60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Programming, Simulation, Education, Puzzle.
CHAQS 44 is a system simulation game that encourages players to explore, learn, and experiment. It offers a wide range of realistic tools and environments designed to test understanding and curiosity.
MHRD
MHRD is a hardware design game, in which you design various hardware circuits in a hardware description language. The hardware circuits you design get more complex as you go until you create a fully functional CPU design.
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Step into a time portal to 1993. While your friends are battling it out in the latest FPS adventures, you got the opportunity to learn the newest trend, programming. Turn on your CRT monitor and learn to write code, compete with others in challenges or write minigames.
MHRD is a hardware design game, in which you design various hardware circuits in a hardware description language. The hardware circuits you design get more complex as you go until you create a fully functional CPU design.
Why similar: Programming 51.4% ★, Simulation 17.3%, Education 16.5%, Typing 12.7% ★, Indie 2.2%
Step into a time portal to 1993. While your friends are battling it out in the latest FPS adventures, you got the opportunity to learn the newest trend, programming. Turn on your CRT monitor and learn to write code, compete with others in challenges or write minigames.
Why similar: Programming 45.3% ★, Education 24.6%, Sandbox 13.8%, Simulation 13.6%, 2D 2.2%
Craft any magical spell you can imagine using the most powerful tool there is: code. CodeSpells is currently an unguided, sandbox experience for the bravest wizards who want to help the developers steer the game's development.
Why similar: Programming 65.1% ★, Simulation 14.1%, Sandbox 11.8%, Education 7.2%, Indie 1.8%
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 58.4% ★, Education 22.4%, Simulation 11.4%, Sandbox 6.9%, Indie 0.8%
Learn programming by implementing an elevator through a guided tour
Why similar: Programming 46.6% ★, Education 18.6%, Typing 18.2% ★, Simulation 15%, Indie 1.2%
Experience the hacker's side of cyberpunk in Cyber Sentinel! This design-based puzzle game features a complete visual programming kit for designing your own viruses.
Why similar: Programming 58.7% ★, Education 23.3%, Simulation 12.9%, Indie 4%, Singleplayer 1.1%
Design, build and wire up your own unique robot to complete challenging logic puzzles. LogicBots is a puzzle game where robots are used to complete the various levels.
Why similar: Programming 52.3% ★, Simulation 20%, Sandbox 12.9%, Education 12.8%, Indie 1.9%
Computer Sciene Training Program (German Only, sorry)
Why similar: Programming 52.3% ★, Education 28.1%, Simulation 18.5%, Singleplayer 1.1%
If you are interested in programming, you will like the game. You will play an engineer, use the mouse to drag various instructions to write programs, and let them run normally to meet the requirements of the boss. Some levels test your logic ability very much. Please think carefully before you act.
Why similar: Programming 59.3% ★, Education 18.9%, Simulation 18.8%, 2D 1.7%, Indie 0.8%
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 71.8% ★, Education 16.4%, Simulation 7.6%, Sandbox 1.9%, Indie 1.6%
An open-ended programming puzzle game where you operate entirely in binary.
Why similar: Programming 53% ★, Typing 17.3% ★, Simulation 16.2%, Sandbox 11.9%, 2D 1.1%
From collecting buttons to solving tangled mazes, automate KnotBot on a quest of handcrafted puzzles. Solve the problems your own way, it's simple to understand but still deep and challenging.
Why similar: Programming 45.4% ★, Simulation 23.3%, Education 16.6%, Sandbox 8.7%, Indie 5.1%
A minimalist programming puzzle game based on the esoteric language Brainfuck. Learn its rules, solve clever challenges, and even run your code in an external terminal.
Why similar: Programming 58.6% ★, Education 24.9%, Typing 13.6% ★, Indie 2.3%, Singleplayer 0.7%
Program potato workers to process numbers with simple punch-in instructions at a factory that mimics a processor. Optimize solutions to solve challenging open-ended puzzles. Punch, observe, learn, repeat.
Why similar: Programming 66.5% ★, Education 21.4%, Simulation 7.6%, Indie 2%, 2D 1.6%
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 75% ★, Education 13%, Simulation 9.9%, Indie 1.5%, Singleplayer 0.6%
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 56.5% ★, Simulation 18.5%, Education 12%, Sandbox 11.3%, 2D 1.2%
Ket's Quantum Oracle is a programming puzzle game built around quantum computation. Help engineer Ket, stranded in the ruins of a distant future, repair the quantum gateway, solve its challenges, and uncover the secrets of a broken future.
Why similar: Programming 46.6% ★, Simulation 20.4%, Education 18%, Sandbox 14.8%, Singleplayer 0.3%
A command-line puzzle game where you solve Git word problems by typing real Git commands. From beginner basics to advanced rebasing, master 100 levels of version control challenges and become a Git legend, one commit at a time.
Why similar: Programming 39.8% ★, Typing 20.9% ★, Education 17.8%, Utilities 14.2% ★, Simulation 7.1%
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 56.9% ★, Simulation 23.2%, Education 16.2%, Indie 2.7%, Singleplayer 0.9%
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 70% ★, Simulation 15.8%, Sandbox 14.2%
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 67% ★, Simulation 17.5%, Education 12.4%, Indie 2.4%, Singleplayer 0.7%
Coding Learn is a game that will help you master real programming! Traveling with the robot to the mysterious castle, you will gradually learn the basics of writing code and solve problems, helping the main character to move towards the goal!
Why similar: Programming 71.6% ★, Education 26.7%, Indie 1%, Singleplayer 0.7%
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 47.9% ★, Education 17%, Typing 12.5% ★, Simulation 10%, Sandbox 9.2%
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 54.3% ★, Simulation 19.1%, Education 15.8%, Sandbox 10.3%, Singleplayer 0.5%
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 50.5% ★, Education 23.6%, Simulation 13.8%, Sandbox 11.7%, Singleplayer 0.5%
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 53.1% ★, Simulation 20.3%, Education 13.6%, Sandbox 9.7%, Indie 2.6%
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 42.9% ★, Education 25.8%, Simulation 20.1%, Sandbox 10.1%, Singleplayer 1.1%
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 46.4% ★, Education 23.3%, Simulation 14.9%, Sandbox 14.7%, Indie 0.5%
Learn Game Development from a Professional Indie Game Developer. Make your own games and bring your ideas to life!
Why similar: Simulation 43.5%, Programming 29.8% ★, Utilities 13.8% ★, Education 12.9%
DA-VI-NC1 is a Turing-machine-based coding puzzle game. You must complete the puzzles, pass the Turing test, and discover the philosophical world of DA-VI-NC1 with the Mona Lisa.
Why similar: Programming 60.7% ★, Education 21.7%, Simulation 14.2%, 2D 1.8%, Indie 0.9%
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 52.8% ★, Education 20.4%, Simulation 12%, Sandbox 12%, Indie 1.5%
Gene Evolution is a game that simulates the microscopic world. You can design unique cells, edit their attributes, functions, and intelligence. Then release them into the microscopic world and watch them forage, reproduce, compete, and continually evolve through mutations.
Why similar: Programming 38.6% ★, Simulation 25.7%, Sandbox 16.3%, Education 15.9%, 2D 2.4%
Powerful Realtime 3D Electronic Circuit Simulator
Why similar: Programming 44.6% ★, Education 21.8%, Simulation 18.9%, Sandbox 14.3%, Singleplayer 0.4%
Play, learn, and experiment with programming in the Sprite32! 8-bit microcomputer sandbox. Use the high-level FREMScript programming language to write programs, create dynamic pixel art, and explore audio generation. Play tutorials and challenges to learn all the aspects of the system.
Why similar: Programming 62.8% ★, Simulation 18%, Sandbox 15.9%, 2D 1.7%, Indie 0.9%
A logic puzzle game where you redirect and split laser beams to create digital circuits. Through the campaign, you will explore basic logic gates, oscillators, latches, counters, adders, memory, and more.
Why similar: Programming 63.7% ★, Sandbox 18.2%, Simulation 12.8%, 2D 3.2%, Indie 1.2%
Bridge2Code is a bridge-building game where you can code a bridge using a simple programming language. Your goal is to create a bridge that can support a car going from the start to the end.
Why similar: Programming 47.4% ★, Simulation 27.1%, Education 21.5%, 2D 3.3%, Singleplayer 0.8%
CHAQS is an instructive CTF (Capture The Flag) game that performs the basic functions of an operating system. While it meets your expectations from an operating system to a certain extent with the applications it contains, CHAQS progresses in the direction of more challenges in terms of gameplay.
Why similar: Programming 41.9% ★, Typing 24.6% ★, Education 17.8%, Simulation 10%, Choices Matter 2.6%
Buttonbox is a simple 2D game made with Python where you press buttons to activate machines and trigger drum sounds. Created using Pygame, it's designed for fun, learning, and inspiration.
Why similar: Utilities 46.5% ★, Simulation 27.6%, Education 21.9%, 2D 3.2%, Singleplayer 0.9%
Write, test, and break through. A programming puzzle game about the joy of trial and error.
Why similar: Programming 75% ★, Simulation 23.7%, Singleplayer 1.2%
An open-ended programming puzzle game with a minimalist, abstract, Assembly-like programming language.
Why similar: Programming 66.4% ★, Sandbox 16%, Simulation 15.6%, 2D 1.5%, Singleplayer 0.5%
BUILD CIRCUITS. WRITE CODE. RTFM.
Why similar: Programming 76.9% ★, Education 10.7%, Simulation 7.9%, Sandbox 3%, Indie 0.9%
In Arcana Automata, you program drones using Python to harvest a mystical resource, unlock upgrades, and encounter German mythical creatures. Perfect for curious minds who love to learn through play.
Why similar: Programming 57.6% ★, Simulation 17.6%, Education 16.3%, Sandbox 7.2%, Indie 0.8%
TIS-100 is an open-ended programming game by Zachtronics, the creators of SpaceChem and Infinifactory, in which you rewrite corrupted code segments to repair the TIS-100 and unlock its secrets. It’s the assembly language programming game you never asked for!
Why similar: Programming 84.3% ★, Simulation 7.7%, Education 6.4%, Indie 1.1%, Singleplayer 0.5%
Send your Panda on an adventure and at the same time you'll learn how to code cool algorithms! Guide your Panda through colorful areas by using simple commands. Learn programming / STEM concepts like recursion and loops while having fun. But beware! Don't get caught while eating bamboo!
Why similar: Programming 70.9% ★, Education 27.4%, Indie 1%, Singleplayer 0.7%
Code Trainer is a programming practice tool. Solve coding problems and improve your understanding of computer science. Prior programming experience is required.
Why similar: Programming 31.9% ★, Utilities 31% ★, Education 27%, Simulation 8.7%, Indie 0.9%
Typo! is a fast-paced arcade typing defense game where you destroy word-based viruses, protect your firewall, survive escalating waves, and chase high scores through speed, accuracy, and focus.
Why similar: Typing 37.3% ★, Programming 30.2% ★, Education 28.1%, 2D 2.8%, Indie 1%
Practice computer science algorithms offline, for job interviews or personal skill building: read a problem, write C, run the full test deck, and get a deterministic verdict with instruction counts and the output assembly language code on a fantasy RISC machine.
Why similar: Programming 43.5% ★, Education 19.2%, Utilities 17.9% ★, Typing 10.5% ★, Simulation 8.3%
Instruct a robot to resolve hostage situations in this tactical programming puzzle game. Use guns, lasers, explosions, and even the environment to save every hostage. No prior programming knowledge required.
Why similar: Programming 75.4% ★, Simulation 22.3%, Singleplayer 1.2%, Indie 1.1%
Trapped inside a living database, use real SQL to unlock regions and challenge the system that watches every query. Use SELECT to investigate, UPDATE to repair and remember: DROP NOT ALLOWED. It doesn’t matter if you’re a SQL noob or a veteran; the game teaches you everything you need as you play.
Why similar: Programming 44.9% ★, Education 19.2%, Typing 19% ★, Simulation 9.7%, Choices Matter 2.9%
The whole game fits on one floppy disk. Write Python-style code to program repair patchers, reclaim a corrupting 1.44MB floppy sector by sector, and watch your programs bring 1,474,560 bytes back to life. Automation, unlocks, chiptunes — every byte hand-counted.
Why similar: Programming 53.7% ★, Sandbox 15.1%, Simulation 14.4%, Education 13.6%, 2D 1.8%
A terminal-based game for learning and practicing how to program in Python.
Why similar: Programming 69.8% ★, Education 26.9%, 2D 1.6%, Indie 0.9%, Singleplayer 0.8%
A single-player business simulation about running a technology company. You act as its CEO, CTO, and CFO at the same time: building products, managing staff and finances, going public, and competing with rival firms.
Why similar: Programming 57.8% ★, Simulation 21.7%, Sandbox 18.6%, Indie 1.1%, Singleplayer 0.8%
Develop magical programming abilities while building spells. Lambda Spellcrafting Academy is a card-based puzzle game where you build spells (programs) to solve puzzles. If you've ever wanted to dabble in spellcraft (programming) here is a fun way to get started.
Why similar: Programming 54.4% ★, Education 21.8%, Sandbox 12.4%, Simulation 5.7%, 2D 2.8%
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 56.3% ★, Simulation 22.4%, Education 17.5%, Indie 2.9%, Singleplayer 0.9%
Shaderland :: a creative-programming puzzle game :: wire up nodes // create world of pixels // guide polygonal creatures // learn computer graphics
Why similar: Programming 50.3% ★, Education 20.5%, Utilities 17.4% ★, Simulation 10%, Singleplayer 0.6%
Nuclear fission simulator. Control A nuclear reactor, balancing Uranium fissile material. The game features a oversimplified reactor and the R.B.M.K Reactor in Chernobyl.
Why similar: Education 39.8%, Simulation 33.5%, Sandbox 21.7%, 2D 3.9%, Singleplayer 1.2%
A terminal-based hacking game where you play as a broke hacker trying to hack a bank and get rich.
Why similar: Programming 54.7% ★, Typing 29.1% ★, Simulation 14.4%, Singleplayer 1.1%, Indie 0.6%
