Games like ZACH-LIKE
by Zachtronics
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
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
-30%$10.49Craftomation 101: Programming & Craft
7 days ago · Luden.io
Both: 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
$9.99Code Racer
Mar 6 · Hondune Games
Both: Puzzle · Programming
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
-20%$3.19Snap Chess
3 days ago · Big Ice Games
Both: Puzzle · Programming
A small transparent chessboard that sits in the corner of your desktop. Solve a puzzle when you have a minute, or play a game against Stockfish. While you work, the board fades and stays out of the way. Difficulty adjusts on its own.
ChessPuzzleRelaxingProgrammingCasualMinimalistStrategySingleplayerTurn-Based StrategyIdler
$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
$24.99COCOON
Sep 29 · Geometric Interactive
Both: Puzzle
From Jeppe Carlsen, the lead gameplay designer of LIMBO and INSIDE — COCOON takes you on an adventure across worlds within worlds. Master world-leaping mechanics and solve intricate puzzles to unravel a cosmic mystery.
AdventurePuzzleExplorationIndiePuzzle PlatformerAtmosphericStylized3DSingleplayerFuturistic👍 7,963
$9.99Mind Over Magnet
Nov 13 · Game Maker's Toolkit
Both: Puzzle
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
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$3.99Mimic Logic
Feb 22 · Nihohe Soft
Both: Puzzle
"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.
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$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.
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$14.99THE MULLER-POWELL PRINCIPLE
Nov 29 · Three Dots Games
Both: Puzzle
Dr. Herman, your sci-fi journey begins. Armed only with your mind and the Manipulator that operates with different types of energy, you'll have to pass through portals, visit parallel worlds, and solve physics-based puzzles.
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$2.99Malware
Jul 31 · Odd Games
Both: Puzzle
Malware lurks where you least expect it. Unscrupulous software vendors have hidden traps inside legitimate installers — can you spot them all and keep your computer clean?
SimulationPuzzleSingleplayerStrategyPoint & ClickHidden ObjectIncremental1990'sLife Sim2D👍 1,141
$11.99Machinika: Atlas
Sep 17 · Littlefield Studio
Both: Puzzle
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!
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$2.99Minesweeper Madness
Sep 23 · Bear Falls Games
Both: Puzzle
The classic puzzle game with modern quality-of-life improvements and features! Enjoy High Scores, Intuitive and Convenient Controls, Alternate Game Rules, Infinite Game Boards, and Deeply Customizable Appearance!
PuzzleLogicRetroStrategyOld SchoolChoices MatterArcadePoint & ClickReal Time TacticsTurn-Based Tactics
-70%$1.49Technotopia
Oct 23 · Yustas
Both: Puzzle
Welcome to Technotopia, a city-builder card game. Take on the role of an AI designed to build a perfect city. Build districts, meet the needs of diverse communities and maintain the delicate balance between factions vying for control over you!
PuzzleDeckbuildingChoices MatterCasualCity BuilderCard GameStrategyBuildingSingleplayerFuturistic👍 604
-30%$6.99Augmental Puzzles
Feb 13 · Flammable Penguins Games
Both: Puzzle
Hand-set Sudoku, Nonograms and Minesweeper with HUNDREDS of HANDSET puzzles. A fresh puzzle every day, global leaderboards. Smart Hints help teach you how to solve complex puzzles. No guessing andno rush. A soothing logic-puzzle lounge, built for VR from day one.
VRPuzzleEducationLogicTutorialTabletopRelaxingEarly AccessWholesomeCasual
$6.99SCP: Descent
Mar 20 · Pixel Drip Games
Both: Puzzle
Inspired by SCP-087, step into the shoes of an unfortunate student long before the stairwell became legend. Follow the clues left by those who came before, your only choice is to descend.
HorrorPuzzleLovecraftian1980sAtmospheric3DActionFirst-PersonRealisticConspiracy👍 105
$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
$19.99Mars First Logistics
Sep 25 · Shape Shop
Both: Puzzle
Build physically simulated rovers to transport awkwardly shaped cargo across the rugged terrain of Mars. Earn funds, unlock new parts, and use your ingenuity to help the Martians establish a new home. Playable solo or in online co-op!
StylizedMarsCo-op3DBuildingSandboxPhysicsPuzzleTransportationRobots👍 3,498
$9.99A Webbing Journey
May 19 · Fire Totem Games
Both: Puzzle
Adorable spider chaos! Swing around the house, weave crazy structures, play with physics-based objects, and pull off chores with nothing but your webs and your wits in this madcap sandbox adventure.
Early AccessCozyExplorationPhysicsCuteSandboxWholesomePuzzleColorful3D Platformer👍 1,266
-20%$4.79Neural Maze
3 days ago · unCurieux Studio
Both: Puzzle
2 neurons. 2 sticks. One brain has to drive both at once: yours. Guide your stray neurons through ever-more-twisted mazes — inverted controls, power cuts, memory mode — under the eye of a doctor who's in over his head.
ActionPuzzleDifficultArcade2DSingleplayerControllerScienceFunnyMinimalist
$2.99VERTIGROWL
Sep 2 · ApeHardware
Both: Puzzle
A programming workplace horror comedy. Ascend through an eldritch tower. Input your movements ahead. Dodge unknown entities. Complain in the private chat. Get back to work.
SimulationPuzzleVisual NovelBullet HellSokoban2.5DHand-drawnPsychedelicStylizedThird Person
$4.99Mall: Tidy Up Together
Aug 21 · Games Together
Both: Puzzle
Shelve the products, unlock new skills, and use your unique methods to tidy up the mall. Enjoy the online co-op and online PvP with your friends, or go solo! Fill up the shelves and experience a sense of relief and satisfaction.
CasualSimulationCollectathonOrganizingOnline Co-OpPuzzleRelaxingPvPSandboxRealistic👍 258
$1.99Simply Cubic
Sep 29 · Aquila Games
Both: Puzzle
Draw a path to where you want your cube to go. Take care to draw by anticipating what may happen after simulating the path you have drawn. Remember, your rights to draw a path is limited. Make good use of these rights!
CasualStrategyPuzzleGrand StrategyEducationPoint & ClickPuzzle PlatformerTurn-Based TacticsIncremental3D
$1.99State of Matter
Jul 18 · Team Plutinite
Both: Puzzle
State of Matter is a First-Person Puzzle Action Shooter utilizing a new element and its three states of matter to traverse through a derelict mining outpost in the Kuiper Belt. Armed with an experimental mining tool, you must solve puzzles and defeat enemies as you travel deeper into the facility.
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