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Games Like Prime Mover

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Logic, Programming, Puzzle, Indie.

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Retrace the path of the Prime Mover to uncover the story of the Byte of Burden! Prime Mover is an open-ended puzzle game about designing circuit boards.

Reviews: Very Positive — 89% — of 214 reviews
Released: 2018-05-21
Developer: 4Bit Games
Genres: Indie, Simulation
Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
Median playtime: 3.4 hrs
Mean playtime: 6.4 hrs
Players ≥ 1 hr: 87%

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    Why similar: Programming 78.5%, Puzzle 7.7%, Simulation 4.6%, Difficult 4.3%, Education 2.4%

  2. #2 7 Billion Humans
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    Dev: Zachtronics
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 61%

    BUILD CIRCUITS. WRITE CODE. RTFM.

    Why similar: Programming 75.7%, Puzzle 7.2%, Simulation 5%, Difficult 4.3%, Education 4.2%

  4. #4 Human Resource Machine
    79% matchVery Positive94% of 4,611 reviews2015
    Dev: Tomorrow Corporation
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%

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    78% matchVery Positive92% of 5,056 reviews2011
    Dev: Zachtronics
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 66%

    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!

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  6. #6 Opus Magnum
    77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 6,663 reviews2017
    Dev: Zachtronics
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%

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    Windows · Mac · Linux
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    76% matchVery Positive89% of 678 reviews2019
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 52%

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    Why similar: Programming 57.3%, Simulation 14.9%, Puzzle 12.1%, Science 11%, Indie 3.7%

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    77% matchVery Positive89% of 432 reviews2017
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
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    73% matchVery Positive95% of 1,850 reviews2018
    Dev: Zachtronics
    Windows · Mac · Linux
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    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.

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  11. #11 LogicBots
    74% matchMostly Positive79% of 184 reviews2017
    Dev: Incandescent Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Design, build and wire up your own unique robot to complete challenging logic puzzles. LogicBots is a puzzle game where robots are used to complete the various levels.

    Why similar: Programming 63.8%, Simulation 15.6%, Puzzle 9.3%, Education 6.3%, Indie 5%

  12. #12 Infinifactory
    72% matchVery Positive95% of 2,457 reviews2015
    Dev: Zachtronics
    Windows · Mac · Linux
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  13. #13 Baba Is You
    70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 23,675 reviews2019
    Dev: Hempuli Oy
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%

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    Windows · Mac · Linux
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    Windows · Mac
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    Windows · Mac
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
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    54% matchVery Positive95% of 2,787 reviews2014
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    50% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,193 reviews2023
    Dev: BunstackPub: Abiding Bridge
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    The buns... you HAVE to capture them!! Think outside the bunburrow or get outsmarted by bunnies in this cute pathfinding-based puzzle game!

    Why similar: Puzzle 35.8%, Difficult 30.8%, Pixel Graphics 16%, Indie 12.7%, Singleplayer 4.6%

  58. #58 Cyber Sentinel
    55% matchPositive88% of 42 reviews2016
    Dev: mindhelix.pl
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Experience the hacker's side of cyberpunk in Cyber Sentinel! This design-based puzzle game features a complete visual programming kit for designing your own viruses.

    Why similar: Programming 60.9%, Puzzle 10.9%, Education 9.7%, Indie 8.9%, Simulation 8.5%

  59. #59 Void Stranger
    50% matchVery Positive91% of 3,260 reviews2023
    Dev: System Erasure
    Windows
    Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    Place your faith and embrace the Void.

    Why similar: Puzzle 40.1%, Great Soundtrack 25.4%, Indie 12%, Difficult 11.3%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%

  60. #60 Silicon Zeroes
    54% matchVery Positive88% of 281 reviews2017
    Dev: PleasingFungus Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    Build hardware. Solve puzzles. From the creator of Manufactoria, a new open-ended puzzle game set in Silicon Valley's first startup.

    Why similar: Programming 57.5%, Simulation 14.9%, Puzzle 8.5%, Education 6.6%, Indie 5.9%

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