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  1. #1 Warp Factory
    97% matchPositive94% of 48 reviews2021
    Dev: Milo Brandt
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    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 35.3%, Automation 27.8%, Building 12.1%, Puzzle 9.6%, Simulation 6.7%

  2. #2 Opus Magnum
    96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 6,719 reviews2017
    Dev: Zachtronics
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    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 46.3%, Automation 27.3%, Puzzle 11.7%, Simulation 4.7%, Logic 4.2%

  3. #3 Block Machine
    96% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2023
    Dev: Sebastian Schöner
    Windows

    A difficult programming puzzle game about building parallel computing machines by placing blocks to solve surprisingly hard problems.

    Why similar: Programming 41.7%, Automation 16.1%, Puzzle 9.1%, Building 8.7%, Minimalist 7.9%

  4. #4 the Sequence [2]
    95% matchPositive93% of 28 reviews2021
    Dev: [OneManBand]Pub: [OneManBand]
    Windows

    Visual Programming Puzzle game inspired by Spacechem and other Zachtronics games.

    Why similar: Programming 39.8%, Automation 28.9%, Puzzle 8.2%, Minimalist 8.1%, Logic 6.2%

  5. #5 [the Sequence]
    94% matchVery Positive90% of 179 reviews2016
    Dev: [OneManBand]
    Windows
    Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 97%

    [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 41.4%, Automation 28.9%, Minimalist 9.2%, Puzzle 8.2%, Logic 6%

  6. #6 Infinifactory
    94% matchVery Positive95% of 2,459 reviews2015
    Dev: Zachtronics
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    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 39.3%, Automation 26.1%, Building 13.5%, Puzzle 11.5%, Simulation 4.9%

  7. #7 SHENZHEN I/O
    93% matchVery Positive95% of 4,421 reviews2016
    Dev: Zachtronics
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 61%

    BUILD CIRCUITS. WRITE CODE. RTFM.

    Why similar: Programming 59.3%, Automation 22.7%, Puzzle 6.4%, Logic 4.5%, Simulation 3.4%

  8. #8 Pictassembler
    92% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2019
    Dev: Active Up Games
    Windows

    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 45.8%, Automation 26.3%, Minimalist 10.9%, Puzzle 9.5%, Casual 7.4%

  9. #9 CHR$(143)
    91% matchVery Positive96% of 79 reviews2021
    Dev: Nicolas Jean
    Windows · Linux

    A rich and challenging physics-based puzzle /logic /construction /programming game! Master ballistics, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, chemical and nuclear reactions, use automation bricks, build structures, machines, vehicles, produce power, solve puzzles, pierce the fog and defeat CHR$!

    Why similar: Programming 36.1%, Automation 29.5%, Building 13.3%, Puzzle 7.2%, Logic 4.4%

  10. #10 Charge!
    91% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2020
    Dev: Hidden Depths Games
    Windows

    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 42.2%, Automation 25.2%, Puzzle 9.4%, Building 7.5%, Logic 5.1%

  11. #11 Programming Factory
    89% matchPositive100% of 19 reviews2024
    Dev: KUOKUO
    Windows

    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 38%, Automation 26.6%, Building 12.5%, Puzzle 9%, Logic 6.1%

  12. #12 Great Permutator
    90% matchVery Positive86% of 148 reviews2014
    Dev: Ripatti Software
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    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 39.7%, Automation 25.4%, Building 12.1%, Puzzle 8.2%, Simulation 5.6%

  13. #13 Finite State Automaton Challenges
    89% matchMostly Positive73% of 11 reviews2023
    Dev: Tramolly Game
    Windows · Mac

    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 54.9%, Automation 31.3%, Puzzle 9.3%, Casual 2.9%, 2D 1.4%

  14. #14 Sublime element
    88% matchPositive85% of 13 reviews2025
    Dev: Thedox Games
    Windows · Linux

    Sublime Element is a logic-based automation game, where you build and program mechanisms to combine elements and create new ones.

    Why similar: Programming 37.4%, Automation 24.4%, Building 9.3%, Puzzle 8%, Grid-Based Movement 6.1%

  15. #15 Robot Programmer
    87% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2022
    Dev: ZeroPub: Zero Cores
    Windows · Mac

    Uncover your hidden programming talent! Code your own robots with simple instructions to explore 40+ logical based puzzles.

    Why similar: Programming 46.4%, Automation 26.8%, Puzzle 9.2%, Simulation 7.3%, Logic 5.7%

  16. #16 Programmer Dungeon Knightress
    86% matchPositive81% of 21 reviews2022
    Dev: Dragon Lord Studio
    Windows · Linux

    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 44.7%, Automation 24.8%, Puzzle 8.2%, Minimalist 6.6%, Simulation 5.7%

  17. #17 Crayon Computer
    86% matchMostly Positive70% of 30 reviews2024
    Dev: Artless Games
    Windows · Mac

    Crayon Computer is a 2D physics-based open-ended programming puzzle game. (if you call that programming)

    Why similar: Programming 51.1%, Automation 21.8%, Building 8.7%, Puzzle 7.4%, Simulation 6.2%

  18. #18 SOKOBOT
    85% matchVery Positive92% of 50 reviews2022
    Dev: Alexander Taylor
    Windows

    SOKOBOT is an open-ended puzzle game where you place down cute robots, give them commands, and create infinitely-looping assembly lines that combine shapes together!

    Why similar: Programming 39.7%, Automation 23.6%, Building 10.7%, Puzzle 8%, Minimalist 5.6%

  19. #19 Logic Arrows
    84% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Artem Yashin
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    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 38%, Automation 29.3%, Building 9.7%, Simulation 7.6%, Puzzle 4.6%

  20. #20 VELONE
    84% matchMixed42% of 31 reviews2022
    Dev: ZAR 21Pub: Daedalic Entertainment
    Windows · Mac

    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 45.1%, Automation 28.7%, Puzzle 8.3%, Logic 6.2%, Simulation 3.9%

  21. #21 MOLEK-SYNTEZ
    83% matchVery Positive89% of 678 reviews2019
    Dev: Zachtronics
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 52%

    Use the MOLEK-SYNTEZ to create small molecules with various pharmacological effects from the comfort of your small Romanian apartment.

    Why similar: Programming 48.9%, Automation 23.8%, Puzzle 11.7%, Simulation 11.2%, Indie 1.9%

  22. #22 Human Resource Machine
    82% matchVery Positive94% of 4,614 reviews2015
    Dev: Tomorrow Corporation
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    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 66.5%, Automation 12.5%, Puzzle 10.1%, Simulation 4.1%, Casual 2.3%

  23. #23 If Red Then Stop
    81% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: KerzovenPub: Metaroot
    Windows · Linux

    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 47.8%, Automation 26.7%, Simulation 7.6%, Puzzle 6.4%, Logic 6%

  24. #24 functional
    82% matchMixed63% of 43 reviews2021
    Dev: yancoutoPub: Marvellous Soft
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    functional is a puzzle game about math and abstraction.

    Why similar: Programming 45.8%, Automation 19.4%, Simulation 12.1%, Minimalist 11.9%, Puzzle 10.3%

  25. #25 7 Billion Humans
    81% matchVery Positive94% of 2,088 reviews2018
    Dev: Tomorrow Corporation
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    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 70%, Puzzle 10.1%, Automation 8.5%, Simulation 5.4%, Logic 3.6%

  26. #26 Turing Complete
    79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,092 reviews2021
    Dev: LevelHead
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    Learn CPU architecture with puzzles

    Why similar: Programming 59.3%, Automation 13.3%, Puzzle 7.7%, Logic 7.3%, Simulation 5.4%

  27. #27 The Qubit Factory
    79% matchPositive98% of 41 reviews2025
    Dev: Logical Basis
    Windows · Mac

    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 46.8%, Automation 27.4%, Puzzle 10.2%, Simulation 8.3%, Logic 6%

  28. #28 Number Machine: Math Factory
    80% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: ARIELEK
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Number Machine is an open-ended factory and automation game with math mechanics. Design, build, and optimize factories that automatically assemble and deliver complex numerical structures. Inspired by Opus Magnum and Infinifactory.

    Why similar: Programming 39.1%, Automation 26.4%, Building 12.9%, Puzzle 7.7%, Simulation 5.9%

  29. #29 programming-factory-2
    78% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
    Dev: KUOKUO
    Windows

    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 45.7%, Automation 20.9%, Building 12.2%, Logic 6.3%, Simulation 5.5%

  30. #30 ABI-DOS
    77% matchVery Positive93% of 403 reviews2024
    Dev: ABI.DOS.SOFTWARE
    Windows

    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 43.3%, Automation 25%, Building 9.9%, Puzzle 7.1%, Simulation 6.1%

  31. #31 Word Factori
    77% matchVery Positive84% of 447 reviews2023
    Dev: Star Garden Games
    Windows
    Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 62%

    Word Factori is a word-building game where your only resource is the letter "i". Build a chain of factories to bend, rotate, reflect, and merge "i" into more complex letters. Discover secret letter recipes, unlock hidden word art, and optimize your factory chains for high scores.

    Why similar: Programming 39.2%, Automation 24.4%, Building 10.1%, Puzzle 7.9%, Logic 5.8%

  32. #32 Axon Hero
    78% match5 user reviews20% of 5 reviews2024
    Dev: DannyBoyThomas
    Windows · Mac

    Axon Hero is more than just a puzzle game - it's a creative playground where logic meets imagination. Build, code, and conquer your way through many hand-crafted challenges, each one more mind-bending than the last.

    Why similar: Programming 33.3%, Automation 23.4%, Building 11.5%, Minimalist 9.3%, Puzzle 7.4%

  33. #33 Kaizen: A Factory Story
    76% matchVery Positive93% of 646 reviews2025
    Dev: CoincidencePub: Astra Logical
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    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 45.3%, Automation 23.8%, Building 8.9%, Puzzle 7.4%, Logic 5.6%

  34. #34 The Pixotron 49
    76% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2025
    Dev: Nordin
    Windows

    The Pixotron 49 is a retro-inspired puzzle game where you craft pixel art by wiring together visual logic nodes. Interact with eclectic characters, solve creative challenges, and bring their requests to life - hopefully not one pixel at a time.

    Why similar: Programming 47%, Automation 24.8%, Puzzle 10.2%, Simulation 6.9%, Logic 6.5%

  35. #35 Codeyssey
    75% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: OnSkull Games
    Windows

    Write real Python code to repair Codey's spaceship and get him home! Automate and optimize tasks as you explore the planet Codey has landed on. Improve your problem solving and coding skills step by step.

    Why similar: Programming 41.6%, Automation 25.5%, Grid-Based Movement 7.8%, Puzzle 7%, Simulation 6%

  36. #36 TIS-100
    75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 4,045 reviews2015
    Dev: Zachtronics
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 52%

    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 76.4%, Puzzle 8.5%, Automation 6.4%, Simulation 3.9%, Logic 3.1%

  37. #37 Alan's Automaton Workshop
    74% matchVery Positive83% of 212 reviews2022
    Dev: Laputa Labs
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    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 43.9%, Automation 25.8%, Building 10.5%, Puzzle 7.5%, Logic 5.3%

  38. #38 Brainfuck Challenge
    72% matchPositive98% of 44 reviews2025
    Dev: Lyric Law
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    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 58.9%, Automation 24.9%, Puzzle 9.1%, Casual 3.6%, Indie 3%

  39. #39 Pragma Twice
    73% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Bryan Gillespie
    Windows

    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 55.5%, Automation 27.7%, Puzzle 9.2%, Simulation 6.9%, Singleplayer 0.6%

  40. #40 SpaceChem
    74% matchVery Positive92% of 5,057 reviews2011
    Dev: Zachtronics
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 66%

    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 54.8%, Puzzle 17.6%, Automation 16.3%, Logic 5.6%, Indie 1.8%

  41. #41 EXAPUNKS
    73% matchVery Positive95% of 1,852 reviews2018
    Dev: Zachtronics
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 58%

    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 58.7%, Automation 22.4%, Puzzle 8.5%, Logic 4.4%, Simulation 4.3%

  42. #42 Tower.defense(): Program The Fight
    72% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: DoggoMz
    Windows

    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 48%, Automation 28.1%, Puzzle 7.4%, Logic 6.2%, Minimalist 4.1%

  43. #43 Gnomes & Co: The Art of the Build
    73% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2020
    Dev: Cheers Games
    Windows

    Direct your secret guild of tiny gnomes, hidden somewhere out in the forest, to manufacture products as efficiently as possible in this optimization-based puzzle game.

    Why similar: Programming 45.7%, Automation 28.7%, Puzzle 9.5%, Indie 9.3%, Logic 6.8%

  44. #44 Robot Unlock
    70% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
    Dev: Adrian Toncean
    Windows · Linux

    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 47.1%, Automation 28.5%, Puzzle 9.8%, Simulation 6.1%, Logic 5.5%

  45. #45 KnotBot
    71% matchMostly Positive72% of 47 reviews2020
    Dev: BeetBomb
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    From collecting buttons to solving tangled mazes, automate KnotBot on a quest of handcrafted puzzles. Solve the problems your own way, it's simple to understand but still deep and challenging.

    Why similar: Programming 46.3%, Automation 18.9%, Simulation 13.3%, Puzzle 8%, Indie 7%

  46. #46 Comet 64
    71% matchMostly Positive76% of 186 reviews2021
    Dev: Onur AyasPub: what sorceress this
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 36 minMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 40%

    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 47.8%, Automation 16.6%, Building 10.2%, Puzzle 8.3%, Simulation 5.6%

  47. #47 Manufactoria 2022
    70% matchVery Positive96% of 71 reviews2022
    Dev: PleasingFungus Games
    Windows · Mac

    Manufactoria 2022 is a constructive puzzle game about pushing robots around. (It's okay, they don't complain.) Use simple parts to engineer solutions to open-ended problems, then rebuild 'em better! Take a company from your backyard to the soaring heights of success! How hard could it be?

    Why similar: Programming 44%, Automation 29%, Puzzle 9.3%, Logic 6.7%, Simulation 5.2%

  48. #48 QuantumPulse 2A
    68% matchPositive93% of 27 reviews2025
    Dev: Dashing Strike
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    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 56.3%, Automation 17.1%, Puzzle 9.6%, Logic 7%, Simulation 4.6%

  49. #49 Autonauts
    70% matchVery Positive90% of 4,915 reviews2019
    Dev: DenkiPub: Curve Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    In Autonauts you must build, create, and automate. Start by establishing a colony, crafting bots and teaching them via Scratch-style programming to build an ever evolving autonomous paradise of agriculture, industry and enlightenment.

    Why similar: Programming 49.7%, Automation 31.2%, Building 7.6%, Simulation 6.9%, Casual 2.6%

  50. #50 SysOps Simulator
    69% match8 user reviews50% of 8 reviews2024
    Dev: Sophism Games
    Windows

    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 44.3%, Automation 31.7%, Simulation 7.8%, Logic 5.7%, Minimalist 5.4%

  51. #51 Virtual Circuit Board
    69% matchVery Positive93% of 302 reviews2023
    Dev: Reverie Foundry
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 21.2 hrs≥1hr: 55%

    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 43.1%, Automation 20.5%, Building 11.8%, Simulation 6.4%, Minimalist 5.8%

  52. #52 混元灵印
    69% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: 寰宇四象计划
    Windows

    2D automation factory game, set in an chinese ancient fantasy world, semi-realistic art style with puzzle-solving, programming, and visual novel elements. play as a Soul Seal Master, Craft Soul Seals, optimize production to meet time, financial, or spatial constraints.

    Why similar: Programming 49.8%, Automation 35.6%, Puzzle 7.6%, Logic 3.6%, 2D 2.1%

  53. #53 Bombe
    68% matchVery Positive96% of 371 reviews2023
    Dev: Charlie Brej
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Minesweeper, but you only solve each situation once.

    Why similar: Automation 30.8%, Programming 25.1%, Minimalist 11.1%, Puzzle 10.8%, Building 10.5%

  54. #54 Backcast
    67% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2026
    Dev: botterYosukePub: Sasaco Co., Ltd.
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    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 58.5%, Automation 28.7%, Simulation 10.7%, 2D 1.6%, Singleplayer 0.5%

  55. #55 Freshly Frosted
    68% matchVery Positive99% of 373 reviews2022
    Dev: Ty TaylorPub: The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    Place conveyor belts to solve puzzles in the world's most adorable donut factory!

    Why similar: Programming 31.7%, Automation 27.6%, Puzzle 11.4%, Building 10.8%, Simulation 6.6%

  56. #56 Beam Time
    67% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
    Dev: Connor Slade
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A logic puzzle game where you redirect and split laser beams to create digital circuits. Through the campaign, you will explore basic logic gates, oscillators, latches, counters, adders, memory, and more.

    Why similar: Programming 62.2%, Puzzle 12.8%, Simulation 7%, Logic 6.4%, Automation 5.2%

  57. #57 Circuit Artist
    67% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2024
    Dev: lets_all_be_stupid_forever
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    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 44.3%, Automation 21.9%, Building 10.3%, Puzzle 8.7%, Simulation 7.3%

  58. #58 Hexahedra
    66% matchPositive100% of 29 reviews2024
    Dev: Sidequest Ninja
    Windows · Linux

    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 49.2%, Automation 28%, Puzzle 10%, Logic 7.1%, Simulation 5.2%

  59. #59 Pawn.OS()
    65% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2025
    Dev: Punic Code
    Windows

    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 50.9%, Automation 28.3%, Puzzle 5.9%, Minimalist 5.5%, Grid-Based Movement 3.1%

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