60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Programming, Indie, Singleplayer, Puzzle.
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.
BUILD CIRCUITS. WRITE CODE. RTFM.
Why similar: Programming 55.8% ★, Automation 11.5%, Education 6.1%, Logic 5.9%, Difficult 5.6%
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 48.3% ★, Hacking 20.2% ★, Automation 9.6%, Puzzle 5.9%, Logic 5%
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 62.6% ★, Hacking 10.7% ★, Difficult 6%, Puzzle 6%, Education 3.7%
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 27.2% ★, Hacking 13.4% ★, Education 10.3%, Automation 8.3%, Science 6.8%
Learn CPU architecture with puzzles
Why similar: Programming 31% ★, Hacking 13.5% ★, Automation 11.8%, Education 9.3%, Building 8.2%
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 45.4% ★, Hacking 16.6% ★, Education 10.2%, Simulation 9.3%, Difficult 8%
Use the MOLEK-SYNTEZ to create small molecules with various pharmacological effects from the comfort of your small Romanian apartment.
Why similar: Programming 49.2% ★, Science 12.9%, Automation 12.6%, Puzzle 9.9%, Simulation 9.8%
A=B is a programming puzzle game with only one instruction: A=B, which means replacing A with B.
Why similar: Programming 47.3% ★, Education 15.2%, Automation 10.2%, Puzzle 8.5%, Hacking 6.6% ★
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 36.9% ★, Automation 10.4%, Education 10%, Difficult 7.2%, Logic 6.4%
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 52.5% ★, Education 15.8%, Science 7.3%, Puzzle 6%, Building 5.3%
Retro Gadgets is a sandbox where you build, code, and customize gadgets inspired by old-school electronics.
Why similar: Programming 23.7% ★, Education 14%, Automation 12%, Hacking 10.6% ★, Building 8.7%
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 58.6% ★, Puzzle 9.1%, Education 8.5%, Simulation 7.7%, Difficult 6.2%
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 39.3% ★, Automation 13.7%, Hacking 13.2% ★, Logic 9.4%, Sandbox 7.9%
OCTOPTICOM is an open-ended puzzle programming game about designing and optimizing optical computing devices. Use lasers, mirrors, filters and other components to read, transform and write sequences of colored squares.
Why similar: Programming 38.5% ★, Education 12%, Science 10.9%, Difficult 8.2%, Simulation 7.8%
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 48.4% ★, Puzzle 13.2%, Difficult 12.9%, Automation 7.8%, Logic 6.9%
Move Code Lines is a game where you fix programs and make them print needed output. But the only way you can achieve that is to change the order of lines in those programs, and set custom input.
Why similar: Programming 35.1% ★, Hacking 18.1% ★, Education 11.6%, Automation 10.9%, Difficult 6.9%
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$!
Why similar: Programming 40.9% ★, Automation 18.1%, Building 12.2%, Logic 7%, Puzzle 7%
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 62.1% ★, Education 11.2%, Puzzle 7.8%, Automation 6.1%, Simulation 3.3%
Hacknet is an immersive, terminal-based hacking simulator for PC. Dive down a rabbit hoIe as you follow the instructions of a recently deceased hacker, whose death may not have been the accident the media reports.
Why similar: Hacking 65.3% ★, Programming 14.9% ★, Typing 6.1% ★, Education 4.5%, Difficult 3%
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 39.7% ★, Hacking 21.1% ★, Education 9.7%, Simulation 7.9%, Logic 6.4%
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 39.5% ★, Automation 14.3%, Building 11%, Puzzle 9.9%, Sandbox 8.6%
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 51% ★, Automation 16.1%, Puzzle 10.8%, Logic 6.5%, Simulation 4.5%
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 49.6% ★, Education 16.6%, Automation 11.3%, Typing 8.7% ★, Puzzle 6.5%
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 67.3% ★, Sandbox 10.4%, Puzzle 9.1%, Simulation 7.6%, Retro 5.5%
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 47.3% ★, Education 11.9%, Difficult 11.1%, Logic 8.5%, Puzzle 7.2%
Grey Hack is a massively multiplayer hacking simulator game. You're a hacker with full freedom to act as you wish on a vast network of procedurally generated computers.
Why similar: Programming 40.2% ★, Hacking 33.7% ★, Simulation 5.6%, Typing 5.4% ★, Education 4.9%
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 28.4% ★, Hacking 14.8% ★, Education 10.1%, Science 8.3%, Automation 7.7%
Program and optimize a drone to automate a farm and watch it do the work for you. Collect resources to unlock better technology and become the most efficient farmer in the world. Improve your problem solving and coding skills.
Why similar: Programming 50.2% ★, Automation 12.3%, Education 12.2%, Logic 6%, Puzzle 4.6%
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 52.9% ★, Education 13.4%, Typing 9.8% ★, Simulation 8.9%, Puzzle 6.2%
A game about building emulators! Implement your own NEEES core in JavaScript, get instant feedback with unit/video tests, build the graphics unit in real time, learn 6502 assembly, debug test ROMs, and have fun with the included homebrew games!
Why similar: Programming 42.8% ★, Hacking 13.2% ★, Education 12.6%, Logic 7.4%, Typing 6.1% ★
Design, optimize, and reverse-engineer real quantum algorithms in an open-ended Zachlike puzzle game. Solve 500+ optimization challenges, hack player creations, and master quantum logic without coding.
Why similar: Programming 26.4% ★, Hacking 14.6% ★, Education 9.8%, Automation 8.6%, Science 8.5%
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 28.5% ★, Hacking 13.8% ★, Education 10.4%, Automation 8.3%, Science 7.6%
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 36.5% ★, Automation 12.7%, Education 12.4%, Science 10.5%, Building 9.1%
A terminal-based game for learning and practicing how to program in Python.
Why similar: Programming 57.4% ★, Education 17.4%, Logic 7.6%, Science 7.4%, Text-Based 7%
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 35.2% ★, Hacking 14.8% ★, Automation 11%, Education 10%, Building 6.5%
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 66.9% ★, Education 9.1%, Puzzle 7.9%, Logic 4.8%, Simulation 4.4%
A sci-fi management game where you build and optimize your computer's system from the ground up. Connect and configure interconnected nodes to efficiently download, process, and upload files. Manage your setup, solve system challenges, and become the ultimate system architect
Why similar: Programming 42.4% ★, Automation 20.8%, Hacking 15.6% ★, Simulation 8.7%, Logic 6.6%
Baba Is You is a puzzle game where the rules you have to follow are present as blocks you can interact with. By manipulating them, you can change how the game works, repurpose things you find in the levels and cause surprising interactions!
Why similar: Programming 40.1% ★, Difficult 19.4%, Puzzle 18.9%, Logic 11.2%, Indie 4.1%
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 39.3% ★, Education 15.3%, Automation 12.5%, Building 7.6%, Sandbox 7.3%
Boot up your Z5 Powerlance and dial into Last Call BBS, the last game from Zachtronics! The Barkeep’s loaded up his retro computer with a full set of puzzle games for you to download and play. No need to worry about copy protection, they’re all fully cracked and ready to enjoy!
Why similar: Automation 23.4%, Retro 14.8%, Sandbox 13.8%, Building 13.5%, Logic 12.5%
Cypher is a first person puzzle game about cryptography.
Why similar: Difficult 31.8%, Puzzle 28.7%, Education 24.6%, Minimalist 8.7%, Indie 6.2%
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 43.8% ★, Automation 13.8%, Education 11%, Puzzle 8.3%, Logic 7.9%
Hacker Evolution is a hacking simulation game, featuring unparalleled graphics and features. You play the role of a former intelligence agent, specializing in computer security. When a chain of events sets off worldwide, leaving critical service disabled, you assume the role a computer hacker to find out what happened and attempt to stop...
Why similar: Hacking 30.4% ★, Education 13.7%, Typing 13.1% ★, Difficult 10.7%, Simulation 8.7%
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 43.7% ★, Education 17.6%, Automation 14.7%, Sandbox 9.8%, Puzzle 6.7%
SIC-1 is a single-instruction programming game. Neglect your personal life in pursuit of promotions and vague assurances of job security! Optimize your programs to rise to the top of the leaderboards! SIC Systems thanks you for your hard work! Now please return to your desk.
Why similar: Programming 38.5% ★, Hacking 9% ★, Automation 8.8%, Logic 6.9%, Retro 6.3%
Great Permutator is a puzzle. Hard and tricky. One in which you will have to build a complex system of conveyors and various devices so that the colored boxes can travel across the factory and arrive at right places and in right order. If you are into clever engineering puzzles, this game is for you.
Why similar: Programming 39.8% ★, Automation 13.7%, Difficult 9.8%, Building 9.8%, Puzzle 7%
hackmud is a retro cyberpunk RPG where you play a digital persona in a chaotic, unpredictable, and often goofy abandoned internet. Enter a 90s hacker movie filled with scripts, scams, and sabotage. Explore the world of digital secrets and forge your legacy through cunning, creativity, or disruption.
Why similar: Programming 47.7% ★, Hacking 29.4% ★, Puzzle 5.4%, Simulation 5.2%, Education 4.9%
Minesweeper, but you only solve each situation once.
Why similar: Programming 28% ★, Automation 18.6%, Education 13%, Puzzle 10.3%, Building 9.5%
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 75.7% ★, Puzzle 12.5%, Logic 4.9%, Retro 4.6%, Simulation 2%
Word Factori is a word-building game where your only resource is the letter "i". Build a chain of factories to bend, rotate, reflect, and merge "i" into more complex letters. Discover secret letter recipes, unlock hidden word art, and optimize your factory chains for high scores.
Why similar: Programming 37.4% ★, Automation 12.6%, Typing 11.7% ★, Logic 7.8%, Building 7.8%
Copy Editor is an intricate puzzle game that teaches you Regular Expressions (RegEx), commonly used in computer science and language theory. Build complex rules that process and revise famous texts for your wacky and demanding publisher!
Why similar: Programming 45.7% ★, Hacking 17.3% ★, Education 14.1%, Puzzle 8.3%, Simulation 7.1%
The ultimate "Hollywood Hacker" simulator for when you want to look busy, dangerous, and incredibly tech-savvy.
Why similar: Programming 32.2% ★, Hacking 24.7% ★, Typing 17.2% ★, Education 13.6%, Logic 5.4%
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 51.5% ★, Education 9.9%, Simulation 9.9%, Sandbox 9.7%, Building 8.8%
Pilot drones into derelict spaceships to find the means to survive and piece together how the universe became a giant graveyard.
Why similar: Programming 38.9% ★, Hacking 22.1% ★, Typing 17.9% ★, Difficult 9.5%, Puzzle 6%
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 39.6% ★, Automation 12.7%, Difficult 9.1%, Building 8.6%, Logic 7.6%
Hacker’s Journey is a realistic hacking simulation game built around scenarios written by cybersecurity experts. No Hollywood hacking. Learn the tools, techniques, and tradecraft used in the wild.
Why similar: Programming 41.1% ★, Hacking 26.2% ★, Education 19.2%, Simulation 6.2%, Text-Based 5.5%
Build, debug and optimize a computer network in an underground facility.
Why similar: Programming 42.7% ★, Hacking 21.5% ★, Automation 14.1%, Logic 9.8%, Puzzle 6.6%
An interactive text-based game for learning and practicing how to program in Python.
Why similar: Programming 55% ★, Education 20.7%, Science 9.6%, Text-Based 7.2%, Minimalist 3.4%
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 31.9% ★, Hacking 14.5% ★, Education 12.2%, Automation 11.6%, Science 9.2%
Bitburner is a programming-based incremental game. Write scripts in JavaScript to automate gameplay, learn skills, play minigames, solve puzzles, and more in this cyberpunk text-based incremental RPG.
Why similar: Programming 52.7% ★, Hacking 19.4% ★, Automation 10.8%, Text-Based 4.8%, Education 4.2%
