Games Like FORK BOMB: A Programming Game

FORK BOMB: A Programming Game

Write real code in a Python-like language to control one machine that copies itself. Then watch a thousand copies of your program eat a world. A single-player programming incremental game about self-replicating machines.

★ UNIVERSE HORIZON ★ SPACECHEM ★ UPLOAD LABS ★ IDLE SPIRAL ★ THE FARMER WAS REPLACED ★ ABI-DOS ★ BITBURNER ★ ORBITMINE ★ QUANTUM ODYSSEY ★ WE ♥ IT 
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Universe Horizon

89% 👍 OF 235
About This Game

An idle incremental game where you decide to travel across the whole Universe. Embark on this journey in your little ship and get as far away as possible from Earth, gathering resources and upgrading your spaceship along the way.

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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!

Player reviews say 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.
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Upload Labs

92% 👍 OF 8.6K
About This Game

A sci-fi management game where you build and optimize your computer's system from the ground up. Connect and configure interconnected nodes to efficiently download, process, and upload files. Manage your setup, solve system challenges, and become the ultimate system architect

Player reviews say you can…

  • …start by downloading a tiny text file, then scale up to building quantum computer chips
  • …mine premium Tokens with GPU work, or breach banks by hacking for +20 Tokens per level
  • …feed downloaded files into an AI, evolve it into a bigger money engine, and push toward Artificial General Intelligence
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Idle Spiral

80% 👍 OF 1.9K
About This Game

This is a beautiful "Idle", "Incremental" game based on spirals and mathematics. Your goal is to make the spiral grow farther and farther from the origin. The game is very simple, but it is very deep and can be enjoyed for a long time!

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Grow Mathematical Spirals
  • …Reset for Growth
  • …Fight Enemy Spirals
REL Apr 30, 2022 FREE ON STEAM See This Game →
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The Farmer Was Replaced

96% 👍 OF 9.7K
About This Game

Program and optimize a drone to automate a farm and watch it do the work for you. Collect resources to unlock better technology and become the most efficient farmer in the world. Improve your problem solving and coding skills.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …write code that unlocks upgrades, uses them to unlock more upgrades, and keeps going until it finishes the entire game by itself.
  • …restart from scratch and race for world-best times with a program that speedruns the full game automatically from the beginning.
  • …merge harvested pumpkins into one massive pumpkin that fills the entire field.
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ABI-DOS

92% 👍 OF 439
About This Game

Build the most advanced operating system ever created! Can you master the fictional simulation language of this mind-bending machine? Design circuits, automate UBITS (coloured mobile data blocks), and optimize your system. The Admin is always watching, and he’s not what he seems.

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Bitburner

95% 👍 OF 7.4K
About This Game

Bitburner is a programming-based incremental game. Write scripts in JavaScript to automate gameplay, learn skills, play minigames, solve puzzles, and more in this cyberpunk text-based incremental RPG.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …earn "exploit" achievements by writing programs that edit the game itself from inside its own scripting sandbox.
  • …build a worm that crawls the internet, takes over machines, and sets up server farms as it spreads.
  • …build an automated stock system that buys, sells, and manipulates prices for a 98%+ chance to rise every tick.
REL Dec 10, 2021 FREE ON STEAM See This Game →
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Orbitmine

82% 👍 OF 503
About This Game

Orbit a planet, fire your laser, and mine it to the core. Upgrade your ship and conquer seasonal hazards across four unique zones. A satisfying incremental mining game set in space.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Laser-Mine Planet Layers
  • …Mine Through Four Seasons
  • …Outlast Seasonal Hazards