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2019PCSteam Deck playable91 % positive7.15 €

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.

  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Challenging difficulty

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In short: Games like Molek-Syntez

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Molek-Syntez special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Exapunks

97 %Match

2018PCSteam Deck playable96 % positive14.25 €

Brings what grabs you about Molek-Syntez: puzzles to figure out, a demanding difficulty and a clearly guided structure.

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.

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TIS-100

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.

Last Call BBS

Puzzles and brain teasers

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.

Shenzhen I/O

Puzzles and brain teasers

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.

Infinifactory

Pure single-player experience

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.

ReThink

Pure single-player experience

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.

Quantum Odyssey

Puzzles and brain teasers

A puzzle game where you visually build quantum circuits and algorithms, learning the fundamentals of quantum computing along the way. Difficulty ramps up steadily until you are constructing real, hardware-ready algorithms.

Q.U.B.E.

Pure single-player experience

A first-person puzzle game set in a minimalist world of white cubes, where special gloves let you manipulate coloured blocks. The puzzles rely on physics, timing and spatial thinking.

Human Resource Machine

Pure single-player experience

You program a little office worker with simple assembly-like commands to automate tasks handed down by your boss. A witty, satirical logic puzzler that teaches programming through play and gets properly tricky later on.

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