60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Programming, Automation, Singleplayer, Indie.
Build a battle top in your garage. Draft cassette tapes and wire them into its brain. Pull the cord, and it fights the tournament on its own. A roguelike strategy game where you win on the workbench, or you learn something and go back to the basement to build again.
Auto Rogue
A roguelike where you automate combat. Combine skills and conditions to find your own optimal solution! No complicated controls at all!! Sit back with a coffee and watch the beautiful battles you've crafted unfold! Utilize a variety of skills, conditions, and relics to craft the ultimate build!
White Hat
White Hat is a bullet hell roguelite where you upgrade the game, not yourself, to progressively increase the difficulty. Earn points on runs that you can use to add more waves or research gameplay modifiers. Upgrades make the game harder, but increase your score multiplier.
A roguelike where you automate combat. Combine skills and conditions to find your own optimal solution! No complicated controls at all!! Sit back with a coffee and watch the beautiful battles you've crafted unfold! Utilize a variety of skills, conditions, and relics to craft the ultimate build!
Why similar: Programming 35.3% ★, Automation 21.5%, Auto Battler 13.3%, Roguelite 11.3%, Roguelike 10.3%
White Hat is a bullet hell roguelite where you upgrade the game, not yourself, to progressively increase the difficulty. Earn points on runs that you can use to add more waves or research gameplay modifiers. Upgrades make the game harder, but increase your score multiplier.
Why similar: Programming 19.2% ★, Auto Battler 16.3%, Strategy 15.8%, Action Roguelike 12.5%, Roguelite 11.3%
HackeRPG is a coding-based top-down arena roguelite in which you control a programmer avatar to battle hordes of viruses, bugs, trojans, etc. Upgrade your character, create unique builds, and automate your fights by writing code.
Why similar: Programming 30.8% ★, Automation 17.7%, Hacking 11.6% ★, Roguelite 10.7%, Action Roguelike 8.8%
A roguelike where every run is a factory you wire together on a canvas. Draft nodes, connect them into a production line, then press Run and find out. Each room demands more than the last - build the combo engine that keeps up, or stall three ticks from the target.
Why similar: Automation 29.2%, Programming 24.8% ★, Roguelike 14.9%, Strategy 14.6%, Roguelite 14.5%
BUILD CIRCUITS. WRITE CODE. RTFM.
Why similar: Programming 62.3% ★, Automation 24.3%, Logic 8.9%, Hacking 1.8% ★, Building 1.8%
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 56.7% ★, Automation 32.9%, Strategy 10.4%
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 38.2% ★, Automation 31.8%, Building 10%, Logic 8.8%, Physics 8.7%
Program three distinct towers with readable visual logic, then solve handcrafted tower-defense puzzles where placement, line of sight and every code block matter. No programming experience required.
Why similar: Programming 43.2% ★, Automation 25.8%, Strategy 11.8%, Logic 10.6%, Tactical 7.8%
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 54% ★, Automation 20.3%, Hacking 16.9% ★, Logic 7.5%, Indie 1.2%
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 40.6% ★, Automation 23.8%, Hacking 12.7% ★, Strategy 8.4%, Logic 7.1%
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 44.3% ★, Automation 27%, Logic 10.2%, Strategy 9.1%, Building 5.6%
Build your own robot. Program your robots AI in the Visual Scripting logic editor. Compete against other people's robots in the ranked arena. Build the strongest and smartest robot and win.
Why similar: Programming 33.8% ★, Automation 20.5%, Auto Battler 15.1%, Logic 9.4%, Building 6.4%
Every machine follows your instructions. Build automated factories with intuitive visual programming, solve clever automation puzzles, and watch your factory come to life.
Why similar: Programming 43.2% ★, Automation 31.5%, Building 10.6%, Strategy 9.6%, Logic 5.1%
It's a small spatial programming puzzle game.
Why similar: Programming 46.9% ★, Automation 26.1%, Logic 11%, Strategy 8.1%, Retro 2.8%
You write the while(1) loop that fights for you. Assemble code-edits into an auto-battling program, descend a crashing OS from /tmp to the kernel, and debug your build every run. No two compiles are the same. Debug your code. Try one more time.
Why similar: Programming 41.8% ★, Auto Battler 16.8%, Strategy 15.3%, Roguelike 10.7%, Roguelite 9.9%
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 40.1% ★, Automation 28.6%, Logic 12.3%, Building 9.3%, Strategy 8.2%
March and Conquer is a short autobattler game. During the battle, use the skill tree to train units to fight against enemies on the battlefield. Gain gold and mana from wins and train different units and upgrade your army. March across multiple lands and fight fearsome foes!
Why similar: Auto Battler 20%, Automation 17.3%, Strategy 17.3%, Roguelite 13.9%, Roguelike 12.8%
Bioprototype, a Roguelike & Skill Customizing Rhapsody! This is an auto-bomber with programming elements. Customize your character skills with visual programming, utilize enemy organs to finish the mutation, and construct the ultimate prototype, one can survive in the endless wave of flesh.
Why similar: Programming 36.3% ★, Automation 14.7%, Roguelite 14.1%, Roguelike 9.3%, Action Roguelike 8.5%
Write real code in a Python-like language to control one machine that copies itself. Then watch a thousand copies of your program eat a world. A single-player programming incremental game about self-replicating machines.
Why similar: Programming 45.4% ★, Automation 25.9%, Strategy 9.8%, Logic 9.4%, Hacking 8.2% ★
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 54.2% ★, Automation 32.1%, Logic 9.3%, Building 2.5%, Indie 1.9%
2D automation factory game, set in an chinese ancient fantasy world,play as a sigil Master,puzzle-solving, programming, optimize production to meet time, financial, or spatial constraints.
Why similar: Programming 46.4% ★, Automation 33.7%, Strategy 12.7%, Logic 6.3%, Indie 0.9%
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 51.6% ★, Automation 31.7%, Building 9.7%, Logic 5.6%, Indie 1.4%
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 44.7% ★, Automation 23.7%, Logic 10.4%, Strategy 9.9%, Building 6.1%
Uncover your hidden programming talent! Code your own robots with simple instructions to explore 40+ logical based puzzles.
Why similar: Programming 49.4% ★, Automation 29%, Logic 11.6%, Strategy 8.7%, Indie 1.3%
Assemble your team of heroes. Program their strategy with PseudoC or C#. Watch them battle in a classic RPG-inspired arena. Learn from what happens, and improve your code. Are you game to code?
Why similar: Programming 39.8% ★, Automation 22.4%, Auto Battler 16.2%, Strategy 10.6%, Logic 8.4%
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 43.1% ★, Automation 28.1%, Building 9.3%, Logic 9%, Strategy 7.2%
Build working robots by wiring visual signal graphs, then watch, diagnose, and tune them in deterministic simulations. Grow a repair shop from its first piston to PID control, autonomous navigation, robot arms, and a walking humanoid.
Why similar: Programming 47.6% ★, Automation 23.4%, Strategy 9.7%, Building 6.4%, Physics 5.7%
A reverse tower-defense puzzle for engineers. Architect cloud systems that survive brutal traffic surges — place CDNs, caches, load balancers and databases, hit deploy, and watch your design hold or collapse under a live storm. Real patterns, real tradeoffs, a live YAML mirror.
Why similar: Programming 51.2% ★, Automation 28.9%, Strategy 12.3%, Logic 6.8%, Indie 0.8%
Become a Robotic Exploration Systems Programmer (RESP). Get sent to the corners of the galaxy and program robots like if your life depended on it, because it does.
Why similar: Programming 44.3% ★, Automation 22.8%, Hacking 16.6% ★, Logic 7.1%, Perma Death 3.9%
The King was called and he needs protection to get through the grueling forest. That's where you come along! Equipped with your trusty enchanted weapon that gets stronger everytime it kills a bunch of enemies, journey through the depths of the forest to slay monsters while also protecting the King!
Why similar: Roguelite 23.6%, Action Roguelike 20.2%, Strategy 19.4%, Roguelike 16.1%, Automation 14.8%
Visual Programming Puzzle game inspired by Spacechem and other Zachtronics games.
Why similar: Programming 46.7% ★, Automation 34.4%, Logic 13.8%, Stylized 3.7%, Indie 1.5%
You've awoken deep within a research facility in a new, programmable robot body. You have holes in your memories. At least you no longer have that hole in your head...
Why similar: Programming 54.7% ★, Automation 27.8%, Hacking 17.4% ★
Circuitra is a challenging visual logic puzzle game about building increasingly complex circuit boards. Limited inputs, tight board space and changing contract constraints force you to debug and rethink your designs in order to grow your circuit-design business.
Why similar: Programming 49.5% ★, Automation 27.5%, Logic 13.1%, Building 7.2%, Stylized 1.5%
Xenopurge is a tactical auto-battler where you are a Commander tasked with purging the Xenos threat. Operate from a remote command center, issuing indirect orders via multi-screen interfaces. Plan routes, set priorities, and adapt as missions escalate and feel the true weight of being in command.
Why similar: Programming 35.3% ★, Roguelite 14.8%, Auto Battler 12.6%, Automation 12.3%, Strategy 8.9%
Glintland is a magical factory-building card puzzler. Place tiles from a deck to build enchanting production chains, light up the land, and discover a cozy world full of secrets. Each Glint is a short, satisfying journey of automation and alchemy.
Why similar: Programming 34.1% ★, Automation 24.8%, Logic 11.4%, Roguelite 11%, Strategy 7.8%
Write code to command your defenses. Overhead is a strategy game where your code is your weapon; script turret (or sensor) behavior in JavaScript, TypeScript, Rust, Go, or any WASM language. Every scenario is seeded and deterministic. Write a better script, get a better score.
Why similar: Programming 48.4% ★, Automation 23.9%, Strategy 11.7%, Hacking 9.6% ★, Logic 5.7%
Watch autonomous adventurers climb a 100-floor tower while you guide their fate through strategic intervention. No direct control — only decisions. Choose when to summon, strengthen, or protect, and decide whether to build an army or raise a few elite heroes.
Why similar: Automation 26.7%, Auto Battler 23.4%, Roguelite 20.4%, Roguelike 13.9%, Strategy 12.3%
Command six unit types with Python and fight real-time wars against AI large language models. Write code. Build tactics. Control the battlefield. 10 tutorial levels to get you started. 10 AI LLM challenge levels to conquer. Others play with reflexes. You play with algorithms.
Why similar: Programming 54.6% ★, Automation 25.8%, Strategy 17.5%, 3D 1.2%, Indie 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 46.5% ★, Automation 25.7%, Hacking 18.5% ★, Logic 8.3%, Indie 1%
Build compact machine networks, route packets, manage heat, and crush rising quotas in this factory-building roguelike. Buy new machines, stack powerful relics, and survive run-changing Boss Blinds.
Why similar: Programming 36.5% ★, Automation 26.8%, Roguelike 11.5%, Logic 7.9%, Strategy 7.8%
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 58% ★, Automation 22.5%, Hacking 16.2% ★, Strategy 3.2%, Indie 0.2%
An internet service provider simulation game. Design and build network connectivity and services to clients in an ever-expanding randomly generated tower. Configure and maintain equipment to ensure you meet the requirements of tower dwellers. Manage your spending for expansion and daily operations.
Why similar: Programming 38.5% ★, Automation 21.2%, Logic 11.7%, Roguelite 10.4%, Roguelike 9.3%
Every run, a different factory. Pick modules, optimize your production lines and adapt as orders pour in, faster and larger every time. You can expand your space, but not forever: every tile counts.
Why similar: Automation 35.3%, Roguelite 19%, Roguelike 13.1%, Strategy 12.5%, Tactical 9%
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 76.4% ★, Hacking 9.8% ★, Automation 6.7%, Logic 6%, Indie 1.2%
Solve programming puzzles on a fictional computer with radio-based communication and unique limitations. Competitively optimize to compete on leaderboards against friends and the global community.
Why similar: Programming 54.2% ★, Automation 16.8%, Hacking 13.7% ★, Logic 12.7%, Retro 1.9%
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 49.6% ★, Automation 28%, Logic 11.7%, Strategy 8.9%, Indie 1.8%
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 44.2% ★, Automation 26.7%, Logic 11.6%, Building 8.4%, Strategy 4.1%
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 48.5% ★, Automation 22.6%, Logic 12.7%, Building 9.2%, Strategy 6.5%
Aim for a high score by creating complex train set layouts. Program points and signals to direct trains and keep them moving. Run more and more trains… but don’t let them crash!
Why similar: Programming 40.8% ★, Automation 30.1%, Logic 11.1%, Building 8%, Strategy 6.6%
In this tactical rogue-like auto battler, you'll build your unique team of robots and keep them alive as they fight. Battle through waves of enemies as you travel from planet to planet on a mission to fix the sun. Strategize, protect, survive. A Mechanibot's wrench never rests.
Why similar: Auto Battler 22%, Roguelite 17.7%, Tactical 17%, Action Roguelike 15%, Strategy 13.2%
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 46.7% ★, Automation 32%, Building 11.3%, Logic 5.9%, Strategy 2.1%
[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 49.7% ★, Automation 35.3%, Logic 13.6%, Indie 1.4%
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 50.3% ★, Automation 29.9%, Logic 12.3%, Physics 6.5%, Indie 1%
Place instructions on a grid, plan the path, and let the machine follow your logic. CodeGrid is a programming puzzle game with no traditional coding required—use simple commands to build loops, conditions, and data processing, then create increasingly complex programs within a limited space.
Why similar: Programming 49.7% ★, Automation 29.9%, Logic 10%, Strategy 9.6%, Indie 0.8%
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 42.1% ★, Automation 29%, Building 9.9%, Logic 9.5%, Strategy 6%
Automate fractal megastructures from simple cubes. Design nested factories that scale into recursive systems. Use conditions and loops to solve progressively challenging goals. No pressure, no costs, just pure creativity and automation.
Why similar: Programming 42.2% ★, Automation 28.5%, Strategy 10%, Logic 8.9%, Building 8.9%
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 36.4% ★, Automation 22.3%, Auto Battler 14.5%, Hacking 14.3% ★, Logic 9.5%
You will own all the kungfu in the world. "Solider AutoChess" is a cricket-fighting auto-chess game. Every battle is 1V1. You need to constantly upgrade and skillfully combine kungfus to reach the top.
Why similar: Auto Battler 28.3%, Automation 26.1%, Roguelite 24.6%, Strategy 21%
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 39.3% ★, Automation 20%, Hacking 15.3% ★, Logic 11.3%, Building 8%
You don't pilot the mech — you design its pilot. Wire sensors, logic and actions into a battle brain, assemble your machine, and watch your algorithm fight. You can grab the controls anytime — but the real victory is the one your design wins on its own.
Why similar: Programming 44.2% ★, Automation 25%, Auto Battler 17.2%, Tactical 9.6%, 3D 1.7%
