Games like TIS-100
by Zachtronics
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!
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$19.99EXAPUNKS
Oct 22 · Zachtronics
Both: Programming · Puzzle · Hacking
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.
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$9.99SpaceChem
Mar 2 · Zachtronics
Both: Puzzle · Difficult · Programming
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!
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$24.99Infinifactory
Jun 30 · Zachtronics
Both: Puzzle · Automation · Programming
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.
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$14.99Human Resource Machine
Oct 15 · Tomorrow Corporation
Both: Programming · Puzzle · Education
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.
ProgrammingPuzzleIndieCasualEducationSimulationSingleplayerAutomationTouch-FriendlyLogic👍 3,276
$14.997 Billion Humans
Aug 23 · Tomorrow Corporation
Both: Programming · Puzzle · Education
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!
ProgrammingPuzzleIndieSimulationEducationSingleplayerLogicTouch-FriendlyGreat SoundtrackFunny👍 1,863
$14.99Alan's Automaton Workshop
Jan 20 · Laputa Labs
Both: Education · Programming · Automation
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.
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$9.99MHRD
Jan 5 · Funghisoft
Both: Programming · Puzzle · Education
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.
SimulationIndieProgrammingPuzzleEducationTypingDifficultLogic👍 439
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Jan 17 · Luden.io
Both: Programming · Education · Puzzle
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.
ProgrammingEducationSimulationPuzzleIndieScienceBuildingSandboxCatsLogic👍 7,358
$19.99The Signal State
Sep 23 · Reckoner Industries
Both: Puzzle · Logic · Automation
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.
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FreeZACH-LIKE
Jun 17 · Zachtronics
Both: Puzzle · Programming
ZACH-LIKE is a book of behind-the-scenes design documents from Zachtronics. The digital version of ZACH-LIKE contains the full contents of the book, a bunch of terrible games that Zach made before SpaceChem, and some prototypes and early builds of Zachtronics games, both released and... not.
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$4.99Frood Robotics
Jul 31 · Frood Designs
Both: Programming · Puzzle · Automation
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.
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