Games like Elara: A Coding Adventure in Space
by Alex Browne
Solve puzzles and learn how to code in this unique and gripping sci-fi adventure!
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-20%$7.99The Farmer Was Replaced
Oct 10 · Timon Herzog
Both: Programming · Education · Puzzle
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.
ProgrammingAutomationEducationIdlerLogicPuzzleText-BasedFarming SimMinimalistResource Management👍 9,155
-30%$10.49Craftomation 101: Programming & Craft
7 days ago · Luden.io
Both: Education · Programming · Puzzle
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.
EducationProgrammingAutomationSandboxPuzzleCraftingRobotsBase BuildingStrategy2D👍 643
$4.99Frood Robotics
Jul 31 · Frood Designs
Both: Programming · Puzzle · Education
Get your robot to the trophy! The catch: you can't control the robot directly, you must program it with a crude and cruelly limited programming language. Avoid pits, press buttons, and remember, if it's a bug but it works, then it is not a bug.
ProgrammingRobotsPuzzleRetroSokobanAutomationPixel GraphicsGrid-Based MovementEducationWord Game
$9.99Code Racer
Mar 6 · Hondune Games
Both: Puzzle · Programming · Education
Code your vehicle with a series of commands to complete various courses, tasks, stunts, and races in this physics-based brain teasing racing puzzle game!
PuzzleDrivingProgrammingPhysicsStrategyEducationRacingPuzzle PlatformerSimulationArcade
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$19.99QANGA
Sep 2 · iolaCorp Studio
Both: Futuristic · Space
QANGA: 750 years after humanity's fall, you must survive in a shattered world where Earth itself demands vengeance. Tear through the fabric of space to face the Voss, awaken the ancient civilisation, and dare to challenge the Sanglines, born from the bowels of a world that condemned you.
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$11.99Machinika: Atlas
Sep 17 · Littlefield Studio
Both: Puzzle · Space
Machinika: Atlas is an indie puzzle game and is the direct sequel to Machinika: Museum, you play as a museum researcher who just land on Atlas. Will you unravel the mysteries of the alien vessel? Solve cryptic puzzles to find out what happened!
CasualPuzzleAdventurePoint & ClickHidden ObjectSci-fiFirst-PersonMysterySpace3D👍 575
$19.99Astro Colony
Jun 2 · Terad Games
Both: Space
Explore endless Universe and create the most efficient constellation of colonies. Build conveyor systems to automate production. Take care of Astronauts and their needs! Establish new colonies as part of intergalactic simulation.
Base BuildingAutomationSpaceResource ManagementColony SimSimulationMultiplayerStrategyBuildingIndie👍 2,397
$19.99Elin
Nov 1 · Lafrontier
Successor to the roguelike RPG "Elona". Adventure, survival, crafting, home-building, myths passed down, and stories of humans and Elea spun. What scars will you leave on the land of Ylva?
Early AccessCharacter CustomizationOpen WorldRoguelikeRPGPixel GraphicsJRPGTraditional RoguelikeSandboxSingleplayer👍 8,411
$0.99Not Enough Space
Sep 6 · r0kee
Both: Puzzle
Land with your friends on the surface of various planets, gather resources, create items and buildings, defeat enemies and move to other planets to discover their secrets and secrets
Early AccessAdventurePuzzleAction-AdventureExplorationFPS3DMinimalistFirst-PersonColorful
$19.99Moon Mystery
Oct 28 · Cosmoscouts
Both: Space · Puzzle
The Moon's haunted - and when an astronaut loses contact with Earth, the adventure begins in full. Fill up your oxygen, load up the guns, and set out on an interstellar FPS adventure across the stars, filled with puzzles, fights, exploration, and strange secrets of the universe.
AdventureSingleplayerSci-fiFPSSpaceMysteryPuzzleRobotsActionAction RPG👍 551
$17.99Farlands
Jul 16 · JanduSoft, Eric Rodríguez
Congratulations, you’ve bought your own planet! An agrarian rock at the edge of the galaxy that, for some reason, was practically being given away for free. So the time has come to leave your hectic, stressful life in an overcrowded metropolis for a more rural and rewarding life.
Farming SimBuildingCraftingAgricultureExplorationLife SimEarly AccessCuteIndieFishing👍 1,628
$4.99Language Learning Simulator - Alphabet
Jul 22 · Murat Doğançay, Butik Game Studios
Both: Education · Puzzle
Language Learning Simulator - Alphabet is an educational game that allows players to learn new alphabets easily and in a fun way!
ActionAdventureEducationPuzzleExplorationRunner3DFirst-PersonRealisticThird Person
$28.99Scrap Mechanic
Jul 24 · Axolot Games
Enter the creative paradise of Scrap Mechanic! Build fantastic machines, go on adventures with your friends and defend against waves of evil Farmbots in this imaginative multiplayer survival sandbox. With Scrap Mechanic’s powerful creation tools you can engineer your own adventures!
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$4.99Space Outpost Sigma
Apr 21 · SigmaReels
Both: Space · Top-Down
A single-player 2D top-down pixel game with space physics. Mine asteroids in the middle of an asteroid field using manual controls or by directing mining drones. Protect the outpost, buy from trading ships, mine as much ore as you can and survive as long as possible! Do you have what it takes?
SpaceMiningPhysics2DTop-DownPixel GraphicsFlightSingleplayerSpace SimSci-fi
$19.99Underspace
Apr 10 · Pastaspace Interactive
Both: Futuristic · Space
The spiritual successor to Freelancer with a Lovecraftian, sandbox RPG twist. Explore a vast handmade universe with mod support and PvP/co-op multiplayer. You're going to need a bigger ship.
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