- #1 Kaizen: A Factory Story
97% matchVery Positive92% of 721 reviews2025
Dev: CoincidencePub: Klei Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 48.4% ★, Solitaire 12% ★, Logic 11.8%, Automation 9.1%, Puzzle 6.5%
- #2 Opus Magnum
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 7,277 reviews2017
Dev: Zachtronics
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 13.4 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 59.5% ★, Automation 12.5%, Puzzle 12.3%, Logic 10.7%, Simulation 2.1%
- #3 Infinifactory
96% matchVery Positive95% of 2,485 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 56.5% ★, Puzzle 13.7%, Automation 13.7%, Logic 7.4%, Simulation 2.6%
- #4 SpaceChem
95% matchVery Positive92% of 5,094 reviews2011
Dev: Zachtronics
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.7 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 59.7% ★, Puzzle 15.9%, Logic 12.1%, Automation 6.4%, Sci-fi 1.7%
- #5 Prime Mover
94% matchVery Positive88% of 217 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 76.5% ★, Puzzle 11.6%, Simulation 4.1%, Pixel Graphics 2.2%, Sci-fi 2.2%
- #6 TIS-100
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 4,119 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 80.4% ★, Puzzle 7.5%, Logic 6.6%, Automation 2.5%, Simulation 1.5%
- #7 shapez 2 - Factory
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 15,399 reviews2026
Dev: tobspr Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 29.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 27.2%, Logic 24.8%, Puzzle 14.3%, Strategy 9.6%, Futuristic 7.3%
- #8 Silicon Zeroes
93% matchVery Positive87% of 284 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 77.7% ★, Puzzle 10.8%, Simulation 6.5%, Indie 2.8%, Singleplayer 2.2%
- #9 Human Resource Machine
92% matchVery Positive94% of 4,703 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 75.9% ★, Puzzle 9.3%, Automation 5%, Logic 4.8%, Simulation 1.7%
- #10 SHENZHEN I/O
91% matchVery Positive95% of 4,533 reviews2016
Dev: Zachtronics
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 61%
BUILD CIRCUITS. WRITE CODE. RTFM.
Why similar: Programming 69.2% ★, Logic 10.4%, Automation 9.5%, Puzzle 6.2%, Solitaire 1.8% ★
- #11 Infinite Turtles
90% matchVery Positive98% of 50 reviews2022
Dev: Charlie Brej
Windows · Mac · Linux
Design computational circuits which defy restrictions of our universe in this open-ended puzzle. Your completed creations become components to solve future challenges. As you design a circuit and can place your design within it, where there is a smaller you doing the same, and so on to infinity.
Why similar: Programming 55.3% ★, Logic 15.8%, Puzzle 8.3%, Philosophical 4.3%, Pixel Graphics 4%
- #12 Turing Complete
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,808 reviews2021
Dev: LevelHead
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Learn CPU architecture with puzzles
Why similar: Programming 53.8% ★, Logic 17.9%, Automation 13.3%, Puzzle 6%, Simulation 2.9%
- #13 The Signal State
89% matchVery Positive87% of 698 reviews2021
Dev: Reckoner IndustriesPub: iterco
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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 50.8% ★, Logic 17.3%, Automation 11.8%, Puzzle 9.9%, Simulation 2.8%
- #14 Bombe
87% matchVery Positive96% of 385 reviews2023
Dev: Charlie Brej
Windows · Mac · Linux
Minesweeper, but you only solve each situation once.
Why similar: Programming 29.2% ★, Abstract 15.8%, Automation 12.9%, Puzzle 10.4%, Logic 9.1%
- #15 Alan's Automaton Workshop
88% matchVery Positive83% of 215 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 59.5% ★, Logic 14.2%, Automation 12.6%, Puzzle 8.5%, Simulation 2.3%
- #16 Modulus: Factory Automation
86% matchVery Positive91% of 869 reviews2026
Dev: Happy VolcanoPub: Kwalee
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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 30%, Logic 24.7%, Strategy 12.8%, Futuristic 7.8%, Simulation 6.8%
- #17 while True: learn()
86% matchVery Positive91% of 8,246 reviews2019
Dev: Luden.io
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
You're a programmer. Your cat is a better one. Solve visual puzzles built from real machine learning ideas, from decision trees to neural networks, to create a cat-to-human translator. Take freelance jobs, upgrade your rig, gamble on startups, dress up the cat. No coding required, curiosity is.
Why similar: Programming 82.2% ★, Puzzle 9.1%, Logic 4.3%, Simulation 3.3%, Indie 0.9%
- #18 Craftomation 101: Programming & Craft
84% matchVery Positive84% of 705 reviews2026
Dev: Luden.io
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Program a crew of tiny robots to turn a frozen planet into a living world. Connect visual code blocks, automate crafting, and build a workforce that fuels itself. Keep the heat flowing, refine your machines, and watch your ideas come to life.
Why similar: Programming 61.8% ★, Automation 13.9%, Puzzle 9.3%, Strategy 4.8%, 2D 2.7%
- #19 Upload Labs
83% matchVery Positive92% of 8,641 reviews2025
Dev: EnigmaDev Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 21.6 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 56.9% ★, Automation 18.9%, Logic 12.7%, Simulation 4.8%, Sci-fi 2%
- #20 Word Factori
85% matchVery Positive84% of 482 reviews2023
Dev: Star Garden Games
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Word Factori is a word-building game where your only resource is the letter "i". Build a chain of factories to bend, rotate, reflect, and merge "i" into more complex letters. Discover secret letter recipes, unlock hidden word art, and optimize your factory chains for high scores.
Why similar: Programming 47.1% ★, Logic 14%, Automation 10.6%, Puzzle 7.9%, Abstract 6.7%
- #21 Star Stuff
82% matchVery Positive99% of 190 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 54.2% ★, Automation 12.7%, Logic 12.6%, Puzzle 7.3%, Strategy 4.9%
- #22 OCTOPTICOM
84% 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 50.3% ★, Logic 13.3%, Abstract 11.3%, Puzzle 8.9%, Minimalist 7%
- #23 ABI-DOS
80% matchVery Positive92% of 438 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 50.2% ★, Automation 10.4%, Logic 9.3%, Abstract 8.8%, Puzzle 6.8%
- #24 EXAPUNKS
81% matchVery Positive95% of 1,900 reviews2018
Dev: Zachtronics
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 12.0 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 68.8% ★, Logic 10.1%, Automation 9.2%, Puzzle 8.2%, Simulation 1.8%
- #25 shapez
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 15,968 reviews2020
Dev: Tobias SpringerPub: tobspr Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 65%
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
Why similar: Automation 34%, Logic 16.2%, Abstract 15.1%, Strategy 10.8%, Puzzle 10.4%
- #26 Manufactoria 2022
81% 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 53.7% ★, Logic 16.2%, Automation 12.8%, Puzzle 9.4%, Stylized 3.3%
- #27 Code: Terraform
78% matchVery Positive84% of 310 reviews2026
Dev: AppsMafia
Windows · Linux
A deep automation and programming game on a frozen alien planet. Write real code to drive rovers, run power grids, fabricate parts, and fly drone fleets across the world. Your scripts run while you plan your next move. The more you terraform, the more the planet responds.
Why similar: Programming 61.6% ★, Automation 13.9%, Puzzle 8%, Strategy 5.5%, Simulation 3.1%
- #28 Great Permutator
82% matchVery Positive87% of 150 reviews2014
Dev: Ripatti Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 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 51.5% ★, Automation 11.9%, Logic 11.3%, Puzzle 8.9%, Strategy 3.5%
- #29 The Qubit Factory
79% matchVery Positive98% of 56 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 53% ★, Logic 13.6%, Automation 11.2%, Puzzle 9.8%, Abstract 7.6%
- #30 A=B
77% matchVery Positive95% of 938 reviews2022
Dev: Artless Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 65%
A=B is a programming puzzle game with only one instruction: A=B, which means replacing A with B.
Why similar: Programming 66.6% ★, Puzzle 11.7%, Automation 9.6%, Logic 4.6%, Minimalist 2.9%
- #31 SOKOBOT
78% matchVery Positive92% of 51 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 53.3% ★, Logic 14.6%, Automation 11.4%, Puzzle 8.9%, Minimalist 5%
- #32 Signal Maze
76% matchVery Positive94% of 54 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 74.9% ★, Puzzle 12.1%, Logic 6.8%, Strategy 2.1%, Pixel Graphics 1.2%
- #33 Hexcells Infinite
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 4,714 reviews2014
Dev: Matthew Brown
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 36.9 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Hexcells Infinite is an ambient logic puzzle game for PC, Mac and Linux.
Why similar: Puzzle 37.4%, Logic 30.5%, Minimalist 13.2%, Strategy 5.1%, Relaxing 4.7%
- #34 7 Billion Humans
75% matchVery Positive93% of 2,145 reviews2018
Dev: Tomorrow Corporation
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 76% ★, Puzzle 8.8%, Logic 7.8%, Automation 3.1%, Simulation 2.1%
- #35 Robo Instructus
77% 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 61.4% ★, Logic 15.8%, Puzzle 9.1%, Pixel Graphics 3.7%, Sci-fi 2.8%
- #36 Astra Ignota
74% matchVery Positive93% of 56 reviews2025
Dev: Xavi Artigas
Windows
A relaxing, space-themed puzzle game where you fill a board using symmetrical figures, while uncovering a mysterious sci-fi story. All boards are hand-crafted for maximum enjoyment.
Why similar: Solitaire 37% ★, Abstract 14.9%, Logic 13.3%, Puzzle 11.4%, Minimalist 8.6%
- #37 Virtual Circuit Board
73% matchVery Positive92% of 323 reviews2023
Dev: Reverie Foundry
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 20.1 hrs≥1hr: 53%
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 52.6% ★, Logic 13.7%, Automation 10.7%, Minimalist 7.4%, Puzzle 7.1%
- #38 MOLEK-SYNTEZ
75% matchVery Positive89% of 694 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 63.2% ★, Puzzle 12.7%, Automation 10.8%, Simulation 5.2%, Logic 4.6%
- #39 CHR$(143)
74% matchVery Positive96% of 82 reviews2021
Dev: Nicolas Jean
Windows · Linux
A rich and challenging physics-based puzzle /logic /construction /programming game! Master ballistics, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, chemical and nuclear reactions, use automation bricks, build structures, machines, vehicles, produce power, solve puzzles, pierce the fog and defeat CHR$!
Why similar: Programming 53.8% ★, Automation 15.9%, Logic 13.1%, Puzzle 8.9%, Pixel Graphics 3.2%
- #40 CIPHER ZERO
72% matchVery Positive90% of 181 reviews2025
Dev: Zapdot
Windows · Mac · Linux
A minimalist logic game. Can you solve for 𝒙?
Why similar: Logic 26.1%, Abstract 21.9%, Puzzle 14.4%, Minimalist 13.4%, Stylized 6.5%
- #41 Linkito
72% matchVery Positive87% of 182 reviews2024
Dev: KalinarmPub: Playdigious Originals
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 60%
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 46.1% ★, Logic 15.5%, Automation 10.2%, Puzzle 8.4%, Minimalist 6.6%
- #42 uFactory
73% matchMixed69% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: Lucid Silence Games
Windows · Linux
uFactory is the ultimate in finely-tuned and customizable logistics challenges. Navigate the complexities of manufacturing processes inspired by real industrial methods, but do it your way.
Why similar: Logic 26.9%, Automation 21.7%, Strategy 20.4%, Puzzle 13.4%, Simulation 10.2%
- #43 Hard Chip
71% matchVery Positive91% of 68 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 51.2% ★, Logic 15.5%, Automation 9.2%, Puzzle 7.9%, Minimalist 4.7%
- #44 Universe Horizon
71% matchVery Positive89% of 238 reviews2025
Dev: Jarkem
Windows · Linux
An idle incremental game where you decide to travel across the whole Universe. Embark on this journey in your little ship and get as far away as possible from Earth, gathering resources and upgrading your spaceship along the way.
Why similar: Automation 45.4%, Strategy 16.4%, 2D 10.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%, Simulation 5.9%
- #45 Rogue Voltage
69% matchVery Positive93% of 657 reviews2026
Dev: Horizont Computergrafik
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 55%
The engineering roguelike. Construct your combos by wiring circuits. Build crazy machines to zap the monsters and trigger satisfying chain reactions. Discover devastating synergies and create overpowered builds.
Why similar: Programming 66.5% ★, Automation 17.1%, Strategy 6.9%, Pixel Graphics 4.5%, Simulation 2.7%
- #46 Comet 64
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 189 reviews2021
Dev: Onur AyasPub: what sorceress this
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 39%
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 62.9% ★, Logic 10%, Puzzle 9%, Automation 7.9%, Minimalist 3.2%
- #47 Manifold Garden
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 8,585 reviews2020
Dev: William Chyr Studio
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Rediscover gravity and explore an Escher-esque world of impossible architecture. Witness infinity in first-person and master its rules to solve physics-defying puzzles. Cultivate a garden to open new paths forward, where an eternal expanse awaits.
Why similar: Abstract 33%, Puzzle 21.6%, Philosophical 20.4%, Minimalist 14.6%, Relaxing 5.3%
- #48 The Farmer Was Replaced
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 9,633 reviews2025
Dev: Timon HerzogPub: Metaroot
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 12.1 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 63.8% ★, Logic 10.7%, Automation 10.5%, Puzzle 5.7%, Minimalist 4.8%
- #49 Autonauts
70% matchVery Positive89% of 4,970 reviews2019
Dev: DenkiPub: Curve Games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 14.0 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 72.4% ★, Automation 16.6%, Simulation 3.7%, Strategy 2.3%, Indie 1.6%
- #50 Orbitmine
68% matchVery Positive82% of 505 reviews2026
Dev: vibemaker1
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Orbit a planet, fire your laser, and mine it to the core. Upgrade your ship and conquer seasonal hazards across four unique zones. A satisfying incremental mining game set in space.
Why similar: Automation 29.9%, Strategy 19.6%, Sci-fi 17.3%, Singleplayer 7.9%, 2D 7.7%
- #51 Feed the Reactor
68% matchVery Positive82% of 665 reviews2026
Dev: Adam Travers
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
An incremental unfolding game about feeding fuel into a reactor. Combine elements to produce energy, unlock exotic technologies and explore a strange galaxy.
Why similar: Strategy 36.7%, Simulation 13.2%, 2D 11.7%, Relaxing 10.7%, Pixel Graphics 10%
- #52 CrossCells
71% matchVery Positive84% of 918 reviews2017
Dev: Matthew Brown
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 63%
CrossCells is an ambient logic puzzle game.
Why similar: Puzzle 35.2%, Logic 22.1%, Strategy 16.4%, Minimalist 15.2%, Casual 5.7%
- #53 Last Call BBS
68% matchVery Positive92% of 1,596 reviews2022
Dev: Zachtronics
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Boot up your Z5 Powerlance and dial into Last Call BBS, the last game from Zachtronics! The Barkeep’s loaded up his retro computer with a full set of puzzle games for you to download and play. No need to worry about copy protection, they’re all fully cracked and ready to enjoy!
Why similar: Solitaire 36.8% ★, Logic 20.5%, Automation 18%, Puzzle 13.4%, Pixel Graphics 5.3%
- #54 Quantum Odyssey
67% matchVery Positive93% of 161 reviews2025
Dev: Quarks Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
See the logic all of us obey. Design, optimize, and reverse-engineer real quantum algorithms in an open-ended Zachlike puzzle game. Solve 500+ visual puzzles and hack other players’ creations. No coding or physics background required.
Why similar: Programming 47.1% ★, Logic 14%, Philosophical 10.4%, Automation 10.3%, Puzzle 7.4%
- #55 Desynced
66% matchMostly Positive80% of 2,067 reviews2026
Dev: Stage Games Inc.Pub: Forklift Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 18.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Desynced is a sci-fi strategy game with fully customizable units and behaviors. Gather, build, research, and explore the unknown. Alone or with friends, unveil the mystery of an AI on the edge of self-awareness and uncover the hidden truth in this blend of strategy, automation, and exploration.
Why similar: Programming 67.8% ★, Automation 15.6%, Strategy 6.9%, Sci-fi 4.3%, Simulation 3.2%
- #56 4D Intuition
66% matchVery Positive100% of 74 reviews2026
Dev: Yu Gu (yugu233)Pub: Yu Gu
Windows · Mac
Build your intuition for four-dimensional space, starting with walking and jumping. Master a wide variety of interactions and solve challenging 4D Sokoban-style puzzles.
Why similar: Abstract 26.3%, Puzzle 16.8%, Logic 16.2%, Philosophical 12%, Strategy 11.4%
- #57 ComPressure
69% matchVery Positive85% of 68 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 62.7% ★, Automation 14.5%, Puzzle 9.6%, Strategy 4.6%, Minimalist 4.1%
- #58 Replicube
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 737 reviews2025
Dev: Walaber Entertainment LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Replicube is an open-ended programming puzzle game/toy about writing code to replicate 3D voxel-based objects. Solve puzzles, pursue leaderboard glory, or just make art to share with the in-game community.
Why similar: Programming 81.8% ★, Puzzle 10.8%, Simulation 3.8%, Pixel Graphics 3.6%
- #59 Widget Inc.
66% matchVery Positive85% of 779 reviews2024
Dev: Leaping Turtle
Windows
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 60.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
A hybrid factory builder / incremental clicker game. Starting from humble beginnings, master the many crafting processes to build up resources and expand your factory. Then, using your newly automated production, unlock new technology and grow ever closer to your goal of spreading to the stars.
Why similar: Automation 49.5%, Pixel Graphics 11.9%, Strategy 9.4%, Simulation 8.3%, Futuristic 6.1%
- #60 ReThink | Evolved 2
70% matchVery Positive93% of 56 reviews2018
Dev: Yaeko
Windows
ReThink | Evolved 2 is a Puzzle Game in a futuristic setting. Solve a variety of Puzzles that utilize Lasers and the behavior of light in two and three-dimensional space. Created with the Feedback from its predecessor in mind, ReThink | Evolved 2 features: 40 new Puzzles, enhanced Gameplay...
Why similar: Logic 35.8%, Puzzle 21.2%, Minimalist 15.6%, Strategy 7.2%, Sci-fi 5.6%