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2015PC97 % positive4.99 €

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.

Puzzles and brain teasers
Challenging difficulty
Deep systems to master
Sci-fi setting

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The closest matches for TIS-100 are Shenzhen I/O, Hadean Lands and Exapunks. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes TIS-100 special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Shenzhen I/O

93 %Match

2016PCSteam Deck playable95 % positive10.75 €

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.

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Hadean Lands

Deep systems to master

A pure text adventure about alchemy aboard a crashed starship. You solve intricate, interlocking puzzles by planning rituals and typing commands, making for a demanding and rewarding experience.

Exapunks

Deep systems to master

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.

SpaceChem

Deep systems to master

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.

Infinifactory

Sci-fi setting

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.

Hacker Evolution

Pure single-player experience

A hacking simulation played through a simulated terminal: you break into remote systems by analysing code and solving puzzles while a tracing countdown pressures you.

Molek-Syntez

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.

Great Permutator

Deep systems to master

A tough engineering puzzle where you build networks of conveyors and devices so colored boxes reach the right destinations in the correct order. Suited to fans of SpaceChem and Manufactoria.

Hacknet

Pure single-player experience

Hacknet is a hacking simulator played entirely in a terminal, where you use real-style commands to break into systems and uncover the mysterious death of a hacker. It offers little hand-holding, plenty of secrets and an atmospheric network full of puzzles.

ReThink

Sci-fi setting

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.