60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Puzzle, Indie, Singleplayer, Programming.
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A detective game that combines written, audio, visual and meta-game puzzles to create an enthralling experience. It plays for roughly 2-3 hours.
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An open-ended programming puzzle game with a minimalist, abstract, Assembly-like programming language.
A detective game that combines written, audio, visual and meta-game puzzles to create an enthralling experience. It plays for roughly 2-3 hours.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.6%, Investigation 32.5%, Puzzle 19.5%, Story Rich 8.1%, 2D 5.6%
An open-ended programming puzzle game with a minimalist, abstract, Assembly-like programming language.
Why similar: Programming 62.5% ★, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Puzzle 11.4%, Simulation 11.4%, 2D 2.1%
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 81.6% ★, Puzzle 9.9%, Simulation 5.8%, Psychological Horror 2%, Singleplayer 0.7%
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 71.4% ★, Puzzle 15.1%, Narration 5.7%, Simulation 3%, Story Rich 2.2%
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 78.4% ★, Puzzle 12.3%, Simulation 8.4%, Singleplayer 1%
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 70.6% ★, Simulation 14.3%, Puzzle 14.1%, Singleplayer 1%
Dear Esther immerses you in a stunningly realised world, a remote and desolate island somewhere in the outer Hebrides. As you step forwards, a voice begins to read fragments of a letter: 'Dear Esther...' - and so begins a journey through one of the most original first-person games of recent years.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.1%, Psychological Horror 14%, Narration 13.8%, Investigation 13.8%, Puzzle 11.5%
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 71.1% ★, Simulation 14.6%, Puzzle 14.3%
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 79.2% ★, Puzzle 13.1%, Simulation 6.7%, Singleplayer 1%
Cool Headed is a puzzle casual-programming game. Combine and give instructions to your bots to reach the objective! Piece by piece, make your mark on an extensive overworld, unlock bots and discover secrets. Will you have the heart to sacrifice your team?
Why similar: Programming 81.5% ★, Puzzle 18.5%
If you are interested in programming, you will like the game. You will play an engineer, use the mouse to drag various instructions to write programs, and let them run normally to meet the requirements of the boss. Some levels test your logic ability very much. Please think carefully before you act.
Why similar: Programming 68.5% ★, Simulation 16.8%, Puzzle 10.8%, 2D 3%, Singleplayer 0.9%
You just bought a PC, only to discover it once belonged to someone who has mysteriously disappeared. You soon realize that the key to find him may be hidden deep inside your OS, governed by a weird chatbot named Zippy. What will be your first move?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.6%, Psychological Horror 23.2%, Narration 19.2%, Simulation 13.7%, Story Rich 7.1%
MHRD is a hardware design game, in which you design various hardware circuits in a hardware description language. The hardware circuits you design get more complex as you go until you create a fully functional CPU design.
Why similar: Programming 71.5% ★, Simulation 18.2%, Puzzle 10.3%
BUILD CIRCUITS. WRITE CODE. RTFM.
Why similar: Programming 80.1% ★, Puzzle 9.4%, Simulation 6.4%, Solitaire 3.1% ★, Singleplayer 0.6%
A logic puzzle game where you redirect and split laser beams to create digital circuits. Through the campaign, you will explore basic logic gates, oscillators, latches, counters, adders, memory, and more.
Why similar: Programming 67.7% ★, Puzzle 15.2%, Simulation 10.6%, 2D 5.2%, Singleplayer 1.5%
Experience the hacker's side of cyberpunk in Cyber Sentinel! This design-based puzzle game features a complete visual programming kit for designing your own viruses.
Why similar: Programming 70.4% ★, Puzzle 15.6%, Simulation 12%, Singleplayer 2%
A narrative noir thriller set in Kyoto. Detective Thomas Bennett investigates the disappearance of a British agent, only to collide with the Yakuza, a shadowy conspiracy, and a truth that should never surface.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.3%, Simulation 19.5%, Narration 17%, Investigation 9.4%, Crime 7.4%
The Pixotron 49 is a retro-inspired puzzle game where you craft pixel art by wiring together visual logic nodes. Interact with eclectic characters, solve creative challenges, and bring their requests to life - hopefully not one pixel at a time.
Why similar: Programming 54.9% ★, Puzzle 13%, Simulation 11.2%, Linear 9.9%, Story Rich 5.9%
Glitchspace is about reprogramming the game to solve puzzles. Trapped in an abstract cyberspace world, your way forward uses visual programming to edit environmental geometry, whilst unlocking key programming concepts along the way.
Why similar: Programming 81.7% ★, Puzzle 14.3%, First-Person 2%, Adventure 2%
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 74.2% ★, Simulation 11.3%, Puzzle 10.9%, Investigation 3.4%, Singleplayer 0.2%
May 2, 1951. The night everyone in the Alston Manor vanished without a trace. As the newest reporter of a paranormal magazine, you are sent back to the night after the happening. Make your way through the mansion, solve puzzles, find evidence and uncover the truth behind the disappearance.
Why similar: Investigation 17.3%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Narration 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Assassin 11.3% ★
Glyphs Apprentice is a deeply engrossing problem solving game, using simple programming to animate game objects. There are over 70 levels, each with a near infinite number of solutions.
Why similar: Programming 78.5% ★, Puzzle 16.4%, 2D 5.2%
Use the MOLEK-SYNTEZ to create small molecules with various pharmacological effects from the comfort of your small Romanian apartment.
Why similar: Programming 62.3% ★, Simulation 19.7%, Puzzle 16.2%, Singleplayer 1.8%
A short Psychological Horror Experience for one night that takes you through the dark corridors of a mental asylum. For best experience a dark room and headphones recommended.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24%, Psychological Horror 23.9%, Narration 18.5%, Puzzle 13.4%, Linear 8.3%
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 65.7% ★, Simulation 20.7%, Puzzle 12%, Singleplayer 1.6%
Solve spreadsheet-based puzzles and handle crazy coworkers in a normal day's work at VeriData Inc.
Why similar: Programming 60.5% ★, Puzzle 13.5%, Simulation 12.9%, Linear 8.1%, 2D 4.4%
An investigation becomes a nightmare when Sam searches for missing Jess. Explore a private research facility and confront his story-rich, emotional journey into psychological horror.
Why similar: Investigation 33.4%, Psychological Horror 26%, Narration 13.7%, Story Rich 9.5%, Crime 6.4%
♫Oh where, oh where, has my little daughter gone? Oh where, oh where could she be?♫ An atmospheric horror depicting a desperate mother searching for her missing daughter.
Why similar: Investigation 19.2%, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Narration 14%, Puzzle 9.2%
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 54.7% ★, Solitaire 20.9% ★, Puzzle 9.7%, Simulation 9.2%, 2D 2.6%
Unhomely is a retro-inspired first person psychological indie horror game. You play a journalist who has 3 days alone in a reclusive tech CEO's cabin to get the exclusive on his new project and save your career.
Why similar: Investigation 22.9%, Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Puzzle 11%, Linear 7.6%
Learn CPU architecture with puzzles
Why similar: Programming 74% ★, Puzzle 10.5%, Simulation 9.3%, Psychological Horror 3.5%, 2D 1.8%
An open-ended programming game in which you optimise 4-core assembly code to maintain a 1990s alt-history dystopian megacity's infrastructure. Take jobs from middlemen with hidden agendas and uncover the chilling consequences of your "routine" fixes in this assembly language puzzle thriller.
Why similar: Programming 62.8% ★, Simulation 15.6%, Puzzle 15.1%, Psychological Horror 5.4%, Singleplayer 1%
Craft any magical spell you can imagine using the most powerful tool there is: code. CodeSpells is currently an unguided, sandbox experience for the bravest wizards who want to help the developers steer the game's development.
Why similar: Programming 84.3% ★, Simulation 14.2%, Adventure 1.5%
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 69.2% ★, Puzzle 19%, Simulation 9.7%, 2D 1.2%, Singleplayer 0.9%
Hardcode logical detective game. Only a few clues will help finding murderer. Was it just an accident or a murder? Thief broke in to steal something? Money? Or was it just a broken heart revenge? Well, you`ve got a chance to solve this case...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Investigation 21.8%, Puzzle 13.6%, Simulation 11.8%, Narration 6.8%
A psychological exploration through a liminal dreamscape: no guides, no paths, just you and small environmental mysteries.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.4%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Puzzle 15.2%, Simulation 14.8%, Exploration 9.4%
Children have been vanishing while playing with the brand new Room2Room handheld gaming system. You have been contracted to monitor playtest sessions, document any unwanted quirks, and help young testers play safely.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.7%, Investigation 23.3%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Puzzle 12.2%, Simulation 9.2%
You have found a connection terminal of a group of mercenaries or operators of some kind of SMP but no luck it's locked... will you find the different secrets hidden in this terminal? Thig game will ask you to think like a detective to resolve some easy and hard puzzle through the game, and internet
Why similar: Solitaire 36.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 24.6%, Investigation 14.9%, Puzzle 13.4%, 2D 3.9%
Step into a time portal to 1993. While your friends are battling it out in the latest FPS adventures, you got the opportunity to learn the newest trend, programming. Turn on your CRT monitor and learn to write code, compete with others in challenges or write minigames.
Why similar: Programming 62.7% ★, Puzzle 16.8%, Simulation 14.6%, 2D 4.6%, Singleplayer 1.2%
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a Mouse? Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be inside of a Maze? Wonder no more! In R.A.T.T.Z. Maze you will have to rely on the mouse to smell, and your brain to remember! Welcome to the Maze, Good luck!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.6%, Simulation 22.9%, Investigation 16.3%, Puzzle 15.1%, Exploration 6.9%
After upgrading to a new Operating System, uncover the mystery behind this cursed piece of software. Keen eyed users must take a careful note of their surroundings if they want to survive.
Why similar: Programming 34.6% ★, Investigation 21.5%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, Puzzle 11.2%, Simulation 8.2%
Play, learn, and experiment with programming in the Sprite32! 8-bit microcomputer sandbox. Use the high-level FREMScript programming language to write programs, create dynamic pixel art, and explore audio generation. Play tutorials and challenges to learn all the aspects of the system.
Why similar: Programming 72.1% ★, Simulation 16%, Puzzle 7.7%, 2D 2.9%, Singleplayer 1.3%
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 71% ★, Simulation 12.9%, Puzzle 11.8%, 2D 3.2%, Singleplayer 1.1%
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 65.6% ★, Simulation 17.9%, Puzzle 15.6%, Singleplayer 0.9%
Solve criminal cases through the power of SQL queries! Help out the city of Los Zorangeles by becoming a Database Detective in this new (unpaid) work from home opportunity.
Why similar: Programming 56.4% ★, Investigation 15.5%, Puzzle 14.1%, Linear 5.1%, Simulation 4.3%
Chat with a mysterious AI, uncover secret codes and find hidden files. Your choices may lead you to uncover different things, the only way to find the truth is through Emily and whatever was left inside the old computer. You need her help
Why similar: Solitaire 39.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Narration 13.6%, Puzzle 10%, Simulation 8.8%
Dive into 'Timeways', a riveting adventure where you control Elliot, a detective with the rare ability to warp time. Solve complex puzzles, uncover hidden secrets, and navigate through a world ripe with intrigue. Will you alter the course of history to uncover the truth?
Why similar: Solitaire 36.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 30.2%, Puzzle 14%, Linear 5.2%, Story Rich 4.8%
Eight is a short horror experience inspired by Layers of Fear in which you can discover the history of a classic mansion and its previous inhabitants. This product has been made within one month and serves as an experiment of our work methodology.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28%, Psychological Horror 26.2%, Narration 13.8%, Assassin 13.4% ★, Story Rich 6.6%
Bridge2Code is a bridge-building game where you can code a bridge using a simple programming language. Your goal is to create a bridge that can support a car going from the start to the end.
Why similar: Programming 52% ★, Simulation 24.9%, Puzzle 15.9%, 2D 5.8%, Singleplayer 1.4%
Predefined is a 3D puzzle game where planning is key. Navigate a burrow through levels filled with puzzles and obstacles. Enjoy Twitch Integration and Idle Mode for interactive gameplay and community collaboration.
Why similar: Programming 77.7% ★, Puzzle 18.6%, Adventure 2.4%, Singleplayer 1.3%
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 67.7% ★, Simulation 20.1%, Puzzle 12.2%
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 67.7% ★, Puzzle 15.3%, Simulation 12.1%, 2D 4.2%, Singleplayer 0.8%
Decamped is a first-person puzzle adventure game that finds the character waking up to an overgrown desolate world. They must face their past in order to move forward and unravel the mystery of what happened in Deckner.
Why similar: Investigation 27.6%, Puzzle 19.6%, Narration 14%, Story Rich 11.9%, Exploration 8.5%
A game based on a recurring nightmare. A catastrophic horror game where you play as a recently divorced man trapped between the real world and a failed underground experiment. Solve puzzles by shifting realities, alter maps with special cards, and escape a relentless creature to restore normalcy.
Why similar: Solitaire 32% ★, Psychological Horror 27%, Narration 22.4%, Puzzle 13.9%, Singleplayer 2.6%
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 79.1% ★, Puzzle 14.5%, Exploration 3%, 2D 2.3%, Singleplayer 1.1%
Enter the dark corridors of your high school, the source of your psychotic episodes, and face your haunting fears embodied in shadows to try and find a way to sanity.
Why similar: Investigation 32%, Psychological Horror 31.2%, Puzzle 15.9%, Exploration 6.9%, Story Rich 6%
In 2016, a group of ambitious students got together to make the best adventure game ever — but they failed. Discover their story by playing through different builds of their game and reading their development logs.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.6%, Simulation 22.4%, Investigation 16.6%, Puzzle 13.4%, Linear 6.3%
Uncover your hidden programming talent! Code your own robots with simple instructions to explore 40+ logical based puzzles.
Why similar: Programming 65.5% ★, Simulation 14.3%, Puzzle 14.2%, 2D 4.4%, Singleplayer 1.5%
