Craftomation 101: Programming & Craft

Visual programming and automation to terraform frozen planets with robots

Luden.io · Released Sep 14, 2026

Reviews: Very Positive; 83% of 694
Recent reviews: Mixed; 61% of 54 in 30 days
Playing now: 41; right now
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update: 4 days ago; Sep 18, 2026

Free demo available, 3 playing it now: get the demo.

What is Craftomation 101: Programming & Craft?

This 2D visual programming and automation game takes place on procedurally generated frozen planets. After landing with one robot, you connect blocks to program robots to gather and craft materials, build more robots, fuel fires, and work toward terraforming the planet.

For you if...

+you enjoy solving logic puzzles by refining robot routines
+you like experimenting with automated crafting systems
+you prefer visual programming to writing code

Not for you if...

−you want detailed guidance for every programming block
−you dislike managing fuel and heat while programming
−you want a long campaign with varied objectives

What players say

83% of 694 reviews are positive · 61% of 54 in the last 30 days

Players praise the approachable visual programming and the satisfaction of making robot routines more efficient. They complain about a clunky editor and limited, repetitive content. Following the full release, some players report robots ignoring instructions and functions failing to save.

Screenshots and trailer

Craftomation 101: Programming & Craft system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Windows Vista / 7 / 8 / 10 / 11
Processor: 1.2 GHz
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 3000, OpenGL 2.0+
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Storage: 100 MB available space
DirectX: Version 9.0

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux
Achievements: 33
Steam features: Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards

Steam Deck: Playable

Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

Multiplayer and co-op

Single-player

Languages

Text only: English, Russian, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Bulgarian, Dutch, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese, Czech, Danish, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Indonesian, Japanese, Norwegian, Portuguese - Brazil, Romanian, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Hebrew, Malay.