Games like Opus Magnum
by Zachtronics
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!
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-30%$12.59Quantum Odyssey
Jan 29 · Quarks Interactive
Both: Programming · Logic · Puzzle
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.
Early AccessHardwareProgrammingLogicPuzzleSimulationEducationDifficultScienceAutomation👍 141
$6.99Auto Rogue
May 23 · 定期的な宝物
Both: Programming · Automation
A roguelike where you automate combat. Combine skills and conditions to find your own optimal solution! No complicated controls at all!! Sit back with a coffee and watch the beautiful battles you've crafted unfold! Utilize a variety of skills, conditions, and relics to craft the ultimate build!
RoguelikeProgrammingIndieAutomationAuto BattlerReplay ValueRogueliteStrategy2DPixel Graphics👍 719
$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.
ProgrammingRobotsPuzzleRetroSokobanAutomationPixel GraphicsGrid-Based MovementEducationWord Game
$7.99Arcane Assembly
May 17 · Isaac Lee
Both: Programming
Arcane Assembly is a fantasy metroidvania where you create spells using a visual programming language. Unlock new instructions, upgrade your powers, and fight epic bosses on your journey to becoming the most powerful wizard who ever lived.
ProgrammingActionGun CustomizationMetroidvaniaAdventureDungeon CrawlerFantasyIndiePlatformerPixel Graphics👍 135
$9.99Mind Over Magnet
Nov 13 · Game Maker's Toolkit
Both: Puzzle · Logic
An attractive puzzle platformer where you use magnetism to escape a factory. Meet a cast of magnet characters and work together to solve logical conundrums.
Puzzle PlatformerPuzzleAdventureRobotsPlatformer2D Platformer2DIndieLogicSingleplayer👍 1,344
$24.99AutoForge
Mar 27 · Siege Games
Both: Automation
A 2D automation sandbox adventure. Build an automated factory with Mana-powered machines, progress through an expansive tech tree, explore a vast and wonderful world, upgrade yourself with ancient technologies, and defend it all from invasions.
Early AccessAutomationResource ManagementBase BuildingSandboxCraftingBuildingProcedural GenerationExplorationMultiplayer👍 439
$3.99Mimic Logic
Feb 22 · Nihohe Soft
Both: Puzzle · Logic
"Mimic Logic" is an automatically generated logic puzzle roguelike. Listen to the statements of the treasure chests, find the lying mimics, and open the rest of the treasure chests! Opening a mimic results in a game over.
PuzzleRoguelikeProcedural GenerationFantasyRetroSingleplayerIndie2DPixel GraphicsLogic👍 552
$14.99Boxes: Lost Fragments
Feb 1 · Big Loop Studios
Both: Puzzle
As a legendary thief, your next assignment lures you into a grand and lavish mansion. There you find a series of puzzle boxes, designed for an unknown purpose. What should have been a quick in-and-out, gradually turns into your own harrowing struggle for freedom and answers.
PuzzleMysteryPoint & ClickAdventureCasual3DAtmosphericHidden ObjectIndieStory Rich👍 3,245
$19.99Eden Crafters
May 7 · Osaris Games
Both: Automation
Eden Crafters is a solo or co-op open-world survival, crafting, and factory-building game where you transform a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity. Build, automate, and terraform. Control the climate, create a breathable atmosphere, and turn toxic lakes into water: shape a new world!
AutomationOpen World Survival CraftBase BuildingCraftingSandboxOpen WorldOnline Co-OpBuildingSurvivalAdventure👍 2,515
$14.99Outpath
Oct 16 · David Moralejo Sánchez
Both: Automation
An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!
AutomationBase BuildingCraftingSandboxResource ManagementIncrementalExplorationSimulationOpen WorldRelaxing👍 2,899
$29.99The Talos Principle 2
Nov 2 · Croteam
Both: Puzzle
The Talos Principle 2 is a thought-provoking first-person puzzle experience that greatly expands on the first game's philosophical themes and stunning environments with increasingly mind-bending challenges.
PuzzleStory RichPhilosophicalFirst-PersonSci-fiPuzzle PlatformerExplorationWalking Simulator3D PlatformerLore-Rich👍 12,481
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Both: Puzzle · Logic
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Sep 30 · Future Cat LLC
Both: Puzzle
A completely self-contained portable version of one of the highest user-rated games. Built on an entirely new engine with new UI, support for Steam Deck, & more. Features world-bending puzzles, intriguing denizens, surreal environments, and a captivating story about the truth of the game's reality.
PuzzleStory RichIndiePixel GraphicsChoices MatterMultiple EndingsCuteExploration2DAdventure👍 5,353
$24.99Submachine: Legacy
Oct 13 · Mateusz Skutnik
Both: Puzzle
Submachine is a hand-drawn puzzle adventure game. You find yourself in a vast network of desolate locations containing puzzles, secrets, notes and items to collect to help you along the way. Follow the story of a banished lighthouse keeper to discover his descent into ruins.
PuzzlePoint & ClickAdventureHand-drawnExploration2DIndieAtmosphericColorfulDystopian 👍 1,281
$11.99Orb of Creation
Jun 23 · MarpleGames
Both: Puzzle
Orb of Creation is a non-idle incremental-puzzle game in which you recreate the world with nothing but magic and ingenuity. Conjure resources, buy upgrades, and become an all-powerful wizard!
IncrementalMagicCasualStrategyResource ManagementPuzzleIndieMinimalistSingleplayerCrafting👍 2,170
$7.99Clocked
Mar 20 · Cykodd Production
Both: Steampunk · Puzzle
Two worlds coexist, but one of them didn't exist yesterday. That's why you, an automaton, and your calculator sidekick, are looking for a way out of the Great Clock, searching for answers, but above all to find a way out of this place that's gathering dust.
SteampunkRobotsAdventureNonlinearMysteryTop-DownExplorationPuzzleDialogue HeavyTime Travel

