Games Like Copy Editor: A RegEx Puzzle

Copy Editor: A RegEx Puzzle

Copy Editor is an intricate puzzle game that teaches you Regular Expressions (RegEx), commonly used in computer science and language theory. Build complex rules that process and revise famous texts for your wacky and demanding publisher!

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Hack RUN

84% 👍 OF 238
About This Game

Ever wanted to be a hacker? Hack your way into the heart of a mysterious organization to uncover their secrets. Hack RUN® is a game which uses 'old school' command prompts (like DOS or UNIX) that simulate a real operating system. Learn the commands of each system to help you navigate through your adventure.

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SIC-1

95% 👍 OF 260
About This Game

SIC-1 is a single-instruction programming game. Neglect your personal life in pursuit of promotions and vague assurances of job security! Optimize your programs to rise to the top of the leaderboards! SIC Systems thanks you for your hard work! Now please return to your desk.

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CaseCracker

89% 👍 OF 3.5K
About This Game

No flashy visuals, just pure mental gymnastics. Actively search, cross-reference, and unravel the truth from a complex database. In this hardcore text-based deduction game, the devil is always in the details. Detective, are you ready?

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Search Police Records
  • …Connect Scattered Clues
  • …Rebuild Event Timelines
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EXAPUNKS

95% 👍 OF 1.9K
About This Game

The year is 1997. You used to be a hacker, but now you have the phage. You made a deal: one hack, one dose. There’s nothing left to lose… except your life.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Program Replicating Agents
  • …Hack Connected Networks
  • …Optimize Code Runs
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BalanCity

81% 👍 OF 909
About This Game

BalanCity is a city building / balance physics game. It's a mixture between old school SimCity and Jenga. You must build the tallest towering city over a balancing platform while keeping your citizens happy.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Build on a Seesaw
  • …Balance City Landmarks
  • …Keep Citizens Happy
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Station to Station

89% 👍 OF 2.0K
About This Game

‘Station to Station’ is a minimalist & relaxing game about building railway connections. Grab your conductor’s hat and bring the voxel-art world to life through the magic of trains!

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Connect Production Chains
  • …Stack Connection Rewards
  • …Budget Railway Routes
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I Expect You To Die 3: Cog in the Machine

91% 👍 OF 646
About This Game

Outwit your most cunning adversary to date in the latest installment of this popular, spy-themed VR puzzle series. Wield new gadgets, visit action-packed locales, and wear custom disguises as you dive back into the world of espionage in this escape room game.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Manipulate Objects Remotely
  • …Solve Spy Traps
  • …Choose Undercover Gear
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TIS-100

97% 👍 OF 4.1K
About This Game

TIS-100 is an open-ended programming game by Zachtronics, the creators of SpaceChem and Infinifactory, in which you rewrite corrupted code segments to repair the TIS-100 and unlock its secrets. It’s the assembly language programming game you never asked for!

Player reviews say you can…

  • …print out a real reference manual, then use it to solve the menu that turns out to be the first puzzle.
  • …split one problem across 12 nodes running at once, coordinating them until the outputs line up in the right order.
  • …build your own games inside the machine using a visual console sandbox after you repair enough corrupted segments.
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7 Billion Humans

94% 👍 OF 2.1K
About This Game

Automate swarms of office workers to solve puzzles inside your very own parallel computer made of people. A thrilling followup to the award winning Human Resource Machine. Now with more humans!

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Program Workers Together
  • …Sort Objects With Code
  • …Optimize Code Runs
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Heavenly Bodies

95% 👍 OF 4.5K
About This Game

Wrangle the hands and arms of a 1970s space cosmonaut and push, pull and twist your way through an increasingly precarious range of physically simulated stellar scenarios, where without gravity, nothing is still, nothing is secure, and nothing is simple.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Steer With Each Hand
  • …Repair Solar Arrays
  • …Build Space Telescopes
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while True: learn()

91% 👍 OF 8.2K
About This Game

You’re a machine learning specialist who makes neural networks but your cat seems to be better at it. Now you must solve puzzles to build a cat-to-human translation system (who knows what else this cat is capable of!). Earn a fortune, buy kickass cat outfits, learn how machine learning really works!

Player reviews say you can…

  • …build a cat-to-human translation system so you can understand your cat.
  • …build a self-driving car and make your cat the pilot.
  • …launch startups that can make you millions in shares or wipe you out with bankruptcy and a full restart.
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The Signal State

87% 👍 OF 700
About This Game

Set in a post-apocalyptic future, The Signal State puts your logic skills to the test with complex puzzles inspired by modular synthesizers. Repair machines, rebuild an abandoned farm, and be part of a revolution that will change the fate of agriculture once and for all.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Patch Synth Modules
  • …Match Target Signals
  • …Repair Farm Machinery