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2018 PCSteam Deck playable 14.25 € 95 % positive Overwhelmingly positive, 1,766 reviews on Steam

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.

What defines Exapunks:

  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Challenging difficulty
  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • Sci-fi setting

The closest matches for Exapunks are Neon Noodles: Cyberpunk Kitchen Automation, Molek-Syntez and SpaceChem. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Exapunks special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Molek-Syntez

Challenging difficulty

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.

SpaceChem

Challenging difficulty

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.

Volume

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.

Lightmatter

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.

U.V.S. Nirmana

Challenging difficulty

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.

TIS-100

Challenging difficulty

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.

Trans Neuronica

Linear, curated structure

A logic puzzle game where you play an AI linking nodes, untangling paths and rebuilding memories while judging which humans deserve your trust. Seems a quiet, cerebral sci-fi indie puzzler.

Timelie

Distinctive, stylised art style

A stealth puzzle game where you scrub through time like a media player to slip past guards. You guide a girl with precognitive powers and her cat, planning each escape step by step.

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