
Help a sentient robot escape an oppressive society through your abilities to hack and reprogram devices & automatons in the world
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Programming, Robots, Puzzle, Singleplayer.

Help a sentient robot escape an oppressive society through your abilities to hack and reprogram devices & automatons in the world

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In a future where food is the ultimate symbol of status, you are a recipe programming technician for a ruthless aristocracy. Create, test and optimize your culinary machines in this deliciously dark zach-like!

Assignment 42
Assignment 42 is a strategic, puzzle-based experience set in a maze of superstructure interiors. Progress by programming a machine to handle fried electrics and fires while you, with the guidance of your partner operator, evacuate every civilian and investigate who is behind the disaster.
In a future where food is the ultimate symbol of status, you are a recipe programming technician for a ruthless aristocracy. Create, test and optimize your culinary machines in this deliciously dark zach-like!
Why similar: Programming 29.2% ★, Cyberpunk 17.8%, Robots 17.1%, Automation 11.4%, Logic 7.1%
Assignment 42 is a strategic, puzzle-based experience set in a maze of superstructure interiors. Progress by programming a machine to handle fried electrics and fires while you, with the guidance of your partner operator, evacuate every civilian and investigate who is behind the disaster.
Why similar: Programming 31.8% ★, Robots 18.5%, Artificial Intelligence 14.5%, Automation 10.7%, Logic 8.6%
Discover the mysteries of Latmos with block coding. Learn about the cultural heritage and history of humanity while preparing for the future.
Why similar: Programming 32% ★, Robots 18.9%, Puzzle Platformer 10.7%, Isometric 8.8%, Logic 8.4%
An isometric puzzle game, that makes you think like a programmer.
Why similar: Programming 31.7% ★, Robots 14.9%, Isometric 10%, Artificial Intelligence 9.6%, Logic 8.2%
Build working robots by wiring visual signal graphs, then watch, diagnose, and tune them in deterministic simulations. Grow a repair shop from its first piston to PID control, autonomous navigation, robot arms, and a walking humanoid.
Why similar: Programming 42.1% ★, Robots 20.2%, Automation 11.4%, Artificial Intelligence 10.2%, Puzzle 6.6%
Program robots in Python to collect the resources scattered across each planet. You never control them directly. You write the code, hit run, and watch it work. No programming experience needed, just learn as you play.
Why similar: Programming 38.3% ★, Robots 16.5%, Artificial Intelligence 12.7%, Automation 12.7%, Logic 8.6%
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 35.6% ★, Puzzle Platformer 16.3%, Automation 13.6%, Puzzle 8%, Strategy 6.5%
Hack and optimize inefficient elevators in Elegorithm, a Sci-Fi simulation. Connect nodes to build custom algorithms and route endless passenger waves. Clear strict wait time and power targets to upgrade your system. If floors overflow, your hack is detected—game over!
Why similar: Programming 39.9% ★, Cyberpunk 18.7%, Automation 13.5%, Futuristic 7.8%, Puzzle 7.4%
Write code that looks and feels just like Python to guide Gizmo through hazardous mazes, devious puzzles, and procedurally generated runs that push you, and your code, to the limit. Learn to code, climb the leaderboards, and customize your robo-homie.
Why similar: Programming 36.8% ★, Artificial Intelligence 14.1%, Robots 12.8%, Automation 11.5%, Logic 8.6%
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 53.7% ★, Robots 16%, Puzzle 9.9%, Sci-fi 9.6%, Logic 8%
Drag & Drop Various Action Blocks to Guide The Robot to The End of The Level!
Why similar: Programming 43.9% ★, Robots 18.3%, Logic 12.8%, Puzzle 9.4%, Sci-fi 6.8%
Dive into Model Human, where platforming meets programming. Solve puzzles, learn coding basics, and guide protagonists to freedom in a visually striking world. Are you ready for this innovative gaming experience?
Why similar: Programming 48.5% ★, Robots 24.3%, Puzzle Platformer 14.5%, Futuristic 7.9%, Sci-fi 3.6%
An automation farming game where you teach a robot through demonstrations instead of writing code. Train its neural network, then watch it adapt to similar situations. Teach. Train. Deploy. Fix. Expand. Repeat.
Why similar: Programming 36.1% ★, Robots 19.4%, Artificial Intelligence 15.6%, Automation 15.4%, Strategy 5%
Tokyo holds the last remnants of human life. All our pilots are dead; you are our sole surviving AI. Commandeer a fleet of dormant mechas via an ancient backup protocol. Inject assembly code, optimize sparse memory, and achieve absolute annihilation. Never forget that The Core is observing you.
Why similar: Programming 48.9% ★, Robots 19.8%, Automation 7.9%, Puzzle 7.7%, Logic 6.7%
Test your wits on the unique “loop mechanic” with single player or co-op multiplayer.
Why similar: Programming 35.2% ★, Robots 22.1%, Artificial Intelligence 17%, Automation 12.8%, Puzzle 5.3%
Join SirKwitz on another coding adventure in this edutainment puzzle game. Manage instructions, execute functions and loops, and navigate Booleans as you code this quirky robot through each challenge.
Why similar: Programming 38.5% ★, Robots 21.4%, Automation 14%, Isometric 11.1%, Puzzle 7.3%
Is this a nascent ego—or just a nasty bug? Crash headfirst into cuddles, comfort, and maybe even love in this short visual novel about robots and the human heart.
Why similar: Programming 24.9% ★, Robots 19.9%, Artificial Intelligence 19.2%, Cyberpunk 14.8%, Sci-fi 8.5%
Manufactoria 2022 is a constructive puzzle game about pushing robots around. (It's okay, they don't complain.) Use simple parts to engineer solutions to open-ended problems, then rebuild 'em better! Take a company from your backyard to the soaring heights of success! How hard could it be?
Why similar: Programming 39.1% ★, Robots 21.3%, Automation 14.5%, Logic 10.8%, Puzzle 7.7%
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 41.7% ★, Automation 11.8%, Cyberpunk 11.3%, Robots 9%, Puzzle Platformer 7.1%
String Rush is a puzzle-platformer where you don't control your avatar in real time, but you have to enter the movement commands (input) inside a string and execute them all together.
Why similar: Programming 30.5% ★, Robots 18.5%, Puzzle Platformer 12.9%, Logic 11.2%, Puzzle 7.5%
Exception is a game about AI programming. During the game, the player assists the units to defeat their enemies in the virtual world. However, the player needs to control the units by programming instead of controlling them directly.
Why similar: Programming 58.8% ★, Robots 26.9%, Strategy 11.8%, Indie 2.5%
An easy to start programming puzzle game where you design Artificial Intelligence with symbols, to control robot cubes and build space pyramids. Inspired by SpaceChem, Lightbot, Human Resource Machine and the Redstone from Minecraft. A game 99% made by one guy.
Why similar: Programming 47.7% ★, Robots 15.8%, Artificial Intelligence 12.6%, Logic 8.7%, Puzzle 6.9%
Program three distinct towers with readable visual logic, then solve handcrafted tower-defense puzzles where placement, line of sight and every code block matter. No programming experience required.
Why similar: Programming 44.1% ★, Automation 14.5%, Logic 10.4%, Robots 10.2%, Tactical 7%
A clever grid-based puzzler about thinking ahead: queue movement commands for a hungry animal, watch them execute, and debug your route when things go wrong. Each level introduces new mechanics like keys, switches, hazards, and jumps, turning simple paths into satisfying logic challenges.
Why similar: Programming 52.4% ★, Logic 11.6%, Puzzle 10.5%, Automation 10.2%, Isometric 8.1%
Uncover your hidden programming talent! Code your own robots with simple instructions to explore 40+ logical based puzzles.
Why similar: Programming 48.2% ★, Automation 15.6%, Logic 10.9%, Robots 10.2%, Puzzle 8.9%
This is a puzzle game platform, focused on completing each level using programming.
Why similar: Programming 30% ★, Puzzle Platformer 15.7%, Puzzle 9.6%, Futuristic 9.2%, Logic 8.5%
Short game about solving wire puzzles with an adorable robot protagonist. Solve various puzzles involving cords, electrical wires, lasers and more. Pick up plugs and place them in sockets to open doors and turn on devices. Complete over 30 handcrafted stages.
Why similar: Robots 26.7%, Artificial Intelligence 24.6%, Isometric 13.1%, Sci-fi 10.3%, Puzzle 7.6%
Gary will do exactly what you tell him. Write code to grow unusual plants, solve increasingly complex problems, and build a garden that runs itself. Unlock new tools, expand your operation, and put a team of robots to work.
Why similar: Programming 44% ★, Robots 21.4%, Automation 13.8%, Logic 8.8%, Puzzle 4.9%
Tactical puzzle game where you need to program your robots to finish the task.
Why similar: Programming 39.1% ★, Robots 22.9%, Logic 9.3%, Sci-fi 8.8%, Puzzle 6.6%
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 59% ★, Automation 18.8%, Puzzle 9.2%, Strategy 5.8%, Casual 3.6%
Build and program customizable robots using simple logic systems to overcome clever grid-based challenges and help Robby reunite with his friends.
Why similar: Programming 34.4% ★, Robots 26.3%, Logic 13.3%, Puzzle 10.3%, Automation 10%
Set in a post-apocalyptic future, The Signal State puts your logic skills to the test with complex puzzles inspired by modular synthesizers. Repair machines, rebuild an abandoned farm, and be part of a revolution that will change the fate of agriculture once and for all.
Why similar: Programming 36.5% ★, Automation 13.2%, Logic 11.4%, Robots 10.8%, Cyberpunk 9.6%
Factory Rally Madness mixes real time action racing with puzzles and reasoning, inspired by robot programming. Robots race through factories trying to reach objectives points, having their movements programmed while racing. Chaotic, crazy, casual and also not so casual gaming.
Why similar: Programming 35.7% ★, Robots 21.1%, Logic 9.4%, Tactical 7.6%, Futuristic 6.9%
If your're into logic, problem-solving and building complex systems, then this is a game for you. All the fun of creating systems, using a visual node language, without worring about written syntax of text based programming. Learn real programming skills much faster in a explosions packed battle.
Why similar: Programming 40% ★, Robots 19.3%, Automation 14.3%, Logic 8.7%, Puzzle 7.6%
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 42.5% ★, Robots 20.7%, Logic 10.8%, Automation 10.2%, Puzzle 8.1%
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 47.1% ★, Automation 16.8%, Logic 11.8%, Puzzle 8.1%, Futuristic 7.3%
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 56.6% ★, Cyberpunk 15.2%, Automation 11.7%, Puzzle 7.6%, Logic 7.6%
A sci-fi precision puzzle-platformer where every death becomes a tool. Replay ghost echoes of your past runs to manipulate machinery, solve intricate timing puzzles, and escape a deadly research facility.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 18%, Artificial Intelligence 16.9%, Puzzle Platformer 14.7%, Robots 12.2%, Strategy 11.7%
The story takes place in a future company called "RavenTek". R.O.O.T. - A grid, unit, and signal based computing system. Move the units to create signal links, transmit the signals, and activate other units to generate benefits. Are the benefits generated all for the company, or...?
Why similar: Programming 66.3% ★, Puzzle 12%, Puzzle Platformer 6.2%, Logic 5.5%, Sci-fi 3.4%
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 49.3% ★, Robots 21.3%, Logic 11.6%, Puzzle 8.2%, Sci-fi 7.7%
BUILD CIRCUITS. WRITE CODE. RTFM.
Why similar: Programming 68.2% ★, Automation 14.6%, Logic 9.4%, Puzzle 6.8%, Indie 0.7%
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 56.9% ★, Automation 18.6%, Puzzle 13.2%, Logic 9.4%, Indie 1.4%
Solve logic puzzles and obstacle courses in this robot simulation game! Immerse yourself in the exciting world of robotics and programming! Create your own robot, connect logic blocks and teach it to solve challenging tasks!
Why similar: Programming 45.6% ★, Robots 25.1%, Logic 13.3%, Puzzle 9.8%, Futuristic 4.9%
U.V.S. Nirmana is a engineering puzzle game from Coincidence, the creators of Kaizen: A Factory Story and the inventors of the Zach-like. Set off on the Unreturning Void Ship Nirmana as it continues a journey of uncountable eons toward the edge of the universe.
Why similar: Programming 57.3% ★, Logic 11.8%, Puzzle 8.9%, Automation 7.6%, Strategy 4.8%
You are a malfunctioning AI. Find ways to kill your master while respecting your laws. Craft commands word by word, and outsmart Alice by finding loopholes.
Why similar: Programming 41.1% ★, Artificial Intelligence 21.4%, Logic 12.9%, Puzzle 8.6%, Sci-fi 6%
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 53.6% ★, Automation 8.9%, Puzzle 8.4%, Logic 8%, Strategy 7.7%
Write real code in a Python-like language to control one machine that copies itself. Then watch a thousand copies of your program eat a world. A single-player programming incremental game about self-replicating machines.
Why similar: Programming 47.9% ★, Automation 15.1%, Artificial Intelligence 11.6%, Logic 9.6%, Sci-fi 6.5%
A colony sim engineering sandbox where every robot is driven by a simulated 6502 CPU. Write and debug real assembly code to automate mining, power grids, logistics, and defense against alien swarms. Master systems programming to conquer lethal alien worlds.
Why similar: Programming 43.6% ★, Robots 16.5%, Artificial Intelligence 13.7%, Automation 13.1%, Strategy 4.9%
Dive into the exciting adventure and conquer your own business in SPACE MINING COMPANY - a world of limitless possibilities! Prepare to scour the solar system for precious ores and sell them for profit.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 27.1%, Robots 19.8%, Puzzle Platformer 17.8%, Puzzle 9.7%, Sci-fi 8.9%
Command the Nimbatus and craft drones out of hundreds of different parts. Survive unknown threats in a fully destructible, procedural universe, compete against other players in different arenas or enjoy complete creative freedom in the sandbox.
Why similar: Programming 32.2% ★, Robots 20.2%, Automation 9.4%, Logic 8.7%, Sci-fi 8.4%
2D automation factory game, set in an chinese ancient fantasy world,play as a sigil Master,puzzle-solving, programming, optimize production to meet time, financial, or spatial constraints.
Why similar: Programming 49.1% ★, Automation 19.6%, Puzzle Platformer 9.7%, Strategy 7.2%, Puzzle 6.9%
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 73.3% ★, Puzzle 10.1%, Automation 7.5%, Logic 4.2%, Casual 2.8%
Program a robot and save the hostages! Use guns, lasers, explosions, and even the environment in this tactical programming puzzle game. No prior programming knowledge required.
Why similar: Programming 68.5% ★, Logic 14.9%, Puzzle 10.5%, Strategy 4.1%, Singleplayer 1.1%
An ultra-precise 2D platformer where you give robots instructions instead of directly controlling them. Master the campaign levels or create and share your own. “It’s Mario Maker with coding” - Lewis Brindley, Yogscast.
Why similar: Programming 51% ★, Robots 16.1%, Automation 9.3%, Logic 9.1%, Futuristic 7.7%
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 55.4% ★, Puzzle 16.5%, Logic 10.3%, Automation 9.2%, Sci-fi 5.5%
It's the easiest game in the world. If you like green and hate red, know how to unlock doors with keys, and can connect circles with lines, you can beat the game very easily.
Why similar: Programming 34.4% ★, Cyberpunk 34.2%, Puzzle 14%, Sci-fi 9.4%, Casual 6.3%
The fear of artificial intelligence is nothing new, but will it always be for the bad? Solve puzzles and follow the creator's and creator's conversation during the testing phase, until the moment they are interrupted by external matters.
Why similar: Programming 44.4% ★, Artificial Intelligence 13.9%, Logic 12.5%, Puzzle 8.6%, Robots 7.3%
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 76.1% ★, Puzzle 9.8%, Logic 7.2%, Automation 4.9%, Indie 1.3%
Program a crew of tiny robots to turn a frozen planet into a living world. Connect visual code blocks, automate crafting, and build a workforce that fuels itself. Keep the heat flowing, refine your machines, and watch your ideas come to life.
Why similar: Programming 44.4% ★, Robots 22.5%, Automation 15.5%, Puzzle 7.5%, Strategy 4.5%
A cozy coding game. An AI made Code City forget how its own code works – and the city went dark. Find the bugs, close the gaps, and bring it back to life one line at a time.
Why similar: Programming 44.9% ★, Artificial Intelligence 15%, Logic 10.1%, Dialogue Heavy 9.4%, Puzzle 8.4%