Games Like The Signal State

The Signal State

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.

★ VIRTUAL CIRCUIT BOARD ★ EXAPUNKS ★ QUANTUM ODYSSEY ★ RETRO GADGETS ★ TURING COMPLETE ★ LOGIC WORLD ★ MOLEK-SYNTEZ ★ INFINIFACTORY ★ ALAN'S AUTOMATON WORKSHOP ★ LOGICBOTS ★ SHENZHEN I/O ★ OPUS MAGNUM ★ WE ♥ IT 
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Virtual Circuit Board

92% 👍 OF 323
About This Game

Virtual Circuit Board is the sandbox drawing-based logic simulator where you can build, program, decorate, and simulate anything from simple monochrome circuits to complex and colorful computers. Play with digital logic in this sandbox-only experience.

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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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Quantum Odyssey

93% 👍 OF 175
About This Game

See the logic all of us obey. Design, optimize, and reverse-engineer real quantum algorithms in an open-ended Zachlike puzzle game. Solve 500+ visual puzzles and hack other players’ creations. No coding or physics background required.

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Turing Complete

96% 👍 OF 5.7K
About This Game

Learn CPU architecture with puzzles

Player reviews say you can…

  • …build a working CPU starting from a single NAND gate.
  • …design your own instruction set, choose the opcodes, and write programs in your own assembly language.
  • …install a keyboard, monitor, sound, network, and a file reader that can pull bytes from your real computer into the simulated machine.
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MOLEK-SYNTEZ

89% 👍 OF 699
About This Game

Use the MOLEK-SYNTEZ to create small molecules with various pharmacological effects from the comfort of your small Romanian apartment.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Program Molecular Cursors
  • …Assemble Drug Molecules
  • …Optimize Synthesis Runs
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Infinifactory

95% 👍 OF 2.5K
About This Game

Infinifactory is a sandbox puzzle game by Zachtronics, the creators of SpaceChem and Infiniminer. Build factories that assemble products for your alien overlords, and try not to die in the process.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Assemble Alien Products
  • …Build 3D Factories
  • …Optimize Three Metrics
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Alan's Automaton Workshop

83% 👍 OF 215
About This Game

Alan's Automaton Workshop is an open-ended programming puzzle game. Start a new business with Alan Turing and his groundbreaking innovation: the Turing Machine. Build unique automatons, and solve all kinds of problems from clients.

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SHENZHEN I/O

95% 👍 OF 4.5K
About This Game

BUILD CIRCUITS. WRITE CODE. RTFM.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …cram a working gadget into absurdly tight code limits, like 9 or 14 instructions, until every single word matters.
  • …build your own devices in the sandbox, including full games people recreate inside it, like in-game Tetris.
  • …wire up microcontrollers, memory, logic chips, and LCDs, then write tiny assembly programs where each instruction can run conditionally.
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Opus Magnum

97% 👍 OF 7.3K
About This Game

Opus Magnum is the latest open-ended puzzle game from Zachtronics, the creators of SpaceChem, Infinifactory, and SHENZHEN I/O. Design and build machines that assemble potions, poisons, and more using the alchemical engineer’s most advanced tool: the transmutation engine!

Player reviews say you can…

  • …place your inputs and outputs anywhere, then build across an effectively unlimited grid with the full toolset from the start.
  • …export your working solution as an animated GIF that loops forever and share the machine in motion.
  • …turn raw materials into stranger products by bonding, unbonding, and transforming them in long repeating chains of steps.