The Best Programming Games

Update : Refactoro: Chaotic Farm added at rank #29.
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Autonauts (2019)

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Autonauts is a charming simulation game that allows you to colonize uninhabited planets and build a civilization of robots to do your bidding. With a fun and unique automation programming system, colorful graphics, and no required programming knowledge, you can explore, gather resources, and create an animal husbandry world. The game offers limitless opportunities for automation and colonization, making it an experience you won't want to miss!


What we like:
  • Fun and challenging gameplay for management sim lovers
  • Unique automation programming system
  • Colorful and cute graphics
  • No required programming knowledge
  • Large world to explore and customize.
What could be improved:
  • Steep learning curve
  • Limited inventory space

  • programming
  • visual
  • agriculture
  • simulation
  • resource-management
  • attractive
  • crafting
  • automation
  • farming
  • art
  • colony
  • robots
  • base-building

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while True: learn (2019)

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You’re a machine learning specialist who makes neural networks but your cat seems to be better at it. Now you must solve puzzles to build a cat-to-human translation system (who knows what else this cat is capable of!). Earn a fortune, buy kickass cat outfits and learn how machine learning really works!


  • programming
  • self-driving
  • visual

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Human Resource Machine (2015)

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Program little office workers to solve puzzles. Be a good employee! The machines are coming... for your job. From the creators of World of Goo and Little Inferno.


  • programming
  • puzzle

4

Game Builder Garage (2021)

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Nintendo Switch

Learn the basics of visual game programming with Nintendo's Game Builder Garage. Nodon, colorful creatures with distinct personalities, keep kids engaged through lessons with tips and motivating messages.

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  • programming
  • platform

5

EXAPUNKS (2018)

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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.


  • programming
  • hacking
  • automation
  • cyberpunk
  • logic
  • in-world
  • puzzle

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TIS-100 (2015)

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TIS-100 is an open-ended programming game by Zachtronics, the creators of SpaceChem and Infinifactory, in which you rewrite corrupted code segments to repair the TIS-100 and unlock its secrets. It’s the assembly language programming game you never asked for!


  • programming
  • puzzle

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Opus Magnum (2017)

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Opus Magnum is the latest open-ended puzzle game from Zachtronics, the creators of SpaceChem, Infinifactory, and SHENZHEN I/O. Design and build machines that assemble potions, poisons, and more using the alchemical engineer’s most advanced tool: the transmutation engine!


  • programming
  • puzzle
  • automation

8

7 Billion Humans (2018)

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Automate swarms of office workers to solve puzzles inside your very own parallel computer made of people. A thrilling followup to the award winning Human Resource Machine. Now with more humans!


  • programming
  • touch-friendly
  • puzzle

9

SOLAS 128 (2021)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows

Explore SOLAS, a game of interconnected puzzles where you redirect and reconfigure rhythmic pulses of light to breathe life back into an ancient machine.


  • soundtrack
  • logic
  • puzzle
  • programming
  • psychological
  • hacking
  • stage
  • retro
  • grid
  • 2d
  • multi-room
  • mirror
  • horizontal
  • puzzley
  • controller-support

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Main Assembly (2020)

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PC Windows

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.


  • programming
  • artificial
  • intelligence
  • automation
  • cooperative
  • science
  • building
  • immersive
  • 3d
  • logic
  • robots
  • crafting
  • character
  • simulation
  • sandbox

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