- #1 TIS-100
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 4,077 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 70.4% ★, Difficult 8.6%, Puzzle 6.8%, Logic 6.5%, Education 3.7%
- #2 OCTOPTICOM
96% matchVery Positive95% of 56 reviews2018
Dev: UP DEVELOPMENT LTD.
Windows · Linux
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 43.5% ★, Logic 13%, Education 12.1%, Difficult 11.7%, Puzzle 8.1%
- #3 Turing Complete
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,269 reviews2021
Dev: LevelHead
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Learn CPU architecture with puzzles
Why similar: Programming 54.2% ★, Logic 14.9%, Education 13.7%, Puzzle 6%, Difficult 4.2%
- #4 Prime Mover
96% matchVery Positive89% of 214 reviews2018
Dev: 4Bit Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 59.1% ★, Puzzle 9.4%, Difficult 7.9%, Education 7.6%, Simulation 5.4%
- #5 SHENZHEN I/O
94% matchVery Positive95% of 4,474 reviews2016
Dev: Zachtronics
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 61%
BUILD CIRCUITS. WRITE CODE. RTFM.
Why similar: Programming 64.6% ★, Logic 10.9%, Difficult 8.1%, Education 6.3%, Puzzle 6%
- #6 LogicBots
94% matchMostly Positive79% of 184 reviews2017
Dev: Incandescent Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 53.1% ★, Robots 20.9%, Education 9.1%, Puzzle 7.6%, Simulation 7.1%
- #7 Opus Magnum
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 6,976 reviews2017
Dev: Zachtronics
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 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 61.9% ★, Puzzle 13.3%, Logic 12.6%, Difficult 4.4%, Simulation 3.8%
- #8 SOKOBOT
92% 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 52.9% ★, Logic 16.4%, Difficult 15.4%, Puzzle 9.3%, Simulation 2.9%
- #9 Baba Is You
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 24,218 reviews2019
Dev: Hempuli Oy
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Baba Is You is a puzzle game where the rules you have to follow are present as blocks you can interact with. By manipulating them, you can change how the game works, repurpose things you find in the levels and cause surprising interactions!
Why similar: Programming 34% ★, Difficult 20.9%, Puzzle 16.4%, Logic 15.2%, Pixel Graphics 5.8%
- #10 Silicon Zeroes
91% matchVery Positive87% of 282 reviews2017
Dev: PleasingFungus Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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 55.7% ★, Difficult 12.4%, Education 11.1%, Puzzle 8.1%, Simulation 7.9%
- #11 Manufactoria 2022
90% matchVery Positive96% of 73 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 48.9% ★, Robots 19.1%, Logic 16.6%, Puzzle 8.9%, Simulation 3.6%
- #12 7 Billion Humans
89% matchVery Positive94% of 2,112 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 69.1% ★, Education 8.5%, Puzzle 8.4%, Logic 8.1%, Simulation 3.2%
- #13 MHRD
89% matchVery Positive89% of 443 reviews2017
Dev: Funghisoft
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 61.1% ★, Education 13.7%, Difficult 7.6%, Puzzle 7.3%, Simulation 7.1%
- #14 Human Resource Machine
88% matchVery Positive94% of 4,659 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 66.7% ★, Education 10.8%, Puzzle 8.6%, Logic 4.7%, Difficult 3.9%
- #15 Move Code Lines
87% matchVery Positive81% of 91 reviews2020
Dev: Fewjix
Windows
Move Code Lines is a game where you fix programs and make them print needed output. But the only way you can achieve that is to change the order of lines in those programs, and set custom input.
Why similar: Programming 50.5% ★, Education 14.8%, Difficult 12.5%, Logic 11.7%, Puzzle 4.8%
- #16 SpaceChem
86% matchVery Positive92% of 5,074 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 49.2% ★, Difficult 16.5%, Puzzle 13.7%, Logic 11.3%, Sci-fi 3.7%
- #17 while True: learn()
85% matchVery Positive91% of 8,125 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 65.3% ★, Education 17.5%, Puzzle 7.6%, Simulation 4.4%, Logic 3.9%
- #18 A=B
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 911 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 58.6% ★, Education 16.8%, Puzzle 10.8%, Linear 5.6%, Logic 4.6%
- #19 Comet 64
86% 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 47.5% ★, Education 11.8%, Difficult 11%, Logic 8.5%, Puzzle 7.1%
- #20 SirKwitz
84% matchVery Positive94% of 87 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 41.8% ★, Education 17.3%, Robots 14.6%, Logic 13.1%, Puzzle 7.4%
- #21 The Signal State
83% matchVery Positive87% of 675 reviews2021
Dev: Reckoner IndustriesPub: iterco
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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 48.6% ★, Logic 18.8%, Robots 10.4%, Puzzle 10%, Simulation 4.6%
- #22 Alan's Automaton Workshop
82% 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 52.9% ★, Education 18.3%, Logic 14.2%, Puzzle 7.9%, Simulation 3.5%
- #23 JOY OF PROGRAMMING - Software Engineering Simulator
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 379 reviews2025
Dev: Prof. SchererPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Use real Python code to automate machines, robots, drones and more: Program self-driving vehicles; crack passwords; apply machine learning; automate logistics; use image processing to guide missiles. Gain real coding skills and solve exciting bite-sized programming challenges.
Why similar: Programming 39.4% ★, Robots 15.8%, Logic 13.8%, Education 13.5%, Difficult 8.1%
- #24 Replicube
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 691 reviews2025
Dev: Walaber Entertainment LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 69%
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 73.5% ★, Puzzle 10.3%, Simulation 6%, Pixel Graphics 5.4%, Retro 4.9%
- #25 Algo Bot
82% matchVery Positive82% of 188 reviews2018
Dev: Fishing CactusPub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Algo Bot is puzzle game that takes place deep inside the Europa, a pan-galactic colonisation ship, where a recycling mission goes horribly wrong. Use your algorithm special skills to command Algo Bot, a service droid, and help PAL, a cantankerous line manager, to contain the crisis.
Why similar: Programming 56.1% ★, Robots 12.1%, Logic 10.4%, Puzzle 9.6%, Sci-fi 7.5%
- #26 Rogue Bit
81% matchVery Positive89% of 123 reviews2018
Dev: Bigosaur
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 49% ★, Logic 12.7%, Education 10.7%, Difficult 9.7%, Simulation 6.8%
- #27 Prelogate
80% matchVery Positive90% of 99 reviews2014
Dev: blamedrop
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Prelogate is a logic puzzle game. Solve puzzles by redirecting laser beams, mixing them and controlling them with logic gates.
Why similar: Programming 57.8% ★, Logic 22.2%, Puzzle 14.4%, Indie 5.6%
- #28 Craftomation 101: Programming & Craft
77% matchVery Positive85% of 625 reviews2024
Dev: Luden.io
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 66%
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 47.7% ★, Robots 17.4%, Education 17.1%, Puzzle 7.5%, Simulation 2.7%
- #29 [the Sequence]
79% 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 53.7% ★, Logic 17.4%, Difficult 14.1%, Puzzle 9.2%, 2D 3.1%
- #30 MOLEK-SYNTEZ
78% matchVery Positive89% of 684 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 66.8% ★, Puzzle 13.8%, Simulation 9.2%, Logic 5.5%, Singleplayer 2.3%
- #31 Infinifactory
77% matchVery Positive95% of 2,469 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 54.4% ★, Puzzle 13.7%, Difficult 10.8%, Logic 8.1%, Sci-fi 5.3%
- #32 Learn Programming: Python - Retro
78% matchMixed69% of 59 reviews2021
Dev: Niema Moshiri
Windows
A terminal-based game for learning and practicing how to program in Python.
Why similar: Programming 64.7% ★, Education 17.4%, Logic 13.7%, 2D 1.9%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #33 Stuffo the Puzzle Bot
75% matchVery Positive99% of 178 reviews2023
Dev: Hapatus Ltd
Windows
A laid-back but smart puzzle game. Stuffo is the last remaining puzzle bot stuck in a world filled with bite-sized brain-teasers. Help Stuffo to solve the mind-bending puzzles by using various blocks to climb, push and teleport your way to the exit.
Why similar: Logic 26%, Robots 25%, Puzzle 13.1%, Sci-fi 10.7%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%
- #34 Star Stuff
74% matchVery Positive99% of 184 reviews2024
Dev: Ánimo Games Studio
Windows · Mac
Star Stuff is a deceptively cute programming puzzle game. Program and work alongside bots to tackle the most important (and undoubtedly safest) task in the galaxy: fixing a star factory. Ready for your first day on the job?
Why similar: Programming 53.6% ★, Logic 18.1%, Difficult 15.7%, Puzzle 9.9%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #35 Retro Gadgets
75% matchVery Positive90% of 509 reviews2022
Dev: Licorice ehf
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 62.8 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Retro Gadgets is a sandbox where you build, code, and customize gadgets inspired by old-school electronics.
Why similar: Programming 40.8% ★, Education 21.4%, Logic 11.3%, Puzzle 9.8%, Simulation 4.8%
- #36 CHR$(143)
76% matchVery Positive96% of 80 reviews2021
Dev: Nicolas Jean
Windows · Linux
A rich and challenging physics-based puzzle /logic /construction /programming game! Master ballistics, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, chemical and nuclear reactions, use automation bricks, build structures, machines, vehicles, produce power, solve puzzles, pierce the fog and defeat CHR$!
Why similar: Programming 56.2% ★, Logic 15.4%, Puzzle 9.8%, Retro 5.9%, Pixel Graphics 5.4%
- #37 Kaizen: A Factory Story
72% matchVery Positive93% of 702 reviews2025
Dev: CoincidencePub: Astra Logical
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 45.9% ★, Logic 12.7%, Difficult 11.3%, Education 11.1%, Puzzle 6.4%
- #38 Hard Chip
73% matchVery Positive93% of 59 reviews2024
Dev: Elorth
Windows
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 41.9% ★, Logic 14.3%, Difficult 13.4%, Education 13.3%, Puzzle 6.8%
- #39 ABI-DOS
72% matchVery Positive93% of 424 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 56.2% ★, Education 14.2%, Logic 11.7%, Puzzle 8%, Simulation 4.9%
- #40 Bots Are Stupid
74% matchMostly Positive78% of 229 reviews2022
Dev: Leander Edler-GollaPub: Yogscast Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 39%
An ultra-precise 2D platformer where you give robots instructions instead of directly controlling them. Master the campaign levels or create and share your own. “It’s Mario Maker with coding” - Lewis Brindley, Yogscast.
Why similar: Programming 61.6% ★, Robots 14%, Logic 13.5%, Puzzle 5.1%, Pixel Graphics 3.5%
- #41 Great Permutator
76% matchVery Positive87% of 149 reviews2014
Dev: Ripatti Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 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 44.4% ★, Difficult 13.9%, Logic 11%, Puzzle 8%, Sci-fi 5%
- #42 Quantum Odyssey
71% matchVery Positive94% of 127 reviews2025
Dev: Quarks Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Design, optimize, and reverse-engineer real quantum algorithms in an open-ended Zachlike puzzle game. Solve 500+ optimization challenges, hack player creations, and master quantum logic without coding.
Why similar: Programming 41.1% ★, Logic 13.7%, Education 13.6%, Difficult 13.4%, Puzzle 6.7%
- #43 ElecHead
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,366 reviews2021
Dev: NamaTakahashi
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 78%
⚡+🤖+🧩
Why similar: Puzzle 21.3%, Linear 19%, Robots 18.3%, Retro 15.8%, Pixel Graphics 14.9%
- #44 The Farmer Was Replaced
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 8,668 reviews2025
Dev: Timon HerzogPub: Metaroot
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 11.9 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 63.7% ★, Education 14%, Logic 12.5%, Puzzle 6%, Simulation 2.5%
- #45 Cypher
73% matchVery Positive90% of 939 reviews2018
Dev: Matthew Brown
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Cypher is a first person puzzle game about cryptography.
Why similar: Difficult 41.8%, Puzzle 30.5%, Education 22.8%, Indie 4.9%
- #46 Signal Maze
70% matchVery Positive96% of 51 reviews2025
Dev: theArkitectPub: IndieArk
Windows
The story takes place in a future company called "RavenTek". R.O.O.T. - A grid, unit, and signal based computing system. Move the units to create signal links, transmit the signals, and activate other units to generate benefits. Are the benefits generated all for the company, or...?
Why similar: Programming 70.9% ★, Puzzle 12%, Logic 7.3%, Retro 3.4%, Sci-fi 2.8%
- #47 Tametsi
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,450 reviews2017
Dev: Grip Top Games
Windows
Median: 11.6 hrsMean: 61.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Tametsi is a difficult logic game played on a set of tiles, in which you must use the clues provided to discover and mark hidden mines.
Why similar: Difficult 37%, Logic 32%, Puzzle 23.6%, Indie 4.3%, 2D 2.1%
- #48 The Qubit Factory
70% matchVery Positive98% of 50 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 54% ★, Logic 15.6%, Education 12.1%, Puzzle 10.4%, Simulation 6%
- #49 EmuDevz
69% matchVery Positive89% of 65 reviews2026
Dev: [r]labs
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 50.3% ★, Logic 14%, Education 13.2%, Puzzle 5.9%, Difficult 5.3%
- #50 Logicats
70% matchVery Positive99% of 68 reviews2023
Dev: Fernando AraujoPub: INK EYE Games
Windows
Logicats is a beginner-friendly programming game. Learn programming concepts through reading code in a fun and effective way. Perfect for classrooms or at home. Start your programming journey today!
Why similar: Programming 52.7% ★, Logic 18.2%, Puzzle 9.7%, Linear 6.8%, Education 4.2%
- #51 Robo Do It
73% matchMostly Positive71% of 59 reviews2017
Dev: Angel CarriolaPub: Glossware Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Robo Do It is a funny game to learn logic programming without writing code by building scripts to program robots in each level. The goal is to find the best solution to create an algorithm that takes these robots into victory capsules.
Why similar: Puzzle 41.8%, Simulation 39.7%, Indie 18.5%
- #52 Virtual Circuit Board
68% matchVery Positive93% of 312 reviews2023
Dev: Reverie Foundry
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 20.9 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 50.8% ★, Education 16.1%, Logic 14.6%, Puzzle 5.6%, Sci-fi 5.3%
- #53 SOLAS 128
69% matchVery Positive93% of 214 reviews2021
Dev: Amicable AnimalPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows
Explore SOLAS 128, a game of interconnected puzzles where you redirect and reconfigure rhythmic pulses of light to breathe life back into an ancient machine. BAFTA Scotland Game Winner.
Why similar: Programming 49% ★, Logic 17.5%, Difficult 14.4%, Puzzle 7.9%, Sci-fi 4.4%
- #54 World of Contraptions
69% matchVery Positive87% of 97 reviews2022
Dev: JCP Games Studio
Windows
World of Contraptions is a physics-based building game in which you build the most varied contraptions to solve the most diverse types of puzzles. Win dozens of levels with different types of obstacles. Design the best contraption for each challenge using a giant collection of blocks.
Why similar: Programming 38.4% ★, Robots 20.3%, Logic 15.1%, Education 12.9%, Puzzle 7.2%
- #55 异常 | Exception
68% matchVery Positive95% of 614 reviews2019
Dev: Kunpo Games
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Exception is a game about AI programming. During the game, the player assists the units to defeat their enemies in the virtual world. However, the player needs to control the units by programming instead of controlling them directly.
Why similar: Programming 72% ★, Robots 23.7%, Indie 4.3%
- #56 Logic Bombs
63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 576 reviews2025
Dev: Matthewmatosis
Windows
Welcome to a realm of pure logic, where rules are rules and the next step can always be deduced.
Why similar: Logic 33.2%, Difficult 23.5%, Puzzle 14.5%, Retro 12.7%, Pixel Graphics 7.3%
- #57 Linkito
66% matchVery Positive88% of 160 reviews2024
Dev: KalinarmPub: Playdigious Originals
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 61%
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 57% ★, Logic 21.6%, Puzzle 10.8%, Simulation 5.2%, 2D 3.4%
- #58 Unusual and not safe experiments
65% matchVery Positive89% of 94 reviews2025
Dev: Galactic Geckon
Windows
Unusual and NOT Safe Experiments is an action-puzzle game where you control a robot trying to escape from an abandoned complex, overcoming traps and solving puzzles.
Why similar: Logic 31.7%, Robots 31.1%, Puzzle 20.5%, Pixel Graphics 13.9%, Singleplayer 2.8%
- #59 EXAPUNKS
66% matchVery Positive95% of 1,872 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 68.1% ★, Logic 11.2%, Puzzle 8.5%, Difficult 6.7%, Simulation 3%
- #60 Neon Noodles
66% matchVery Positive81% of 108 reviews2023
Dev: Vivid Helix
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 46.2% ★, Robots 19.5%, Logic 13.8%, Puzzle 6.7%, Sci-fi 6.1%