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60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Puzzle, Automation, Programming, Logic.

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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.

Reviews: 4 user reviews — 100% — of 5 reviews
Released: 2020-11-19
Developer: Hidden Depths Games
Genres: Casual, Indie, Strategy
Platforms: Windows

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    97% matchNo user reviews2027
    Dev: Smiling Panda Studios
    Windows

    Every machine follows your instructions. Build automated factories with intuitive visual programming, solve clever automation puzzles, and watch your factory come to life.

    Why similar: Programming 36.1% ★, Automation 23.5%, Puzzle 9.4%, Building 8.4%, Management 8%

  2. #2 MOLEK-SYNTEZ
    96% matchVery Positive89% of 694 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 41.5% ★, Automation 17.9%, Science 15.4%, Puzzle 11.2%, Simulation 8.3%

  3. #3 Opus Magnum
    96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 7,277 reviews2017
    Dev: Zachtronics
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    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 44.8% ★, Automation 23.8%, Puzzle 12.4%, Logic 8.7%, Simulation 3.9%

  4. #4 SHENZHEN I/O
    95% 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 54.9% ★, Automation 19.1%, Logic 8.9%, Puzzle 6.5%, Simulation 2.8%

  5. #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 38.3% ★, Automation 20.4%, Logic 10.6%, Puzzle 9.5%, Science 8.5%

  6. #6 Circuitra
    94% matchNo user reviews2027
    Dev: Randau Games
    Windows

    Circuitra is a challenging visual logic puzzle game about building increasingly complex circuit boards. Limited inputs, tight board space and changing contract constraints force you to debug and rethink your designs in order to grow your circuit-design business.

    Why similar: Programming 40.3% ★, Automation 20.1%, Logic 12.1%, Puzzle 9.7%, Simulation 6.3%

  7. #7 Kernel Quest
    93% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Jonathan Dupré
    Windows

    A programming puzzle game about helping a wizard reach his goal. Learn to use the rules to your advantage. Build contraptions. Optimize your solution.

    Why similar: Programming 42.9% ★, Automation 23.6%, Puzzle 9.9%, Building 7.7%, Logic 5.3%

  8. #8 Infinifactory
    92% 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.

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  9. #9 Logic Arrows
    91% 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 37.3% ★, Automation 16.8%, Logic 11.2%, Science 11.2%, Building 5.5%

  10. #10 Programmer Dungeon Knightress
    91% 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 40.5% ★, Automation 20.5%, Logic 10.9%, Puzzle 8.2%, Simulation 4.6%

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    90% matchMostly Positive75% of 12 reviews2023
    Dev: Tramolly Game
    Windows · Mac

    In this game, we will play with the simplest automaton model, Finite State Automaton, and use it to cope with 80 challenges.

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  12. #12 IT MOVES! - Build Your Own Robot
    89% 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 40.5% ★, Automation 17.8%, Science 10%, Puzzle 7.6%, Building 5.1%

  13. #13 Robot Programmer
    89% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2022
    Dev: ZeroPub: Zero Cores
    Windows · Mac

    Uncover your hidden programming talent! Code your own robots with simple instructions to explore 40+ logical based puzzles.

    Why similar: Programming 42.8% ★, Automation 22.5%, Logic 11.4%, Puzzle 9.5%, Simulation 6%

  14. #14 the Sequence [2]
    88% matchPositive90% of 29 reviews2021
    Dev: [OneManBand]Pub: [OneManBand]
    Windows

    Visual Programming Puzzle game inspired by Spacechem and other Zachtronics games.

    Why similar: Programming 40% ★, Automation 26.4%, Logic 13.4%, Puzzle 9.2%, Simulation 3.2%

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    86% matchNo user reviews2027
    Dev: Jose MoralesPub: Bare Metal Games
    Windows

    A reverse tower-defense puzzle for engineers. Architect cloud systems that survive brutal traffic surges — place CDNs, caches, load balancers and databases, hit deploy, and watch your design hold or collapse under a live storm. Real patterns, real tradeoffs, a live YAML mirror.

    Why similar: Programming 43.9% ★, Automation 22.2%, Puzzle 7.1%, Logic 6.7%, Simulation 6.1%

  16. #16 Great Permutator
    87% matchVery Positive87% of 150 reviews2014
    Dev: Ripatti Software
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%

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    Why similar: Programming 37.4% ★, Automation 21.8%, Logic 8.9%, Puzzle 8.6%, Building 7.7%

  17. #17 Finite State Automaton Challenges 2
    86% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2023
    Dev: Tramolly Game
    Windows · Mac

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    85% matchVery Positive92% of 5,094 reviews2011
    Dev: Zachtronics
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 66%

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    84% 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.

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    83% matchPositive95% of 21 reviews2024
    Dev: KUOKUO
    Windows

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    Why similar: Programming 36.6% ★, Automation 23.3%, Logic 12.7%, Puzzle 9.6%, Building 8.1%

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    Dev: CoincidencePub: Klei Publishing
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%

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  22. #22 [the Sequence]
    84% matchVery Positive89% of 180 reviews2016
    Dev: [OneManBand]
    Windows
    Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 97%

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  24. #24 Human Resource Machine
    81% matchVery Positive94% of 4,703 reviews2015
    Dev: Tomorrow Corporation
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.0 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.

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    81% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2023
    Dev: kerntief
    Windows

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  26. #26 OmNomNom
    80% matchNo user reviews2027
    Dev: Echo Titan
    Windows

    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.

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  27. #27 ProBelt
    79% 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.

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    78% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Tiny Root Studio
    Windows

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  29. #29 ComPressure
    79% 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.

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  30. #30 SOKOBOT
    78% matchVery Positive92% of 51 reviews2022
    Dev: Alexander Taylor
    Windows

    SOKOBOT is an open-ended puzzle game where you place down cute robots, give them commands, and create infinitely-looping assembly lines that combine shapes together!

    Why similar: Programming 38% ★, Automation 20.6%, Logic 11.3%, Puzzle 8.5%, Building 6.9%

  31. #31 Code Grid
    77% 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.

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    77% matchVery Positive84% of 482 reviews2023
    Dev: Star Garden Games
    Windows
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 56%

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    76% 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.

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    75% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Programming Pigeon
    Windows

    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.

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  35. #35 programming-factory-2
    74% 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.

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  36. #36 ABI-DOS
    74% 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 38.9% ★, Automation 20.5%, Logic 7.8%, Puzzle 7.1%, Building 6%

  37. #37 Comet 64
    76% 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.

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  38. #38 Maybe... I'll go to the beach
    75% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: bilge
    Windows

    It's a small spatial programming puzzle game.

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  39. #39 Beam Time
    73% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
    Dev: Connor Slade
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    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 52% ★, Puzzle 11.8%, Logic 11.4%, Strategy 6.3%, Simulation 5.3%

  40. #40 Hard Chip
    73% 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.

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  41. #41 CHR$(143)
    73% matchVery Positive96% of 82 reviews2021
    Dev: Nicolas Jean
    Windows · Linux

    A rich and challenging physics-based puzzle /logic /construction /programming game! Master ballistics, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, chemical and nuclear reactions, use automation bricks, build structures, machines, vehicles, produce power, solve puzzles, pierce the fog and defeat CHR$!

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  42. #42 Funge
    72% match5 user reviews67% of 5 reviews2026
    Dev: NoodleStorm
    Windows

    A minimalist programming puzzle game based on a modified version of the esolang Befunge. Learn its unique rules, execute your code, and conquer mind-bending logic challenges.

    Why similar: Programming 46.8% ★, Automation 20.6%, Puzzle 11.1%, Logic 9.8%, Education 3.1%

  43. #43 7 Billion Humans
    72% matchVery Positive93% of 2,145 reviews2018
    Dev: Tomorrow Corporation
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    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 65.7% ★, Puzzle 10.1%, Logic 7.3%, Automation 6.8%, Simulation 4.4%

  44. #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 47.5% ★, Logic 13.1%, Science 12.4%, Puzzle 11.5%, Simulation 8.4%

  45. #45 while True: learn()
    71% 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 57.1% ★, Science 11.3%, Puzzle 8.5%, Education 6.1%, Simulation 5.6%

  46. #46 Warp Factory
    71% matchPositive94% of 49 reviews2021
    Dev: Milo Brandt
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    An automation puzzle game in which the player must build factories to produce various shapes and patterns, as well as to perform more dynamic tasks - featuring a system of portals that allow one to cut apart and reconnect space in paradoxical - and productive - ways.

    Why similar: Programming 39.7% ★, Automation 28.6%, Puzzle 12%, Building 9.2%, Simulation 6.7%

  47. #47 Infinite Turtles
    70% 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 38.8% ★, Science 13.2%, Logic 12%, Puzzle 7.8%, Building 6.5%

  48. #48 Robot Unlock
    69% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2025
    Dev: Adrian Toncean
    Windows · Linux

    Robot Unlock is an open-ended puzzle game with 75+ levels. Design your own solutions and optimize them for speed, instructions or space and compare with other players. Create your own levels, challenge other players and solve community made ones.

    Why similar: Programming 41.8% ★, Automation 23%, Logic 10.6%, Puzzle 9.7%, Simulation 4.9%

  49. #49 Crayon Computer
    69% matchMostly Positive72% of 32 reviews2024
    Dev: Artless Games
    Windows · Mac

    Crayon Computer is a 2D physics-based open-ended programming puzzle game. (if you call that programming)

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  50. #50 Virtual Circuit Board
    68% 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 34.9% ★, Automation 18%, Science 12.4%, Logic 9.8%, Puzzle 6.3%

  51. #51 SysOps Simulator
    69% 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 39.4% ★, Automation 25.7%, Logic 10.9%, Science 7%, Simulation 6.2%

  52. #52 KnotBot
    70% matchMostly Positive72% of 47 reviews2020
    Dev: BeetBomb
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    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.

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  53. #53 Alan's Automaton Workshop
    68% 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 40% ★, Automation 21.4%, Logic 10.3%, Puzzle 7.6%, Building 6.5%

  54. #54 U.V.S. Nirmana
    66% matchVery Positive89% of 220 reviews2026
    Dev: CoincidencePub: Klei Publishing
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    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.

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  55. #55 Train Set Code
    68% 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 36.7% ★, Automation 24.3%, Logic 11.4%, Building 6.8%, Puzzle 6.5%

  56. #56 BitWise
    67% 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 36.7% ★, Science 14.7%, Logic 13.7%, Puzzle 10.9%, Simulation 7.4%

  57. #57 Circuit Artist
    67% 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 38.6% ★, Automation 17.5%, Science 11.3%, Puzzle 8.4%, Building 6.1%

  58. #58 import robots
    67% 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 41.3% ★, Automation 22.3%, Logic 11%, Puzzle 7.7%, Education 5.2%

  59. #59 TIS-100
    67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 4,119 reviews2015
    Dev: Zachtronics
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 52%

    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 70.5% ★, Puzzle 8.8%, Logic 6.2%, Automation 5.5%, Simulation 3.2%

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