The top results based on the latest update are 7 Billion Humans [Score: 3.2], SpaceChem [Score: 2.8] and Opus Magnum [Score: 2.8].
The top rated games you can find here are Game Dev Tycoon [SteamPeek Rating: 9.8] ranked #110, Baba Is You [SteamPeek Rating: 9.1] ranked #38 and There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension [SteamPeek Rating: 8.8] ranked #207.
Also don't forget to check the newest releases SOLAS 128 [Release date: 2021-01-25] ranked #40, Super Dango [Release date: 2021-01-19] ranked #91 and The Penguin IQ Test [Release date: 2021-01-05] ranked #31.
While it is tempting to play with the newest and the best, there might be some other gems in the results, like Pictopix [SteamPeek Rating: 6.1] ranked #52, I hate this game [SteamPeek Rating: 6.4] ranked #54 and Hexcells [SteamPeek Rating: 7.9] ranked #59.
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.
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Release date: 23 Aug, 2018
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!
ProgrammingPuzzleIndieSimulationEducationTouch-FriendlySingleplayerGreat SoundtrackLogicFunnySatireAutomationCasual
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Release date: 2 Mar, 2011
Zachtronics is back with an ambitious new design-based puzzle game. Take on the role of a Reactor Engineer working for SpaceChem, the leading chemical synthesizer for frontier colonies. Construct elaborate factories to transform raw materials into valuable chemical products!
PuzzleDifficultProgrammingIndieLogicSingleplayerAutomationSci-fiGreat SoundtrackScience2DSpaceSimulationCasualIlluminatiAddictiveEducationStrategyTouch-FriendlyBuilding
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Release date: 7 Dec, 2017
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!
PuzzleProgrammingIndieAutomationSimulationLogicSingleplayerGreat SoundtrackBuildingSteampunkSandboxDifficult2DEarly AccessCasual
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Release date: 19 Nov, 2020
Charge is a level-based puzzle game where you control the flow of charge around a circuit board. Arrange pre-built components into wondrous machines that take advantage of available resources and design your own modules from scratch.
PuzzleProgrammingAutomationCasualStrategySimulationLogicIndieManagementScienceBuilding2DSingleplayerElectronicEducationPhysicsSandboxDifficult
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Release date: 17 Nov, 2016
BUILD CIRCUITS. WRITE CODE. RTFM.
ProgrammingAutomationPuzzleLogicSimulationIndieDifficultSingleplayerEducationBuildingSandboxGreat Soundtrack
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Release date: February 5, 2021
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.
ProgrammingPuzzleSimulationIndieRetroEducationDifficultBuildingSandboxHacking2DAutomationLogicTypingScienceSingleplayerText-BasedMinimalistOld School1980s
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Release date: 17 Jan, 2019
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!
ProgrammingSimulationEducationPuzzleBuildingSandboxIndieScienceCatsInvestigationUndergroundTranshumanismDynamic NarrationIntentionally Awkward ControlsLogicSingleplayer
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Release date: 30 Jun, 2015
Infinifactory is a sandbox puzzle game by Zachtronics, the creators of SpaceChem and Infiniminer. Build factories that assemble products for your alien overlords, and try not to die in the process.
PuzzleIndieBuildingAutomationProgrammingSandboxSimulationSingleplayerSci-fiFirst-PersonDifficultLogicSpaceGreat SoundtrackStrategy
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Release date: 20 Jul, 2015
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!
ProgrammingPuzzleIndieSimulationDifficultHackingSingleplayerLogicEducationAutomation
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Release date: 22 Oct, 2018
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.
ProgrammingHackingPuzzleIndieAutomationSimulationLogicCyberpunkSingleplayerGreat SoundtrackDifficultSandbox
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Release date: 29 Nov, 2019
You are in charge of a futuristic kitchen operating in a mysterious cyberpunk world. Automate your robot chefs to cook recipes in perfectly elegant loops to create well oiled machines that churn out dish after dish. It's a zach-like!
ProgrammingCookingCyberpunkCasualBuildingSandboxRobotsAutomationDifficultPuzzleSimulationLogicSci-fiSingleplayerControllerEarly AccessIndieReplay ValueMultiplayerGreat Soundtrack
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Release date: Q3 2020 - Wishlist and follow!
In this tactical game, use logic programming to solve puzzles and beat each level. Gather unique skills, use visual programming, automate your character and defeat your enemies! Choose wisely and enjoy this adventure!
PuzzleProgrammingIndieEducationSimulationSandboxStrategyRPGMinimalistCasualSingleplayerAutomationLogic
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Release date: Jul 2021
Copy Editor is an intricate puzzle game that teaches you Regular Expressions (RegEx), commonly used in computer science and language theory. Build complex rules that process and sanitize text for your wacky and demanding publisher who is in turmoil over comical errors in a variety of manuscripts.
SimulationPuzzleProgrammingExperimentalEducationHackingWord GameLevel EditorMinimalistText-BasedRelaxingEarly AccessStrategyCasualIndieTacticalComedyTutorialMultiplayerSingleplayer
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Release date: 8 May, 2015
This mind-bending game will challenge you to create complex structures to get your woodland creatures over vast chasms. In a bridge-builder first, you'll guide your creatures and construct your bridges in real time. Use the weight of various creatures to balance your structures as you build them.
IndiePuzzleCasualStrategyAdventure2DSingleplayerPhysicsBuildingFamily FriendlyTouch-FriendlyComedySimulationShoot 'Em UpAnimeFunnyDifficultAtmospheric
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Release date: 16 Oct, 2017
Senalux is a hex-based puzzle game about optics where you solve challenging puzzles with colorful lasers. Use the red, green and blue lasers, combine them to the right color and illuminate the target.
PuzzleIndieDifficultLogicHex GridSimulationSingleplayerScienceProgrammingCasualSci-fiMinimalist2DAbstractLevel EditorSandboxPhysics
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Release date: 21 May, 2018
Retrace the path of the Prime Mover to uncover the story of the Byte of Burden! Prime Mover is an open-ended puzzle game about designing circuit boards.
IndieSimulationProgrammingPuzzleSci-fiSingleplayerDifficultEducationGreat SoundtrackSciencePixel Graphics
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Release date: 13 Oct, 2008
World of Goo is a multiple award winning physics based puzzle / construction game made entirely by two guys.
PuzzleIndiePhysicsSingleplayerGreat SoundtrackCasual2DCuteComedyBuildingFunnyAtmosphericSatireClassicTouch-FriendlySurrealStory RichDifficultStrategyFamily Friendly
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Release date: 7 Aug, 2019
Build machines... break codes... win the war! It's 1942 and the world is engulfed in war. Meanwhile, in a country mansion in South East England, a group of expert mathematicians are fighting a war of their own, breaking an unbreakable Nazi code... Enigma!
IndieStrategyPuzzleLogicProgrammingAutomationMouse onlyWorld War II2DSingleplayerEducationBuildingWarSimulationDifficult
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Release date: Soon
Build a functional computer through challenging logic puzzles
ProgrammingSimulationEducationPuzzleLogicHackingSci-fiBuildingAutomation2DSingleplayerStylized
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Release date: 19 Nov, 2012
Throw your toys into your fire, and play with them as they burn. An adventure that takes place almost entirely in front of a fireplace - about looking up up up out of the chimney, and the cold world just on the other side of the wall. From the creators of World of Goo and Human Resource Machine.
CasualIndiePuzzleSingleplayerSatireFunnyComedyShortGreat SoundtrackAdventureDark HumorSandboxStory RichAtmosphericDarkTouch-FriendlyPoint & Click2DSurrealParody
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Release date: 1 Dec, 2020
Block motion is a puzzle / design game where you place functional blocks to design a working factory. Build your design, press play and watch your factory in action. You have the freedom to solve the challenges any way you want; The only limit is your imagination.
PuzzleLogicBuildingVoxelSimulationMinimalistLevel EditorIndieSandboxProgrammingFirst-PersonAutomationSingleplayerExperimental3DStylizedResource Management3D PlatformerPuzzle PlatformerColorful
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Release date: 30 Nov, 2017
Take action - defense game. Rush in and protect your own castle right now!
IndieCasualStrategySimulationTower DefenseSingleplayer2DFunnyGreat SoundtrackAddictiveTouch-FriendlyTurn-BasedComedyClassicSurvivalZombiesCutePuzzleFamily FriendlyDifficult
Release date: 16 Oct, 2020
Make a Snake AI using simple visual commands. Develop a strategy, let the computer do the hard work, sit back and watch it play the game for you.
ProgrammingEducationHackingAutomationArtificial IntelligenceExperimentalStrategy2DPuzzleMinimalistLogicSimulationGrid-Based MovementSingleplayerEarly AccessIndie
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Release date: 16 Jul, 2019
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.
ProgrammingPuzzleLogicDifficultRobotsPixel Graphics2DSci-fiEducationSingleplayerIndieSimulationBattle RoyaleRetroFPSRPG
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