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$14.99Virtual Circuit Board
Oct 6 · Reverie Foundry
Both: Programming · Education · Automation
Virtual Circuit Board is the sandbox drawing-based logic simulator where you can build, program, decorate, and simulate anything from simple monochrome circuits to complex and colorful computers. Play with digital logic in this sandbox-only experience.
ProgrammingEducationSimulationAutomationMinimalistLogicPuzzleHackingSandboxBuilding👍 305
-20%$7.99The Farmer Was Replaced
Oct 10 · Timon Herzog
Both: Programming · Automation · Education
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
-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
-30%$10.49Craftomation 101: Programming & Craft
7 days ago · Luden.io
Both: Education · Programming · Automation
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
$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
$14.99Outpath
Oct 16 · David Moralejo Sánchez
Both: Automation · Sandbox
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
$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
$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
-42%$8.69River Town Factory
Feb 6 · iFAction Studio
Both: Automation · Sandbox
If possible, would you like to go back to ancient times to start a factory, refine oil, or even build a large computer? With the accidental fall of a meteorite, you traveled back to River Town a thousand years ago and became a workshop owner. And the story will begin from here……
AutomationBase BuildingPixel GraphicsOpen WorldSimulationSandboxTime TravelAlternate History2DIndie👍 1,277
$24.99AutoForge
Mar 27 · Siege Games
Both: Automation · Sandbox
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
-30%$6.99Augmental Puzzles
Feb 13 · Flammable Penguins Games
Both: Puzzle · Education · Logic
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
$14.99Territory: Farming and Warfare
Feb 4 · Wit Studio
Both: Sandbox · Automation
From a small village of a dozen people to a small kingdom of thousands of people. Arrange for residents to work, gathering, fishing and hunting, farming and mining, processing and manufacturing. Trade, accumulate supplies, increase your strength, and fight evil forces and monsters.
SingleplayerSimulationBase BuildingCity BuilderStrategySandboxAutomationPixel GraphicsResource ManagementBuilding👍 738
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$17.99Kebab Chefs! - Restaurant Simulator
Jun 11 · Biotech Gameworks
Both: Sandbox
Kebab Chefs! is a Co-Op, cooking and restaurant management game that can be played up to 4 players. Design your own restaurant. Cook delicious foods, fill your menu with various recipes, feed customers and become the biggest kebab restaurant in town!
CookingMultiplayerSimulationManagementPhysicsSandboxFunnyTime ManagementImmersive SimBuilding👍 7,017
$23.99ShapeHero Factory
Sep 17 · Asobism.Co.,Ltd
Both: Automation
In ShapeHero Factory, you’re the engineer of an ever-evolving paint-fuelled factory that spits out magical, shape-based warriors. Send them into battle - to death or glory - then build an even better factory on your next run.
AutomationBase BuildingTower DefenseRogueliteResource Management2.5DCuteStrategyBuildingSimulation👍 991
$1.99Purple Place - Classic Games
Oct 20 · Sam Cohle
Both: Puzzle · Logic
Welcome to "Purple Place - Classic Games" a fun-filled game where you'll embark on three exciting adventures like good old times! Get ready to immerse yourself in the world of creativity and challenge.
CasualRetroPuzzleOld SchoolLogic2DCuteRelaxingFamily FriendlyCharacter Customization👍 2,307
$9.99Code Racer
Mar 6 · Hondune Games
Both: Puzzle · Programming · Education
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
$24.99InfraSpace
Sep 22 · Dionic Software
Both: Automation · Sandbox
Create an extrasolar efficiency utopia from scratch! In this sci-fi city builder you need to start mining operations, plan production, and lay down transportation routes to ensure a smooth supply chain.
City BuilderAutomationTransportationSpaceResource ManagementSandboxBuildingEconomyManagementSci-fi👍 1,638
$4.99Mall: Tidy Up Together
Aug 21 · Games Together
Both: Puzzle · Sandbox
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
-65%$8.74Bang-On Balls: Chronicles
Oct 5 · Exit Plan Games
Both: Sandbox
A quirky, absolutely content-packed, destructible open-world sandbox adventure with combat, platforming, character customization, and collect-a-thon scavenger hunt experience. Play solo, 2-player split screen, or online co-op for up to 4 players. No paid cosmetic DLC nonsense.
CombatCo-opOpen WorldLocal Co-OpSandboxSingleplayerAdventureSplit ScreenOnline Co-OpAction👍 4,335
$22.00Ratopia
Apr 30 · Cassel Games
Both: Difficult
Ratopia is a new game that has combined elements of both strategic survival and city building. With plenty of content available, and more planned, enjoy a vast world to adventure and populate with citizens! Build your own economical system to sustain your ideal city of Ratopia.
BuildingColony SimBase BuildingSurvivalDifficultStrategyCity Builder2DCuteManagement👍 4,639
$19.99Astro Colony
Jun 2 · Terad Games
Both: Automation
Explore endless Universe and create the most efficient constellation of colonies. Build conveyor systems to automate production. Take care of Astronauts and their needs! Establish new colonies as part of intergalactic simulation.
Base BuildingAutomationSpaceResource ManagementColony SimSimulationMultiplayerStrategyBuildingIndie👍 2,397
$4.99A Game About Digging A Hole™
Feb 7 · DoubleBee
Both: Sandbox
A minimalist game about digging a hole in the garden of a newly purchased house. Collect resources, sell them, upgrade your equipment and discover a mysterious secret. Costs you only one coffee!
ExplorationMiningSandboxVoxelHorrorSimulationEconomyCraftingSingleplayerUnderground👍 18,788
$14.99RUNGORE
May 16 · YOUR_MOM'S_HP, RavenJm
Both: Difficult
Card game mechanics - check. Real time battles - check. Silly humor - check. If this isn't the game of your dreams i don't know what is (Also we have hidden memes everywhere lol)
Trading Card GameIndieCard GameCard BattlerReal Time TacticsDifficultReplay ValueStrategy RPGRoguelitePixel Graphics👍 993
$19.99Until Then
Jun 25 · Polychroma Games
A fateful meeting sets off a chain reaction, upending Mark's life. People disappear and memories prove unreliable. Uncover a hidden truth with Mark and his friends in this narrative adventure and race to unravel the mystery before it's too late.
Visual NovelEmotionalPixel GraphicsStory RichInteractive FictionPsychological2DRomanceMysteryAdventure👍 15,742
$7.99PC Tycoon 2
Mar 28 · Insignis Games
Both: Sandbox
Start with one tiny office and a big idea, and grow it into a global computer company. Design your own CPUs, GPUs and laptops, launch your own OS, and outsmart your rivals. A laid-back tycoon that's easy to get into and hard to put down — made by one indie dev.
EconomyTime ManagementIdlerSandboxArtificial IntelligenceCapitalismManagementStrategyGame DevelopmentPvE👍 320
$2.99Minesweeper Madness
Sep 23 · Bear Falls Games
Both: Puzzle · Logic
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
-40%$8.99The Enjenir: The Engineering Physics Building Simulator
Dec 18 · PeatyTurf
Both: Sandbox
Put your engineering and problem solving skills to the test in this sandbox physics building game! Enjoy the freedom of completely gridless 3D sandbox building combined with hilarious ragdoll third person controls, offering a truly unique and hilarious "Enjeniring" experience!
SandboxPhysicsParkourMedievalBase BuildingFunnyThird PersonSingleplayerSimulationBuilding👍 682
$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
$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
$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
$19.99Havendock
Apr 22 · YYZ Studio
Both: Sandbox · Automation
Breathe easy and thrive in this cozy colony sim. Build a haven for castaways, manage resources, live your best life on the ocean. Lead your humble settlement into a high-tech society.
SingleplayerStrategyCity BuilderColony SimSandboxAgricultureAutomationBuildingCraftingBase Building👍 1,504
FreeSatisfactory Modeler
Sep 17 · David Price
Model your Satisfactory builds. Set up your machines however you like, adding optional limits to the number of any of those machines and the tool will calculate how the parts will flow and how many of each machine type are getting used.
Free to PlayIndieSimulationSoftwareExplorationSingleplayer
$13.99Sol Cesto
Apr 10 · Tambouille, Géraud Zucchini, Chariospirale
Both: Puzzle
Sol Cesto is a tactical and frantic roguelite where mastering your luck is key. Choose a hero, upgrade them using cursed teeth and magical items, and descend to the bottom of an ever-changing dungeon. In this dark world, every action has consequences…
Dungeon CrawlerRoguelikeTacticalPuzzleAtmosphericFantasyGamblingProcedural GenerationMysteryTurn-Based👍 4,849
$19.99Dawn Apart
Jul 14 · Industrial Technology and Witchcraft
Both: Automation
Dawn Apart is a space colony and factory sim with fully destructible environments. Mine, automate, and defend your settlers, or lead a rebellion against the very corporation pulling your strings…
Colony SimBase BuildingAutomationStrategyCraftingVoxelSpaceSimulationResource ManagementPhysics👍 245
$8.99Terracards
Nov 7 · Pixel Purrfect
Farm, sell, learn, repeat. Terracards is a tactical roguelike-deckbuilder where you manage your own farm, You'll utilize animals, crops, and structures through cards, transforming them into valuable resources and wealth with each turn. But beware - deplete your funds, and it's game over.
Early AccessStrategyRoguelike DeckbuilderDeckbuildingRogueliteCasualManagementCapitalismBuildingBase Building👍 731
$2.99King of the Bridge
Mar 8 · Finn Schuuring
Both: Puzzle
Face off against the bridge troll in his bizarre game of chess! Decrypt, Twist and Enforce the rules as your devious opponent attempts to break them in King of the Bridge!
PuzzleStrategyChessComedyBoard GameMultiple EndingsFantasy2.5DAdventureSouls-like👍 1,668
$9.99A Webbing Journey
May 19 · Fire Totem Games
Both: Sandbox · 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
$5.99Idle Colony
Dec 16 · Faith G.
Both: Automation
A condensed incremental experience, where you build a colony to collect and merge bigger and bigger fruits. Combine game-changing technologies and special upgrades to find the best synergies and take your cash flow to another dimension.
IncrementalCasualAutomationStrategyIdlerEconomyManagementColony SimRogueliteBuilding👍 553
$29.99RAILGRADE
Oct 13 · Minakata Dynamics
Both: Automation
RAILGRADE is the train RTS game! Construct dense vertical railroads, build cities, construct vast factory chains with train automation! Restore an off world colony's economy all in the intense story driven campaign or relaxing sandbox mode!
TrainsStrategySimulationResource ManagementAutomationCity BuilderModdableBuildingManagementEconomy👍 1,207
-30%$3.49Gourdlets
Aug 15 · AuntyGames
Both: Sandbox
An easygoing sandbox game about building towns for cute vegetable folks. Create your perfect community then watch as the gourdlets make themselves at home. No objectives, no points, just good vibes. Play in full screen, or let your gourdlets hang out at the bottom of your screen!
SandboxCity BuilderRelaxingSimulationBuildingCuteColorfulCozyPixel GraphicsOpen World👍 1,955
$19.99Little Witch in the Woods
Sep 14 · SUNNY SIDE UP
Both: Puzzle
Little Witch in the Woods tells the story of Ellie, an apprentice witch. Explore the mystical forest, help the charming residents, and experience the daily life of the witch.
CutePixel GraphicsDialogue HeavyMagicLife SimCasualSimulationPuzzleRPGOpen World👍 11,699
$1.99Simply Cubic
Sep 29 · Aquila Games
Both: Puzzle · Education
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
-50%$7.49Shogun Showdown
Sep 5 · Roboatino
Shogun Showdown is a turn-based combat game with rogue-like and deck-building elements. Position yourself and attack at the right time, upgrade your tiles and combo them to get ready to face the Shogun!
Replay ValueStrategy RPGTurn-BasedRoguelikePixel GraphicsTurn-Based StrategyRoguelike DeckbuilderStrategyTurn-Based CombatTurn-Based Tactics👍 6,201
-20%$15.99Pathless Woods
Apr 2 · AniYa Games Studio
Both: Sandbox
Embark on a cozy open-world survival journey inspired by ancient China's heritage. Gather resources, cultivate crops, build your dream home, and defend it from marauders. Team up with friends to explore and uncover a world where adventure meets serenity.
Open WorldCraftingSurvivalSandboxSimulationFarming SimBuildingCity BuilderBase Building3D👍 951









