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JOY OF PROGRAMMING - Software Engineering Simulator
Games like JOY OF PROGRAMMING - Software Engineering Simulator

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A single-player programming puzzle sim where you write real Python code to automate robots, vehicles, and logistics in bite-sized challenges.

7 Billion Humans
A single-player programming puzzle game about automating swarms of office workers in a parallel computer, typically finishing in a few hours.
2018-08-23
- Comedy
- Puzzle

Strategy

Bird view / Isometric

Indie

Simulator

Educational

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MOLEK-SYNTEZ

A single-player programming puzzle about automating molecule synthesis in a Romanian apartment, with a calm, cerebral mood and a compact campaign.

2019-11-19

Science fiction
Puzzle
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Simulator
Sandbox

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Comet 64

A single-player, compact programming puzzle game set in 1984, where you write code on a fictional home computer using its manual, with a median reviewer playtime of about 9 hours.

2021-02-05

Puzzle
Indie
Simulator
Text
Educational

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while True: learn()

A compact, lighthearted single-player puzzle sim about building a cat-to-human translation system with neural networks.

2019-01-17

Puzzle
Indie
Simulator
Kids
Educational

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LogicBots

A single-player robot-building puzzle sim about wiring bots to solve logic challenges; reviewers enjoy the tinkering but find the UI clunky.

2017-02-08

Puzzle
Strategy
Third person
Indie
Simulator
Sandbox

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SHENZHEN I/O

A technical simulation game about designing circuits and writing code, with an incomplete manual, steep difficulty, and a median playtime of about 31 hours.

2016-11-17

Science fiction
Puzzle
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Simulator

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Neon Noodles

A dark single-player cyberpunk automation puzzle where you program and optimize culinary machines for a food-obsessed aristocracy.

2023-08-03

Science fiction
Puzzle
Adventure
Strategy
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Simulator
Sandbox
Kids

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EXAPUNKS

A single-player 1997-set programming puzzle game about a hacker trading hacks for phage medicine, with a challenging 15-16 hour campaign.

2018-10-22

Science fiction
Puzzle
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Simulator

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Manufactoria 2022

A playful, challenging constructive puzzle game about pushing robots and engineering solutions, with a lengthy ~30-hour campaign of open-ended automation problems.

2022-08-16

Puzzle
Simulator

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Alan's Automaton Workshop

An open-ended programming puzzle game about building Turing-machine-inspired automatons to solve client problems, with strong logic appeal but a sometimes-clunky interface.

2022-01-20

Simulator

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Robo Instructus

A single-player programming puzzle game where players guide a robot by issuing instructions, unlocking functions to solve multi-solution puzzles; reviewer impressions are mixed on controls but praise the puzzle design.

2019-07-16

Indie
Simulator

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Retro Gadgets

A sandbox for building and programming retro-style gadgets with logic puzzles and automation, best suited to players who already know Lua.

2022-11-30

First person
Puzzle
Indie
Simulator
Text
Sandbox