- #1 Wijita: City of Makers
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wijita
Windows
Tinker with circuits or program a robot in your dream workshop. Open up the door of your workshop and meet your community in Wijita: City of Makers.
Why similar: Hobby Sim 20.2% ★, Programming 14.5% ★, Science 13.3%, Education 12.4%, Building 9.5%
- #2 Logic Arrows
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Artem Yashin
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 24.4% ★, Automation 21.6%, Education 14%, Sandbox 11.4%, Science 10.8%
- #3 The Qubit Factory
96% matchPositive98% of 46 reviews2025
Dev: Logical Basis
Windows · Mac
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 30% ★, Automation 20.5%, Education 12.5%, Science 10.5%, Immersive Sim 8.1%
- #4 Virtual Circuit Board
95% matchVery Positive93% of 305 reviews2023
Dev: Reverie Foundry
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 20.7 hrs≥1hr: 55%
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 25.5% ★, Science 15.8%, Education 15.1%, Automation 14.2%, Sandbox 9.8%
- #5 Main Assembly
94% matchVery Positive83% of 1,338 reviews2021
Dev: Bad Yolk GamesPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 50%
You’re the designer, engineer and architect if you can imagine it you can create it! Construct robots of any shape or size from eight-legged spider bots to eerie UFO contraptions.
Why similar: Programming 20.4% ★, Science 15%, Automation 14.5%, Sandbox 8.7%, Building 8.7%
- #6 Logic World
94% matchVery Positive94% of 353 reviews2021
Dev: Mouse Hat Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 22.9% ★, Automation 14.5%, Science 14.2%, Education 14%, Building 9.3%
- #7 ComPressure
93% matchVery Positive86% of 65 reviews2021
Dev: Charlie Brej
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 24% ★, Automation 18.1%, Science 15.6%, Education 13.6%, Building 9.8%
- #8 Factory Life
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FreeMind S.A.
Windows
Factory Life is a factory simulation from a worker’s perspective, where you start alone in a small garage and grow into a modern manufacturing operation inspired by real-world production hubs. Build products, manage your team, and scale up through smart automation.
Why similar: Automation 21.6%, Education 15.9%, Immersive Sim 13%, Sandbox 11.9%, Building 9.5%
- #9 Dreamjob: Programmer Simulator - Learn Programming Games
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DreamWay Games S.A.
Windows · Mac
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 20.3% ★, Automation 17%, Science 14.1%, Education 12.8%, Building 10%
- #10 SysOps Simulator
91% match9 user reviews44% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: Sophism Games
Windows
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 28% ★, Automation 23.5%, Job Simulator 17.9% ★, Education 10.9%, Science 7.9%
- #11 Crispy Circuits
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Turing Studio
Windows · Mac
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 26.5% ★, Science 16%, Education 15.7%, Automation 14.2%, Sandbox 9.4%
- #12 Electric Alps
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Dirty Paws Studio
Windows
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: Education 22.2%, Automation 20.5%, Programming 20.3% ★, Science 17.6%, Logic 8.9%
- #13 JOY OF PROGRAMMING - Software Engineering Simulator
89% matchMostly Positive78% of 375 reviews2025
Dev: Prof. SchererPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 41%
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 23.2% ★, Automation 18.4%, Science 15.3%, Education 14.8%, Immersive Sim 8.6%
- #14 while True: learn()
88% matchVery Positive91% of 8,107 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 43.2% ★, Education 21.7%, Science 13.6%, Building 7.2%, Sandbox 7.2%
- #15 Alan's Automaton Workshop
87% matchVery Positive83% of 212 reviews2022
Dev: Laputa Labs
Windows · Mac · Linux
Alan's Automaton Workshop is an open-ended programming puzzle game. Start a new business with Alan Turing and his groundbreaking innovation: the Turing Machine. Build unique automatons, and solve all kinds of problems from clients.
Why similar: Programming 29.8% ★, Automation 20.5%, Education 19.3%, Sandbox 10.2%, Building 9.5%
- #16 Infinite Turtles
86% matchVery Positive98% of 50 reviews2022
Dev: Charlie Brej
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 29.6% ★, Science 16%, Education 15.6%, Sandbox 11.3%, Building 9.7%
- #17 Charge!
86% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2020
Dev: Hidden Depths Games
Windows
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 32.8% ★, Automation 23%, Science 15%, Logic 7.9%, Building 7.7%
- #18 Circuit Artist
85% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2024
Dev: lets_all_be_stupid_forever
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 28.4% ★, Automation 16.5%, Education 15.1%, Science 13.2%, Sandbox 11.5%
- #19 Pixel Factory
84% matchNo user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: White Flame
Windows
Build and automate your own factory in Pixel Factory. Paint cubes in different colors and create unique patterns, design efficient production lines and upgrade your buildings to optimize production.
Why similar: Automation 31.2%, Voxel 22.6% ★, Crafting 14.8%, Building 14.2%, Sandbox 8.7%
- #20 Mnemonimov
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Reverie Foundry
Windows · Linux
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 25.9% ★, Automation 17.5%, Education 15.9%, Science 13.9%, Sandbox 8.3%
- #21 Backcast
82% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: botterYosukePub: Sasaco Co., Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
A strategy replay simulator where you observe your trading strategies battle in the market. Write code that becomes a living strategy, watch it trade, and learn how it survives or falls in a competitive environment.
Why similar: Programming 38.8% ★, Automation 22.3%, Sandbox 10.9%, Education 10.8%, Immersive Sim 10.2%
- #22 Virtual Chemistry Lab
83% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: Alpay Akay
Windows
This is a serious game. Made for educational purposes. It was made in order to enable students to understand the high school chemistry curriculum and to provide equality of opportunity.
Why similar: Education 27.3%, Science 24.9%, Sandbox 14.5%, Software 12.2% ★, Crafting 9.8%
- #23 Comet 64
82% matchMostly Positive76% of 186 reviews2021
Dev: Onur AyasPub: what sorceress this
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 40%
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 32.7% ★, Education 15.3%, Automation 13.3%, Science 10.6%, Building 9.3%
- #24 CRUMB Circuit Simulator
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 742 reviews2022
Dev: Mike Bushell
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Powerful Realtime 3D Electronic Circuit Simulator
Why similar: Programming 29.1% ★, Education 18.7%, Sandbox 13.2%, Immersive Sim 10.5%, Crafting 7.1%
- #25 Hard Chip
80% matchVery Positive93% of 57 reviews2024
Dev: Elorth
Windows
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 26.6% ★, Science 17.3%, Education 15.7%, Automation 15.5%, Building 10.2%
- #26 CipherCraft: Cyber Guardian Introduction
81% matchMixed67% of 95 reviews2024
Dev: picture4u
Windows
Immerse yourself in the strange world of CipherCraft: CGI, where you'll perform repairs, network infiltration, programming, server management, active server administration, and meticulous assembly and cleaning of computer components. Win against an Anonymous hacker who keeps sabotaging the company.
Why similar: Programming 25.2% ★, Job Simulator 18% ★, Education 15.8%, Immersive Sim 14%, Sandbox 9.6%
- #27 I Fetch Rocks
78% matchVery Positive94% of 122 reviews2025
Dev: SarumXR
Windows
Embark on your asteroid hauling career with Veritago Fortana. Start with a basic ship and earn credits to upgrade, customise and repair as you try to fulfil larger and harder contracts. Built exclusively for VR, use your own hands to build, wire and fly using 100s of interconnecting components.
Why similar: Programming 22.6% ★, Automation 17.7%, Education 16.7%, Science 15.4%, Immersive Sim 12.8%
- #28 Programmer Dungeon Knightress
79% matchPositive81% of 21 reviews2022
Dev: Dragon Lord Studio
Windows · Linux
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 34.7% ★, Automation 22.5%, Education 17.6%, Sandbox 11.1%, Logic 8.5%
- #29 Fractal Foundry
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tiny Root Studio
Windows
Automate fractal megastructures from simple cubes. Design nested factories that scale into recursive systems. Use conditions and loops to solve progressively challenging goals. No pressure, no costs, just pure creativity and automation.
Why similar: Automation 22.7%, Programming 21.1% ★, Building 11.7%, Voxel 11.4% ★, Sandbox 10.4%
- #30 Number Machine: Math Factory
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ARIELEK
Windows · Mac · Linux
Number Machine is an open-ended factory and automation game with math mechanics. Design, build, and optimize factories that automatically assemble and deliver complex numerical structures. Inspired by Opus Magnum and Infinifactory.
Why similar: Programming 29% ★, Automation 23%, Building 12.8%, Sandbox 11.1%, Crafting 9.8%
- #31 programming-factory-2
77% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: KUOKUO
Windows
Programming Factory 2 is an educational and entertaining algorithmic puzzle game! Players solve algorithmic challenges ranging from simple mathematical operations to complex operations by building a network of processing modules.
Why similar: Programming 33.8% ★, Automation 18.1%, Building 12%, Logic 9.2%, Education 8.4%
- #32 ProBelt
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Snakebelt
Windows
ProBelt is a game in which you calculate results by using mathematical operators. Conveyor belts are used to transport numbers between operators.
Why similar: Programming 32% ★, Automation 20.8%, Education 13.8%, Sandbox 10%, Building 9.2%
- #33 Learning Factory
75% matchVery Positive86% of 515 reviews2025
Dev: Luden.io
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Build intricate supply chains to meet your feline customers' needs. Discover underground and air transport layers, a vast research tree, procedural worlds, machine learning, and endless automation in this relaxing, enemyless game.
Why similar: Programming 19.5% ★, Automation 16.2%, Science 15.6%, Education 15%, Building 10%
- #34 Edd-E
76% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Kyroaku
Windows
Edd-E is a pixel-art game maker with custom visual scripting and publishing platform. Create games and Publish them with just one click. Play games from other creators or edit them. Learn programming and game development!
Why similar: Education 19.2%, Programming 19% ★, Automation 18.6%, Sandbox 15.5%, Building 9.9%
- #35 Turing Complete
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,204 reviews2021
Dev: LevelHead
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Learn CPU architecture with puzzles
Why similar: Programming 44.9% ★, Education 21.2%, Automation 11.5%, Logic 10.8%, Building 5.3%
- #36 Infinifactory
76% matchVery Positive95% of 2,465 reviews2015
Dev: Zachtronics
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 33.2% ★, Automation 25.8%, Building 14.9%, Sandbox 13%, Logic 4.3%
- #37 Craftomation 101: Programming & Craft
74% matchVery Positive85% of 624 reviews2024
Dev: Luden.io
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 64%
You land on a frozen planet in a tiny rocket with a robot inside. Harvest and combine materials to discover new ones. Use visual programming to make the robot do the tiresome work for you. Slowly build a gang of self-sustaining robot workers and watch them terraform the planet.
Why similar: Programming 30.4% ★, Automation 22.1%, Education 20.3%, Sandbox 12.4%, Crafting 10.8%
- #38 Block Motion
75% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2020
Dev: Daniel Willett
Windows
Block motion is a puzzle / design game where you place functional blocks to design a working factory. Build your design, press play and watch your factory in action. You have the freedom to solve the challenges any way you want; The only limit is your imagination.
Why similar: Programming 22.7% ★, Voxel 20.7% ★, Automation 15.3%, Building 12.3%, Sandbox 10.1%
- #39 ABI-DOS
73% matchVery Positive93% of 416 reviews2024
Dev: ABI.DOS.SOFTWARE
Windows
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 32.2% ★, Automation 21.7%, Education 15.2%, Sandbox 10.1%, Building 9.7%
- #40 DAWG - Digital Audio Workstation Game
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DAWG tools
Windows · Mac · Linux
Instead of endless scrolling, do something fun & creative. Build beats fast with 9 instruments, live synthesis, two grid modes, a full mixer with FX, built-in recording, and support for MIDI, gamepad, and touch. DAWG grows with you as you learn.
Why similar: Education 21.8%, Software 21.1% ★, Immersive Sim 17.4%, Sandbox 13.1%, Building 12.7%
- #41 Little Circuit
73% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2023
Dev: ReltPub: RELT Games
Windows
Click to place components to create anything from a piano to a computer in a virtual sandbox environment.
Why similar: Education 22.9%, Immersive Sim 16%, Sandbox 14.3%, Building 11.5%, Programming 11.1% ★
- #42 OCTOPTICOM 3D
72% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: UP DEVELOPMENT LTD.
Windows · Linux
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 38.6% ★, Science 15.9%, Education 14.7%, Sandbox 10.4%, Logic 9.8%
- #43 ZIRQUITZ
71% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Surrogate of Sorrow
Windows · Linux
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: Automation 19.2%, Programming 17.3% ★, Immersive Sim 14.9%, Sandbox 13.3%, Building 10.4%
- #44 Algorithmically
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Pipera Games
Windows
Visual programming. Design algorithms with intuitive flowcharts instead of typing code. Experiment with variables, build expressions, and see exactly how your logic flows. No syntax errors—just pure algorithmic thinking.
Why similar: Software 33.2% ★, Programming 28.7% ★, Education 13.1%, Automation 11.1%, Logic 9.8%
- #45 ChipWits
70% matchPositive100% of 19 reviews2025
Dev: ChipWits, Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 29.5% ★, Automation 20.3%, Education 14.4%, Immersive Sim 9%, Sandbox 8.1%
- #46 SHENZHEN I/O
72% matchVery Positive95% of 4,452 reviews2016
Dev: Zachtronics
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 61%
BUILD CIRCUITS. WRITE CODE. RTFM.
Why similar: Programming 51.1% ★, Automation 22.8%, Education 9.3%, Logic 7.6%, Sandbox 2.8%
- #47 World of Contraptions
71% matchVery Positive87% of 97 reviews2022
Dev: JCP Games Studio
Windows
World of Contraptions is a physics-based building game in which you build the most varied contraptions to solve the most diverse types of puzzles. Win dozens of levels with different types of obstacles. Design the best contraption for each challenge using a giant collection of blocks.
Why similar: Programming 20% ★, Science 17.3%, Automation 15.2%, Education 12.6%, Building 11.2%
- #48 CODING ROBO
70% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2023
Dev: monacrea
Windows
Learn programming in a fun way! An educational game that teaches the basics of programming and algorithmic logic. No prior knowledge of programming is required to play.
Why similar: Programming 28.8% ★, Education 18.8%, Automation 15.1%, Building 9.1%, Sandbox 8.1%
- #49 Kaizen: A Factory Story
67% matchVery Positive93% of 689 reviews2025
Dev: CoincidencePub: Astra Logical
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Kaizen is an open-ended puzzle automation game from the original Zachtronics team, set in 1980s Japan. Design, build, and optimize production lines to create iconic products, like calculators, camcorders, and arcade machines.
Why similar: Programming 35.2% ★, Automation 21.4%, Education 16%, Building 9%, Logic 8.5%
- #50 Trade Bots: A Technical Analysis Simulation
69% matchMixed66% of 105 reviews2023
Dev: Cinq-Mars Media
Windows · Mac · Linux
Trade Bots is an educational simulation game featuring technical analysis and algorithmic trading. Buy or sell an unknown stock using its real, historic data based solely on patterns and technical indicators. As your profit increases, unlock upgrades that help expedite + automate gameplay with bots.
Why similar: Programming 20.4% ★, Education 18.5%, Automation 17.8%, Software 15.7% ★, Immersive Sim 14%
- #51 Electrician Life
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FreeMind S.A.
Windows
Welcome to the grimiest electrical simulator. Take on jobs across a run-down city, fix sockets, run cables, and test voltage... preferably not with a fork. In this sandbox-meets-sim experience, your toolbox is full of choices - be the professional the city deserves, or the reckless handyman.
Why similar: Education 23.4%, Immersive Sim 16.8%, Sandbox 15.6%, Building 13.1%, Job Simulator 12.4% ★
- #52 Engineer Alpha
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 24 reviews2021
Dev: Aaron Worcester
Windows
An open world survival and automation game. Engineer Alpha combines an infinite editable world, building and connecting of automated machinery, and RPG style player progression.
Why similar: Voxel 21.8% ★, Automation 21.4%, Sandbox 14.4%, Building 11.4%, Crafting 10.5%
- #53 Plasma
68% matchVery Positive90% of 1,093 reviews2023
Dev: Dry CactusPub: Dry Licorice
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 37%
Plasma is a pure engineering sandbox. Use advanced visual programming and robotics tools to create anything you can imagine.
Why similar: Programming 27.5% ★, Automation 19%, Sandbox 15.3%, Building 11.8%, Logic 7.4%
- #54 ServiceIT: You can do IT
67% matchMixed59% of 641 reviews2025
Dev: picture4uPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 70%
⚡️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 29.8% ★, Education 19.5%, Immersive Sim 11.7%, Sandbox 11.3%, Job Simulator 9.6% ★
- #55 DumbBots: Hello World
69% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2020
Dev: Michael Hall
Windows
DumbBots: Hello World is the FREE introduction to the world of coding a DumbBot. Learn a new skill in 2020, and pickup the basics of coding with drag-and-drop ease in a fun setting. Or show your coding mettle by competing with other DumbBots.
Why similar: Programming 33.2% ★, Education 21.9%, Sandbox 14.8%, Automation 14.2%, Logic 6.8%
- #56 Little Rocket Lab
65% matchVery Positive90% of 1,252 reviews2025
Dev: Teenage AstronautsPub: No More Robots
Windows
Median: 8.4 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Transform your childhood home as you build brilliant factories and forge lifelong friendships, then reach for the skies and finally finish your family's dream - your mother's precious rocket ship. Roll up your sleeves, it turns out that saving this town really IS rocket science!
Why similar: Automation 27.4%, Science 24.7%, Building 15.2%, Crafting 14.1%, Sandbox 13.1%
- #57 MOLEK-SYNTEZ
68% matchVery Positive89% of 682 reviews2019
Dev: Zachtronics
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Use the MOLEK-SYNTEZ to create small molecules with various pharmacological effects from the comfort of your small Romanian apartment.
Why similar: Programming 40.4% ★, Science 23.8%, Automation 22.4%, Simulation 7.9%, Logic 2.9%
- #58 Icaria
66% matchVery Positive91% of 58 reviews2025
Dev: Blindsight Games LLC
Windows
Icaria is a robot colony builder where everything can be programmed. Build factories, design logistic networks, terraform the landscape, and explore an unknown alien world.
Why similar: Programming 27% ★, Automation 20.4%, Voxel 16.3% ★, Sandbox 10.9%, Building 10.5%
- #59 Train Set Code
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Waterside Games
Windows
Build a train set layout where everything runs on its own. Automate points and signals to direct the trains and keep them moving. Get creative and design a huge network that carries a fleet of trains.
Why similar: Automation 27.3%, Programming 26.3% ★, Building 12.9%, Education 9.4%, Sandbox 9.1%