Games Like Shaderland

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 39.6% ★, Automation 16.3%, Game Development 12.3% ★, Logic 11.5%, Education 8.9%

Learn CPU architecture with puzzles

Why similar: Programming 51.3% ★, Education 16.5%, Logic 14.5%, Automation 8.3%, Puzzle 4.7%

BUILD CIRCUITS. WRITE CODE. RTFM.

Why similar: Programming 58% ★, Automation 16.4%, Logic 10.1%, Education 7.2%, Puzzle 4.5%

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 40.8% ★, Automation 17.6%, Logic 12.2%, Education 11.5%, Puzzle 6.4%

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 38.6% ★, Automation 17.2%, Education 12.1%, Logic 10.5%, Puzzle 5.8%

Programmer Dungeon is a tactical game that challenges players to use logic programming to solve puzzles and progress through each level. Collect unique skills, use visual programming to automate your character, and defeat your enemies. Plan carefully and enjoy this exciting adventure!

Why similar: Programming 41.4% ★, Automation 16.9%, Education 14.2%, Logic 12%, Puzzle 5.5%

you are a game developer who writes game code according to the tasks assigned by the company. You need to drag and drop nodes and connect them to build a complete behavioral logic!

Why similar: Programming 43.4% ★, Game Development 21.4% ★, Education 16.4%, Logic 12.5%, Simulation 4.8%

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 62.6% ★, Education 12.9%, Automation 8.5%, Puzzle 6.7%, Logic 4.5%

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 64.5% ★, Education 10.1%, Logic 7.7%, Puzzle 6.5%, Automation 5.5%

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 40.7% ★, Automation 17.1%, Logic 13.5%, Education 13.1%, Puzzle 6%

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 37.4% ★, Automation 20.9%, Education 14.6%, Logic 9.2%, Simulation 6.3%

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 39.8% ★, Automation 16.3%, Logic 12.8%, Education 11.7%, Puzzle 5.3%

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 51.4% ★, Automation 22.2%, Logic 10.8%, Puzzle 9.3%, Simulation 4.4%

The world's first Unity programming learning game with C-Sharp. Explore, solve, and modify code in themed challenges from basics to expert levels. Dive into a one-of-a-kind learning adventure, mastering Unity along the way.

Why similar: Programming 34.1% ★, Game Development 19.6% ★, Lemmings 15.8% ★, Education 14.1%, Logic 8.9%

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 40.1% ★, Education 21%, Logic 12.9%, Automation 12.7%, Puzzle 5.9%

Visual programming. Design algorithms with intuitive flowcharts instead of typing code. Experiment with variables, build expressions, and see exactly how your logic flows. No syntax errors—just pure algorithmic thinking.

Why similar: Programming 35.3% ★, Software 20.5% ★, Logic 14.2%, Education 10.9%, Game Development 9.2% ★

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 54.1% ★, Education 15.4%, Logic 14.9%, Simulation 8.3%, Puzzle 5.6%

Numbers are light; logic is the lens. "Prime Prism" is a pure logic puzzle game themed around prime numbers and factorization. Construct circuits of light using optical tools like "Prisms" and "Lenses" to decompose and synthesize numbers. Over 140 stages across 11 worlds await your challenge.

Why similar: Programming 44.1% ★, Logic 17.6%, Education 14.8%, Abstract 9.9%, Puzzle 7.9%

Retro Gadgets is a sandbox where you build, code, and customize gadgets inspired by old-school electronics.

Why similar: Programming 25.4% ★, Game Development 22.1% ★, Automation 17.6%, Education 16.9%, Logic 7.3%

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 41% ★, Education 13.4%, Automation 12.3%, Logic 12.1%, Simulation 10.2%

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

Why similar: Programming 47.3% ★, Logic 15.3%, Automation 13.4%, Puzzle 7.4%, Abstract 5.6%

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

Why similar: Programming 44.2% ★, Automation 23.6%, Logic 15.9%, Puzzle 6.6%, Minimalist 4.5%

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 57.5% ★, Automation 24.2%, Education 10.3%, Puzzle 7%, Singleplayer 0.6%

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 53.3% ★, Education 17%, Logic 16%, Simulation 6%, Puzzle 5.9%

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

Why similar: Programming 47.7% ★, Automation 20.3%, Logic 13.6%, Puzzle 6.9%, Simulation 6.5%

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 49.3% ★, Logic 14.6%, Education 12.7%, Simulation 8.4%, Puzzle 7.8%

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 54.3% ★, Education 20.5%, Automation 16.9%, Puzzle 6%, Indie 1.5%

Learn programming by implementing an elevator through a guided tour

Why similar: Programming 45.9% ★, Education 16.3%, Logic 12%, Software 9.9% ★, Simulation 7.1%

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 44.5% ★, Automation 15%, Logic 14.2%, Game Development 10.1% ★, Education 7.5%

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

Why similar: Programming 53.3% ★, Automation 16.8%, Abstract 9.1%, Education 8.8%, Puzzle 5.6%

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 42.1% ★, Game Development 22.6% ★, Education 14%, Logic 12%, Simulation 4.4%

[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 46.5% ★, Automation 24%, Logic 15.5%, Puzzle 6.7%, Minimalist 5.2%

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 41.8% ★, Education 18.3%, Automation 18.1%, Logic 11.6%, Puzzle 5.2%

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 42.2% ★, Automation 18%, Education 13.5%, Logic 9.1%, Abstract 5.5%

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 55.1% ★, Logic 14.7%, Automation 9.8%, Puzzle 6.7%, Abstract 5.9%

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 44.4% ★, Automation 17.2%, Education 13.8%, Logic 12.8%, Puzzle 5.2%

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 73.2% ★, Logic 7%, Puzzle 5.9%, Education 4.9%, Automation 4.6%

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 51% ★, Automation 22.6%, Puzzle 7.6%, Logic 6.8%, Simulation 5.7%

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 49.5% ★, Automation 16.3%, Education 13.8%, Logic 10.1%, Puzzle 3.9%

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 41.3% ★, Education 19.8%, Automation 19.8%, Logic 6.9%, Puzzle 6.1%

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 45.5% ★, Automation 18.2%, Education 16%, Logic 9.9%, Puzzle 4.5%

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 62.3% ★, Education 21.2%, Puzzle 6%, Simulation 5.9%, Logic 3.8%

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 46.8% ★, Automation 20.7%, Logic 13.2%, Puzzle 7.5%, Education 5.2%

The program was created on the basis of an engineering study program. No prior knowledge of any IT issues is required - we start with simple tasks and step by step learn the basics of computer programming.

Why similar: Programming 49.8% ★, Education 20.4%, Logic 15.6%, Game Development 6.7% ★, Puzzle 5.9%

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 59.6% ★, Education 21.1%, Puzzle 8.8%, Simulation 6.3%, Indie 2.9%

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 41.8% ★, Automation 22.1%, Logic 12.5%, Education 11%, Simulation 6.4%

Edd-E is a pixel-art game maker with custom visual scripting and publishing platform. Create games and Publish them with just one click. Play games from other creators or edit them. Learn programming and game development!

Why similar: Programming 25.9% ★, Education 17.8%, Game Development 17.5% ★, Automation 16%, Logic 10.5%

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 29.8% ★, Education 22.1%, Automation 18.9%, Logic 15.3%, Simulation 8.4%

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 42.5% ★, Education 14.9%, Logic 13.1%, Simulation 8.3%, Abstract 7.1%

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

Why similar: Programming 54.3% ★, Automation 19%, Simulation 10.4%, Puzzle 9.3%, Logic 4.6%

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 49% ★, Automation 23%, Logic 15.6%, Puzzle 6.5%, Simulation 3.7%

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 48.9% ★, Education 17.4%, Logic 15.6%, Puzzle 6.9%, Minimalist 2.9%

Program your team of AIs to infiltrate corporation servers and find your brother Hermann. This game is about the fun of coding and optimization. There is always something to improve.

Why similar: Programming 44.7% ★, Automation 15.2%, Logic 13.6%, Education 11.1%, Puzzle 5.9%

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

Why similar: Programming 42.7% ★, Automation 20.5%, Logic 13.5%, Puzzle 6.6%, Abstract 6.1%

Push and pop your way through Stack Machines - an open-ended puzzle programming game. Use a variety of modules to read, transform and output different input sequences. Optimize your solutions for size, module count, speed and cost-effectiveness.

Why similar: Programming 34.4% ★, Education 16.1%, Logic 12.4%, Simulation 11.5%, Abstract 10.3%

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 63.4% ★, Education 18.1%, Simulation 10.3%, Puzzle 6.3%, Indie 1.9%

A terminal-based game for learning and practicing how to program in Python.

Why similar: Programming 62.9% ★, Education 21.4%, Logic 13.7%, Singleplayer 0.8%, Indie 0.6%