- #1 Human Resource Machine
97% matchVery Positive94% of 4,614 reviews2015
Dev: Tomorrow Corporation
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Program little office workers to solve puzzles. Be a good employee! The machines are coming... for your job. From the creators of World of Goo and Little Inferno.
Why similar: Programming 68.9% ★, Education 13%, Puzzle 9.7%, Indie 4.7%, Great Soundtrack 2.4%
Why You'll Like It: It uses a visual programming interface to solve office-themed puzzles, making it a perfect next step for fans of Algotica's logic mechanics.
- #2 Logicats
96% matchVery Positive99% of 67 reviews2023
Dev: Fernando AraujoPub: INK EYE Games
Windows
Logicats is a beginner-friendly programming game. Learn programming concepts through reading code in a fun and effective way. Perfect for classrooms or at home. Start your programming journey today!
Why similar: Programming 67.8% ★, Puzzle 13.2%, Family Friendly 6.5%, Indie 6.3%, Education 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: A very accessible puzzle game that uses cat-themed logic challenges to teach fundamental programming concepts to beginners.
- #3 Algo Bot
96% matchVery Positive82% of 187 reviews2018
Dev: Fishing CactusPub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Algo Bot is puzzle game that takes place deep inside the Europa, a pan-galactic colonisation ship, where a recycling mission goes horribly wrong. Use your algorithm special skills to command Algo Bot, a service droid, and help PAL, a cantankerous line manager, to contain the crisis.
Why similar: Programming 77% ★, Puzzle 14.1%, Indie 9%
Why You'll Like It: This game shares the exact same premise of using programming commands to guide a cute robot through a series of logic-based puzzles.
- #4 7 Billion Humans
95% matchVery Positive94% of 2,088 reviews2018
Dev: Tomorrow Corporation
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Automate swarms of office workers to solve puzzles inside your very own parallel computer made of people. A thrilling followup to the award winning Human Resource Machine. Now with more humans!
Why similar: Programming 69.5% ★, Education 10.1%, Puzzle 9.2%, Great Soundtrack 4.9%, Indie 4.4%
Why You'll Like It: As the sequel to Human Resource Machine, it expands on the programming puzzle concept with more complex multi-threaded logic challenges.
- #5 Turing Complete
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,092 reviews2021
Dev: LevelHead
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Learn CPU architecture with puzzles
Why similar: Programming 62.9% ★, Education 18.1%, Hacking 11.5% ★, Puzzle 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a deep dive into computer architecture and logic gates, perfect for players who want to understand how code actually interacts with hardware.
- #6 while True: learn()
93% matchVery Positive91% of 8,061 reviews2019
Dev: Luden.io
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 67.9% ★, Education 20.8%, Puzzle 8.4%, Indie 2.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game teaches the basics of machine learning and visual programming in a lighthearted, accessible, and colorful environment.
- #7 Baba Is You
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 23,702 reviews2019
Dev: Hempuli Oy
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Baba Is You is a puzzle game where the rules you have to follow are present as blocks you can interact with. By manipulating them, you can change how the game works, repurpose things you find in the levels and cause surprising interactions!
Why similar: Programming 50.5% ★, Puzzle 25.9%, Indie 9.7%, Great Soundtrack 7.3%, Cute 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: While not traditional programming, it forces players to manipulate the rules of the game world using logic, which is the heart of coding.
- #8 SirKwitz
91% matchVery Positive94% of 86 reviews2024
Dev: Predict Edumedia
Windows
Dive into SirKwitz: a beginner-friendly edutainment game that makes learning programming easy & fun! Explore 28 puzzles across four topics to master the very core concepts behind programming and develop your problem-solving skills. Ideal for those that think coding & programming are scary words!
Why similar: Programming 57.5% ★, Education 27%, Puzzle 10.9%, Indie 2.7%, Cute 2%
Why You'll Like It: A logic-heavy simulation game that focuses on education and puzzle-solving within a structured programming framework.
- #9 Robo Do It
94% matchMostly Positive70% of 57 reviews2017
Dev: Angel CarriolaPub: Glossware Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Robo Do It is a funny game to learn logic programming without writing code by building scripts to program robots in each level. The goal is to find the best solution to create an algorithm that takes these robots into victory capsules.
Why similar: Adventure 39.6%, Indie 30.7%, Puzzle 29.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on simple command-based navigation for robots, mirroring the core movement mechanics found in Algotica.
- #10 Star Stuff
90% matchVery Positive99% of 180 reviews2024
Dev: Ánimo Games StudioPub: Astra Logical
Windows · Mac
Star Stuff is a deceptively cute programming puzzle game. Program and work alongside bots to tackle the most important (and undoubtedly safest) task in the galaxy: fixing a star factory. Ready for your first day on the job?
Why similar: Programming 64.6% ★, Puzzle 12.8%, Adventure 9.4%, Cute 4.4%, Indie 3.6%
Why You'll Like It: This puzzle game features a unique 'programming' mechanic where you record and loop actions to solve environmental challenges.
- #11 Else Heart.Break()
91% matchMixed67% of 829 reviews2015
Dev: Erik SvedängPub: Erik Svedäng AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 37%
A game about friendship, love and technology in a place where bits have replaced atoms.
Why similar: Programming 56.5% ★, Hacking 24.3% ★, Adventure 6.8%, Great Soundtrack 5.2%, Indie 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world adventure where you can modify the source code of almost every object in the game to solve problems.
- #12 Hacknet
89% matchVery Positive94% of 25,824 reviews2015
Dev: Team Fractal AlligatorPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Hacknet is an immersive, terminal-based hacking simulator for PC. Dive down a rabbit hoIe as you follow the instructions of a recently deceased hacker, whose death may not have been the accident the media reports.
Why similar: Hacking 70.4% ★, Programming 16.5% ★, Education 5.2%, Great Soundtrack 3.6%, Adventure 1.7%
Why You'll Like It: An immersive terminal-based hacking simulator that uses real-world command-line logic to progress through a compelling narrative.
- #13 Prime Mover
89% matchVery Positive89% of 214 reviews2018
Dev: 4Bit Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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.
Why similar: Programming 66.7% ★, Puzzle 11.3%, Education 9.8%, Indie 7.1%, Great Soundtrack 5.1%
Why You'll Like It: A puzzle game focused on designing circuit boards and logic systems, appealing to those who enjoy the technical side of programming.
- #14 Autonauts
86% matchVery Positive90% of 4,915 reviews2019
Dev: DenkiPub: Curve Games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
In Autonauts you must build, create, and automate. Start by establishing a colony, crafting bots and teaching them via Scratch-style programming to build an ever evolving autonomous paradise of agriculture, industry and enlightenment.
Why similar: Programming 88.1% ★, Indie 7.7%, Cute 4.2%
Why You'll Like It: It combines colony simulation with a visual programming language to automate tasks, providing a satisfying long-term application of coding logic.
- #15 Rogue Bit
88% matchVery Positive89% of 122 reviews2018
Dev: Bigosaur
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 48.7% ★, Hacking 24.8% ★, Education 12.1%, Indie 7.4%, Puzzle 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: A clever puzzle game where you manipulate the game's own code to overcome obstacles and progress through levels.
- #16 SpaceChem
87% matchVery Positive92% of 5,057 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!
Why similar: Programming 66.2% ★, Puzzle 19.6%, Great Soundtrack 6.5%, Indie 5%, Education 2.7%
Why You'll Like It: This puzzle game requires players to design chemical assembly lines using a visual programming language, offering a challenging but rewarding experience.
- #17 JOY OF PROGRAMMING - Software Engineering Simulator
84% matchMostly Positive78% of 349 reviews2025
Dev: Prof. SchererPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 43%
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 54.3% ★, Hacking 20.1% ★, Education 17.7%, Puzzle 8%
Why You'll Like It: This simulation focuses on the practical aspects of software engineering and automation in a puzzle-solving context.
- #18 One Dreamer
85% matchVery Positive91% of 430 reviews2022
Dev: F2House
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Manipulate the world around you by editing source code in an adventure game about a burnt out indie game developer's quest to fulfill a lifelong dream.
Why similar: Programming 72.9% ★, Adventure 9.1%, Indie 6.9%, Puzzle 6.8%, Atmospheric 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: A story-rich game that integrates actual coding into its narrative, following a developer's journey to create their dream project.
- #19 Bitburner
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 7,120 reviews2021
Dev: Fulcrum Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 65.8% ★, Hacking 24.6% ★, Education 5.5%, Puzzle 3.6%, Indie 0.5%
Why You'll Like It: A deep, text-based hacking game that encourages players to write actual scripts to automate their in-game activities.
- #20 Super Markup Man
86% matchVery Positive82% of 125 reviews2016
Dev: Roppy Chop Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Learn HTML and CSS through a 2D puzzle platformer! Carry and place real web tags, solve logic-based levels, and build your own web page templates. No coding needed!
Why similar: Programming 49.4% ★, Education 20.4%, Hacking 19.5% ★, Family Friendly 5.7%, Puzzle 5%
Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer that uses markup and coding concepts to navigate levels and solve logic-based puzzles.
- #21 Quantum Odyssey
81% matchVery Positive94% of 108 reviews2025
Dev: Quarks Interactive
Windows
Master the most counter-intuitive logic in existence. Created by the researchers who defined Quantum Literacy, explore an open-ended puzzle world where you craft real quantum algorithms, solve 500+ challenges, hack other players asynchronously, and gain insights textbooks can’t provide.
Why similar: Programming 48.2% ★, Hacking 25% ★, Education 18.5%, Puzzle 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: An educational puzzle game that teaches quantum computing concepts through visual logic and programming challenges.
- #22 Calculator: The Game
82% matchVery Positive96% of 76 reviews2023
Dev: Kurtiswow
Windows
Calculator: The Game is an adorable puzzle game where you save the world with your calculator and Clicky, the chatty assistant. Solve the mystery of Clicky through 200 hand crafted puzzles by adding, subtracting, deleting, and reversing numbers. Oh, and portals, did I mention there are portals?
Why similar: Programming 44.4% ★, Education 23%, Puzzle 11%, Adventure 8.8%, Funny 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: A casual, cute puzzle game that uses arithmetic and logic to reach specific numbers, echoing the simplicity of Algotica.
- #23 ServiceIT: You can do IT
80% matchMixed60% of 582 reviews2025
Dev: picture4uPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 71%
⚡️Fix electronics 📈manage firm 💻challenge the hacker... ServiceIT is a simulation game where you run a full-service IT company to engage in tasks like diagnosing, repairing equipment, network infiltration, programming, server management while an Anonymous hacker keeps sabotaging it all.
Why similar: Programming 43.3% ★, Hacking 23.8% ★, Education 17.3%, Family Friendly 4.9%, Puzzle 4.1%
Why You'll Like It: A simulation game that teaches the basics of IT infrastructure and hacking through hands-on technical tasks.
- #24 Quadrilateral Cowboy
83% matchVery Positive92% of 993 reviews2016
Dev: Blendo Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 55%
When you have a top-of-the-line hacking deck armed with a 56.6k modem and a staggering 256k RAM, it means just one thing: you answer only to the highest bidder.
Why similar: Programming 49.6% ★, Hacking 31.1% ★, Adventure 7.1%, Puzzle 5.1%, Atmospheric 4%
Why You'll Like It: This game features a unique hacking mechanic where players use a portable computer to write code that interacts with the environment.
- #25 hackmud
82% matchMostly Positive77% of 841 reviews2016
Dev: ComCODE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 66.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
hackmud is a retro cyberpunk RPG where you play a digital persona in a chaotic, unpredictable, and often goofy abandoned internet. Enter a 90s hacker movie filled with scripts, scams, and sabotage. Explore the world of digital secrets and forge your legacy through cunning, creativity, or disruption.
Why similar: Programming 52% ★, Hacking 30.8% ★, Puzzle 6.4%, Education 5.5%, Indie 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer hacking simulator that allows players to write their own scripts to interact with other users and the game world.
- #26 Learn Programming: Python - Retro
81% matchMixed69% of 59 reviews2021
Dev: Niema Moshiri
Windows
A terminal-based game for learning and practicing how to program in Python.
Why similar: Programming 74.3% ★, Education 22.7%, Indie 3%
Why You'll Like It: A tutorial-focused game that provides a structured, text-based introduction to the Python programming language.
- #27 Retro Gadgets
77% matchVery Positive90% of 505 reviews2022
Dev: Licorice ehf
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 60.7 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Retro Gadgets is a sandbox where you build, code, and customize gadgets inspired by old-school electronics.
Why similar: Programming 53.2% ★, Education 21.3%, Hacking 15.4% ★, Puzzle 9.1%, Indie 1%
- #28 I hate this game
78% matchVery Positive93% of 2,531 reviews2019
Dev: Pixel Error
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
I hate this game is a logic game, where gameplay changes every level. Solve crazy puzzles and use forgotten functions of your PC! Be attentive, interact with everything that you see on the screen.
Why similar: Programming 29.3% ★, Hacking 23.6% ★, Great Soundtrack 17.6%, Puzzle 13.9%, Indie 9.3%
- #29 Pierre's Adventures in French [Learn French]
78% matchVery Positive96% of 80 reviews2022
Dev: Rocket Boy Games
Windows
Want to improve your French? Need a break from flash cards and listening exercises? Ready to put what you've already learned into practice? Félicitations ! This is the game for you.
Why similar: Education 46%, Puzzle 18.6%, Adventure 17.7%, Family Friendly 9.2%, Cute 7.1%
- #30 A Good Snowman Is Hard To Build
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,148 reviews2015
Dev: Alan HazeldenPub: Draknek & Friends
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 60%
An adorable puzzle game about being a monster and making snowmen.
Why similar: Puzzle 32.3%, Great Soundtrack 25.2%, Cute 17.6%, Family Friendly 14.8%, Atmospheric 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: While not explicitly about programming, its grid-based puzzle design requires the same kind of spatial and logical planning found in Algotica.
- #31 Patch me if you can
72% matchVery Positive99% of 223 reviews2025
Dev: Ah Shot ChuPub: Jungle Game Lab
Windows
Patch me if you can is a puzzle adventure where you dive into a game world and manipulate objects however you want. Equip blocks to shrink boulders, move the sun, and thwart Lord's conspiracy. This broken world needs your 'patch'!
Why similar: Programming 56.6% ★, Puzzle 15.5%, Funny 9.2%, Cute 7.4%, Adventure 6.9%
- #32 Electrogical
73% matchVery Positive94% of 68 reviews2024
Dev: kinjoPub: Phoenixx Inc.
Windows
"Jigsaw Puzzle + Arithmetic" is a casual yet engaging game that appeals to puzzle gamers who enjoy immersive experiences. Customize your gameplay by rearranging "piece placement," "number manipulation," and "score selection" to aim for a high score in each stage.
Why similar: Programming 62.6% ★, Education 21%, Puzzle 12.1%, Cute 4.3%
- #33 TAL: Arctic
79% matchMixed57% of 99 reviews2018
Dev: Snkl Studio
Windows
TAL: Arctic - In this game you need help an unknown creature to go in the magic portal across many mazes.
Why similar: Education 20.7%, Adventure 19.5%, Indie 15.6%, Great Soundtrack 15.5%, Puzzle 14.6%
- #34 It's Spring Again
77% matchVery Positive92% of 896 reviews2016
Dev: Baba Yaga GamesPub: Sometimes You
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
"It's Spring Again" - an educational game for children ages two and up. It uses game mechanics to teach children about the seasons.
Why similar: Education 47.2%, Family Friendly 23.4%, Indie 21.4%, Cute 8%
- #35 SHENZHEN I/O
75% matchVery Positive95% of 4,421 reviews2016
Dev: Zachtronics
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 61%
BUILD CIRCUITS. WRITE CODE. RTFM.
Why similar: Programming 76.5% ★, Education 8.5%, Puzzle 7.6%, Hacking 2.7% ★, Indie 2.6%
- #36 Hexologic
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,338 reviews2018
Dev: MythicOwl
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Immerse yourself in the beautiful world of Hexologic. Solve challenging, yet rewarding puzzles, listen to relaxing music, dive deep into the game’s atmosphere and fall in love in with Sudoku again!
Why similar: Puzzle 38%, Family Friendly 16.3%, Great Soundtrack 15.9%, Cute 14.3%, Atmospheric 9.9%
- #37 OCTOPTICOM
76% matchVery Positive95% of 56 reviews2018
Dev: UP DEVELOPMENT LTD.
Windows · Linux
OCTOPTICOM is an open-ended puzzle programming game about designing and optimizing optical computing devices. Use lasers, mirrors, filters and other components to read, transform and write sequences of colored squares.
Why similar: Programming 60% ★, Education 18.9%, Puzzle 11.8%, Indie 9.2%
- #38 interLOGIC
76% matchMostly Positive75% of 51 reviews2017
Dev: phime studio LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 94%
interLOGIC is a simple and atmospheric matching blocks puzzle game.
Why similar: Puzzle 52.4%, Indie 47.6%
- #39 Copy Editor: A RegEx Puzzle
74% matchMixed55% of 58 reviews2021
Dev: Christopher JarvisPub: Cinq-Mars Media
Windows · Mac · Linux
Copy Editor is an intricate puzzle game that teaches you Regular Expressions (RegEx), commonly used in computer science and language theory. Build complex rules that process and revise famous texts for your wacky and demanding publisher!
Why similar: Programming 52.3% ★, Hacking 18.9% ★, Education 16.4%, Puzzle 10.3%, Indie 2.1%
- #40 Replicube
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 610 reviews2025
Dev: Walaber Entertainment LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Replicube is an open-ended programming puzzle game/toy about writing code to replicate 3D voxel-based objects. Solve puzzles, pursue leaderboard glory, or just make art to share with the in-game community.
Why similar: Programming 85.5% ★, Puzzle 14.5%
- #41 Code Romantic
73% matchVery Positive95% of 59 reviews2020
Dev: prettysmart games
Windows · Mac
Code Romantic is a computer science puzzle visual novel wrapped in a science fiction love story.
Why similar: Programming 58.1% ★, Education 22.1%, Puzzle 9.6%, Funny 6.6%, Cute 3.5%
- #42 A Monster's Expedition
71% matchVery Positive95% of 1,579 reviews2020
Dev: Draknek & Friends
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
An adorable and relaxing open world puzzle adventure for monsters who love to learn about humans!
Why similar: Puzzle 26.8%, Adventure 18%, Family Friendly 17.8%, Funny 16.1%, Cute 11.2%
- #43 Pedro's Adventures in Spanish [Learn Spanish]
71% matchVery Positive92% of 171 reviews2021
Dev: Rocket Boy Games
Windows
Want to improve your Spanish? Need a break from flash cards and listening exercises? Ready to put what you've already learned into practice? ¡Felicidades amigos! This is the game for you.
Why similar: Education 57.1%, Adventure 20.1%, Family Friendly 14.7%, Cute 8%
- #44 One Dreamer: Prologue
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 797 reviews2020
Dev: One Dreamer CompanyPub: F2House
Windows · Mac · Linux
Modify the world around you with pseudocode as you journey through blended realities and discover why Frank became a game developer in the first place.
Why similar: Programming 77.5% ★, Adventure 9%, Indie 7.3%, Atmospheric 6.1%
- #45 Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure
67% matchVery Positive93% of 374 reviews2024
Dev: Furniture & Mattress LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Find your way in a world of breezy, thoughtful puzzles, along a charming journey of self-discovery.
Why similar: Puzzle 34.5%, Adventure 27.5%, Funny 15.5%, Atmospheric 15%, Family Friendly 7.5%
- #46 Robot Detour
67% matchVery Positive99% of 191 reviews2024
Dev: Nozomu Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
А fun and innovative puzzle game about a wired robot who delivers batteries to his wireless friends.
Why similar: Puzzle 28.7%, Adventure 18.3%, Indie 15.4%, Cute 13.9%, Funny 12.4%
- #47 Mainlining
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 359 reviews2017
Dev: RebelephantPub: ReadGraves
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
After MI7 has been hacked, your primary goal is to bring a cyber-criminal network to justice. Played entirely from your computer's desktop, Mainlining is a thrilling point and click hacking adventure that features a gripping narrative which will have you hooked from the very first case.
Why similar: Hacking 41.3% ★, Programming 31.5% ★, Adventure 8.2%, Indie 6.9%, Puzzle 6.7%
- #48 Glitchspace
72% matchMostly Positive73% of 374 reviews2016
Dev: Space Budgie
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 19.9 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Glitchspace is about reprogramming the game to solve puzzles. Trapped in an abstract cyberspace world, your way forward uses visual programming to edit environmental geometry, whilst unlocking key programming concepts along the way.
Why similar: Programming 64.5% ★, Hacking 13.4% ★, Puzzle 9.6%, Adventure 6.6%, Indie 5.9%
- #49 HACK_IT
75% matchMostly Negative25% of 145 reviews2016
Dev: Dan_D
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
HACK_IT presents players with a fully immersive hacking experience, you’ll meet characters and find out things you never imagined. Including interactive apps that will give you the power to shutdown servers and retrieve passwords.
Why similar: Hacking 53.1% ★, Adventure 13.6%, Indie 11.4%, Great Soundtrack 10.1%, Puzzle 7.3%
- #50 Pure Logic
67% matchVery Positive93% of 91 reviews2023
Dev: Sigmund Hoien
Windows
Explore logic symbols. Discover the rules. Solve complex puzzles. Feel the power of your logical side!
Why similar: Education 56.5%, Puzzle 27.9%, Indie 8.6%, Family Friendly 7%
- #51 Beglitched
71% matchVery Positive91% of 121 reviews2016
Dev: Hexecutable
Windows · Mac · Linux
Beglitched is a game about insecurity, in our computers and ourselves.
Why similar: Adventure 36.7%, Indie 27.5%, Puzzle 24.1%, Cute 11.6%
- #52 Electronics Puzzle Lab
66% matchVery Positive88% of 69 reviews2024
Dev: Sagitta Studios
Windows
Enter the most advanced challenge laboratory of today's games, where electronics and logic merge into challenges that will captivate your mind and awaken the engineer within you!
Why similar: Education 56.7%, Puzzle 25%, Family Friendly 9.2%, Atmospheric 9%
- #53 Robo Instructus
70% matchVery Positive86% of 73 reviews2019
Dev: Big AB Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Robo Instructus is a puzzle game in which players manoeuvre a robot by issuing instructions via a simple programming language. As players progress through the game they unlock new functions to overcome new puzzles, each of which can be solved in multiple ways.
Why similar: Programming 67.6% ★, Education 17.3%, Puzzle 11.1%, Indie 4%
- #54 So to Speak
63% matchVery Positive98% of 115 reviews2025
Dev: Erik Andersen
Windows · Mac · Linux
Can you learn Japanese by solving puzzles? So to Speak is a game about wandering in Japan, looking at signs, overhearing conversations, and using context clues in the environment to figure out what it all means. No background in Japanese is assumed.
Why similar: Education 47.5%, Puzzle 20.3%, Adventure 12%, Family Friendly 8.4%, Cute 7.2%
- #55 Recursed
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 637 reviews2016
Dev: PortponkyPub: Shambles Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
A puzzle game where the rooms are items and the items are rooms. Get to the goal by moving, rearranging and duplicating rooms and altering the structure of the world.
Why similar: Puzzle 34.5%, Indie 21.4%, Great Soundtrack 20.4%, Adventure 15.9%, Family Friendly 7.9%
- #56 Intuitive Level Design
64% matchVery Positive83% of 52 reviews2025
Dev: Magic Beard Studios
Windows
"Intuitive Level Design" is an interactive course designed for aspiring game developers. Find and activate commentary nodes scattered throughout the game to learn about the core principles of intuitive level design, illustrated with dozens of practical examples. Learn while having fun!
Why similar: Education 77.4%, Adventure 12.9%, Indie 9.7%
- #57 Optika
70% matchVery Positive86% of 344 reviews2016
Dev: PlayZilla.tk
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Discover the world of light physics: play with lasers, prisms, mirrors, magnets and dozens of other optical devices. Explore the world of Optika with Prof. Opticus and his assistant, Sofia! Research and complete more than one hundred challenging puzzles!
Why similar: Adventure 44.3%, Indie 38.1%, Puzzle 17.7%
- #58 Silicon Zeroes
69% 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 53.4% ★, Hacking 18.7% ★, Education 12.1%, Puzzle 8.3%, Indie 7.6%
- #59 Kiko's Apple Adventure
63% matchVery Positive96% of 51 reviews2025
Dev: PawPaw Games
Windows · Mac
Push apples, move the rafts, and outsmart silly enemies in this adorable puzzle adventure!
Why similar: Puzzle 36.2%, Funny 21.5%, Cute 17%, Adventure 15.7%, Indie 9.7%
- #60 Aarik And The Ruined Kingdom
64% matchVery Positive93% of 72 reviews2024
Dev: Shatterproof Games
Windows · Mac
Guide Aarik through wreck and ruin in this relaxing perspective puzzle adventure where the puzzle is your environment. Using your fathers crown repair, rework and rewind to mend your broken world.
Why similar: Puzzle 30.8%, Adventure 20.9%, Family Friendly 16.4%, Cute 15.2%, Atmospheric 9.8%