60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Puzzle, Programming, Simulation, Education.
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.
Circuit Artist
Every chip is a PNG image. Draw circuits where wire length and timing actually matter.
Virtual Circuit Board
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.
Every chip is a PNG image. Draw circuits where wire length and timing actually matter.
Why similar: Programming 28.4% ★, Hacking 12% ★, Education 11.8%, Science 10.9%, Automation 10.3%
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 26.8% ★, Hacking 15.8% ★, Education 13.1%, Science 12.5%, Automation 11.2%
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 33.5% ★, Hacking 14.5% ★, Education 12.1%, Science 9%, Automation 8.5%
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 27.4% ★, Hacking 17.1% ★, Science 14.9%, Education 12.6%, Automation 10.1%
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% ★, Hacking 16.2% ★, Automation 13.6%, Education 11.7%, Sandbox 7.3%
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 33.9% ★, Science 13.4%, Automation 12.3%, Education 12.2%, Sandbox 9.1%
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 28% ★, Hacking 15.1% ★, Education 13.2%, Science 12.2%, Automation 11.6%
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 47.3% ★, Education 18.5%, Science 12.4%, Sandbox 5.7%, Building 5.4%
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 23.6% ★, Hacking 15.3% ★, Science 13.7%, Automation 12.4%, Education 11.6%
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 37.3% ★, Hacking 23.8% ★, Education 15%, Automation 14.9%, Puzzle 4.4%
Learn programming in a fun way! An educational game that teaches the basics of programming and algorithmic logic. No prior knowledge of programming is required to play.
Why similar: Programming 31.2% ★, Hacking 17.5% ★, Education 15.9%, Automation 10.3%, Building 6.8%
⚡️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 31.7% ★, Hacking 21.3% ★, Education 16.1%, Sandbox 8.6%, Simulation 5%
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 38.9% ★, Automation 17.2%, Science 14.8%, Puzzle 7.4%, Building 6.3%
Use the MOLEK-SYNTEZ to create small molecules with various pharmacological effects from the comfort of your small Romanian apartment.
Why similar: Programming 43.5% ★, Science 21.3%, Automation 15.2%, Simulation 9.8%, Puzzle 9%
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 30.5% ★, Science 16.4%, Automation 14.4%, Education 13.4%, Sandbox 8.6%
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 24.2% ★, Hacking 15.7% ★, Science 13.7%, Education 11.4%, Automation 10.4%
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 46.1% ★, Hacking 23.6% ★, Automation 17%, Puzzle 6.5%, Simulation 5.8%
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 41.7% ★, Hacking 27.3% ★, Education 19.7%, Puzzle 5.8%, Science 5.2%
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 40.6% ★, Automation 16.6%, Education 16%, Sandbox 9.4%, Puzzle 6.4%
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 43.5% ★, Science 14.9%, Education 12.9%, Simulation 8.7%, Sandbox 8.4%
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 48.8% ★, Hacking 24.6% ★, Automation 13.3%, Puzzle 6%, Simulation 3.5%
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 47.3% ★, Hacking 22.2% ★, Education 17.3%, Simulation 6.3%, Puzzle 6.2%
Mystery Boxes is a codebreaking puzzle game. Send 4-digit signals to a mysterious artifact, which will respond with another sequence. Look for patterns in the responses to identify the rules, then use this information to produce the target response.
Why similar: Programming 28.4% ★, Hacking 17.7% ★, Wholesome 16.1%, Education 14.7%, Female Protagonist 5.6%
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 29.3% ★, Hacking 16% ★, Science 15.8%, Education 14.4%, Automation 14.4%
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: Programming 25.4% ★, Education 21.6%, Science 18.3%, Automation 16.1%, Simulation 8.4%
BUILD CIRCUITS. WRITE CODE. RTFM.
Why similar: Programming 58.7% ★, Automation 16.5%, Education 8.3%, Puzzle 5.4%, Simulation 3.4%
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 60.6% ★, Education 14.2%, Automation 8.1%, Puzzle 7.7%, Simulation 3.6%
Retro Gadgets is a sandbox where you build, code, and customize gadgets inspired by old-school electronics.
Why similar: Programming 23.9% ★, Education 17.7%, Automation 16.1%, Hacking 12.5% ★, Building 9.5%
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 37.8% ★, Automation 15.5%, Education 12.7%, Sandbox 8.6%, Building 7.4%
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 41.1% ★, Automation 17.7%, Education 13.4%, Science 12%, Puzzle 7.8%
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 47% ★, Hacking 20.7% ★, Education 13.7%, Simulation 10.9%, Puzzle 6.7%
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 41.6% ★, Automation 14.8%, Education 14.7%, Science 13.5%, Building 7.1%
Solve puzzles and learn how to code in this unique and gripping sci-fi adventure!
Why similar: Programming 35.7% ★, Hacking 23.5% ★, Education 17.1%, Science 10.7%, Puzzle 5.7%
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 33.9% ★, Education 20.9%, Science 17.9%, Simulation 7.7%, Puzzle 7.7%
In this game, we will play with the simplest automaton model, Finite State Automaton, and use it to cope with 80 challenges.
Why similar: Programming 53.2% ★, Automation 22.3%, Education 11%, Puzzle 7.6%, Casual 3%
Algotica is an educational puzzle game about programming with cute lowpoly graphics. If you wanted to start learning programming but think that it too difficult to understand or just don't have enough time or not sure that you need it - this game is a good start point for you
Why similar: Programming 47.3% ★, Hacking 18.6% ★, Education 17%, Puzzle 7.4%, Funny 3.6%
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 49.7% ★, Hacking 22.3% ★, Automation 13.9%, Education 5.3%, Sandbox 3%
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 37.5% ★, Education 18.8%, Automation 16.2%, Sandbox 9.3%, Building 8.2%
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 34% ★, Automation 14.8%, Education 13%, Hacking 12.6% ★, Sandbox 6.8%
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 37.2% ★, Automation 19.6%, Hacking 12.8% ★, Education 11.2%, Science 8.7%
Learn to code in Java as well as learning important Object Oriented Programming principles. Solve puzzles while learning new features as you track down the evil wizard intent on destroying the world. Write real Java code while playing through an RPG story!
Why similar: Programming 36% ★, Hacking 24.5% ★, Education 19.1%, Puzzle 6%, Female Protagonist 5.5%
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 37.1% ★, Education 19.4%, Automation 17%, Sandbox 11%, Puzzle 5.7%
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 42.7% ★, Hacking 27.3% ★, Education 13.6%, Simulation 9.7%, Puzzle 5.7%
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 44.2% ★, Education 24.5%, Sandbox 13.7%, Puzzle 9.2%, Simulation 7.5%
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 51% ★, Education 22.1%, Automation 15.9%, Puzzle 6.7%, Casual 3.4%
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 40.1% ★, Automation 19.8%, Building 12.5%, Sandbox 11.6%, Puzzle 10.1%
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 37.4% ★, Science 16.8%, Education 15.4%, Sandbox 10.4%, Building 8.4%
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 66.6% ★, Hacking 13.7% ★, Puzzle 6.4%, Education 5.2%, Automation 4.2%
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 31.9% ★, Hacking 25.1% ★, Education 15.6%, Sandbox 8.8%, Building 5.8%
Star Stuff is a deceptively cute programming puzzle game. Program and work alongside bots to tackle the most important (and undoubtedly safest) task in the galaxy: fixing a star factory. Ready for your first day on the job?
Why similar: Programming 39.1% ★, Automation 18.7%, Wholesome 18.3%, Family Friendly 5.7%, Puzzle 5.4%
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.
Why similar: Programming 49.8% ★, Automation 12.7%, Education 11.6%, Puzzle 9.2%, Casual 4.6%
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 43.2% ★, Automation 18.8%, Education 17.7%, Sandbox 11.5%, Puzzle 7.9%
In the second episode of Finite State Automation Challenges, you will use finite-state automata to overcome 80 challenges from character string manipulation, computer science, and mathematics.
Why similar: Programming 48.6% ★, Science 17.9%, Automation 10.6%, Education 7.6%, Puzzle 7%
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 24.4% ★, Science 17.5%, Education 12%, Automation 11.6%, Sandbox 9.5%
Make a Snake AI using simple visual commands. Develop a strategy, let the computer do the hard work, sit back and watch it play the game for you.
Why similar: Programming 36.2% ★, Hacking 23.5% ★, Education 16.9%, Automation 14.9%, Puzzle 4.6%
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 58.7% ★, Science 11.5%, Education 11.1%, Puzzle 9.2%, Simulation 8.7%
Crayon Computer is a 2D physics-based open-ended programming puzzle game. (if you call that programming)
Why similar: Programming 50.6% ★, Automation 15.9%, Education 9.6%, Building 7.9%, Puzzle 6.3%
Write Python-style code to program repair patchers and rescue a corrupting 1.44MB floppy sector by sector. Start with four commands; every file you restore unlocks loops, variables, functions and lists, until your programs bring all 1,474,560 bytes back to life. The whole game fits on one floppy.
Why similar: Programming 43.2% ★, Automation 22%, Sandbox 12.4%, Education 11.1%, Simulation 6.6%
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 50.4% ★, Automation 18.2%, Education 10.9%, Sandbox 10.3%, Simulation 9.4%
