- #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 52% ★, Automation 20.9%, Logic 11.6%, Puzzle 6.4%, Simulation 3.5%
- #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 47.5% ★, Logic 17.3%, Automation 10.9%, Hacking 8.4% ★, Puzzle 6.9%
- #3 The Farmer Was Replaced
96% 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 48.3% ★, Automation 22.8%, Logic 12.6%, Puzzle 6%, Sandbox 5.8%
- #4 SpaceChem
95% 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 47.2% ★, Puzzle 17.4%, Automation 14.8%, Logic 14.3%, Indie 2.2%
- #5 while True: learn()
94% matchVery Positive91% of 8,107 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 66.2% ★, Puzzle 10.1%, Simulation 8.5%, Sandbox 8.2%, Logic 5.2%
- #6 Opus Magnum
94% 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 41.3% ★, Automation 25.4%, Puzzle 11.9%, Logic 11.2%, Simulation 4.8%
- #7 7 Billion Humans
93% 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 63.6% ★, Puzzle 10.2%, Logic 9.9%, Automation 7.7%, Simulation 5.6%
- #8 Kaizen: A Factory Story
91% 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 41.4% ★, Automation 22.7%, Logic 15.2%, Puzzle 7.7%, Simulation 5.8%
- #9 EXAPUNKS
92% 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 40.4% ★, Hacking 16% ★, Automation 15.7%, Logic 8.8%, Puzzle 6.7%
- #10 Neon Noodles
91% 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 28.1% ★, Automation 20.6%, Logic 11.2%, Robots 8.1%, Cyberpunk 7.1%
- #11 TIS-100
90% 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 62.8% ★, Hacking 10.1% ★, Puzzle 8%, Logic 7.7%, Automation 5.7%
- #12 Prime Mover
89% 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 66.7% ★, Puzzle 14%, Simulation 11.5%, Indie 4.4%, Sci-fi 2.7%
- #13 Silicon Zeroes
89% 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 52.3% ★, Hacking 18.1% ★, Simulation 14%, Puzzle 10%, Indie 4.6%
- #14 Infinifactory
88% 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 35.7% ★, Automation 25%, Puzzle 12%, Sandbox 10.5%, Logic 6.9%
- #15 Quantum Odyssey
86% matchVery Positive93% of 119 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 24.1% ★, Automation 15.3%, Level Editor 12.8%, Hacking 12.7% ★, Logic 10.6%
- #16 MOLEK-SYNTEZ
87% 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 45.1% ★, Automation 22.5%, Puzzle 12.3%, Simulation 11.8%, Logic 4.9%
- #17 Signal Maze
86% 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 67.1% ★, Puzzle 14.9%, Logic 9.1%, Dystopian 4.7%, Simulation 2.3%
- #18 Virtual Circuit Board
85% 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 16.3%, Hacking 12.5% ★, Logic 12.4%, Sandbox 9.4%
- #19 Linkito
83% matchVery Positive89% of 155 reviews2024
Dev: KalinarmPub: Playdigious Originals
Windows · Linux
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 22.9% ★, Moddable 17.6% ★, Automation 14.8%, Level Editor 14.2%, Logic 11.4%
- #20 Alan's Automaton Workshop
84% 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 38.4% ★, Automation 23.7%, Logic 13.7%, Sandbox 9.9%, Puzzle 7.5%
- #21 LogicBots
84% 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 49.1% ★, Robots 13.2%, Sandbox 12.8%, Simulation 12.3%, Puzzle 9.3%
- #22 Hard Chip
82% 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 32.6% ★, Automation 17.1%, Hacking 16.1% ★, Logic 14.7%, Puzzle 7%
- #23 Human Resource Machine
82% 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 62.3% ★, Automation 12%, Puzzle 10.6%, Logic 5.8%, Simulation 4.4%
- #24 Autonauts
80% matchVery Positive90% of 4,933 reviews2019
Dev: DenkiPub: Curve Games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
In Autonauts you must build, create, and automate. Start by establishing a colony, crafting bots and teaching them via Scratch-style programming to build an ever evolving autonomous paradise of agriculture, industry and enlightenment.
Why similar: Programming 46.3% ★, Automation 30.6%, Simulation 7.5%, Sandbox 7.4%, Robots 3.1%
- #25 Great Permutator
81% 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 34.4% ★, Automation 23.1%, Level Editor 12.1%, Logic 11.3%, Puzzle 8.2%
- #26 ABI-DOS
78% 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 32.6% ★, Automation 19.8%, Hacking 12.9% ★, Logic 9%, Sandbox 7.7%
- #27 [the Sequence]
81% 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 40.2% ★, Automation 29.6%, Logic 17.3%, Puzzle 9.1%, Indie 1.7%
- #28 Logic World
79% 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 29.1% ★, Automation 16.6%, Hacking 13.5% ★, Logic 12.2%, Moddable 10.6% ★
- #29 CHR$(143)
79% matchVery Positive96% of 79 reviews2021
Dev: Nicolas Jean
Windows · Linux
A rich and challenging physics-based puzzle /logic /construction /programming game! Master ballistics, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, chemical and nuclear reactions, use automation bricks, build structures, machines, vehicles, produce power, solve puzzles, pierce the fog and defeat CHR$!
Why similar: Programming 34.9% ★, Automation 30%, Logic 12.7%, Level Editor 8.8%, Puzzle 8%
- #30 Retro Gadgets
78% matchVery Positive90% of 509 reviews2022
Dev: Licorice ehf
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 61.6 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Retro Gadgets is a sandbox where you build, code, and customize gadgets inspired by old-school electronics.
Why similar: Programming 26.4% ★, Automation 26.2%, Hacking 11.3% ★, Logic 9.7%, Sandbox 9.2%
- #31 Modulus: Factory Automation
75% matchVery Positive92% of 699 reviews2026
Dev: Happy VolcanoPub: Kwalee
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Build, automate, & optimize production lines across sky islands with real spatial constraints. Every production line is an open-ended puzzle: which operators to use, how to route your belts and how to fit your factory into the landscape. Your solutions, like your factories, are uniquely your own.
Why similar: Automation 40.4%, Logic 17.1%, Sandbox 16.9%, Futuristic 10.7%, Simulation 10.1%
- #32 Manufactoria 2022
77% matchVery Positive96% of 71 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 35% ★, Automation 24.3%, Logic 15.7%, Robots 9.4%, Puzzle 8.4%
- #33 JOY OF PROGRAMMING - Software Engineering Simulator
76% 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 25.3% ★, Automation 18%, Logic 11.7%, Moddable 11.7% ★, Hacking 11% ★
- #34 I Am Future: Cozy Apocalypse Survival
74% matchVery Positive85% of 4,559 reviews2024
Dev: MandragoraPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
I Am Future is a relaxing single-player survival game about building a cozy rooftop camp amid a flooded post-apocalyptic city. Set up a farm, go fishing, tinker with gadgets, craft new tools, manage a team of cute robots to automate and expand your base, explore the mysterious world, and chill out!
Why similar: Sandbox 35.2%, Post-apocalyptic 18.7%, Simulation 18.6%, Agriculture 17.5% ★, Indie 6.4%
- #35 Comet 64
77% 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 38.9% ★, Automation 14.2%, Hacking 13.2% ★, Logic 9.3%, Sandbox 7.9%
- #36 Tunnet
74% matchVery Positive95% of 704 reviews2023
Dev: puzzled_squid
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Build, debug and optimize a computer network in an underground facility.
Why similar: Programming 33.5% ★, Automation 21.5%, Logic 16.3%, Hacking 16% ★, Puzzle 6.9%
- #37 ComPressure
76% matchVery Positive86% of 65 reviews2021
Dev: Charlie Brej
Windows · Mac · Linux
Design increasingly complex computation units powered by high pressure steam. From switches to steam based computers, all in a world of analogue pressure devices. Use previous designs to solve further challenges, unravel the mystery of the missing steam and discover a new field of science.
Why similar: Programming 43.7% ★, Automation 29.5%, Sandbox 12.8%, Puzzle 9.2%, Simulation 3.6%
- #38 The Lilliput Workshop
73% 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 34.8% ★, Automation 22.5%, Moddable 14.8% ★, Level Editor 12.8%, Puzzle 7.8%
- #39 Hardspace: Shipbreaker
73% matchVery Positive89% of 21,927 reviews2022
Dev: Blackbird Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 24.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Equipped with cutting-edge salvaging tech, carve & slice spaceships to recover valuable materials. Upgrade your gear to take on more lucrative contracts and pay your billion credits debt to LYNX Corp!
Why similar: Sandbox 24.3%, Dystopian 20.4%, Simulation 16.8%, Puzzle 14%, Futuristic 12.1%
- #40 Craftomation 101: Programming & Craft
72% matchVery Positive85% of 624 reviews2024
Dev: Luden.io
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 64%
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 37.8% ★, Automation 24.7%, Sandbox 11.6%, Robots 9.4%, Puzzle 7.8%
- #41 Robo Instructus
75% 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 48.7% ★, Logic 18.7%, Robots 10.4%, Puzzle 9.9%, Simulation 4.6%
- #42 shapez 2 - Factory
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 14,303 reviews2026
Dev: tobspr Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 29.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Dive into a factory-building game with the focus on just that – building huge space factories! Design sprawling multi-level factories and satisfying production lines without limits. Tackle progressively challenging automation goals at your own pace, without the threat of enemies.
Why similar: Automation 29.6%, Moddable 18.1% ★, Logic 14.2%, Sandbox 10.8%, Futuristic 8.5%
- #43 Star Stuff
70% matchVery Positive99% of 182 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 49.6% ★, Logic 22.1%, Automation 13.7%, Puzzle 12.1%, Indie 1.7%
- #44 Mech Mechanic Simulator
73% matchMixed62% of 681 reviews2021
Dev: PolyslashPub: Valkyrie Initiative
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Become a Mech Mechanic to deconstruct, rebuild, paint and fix gigantic iron machines. You live in an age of enormous machines and you better get ready to get your hands dirty!
Why similar: Automation 31.6%, Sandbox 18.8%, Robots 14.3%, Cyberpunk 11.3%, Futuristic 10.7%
- #45 World of Contraptions
72% 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 25.1% ★, Automation 17.1%, Level Editor 13.5%, Logic 13.1%, Sandbox 10.1%
- #46 Automate It: Factory Puzzle
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 75 reviews2025
Dev: South Blue MoonPub: Forklift Interactive
Windows
Automate It is a factory-building puzzle game that challenges players to find clever solutions within size, power, and time constraints. Design, build, and share your own puzzles with other players. If you want to build it - choose Automate It.
Why similar: Automation 36.2%, Sandbox 19.7%, Logic 16.2%, Puzzle 12.3%, Simulation 12.2%
- #47 Nimbatus - The Space Drone Constructor
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,148 reviews2020
Dev: Stray Fawn StudioPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Command the Nimbatus and craft drones out of hundreds of different parts. Survive unknown threats in a fully destructible, procedural universe, compete against other players in different arenas or enjoy complete creative freedom in the sandbox.
Why similar: Programming 34.1% ★, Automation 18.8%, Logic 15%, Robots 10.5%, Sandbox 9%
- #48 Rover Mechanic Simulator
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 661 reviews2020
Dev: ▲ Pyramid GamesPub: Pyramid Games S.A.
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
As an Engineer - crew member of one of the first Mars colonies - you are responsible for repairing and maintaining Mars Rovers. In this advanced simulator you will learn the internal details of various Mars Rovers and their components.
Why similar: Logic 37.4%, Simulation 22.1%, Puzzle 18.7%, Sci-fi 10.6%, Indie 7.8%
- #49 ReThink
71% matchVery Positive82% of 292 reviews2017
Dev: Yaeko
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.4 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 41.8%, Puzzle 22.2%, Dystopian 14.1%, Sci-fi 7.8%, Futuristic 6.5%
- #50 Timberborn
63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 39,576 reviews2026
Dev: Mechanistry
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 42.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Humans are long gone. In a world struck by droughts and toxic waste, will your lumberpunk beavers do any better? A sandbox city-building game featuring ingenious animals, vertical architecture, water physics, and terraforming. Contains high amounts of wood.
Why similar: Automation 37.9%, Level Editor 25.9%, Sandbox 18%, Post-apocalyptic 10.2%, Simulation 8%
- #51 Puzzle Depot
67% matchVery Positive100% of 66 reviews2025
Dev: Laughing Manatee Games
Windows
A box-pushing, bug-squishing, post-apocalyptic adventure awaits you in Puzzle Depot! Challenge hundreds of meticulously designed rooms that expand on classic sokoban gameplay with new and creative mechanics. Build your own devious creations with the included level editor!
Why similar: Level Editor 28.9%, Logic 27%, Puzzle 22%, Post-apocalyptic 10.6%, Indie 5.6%
- #52 Hacknet
69% matchVery Positive94% of 25,910 reviews2015
Dev: Team Fractal AlligatorPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Hacknet is an immersive, terminal-based hacking simulator for PC. Dive down a rabbit hoIe as you follow the instructions of a recently deceased hacker, whose death may not have been the accident the media reports.
Why similar: Hacking 65% ★, Programming 15.6% ★, Logic 5.6%, Dystopian 4.8%, Cyberpunk 3.1%
- #53 Rogue Bit
70% 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 41.7% ★, Hacking 20.9% ★, Logic 14.3%, Simulation 10.9%, Puzzle 7.5%
- #54 Electronics Puzzle Lab
68% matchVery Positive86% of 72 reviews2024
Dev: Sagitta Studios
Windows
Enter the most advanced challenge laboratory of today's games, where electronics and logic merge into challenges that will captivate your mind and awaken the engineer within you!
Why similar: Automation 38.7%, Logic 23.4%, Puzzle 20.2%, Simulation 17.4%, Singleplayer 0.3%
- #55 Automation Empire
70% matchMixed66% of 2,635 reviews2019
Dev: DOG HOGGLER
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 19.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Build and manage a massive industrial network of factories, mines, and farms. Employ a fleet of trains, trucks, and robotic drones. In the age of automation, efficiency is survival!
Why similar: Automation 51.7%, Sandbox 18.5%, Simulation 14.1%, Robots 6.5%, Agriculture 3.9% ★
- #56 Stationeers
68% matchVery Positive88% of 9,014 reviews2017
Dev: RocketWerkz
Windows
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 83.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Stationeers puts you in control of the construction and management of a space station to run by yourself or online with your friends. Complex atmospheric, electrical, manufacturing, agriculture, and gravitational systems require your thought and management at all times!
Why similar: Automation 30%, Moddable 26.6% ★, Logic 19.6%, Sandbox 13.6%, Agriculture 6.1% ★
- #57 Mech Mechanic Simulator: Prologue
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 142 reviews2021
Dev: PolyslashPub: Valkyrie Initiative
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Become a Mech Mechanic to deconstruct, rebuild, paint and fix gigantic iron machines. You live in an age of enormous machines and you better get ready to get your hands dirty!
Why similar: Simulation 29.6%, Robots 29.4%, Futuristic 18.5%, Cyberpunk 9.4%, Sci-fi 9%
- #58 Upload Labs
62% matchVery Positive92% of 7,397 reviews2025
Dev: EnigmaDev Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 21.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
A sci-fi management game where you build and optimize your computer's system from the ground up. Connect and configure interconnected nodes to efficiently download, process, and upload files. Manage your setup, solve system challenges, and become the ultimate system architect
Why similar: Programming 31.5% ★, Automation 29.7%, Hacking 10.9% ★, Logic 10.8%, Simulation 8.4%
- #59 SOLAS 128
66% matchVery Positive93% of 212 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 46.1% ★, Logic 21.8%, Hacking 14.3% ★, Puzzle 9.7%, Indie 2.6%
- #60 Algo Bot
68% matchVery Positive82% of 188 reviews2018
Dev: Fishing CactusPub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 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% ★, Logic 13.7%, Puzzle 12.7%, Robots 8.2%, Sci-fi 4.2%