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
72 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
Stormworks: Build and Rescue
Open-world vehicle-building sandbox with programmable air and sea rescues
91% positive
60K reviews
Hacknet
Terminal-based hacking simulation built around a dead hacker's instructions
94% positive
26K reviews
Baba Is You
Single-player logic puzzles where pushing words rewrites the rules
98% positive
25K reviews
Drunken Wrestlers 2
Physics-based multiplayer fighter with ragdoll combat and custom maps
87% positive
19K reviews
The Farmer Was Replaced
Farming automation game where Python-like code runs a drone
96% positive
9,534 reviews
while True: learn()
Machine learning puzzles about building a translator for your cat
91% positive
8,229 reviews
Software Inc.
Software company management sim with free-form office building
94% positive
7,838 reviews
Mad Games Tycoon 2
Game development management sim about building a studio empire
94% positive
7,822 reviews
Opus Magnum
Open-ended automation puzzles with programmable arms and alchemical machines
97% positive
7,259 reviews
Starbase
Multiplayer space sandbox centered on building ships bolt by bolt
55% positive
6,768 reviews
Arctic Eggs
First-person cooking game about flipping strange ingredients for hungry residents
96% positive
6,174 reviews
Turing Complete
Logic puzzle simulator about building computers from NAND gates
96% positive
5,758 reviews
SpaceChem
Programming-style puzzle game about designing factories for chemical production
92% positive
5,090 reviews
Autonauts
Colony-building simulation where you program bots to automate tasks
89% positive
4,968 reviews
Human Resource Machine
Programming puzzle game about automating an office worker's assignments
94% positive
4,702 reviews
SHENZHEN I/O
Programming puzzles about building circuits and coding tiny chips
95% positive
4,529 reviews
The Perfect Tower II
Incremental tower defense with automation, town building, and minigames
87% positive
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Mad Games Tycoon
Game studio management sim about making games and growing your company
91% positive
4,422 reviews
TIS-100
Programming puzzles about routing data through a computer's limited nodes
97% positive
4,113 reviews
Juno: New Origins
Aerospace sandbox for building rockets and programming their flights
89% positive
3,547 reviews
Duskers
Space survival strategy through typed commands and salvage runs
90% positive
2,818 reviews
Infinifactory
First-person factory puzzles about building and refining alien assembly lines
95% positive
2,485 reviews
Uplink
Hacking strategy game about contract jobs and covering your tracks
91% positive
2,440 reviews
Nimbatus - The Space Drone Constructor
Space drone-building simulation with destructible planets and automated machines
79% positive
2,172 reviews