60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Programming, Simulation, Singleplayer, Hacking.
A career-sim roguelite about surviving the software industry. Take the job, inherit someone else's legacy monolith, ship commits, fix the bugs you planted, then outrun the tech debt that compounds while you sleep. Rent's due, burnout's real, and your bank balance and your nerves are both stats.
The Games You Make
“Quit your job, take out a loan and make a top seller game” sounded like a great idea two months ago. Now, you’re chasing bizarre bugs, combining features that should never go together, and striving to capture that mysterious thing called “fun”. Every decision is yours—and so are the consequences.
Hacker life simulator
Take a team of hackers under your strict guidance and become known to the whole world. Expand your hideout and hack various companies around the world. Become the most famous group in the world!
“Quit your job, take out a loan and make a top seller game” sounded like a great idea two months ago. Now, you’re chasing bizarre bugs, combining features that should never go together, and striving to capture that mysterious thing called “fun”. Every decision is yours—and so are the consequences.
Why similar: Game Development 30.5% ★, Programming 26.7% ★, Time Management 14.5%, Life Sim 11.1%, Multiple Endings 6.4%
Take a team of hackers under your strict guidance and become known to the whole world. Expand your hideout and hack various companies around the world. Become the most famous group in the world!
Why similar: Hacking 28.9% ★, Game Development 28.4% ★, Programming 26.5% ★, Life Sim 12.1%, Simulation 3.6%
A single player graphics-coding puzzle game for creative coders and coding creatives. Built for people who like their graphics coding low level and retro styled.
Why similar: Programming 44.8% ★, Hacking 33.8% ★, Old School 8.7%, Simulation 5.4%, Pixel Graphics 3.3%
Freelancer Life Simulator: Prologue - a free game that contains events before Freelancer Life Simulator. In this story, you play as the uncle of the protagonist. You will find out why uncle left the city.
Why similar: Hacking 31.7% ★, Programming 31.1% ★, Time Management 14.9%, Life Sim 12.4%, Simulation 4.5%
Bug Catcher is a lost Creature Collector where you solve bugs and catch Buggies. Rearrange the game's code to fix and catch over 100 Buggies, and explore the hidden secrets of an unreleased game. No programming knowledge required!
Why similar: Programming 38% ★, Game Development 26.2% ★, Hacking 22.7% ★, Old School 4.8%, Pixel Graphics 3.7%
Become one of the best freelancers, starting your way from scratch. Fulfill orders of varying difficulty.
Why similar: Hacking 33.4% ★, Programming 30.3% ★, Time Management 15.1%, Life Sim 13.3%, Simulation 4.7%
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 30.8% ★, Game Development 29.9% ★, Hacking 25.6% ★, Time Management 7.2%, Simulation 4.2%
"Create the games you want, at the time you want, and live doing only what you love." In this realistic life simulation game, an independent game developer dreams of such a life, struggling with money and time while paying taxes until death. Whether this life is happy or truly lonely, you decide.
Why similar: Game Development 35% ★, Programming 18.7% ★, Time Management 17.2%, Life Sim 13.7%, Choices Matter 5.3%
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 33% ★, Game Development 29% ★, Hacking 23.5% ★, Old School 4.6%, Simulation 3.3%
Hacker's Life is a game where you take the seat of a hacker, infect devices all over the world with malware, and join a hacker group to pull off bigger attacks. See your malware take control of the world and become famous for your hacking skills, but be careful not to get busted.
Why similar: Programming 37.9% ★, Hacking 36.5% ★, Time Management 12%, Choices Matter 6.2%, Simulation 4.5%
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 38.9% ★, Game Development 33.3% ★, Hacking 19.1% ★, Simulation 3.6%, Pixel Graphics 2.2%
In DevLife you start your career just before hitting 18. It's up to you to choose who you want to be - a graphic designer or maybe a programmer? Will it be a Website design or Mobile Applications? It is up to you to decide! And what if you chose wrong? Well... You will have to live with that!
Why similar: Programming 32.8% ★, Game Development 32.6% ★, Time Management 18.1%, Life Sim 12.7%, Simulation 1.8%
A programming puzzle game where you step into the role of a gameplay programmer, write code to build the core mechanics of a wide variety of games, and solve increasingly challenging development problems.
Why similar: Programming 48.4% ★, Game Development 44% ★, Simulation 3.7%, 2D 1.5%, Indie 1.1%
Tired of boring network diagrams? Network & Cyber Security Simulator takes networking and cybersecurity into an interactive first-person (FPS) simulation game! Learn by doing, configure realistic CLI terminals from scratch, solve technical puzzles, and become the digital architect!
Why similar: Programming 40.4% ★, Hacking 40.3% ★, Time Management 11%, Simulation 7.5%, Indie 0.6%
The program was created on the basis of an engineering study program. No prior knowledge of any IT issues is required - we start with simple tasks and step by step learn the basics of computer programming.
Why similar: Programming 47% ★, Hacking 40.6% ★, Game Development 10% ★, Indie 1.1%, 2D 1.1%
A terminal-based hacking game where you play as a broke hacker trying to hack a bank and get rich.
Why similar: Hacking 48.4% ★, Programming 45% ★, Simulation 5.1%, Singleplayer 1%, Indie 0.5%
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: Hacking 53.4% ★, Programming 40% ★, Simulation 4.8%, 2D 0.9%, Indie 0.9%
You've awoken deep within a research facility in a new, programmable robot body. You have holes in your memories. At least you no longer have that hole in your head...
Why similar: Programming 53.9% ★, Hacking 36.4% ★, Simulation 5.2%, Pixel Graphics 3.7%, Singleplayer 0.9%
The world's first Unity programming learning game with C-Sharp. Explore, solve, and modify code in themed challenges from basics to expert levels. Dive into a one-of-a-kind learning adventure, mastering Unity along the way.
Why similar: Programming 36.6% ★, Game Development 33.5% ★, Hacking 24.4% ★, Simulation 3.5%, Casual 2%
Retro Gadgets is a sandbox where you build, code, and customize gadgets inspired by old-school electronics.
Why similar: Game Development 37.3% ★, Programming 27.5% ★, Hacking 19% ★, Old School 4.7%, Simulation 4%
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 48.1% ★, Hacking 40.6% ★, Simulation 8.3%, Indie 2.2%, Singleplayer 0.8%
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 57.3% ★, Hacking 38.1% ★, Simulation 3.2%, Indie 0.9%, Singleplayer 0.5%
An open-ended programming puzzle game where you operate entirely in binary.
Why similar: Programming 51.5% ★, Hacking 33.5% ★, Simulation 6.8%, Retro 3.4%, Pixel Graphics 2.8%
Are you ready to build your own torrent empire? Crack software, manage servers, dive into shady deals, and outsmart the authorities—all in the shadow of the 2000s. Balance risk and reward in this terminal-based strategy sim. Become a digital legend or lose it all!
Why similar: Programming 38.8% ★, Hacking 38.5% ★, Life Sim 11.6%, Simulation 4.9%, Choices Matter 3%
Play as an aspiring software developer in a world dominated by soul-sucking corporations. Will you achieve your goals and build a career in the software industry, or will burnout crush you first?
Why similar: Programming 27% ★, Time Management 23.6%, Life Sim 19.3%, Choices Matter 9.3%, Pixel Graphics 5.6%
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 55.8% ★, Hacking 34.6% ★, Simulation 5.7%, 2D 2.6%, Indie 0.8%
Stand the 1 a.m. watch as a SOC defensive AI. The intruder is already inside; you see only its traces. Tell attack from routine, pull threads across hosts and keys, win a human sign-off, excise it in one strike. Real ATT&CK techniques, detections you write, twenty-plus nights, more than one ending.
Why similar: Programming 36.4% ★, Hacking 30.5% ★, Time Management 18.6%, Choices Matter 6.6%, Simulation 3.3%
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 75.3% ★, Hacking 20.5% ★, Simulation 3%, Indie 0.8%, Singleplayer 0.5%
A mystery-driven adventure where you manipulate the world by tweaking the game itself. Change parameters, shape the environment, and trigger strange events. But what are you really configuring? As the mystery unfolds, you begin to wonder who's really in control.
Why similar: Hacking 34.8% ★, Programming 28.7% ★, Game Development 27.8% ★, Pixel Graphics 4.5%, Retro 3.7%
A game about friendship, love and technology in a place where bits have replaced atoms.
Why similar: Programming 57% ★, Hacking 40.9% ★, Indie 1.4%, Singleplayer 0.7%
Ever wonder what another life would be like? In Lifespan.exe there is no undo. Shape your destiny in a retro terminal with stylish ASCII art: Be a musician, athlete, surgeon, or mobster; pick your spouse and career. Marry, fall into debt, go to jail, or explore the world. Enjoy your chosen life!
Why similar: Hacking 33.5% ★, Programming 31.4% ★, Life Sim 18.2%, Simulation 5.1%, Pixel Graphics 4.2%
you are a game developer who writes game code according to the tasks assigned by the company. You need to drag and drop nodes and connect them to build a complete behavioral logic!
Why similar: Programming 51.4% ★, Game Development 40.4% ★, Simulation 5.1%, 2D 1.5%, Indie 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 55% ★, Hacking 32% ★, Simulation 9.7%, Indie 2.4%, Singleplayer 0.9%
CODE OR DIE! Hack enemy systems & survive the security response by engineering lethal bullet-heaven algorithms. Your brain power determines your firepower across 190+ programming nodes. Debug your failures. Optimize your code. Complete the heist. HACK THE PLANET!
Why similar: Programming 33.7% ★, Hacking 30.1% ★, Game Development 20.9% ★, Time Management 14.8%, Singleplayer 0.5%
《我16岁辍学做游戏！》是一款双结局的游戏开发模拟游戏。讲述一位16岁学生在辍学游戏开发和正常上学导致的不同结局。 制作目的是为了给对独立游戏行业一无所知的人指引一条正确的道路。
Why similar: Game Development 44.1% ★, Life Sim 17.3%, Time Management 14.5%, Multiple Endings 6.3%, Choices Matter 5.8%
Markov Alg is a puzzle game where you can change the game field according to instructions that are written on the game field
Why similar: Programming 39.9% ★, Hacking 35.1% ★, Old School 7.6%, Minimalist 4%, Simulation 4%
Hack ‘n’ Slash is a puzzle action game about hacking -- reprogram object properties, hijack global variables, hack creature behavior, and even rewrite the game’s code. The only way to win is not to play...by the rules!
Why similar: Hacking 52.6% ★, Programming 41.6% ★, Casual 2.2%, Indie 1.8%, 2D 1.1%
hack teh world A cool hacking game where you play as a computer virus. You can play as a Ransomware, Trojan, Spyware, Miner, or just play the Tutorial. Choose from over 195 countries and spread your virus to other countries.
Why similar: Hacking 48.1% ★, Programming 41.7% ★, Simulation 7.3%, 2D 2.4%, Singleplayer 0.5%
After MI7 has been hacked, your primary goal is to bring a cyber-criminal network to justice. Played entirely from your computer's desktop, Mainlining is a thrilling point and click hacking adventure that features a gripping narrative which will have you hooked from the very first case.
Why similar: Hacking 60.3% ★, Programming 27% ★, Simulation 6.3%, Pixel Graphics 3.9%, Indie 1.8%
Hack_me is a hacker simulator game. The main objective in game – is to hack big companies's servers to show people that there is nothing in this world that protected on 100%. You’ll need to use your cmd, bruteforce, SQL-injectors and other programs to hack servers.
Why similar: Hacking 47.6% ★, Programming 39.6% ★, Simulation 7.2%, 2D 3.1%, Indie 1.4%
Start in 1980 in your garage and build your software empire. Unlock languages from BASIC to Python, develop projects, hire programmers and upgrade your office. Survive deadlines, bugs and demanding clients in this tycoon simulation.
Why similar: Programming 31.1% ★, Game Development 29.9% ★, Time Management 23.2%, Minimalist 5.5%, Simulation 4.5%
Embark on a buggy adventure in "I made this Game in 3 Days"! I'm not kidding when I say this roguelike masterpiece was birthed in just 72 hours. Dive headfirst into a realm of whimsical chaos, where every bug is a feature and every glitch is a delightful surprise.
Why similar: Game Development 53.9% ★, Programming 31.5% ★, Choices Matter 5.2%, Pixel Graphics 3.6%, Casual 2.8%
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 47.4% ★, Hacking 46.6% ★, Simulation 4.5%, Indie 1.5%
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 60.2% ★, Hacking 22.8% ★, Simulation 7.5%, Retro 5.6%, 2D 2.4%
Build your game empire! Manage a company, develop hits, win honors. Recruit, innovate, cultivate, invest. Real exp, free dev, pers. cult., fun play.
Why similar: Game Development 41.3% ★, Programming 34.8% ★, Life Sim 11.5%, Simulation 5%, 2D 3.5%
It's 2AM and someone's already hacked into the network. You've got a terminal, a clock that only moves when you act, and maybe twenty minutes before their next move. Find out how they got in. Save the day!
Why similar: Hacking 46.9% ★, Time Management 22.2%, Programming 18.5% ★, Simulation 5%, 2D 3.3%
Ever dreamed of creating a genre-defining masterpiece? Star of Games is a next-gen simulation management game centered on game dev. You'll act as an aspiring developer, starting from a humble garage startup and embarking on a glorious journey—from recreating classics to forging your own legends.
Why similar: Game Development 47.6% ★, Programming 22.6% ★, Life Sim 13.9%, Simulation 7.9%, Time Management 7%
Glitchspace is about reprogramming the game to solve puzzles. Trapped in an abstract cyberspace world, your way forward uses visual programming to edit environmental geometry, whilst unlocking key programming concepts along the way.
Why similar: Programming 72.8% ★, Hacking 25.2% ★, Indie 2%
A game developer life and company management simulator where you build, grow, and dominate your own studio. Play solo, or collaborate and compete with friends in multiplayer.
Why similar: Game Development 37.7% ★, Programming 37.6% ★, Time Management 11.2%, Simulation 3.9%, Pixel Graphics 3.6%
Work hard and you may reach the top of the video game industry!
Why similar: Game Development 35.8% ★, Programming 34.6% ★, Life Sim 14%, Pixel Graphics 3.9%, Retro 3.2%
Solve programming puzzles on a fictional computer with radio-based communication and unique limitations. Competitively optimize to compete on leaderboards against friends and the global community.
Why similar: Programming 56.1% ★, Hacking 30.1% ★, Retro 3.7%, Simulation 3.5%, Minimalist 2.7%
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 60.8% ★, Hacking 36% ★, Simulation 2.6%, Singleplayer 0.6%, Indie 0.1%
Manage a game studio making the world’s greatest MMORPG. Hire designers, coders, and testers, create a fantasy world, then welcome hundreds of virtual players. If they get bored they will cancel their subscription and your investors will have your head. You can even play the game you create.
Why similar: Game Development 35.4% ★, Programming 34.6% ★, Life Sim 14.1%, Pixel Graphics 3.7%, Retro 3.6%
Help Debugger 3.16 to find and delete all bugs in the game worlds of the developer. Learn and use program code in this award-winning puzzle platformer to program you very own game at the end!
Why similar: Programming 49.7% ★, Hacking 46.2% ★, Indie 4.1%
⚡️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 41.6% ★, Hacking 37.1% ★, Life Sim 13.4%, Simulation 5%, Casual 1.7%
A story-rich hacking sim played inside a real Linux desktop. Recon networks, break web apps, crack crypto, and extract hidden data with tools that behave like the real thing, while an autonomous AI watches the network, learns, and hacks back. The commands are real. So are the consequences.
Why similar: Hacking 45.3% ★, Programming 42.2% ★, Simulation 7.3%, 2D 2.6%, Indie 2.3%
A digital life simulator. Work at your PC, earn money, pay bills, invest, build companies, or take risky paths. Money brings power, but risk leads to consequences - there are no safe choices.
Why similar: Hacking 38.3% ★, Game Development 36.4% ★, Life Sim 14.1%, Simulation 6.6%, Minimalist 4%
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 83% ★, Programming 11.9% ★, Choices Matter 2.3%, Simulation 1.5%, 2D 0.8%
Become a Robotic Exploration Systems Programmer (RESP). Get sent to the corners of the galaxy and program robots like if your life depended on it, because it does.
Why similar: Programming 48.6% ★, Hacking 38.6% ★, Simulation 5.2%, Retro 4.3%, Indie 1.5%
In Code World you control the robot that can walk around the world and send messages to devices. Every device reacts on those messages according to its code. You will have to read this code, understand what messages to send and write your own code.
Why similar: Programming 49.9% ★, Hacking 42.1% ★, Simulation 4%, 2D 2.5%, Indie 0.8%
