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2015PC97 % positive4.99 €

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.

  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Challenging difficulty
  • Deep systems to master
  • Sci-fi setting
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2016PC, Steam Deck playable95 % positive10.75 €

Brings what grabs you about TIS-100: puzzles to figure out, complex systems to tinker with and a demanding difficulty.

A Zachtronics programming puzzler where you build circuits and write code in a compact assembly language. The authentic-feeling manual and demanding optimization challenges make it a true tinkerer's test.

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Sci-fi setting

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Hadean Lands

Puzzles and brain teasers

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.

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.

Great Permutator

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A tough engineering puzzle where you build networks of conveyors and devices so colored boxes reach the right destinations in the correct order. Suited to fans of SpaceChem and Manufactoria.

Exapunks

Puzzles and brain teasers

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.

Hacker Evolution

Pure single-player experience

A hacking simulation played through a simulated terminal: you break into remote systems by analysing code and solving puzzles while a tracing countdown pressures you.

ReThink

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A first-person puzzle game where you play an inmate in a 2275 correctional facility, solving about 60 logic puzzles of varying types and difficulty to earn your freedom.

Hack Run

Calm and deliberate

A hacking puzzle game played entirely through a simulated DOS/UNIX-style command-line operating system. You infiltrate a mysterious organization step by step and uncover its secrets.

Turing Complete

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You build a computer from the ground up, from basic logic gates to your own CPU and assembly programming. A cleverly structured puzzle game that teaches computing one layer of abstraction at a time.

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