
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.

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Learn CPU architecture with puzzles
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 33.3% ★, Hacking 25.1% ★, Automation 17%, Education 13%, Logic 7.9%
Learn CPU architecture with puzzles
Why similar: Programming 44.4% ★, Education 15.9%, Logic 14%, Hacking 12.1% ★, Automation 9.4%
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 37.2% ★, Hacking 28.6% ★, Education 17%, Logic 12.9%, Puzzle 3.9%
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 42.5% ★, Hacking 23.5% ★, Education 15.1%, Logic 14.1%, Puzzle 4.2%
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 44.3% ★, Hacking 26.7% ★, Automation 15.9%, Logic 8.4%, Puzzle 4.1%
BUILD CIRCUITS. WRITE CODE. RTFM.
Why similar: Programming 55% ★, Automation 19.7%, Logic 10.5%, Education 7.6%, Puzzle 3.8%
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% ★, Hacking 20.8% ★, Automation 19%, Education 12.5%, Logic 8.3%
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 31.9% ★, Hacking 24.4% ★, Automation 16.8%, Education 14.5%, Logic 8.6%
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 40.2% ★, Hacking 30.3% ★, Education 12.4%, Logic 11.9%, Puzzle 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 45.4% ★, Hacking 27.4% ★, Automation 21.3%, Puzzle 4.8%, Singleplayer 1.2%
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 36.3% ★, Hacking 21% ★, Automation 15.8%, Logic 12.1%, Education 10.1%
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 31.7% ★, Bullet Hell 13.1%, Automation 11.8%, Tactical RPG 11.4%, Action Roguelike 9%
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 63.3% ★, Hacking 15.2% ★, Logic 6.6%, Automation 5%, Education 4.8%
Discover the world of electronics by fixing your hamster’s RC plane. Connect, test, assemble and fail in spectacular ways. This cozy simulator lets you electrocute your hamster without authorities getting involved!
Why similar: Programming 33.8% ★, Automation 18.9%, Hacking 18.5% ★, Education 12.7%, Logic 11.6%
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 31.4% ★, Hacking 23.3% ★, Automation 14.7%, Education 14.1%, Logic 12.1%
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 35.9% ★, Automation 24.2%, Hacking 14.5% ★, Logic 11.8%, Education 10.5%
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 34.6% ★, Hacking 19.8% ★, Education 15.6%, Automation 15.5%, Logic 11.2%
Solve puzzles and learn how to code in this unique and gripping sci-fi adventure!
Why similar: Programming 36% ★, Hacking 27.8% ★, Education 16.7%, Logic 9.1%, Top-Down 6.2%
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 45.5% ★, Hacking 21.8% ★, Logic 14.4%, Automation 13%, Puzzle 5%
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 39.7% ★, Hacking 20.2% ★, Education 14%, Automation 12.9%, Logic 8.1%
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 47.7% ★, Hacking 26.4% ★, Automation 18.3%, Education 4.9%, Puzzle 1.8%
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 42.5% ★, Automation 22.1%, Education 16.3%, Logic 13.5%, Puzzle 5%
Mnemonimov is an assembly-based fantasy console with a retro monochrome screen. Experience the challenge and the fun of old-school game development without the headaches of real hardware.
Why similar: Programming 34.6% ★, Hacking 19.2% ★, Education 15.4%, Automation 14.6%, Logic 11.8%
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% ★, Automation 22.7%, Education 14%, Logic 12%, Top-Down 5.5%
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 53.8% ★, Automation 28.8%, Education 10.8%, Puzzle 5.8%, Singleplayer 0.8%
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 35.3% ★, Automation 19.5%, Hacking 15.4% ★, Education 13%, Logic 12.2%
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 39.6% ★, Hacking 28% ★, Automation 18.8%, Logic 8.5%, Puzzle 4.4%
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 62.3% ★, Education 14.6%, Automation 11%, Puzzle 6.1%, Logic 5%
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 42.6% ★, Automation 23.4%, Logic 14%, Education 13.5%, Puzzle 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 51.6% ★, Education 21.8%, Automation 20.5%, Puzzle 5.1%, Singleplayer 1%
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 32.8% ★, Hacking 24.1% ★, Automation 17.7%, Education 13.6%, Logic 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 28.2%, Logic 11.9%, Puzzle 8.2%, Singleplayer 0.8%
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 40.1% ★, Education 23.4%, Automation 16.1%, Logic 14.3%, Puzzle 5.3%
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 65.2% ★, Education 11.9%, Logic 8.6%, Automation 7.4%, Puzzle 6%
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 41.4% ★, Automation 22.1%, Logic 15.2%, Education 14.9%, Puzzle 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 28.1% ★, Hacking 21.4% ★, Automation 18.9%, Education 13.4%, Logic 10.6%
Master the most counter-intuitive logic in existence. Created by the researchers who defined Quantum Literacy, explore an open-ended puzzle world where you craft real quantum algorithms, solve 500+ challenges, hack other players asynchronously, and gain insights textbooks can’t provide.
Why similar: Programming 30% ★, Hacking 23.1% ★, Automation 16.5%, Education 14.3%, Logic 11.4%
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 33% ★, Hacking 18.1% ★, Automation 17.6%, Education 13.4%, Logic 11%
A=B is a programming puzzle game with only one instruction: A=B, which means replacing A with B.
Why similar: Programming 44.9% ★, Education 18.4%, Automation 17%, Hacking 9% ★, Puzzle 6.1%
Botomy is a challenging strategy game where players program their character to compete in online multiplayer battles. Use the built in Javascript editor or run your own controller in any language/framework you like. Can your bot reach level 30?
Why similar: Programming 33.9% ★, Hacking 25.6% ★, Real Time Tactics 14.2%, Automation 11.5%, Education 8.8%
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 45.7% ★, Automation 23.9%, Logic 14.5%, Education 11.5%, Puzzle 3.9%
Build, debug and optimize a computer network in an underground facility.
Why similar: Programming 35.1% ★, Hacking 25.1% ★, Automation 20.1%, Logic 14.6%, Puzzle 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 40.5% ★, Automation 22.3%, Education 19.8%, Logic 12.3%, Puzzle 4.4%
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 37.2% ★, Hacking 28.8% ★, Automation 19.9%, Logic 9.8%, Puzzle 3.5%
A circuit simulator where you draw everything. Wires are pixels, gates are triangles. Design chips, watch signals glow as they propagate, and debug by rewinding time.
Why similar: Programming 38.5% ★, Hacking 19.2% ★, Automation 17.9%, Education 15.5%, Puzzle 4.8%
Retro Gadgets is a sandbox where you build, code, and customize gadgets inspired by old-school electronics.
Why similar: Programming 34.9% ★, Automation 20.6%, Education 17.4%, Hacking 14.9% ★, Logic 7.3%
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 43% ★, Programming 37.2% ★, Hack and Slash 13%, Puzzle 5.8%, Singleplayer 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 51.7% ★, Hacking 26.8% ★, Education 14.6%, Puzzle 5.5%, Singleplayer 1.4%
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 24.9% ★, Action RTS 21.6% ★, Automation 16%, Real Time Tactics 14.5%, Auto Battler 11.3%
Trapped inside a living database, use real SQL to unlock regions and challenge the system that watches every query. Use SELECT to investigate, UPDATE to repair and remember: DROP NOT ALLOWED. It doesn’t matter if you’re a SQL noob or a veteran; the game teaches you everything you need as you play.
Why similar: Programming 44.4% ★, Education 20.4%, Automation 12.8%, Logic 10.9%, Puzzle 5.3%
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% ★, Automation 17.2%, Tactical RPG 15.2%, Bullet Hell 12.4%, Hack and Slash 8.2%
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% ★, Automation 19.7%, Logic 14.2%, Education 12.9%, Real Time Tactics 7.9%
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 50.8% ★, Hacking 24.5% ★, Education 18.5%, Puzzle 6.2%
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 43.7% ★, Automation 21.5%, Education 15.2%, Logic 13.8%, Puzzle 4.6%
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 21.2% ★, Hacking 19.3% ★, Action Roguelike 16.9%, Auto Battler 14.1%, Bullet Hell 13.1%
Visual Programming Puzzle game inspired by Spacechem and other Zachtronics games.
Why similar: Programming 45% ★, Automation 30.6%, Logic 17.8%, Puzzle 5.9%, Singleplayer 0.6%
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 39.4% ★, Automation 28.6%, Education 17.4%, Logic 10.8%, Puzzle 3.1%
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 44.7% ★, Automation 24.6%, Logic 14.8%, Tactical 5.6%, Top-Down 5.1%