Best Programming games on PC
Games tagged Programming make writing, arranging, or debugging instructions a central part of play, often to solve logic puzzles, automate tasks, or control simulated systems.
- Writing and debugging instructions
- Logic puzzles and automation
- Iterative problem solving
Related: Automation, Logic, Puzzle, Simulation
241 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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Stormworks: Build and Rescue
Open-world vehicle-building sandbox with programmable air and sea rescues
90% positive
59K reviews
Baba Is You
Single-player logic puzzles where pushing words rewrites the rules
98% positive
22K reviews
Hacknet
Terminal-based hacking simulation built around a dead hacker's instructions
94% positive
18K reviews
The Farmer Was Replaced
Farming automation game where Python-like code runs a drone
95% positive
9,946 reviews
Upload Labs
An idle simulation about building and optimizing node-based computer systems
91% positive
Free
Bitburner
An idle programming RPG built around automating a hacker's work
94% positive
Free
Software Inc.
Software company management sim with free-form office building
93% positive
8,032 reviews
Mad Games Tycoon 2
Game development management sim about building a studio empire
93% positive
7,780 reviews
while True: learn()
Machine learning puzzles about building a translator for your cat
91% positive
7,697 reviews
Starbase
Multiplayer space sandbox centered on building ships bolt by bolt
55% positive
6,768 reviews
Opus Magnum
Open-ended automation puzzles with programmable arms and alchemical machines
97% positive
6,250 reviews
Turing Complete
Logic puzzle simulator about building computers from NAND gates
95% positive
5,918 reviews
Arctic Eggs
First-person cooking game about flipping strange ingredients for hungry residents
96% positive
5,632 reviews
The Perfect Tower II
Incremental tower defense with automation, town building, and minigames
86% positive
Free
Mad Games Tycoon
Game studio management sim about making games and growing your company
91% positive
4,422 reviews
SHENZHEN I/O
Programming puzzles about building circuits and coding tiny chips
95% positive
3,903 reviews
Autonauts
Colony-building simulation where you program bots to automate tasks
90% positive
3,737 reviews
TIS-100
Programming puzzles about routing data through a computer's limited nodes
97% positive
3,545 reviews
Human Resource Machine
Programming puzzle game about automating an office worker's assignments
94% positive
3,444 reviews
Juno: New Origins
Aerospace sandbox for building rockets and programming their flights
89% positive
3,346 reviews
I hate this game
Puzzle platformer with a new mechanic in every level
92% positive
2,899 reviews
SpaceChem
Programming-style puzzle game about designing factories for chemical production
95% positive
2,698 reviews
Duskers
Space survival strategy through typed commands and salvage runs
89% positive
2,415 reviews
Screeps: World
Persistent multiplayer strategy sandbox where your JavaScript controls a colony
86% positive
2,048 reviews