60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Simulation, Programming, Logic, Puzzle.
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.
Learn CPU architecture with puzzles
Why similar: Programming 36.4% ★, Education 13.7%, Logic 11.6%, Hacking 10.6% ★, Automation 8%
BUILD CIRCUITS. WRITE CODE. RTFM.
Why similar: Programming 47.2% ★, Automation 17.6%, Logic 9.2%, Education 6.9%, Difficult 5.1%
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 52.9% ★, Hacking 13.7% ★, Logic 5.6%, Difficult 5.5%, Puzzle 5.4%
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 43.9% ★, Education 17.7%, Science 10.4% ★, Puzzle 5.3%, Building 5.2%
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 42.6% ★, Automation 24.4%, Logic 10.1%, Puzzle 9.7%, Simulation 4.4%
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 23.4% ★, Hacking 14.4% ★, Education 11.1%, Science 10.9% ★, Automation 10.8%
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 40.6% ★, Hacking 22.6% ★, Education 12.1%, Simulation 9.5%, Difficult 7.7%
Set in a post-apocalyptic future, The Signal State puts your logic skills to the test with complex puzzles inspired by modular synthesizers. Repair machines, rebuild an abandoned farm, and be part of a revolution that will change the fate of agriculture once and for all.
Why similar: Programming 28.3% ★, Automation 17.9%, Hacking 14.6% ★, Logic 12.6%, Sandbox 6.7%
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 30.8% ★, Automation 17.6%, Education 15.9%, Logic 9.5%, Building 6.9%
Invent a new computer! Logic World is a first-person sandbox simulation game that's all about digital logic. Play alone or with friends, design unique machines, build up layers of complexity, and experience the joy of circuits!
Why similar: Hacking 20.9% ★, Automation 13.4%, Education 12.7%, Science 12.5% ★, Building 7.1%
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 36.1% ★, Hacking 23.4% ★, Automation 13.4%, Logic 6.9%, Cyberpunk 6.8%
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 20.9% ★, Hacking 16.7% ★, Science 10.2% ★, Automation 10.2%, Education 9.9%
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 32.4% ★, Automation 21%, Building 10.4%, Puzzle 8.6%, Sandbox 8.1%
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 40% ★, Puzzle 11.6%, Automation 11.6%, Difficult 11.5%, Logic 10.6%
OCTOPTICOM is an open-ended puzzle programming game about designing and optimizing optical computing devices. Use lasers, mirrors, filters and other components to read, transform and write sequences of colored squares.
Why similar: Programming 33.6% ★, Science 16.1% ★, Education 13.9%, Logic 11.5%, Simulation 7.8%
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 27.7% ★, Hacking 17.7% ★, Automation 15.5%, Education 10.4%, Logic 6.6%
Retro Gadgets is a sandbox where you build, code, and customize gadgets inspired by old-school electronics.
Why similar: Programming 22.4% ★, Coding 16.7% ★, Automation 13.8%, Education 11.8%, Hacking 10.3% ★
Grey Hack is a massively multiplayer hacking simulator game. You're a hacker with full freedom to act as you wish on a vast network of procedurally generated computers.
Why similar: Hacking 43.4% ★, Programming 32.1% ★, Simulation 5.2%, Education 5.2%, Logic 4.1%
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: Coding 22.1% ★, Programming 20% ★, Hacking 11.8% ★, Automation 11%, Education 8.6%
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 32% ★, Automation 16.3%, Education 11.7%, Logic 10.3%, Difficult 6.8%
Retrace the path of the Prime Mover to uncover the story of the Byte of Burden! Prime Mover is an open-ended puzzle game about designing circuit boards.
Why similar: Programming 52.6% ★, Education 10.2%, Science 9.3% ★, Puzzle 8.7%, Simulation 7.9%
Hacknet is an immersive, terminal-based hacking simulator for PC. Dive down a rabbit hoIe as you follow the instructions of a recently deceased hacker, whose death may not have been the accident the media reports.
Why similar: Hacking 71.3% ★, Programming 10.5% ★, Education 4.3%, Cyberpunk 3.7%, Logic 3.3%
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 59.9% ★, Education 11.5%, Logic 8%, Puzzle 7.8%, Automation 7%
Use the MOLEK-SYNTEZ to create small molecules with various pharmacological effects from the comfort of your small Romanian apartment.
Why similar: Programming 39.8% ★, Automation 18.8%, Science 18% ★, Simulation 9.3%, Puzzle 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 33.2% ★, Hacking 26.9% ★, Education 10.8%, Logic 9.9%, Simulation 7.6%
Program little office workers to solve puzzles. Be a good employee! The machines are coming... for your job. From the creators of World of Goo and Little Inferno.
Why similar: Programming 55.4% ★, Education 13.7%, Automation 10.1%, Puzzle 7.6%, Logic 4.5%
In a future where food is the ultimate symbol of status, you are a recipe programming technician for a ruthless aristocracy. Create, test and optimize your culinary machines in this deliciously dark zach-like!
Why similar: Programming 31.6% ★, Automation 21.5%, Cyberpunk 13.7%, Logic 10.9%, Sandbox 6%
The ultimate "Hollywood Hacker" simulator for when you want to look busy, dangerous, and incredibly tech-savvy.
Why similar: Hacking 24.4% ★, Programming 20.8% ★, Coding 20.7% ★, Education 11.7%, Cyberpunk 7.6%
CODE OR DIE! Hack enemy systems & survive the security response by engineering lethal bullet-heaven algorithms. Your brain power determines your firepower across 190+ programming nodes. Debug your failures. Optimize your code. Complete the heist. HACK THE PLANET!
Why similar: Coding 34% ★, Programming 24.6% ★, Hacking 16.7% ★, Logic 8.4%, Difficult 6.6%
Design, build and wire up your own unique robot to complete challenging logic puzzles. LogicBots is a puzzle game where robots are used to complete the various levels.
Why similar: Programming 48.9% ★, Education 12.5%, Sandbox 10.8%, Simulation 10.8%, Building 9.7%
A game about building emulators! Implement your own NEEES core in JavaScript, get instant feedback with unit/video tests, build the graphics unit in real time, learn 6502 assembly, debug test ROMs, and have fun with the included homebrew games!
Why similar: Programming 29% ★, Coding 26.6% ★, Hacking 13.7% ★, Education 11.3%, Logic 9.3%
Reveal company secrets while hacking and exploring their quantum simulation networks. Fights for control with other players, coop with your faction, gather best tools, build most secure servers, write scripts and webs, or choose to be solo hacker who makes the right choices to change the world.
Why similar: Hacking 31.1% ★, Programming 28.7% ★, Cyberpunk 13.4%, Sandbox 7.1%, Immersive Sim 6.9%
Desynced is a sci-fi strategy game with fully customizable units and behaviors. Gather, build, research, and explore the unknown. Alone or with friends, unveil the mystery of an AI on the edge of self-awareness and uncover the hidden truth in this blend of strategy, automation, and exploration.
Why similar: Programming 40.2% ★, Automation 24.7%, Building 10.6%, Sandbox 10.3%, Sci-fi 7.3%
Design increasingly complex computation units powered by high pressure steam. From switches to steam based computers, all in a world of analogue pressure devices. Use previous designs to solve further challenges, unravel the mystery of the missing steam and discover a new field of science.
Why similar: Programming 29.3% ★, Automation 18.5%, Science 14.4% ★, Education 13.3%, Building 8.5%
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 35.4% ★, Automation 21.5%, Education 18.9%, Sandbox 9.2%, Puzzle 5.8%
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 35.7% ★, Automation 28.4%, Building 12.3%, Logic 11.3%, Puzzle 6.5%
Replicube is an open-ended programming puzzle game/toy about writing code to replicate 3D voxel-based objects. Solve puzzles, pursue leaderboard glory, or just make art to share with the in-game community.
Why similar: Programming 65.3% ★, Sandbox 13.9%, Puzzle 10.9%, Simulation 10%
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 27.6% ★, Hacking 15.1% ★, Education 10.3%, Automation 9.3%, Science 6.7% ★
Fight against brain-rot in this story-driven educational physics puzzle game. You will need to learn and apply high school physics concepts to solve increasingly challenging problems and uncover a galaxy spanning plot. When you have finished, you will be able to take a college level physics course.
Why similar: Education 24.9%, Science 23% ★, Logic 16.3%, Difficult 13%, Puzzle 8.3%
A sci-fi management game where you build and optimize your computer's system from the ground up. Connect and configure interconnected nodes to efficiently download, process, and upload files. Manage your setup, solve system challenges, and become the ultimate system architect
Why similar: Programming 28.4% ★, Automation 25.3%, Hacking 17% ★, Logic 8.8%, Simulation 6.8%
Plasma is a pure engineering sandbox. Use advanced visual programming and robotics tools to create anything you can imagine.
Why similar: Programming 32% ★, Automation 18.8%, Sandbox 11.6%, Logic 11.5%, Building 10%
Robo Instructus is a puzzle game in which players manoeuvre a robot by issuing instructions via a simple programming language. As players progress through the game they unlock new functions to overcome new puzzles, each of which can be solved in multiple ways.
Why similar: Programming 41.6% ★, Education 14%, Logic 13.9%, Difficult 10.5%, Puzzle 6.7%
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: Coding 28.9% ★, Programming 20.3% ★, Hacking 16% ★, Automation 11.3%, Education 8.9%
Unleash your brainpower in Linkito and ignite the insurgency! Link, build, solve, defuse, and decode by using your logic. Craft your own challenges in the level editor or tackle community creations.
Why similar: Programming 35.8% ★, Automation 21.4%, Logic 15.5%, Sandbox 10.5%, Puzzle 7.1%
Build, debug and optimize a computer network in an underground facility.
Why similar: Programming 29.8% ★, Hacking 22.9% ★, Automation 17.7%, Logic 12.6%, Psychological Horror 7.2%
CHAQS is an instructive CTF (Capture The Flag) game that performs the basic functions of an operating system. While it meets your expectations from an operating system to a certain extent with the applications it contains, CHAQS progresses in the direction of more challenges in terms of gameplay.
Why similar: Programming 30.3% ★, Hacking 27.5% ★, Education 13.5%, Cyberpunk 9.2%, Logic 6.6%
MHRD is a hardware design game, in which you design various hardware circuits in a hardware description language. The hardware circuits you design get more complex as you go until you create a fully functional CPU design.
Why similar: Programming 57.6% ★, Education 18.4%, Simulation 10.9%, Puzzle 6.9%, Difficult 6.2%
Interact with elements and molecules in a way that you have never before! Observe them and make them react with each other in the sandbox mode. Synthesize every molecule in the quest mode. Discover countless macromolecules and the elegancy of chemistry.
Why similar: Science 28.1% ★, Education 23.6%, Logic 16.8%, Sandbox 9.6%, Stylized 7.3%
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 37.1% ★, Hacking 22.1% ★, Automation 14.8%, Coding 7.9% ★, Cyberpunk 7.1%
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 42.2% ★, Automation 19.5%, Education 14.8%, Logic 10.4%, Sandbox 4.7%
Copy Editor is an intricate puzzle game that teaches you Regular Expressions (RegEx), commonly used in computer science and language theory. Build complex rules that process and revise famous texts for your wacky and demanding publisher!
Why similar: Programming 42.2% ★, Hacking 24.3% ★, Education 17.4%, Puzzle 8.2%, Simulation 7.5%
Become a hacker and build your online reputation to the top. Complete contracts, buy new programs, upgrade your computer, crack wifi networks and infiltrate peoples or companies online systems.
Why similar: Hacking 45.3% ★, Programming 28.7% ★, Cyberpunk 10.9%, Simulation 7%, Sandbox 6.2%
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 38.7% ★, Automation 24.9%, Logic 15.1%, Puzzle 7.4%, Stylized 5%
Uplink lets you play as a freelance hacker tackling risky contracts for corporations. Break into systems, steal data, sabotage rivals, and upgrade your gear. Support factions or go rogue in this immersive, strategy-driven hacking simulation game where your choices shape the outcome.
Why similar: Hacking 43.4% ★, Programming 23.4% ★, Cyberpunk 11.2%, Immersive Sim 5.5%, Sci-fi 4.9%
Become an expert hacker by using your raw brainpower! Learn how to get ahead in your new job at a cybersecurity company. Analyze servers for weaknesses, and hack them using their own subroutines to access the data they protect.
Why similar: Hacking 41.4% ★, Logic 18.7%, Cyberpunk 17.9%, Difficult 10.9%, Puzzle 9.4%
Immerse yourself in the strange world of CipherCraft: CGI, where you'll perform repairs, network infiltration, programming, server management, active server administration, and meticulous assembly and cleaning of computer components. Win against an Anonymous hacker who keeps sabotaging the company.
Why similar: Programming 29.2% ★, Hacking 28.9% ★, Education 14.6%, Immersive Sim 9.1%, Sandbox 7%
Glitchspace is about reprogramming the game to solve puzzles. Trapped in an abstract cyberspace world, your way forward uses visual programming to edit environmental geometry, whilst unlocking key programming concepts along the way.
Why similar: Programming 67.7% ★, Hacking 22.4% ★, Puzzle 9.8%
Rediscover gravity and explore an Escher-esque world of impossible architecture. Witness infinity in first-person and master its rules to solve physics-defying puzzles. Cultivate a garden to open new paths forward, where an eternal expanse awaits.
Why similar: Difficult 47.8%, Puzzle 45%, Singleplayer 7.2%
Command the Nimbatus and craft drones out of hundreds of different parts. Survive unknown threats in a fully destructible, procedural universe, compete against other players in different arenas or enjoy complete creative freedom in the sandbox.
Why similar: Programming 35.3% ★, Automation 18%, Logic 13.5%, Building 8.9%, Sandbox 7.9%
You’re the designer, engineer and architect if you can imagine it you can create it! Construct robots of any shape or size from eight-legged spider bots to eerie UFO contraptions.
Why similar: Programming 26.7% ★, Automation 15.8%, Science 14.7% ★, Logic 10%, Education 8.1%
