
HackeRPG is a coding-based top-down arena roguelite in which you control a programmer avatar to battle hordes of viruses, bugs, trojans, etc. Upgrade your character, create unique builds, and automate your fights by writing code.
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HackeRPG is a coding-based top-down arena roguelite in which you control a programmer avatar to battle hordes of viruses, bugs, trojans, etc. Upgrade your character, create unique builds, and automate your fights by writing code.

Code World
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.

Software Engineering Course / Informatyka - zrozum i zaprogramuj komputer
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.
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 33.6% ★, Hacking 25.3% ★, Automation 15.7%, Education 13.6%, Logic 8.1%
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 36.9% ★, Hacking 28.4% ★, Education 17.5%, Logic 12.9%, Puzzle 4%
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 42.1% ★, Hacking 23.3% ★, Education 15.5%, Logic 14.1%, Puzzle 4.3%
Build a battle top in your garage. Draft cassette tapes and wire them into its brain. Pull the cord, and it fights the tournament on its own. A roguelike strategy game where you win on the workbench, or you learn something and go back to the basement to build again.
Why similar: Programming 30.8% ★, Automation 17.7%, Hacking 11.6% ★, Roguelite 10.7%, Action Roguelike 8.8%
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 45.3% ★, Hacking 26.8% ★, Automation 14.4%, Logic 8.6%, Puzzle 4.3%
BUILD CIRCUITS. WRITE CODE. RTFM.
Why similar: Programming 55.5% ★, Automation 18.3%, Logic 10.8%, Education 7.9%, Puzzle 3.9%
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 32.2% ★, Hacking 24.6% ★, Automation 15.5%, Education 15.1%, Logic 8.8%
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 35.4% ★, Hacking 21% ★, Automation 17.6%, Education 13.1%, Logic 8.5%
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 40% ★, Hacking 30.1% ★, Education 12.7%, Logic 11.9%, Puzzle 4.1%
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 27.8% ★, Automation 19.9%, Puzzle 5%, Singleplayer 1.2%
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 63.1% ★, Hacking 15.3% ★, Logic 6.7%, Education 4.9%, Automation 4.7%
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 31.9% ★, Hacking 22.2% ★, Education 15.6%, Automation 15.5%, Logic 10.7%
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 31.6% ★, Hacking 23.3% ★, Education 14.6%, Automation 13.6%, Logic 12.4%
Bioprototype, a Roguelike & Skill Customizing Rhapsody! This is an auto-bomber with programming elements. Customize your character skills with visual programming, utilize enemy organs to finish the mutation, and construct the ultimate prototype, one can survive in the endless wave of flesh.
Why similar: Programming 32% ★, Bullet Hell 13.4%, Tactical RPG 11.7%, Automation 11%, Action Roguelike 9%
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 32.5% ★, Hacking 21.4% ★, Education 16.6%, Automation 12.6%, Logic 11.8%
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 36.5% ★, Automation 22.5%, Hacking 14.7% ★, Logic 12.1%, Education 11%
Solve puzzles and learn how to code in this unique and gripping sci-fi adventure!
Why similar: Programming 35.7% ★, Hacking 27.6% ★, Education 17.1%, Logic 9.2%, Top-Down 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 29.8% ★, Hacking 19.1% ★, Automation 17.1%, Education 14.7%, Logic 11.8%
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 45.9% ★, Hacking 22% ★, Logic 14.7%, Automation 12%, Puzzle 5.2%
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 39.9% ★, Hacking 20.3% ★, Education 14.5%, Automation 11.9%, Logic 8.2%
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 49.6% ★, Hacking 26.2% ★, Automation 16.3%, Education 5.3%, Puzzle 1.9%
It's a small spatial programming puzzle game.
Why similar: Programming 44.2% ★, Automation 20.8%, Logic 14.1%, Education 10.4%, Puzzle 5.1%
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 36.3% ★, Hacking 29% ★, Education 19.4%, Logic 5.6%, Top-Down 4.9%
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 42.9% ★, Automation 20.5%, Education 17%, Logic 13.8%, Puzzle 5.2%
CRACKME.EXE is a hard hacking puzzle game where you use real tools to mess with the game's files and programs. You'll have to leave the game window to work out what's stopping you, then find a way around it.
Why similar: Hacking 39.6% ★, Programming 32.4% ★, Education 12%, Logic 9.8%, Puzzle 5.5%
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% ★, Hacking 20.9% ★, Automation 16%, Education 15.6%, Logic 10.6%
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 42.4% ★, Automation 21.6%, Education 17.5%, Logic 11.6%, Puzzle 6%
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 63.1% ★, Education 14.8%, Automation 9.9%, Puzzle 6.2%, Logic 5.1%
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 40.4% ★, Automation 21%, Education 14.6%, Logic 12.3%, Puzzle 5.6%
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 54.8% ★, Automation 26.9%, Education 11.4%, Puzzle 6.1%, Singleplayer 0.8%
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% ★, Automation 21.7%, Logic 14.3%, Education 14%, Puzzle 6.3%
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 49.4% ★, Logic 15.5%, Automation 14.8%, Education 11.6%, Puzzle 7.1%
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 40.1% ★, Hacking 28.4% ★, Automation 17.5%, Logic 8.8%, Puzzle 4.6%
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 52.1% ★, Education 22.7%, Automation 19%, Puzzle 5.3%, Singleplayer 1%
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 35.6% ★, Automation 18.1%, Hacking 15.5% ★, Education 13.6%, Logic 12.5%
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% ★, Education 11.7%, Logic 8.8%, Automation 6.5%, Puzzle 6.1%
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 52.2% ★, Automation 26.2%, Logic 12.2%, Puzzle 8.6%, Singleplayer 0.7%
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 28.4% ★, Hacking 21.6% ★, Automation 17.5%, Education 14%, Logic 10.8%
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 41.8% ★, Automation 20.5%, Education 15.5%, Logic 15.5%, Puzzle 5.6%
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 40.2% ★, Education 24.3%, Automation 14.8%, Logic 14.5%, Puzzle 5.4%
A=B is a programming puzzle game with only one instruction: A=B, which means replacing A with B.
Why similar: Programming 45.3% ★, Education 19%, Automation 15.6%, Hacking 9% ★, Puzzle 6.3%
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 40.6% ★, Automation 20.8%, Education 18.7%, Logic 13%, Puzzle 4.5%
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 48.3% ★, Automation 20%, Logic 12.2%, Education 11.8%, Puzzle 6.8%
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 33.1% ★, Hacking 24.3% ★, Automation 16.4%, Education 14.2%, Logic 8.8%
Program your team of AIs to infiltrate corporation servers and find your brother Hermann. This game is about the fun of coding and optimization. There is always something to improve.
Why similar: Programming 32.9% ★, Hacking 24.4% ★, Automation 17%, Logic 11.7%, Auto Battler 9.6%
Build, debug and optimize a computer network in an underground facility.
Why similar: Programming 35.6% ★, Hacking 25.4% ★, Automation 18.7%, Logic 15%, Puzzle 4.3%
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 51.3% ★, Hacking 26.6% ★, Education 15%, Puzzle 5.7%, Singleplayer 1.4%
Every chip is a PNG image. Draw circuits where wire length and timing actually matter.
Why similar: Programming 38.8% ★, Hacking 19.4% ★, Automation 16.6%, Education 16.2%, Puzzle 5%
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 42.5% ★, Programming 37.8% ★, Hack and Slash 12.8%, Puzzle 5.9%, Singleplayer 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 40.8% ★, Automation 20.7%, Education 20.6%, Logic 12.6%, Puzzle 4.6%
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 51.4% ★, Hacking 23.8% ★, Education 18.5%, Puzzle 6.2%
Program potato workers to process numbers with simple punch-in instructions at a factory that mimics a processor. Optimize solutions to solve challenging open-ended puzzles. Punch, observe, learn, repeat.
Why similar: Programming 53.2% ★, Education 21.1%, Logic 18.3%, Puzzle 6.2%, Singleplayer 1.3%
Bioweaver is an RPG game with the main content of treasure hunting and character building. You can use basic programming logic to deeply customize your skill sets, and you can also create organs with different attributes and functions with the special crafting system.
Why similar: Programming 36.3% ★, Automation 15.9%, Tactical RPG 15.5%, Bullet Hell 12.7%, Hack and Slash 8.5%
Enter the world of "Monster Logic", the monstrous programming game! In this hand-drawn puzzle game, you'll have to use each monster's unique ability to progress through the 40+ levels and the multiple biomes!
Why similar: Programming 37.7% ★, Hacking 29.2% ★, Automation 18.5%, Logic 10.1%, Puzzle 3.6%
Power on an old computer and meet LITA. Together, you will explore how computer memory works through a series of puzzles.
Why similar: Programming 53.5% ★, Education 21.8%, Logic 18.4%, Puzzle 5.8%, Singleplayer 0.5%
Echoes of the Architects is a fast-paced real-time strategy game where creativity drives victory. Design modular, programmable units to build your perfect army. Adapt and outsmart your opponents in dynamic skirmishes that reward tactical precision, ingenuity, and strategic mastery.
Why similar: Programming 25.4% ★, Action RTS 22.4% ★, Automation 14.9%, Real Time Tactics 14.9%, Auto Battler 10.7%
Create an AI for your DumbBots to help them achieve victory! Learn the basics of coding with guns, explosions, and ragdolls.
Why similar: Programming 39.5% ★, Automation 18.3%, Logic 14.5%, Education 13.5%, Real Time Tactics 8.1%
White Hat is a bullet hell roguelite where you upgrade the game, not yourself, to progressively increase the difficulty. Earn points on runs that you can use to add more waves or research gameplay modifiers. Upgrades make the game harder, but increase your score multiplier.
Why similar: Programming 21.4% ★, Hacking 19.5% ★, Action Roguelike 16.8%, Bullet Hell 13.4%, Auto Battler 13.4%