- #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 38.5% ★, Automation 19.7%, Logic 10.4%, Education 8.2%, Simulation 6%
- #2 SHENZHEN I/O
96% 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 54.2% ★, Automation 19.1%, Logic 8.9%, Education 6.3%, Puzzle 5.1%
- #3 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 32.4% ★, Automation 23%, Education 12.1%, Sandbox 9.8%, Logic 7.6%
- #4 Turing Complete
94% 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 49.2% ★, Education 14.9%, Logic 13.2%, Automation 10.2%, Puzzle 5.7%
- #5 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 35.3% ★, Automation 13.3%, Education 10.9%, Simulation 10.1%, Logic 9.8%
- #6 Opus Magnum
94% 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 45.9% ★, Automation 24.9%, Puzzle 10.2%, Logic 9.1%, Simulation 4.6%
- #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 41.4% ★, Automation 14.7%, Logic 12.5%, Sandbox 9.6%, Puzzle 8%
- #8 Human Resource Machine
92% 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 57.7% ★, Education 11.5%, Automation 10%, Puzzle 7.8%, Logic 4%
- #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 50.4% ★, Automation 26.4%, Education 8.5%, Puzzle 7.5%, Strategy 4.4%
- #10 Beam Time
90% 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 48.1% ★, Sandbox 12.5%, Logic 10.7%, Puzzle 8.7%, Simulation 5.4%
- #11 The Qubit Factory
89% 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 40.2% ★, Automation 21.6%, Logic 11.2%, Education 10.7%, Puzzle 7.8%
- #12 the Sequence [2]
89% matchPositive93% of 28 reviews2021
Dev: [OneManBand]Pub: [OneManBand]
Windows
Visual Programming Puzzle game inspired by Spacechem and other Zachtronics games.
Why similar: Programming 39.2% ★, Automation 26.1%, Logic 13.2%, Puzzle 7.2%, Minimalist 7%
- #13 Charge!
88% 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 39.9% ★, Automation 22%, Logic 10.6%, Puzzle 7.9%, Simulation 4.6%
- #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 42.5% ★, Automation 22.6%, Logic 11.4%, Puzzle 7.5%, 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 36.6% ★, Automation 19.8%, Education 15.1%, Logic 9.5%, Sandbox 8.1%
- #16 [the Sequence]
86% 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% ★, Automation 26.4%, Logic 12.8%, Minimalist 8%, Puzzle 7.2%
- #17 7 Billion Humans
84% 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 61.5% ★, Education 9.5%, Puzzle 7.8%, Logic 6.9%, Automation 6.8%
- #18 ABI-DOS
83% 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 37.1% ★, Automation 19.7%, Education 11.2%, Sandbox 7.5%, Logic 7.5%
- #19 Kernel Quest
85% 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 44.7% ★, Automation 24.8%, Puzzle 8.2%, Minimalist 6.6%, Simulation 5.7%
- #20 Kaizen: A Factory Story
82% 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 39% ★, Automation 18.8%, Education 11.5%, Logic 10.5%, Puzzle 5.6%
- #21 SirKwitz
82% 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 38.2% ★, Education 18.9%, Automation 15.1%, Logic 11.6%, Puzzle 6.9%
- #22 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 41.3% ★, Automation 24.2%, Logic 12.4%, Sandbox 8.4%, Puzzle 6.8%
- #23 Brainfuck Challenge
81% 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 49.9% ★, Automation 19.4%, Education 17.8%, Puzzle 6.8%, Indie 3.3%
- #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% ★, Education 13.9%, Logic 12.3%, Sandbox 8.5%, Puzzle 7.1%
- #25 OCTOPTICOM 3D
80% 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%, Simulation 8.9%, Puzzle 8.9%
- #26 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 38.2% ★, Education 16.1%, Automation 12.8%, Sandbox 11%, Logic 8.6%
- #27 The Farmer Was Replaced
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 7,884 reviews2025
Dev: Timon HerzogPub: Metaroot
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 9.8 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 41.8% ★, Automation 18.3%, Education 11.8%, Logic 8.7%, Minimalist 4.9%
- #28 Craftomation 101: Programming & Craft
77% matchVery Positive85% of 620 reviews2024
Dev: Luden.io
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.8 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 36.5% ★, Automation 20.9%, Education 15.7%, Sandbox 9.7%, Puzzle 5.9%
- #29 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 37.9% ★, Automation 20.7%, Logic 11.3%, Sandbox 8.5%, Puzzle 6.8%
- #30 Drag Engineer
79% 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 52.5% ★, Education 14.1%, Logic 13.6%, Simulation 9.2%, Puzzle 6.7%
- #31 Infinifactory
78% 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 40.3% ★, Automation 24.7%, Puzzle 10.5%, Sandbox 10.2%, Logic 5.7%
- #32 Robot Unlock
77% 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 40.4% ★, Automation 22.5%, Education 12%, Logic 10.3%, Puzzle 7.5%
- #33 Virtual Circuit Board
76% 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 36.2% ★, Automation 15.9%, Education 13.8%, Logic 10%, Sandbox 9%
- #34 Programming Factory
76% 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 37.9% ★, Automation 24.4%, Logic 13.3%, Puzzle 7.9%, Sandbox 4.3%
- #35 Hexahedra
75% 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% ★, Automation 21.5%, Logic 12.8%, Education 12.5%, Puzzle 7.4%
- #36 programming-factory-2
73% 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 42.4% ★, Automation 17.8%, Logic 12.7%, Education 6.8%, Sandbox 5.6%
- #37 Backcast
73% 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 49.7% ★, Automation 22.5%, Sandbox 9%, Simulation 9%, Education 8.9%
- #38 Electric Alps
74% 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 27.2% ★, Automation 21.5%, Education 19%, Logic 13.1%, Simulation 8.8%
- #39 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 46.4% ★, Automation 20.4%, Education 11.1%, Simulation 7.9%, Strategy 6.9%
- #40 while True: learn()
71% matchVery Positive91% of 8,061 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 57.4% ★, Education 18.6%, Puzzle 6.8%, Simulation 6.2%, Sandbox 6.2%
- #41 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 37.8% ★, Automation 18.7%, Logic 11.7%, Education 10.6%, Sandbox 8.2%
- #42 Crispy Circuits
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Turing Studio
Windows · Mac
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 36.7% ★, Automation 20.1%, Education 11.7%, Logic 10.7%, Sandbox 7.3%
- #43 Mnemonimov
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Reverie Foundry
Windows · Linux
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 36% ★, Automation 14.9%, Education 13.6%, Logic 10.4%, Sandbox 7.5%
- #44 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 42.1% ★, Automation 13.4%, Education 12.6%, Sandbox 7.4%, Logic 7.3%
- #45 SysOps Simulator
70% 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 38.9% ★, Automation 25.6%, Logic 10.9%, Education 9.6%, Simulation 6.8%
- #46 ProxOS
69% matchPositive100% of 16 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 21.2%, Sandbox 12.8%, Puzzle 10.1%, Simulation 7.7%
- #47 Drop Not Allowed
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NoQuest Studios
Windows
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 43.1% ★, Education 16.8%, Automation 12.1%, Logic 9%, Puzzle 7.1%
- #48 DA-VI-NC1
68% 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 15.8%, Logic 14.8%, Puzzle 7.1%, Simulation 6.8%
- #49 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 18.5%, Puzzle 10%, Simulation 6.7%, Indie 6.5%
- #50 Word Factori
68% 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 37.1% ★, Automation 21.3%, Logic 11.9%, Sandbox 8.3%, Puzzle 6.6%
- #51 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 38.4% ★, Automation 17.5%, Education 13.1%, Sandbox 10%, Puzzle 6.7%
- #52 The Ultra Code
70% matchMixed67% of 18 reviews2019
Dev: Jack GloyensPub: Flying Interactive
Windows · Mac
Build machines... break codes... win the war! It's 1942 and the world is engulfed in war. Meanwhile, in a country mansion in South East England, a group of expert mathematicians are fighting a war of their own, breaking an unbreakable Nazi code... Enigma!
Why similar: Programming 34.8% ★, Automation 17%, Logic 11.3%, Education 11%, Strategy 9.1%
- #53 SirKwitz 2
69% matchNo user reviews
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 silly robot through each challenge.
Why similar: Programming 38.5% ★, Automation 23%, Education 17.4%, Puzzle 6.9%, Logic 6%
- #54 ChipWits
66% matchPositive100% of 17 reviews2025
Dev: ChipWits, Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 37.9% ★, Automation 20.5%, Education 11.9%, Logic 11.2%, Sandbox 6.7%
- #55 MOLEK-SYNTEZ
67% 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 49.1% ★, Automation 22%, Simulation 11.1%, Puzzle 10.4%, Logic 4%
- #56 TIS-100
67% 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 71.1% ★, Puzzle 7%, Logic 6.3%, Automation 5.5%, Education 4.5%
- #57 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 43.2% ★, Automation 21.5%, Education 14.3%, Logic 8.8%, Puzzle 5.2%
- #58 Pictassembler
68% 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 49% ★, Automation 26%, Minimalist 10.3%, Puzzle 9%, Casual 5.8%
- #59 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 44.6% ★, Automation 21.6%, Logic 13.3%, Puzzle 8.6%, Simulation 6.5%