- #1 SHENZHEN I/O
97% 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 53.8% ★, Automation 23.1%, Logic 10.2%, Difficult 6%, Puzzle 5.6%
- #2 SpaceChem
96% 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 44.1% ★, Automation 14.7%, Puzzle 13.7%, Difficult 13.2%, Logic 11.3%
- #3 The Signal State
96% 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 40.3% ★, Automation 29.3%, Logic 17.4%, Puzzle 9.2%, Indie 1.7%
- #4 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 56.4% ★, Logic 17.3%, Automation 13.8%, Puzzle 6.9%, Difficult 3.9%
- #5 7 Billion Humans
94% 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 69.8% ★, Puzzle 9.5%, Logic 9.1%, Automation 9%, Indie 2%
- #6 Block Shop
93% matchVery Positive99% of 69 reviews2025
Dev: Foolbox Studio
Windows
Block shop is an automation puzzle game in which basic blocks are transformed and combined to create increasingly complex blocks.
Why similar: Automation 51.9%, Logic 15.6%, Puzzle 13%, Difficult 9.9%, Casual 3.7%
- #7 SquareCells
94% matchVery Positive90% of 1,250 reviews2015
Dev: Matthew Brown
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
SquareCells is an ambient logic puzzle game.
Why similar: Puzzle 37.1%, Minimalist 26.3%, Logic 20.4%, Casual 9.1%, Indie 7.1%
- #8 Human Resource Machine
92% 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 64.2% ★, Automation 13.2%, Puzzle 9.2%, Logic 5%, Difficult 3.3%
- #9 A=B
91% 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 51.4% ★, Automation 22.9%, Puzzle 10.5%, Minimalist 4.5%, Logic 4.5%
- #10 Great Permutator
91% 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 38.5% ★, Automation 27.6%, Difficult 10.7%, Logic 10.6%, Puzzle 7.7%
- #11 Pure Logic
89% matchVery Positive94% of 96 reviews2023
Dev: Sigmund Hoien
Windows
Explore logic symbols. Discover the rules. Solve complex puzzles. Feel the power of your logical side!
Why similar: Logic 32.3%, Difficult 22.5%, Minimalist 19%, Puzzle 14.9%, Casual 4%
- #12 Prelogate
90% 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 51.7% ★, Logic 22.2%, Puzzle 14.3%, Casual 6%, Indie 5.8%
- #13 Linkito
87% 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 37.1% ★, Automation 25.6%, Logic 15.7%, Minimalist 10.5%, Puzzle 7.9%
- #14 OCTOPTICOM
89% 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 45.8% ★, Logic 15.2%, Minimalist 12.8%, Difficult 11%, Puzzle 9.4%
- #15 Robo Instructus
88% matchVery Positive85% of 74 reviews2019
Dev: Big AB Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 53.7% ★, Logic 17.4%, Difficult 14.1%, Puzzle 9.2%, 2D 3.1%
- #16 Hexcells Plus
86% matchVery Positive95% of 2,805 reviews2014
Dev: Matthew Brown
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Hexcells Plus is an ambient logic puzzle game for PC, Mac and Linux.
Why similar: Puzzle 39.3%, Logic 21.7%, Minimalist 16.4%, Difficult 9.4%, Casual 7%
- #17 SOKOBOT
86% 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 36.4% ★, Automation 24.2%, Logic 12.6%, Difficult 9.5%, Puzzle 7.1%
- #18 Tametsi
85% 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: Logic 32.1%, Difficult 29.6%, Puzzle 23.7%, Minimalist 7.3%, Indie 4.5%
- #19 TOK HARDCORE
84% matchVery Positive95% of 154 reviews2019
Dev: Crew Lab
Windows
TOK HARDCORE is a logical puzzle in which you need to connect all points with lines.
Why similar: Programming 43.5% ★, Logic 16.9%, Difficult 14.8%, Minimalist 12.4%, Puzzle 7.9%
- #20 CIPHER ZERO
80% matchVery Positive92% of 166 reviews2025
Dev: Zapdot
Windows · Mac · Linux
A minimalist logic game. Can you solve for 𝒙?
Why similar: Logic 29.5%, Minimalist 24%, Difficult 20.7%, Puzzle 15.1%, 2D 5.5%
- #21 Move Code Lines
84% 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 44.2% ★, Automation 28.4%, Logic 11.4%, Difficult 9.8%, Puzzle 4.7%
- #22 Lovux
82% matchVery Positive93% of 101 reviews2023
Dev: Mindlabor
Windows · Mac · Linux
Lovux is a minimalist logic puzzle where the goal is to break all the glasses in the game area by wisely using various glass types and mechanics. The difficulty of the game increases gradually, thanks to new mechanics introduced every 10 levels.
Why similar: Logic 32.8%, Minimalist 26.4%, Puzzle 17.3%, Difficult 11.3%, Casual 4.6%
- #23 Wayout
83% matchVery Positive88% of 1,175 reviews2016
Dev: KonstructorsPub: Hook Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Relax, clear your mind and find the way out.
Why similar: Difficult 27.5%, Puzzle 25.9%, Minimalist 24.8%, Casual 9.6%, Indie 6.9%
- #24 ABI-DOS
79% 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 46.3% ★, Automation 29.9%, Logic 10.8%, Puzzle 7.3%, 2D 2.7%
- #25 Hexcells
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 5,891 reviews2014
Dev: Matthew Brown
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Hexcells is an ambient logic puzzle game for PC, Mac and Linux.
Why similar: Puzzle 37.7%, Logic 26.4%, Minimalist 17.4%, Casual 7.3%, Indie 3.9%
- #26 Hexa Turn
81% matchVery Positive89% of 113 reviews2018
Dev: Abdullah Firat
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Hexa Turn is a turn-based puzzle game with minimalist design. The logic is simple: block the triange. So, think outside of the box and try not to find a solution. Try to break the solution!
Why similar: Logic 30.4%, Minimalist 27.4%, Puzzle 18.4%, Casual 9.7%, 2D 6.8%
- #27 Odd||Even
82% matchMixed53% of 113 reviews2016
Dev: kylix studio
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Odd||Even is a math and logic based, integer placement puzzle game.
Why similar: Logic 27.7%, Difficult 23.5%, Minimalist 22.1%, Puzzle 14%, 2D 5.7%
- #28 Logic Bombs
74% 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 43.3%, Difficult 24.3%, Puzzle 18.8%, 2D 6.5%, Casual 3.1%
- #29 Manufactoria 2022
78% 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 42.1% ★, Automation 31.1%, Logic 16%, Puzzle 8.6%, Indie 1.6%
- #30 Baba Is You
75% 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 34.3% ★, Difficult 18.7%, Puzzle 18.4%, Logic 17.1%, Minimalist 4%
- #31 LYNE
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 8,239 reviews2014
Dev: Thomas Bowker
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Deceptively simple. Infinitely complex. LYNE is a minimalist puzzle game that will knot your brain as it calms your soul. Connect the shapes. Fill the board. Lose yourself in the interflowing paths of LYNE.
Why similar: Logic 26.8%, Minimalist 21.7%, Puzzle 21.4%, Difficult 19.9%, Casual 4.5%
- #32 Induction
78% matchVery Positive90% of 188 reviews2017
Dev: Bryan Gale
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Induction is an abstract puzzle game about time travel and paradoxes. As you master its logic, Induction will rewire how you think about cause and effect.
Why similar: Puzzle 75%, Indie 25%
- #33 Cuit
79% matchMostly Positive77% of 183 reviews2017
Dev: Class-X Games
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 29%
In CUIT, it is only you and your mind. A challenging and relaxing puzzle game, ready to test you from top to bottom. Navigate a current through a circuit. Power a target, avoid the explosives. Sounds easy? Try it - and guess again. A logical challenge - for everyone.
Why similar: Difficult 30.6%, Puzzle 30.5%, Casual 17.5%, 2D 11.2%, Indie 10.2%
- #34 Hentai energy
77% matchVery Positive85% of 242 reviews2019
Dev: Crew Lab
Windows
A logic puzzle with a nice reward at the end of each level!
Why similar: Sexual Content 25.6%, Minimalist 22.4%, Puzzle 19.2%, Casual 15.5%, Indie 9.6%
- #35 Quadrata
73% matchVery Positive93% of 214 reviews2022
Dev: Mindlabor
Windows · Mac · Linux
Quadrata is a minimalist logic puzzle where you control two different characters with the same keys on either side and collect diamonds with a limited number of moves to finish.
Why similar: Logic 30.2%, Minimalist 24.5%, Puzzle 15.8%, Difficult 15.6%, 2D 5.1%
- #36 Squarism
76% matchVery Positive91% of 65 reviews2017
Dev: KirUn
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 61%
SQUARISM is a minimalist logic game about combining pieces scattered around into a perfect square. Complete all 70 lovely-crafted levels and become master of square assembling!
Why similar: Puzzle 52.7%, Casual 28.9%, Indie 18.4%
- #37 ReThink
76% matchVery Positive82% of 293 reviews2017
Dev: Yaeko
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 56%
As an inmate of a government-controlled Correctional Facility in the year 2275, you have the right to prove yourself worthy of being part of Society again. Show your skills in logical thinking by solving puzzles of varying size, type and difficulty in this first-Person puzzle game, and redeem your freedom!
Why similar: Logic 33.4%, Minimalist 23.6%, Puzzle 17.7%, Difficult 16.4%, Indie 3.7%
- #38 SiNKR 2
74% matchVery Positive96% of 268 reviews2019
Dev: Robert WahlerPub: Wahler Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
SiNKR 2 is a minimalist puzzle game evolved from the award winning SiNKR. There is just you, hooks, pucks, and various contraptions. Subtle differences within level themes drive different solutions to superficially similar scenarios.
Why similar: Minimalist 39.8%, Puzzle 28.8%, Difficult 17.3%, Casual 8.2%, Indie 5.9%
- #39 TIS-100
73% 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 69.5% ★, Difficult 7.5%, Puzzle 7.5%, Logic 7.2%, Automation 6.7%
- #40 Dissembler
75% matchVery Positive91% of 117 reviews2018
Dev: Ian MacLartyPub: Shape Shop
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Dissembler is a subtle puzzle game about unraveling playful, abstract designs one color at a time.
Why similar: Logic 34.6%, Minimalist 24.7%, Puzzle 16.5%, Difficult 12.5%, Casual 6.2%
- #41 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 45% ★, Automation 29.4%, Logic 14.5%, Puzzle 9.7%, Indie 1%
- #42 MOLEK-SYNTEZ
72% 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 52.3% ★, Automation 27.8%, Puzzle 12%, Logic 4.8%, Indie 2.1%
- #43 Star Stuff
69% 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 44.5% ★, Logic 16.7%, Automation 13.1%, Difficult 11.6%, Puzzle 9.1%
- #44 Hentai energy II
73% matchVery Positive87% of 157 reviews2019
Dev: Crew Lab
Windows
A logic puzzle with a nice reward at the end of each level!
Why similar: Minimalist 25.2%, Sexual Content 23.3%, Puzzle 17.3%, Casual 15.5%, Indie 9.6%
- #45 Archipel Logic Infinite
68% matchVery Positive94% of 71 reviews2024
Dev: WanderLux Games
Windows
「Archipel Logic Infinite」 is a challenging puzzle game inspired by the popular Nurikabe. Explore legendary archipelagos by marking cells as land or sea to unchart maps. Enjoy challenging puzzles and endless procedurally generated content for limitless exploration.
Why similar: Logic 27.6%, Difficult 24.9%, Minimalist 17%, Puzzle 16.5%, Casual 5.7%
- #46 Circuits
71% matchVery Positive89% of 2,102 reviews2014
Dev: Digital Tentacle
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Simple in concept, but very challenging and rewarding,Circuits is a puzzle game that requires careful listening to complete each level. The goal of Circuits : piece together the different parts of a song. Sounds easy, but maybe not.
Why similar: Puzzle 49.2%, Minimalist 23.1%, Casual 14.5%, Indie 11.7%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #47 Hade
72% matchVery Positive90% of 332 reviews2016
Dev: KirUn
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Hade is a minimalist logic game with severely difficult puzzles softened by relaxing ambient music.
Why similar: Puzzle 26.6%, Minimalist 25.4%, Difficult 25.3%, Casual 12.7%, Indie 8.3%
- #48 qop 2
71% matchVery Positive95% of 591 reviews2017
Dev: Quiet River
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
qop 2 is a minimalistic puzzle which goal is to get the cube to finish using 4 directions in space.
Why similar: Puzzle 23.3%, Minimalist 20.5%, Difficult 16.7%, Logic 15.2%, 2D 9.5%
- #49 CHR$(143)
70% matchVery Positive96% of 80 reviews2021
Dev: Nicolas Jean
Windows · Linux
A rich and challenging physics-based puzzle /logic /construction /programming game! Master ballistics, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, chemical and nuclear reactions, use automation bricks, build structures, machines, vehicles, produce power, solve puzzles, pierce the fog and defeat CHR$!
Why similar: Programming 39.9% ★, Automation 36.5%, Logic 12.2%, Puzzle 7.7%, 2D 2.5%
- #50 Polimines
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 207 reviews2022
Dev: Molter
Windows · Mac · Linux
Polimines is a challenging logic game that brings together mechanics from Nonograms and Minesweeper. Solve increasingly difficult hand-designed levels in this puzzle game where guessing is never required.
Why similar: Logic 29.3%, Minimalist 22.4%, Difficult 20.4%, Puzzle 15.3%, 2D 5.3%
- #51 Maxwell's puzzling demon
66% matchVery Positive99% of 388 reviews2024
Dev: muratsubo Games
Windows
"Thermodynamic" puzzle where Maxwell's demon does work of block-pushing. Deal those hot blocks with cold blocks so that the demon doesn't get burnt.
Why similar: Logic 34.6%, Difficult 30%, Puzzle 20.6%, 2D 6.5%, Casual 4.6%
- #52 Oberty
68% matchVery Positive96% of 72 reviews2024
Dev: Dmytro Denys
Windows · Mac
Oberty is mind-bending puzzle about combining shapes.
Why similar: Logic 24.7%, Minimalist 22.9%, Difficult 22.8%, Puzzle 15.4%, 2D 5.2%
- #53 Prime Mover
71% 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 73.9% ★, Puzzle 13.1%, Difficult 8.8%, Indie 3.6%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #54 Kaizen: A Factory Story
64% 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 42.4% ★, Automation 24.8%, Logic 13.1%, Difficult 9.3%, Puzzle 6.6%
- #55 The Lilliput Workshop
65% matchVery Positive95% of 83 reviews2025
Dev: Cotton Game
Windows · Mac
A sandbox logic puzzle game with a nostalgic temperament. You can experience the endless fun of designing automata here.
Why similar: Programming 50.8% ★, Automation 35%, Puzzle 9.6%, Casual 2.9%, Indie 1.2%
- #56 Magicube
66% matchVery Positive99% of 205 reviews2023
Dev: nebu soku
Windows
A magical puzzle platformer made with PICO-8. Be thinky to get the legendary treasure.
Why similar: Logic 33.6%, Difficult 29.7%, Puzzle 24.3%, 2D 8.1%, Indie 2.8%
- #57 JOY OF PROGRAMMING - Software Engineering Simulator
65% 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 39.8% ★, Automation 30.2%, Logic 15.5%, Puzzle 7.3%, Difficult 7.3%
- #58 Understand
67% matchVery Positive91% of 824 reviews2020
Dev: Artless Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Understand is an experimental puzzle game about guessing rules. In each level, you have to figure out the rules through trial and error, then draw a line satisfying all rules.
Why similar: Logic 38%, Minimalist 33.1%, Puzzle 17.9%, 2D 6.2%, Casual 2%
- #59 Neon Noodles
67% 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 42.4% ★, Automation 33.2%, Logic 14.2%, Puzzle 6.9%, Indie 1.3%
- #60 Bombe
64% matchVery Positive96% of 383 reviews2023
Dev: Charlie Brej
Windows · Mac · Linux
Minesweeper, but you only solve each situation once.
Why similar: Automation 33.3%, Programming 24.3% ★, Minimalist 14.2%, Puzzle 10.1%, Logic 9.6%