit of computer memory became sentient and decided to escape from digital into the real world. Explore RAM, modify bytes and hack machine code and CPU registers to set it free.
Why similar: Programming 42.2% ★, Hacking 26.4% ★, Logic 11.2%, Simulation 8.1%, Puzzle 6.3%
As the AI of a space station, you control programmable bots and solve automation puzzles. Plan precise processes, optimize your strategies, and watch your solutions execute autonomously.
Why similar: Programming 35.4% ★, Automation 24.1%, Space 12.4%, Puzzle 8.2%, Logic 8%
Programmer Dungeon is a tactical game that challenges players to use logic programming to solve puzzles and progress through each level. Collect unique skills, use visual programming to automate your character, and defeat your enemies. Plan carefully and enjoy this exciting adventure!
Why similar: Programming 42.3% ★, Automation 23.4%, Logic 12.1%, Puzzle 7.5%, Education 7.2%
OCTOPTICOM 3D is a major upgrade to your favorite open-ended puzzle programming game about designing and optimizing optical computing devices. Featuring 3D graphics and gameplay, refined ui, rewritten simulation, all original levels and components plus new additions, histograms and more.
Why similar: Programming 45.6% ★, Science 17.9%, Logic 13.4%, Puzzle 9.6%, Simulation 7.7%
Build, debug and optimize a computer network in an underground facility.
Why similar: Programming 32.9% ★, Automation 20%, Hacking 19.5% ★, Logic 12.3%, Puzzle 5.7%
Make a Snake AI using simple visual commands. Develop a strategy, let the computer do the hard work, sit back and watch it play the game for you.
Why similar: Programming 34.1% ★, Hacking 21.6% ★, Automation 19.1%, Logic 8.3%, Education 6.9%
Program traffic lights, barriers, and more to solve your city’s traffic problems! Improve your coding skills by learning to control time-dependent processes with realistic state machines.
Why similar: Programming 43.3% ★, Automation 24.1%, Logic 12.4%, Simulation 5.9%, Puzzle 5.6%
Uncover your hidden programming talent! Code your own robots with simple instructions to explore 40+ logical based puzzles.
Why similar: Programming 44.4% ★, Automation 25.6%, Logic 12.5%, Puzzle 8.5%, Simulation 6%
A Geoguessr-inspired detective game set on an alien planet. Pinpoint the exact locations of photos to track down missing archeologist Abigail Lidari. Cross-reference journal entries, decipher cryptic symbols, and uncover the mysteries of an ancient civilization.
Why similar: Conspiracy 20.7% ★, Investigation 15.6%, Science 14.1%, Mystery 10.1%, Logic 8.9%
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.
Why similar: Programming 50.5% ★, Hacking 21.8% ★, Automation 19.2%, Puzzle 2.7%, Simulation 2.4%
Tactical puzzle game where you need to program your robots to finish the task.
Why similar: Programming 36.6% ★, Hacking 17.7% ★, Logic 10.9%, Space 7.8%, Sci-fi 7.1%
Program a robot to solve logic puzzles in ChipWits, an open-ended programming game for beginners and experts alike! Inspired by the 1980s original, ChipWits combines the best of puzzle games, automation, and programming to introduce a new generation of players to a classic gaming experience.
Why similar: Programming 35.2% ★, Automation 20.7%, Hacking 12.7% ★, Logic 10.9%, Education 5.8%
You’re a machine learning specialist who makes neural networks but your cat seems to be better at it. Now you must solve puzzles to build a cat-to-human translation system (who knows what else this cat is capable of!). Earn a fortune, buy kickass cat outfits, learn how machine learning really works!
Why similar: Programming 55.8% ★, Science 16.7%, Education 9.5%, Puzzle 7.2%, Simulation 5.3%
2D automation factory game, set in an chinese ancient fantasy world, semi-realistic art style with puzzle-solving, programming, and visual novel elements. play as a Soul Seal Master, Craft Soul Seals, optimize production to meet time, financial, or spatial constraints.
Why similar: Programming 42.5% ★, Automation 30.2%, Immersive Sim 9.7%, Logic 6.9%, Puzzle 6.2%
Cyber Warrior is a hacking simulator where you play as an ex retired bureau agent recruited back to take on a powerful criminal organization. Explore dozens of interactive desktops, navigate 200+ in-game websites, solve puzzles, customize your setup and make decisions that will shape a new cyber age
Why similar: Programming 34.1% ★, Hacking 25.4% ★, Investigation 11.1%, Logic 10.4%, Mystery 5.9%
Hexahedra is a puzzle game about beautiful efficiency. Design, program, and optimize factories to build cubes, used galaxy-wide as crates, satellite housing, even chic coffins. Rewind the action to hunt for improvements. Compete with friends, and help a tiny octopus with a nightmare family visit.
Why similar: Programming 41.1% ★, Automation 23.3%, Logic 13.5%, Puzzle 8%, Education 6.6%
Visual Programming Puzzle game inspired by Spacechem and other Zachtronics games.
Why similar: Programming 42.5% ★, Automation 30.7%, Logic 15.1%, Puzzle 8.4%, Simulation 3.2%
Program your team of AIs to infiltrate corporation servers and find your brother Hermann. This game is about the fun of coding and optimization. There is always something to improve.
Why similar: Programming 39.4% ★, Hacking 18.8% ★, Automation 18.1%, Logic 11.8%, Puzzle 7%
A sci-fi management game where you build and optimize your computer's system from the ground up. Connect and configure interconnected nodes to efficiently download, process, and upload files. Manage your setup, solve system challenges, and become the ultimate system architect
Why similar: Programming 31.7% ★, Automation 28.7%, Hacking 13.9% ★, Logic 8.5%, Simulation 6.2%
Infinifactory is a sandbox puzzle game by Zachtronics, the creators of SpaceChem and Infiniminer. Build factories that assemble products for your alien overlords, and try not to die in the process.
Why similar: Programming 41.4% ★, Automation 27.5%, Puzzle 11.6%, Logic 6.2%, Sci-fi 4.6%
ZIRQUITZ is a chill yet deep graph-building game. Build and optimize an evolving graph of nodes to produce “Work,” your resource for upgrades and expansion. Discover synergy, power up your network, and unlock endless potential!
Why similar: Programming 21.3% ★, Automation 20.1%, Hacking 18.4% ★, Science 11%, Immersive Sim 9.3%
