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$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
$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!
PuzzleDifficultProgrammingIndieLogicSingleplayerAutomationSci-fiGreat SoundtrackScience👍 2,628
$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.
EducationProgrammingAutomationSteampunkPuzzleSandboxLogicBuildingSimulationSingleplayer👍 196
$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
$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
$9.99Crazy Machines 3
Oct 18 · Fakt Software
Both: Puzzle · Sandbox · Difficult
Crazy Machines 3 is the latest, greatest, most amazing and craziest part of the series and fascinates once more with physic-based puzzles. Build your own crazy machines and share your awesomeness across the world thanks to the Steam® Workshop.
SimulationPuzzlePhysicsStrategySandboxSingleplayerMultiplayerBuildingCasualDifficult👍 7,484
-50%$4.49Q REMASTERED
May 1 · liica, Inc.
Both: Puzzle · Difficult · Education
Over 13M downloads! The pinnacle of physics puzzles. A challenge to humanity: Can you get the ball out of the cup? What to do is simple: Just draw on screen. Yet, it is surprisingly hard. Infinite solutions—even devs can't solve every Q. Sound confusing? Try it out! How will you solve it?
PuzzleDifficultPhysicsCasualHand-drawnSingleplayerIndie2DAbstractEducation👍 423
$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
-50%$0.99Sudocats
Mar 14 · Devcats
Both: Puzzle · Logic
Sudoku for cat people. Cats are wonderful creatures but you better not put them together without proper introduction. So, plan ahead to display them in the right order so they get along!
CasualCatsPuzzleRelaxingCuteLogicWholesomeHand-drawn2DCozy👍 1,714
$4.99Circuits
Apr 17 · Digital Tentacle
Both: Puzzle · Difficult
Simple in concept, but very challenging and rewarding,Circuits is a puzzle game that requires careful listening to complete each level. The goal of Circuits : piece together the different parts of a song. Sounds easy, but maybe not.
MusicPuzzleIndieCasualMinimalistSingleplayerTouch-FriendlyDifficult👍 1,676
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$4.00Electrify
Oct 9 · Electrify
Both: Puzzle · Sandbox · Programming
A game axed on imagination, creativity and community. Logic, attention and perseverance are needed. It is a ludic circuits simulator with a game approch. Convinient and intuitive, it will accompany you in your electronic learning quest. Electrify is here.
SimulationPuzzleSandboxExperimentalPoint & ClickPuzzle PlatformerProgrammingGrand StrategyEducation2D
-80%$3.99Main Assembly
Jan 26 · Bad Yolk Games
Both: Sandbox · 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
$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
$16.99Another Brick in The Mall
Apr 30 · The Quadsphere
Both: Automation
Design, build and manage a giant shopping center. Open shops, supermarkets, restaurants, movie theaters, bowling alleys and more. Hire and manage the best staff for the job and milk your customers for all they're worth!
ManagementAutomationSimulationBuildingShop KeeperCity BuilderEconomyBase BuildingColony SimCapitalism👍 2,340
$1.99Linea, the Game
Jan 4 · KHB-Soft
Both: Difficult
The goal of the game is to survive for more than 60 seconds on each level, dodging platforms and objects, listening to bitpop soundtracks. Four levels, online-records, achievements and trading cards are waiting for you.
IndieCasualMinimalistDifficultActionFast-PacedArcadeMusicMusic-Based Procedural GenerationPsychedelic👍 883
$3.99法医探案团之碎嘴小诗
Feb 10 · 芒果互娱
Both: Puzzle · Logic
在《法医探案团之碎嘴小诗》中,玩家将化身被害人小诗,用独特的“逝者视角”沉浸式与法医一同寻找自己死因真相!通过“拟真尸检”和“嫌疑人的调查”、“多样的剧情选择”和“技能释放”中冲出层层迷雾,而在扑朔迷离的案情不断袭来之时,一个「糖果岛」的神秘符号,竟引出无数少女的神秘失踪与被囚禁的线索,把案件再次推向新的高潮!
RPGInteractive FictionFMVAdventureMysteryPuzzleStrategyFemale ProtagonistInvestigationLogic👍 135
$14.99Nauticrawl
Sep 16 · Spare Parts Oasis
Both: Puzzle · Difficult
A stolen, enigmatic machine is your only way out. It's likely to kill you, but so will the hostile planet you're escaping. Pull levers, hack devices, and puzzle out how to pilot the Nauticrawl to freedom in this unusual atmospheric adventure... or die trying.
SimulationIndieAtmosphericSci-fiPuzzleDifficultSingleplayerPoint & ClickAdventureSteampunk👍 441
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
$1.99Chinatris
Jan 2 · 仓鼠动力, Args Studio
Both: Puzzle · Education
Chinatris is a Tetris-like game about Chinese characters where different charactersfall to create new ones. To win, you must create the target characters from each stage. You’ll be having fun while learning Chinese!
IndieCasualWord GameSpellingPuzzle2DSingleplayerStrategyEducation👍 1,004
















