60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Programming, Automation, Puzzle, Singleplayer.
In this game, we will play with the simplest automaton model, Finite State Automaton, and use it to cope with 80 challenges.
BUILD CIRCUITS. WRITE CODE. RTFM.
Why similar: Programming 66.5% ★, Automation 23.1%, Puzzle 5.9%, Education 4.1%, Singleplayer 0.3%
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 69.7% ★, Automation 11.6%, Puzzle 8.5%, Education 7.1%, Casual 2.6%
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 56.3% ★, Automation 21.6%, Education 10.6%, Puzzle 7.1%, Casual 3.8%
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 57.1% ★, Automation 30.4%, Puzzle 11.7%, Singleplayer 0.4%, 2D 0.4%
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 50.9% ★, Automation 25.6%, Education 8.7%, Puzzle 7.7%, Strategy 4.4%
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 53.2% ★, Automation 24%, Puzzle 9.5%, Education 5.9%, Casual 2.9%
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 55.6% ★, Automation 30.4%, Puzzle 9.4%, Casual 2.9%, 2D 1.4%
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 76.7% ★, Puzzle 8.8%, Automation 8%, Education 5.9%, Singleplayer 0.5%
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 58.7% ★, Automation 18.5%, Puzzle 10.4%, Education 5.9%, Casual 5.5%
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 57% ★, Automation 15.3%, Puzzle 7.9%, Strategy 7.4%, Education 3.9%
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 50.9% ★, Automation 27.6%, Puzzle 9.3%, Strategy 5%, Casual 3%
Crayon Computer is a 2D physics-based open-ended programming puzzle game. (if you call that programming)
Why similar: Programming 59.9% ★, Automation 23.2%, Puzzle 7.1%, Education 4.9%, Casual 3.6%
Program traffic lights, barriers, and more to solve your city’s traffic problems! Improve your coding skills by learning to control time-dependent processes with realistic state machines.
Why similar: Programming 53.4% ★, Automation 27.1%, Education 6%, Strategy 5.9%, Puzzle 5.9%
Uncover your hidden programming talent! Code your own robots with simple instructions to explore 40+ logical based puzzles.
Why similar: Programming 55.2% ★, Automation 28.9%, Puzzle 9%, Strategy 4.7%, 2D 1.5%
2D automation factory game, set in an chinese ancient fantasy world,play as a sigil Master,puzzle-solving, programming, optimize production to meet time, financial, or spatial constraints.
Why similar: Programming 51.8% ★, Automation 33.6%, Strategy 6.8%, Puzzle 6.5%, 2D 1%
[the Sequence] is a logic construction puzzler.Let your mind be your guide: Lay down seven different kinds of modules as your roadblocks to get you (portrayed as a binary data point) to a sweet destination.Apply an out-of-the-box thinking to get you to the next level!
Why similar: Programming 52.9% ★, Automation 33.5%, Puzzle 8.6%, Casual 3.1%, 2D 1.5%
VELONE is a creative automation game in which you assemble and program mechanisms to solve logic puzzles. Both relaxing and highly replayable, you save the planet VELONE by creating automated constructs that move and assemble according to your masterplan.
Why similar: Programming 53.3% ★, Automation 30.8%, Puzzle 8.1%, Relaxing 3%, Casual 2.6%
Learn CPU architecture with puzzles
Why similar: Programming 67.7% ★, Automation 13.4%, Education 10.8%, Puzzle 7.1%, 2D 0.6%
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 82.7% ★, Puzzle 7.6%, Automation 6.5%, Education 2.8%, Singleplayer 0.4%
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 53.7% ★, Automation 28.5%, Puzzle 9.8%, Education 7.6%, Singleplayer 0.4%
Visual Programming Puzzle game inspired by Spacechem and other Zachtronics games.
Why similar: Programming 52.6% ★, Automation 34.6%, Puzzle 8.9%, Casual 2.2%, 2D 1.3%
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% ★, Automation 24.9%, Strategy 8.7%, Education 7.2%, Casual 1%
Hack and optimize inefficient elevators in Elegorithm, a Sci-Fi simulation. Connect nodes to build custom algorithms and route endless passenger waves. Clear strict wait time and power targets to upgrade your system. If floors overflow, your hack is detected—game over!
Why similar: Programming 53.9% ★, Automation 29.7%, Puzzle 8.8%, Strategy 5.4%, 2D 1.5%
A=B is a programming puzzle game with only one instruction: A=B, which means replacing A with B.
Why similar: Programming 55.8% ★, Automation 20.2%, Education 10.1%, Puzzle 9.7%, Casual 3.2%
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 49.7% ★, Automation 26%, Education 7.9%, Puzzle 6.7%, Strategy 4.9%
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 72.5% ★, Education 12.4%, Puzzle 8.3%, Casual 6.2%, Singleplayer 0.6%
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 62.4% ★, Automation 28.3%, Puzzle 8.5%, Singleplayer 0.8%
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 47.3% ★, Automation 26.7%, Education 10.7%, Puzzle 7%, Strategy 4.3%
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 52.7% ★, Automation 24.9%, Education 8%, Puzzle 7%, Strategy 5.7%
Pawn.OS() is a programming puzzle game where you use a custom scripting language to control a pawn on a grid. Solve 30 puzzles, learn logic step-by-step, and optimize your code to climb the leaderboard—even without any prior coding experience.
Why similar: Programming 54.1% ★, Automation 27.3%, Education 6.2%, Puzzle 5.1%, Strategy 5.1%
Use the MOLEK-SYNTEZ to create small molecules with various pharmacological effects from the comfort of your small Romanian apartment.
Why similar: Programming 60.9% ★, Automation 26.2%, Puzzle 11.9%, Singleplayer 1%
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 50.4% ★, Automation 36.1%, Puzzle 11.3%, 2D 1.6%, Singleplayer 0.5%
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 52.8% ★, Automation 28.9%, Puzzle 9%, Education 8.2%, 2D 0.6%
Join SirKwitz on another coding adventure in this edutainment puzzle game. Manage instructions, execute functions and loops, and navigate Booleans as you code this quirky robot through each challenge.
Why similar: Programming 48.7% ★, Automation 28.7%, Education 11.6%, Puzzle 8.1%, Casual 2.6%
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 53.3% ★, Automation 32.1%, Puzzle 12.7%, Strategy 1.2%, Singleplayer 0.7%
Engineer a production line to build pixel art images one at a time. Get your timing and placement right to match the solution image and finish the level!
Why similar: Programming 53.5% ★, Automation 27.9%, Casual 9.5%, Puzzle 9.1%
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 51.5% ★, Automation 26%, Puzzle 7.8%, Education 7.5%, Casual 3%
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 64% ★, Automation 28.6%, Education 6%, 2D 0.8%, Singleplayer 0.6%
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.
Why similar: Programming 66.3% ★, Automation 14.5%, Puzzle 9.2%, Strategy 5.1%, Casual 1.4%
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 62.8% ★, Automation 17%, Puzzle 16.5%, Education 1.4%, Singleplayer 0.7%
What kind of sparks will programming and factories create? Watching strings and numbers run on the conveyor belt, enjoy leisure time!!! Programming Factory is a factory puzzle game that now supports creative workshops and customizes your own puzzles!!!
Why similar: Programming 49.7% ★, Automation 31.6%, Puzzle 9.6%, Strategy 4.9%, Casual 2.4%
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 68.5% ★, Automation 23%, Puzzle 8.1%, Singleplayer 0.5%
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 59.3% ★, Automation 24.4%, Education 8.2%, Puzzle 5.4%, Strategy 2.4%
Hexahedra is a puzzle game about beautiful efficiency. Design, program, and optimize factories to build cubes, used galaxy-wide as crates, satellite housing, even chic coffins. Rewind the action to hunt for improvements. Compete with friends, and help a tiny octopus with a nightmare family visit.
Why similar: Programming 53.9% ★, Automation 27.8%, Puzzle 9%, Education 8.6%, Singleplayer 0.7%
A tower defense game where you program your turrets instead of upgrading them. Drag and drop visual code blocks to define targeting, conditions, and firing logic. No coding experience needed. Your strategy is your code.
Why similar: Programming 55.1% ★, Automation 29.3%, Strategy 7.2%, Puzzle 6.9%, 2D 1%
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 70.9% ★, Education 12.5%, Puzzle 11.8%, Casual 3.6%, Singleplayer 1.1%
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 68% ★, Automation 23.5%, Puzzle 3.1%, Education 3.1%, Strategy 1.8%
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 49.7% ★, Automation 34.1%, Education 9.7%, Puzzle 4.9%, 2D 1.2%
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 55.2% ★, Automation 27.2%, Education 9.7%, Puzzle 6.2%, 2D 1.1%
As the AI of a space station, you control programmable bots and solve automation puzzles. Plan precise processes, optimize your strategies, and watch your solutions execute autonomously.
Why similar: Programming 48.7% ★, Automation 30.1%, Puzzle 9.6%, Strategy 8%, Casual 1.9%
Cal & Bomba is a programmatic puzzle game. Program short sequences to navigate the playfield, aim your cannon using potions, and take down your enemies with various explosives. Turn your enemies against each other, and create explosive chain reactions. 150+ puzzles sure to melt your brain!
Why similar: Programming 63.9% ★, Puzzle 11.2%, Strategy 9.7%, Education 8.9%, Casual 4.6%
If your're into logic, problem-solving and building complex systems, then this is a game for you. All the fun of creating systems, using a visual node language, without worring about written syntax of text based programming. Learn real programming skills much faster in a explosions packed battle.
Why similar: Programming 49.6% ★, Automation 28.7%, Puzzle 8.3%, Education 6.8%, Strategy 5.7%
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.
Why similar: Programming 56.5% ★, Automation 23.4%, Education 4.8%, Puzzle 4.1%, Casual 4.1%
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 52.9% ★, Automation 30.7%, Puzzle 9%, Strategy 4.2%, 2D 1.5%
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 81.4% ★, Puzzle 13%, Strategy 2.7%, Exploration 1.4%, Casual 1.2%
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 52.2% ★, Automation 27.9%, Education 11.4%, Puzzle 7.3%, 2D 0.7%
Dive into SirKwitz: a beginner-friendly edutainment game that makes learning programming easy & fun! Explore 28 puzzles across four topics to master the very core concepts behind programming and develop your problem-solving skills. Ideal for those that think coding & programming are scary words!
Why similar: Programming 53.9% ★, Automation 20.9%, Education 14.1%, Puzzle 9%, Casual 1.6%
Cool Headed is a puzzle casual-programming game. Combine and give instructions to your bots to reach the objective! Piece by piece, make your mark on an extensive overworld, unlock bots and discover secrets. Will you have the heart to sacrifice your team?
Why similar: Programming 85.4% ★, Puzzle 14.6%
This is a game that simulates farm management through programming. Players need to develop their economy, upgrade technology, unlock more advanced commands and resources, and deal with various uncertain destructive events. The game simplifies the complexity and extracts the automation elements.
Why similar: Programming 52.8% ★, Automation 28.8%, Education 10.5%, Casual 3.9%, Strategy 2.6%
