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 386 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 79$14.99
Games like SIC-1
Chasing that minimalist and retro feeling you got from SIC-1? These games keep things close enough to feel familiar.
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$6.99SHENZHEN 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, Retro
95% of 3,765 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 45$14.99A=B
A=B is a programming puzzle game with only one instruction: A=B, which means replacing A with B.
Minimalist
94% of 918 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$4.99Human Resource Machine
Program a little office worker to sort, add and shuffle boxes, one level at a time. It looks like a cute puzzle game about corporate life, and then you notice you have been writing assembly logic for an hour. Genuinely funny, deceptively deep, and the moment your little worker finally runs your plan without a hitch is a real payoff.
Minimalist, Funny
94% of 3,297 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 13$14.99Comet 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.
Minimalist, Retro
74% of 183 Steam reviews are positive$14.99Turing Complete
Start with a single logic gate and puzzle your way up to a working CPU. Turing Complete walks you from NAND gates through arithmetic, memory and assembly until a computer you built from scratch runs code you wrote for it. Then the sandbox opens and you can build whatever you like, screens, sound and all.
Minimalist, Retro
95% of 5,777 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 123$19.99Silicon Zeroes
Build hardware. Solve puzzles. From the creator of Manufactoria, a new open-ended puzzle game set in Silicon Valley's first startup.
Minimalist, Retro
88% of 249 Steam reviews are positive$14.99Rogue Bit
A single bit of computer memory became sentient and decided to escape from digital into the real world. Explore RAM, modify bytes and hack machine code and CPU registers to set it free.
Minimalist, Retro
88% of 122 Steam reviews are positive$11.99Robo 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, Retro
82% of 62 Steam reviews are positive$11.99Brainfuck Challenge
A minimalist programming puzzle game based on the esoteric language Brainfuck. Learn its rules, solve clever challenges, and even run your code in an external terminal.
Minimalist
98% of 48 Steam reviews are positive$2.99QuantumPulse 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.
Minimalist, Retro
94% of 31 Steam reviews are positive$11.99Code: 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
84% of 386 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 79$14.99
Hidden gems like SIC-1
Craftomation 101: Programming & Craft
Program a crew of tiny robots to thaw a frozen planet and turn it into a living world.
83% of 700 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$11.24
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
Net.Attack() - Code or Die!
CODE OR DIE! Hack enemy systems & survive the security response by engineering lethal bullet-heaven algorithms.
80% of 514 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$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 9,835 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 895$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 918 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$4.99
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 385 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 5,777 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 7,473 Steam reviews are positiveFree
异常 | Exception
You play an operator in a virtual world, writing simple AI for robot units and debugging your way to victory.
97% of 1,519 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
Squally
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!
76% of 106 Steam reviews are positive$24.99
Alan's Automaton Workshop
Alan's Automaton Workshop is an open-ended programming puzzle game.
82% of 197 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Newest games like SIC-1
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 700 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$11.24
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 386 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
Yet Another Incremental Game (but this time about coding)
Yet Another Incremental Game (But This Time About Coding) is an idle clicker about... coding (thanks, Captain Obvious).
73% of 40 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$7.99
Net.Attack() - Code or Die!
CODE OR DIE! Hack enemy systems & survive the security response by engineering lethal bullet-heaven algorithms.
80% of 514 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$7.99
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 9,835 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 895$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
Brainfuck Challenge
A minimalist programming puzzle game based on the esoteric language Brainfuck.
98% of 48 Steam reviews are positive$2.99