- #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 18.8% ★, Programming 14.6% ★, Science 13.6%, Education 12.8%, Building 9.6%
- #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 27.4% ★, Automation 14.9%, Science 13.2%, Education 13%, Sandbox 10.2%
- #3 BitVoxel
96% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Balancia Games
Windows
Build working digital computers in a 3D voxel sandbox. Design logic circuits, CPUs, memory, and programmable machines using switches, wires, gates, LEDs, and reusable components, limited only by your imagination.
Why similar: Programming 29.4% ★, Education 18.6%, Voxel 16.2% ★, Building 10.8%, Sandbox 9.6%
- #4 Combustor
95% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Szymon AniolaPub: Szymon Aniola Entertainment
Windows
Gas reaction simulator. Build the ultimate jet engine, solve puzzles, or just make everything explode!
Why similar: Education 20.5%, Science 20.3%, Sandbox 14%, Immersive Sim 9.9%, Logic 8.6%
- #5 The Qubit Factory
94% matchVery Positive98% of 56 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 30.2% ★, Automation 19.3%, Education 13%, Science 10.7%, Immersive Sim 8.2%
- #6 Main Assembly
94% matchVery Positive83% of 1,355 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 19.2% ★, Science 14.1%, Automation 11.6%, Education 10.9%, Sandbox 8.8%
- #7 Milling machine simulator
93% matchVery Positive88% of 199 reviews2022
Dev: Igor FrankPub: U&I NEXT
Windows
Milling machine simulator will inspire novices and experts alike. Realistic physics and movements allow you to familiarize yourself with the machine in a 3D workshop setting. Enjoy playing around, learning and prototyping in Free milling mode. Or challenge yourself in Career mode.
Why similar: Programming 24.8% ★, Education 16.5%, Automation 14.3%, Sandbox 10%, Crafting 8.7%
- #8 ComPressure
92% matchVery Positive85% of 68 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 24.1% ★, Automation 17%, Science 15.9%, Education 14.1%, Building 9.9%
- #9 Factory Life
91% 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 20.4%, Education 16.5%, Immersive Sim 13.2%, Sandbox 12%, Building 9.6%
- #10 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 16%, Science 14.4%, Education 13.2%, Building 10.1%
- #11 SysOps Simulator
90% 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 28.6% ★, Automation 22.4%, Job Simulator 17.3% ★, Education 11.4%, Science 8.1%
- #12 Virtual Circuit Board
89% matchVery Positive92% of 323 reviews2023
Dev: Reverie Foundry
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 20.1 hrs≥1hr: 53%
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 25.4% ★, Education 16.4%, Automation 15.8%, Science 14.5%, Sandbox 8.8%
- #13 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 22.9%, Programming 20.3% ★, Automation 19.2%, Science 17.9%, Logic 9%
- #14 JOY OF PROGRAMMING - Software Engineering Simulator
88% matchMostly Positive77% of 398 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 23.5% ★, Automation 17.2%, Science 15.4%, Education 15.3%, Immersive Sim 8.7%
- #15 101 Circuits
87% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Chilling Moose Games
Windows
Build circuits and match waveforms across 101 electronics puzzles. Draw wires, light LEDs, and watch signals change on the oscilloscope. Learn how components work, then experiment with your own circuits in Sandbox. No programming required.
Why similar: Hobby Sim 23.4% ★, Science 17.9%, Programming 17% ★, Education 13.8%, Automation 9.4%
- #16 while True: learn()
86% matchVery Positive91% of 8,246 reviews2019
Dev: Luden.io
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
You're a programmer. Your cat is a better one. Solve visual puzzles built from real machine learning ideas, from decision trees to neural networks, to create a cat-to-human translator. Take freelance jobs, upgrade your rig, gamble on startups, dress up the cat. No coding required, curiosity is.
Why similar: Programming 42.8% ★, Education 22.1%, Science 13.7%, Building 7.2%, Sandbox 7.1%
- #17 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 29.3% ★, Science 16%, Education 15.9%, Sandbox 11.2%, Building 9.7%
- #18 Alan's Automaton Workshop
85% matchVery Positive83% of 215 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 30% ★, Education 19.9%, Automation 19.3%, Sandbox 10.3%, Building 9.6%
- #19 TILEZ
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Martin Winters
Windows
A 2D creative sandbox where every tile is a tiny machine. Inspired by Redstone, LEGO, and Tabletop Simulator. One ruleset - Infinite possibilities. Create, experiment, and play solo or with friends.
Why similar: Programming 21.2% ★, Automation 16.9%, Science 16%, Education 13.5%, Sandbox 11.3%
- #20 Charge!
84% match4 user reviews100% of 5 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 33.1% ★, Automation 21.7%, Science 15.3%, Logic 8.1%, Building 7.8%
- #21 La Bidouillerie
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AngeloStudio
Windows
Build a robot from real parts — solenoids, gears, connecting rods — wire it up, and figure out why it won't turn yet. Nothing here is faked: the current is really computed, and every breakdown has a cause you can find.
Why similar: Education 23.9%, Automation 22.2%, Science 19.8%, Sandbox 14%, Building 13.1%
- #22 Circuit Artist
82% matchPositive100% of 14 reviews2024
Dev: lets_all_be_stupid_forever
Windows · Mac · Linux
Every chip is a PNG image. Draw circuits where wire length and timing actually matter.
Why similar: Programming 28.5% ★, Education 15.6%, Automation 15.5%, Science 13.4%, Sandbox 11.6%
- #23 Crispy Circuits
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Turing Studio
Windows · Mac
Discover the world of electronics by fixing your hamster’s RC plane. Build real circuits, solve increasingly challenging engineering puzzles, and learn how electronic devices actually work. This wholesome circuitry sim lets you electrocute your hamster without authorities getting involved.
Why similar: Programming 26.6% ★, Education 16.3%, Science 16.2%, Automation 14.1%, Sandbox 9.5%
- #24 Fractal Foundry
81% 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: Programming 28.4% ★, Automation 20.7%, Building 11.3%, Sandbox 10.1%, Crafting 9.2%
- #25 Pixel Factory
80% 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 29.7%, Voxel 23.1% ★, Crafting 15.1%, Building 14.6%, Sandbox 8.8%
- #26 Mnemonimov
79% matchPositive97% of 31 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 26.3% ★, Education 16.5%, Automation 16.3%, Science 14%, Sandbox 8.4%
- #27 Virtual Chemistry Lab
81% match2 user reviews100% of 2 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 27.8%, Science 25%, Sandbox 14.4%, Software 12.1% ★, Crafting 9.7%
- #28 CipherCraft: Cyber Guardian Introduction
79% 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 25.3% ★, Job Simulator 16.9% ★, Education 16.4%, Immersive Sim 14.1%, Sandbox 9.7%
- #29 CRUMB Circuit Simulator
78% matchMostly Positive79% of 822 reviews2022
Dev: Mike Bushell
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 37%
Powerful Realtime 3D Electronic Circuit Simulator
Why similar: Programming 28.9% ★, Education 19.1%, Sandbox 13.1%, Immersive Sim 10.5%, Crafting 7%
- #30 Hard Chip
77% matchVery Positive91% of 68 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 17.6%, Education 16.2%, Automation 14.6%, Building 10.2%
- #31 Backcast
77% match5 user reviews60% of 5 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 39.2% ★, Automation 21.2%, Education 11.3%, Sandbox 11.1%, Immersive Sim 10.4%
- #32 Comet 64
78% matchMostly Positive76% of 189 reviews2021
Dev: Onur AyasPub: what sorceress this
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 39%
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 15.7%, Automation 12.5%, Science 10.8%, Building 9.4%
- #33 Sediment
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Antique Box Studio
Windows
A pixel-physics sandbox. Fifty materials, and every one of them is physics: sand finds its angle, water freezes, lava crusts into stone, gunpowder blows. Build your own materials and worlds, and share them in the Workshop.
Why similar: Automation 22.9%, Education 18.1%, Sandbox 15.5%, Science 15.1%, Building 13.2%
- #34 programming-factory-2
75% match6 user reviews100% of 6 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 34% ★, Automation 17%, Building 12.2%, Logic 9.4%, Education 8.7%
- #35 Programmer Dungeon Knightress
76% 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 35% ★, Automation 21.3%, Education 18.2%, Sandbox 11.2%, Logic 8.7%
- #36 ProBelt
75% 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 32.2% ★, Automation 19.6%, Education 14.3%, Sandbox 10.1%, Building 9.3%
- #37 First-Person Data Explorer
74% match4 user reviews90% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: Star Weaver's Production
Windows
In First-Person Data Explorer, datasets become immersive 3D environments where numbers shape color, size, movement, and more. Load, generate, or edit your data during gameplay, and turn raw values into something you can see, experience - and explore.
Why similar: Programming 29.1% ★, Education 23.7%, Software 15.2% ★, Sandbox 9.7%, Immersive Sim 7.7%
- #38 BitWise
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Faint Current
Windows · Mac · Linux
Close the loop and the lamp lights. Build the relay, the gate, the adder, the latch, the counter, and a machine that reads Morse. Every circuit runs on a real simulator, and the parts you build become parts you build with. 238 levels about electricity and the machines people made from it.
Why similar: Programming 28.5% ★, Education 23.3%, Science 18.4%, Logic 9.9%, Building 6.4%
- #39 I Fetch Rocks
73% matchVery Positive94% of 124 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 26.5% ★, Science 16.2%, Automation 15.4%, Education 15.2%, Immersive Sim 11.4%
- #40 Number Machine: Math Factory
73% 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 29.4% ★, Automation 21.8%, Building 13.1%, Sandbox 11.3%, Crafting 10%
- #41 IT MOVES! - Build Your Own Robot
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Catchy
Windows · Mac
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 35.3% ★, Automation 18.7%, Education 16.6%, Science 14%, Building 8.9%
- #42 Edd-E
73% 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 19.9%, Programming 19% ★, Automation 17.5%, Sandbox 15.6%, Building 10.1%
- #43 Craftomation 101: Programming & Craft
69% matchVery Positive84% of 705 reviews2026
Dev: Luden.io
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 67%
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 30.6% ★, Education 21.1%, Automation 20.9%, Sandbox 12.6%, Crafting 10.9%
- #44 OCTOPTICOM 3D
70% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
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 38.3% ★, Science 16.1%, Education 15%, Sandbox 10.3%, Logic 9.8%
- #45 Train Set Code
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Waterside Games
Windows
Aim for a high score by creating complex train set layouts. Program points and signals to direct trains and keep them moving. Run more and more trains… but don’t let them crash!
Why similar: Programming 29.1% ★, Automation 23.1%, Sandbox 14.8%, Building 10.7%, Education 9.1%
- #46 DAWG - Digital Audio Workstation Game
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DAWG tools
Windows · Mac · Linux
Swap endless scrolling for something fun and creative. Build beats, layer synths, and shape your sound with a full mixer and live FX. With support for MIDI, Steam Deck, and mobile devices, DAWG starts simple and grows with you as you learn across all platforms. Multi platform 4-player multiplayer!
Why similar: Education 22.2%, Software 21% ★, Immersive Sim 17.3%, Sandbox 13%, Building 12.7%
- #47 Block Motion
72% 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 22.8% ★, Voxel 20.9% ★, Automation 14.4%, Building 12.5%, Sandbox 10.2%
- #48 Little Circuit
71% 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 23.3%, Immersive Sim 15.9%, Sandbox 14.2%, Building 11.5%, Programming 11% ★
- #49 Infinifactory
71% matchVery Positive95% of 2,485 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 33.4% ★, Automation 24.6%, Building 15.3%, Sandbox 13.3%, Logic 4.4%
- #50 import robots
70% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: SP96 Interactive
Windows
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 32.4% ★, Automation 21.1%, Education 19.6%, Sandbox 9.4%, Logic 8%
- #51 ABI-DOS
68% matchVery Positive92% of 438 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 32.4% ★, Automation 20.5%, Education 15.8%, Sandbox 10.2%, Building 9.9%
- #52 Data Center
67% matchMostly Positive77% of 955 reviews2026
Dev: Waseku
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Build, cable, and automate. Assemble racks, servers, and switches, connect enough capacity for each app, earn money from processed data, and unlock gear and bigger customers with XP and reputation. Follow colored data packets as your center comes to life.
Why similar: Programming 17.3% ★, Automation 16.1%, Job Simulator 14.2% ★, Science 13.4%, Education 10.6%
- #53 Code Grid
69% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: NanQiPub: Rodway
Windows
Place instructions on a grid, plan the path, and let the machine follow your logic. CodeGrid is a programming puzzle game with no traditional coding required—use simple commands to build loops, conditions, and data processing, then create increasingly complex programs within a limited space.
Why similar: Programming 35.6% ★, Automation 23.1%, Education 19.3%, Sandbox 13.1%, Logic 7.5%
- #54 Logic World
69% matchVery Positive94% of 369 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 21.8% ★, Science 15.1%, Automation 13.9%, Education 13.6%, Building 9%
- #55 5YN-OS
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 5 Years Now
Windows · Linux
Dive into a sandbox operating system simulator and learn to code with FantasyLang. Personalise your desktop, build and tweak apps, uncover hidden secrets, and venture into the darknet. Shape the system however you like. Your OS, your rules.
Why similar: Programming 26.3% ★, Software 19% ★, Education 16.5%, Sandbox 11.3%, Automation 7.1%
- #56 Algorithmically
68% 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 33.4% ★, Programming 28.7% ★, Education 13.4%, Automation 10.4%, Logic 9.9%
- #57 ZIRQUITZ
67% 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 18.2%, Programming 17.5% ★, Immersive Sim 15.2%, Sandbox 13.4%, Building 10.6%
- #58 World of Contraptions
67% 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 17.5%, Automation 14.2%, Education 13%, Building 11.3%
- #59 ChipWits
65% matchPositive100% of 22 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 29.7% ★, Automation 19.2%, Education 14.9%, Immersive Sim 9.1%, Sandbox 8.2%
- #60 SHENZHEN I/O
67% matchVery Positive95% of 4,533 reviews2016
Dev: Zachtronics
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 61%
BUILD CIRCUITS. WRITE CODE. RTFM.
Why similar: Programming 51.6% ★, Automation 21.7%, Education 9.7%, Logic 7.8%, Sandbox 2.8%