Games Like Great Permutator

Great Permutator

Great Permutator is a puzzle. Hard and tricky. One in which you will have to build a complex system of conveyors and various devices so that the colored boxes can travel across the factory and arrive at right places and in right order. If you are into clever engineering puzzles, this game is for you.

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SpaceChem

92% 👍 OF 5.1K
About This Game

Zachtronics is back with an ambitious new design-based puzzle game. Take on the role of a Reactor Engineer working for SpaceChem, the leading chemical synthesizer for frontier colonies. Construct elaborate factories to transform raw materials into valuable chemical products!

In this game, you can…

  • …connect multiple reactors so one puzzle becomes an entire production chain with pipes feeding outputs into the next step.
  • …pack a full solution into a tiny reactor by shaving parts, rerouting, and ending on a precise manual switch sequence.
  • …use flip-flops and timing rules to build counters and branching behavior that makes your reactor act like a program.
Puzzle Difficult Programming Indie Logic
REL Mar 2, 2011 ★ $9.99 ON STEAM See This Game →
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[the Sequence]

90% 👍 OF 179
About This Game

[the Sequence] is a logic construction puzzler.Let your mind be your guide: Lay down seven different kinds of modules as your roadblocks to get you (portrayed as a binary data point) to a sweet destination.Apply an out-of-the-box thinking to get you to the next level!

Automation Puzzle Programming Logic Minimalist
REL Mar 30, 2016 ★ $4.99 ON STEAM See This Game →
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Turing Complete

96% 👍 OF 5.5K
About This Game

Learn CPU architecture with puzzles

In this game, 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.
Programming Logic Education Puzzle Simulation
REL Oct 2, 2021 ★ $19.99 ON STEAM See This Game →
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Opus Magnum

97% 👍 OF 7.2K
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!

In this game, 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.
Puzzle Programming Automation Indie Simulation
REL Dec 7, 2017 ★ $19.99 ON STEAM See This Game →
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Nimbatus - The Space Drone Constructor

79% 👍 OF 2.2K
About This Game

Command the Nimbatus and craft drones out of hundreds of different parts. Survive unknown threats in a fully destructible, procedural universe, compete against other players in different arenas or enjoy complete creative freedom in the sandbox.

Strategy Singleplayer Adventure Sci-fi Space Sim
REL May 14, 2020 ★ $19.99 ON STEAM See This Game →
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Kaizen: A Factory Story

92% 👍 OF 715
About This Game

Kaizen is an open-ended puzzle automation game from the original Zachtronics team, set in 1980s Japan. Design, build, and optimize production lines to create iconic products, like calculators, camcorders, and arcade machines.

In this game, you can…

  • …pause, rewind, and jump into the middle of a run to change your factory while watching the timeline update instantly.
  • …stay on a single step, move an arm, and see the future path change as if you edited time.
  • …watch parts get carved, glued, welded, riveted, drilled, and assembled into recognizable 1980s products like calculators and camcorders.
Programming Strategy Simulation Puzzle Automation
REL Jul 14, 2025 ★ $19.99 ON STEAM See This Game →
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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!

In this game, 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.
Programming Puzzle Indie Simulation Difficult
REL Jul 20, 2015 ★ $6.99 ON STEAM See This Game →
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