- #1 If Red Then Stop
97% 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 38.7% ★, Automation 19.4%, Logic 10.5%, Education 8.3%, Simulation 6%
- #2 Logic Arrows
96% 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 32.9% ★, Automation 22.4%, Education 12.1%, Sandbox 9.9%, Logic 7.5%
- #3 SHENZHEN I/O
95% matchVery Positive95% of 4,452 reviews2016
Dev: Zachtronics
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 61%
BUILD CIRCUITS. WRITE CODE. RTFM.
Why similar: Programming 54.4% ★, Automation 18.7%, Logic 8.9%, Education 6.4%, Puzzle 5.2%
- #4 KnotBot
95% 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 35.5% ★, Automation 13%, Education 11%, Simulation 10%, Logic 9.8%
- #5 Turing Complete
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,204 reviews2021
Dev: LevelHead
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Learn CPU architecture with puzzles
Why similar: Programming 49.7% ★, Education 15.1%, Logic 13.1%, Automation 9.7%, Puzzle 5.6%
- #6 Opus Magnum
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 6,887 reviews2017
Dev: Zachtronics
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 13.3 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 46.4% ★, Automation 24.4%, Puzzle 10.3%, Logic 9.2%, Simulation 4.5%
- #7 Block Machine
93% 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 41.6% ★, Automation 14.4%, Logic 12.6%, Sandbox 9.6%, Puzzle 8%
- #8 Human Resource Machine
92% matchVery Positive94% of 4,642 reviews2015
Dev: Tomorrow Corporation
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 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 58.4% ★, Education 11.4%, Automation 9.6%, Puzzle 7.7%, Logic 3.9%
- #9 Finite State Automaton Challenges
91% 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 50.7% ★, Automation 25.9%, Education 8.6%, Puzzle 7.6%, Strategy 4.4%
- #10 Beam Time
91% 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 48.2% ★, Sandbox 12.5%, Logic 10.7%, Puzzle 8.8%, Simulation 5.3%
- #11 The Qubit Factory
89% matchPositive98% of 46 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 40.4% ★, Automation 21.2%, Logic 11.3%, Education 10.8%, Puzzle 7.8%
- #12 the Sequence [2]
90% matchPositive93% of 28 reviews2021
Dev: [OneManBand]Pub: [OneManBand]
Windows
Visual Programming Puzzle game inspired by Spacechem and other Zachtronics games.
Why similar: Programming 39.5% ★, Automation 25.7%, Logic 13.3%, Puzzle 7.2%, Minimalist 7%
- #13 ProBelt
88% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Snakebelt
Windows
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 37.2% ★, Automation 18.6%, Logic 11.2%, Education 10.3%, Sandbox 7.5%
- #14 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 42.8% ★, Automation 22.2%, Logic 11.5%, Puzzle 7.6%, Simulation 6.6%
- #15 Alan's Automaton Workshop
86% 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 36.8% ★, Automation 19.4%, Education 15.3%, Logic 9.5%, Sandbox 8.1%
- #16 Charge!
86% 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 40.2% ★, Automation 21.6%, Logic 10.6%, Puzzle 7.9%, Simulation 4.6%
- #17 [the Sequence]
85% 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 41.3% ★, Automation 26%, Logic 12.9%, Minimalist 8%, Puzzle 7.3%
- #18 Kernel Quest
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jonathan Dupré
Windows
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 45% ★, Automation 24.4%, Puzzle 8.3%, Minimalist 6.6%, Simulation 5.7%
- #19 7 Billion Humans
84% matchVery Positive94% of 2,104 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 62.3% ★, Education 9.2%, Puzzle 7.8%, Logic 7%, Automation 6.5%
- #20 ABI-DOS
82% matchVery Positive93% of 416 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 37.3% ★, Automation 19.3%, Education 11.3%, Sandbox 7.5%, Logic 7.5%
- #21 Kaizen: A Factory Story
82% matchVery Positive93% of 689 reviews2025
Dev: CoincidencePub: Astra Logical
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 39.4% ★, Automation 18.4%, Education 11.5%, Logic 10.5%, Puzzle 5.7%
- #22 VELONE
83% 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 41.6% ★, Automation 23.8%, Logic 12.4%, Sandbox 8.4%, Puzzle 6.8%
- #23 SirKwitz
81% matchVery Positive94% of 86 reviews2024
Dev: Predict Edumedia
Windows
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 38.4% ★, Education 19%, Automation 14.8%, Logic 11.6%, Puzzle 7%
- #24 Lambda Spellcrafting Academy - Learn to Program!
81% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: Bit Twiddle Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Develop magical programming abilities while building spells. Lambda Spellcrafting Academy is a card-based puzzle game where you build spells (programs) to solve puzzles. If you've ever wanted to dabble in spellcraft (programming) here is a fun way to get started.
Why similar: Programming 41.2% ★, Education 13.9%, Logic 12.3%, Sandbox 8.5%, Puzzle 7.1%
- #25 Brainfuck Challenge
80% 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 50.1% ★, Automation 19.1%, Education 17.9%, Puzzle 6.9%, Indie 3.3%
- #26 OCTOPTICOM 3D
79% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: UP DEVELOPMENT LTD.
Windows · Linux
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 45.7% ★, Logic 12.7%, Education 11.2%, Puzzle 8.9%, Simulation 8.8%
- #27 The Farmer Was Replaced
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 8,430 reviews2025
Dev: Timon HerzogPub: Metaroot
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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 43.9% ★, Automation 17.7%, Education 11.6%, Logic 8.3%, Minimalist 4.6%
- #28 DumbBots: Hello World
79% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2020
Dev: Michael Hall
Windows
DumbBots: Hello World is the FREE introduction to the world of coding a DumbBot. Learn a new skill in 2020, and pickup the basics of coding with drag-and-drop ease in a fun setting. Or show your coding mettle by competing with other DumbBots.
Why similar: Programming 38.4% ★, Education 16.3%, Automation 12.6%, Sandbox 11%, Logic 8.7%
- #29 Craftomation 101: Programming & Craft
77% matchVery Positive85% of 624 reviews2024
Dev: Luden.io
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 64%
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 36.7% ★, Automation 20.5%, Education 15.8%, Sandbox 9.7%, Puzzle 5.9%
- #30 SOKOBOT
78% 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 38.1% ★, Automation 20.3%, Logic 11.4%, Sandbox 8.5%, Puzzle 6.8%
- #31 Drag Engineer
78% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2021
Dev: Guang Pu
Windows
If you are interested in programming, you will like the game. You will play an engineer, use the mouse to drag various instructions to write programs, and let them run normally to meet the requirements of the boss. Some levels test your logic ability very much. Please think carefully before you act.
Why similar: Programming 52.6% ★, Education 14.1%, Logic 13.6%, Simulation 9.2%, Puzzle 6.8%
- #32 Infinifactory
77% matchVery Positive95% of 2,465 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 40.6% ★, Automation 24.3%, Puzzle 10.6%, Sandbox 10.2%, Logic 5.7%
- #33 Robot Unlock
76% 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 40.6% ★, Automation 22.1%, Education 12.1%, Logic 10.3%, Puzzle 7.5%
- #34 Virtual Circuit Board
75% matchVery Positive93% of 305 reviews2023
Dev: Reverie Foundry
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 20.7 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 36.5% ★, Automation 15.5%, Education 13.9%, Logic 10.1%, Sandbox 9%
- #35 Programming Factory
75% 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 38.1% ★, Automation 24%, Logic 13.3%, Puzzle 8%, Sandbox 4.3%
- #36 Hexahedra
74% 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 41.2% ★, Automation 21.1%, Logic 12.8%, Education 12.6%, Puzzle 7.5%
- #37 programming-factory-2
73% match5 user reviews100% of 5 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 42.7% ★, Automation 17.5%, Logic 12.8%, Education 6.8%, Sandbox 5.6%
- #38 Arcana Automata
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Grumpy Penguin Games
Windows
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 46.7% ★, Automation 20%, Education 11.2%, Simulation 7.8%, Strategy 6.9%
- #39 U.V.S. Nirmana
71% matchVery Positive91% of 148 reviews2026
Dev: CoincidencePub: Klei Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 51.8% ★, Logic 12.9%, Automation 11.2%, Puzzle 7.8%, Minimalist 5.1%
- #40 Electric Alps
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Dirty Paws Studio
Windows
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 27.4% ★, Automation 21.2%, Education 19.2%, Logic 13.2%, Simulation 8.8%
- #41 Backcast
72% match4 user reviews75% of 4 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 50% ★, Automation 22.1%, Sandbox 9%, Simulation 9%, Education 8.9%
- #42 while True: learn()
72% matchVery Positive91% of 8,107 reviews2019
Dev: Luden.io
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
You’re a machine learning specialist who makes neural networks but your cat seems to be better at it. Now you must solve puzzles to build a cat-to-human translation system (who knows what else this cat is capable of!). Earn a fortune, buy kickass cat outfits, learn how machine learning really works!
Why similar: Programming 57.5% ★, Education 18.6%, Puzzle 6.8%, Simulation 6.2%, Sandbox 6.1%
- #43 DumbBots
73% matchMostly Positive70% of 10 reviews2021
Dev: Michael Hall
Windows
Create an AI for your DumbBots to help them achieve victory! Learn the basics of coding with guns, explosions, and ragdolls.
Why similar: Programming 38% ★, Automation 18.4%, Logic 11.7%, Education 10.7%, Sandbox 8.2%
- #44 SirKwitz 2
70% matchPositive100% of 14 reviews2026
Dev: Predict Edumedia
Windows
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 38.7% ★, Automation 22.6%, Education 17.6%, Puzzle 7%, Logic 6%
- #45 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 42.3% ★, Automation 13.2%, Education 12.7%, Sandbox 7.4%, Logic 7.3%
- #46 ProxOS
70% matchPositive94% of 17 reviews2024
Dev: slojanko
Windows
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 46.4% ★, Education 21.3%, Sandbox 12.8%, Puzzle 10.2%, Simulation 7.7%
- #47 SysOps Simulator
70% match9 user reviews44% of 9 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 39.1% ★, Automation 25.2%, Logic 10.9%, Education 9.7%, Simulation 6.8%
- #48 Cyber Sentinel
71% matchPositive86% of 43 reviews2016
Dev: mindhelix.pl
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 55.5% ★, Education 18.6%, Puzzle 10%, Simulation 6.7%, Indie 6.4%
- #49 Word Factori
68% matchVery Positive85% of 453 reviews2023
Dev: Star Garden Games
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 61%
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 37.3% ★, Automation 20.9%, Logic 11.9%, Sandbox 8.3%, Puzzle 6.7%
- #50 DA-VI-NC1
69% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Baby Bear Fish
Windows
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 52.7% ★, Education 15.9%, Logic 14.8%, Puzzle 7.2%, Simulation 6.8%
- #51 Droning On
69% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: ReadOnly Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Write real Python to guide Gizmo through hazardous mazes, devious puzzles, and procedurally generated runs that don't end well. Learn to code, climb the leaderboards, and customize your robo-homie however you like.
Why similar: Programming 38.5% ★, Automation 19.2%, Education 14.5%, Logic 10.7%, Puzzle 6.2%
- #52 Circuit Artist
67% matchPositive100% of 13 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 38.6% ★, Automation 17.2%, Education 13.2%, Sandbox 10%, Puzzle 6.7%
- #53 MOLEK-SYNTEZ
68% matchVery Positive89% of 682 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 49.9% ★, Automation 21.3%, Simulation 10.9%, Puzzle 10.6%, Logic 4%
- #54 TIS-100
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 4,067 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 71.1% ★, Puzzle 7.1%, Logic 6.3%, Automation 5.5%, Education 4.5%
- #55 Code World
69% matchMostly Positive70% of 44 reviews2017
Dev: Fewjix
Windows
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 43.4% ★, Automation 21.2%, Education 14.4%, Logic 8.8%, Puzzle 5.3%
- #56 Shaderland
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Holonautic
Windows
Shaderland :: a creative-programming puzzle game :: wire up nodes // create world of pixels // guide polygonal creatures // learn computer graphics
Why similar: Programming 41.5% ★, Automation 16.9%, Education 14.2%, Logic 12%, Puzzle 5.5%
- #57 The Pixotron 49
65% 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 44.8% ★, Automation 21.3%, Logic 13.4%, Puzzle 8.6%, Simulation 6.5%
- #58 Number Machine: Math Factory
67% 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 38.3% ★, Automation 23.3%, Logic 9.9%, Sandbox 9.4%, Puzzle 6.7%
- #59 A=B
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 899 reviews2022
Dev: Artless Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 66%
A=B is a programming puzzle game with only one instruction: A=B, which means replacing A with B.
Why similar: Programming 47.4% ★, Automation 17%, Education 16.3%, Puzzle 8.9%, Logic 3.5%