Games like Alan's Automaton Workshop
by Laputa Labs
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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$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.
PuzzleLogicSimulationAutomationProgrammingIndieSandboxLevel EditorModdableTutorial👍 651
$19.99Opus Magnum
Dec 7 · Zachtronics
Both: Puzzle · Programming · Automation
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!
PuzzleProgrammingAutomationIndieSimulationLogicSingleplayerSteampunkGreat Soundtrack2D👍 5,978
$19.99EXAPUNKS
Oct 22 · Zachtronics
Both: Programming · Puzzle · Automation
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.
ProgrammingPuzzleHackingAutomationIndieSimulationLogicCyberpunkSingleplayerDifficult👍 1,378
$4.99ComPressure
May 3 · Charlie Brej
Both: Automation · Programming · Building
Design increasingly complex computation units powered by high pressure steam. From switches to steam based computers, all in a world of analogue pressure devices. Use previous designs to solve further challenges, unravel the mystery of the missing steam and discover a new field of science.
AutomationProgrammingBuildingPuzzleSandboxInvestigationEducationScienceCraftingManagement
$24.99Infinifactory
Jun 30 · Zachtronics
Both: Puzzle · Building · Automation
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.
PuzzleBuildingAutomationIndieProgrammingSandboxSimulationSingleplayerDifficultFirst-Person👍 1,790
$9.99SpaceChem
Mar 2 · Zachtronics
Both: Puzzle · Programming · Logic
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!
PuzzleDifficultProgrammingIndieLogicSingleplayerAutomationSci-fiGreat SoundtrackScience👍 2,628
-80%$3.99Main Assembly
Jan 26 · Bad Yolk Games
Both: Sandbox · Building · Programming
You’re the designer, engineer and architect if you can imagine it you can create it! Construct robots of any shape or size from eight-legged spider bots to eerie UFO contraptions.
3DOnline Co-OpCo-opSingleplayerSandboxBuildingProgrammingSimulationRobotsPhysics👍 1,004
$6.99Algotica Iterations
Mar 23 · Alexander Goodwin
Both: Programming · Puzzle · Education
Algotica is an educational puzzle game about programming with cute lowpoly graphics. If you wanted to start learning programming but think that it too difficult to understand or just don't have enough time or not sure that you need it - this game is a good start point for you
AdventureIndieProgrammingPuzzleEducationAtmosphericHackingFunnyCuteFamily Friendly👍 137
$19.99Factory Town
Nov 17 · Erik Asmussen
Both: Automation · Sandbox
Build, automate, and optimize a giant factory on 3D terrain using conveyor belts, trains, chutes, pipes, and airships. Sell your goods to nearby villages to expand their borders, increase happiness, and unlock even better technology!
AutomationBase BuildingResource ManagementSandboxSimulationCraftingManagementCity BuilderColony SimEconomy👍 4,143
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Share some of the same DNA, but further from the original.
$12.99Contraption Maker
Jul 7 · Kevin Ryan
Both: Puzzle · Sandbox
The spiritual successor to The Incredible Machine from its original designer and programmer. Play 100s of puzzles. Build and share elaborate contraptions with an huge variety of parts and critters.
Puzzle2DLevel EditorLemmingsSandboxModdableOnline Co-OpPhysicsFamily FriendlySimulation👍 922
$29.99The Talos Principle
Dec 11 · Croteam
Both: Puzzle
The Talos Principle is a first-person puzzle game in the tradition of philosophical science fiction. Made by Croteam and written by Tom Jubert (FTL, The Swapper) and Jonas Kyratzes (The Sea Will Claim Everything).
PuzzlePhilosophicalFirst-PersonSci-fiStory RichAtmosphericSingleplayerGreat SoundtrackRobotsExploration👍 29,240
FreeGlitchspace
May 5 · Space Budgie
Both: Programming · Puzzle
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.
ProgrammingIndiePuzzleAdventureVRFirst-PersonHackingEarly AccessFree to PlayAction👍 175
$4.99Towns
Nov 7 · Xavi Canal, Ben Palgi
Both: Sandbox · Building
The game brings a fresh new take on the city building/management genre by introducing many RPG features. In Towns you manage a settlement on top of an active dungeon. Instead of playing the hero who delves deep into the dungeon, how about playing the town that houses and caters to the hero's needs?
City BuilderIndieSandboxSimulationStrategyCraftingSingleplayerRPGSurvivalBuilding👍 2,400
$2.99Save Room - Organization Puzzle
Apr 28 · Fractal Projects
Both: Puzzle · Logic
When you enter a save room you know you are safe, no danger can come to you, you can relax. Take advantage of this short period of time to organize your inventory, heal your wounds and reload your weapons. Can you make all the items fit in your inventory?
PuzzleInventory ManagementRelaxingMinimalistLogicGrid-Based MovementResource ManagementSurvival HorrorMilitaryGun Customization👍 2,033



