Games like Elara: A Coding Adventure in Space
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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
$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
-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
$9.99Algo Bot
Feb 14 · Fishing Cactus
Both: Puzzle · Programming · Space
Algo Bot is puzzle game that takes place deep inside the Europa, a pan-galactic colonisation ship, where a recycling mission goes horribly wrong. Use your algorithm special skills to command Algo Bot, a service droid, and help PAL, a cantankerous line manager, to contain the crisis.
IndiePuzzleProgrammingSci-fiSingleplayerSpaceLogicRobots3DDark Humor👍 150
$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
FreeLearn Game Development, Unity Code Monkey
Aug 9 · Endless Loop Studios
Both: Programming · Education
Learn Game Development from a Professional Indie Game Developer. Make your own games and bring your ideas to life!
SimulationProgrammingGame DevelopmentTutorialEducationSoftware TrainingUtilitiesSoftwareStrategyRPG
$19.99The Signal State
Sep 23 · Reckoner Industries
Both: Puzzle · Programming
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
$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
$0.99Mechanica
Feb 28 · Deimos Interactive
Both: Programming
Mechanica is a multiplayer open-world survival game involving building and programming. Create your own bases, defenses, manufacturing systems and more. Explore the map and expand the scope and complexity of your creations.
Early AccessIndieProgrammingBase BuildingBuildingSurvivalSandboxOpen World Survival CraftLogicRobots👍 606
$1.99Command Line Pilot
Jul 21 · Alexander Van den Bulck, Harry Lane
Both: Programming · Puzzle · Top-Down
Program your Mech with cards in this turn-based roguelike. Choose your cards and upgrades wisely in order to complete your missions!
Turn-Based TacticsCard GameProgrammingMechsSingleplayerPuzzle2DTop-DownIndieRoguelike
$4.99The Tiny Bang Story
Apr 22 · Colibri Games
Both: Puzzle · Family Friendly
Life on Tiny Planet was calm and carefree until a great disaster occurred - Tiny Planet was hit by a meteor! The world fell apart and now its future depends only on you! Use your imagination and creativity: in order to restore Tiny Planet and help its inhabitants you will have to fix a variety of machines and mechanisms as well as solve...
Point & ClickPuzzleHand-drawnSteampunkRetroAtmospheric2DStory RichCasualFamily Friendly👍 3,809
-80%$3.99Main Assembly
Jan 26 · Bad Yolk Games
Both: 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
$3.99Solar System VR
Sep 5 · Split Light Studio
Both: Space · Education
An educational virtual reality journey through space. Be the first space tourist in history and explore planets and moons in our Solar System like never before. You can experience a journey to the Earth's moon, explore Mars, and even see the surface of Enceladus, one of Saturn's moons.
AdventureSimulationVRSpaceEducation360 VideoExplorationSingleplayerFirst-PersonIndie👍 321
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Sep 27 · SaintHeiser
Both: Puzzle · Futuristic · Hacking
Push and rotate blocks, placing them at their places. Discover mono-drones abilities, step by step learn rules of that somber techno world. Solve more than 100 amazing puzzles!
IndieCasualPuzzleDifficult2DExplorationSokobanFuturisticHackingManagement
$19.99CrossCode
Sep 20 · Radical Fish Games
Both: Puzzle
A retro-inspired 2D Action RPG set in the distant future. CrossCode combines 16-bit SNES-style graphics with butter-smooth physics, a fast-paced combat system, and engaging puzzle mechanics, served with a gripping sci-fi story.
Action RPGPixel GraphicsRPGFemale ProtagonistPuzzleSingleplayerIndie2DGreat SoundtrackStory Rich👍 16,383
$14.99OPUS: The Day We Found Earth
Apr 22 · SIGONO INC.
Both: Puzzle · Space
Dive into the boundless galaxy and embark on an emotional adventure! Help little robot Emeth to fulfill a century-old promise by finding Earth in order to save Mankind—so step into the spaceship, operate a deep space telescope, and find out what’s out there in the unknown.
Story RichAtmosphericVisual NovelSingleplayerPuzzleSpaceAdventureFemale Protagonist2DPoint & Click👍 1,404
$9.99ΔV: Rings of Saturn
Jul 21 · Kodera Software
Both: Space · Top-Down
A physics-based mining sim, set in the thickest debris field in Sol. Every action has a reaction, lasers are invisible without a medium, and your thrust is a potent weapon. Find trade, adapt your equipment to your playstyle, hire a crew to help. Unravel the mysteries of the rings, or just get rich.
SpaceSci-fiPhysicsSingleplayerExplorationTop-DownSpace SimImmersive SimVehicular CombatOpen World👍 2,883
$0.99Ryzer: The Reflectors Path
Jan 20 · Player Legacy
Both: Puzzle · Futuristic · Education
In another normal day of his job as a space engineer, Ryzer is going to fix a space prison ship and things don't go his way. In Ryzer: The Reflectors Path, help Ryzer find the best path through the reflectors in this futuristic puzzle and finally just complete his job.
CasualPuzzlePhysicsIndieSci-fiFuturistic2.5DSingleplayerEducationStylized
-60%$7.99Terraformers
Mar 9 · Asteroid Lab
Both: Space
Terraform Mars in this turn-based colony builder and resource management game with roguelike elements. Explore the planet, develop spectacular cities, spread life and turn the Red Planet into a green one!
SimulationProcedural GenerationSurvivalAtmosphericRoguelikeSci-fiSingleplayerSpaceChoices MatterScience👍 3,031
-70%$1.79Riven (1997)
Aug 4 · Cyan Worlds, Inc.
Both: Puzzle
Released in 1997 as the original sequel to Myst, one of the best-selling puzzle adventure games of all time. Prepare to enter a world "torn asunder" by timeless, unresolved conflicts -- a world of incomparable beauty, intrigue, and betrayal.
AdventurePuzzlePoint & ClickExplorationClassicStory RichDifficultFirst-PersonCasualAtmospheric👍 1,317
-80%$3.99Planet of Lana
May 23 · Wishfully
Both: Puzzle
In a world torn between nature’s grace and cold machine invasion, one girl and her companion must rely on their bond to survive and protect what they hold dear. Their story of hope, loss, and love will stay with you long after the journey ends.
ActionPuzzle PlatformerFemale ProtagonistAtmospheric2D PlatformerPuzzleSingleplayerPlatformerAdventureIndie👍 9,630
$19.99SPORE™ Galactic Adventures
Jun 23 · EA - Maxis
Both: Space
Take Your Creature From Zero To Galactic HeroGet out of your starship and turn your Spore creatures into legendary Space Captains. For the first time, beam down with your allies to take on action-packed, planetside adventures. Complete quests, collect rewards, and even create your own missions.
SimulationActionSpaceAdventureExplorationOpen WorldSandboxSingleplayerStrategySci-fi👍 7,250
$4.99Brotato
Jun 23 · Blobfish
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
RoguelikeSingleplayerBullet HellAction RoguelikeLocal Co-OpBullet HeavenMultiplayerSurvivalArena ShooterSci-fi👍 111,472
$4.99The Station: Escape Room
Apr 26 · Exscape
Both: Puzzle · Space · Futuristic
Escape the confinement of the space station and restart the systems to gain freedom. Cooperative Escape Room style game to challenge yourself and your friends. Seven rooms to solve the amazing and challenging mysteries before the timer runs out!
Sci-fiMysteryPuzzleAtmosphericSpaceFirst-PersonOnline Co-OpAdventureFuturisticTime Management
$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.
Early AccessThird PersonShooterFuturisticRealisticOpen WorldSpaceSpace SimOpen World Survival CraftExploration👍 556
-80%$2.99PLANET ALPHA
Sep 4 · Planet Alpha ApS
Both: Space
PLANET ALPHA, a beautiful alien world filled with mystery and danger. Pursued by relentless enemies, you must harness the power of night and day as you struggle to survive.
AdventureActionPlatformerAtmosphericSide Scroller2.5DAliensSci-fiSpaceExploration👍 632









