SHENZHEN I/O
Games like SHENZHEN I/O

Games like 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.

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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

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SHENZHEN I/O
Games like SHENZHEN I/O

Games like 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.

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

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

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

SIC-1

A satirical single-instruction programming puzzle game about optimizing code and climbing office leaderboards, with a brain-bending but sometimes tedious challenge.

2022-12-02

Indie
Simulator

MHRD

A single-player hardware design sim where you build circuits in an HDL from logic gates up to a CPU over about six hours, with a sometimes-tedious feel.

2017-01-05

Puzzle
Indie
Simulator

PC Building Simulator

A challenging, educational simulation of running a PC repair shop, where you diagnose, fix, and build computers with realistic components and grow your enterprise.

2019-01-29

First person
Strategy
Indie
Simulator
Educational

The Signal State

A post-apocalyptic logic puzzler where you repair machines and rebuild a farm using modular-synthesizer-inspired puzzles in a short ~7-hour experience.

2021-09-23

Puzzle
Simulator

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

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

Kaizen: A Factory Story

An open-ended puzzle automation game set in 1980s Japan, where you design and refine production lines for real-world electronics—accessible, meditative, and deeply satisfying to optimize.

2025-07-14

Puzzle
Strategy
Bird view / Isometric
Simulator
Business

Silicon Zeroes

An open-ended hardware-building puzzle game set in Silicon Valley's first startup, with a light story and reviewer-reported playtime of about 3.5 hours.

2017-09-18

Puzzle
Indie
Simulator

Last Call BBS

A retro-styled collection of challenging automation and logic puzzles with a BBS framing, offering split-screen multiplayer and absorbing playtimes that often reach dozens of hours.

2022-08-03

Science fiction
Puzzle
Strategy
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Simulator
Arcade
Sandbox

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