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The closest matches for Exapunks are Infinifactory, Shenzhen I/O and Molek-Syntez. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Exapunks special – the reasons are listed right on each game.
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A 3D engineering puzzler from Zachtronics in which you build factory lines for alien captors that assemble products. The appeal lies in tinkering and optimizing your solutions against other players' results.
90 % 10.75 €
Linear, curated structure
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.
89 % 7.15 €
Linear, curated structure
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.
88 % 7.15 €
Puzzles and brain teasers
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.
86 % 15.49 €
Puzzles and brain teasers
An engineering puzzle game where you travel aboard an ancient void ship, visiting distant worlds and civilizations and helping them with clever builds. From the makers of Kaizen, in the Zach-like tradition.
85 % 4.99 €
Puzzles and brain teasers
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.
85 % 14.25 €
Distinctive, stylised art style
A collection of compact puzzle games framed as downloads from a retro dial-up bulletin board. The final Zachtronics release offers clever tinkering challenges wrapped in nostalgia and dry humor.
85 % 17.99 €
Strong, story-driven narrative
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.
84 % 19.50 €
Dark, serious atmosphere
An atmospheric first-person puzzle game where shadows are deadly and you must manipulate light sources to progress safely. Its comic-book look and gloomy sci-fi mood recall Portal and The Talos Principle.
84 % 17.99 €
Distinctive, stylised art style
A minimalist top-down stealth game that retells Robin Hood in a near-future setting. You plan routes past guards and sneak through levels while Andy Serkis helps carry the story.
