- #1 SHENZHEN I/O
97% matchVery Positive95% of 4,452 reviews2016
Dev: Zachtronics
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 61%
BUILD CIRCUITS. WRITE CODE. RTFM.
Why similar: Programming 50.9% ★, Automation 22.6%, Logic 8.6%, Difficult 4.7%, Education 4.6%
- #2 Turing Complete
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,204 reviews2021
Dev: LevelHead
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Learn CPU architecture with puzzles
Why similar: Programming 46.3% ★, Logic 12.7%, Automation 11.7%, Education 10.8%, Hacking 6.9% ★
- #3 Hard Chip
95% matchVery Positive93% of 57 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 28.4% ★, Automation 16.5%, Hacking 11.9% ★, Logic 9.6%, Education 8.3%
- #4 the Sequence [2]
95% matchPositive93% of 28 reviews2021
Dev: [OneManBand]Pub: [OneManBand]
Windows
Visual Programming Puzzle game inspired by Spacechem and other Zachtronics games.
Why similar: Programming 36.5% ★, Automation 30.7%, Logic 12.7%, Difficult 6.1%, Minimalist 5.4%
- #5 The Qubit Factory
94% matchPositive98% of 46 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 37.5% ★, Automation 25.4%, Logic 10.8%, Simulation 9%, Education 7.7%
- #6 Code World
93% 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 36.5% ★, Automation 23%, Hacking 15.5% ★, Education 9.3%, Logic 7.6%
- #7 EXAPUNKS
93% matchVery Positive95% of 1,867 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 45.9% ★, Automation 19.7%, Hacking 15.3% ★, Logic 7.5%, Simulation 4.5%
- #8 [the Sequence]
92% 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 38.5% ★, Automation 31.2%, Logic 12.4%, Difficult 7.4%, Minimalist 6.2%
- #9 Opus Magnum
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 6,887 reviews2017
Dev: Zachtronics
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 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 45.3% ★, Automation 30.8%, Logic 9.2%, Simulation 6.1%, Puzzle 5.9%
- #10 Logic Arrows
91% 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 33.4% ★, Automation 29.4%, Education 9.5%, Simulation 8.9%, Logic 7.9%
- #11 Comet 64
90% 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 37% ★, Automation 14.9%, Hacking 10.6% ★, Education 8.5%, Logic 6.6%
- #12 Virtual Circuit Board
89% matchVery Positive93% of 305 reviews2023
Dev: Reverie Foundry
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 20.7 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 32.7% ★, Automation 18%, Hacking 10.5% ★, Education 9.5%, Logic 9.3%
- #13 QuantumPulse 2A
88% matchPositive93% of 28 reviews2025
Dev: Dashing Strike
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 42.8% ★, Automation 15.1%, Logic 11.9%, Hacking 11.6% ★, Difficult 8.2%
- #14 Programmer Dungeon Knightress
88% matchPositive81% of 21 reviews2022
Dev: Dragon Lord Studio
Windows · Linux
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 39.1% ★, Automation 25.2%, Logic 10.9%, Education 9.7%, Simulation 6.8%
- #15 Robot Unlock
87% 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 37.2% ★, Automation 26.1%, Logic 9.8%, Education 8.4%, Difficult 7.7%
- #16 MOLEK-SYNTEZ
86% matchVery Positive89% of 682 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 43.4% ★, Automation 24%, Simulation 13.1%, Science 9.8%, Puzzle 5.4%
- #17 Charge!
86% 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 38.9% ★, Automation 27%, Logic 10.6%, Science 6.8%, Simulation 6.2%
- #18 TIS-100
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 4,067 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 62.5% ★, Hacking 8.5% ★, Automation 6.3%, Logic 5.8%, Difficult 5.6%
- #19 If Red Then Stop
84% 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 41.1% ★, Automation 26.6%, Logic 11.5%, Simulation 8.8%, Education 6.7%
- #20 JOY OF PROGRAMMING - Software Engineering Simulator
83% matchMostly Positive78% of 375 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 28.7% ★, Automation 22.6%, Hacking 10.6% ★, Logic 10%, Education 9%
- #21 Pragma Twice
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bryan Gillespie
Windows
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 45.7% ★, Automation 26.5%, Hacking 15.5% ★, Simulation 7.7%, Puzzle 3.9%
- #22 ABI-DOS
81% matchVery Positive93% of 416 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 36.6% ★, Automation 24.5%, Hacking 12.3% ★, Education 8.5%, Logic 7.6%
- #23 DA-VI-NC1
82% 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 47.6% ★, Hacking 14.8% ★, Logic 13.8%, Education 11%, Simulation 8.5%
- #24 Rogue Bit
82% 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 41.2% ★, Hacking 17.5% ★, Simulation 12.5%, Logic 10.7%, Education 8.3%
- #25 Logic World
81% matchVery Positive94% of 353 reviews2021
Dev: Mouse Hat Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Programming 30% ★, Automation 18.9%, Hacking 11.8% ★, Logic 9.5%, Education 9%
- #26 Kernel Quest
80% 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 31.2%, Simulation 7.8%, Logic 5.7%, Minimalist 5.4%
- #27 Kaizen: A Factory Story
78% matchVery Positive93% of 689 reviews2025
Dev: CoincidencePub: Astra Logical
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 39.2% ★, Automation 23.7%, Logic 10.8%, Education 8.8%, Difficult 7.1%
- #28 Electric Alps
79% 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 25.6% ★, Automation 25.6%, Education 13.8%, Logic 12.7%, Simulation 11.4%
- #29 Human Resource Machine
78% matchVery Positive94% of 4,642 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 60.9% ★, Automation 13%, Education 9.1%, Simulation 4.9%, Puzzle 4.7%
- #30 Robot Programmer
77% 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 43.9% ★, Automation 29.4%, Logic 12.1%, Simulation 9.4%, Puzzle 4.5%
- #31 Finite State Automaton Challenges
77% 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 53% ★, Automation 35%, Education 6.9%, Puzzle 4.6%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #32 Cyborg Earthworm
79% matchNo user reviews2020
Dev: Anton Swifton
Windows
Make a Snake AI using simple visual commands. Develop a strategy, let the computer do the hard work, sit back and watch it play the game for you.
Why similar: Programming 34% ★, Automation 22.1%, Hacking 14.6% ★, Education 10%, Logic 8.1%
- #33 Mnemonimov
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Reverie Foundry
Windows · Linux
Mnemonimov is a fantasy console where you program in ASSEMBLY like in the 80s. Build anything from games to operating systems and understand how computers work at a low level.
Why similar: Programming 31.8% ★, Automation 21.3%, Hacking 11.7% ★, Education 9.6%, Logic 9%
- #34 TAU-09
75% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: axsys_crash
Windows · Linux
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 39% ★, Automation 23%, Hacking 15.6% ★, Logic 7.4%, Simulation 7.3%
- #35 SpaceChem
76% matchVery Positive92% of 5,063 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 46.9% ★, Automation 16.2%, Difficult 11.5%, Logic 10.7%, Puzzle 7.8%
- #36 Robospital
75% matchMostly Positive74% of 31 reviews2023
Dev: Golden Banana Soft
Windows
Become a doctor in Robospital and fix robots. Learn Python programming, write code, and test your code!
Why similar: Programming 36.6% ★, Job Simulator 18.8% ★, Automation 14.9%, Logic 11.2%, Education 9.9%
- #37 Circuit Artist
74% matchPositive100% of 13 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 36.1% ★, Automation 20.8%, Hacking 10.1% ★, Education 9.5%, Simulation 8.1%
- #38 Hexahedra
73% 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 40.4% ★, Automation 26.7%, Logic 13%, Education 9.4%, Simulation 5.8%
- #39 Silicon Zeroes
73% matchVery Positive88% of 281 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 48.8% ★, Simulation 15.1%, Hacking 14.2% ★, Education 9%, Difficult 7.9%
- #40 7 Billion Humans
73% matchVery Positive94% of 2,104 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 64.7% ★, Automation 8.7%, Logic 7.6%, Education 7.3%, Simulation 6.6%
- #41 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 35.3% ★, Automation 18.8%, Education 10.3%, Hacking 9.4% ★, Logic 8.2%
- #42 SirKwitz
71% 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 39.6% ★, Automation 19.7%, Education 15%, Logic 12.4%, Simulation 8.7%
- #43 KnotBot
71% 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 40.2% ★, Automation 19%, Simulation 15.7%, Logic 11.5%, Education 9.5%
- #44 Great Permutator
72% 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 39.5% ★, Automation 29.4%, Logic 9.8%, Difficult 9%, Simulation 7.6%
- #45 Monster Logic
71% matchPositive93% of 15 reviews2020
Dev: Blorp Company
Windows · Linux
Enter the world of "Monster Logic", the monstrous programming game! In this hand-drawn puzzle game, you'll have to use each monster's unique ability to progress through the 40+ levels and the multiple biomes!
Why similar: Programming 36.1% ★, Automation 23.9%, Hacking 15.8% ★, Logic 8.4%, Difficult 7.7%
- #46 Block Machine
70% 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 45.8% ★, Automation 20.5%, Logic 14.3%, Simulation 7.3%, Minimalist 6.4%
- #47 VELONE
70% 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 43.8% ★, Automation 32.3%, Logic 13.5%, Simulation 5.2%, Puzzle 4.2%
- #48 OCTOPTICOM
70% 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 38.7% ★, Simulation 11.9%, Logic 11.5%, Education 9.9%, Science 9.5%
- #49 SOKOBOT
69% 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 39.2% ★, Automation 27%, Logic 12.1%, Difficult 8.4%, Simulation 4.7%
- #50 ProBelt
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Snakebelt
Windows
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 40.3% ★, Automation 26%, Logic 12.5%, Education 8.6%, Simulation 8.1%
- #51 Hacking for Hermann
69% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2022
Dev: Philip Schmiel Development
Windows
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 39.6% ★, Automation 21.3%, Hacking 12.9% ★, Logic 11.7%, Education 7.2%
- #52 CipherCraft: Cyber Guardian Introduction
68% matchMixed67% of 95 reviews2024
Dev: picture4u
Windows
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: Job Simulator 33.1% ★, Programming 32.3% ★, Hacking 17% ★, Education 10%, Simulation 7.3%
- #53 SIC-1
67% matchVery Positive94% of 252 reviews2022
Dev: Anti-Pattern Games
Windows · Linux
SIC-1 is a single-instruction programming game. Neglect your personal life in pursuit of promotions and vague assurances of job security! Optimize your programs to rise to the top of the leaderboards! SIC Systems thanks you for your hard work! Now please return to your desk.
Why similar: Programming 39.2% ★, Automation 19.3%, Logic 11.3%, Hacking 7.3% ★, Simulation 6.8%
- #54 Software Engineering Course / Informatyka - zrozum i zaprogramuj komputer
69% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2020
Dev: Wydawnictwo DagielPub: Adventuresity
Windows
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 45.8% ★, Hacking 19.9% ★, Logic 13.9%, Education 13.6%, Puzzle 3.9%
- #55 The Farmer Was Replaced
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 8,430 reviews2025
Dev: Timon HerzogPub: Metaroot
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 11.3 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 46.4% ★, Automation 24.2%, Education 9.4%, Logic 9.1%, Minimalist 4%
- #56 OCTOPTICOM 3D
67% 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 47.6% ★, Logic 13.7%, Simulation 12.7%, Education 8.9%, Science 7.5%
- #57 Bitburner
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 7,237 reviews2021
Dev: Fulcrum Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 52.2% ★, Automation 23.1%, Hacking 15.3% ★, Simulation 3.9%, Education 3.4%
- #58 Infinifactory
68% matchVery Positive95% of 2,465 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 41.8% ★, Automation 32.2%, Simulation 7%, Puzzle 6.3%, Logic 6.1%
- #59 Backcast
65% match4 user reviews75% of 4 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 50.9% ★, Automation 29%, Simulation 12.6%, Education 7%, Singleplayer 0.5%