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2018PEGI 16PC, Steam Deck playable96 % positive14.25 €

A programming puzzle game set in a 1990s hacker world, where you write assembly-like scripts for tiny spider-bots that crawl through other people's networks. It pairs a grim cyberpunk story about a deadly virus with a charming zine-style manual.

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  • Challenging difficulty
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A programming puzzler where you write assembly-style code for a broken, fictional computer to fix its nodes. Dry, demanding and all about tinkering and optimizing solutions.

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Hacknet is a hacking simulator played entirely in a terminal, where you use real-style commands to break into systems and uncover the mysterious death of a hacker. It offers little hand-holding, plenty of secrets and an atmospheric network full of puzzles.

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A pure text adventure about alchemy aboard a crashed starship. You solve intricate, interlocking puzzles by planning rituals and typing commands, making for a demanding and rewarding experience.

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A puzzle game where you assemble small molecules with pharmacological effects using the Molek-Syntez machine in a cramped Romanian apartment. It pairs fiddly synthesis challenges with an unusual, austere atmosphere.

SpaceChem

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A demanding programming puzzler where you lay out waldo paths and instructions to build reactors that break apart and assemble molecules. Open-ended solutions and optimization histograms reward creative, engineer-style thinking.

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You program a little office worker with simple assembly-like commands to automate tasks handed down by your boss. A witty, satirical logic puzzler that teaches programming through play and gets properly tricky later on.

The Case of the Golden Idol

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You investigate twelve baffling deaths spanning centuries, gathering clues in pixel-art crime scenes and piecing together names, motives and sequences into your own theory. Pure deduction with little hand-holding makes it feel like genuine detective work.

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