Selfless Heroes
Solve puzzles by designing an AI for a team of selfless heroes. Test your algorithm, optimize it, and emerge victorious from the dungeon!
78% of 36 Steam reviews are positive$5.99
Games like Human Resource Machine
Looking for that same minimalist and funny spark as Human Resource Machine? Start with these games when you are ready.
7 Billion Humans
Program swarms of tiny office workers in a computer made of people. Every command runs in every worker's head at once, so your neat plan turns into a beautiful mess of collisions and cubes. Over 60 puzzles, a dry corporate satire, and a soundtrack by Kyle Gabler.
Minimalist, Funny, Relaxing
93% of 1,875 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 15$14.99Alan's Automaton Workshop
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.
Minimalist, Relaxing
82% of 197 Steam reviews are positive$14.99SHENZHEN I/O
Build circuits from microcontrollers, memory and logic gates, then program them in a tiny assembly language to meet real spec sheets. A demanding puzzle game about doing more with less, set at an electronics company in Shenzhen. When the code fights back, there is always solitaire.
Minimalist, Relaxing
95% of 3,765 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 45$14.99Selfless Heroes
Solve puzzles by designing an AI for a team of selfless heroes. Test your algorithm, optimize it, and emerge victorious from the dungeon!
Minimalist, Relaxing, Cute
78% of 36 Steam reviews are positive$5.99Star Stuff
Star Stuff is a deceptively cute programming puzzle game. Program and work alongside bots to tackle the most important (and undoubtedly safest) task in the galaxy: fixing a star factory. Ready for your first day on the job?
Minimalist, Relaxing, Cute
99% of 155 Steam reviews are positive$14.99TIS-100
A broken computer from the 1980s lands on your desk, and the only way to fix it is to write assembly code by hand. TIS-100 turns real low-level programming into puzzles: a dozen instructions, tiny memory, and over 45 challenges that are solvable, just not easily. When your program finally runs clean, the satisfaction is enormous.
Minimalist, Relaxing
97% of 3,398 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 18$6.99A=B
A=B is a programming puzzle game with only one instruction: A=B, which means replacing A with B.
Minimalist, Relaxing
94% of 919 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$4.99Code: Terraform
A frozen planet, a silent ship, and one tool: real code. Write scripts in a Python-like language to run rovers, power grids and drone fleets, then watch them work while you plan the next move. The more you terraform, the more the planet answers back. No drag and drop, no hand holding, just engineering.
Minimalist, Relaxing
84% of 381 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 79$14.99You Are The Code
A programming puzzle game, but YOU CAN'T TYPE. Navigate and run pre-existing lines of code! Watch out for bugs eating away your program!
Minimalist, Relaxing
100% of 41 Steam reviews are positive$9.99JOY OF PROGRAMMING - Software Engineering Simulator
Use real Python code to automate machines, robots, drones and more: Program self-driving vehicles; crack passwords; apply machine learning; automate logistics; use image processing to guide missiles. Gain real coding skills and solve exciting bite-sized programming challenges.
Minimalist, Relaxing
76% of 384 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$17.99Robo Instructus
Robo Instructus is a puzzle game in which players manoeuvre a robot by issuing instructions via a simple programming language. As players progress through the game they unlock new functions to overcome new puzzles, each of which can be solved in multiple ways.
Minimalist, Relaxing
82% of 62 Steam reviews are positive$11.99Marvellous Inc.
Marvellous Inc. is a programming puzzle game, where you program robots to solve tasks.
Funny, Relaxing, Cute
86% of 22 Steam reviews are positive$11.99
Cheaper than Human Resource Machine
TIS-100
Repair a fictional 1980s machine by writing tiny assembly programs, one puzzle at a time, at whatever pace you like.
97% of 3,398 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 18$6.99
A=B
A=B is a programming puzzle game with only one instruction: A=B, which means replacing A with B.
94% of 919 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$4.99
You Are The Code
A programming puzzle game, but YOU CAN'T TYPE. Navigate and run pre-existing lines of code! Watch out for bugs eating away your program!
100% of 41 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Robo Instructus
Robo Instructus is a puzzle game in which players manoeuvre a robot by issuing instructions via a simple programming language.
82% of 62 Steam reviews are positive$11.99
Marvellous Inc.
Marvellous Inc. is a programming puzzle game, where you program robots to solve tasks.
86% of 22 Steam reviews are positive$11.99
while True: learn()
Sort data through colorful flowcharts, earn medals and freelance jobs, and build a translator that finally lets your cat speak.
91% of 7,402 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 9$12.99
Bots Are Stupid
An ultra-precise 2D platformer where you give robots instructions instead of directly controlling them.
76% of 165 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$1.29
Move Code Lines
Move Code Lines is a game where you fix programs and make them print needed output.
82% of 92 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
The Farmer Was Replaced
Teach a small drone to plant and harvest for you, then sit back and refine your program at your own pace.
95% of 9,673 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1,597$6.99
Algo Bot
Algo Bot is puzzle game that takes place deep inside the Europa, a pan-galactic colonisation ship, where a recycling mission goes horribly wrong.
82% of 150 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Code, Solve, Revolt!
"Code, Solve, Revolt!" is a puzzle game where you solve factory tasks through intuitive drag-and-drop programming.
95% of 22 Steam reviews are positive$11.99
Hidden gems like Human Resource Machine
Code: Terraform
Write scripts that run rovers, power grids and drone fleets on a frozen planet, and watch your colony grow as the world starts answering back.
84% of 381 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 79$14.99
Craftomation 101: Programming & Craft
Program a crew of tiny robots to thaw a frozen planet and turn it into a living world.
83% of 698 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$14.99
ABI-DOS
Build the most advanced operating system ever created! Can you master the fictional simulation language of this mind-bending machine?
92% of 442 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2Free
Star Stuff
Star Stuff is a deceptively cute programming puzzle game. Program and work alongside bots to tackle the most important (and undoubtedly safest) task…
99% of 155 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
The Farmer Was Replaced
Teach a small drone to plant and harvest for you, then sit back and refine your program at your own pace.
95% of 9,673 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1,597$6.99
SIC-1
SIC-1 is a single-instruction programming game. Neglect your personal life in pursuit of promotions and vague assurances of job security!
94% of 263 Steam reviews are positiveFree
A=B
A=B is a programming puzzle game with only one instruction: A=B, which means replacing A with B.
94% of 919 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$4.99
One Dreamer
Manipulate the world around you by editing source code in an adventure game about a burnt out indie game developer's quest to fulfill a lifelong…
90% of 410 Steam reviews are positive$15.99
JOY OF PROGRAMMING - Software Engineering Simulator
Use real Python code to automate machines, robots, drones and more: Program self-driving vehicles; crack passwords; apply machine learning; automate…
76% of 384 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$17.99
Turing Complete
Wire up gates, memory and assembly until a machine you designed runs your own code, then keep building in the sandbox.
95% of 5,762 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 123$19.99
Alan's Automaton Workshop
Alan's Automaton Workshop is an open-ended programming puzzle game.
82% of 197 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Bots Are Stupid
An ultra-precise 2D platformer where you give robots instructions instead of directly controlling them.
76% of 165 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$1.29
Newest games like Human Resource Machine
FORK BOMB: A Programming Game
Write real code in a Python-like language to control one machine that copies itself. Then watch a thousand copies of your program eat a world.
100% of 10 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Craftomation 101: Programming & Craft
Program a crew of tiny robots to thaw a frozen planet and turn it into a living world.
83% of 698 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$14.99
Code: Terraform
Write scripts that run rovers, power grids and drone fleets on a frozen planet, and watch your colony grow as the world starts answering back.
84% of 381 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 79$14.99
Pragma Twice
You've awoken deep within a research facility in a new, programmable robot body. You have holes in your memories.
100% of 12 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$9.99
Code, Solve, Revolt!
"Code, Solve, Revolt!" is a puzzle game where you solve factory tasks through intuitive drag-and-drop programming.
95% of 22 Steam reviews are positive$11.99
The Farmer Was Replaced
Teach a small drone to plant and harvest for you, then sit back and refine your program at your own pace.
95% of 9,673 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1,597$6.99
You Are The Code
A programming puzzle game, but YOU CAN'T TYPE. Navigate and run pre-existing lines of code! Watch out for bugs eating away your program!
100% of 41 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Replicube
Replicube hands you a blank editor and a voxel sculpture to copy, and asks you to write the code that builds it.
96% of 722 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 8$9.99
JOY OF PROGRAMMING - Software Engineering Simulator
Use real Python code to automate machines, robots, drones and more: Program self-driving vehicles; crack passwords; apply machine learning; automate…
76% of 384 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$17.99
ABI-DOS
Build the most advanced operating system ever created! Can you master the fictional simulation language of this mind-bending machine?
92% of 442 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2Free
Star Stuff
Star Stuff is a deceptively cute programming puzzle game. Program and work alongside bots to tackle the most important (and undoubtedly safest) task…
99% of 155 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Hexahedra
Hexahedra is a puzzle game about beautiful efficiency. Design, program, and optimize factories to build cubes, used galaxy-wide as crates, satellite…
100% of 20 Steam reviews are positive$20