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: 4$9.99
Games like ProxOS
Chasing that retro and minimalist feeling you got from ProxOS? These games are a good place to start.
TIS-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
97% of 3,398 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 18$6.99Comet 64
Comet 64 is a programming puzzle game. The year is 1984. All you got is a Comet 64 home computer and the operator's manual it came with.
Retro, Minimalist
74% of 183 Steam reviews are positive$14.99EmuDevz
A game about building emulators! Implement your own NEEES core in JavaScript, get instant feedback with unit/video tests, build the graphics unit in real time, learn 6502 assembly, debug test ROMs, and have fun with the included homebrew games!
Retro
90% of 80 Steam reviews are positiveFreeEXAPUNKS
It is 1997, you have the phage, and the deal is one hack per dose of medicine. Program little robots called EXAs to slip into networks, trash files and vanish. A puzzle game about writing code, wrapped in a warm, funny 90s hacker world that is easy to lose whole evenings to.
Retro, Minimalist
96% of 1,381 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 12$19.99QuantumPulse 2A
Solve programming puzzles on a fictional computer with radio-based communication and unique limitations. Competitively optimize to compete on leaderboards against friends and the global community.
Retro, Minimalist
94% of 31 Steam reviews are positive$11.99SIC-1
SIC-1 is a single-instruction programming game. Neglect your personal life in pursuit of promotions and vague assurances of job security! Optimize your programs to rise to the top of the leaderboards! SIC Systems thanks you for your hard work! Now please return to your desk.
Retro, Minimalist
94% of 263 Steam reviews are positiveFreeRetro Gadgets
Retro Gadgets is a sandbox where you build, code, and customize gadgets inspired by old-school electronics.
Retro
88% of 480 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$19.99ABI-DOS
Build the most advanced operating system ever created! Can you master the fictional simulation language of this mind-bending machine? Design circuits, automate UBITS (coloured mobile data blocks), and optimize your system. The Admin is always watching, and he’s not what he seems.
Minimalist
92% of 442 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2FreeJOY 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
76% of 384 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$17.99Squally
Squally is a 2D puzzle RPG programming game that teaches you how to hack. Control the world by rewriting it in x86/x64 assembly language!
Retro
76% of 106 Steam reviews are positive$24.99Mnemonimov
Mnemonimov is a fantasy console where you program in ASSEMBLY like in the 80s. Build anything from games to operating systems and understand how computers work at a low level.
Retro, Minimalist
100% of 32 Steam reviews are positive$19.99Progressbar95
Progressbar95 turns old operating systems into a game: catch squares to fill the progress bar, swat pop-ups, fight glitches, and upgrade a 386 into a supercomputer. Dozens of mini-games, 40-plus systems to unlock, a pet trash bin, and dial-up noises. A funny, nostalgic time-killer for short sessions or long ones.
Retro, Minimalist
96% of 3,514 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 10$4.99
Hidden gems like ProxOS
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
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
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
StarOS
Tired of only seeing text on your personal computer? Get ready to make the leap to the graphic dimension with this new OS, the future is now!
93% of 121 Steam reviews are positiveFree
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
Retro Gadgets
Retro Gadgets is a sandbox where you build, code, and customize gadgets inspired by old-school electronics.
88% of 480 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$19.99
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
98xx
The 98xx is an old computer OS from the 90s that’s recently been discovered after many years of being lost.
80% of 473 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
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
Bitburner
You play an unknown hacker in a dystopian net, automating your way to power one script at a time.
94% of 7,470 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Newest games like ProxOS
IncrementalOS
An incremental love letter to the 90s desktop. Start with a blank desktop and one icon, unlock programs, systems and minigames, make more money, and…
100% of 2 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
MatchMaker95 - A Programming Simulator
The programming simulator. MatchMaker95 is a cozy(ish) coding tycoon where you write real C++, grow a chaotic dating app startup, unlock…
94% of 16 Steam reviews are positive$5.29
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 positive$9.99
Blackdoor
You're a hacker with a terminal and four terrible scripts - time to rewrite them.
86% of 21 Steam reviews are positive$12.99
SYSCALL: RING ZERO
Reverse-engineer a private 1990s BBS. Read disassembly, patch broken checks, optimize a nine-core rack, and write assembly firmware that locks onto…
100% of 2 Steam reviews are positive$12.99
Code Tycoon
Start in 1980 in your garage and build your software empire.
80% of 15 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Mnemonimov
Mnemonimov is a fantasy console where you program in ASSEMBLY like in the 80s.
100% of 32 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
EmuDevz
A game about building emulators! Implement your own NEEES core in JavaScript, get instant feedback with unit/video tests, build the graphics unit in…
90% of 80 Steam reviews are positiveFree
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$4.39
QuantumPulse 2A
Solve programming puzzles on a fictional computer with radio-based communication and unique limitations.
94% of 31 Steam reviews are positive$11.99