Games similar to The Codex of Alchemical Engineering

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[the Sequence]
Find your way across the grid using specific modules to alter your position.
Great Permutator
Use conveyor belts and transformation blocks to automate box transport across a small board.
Sokobot
Program little robots with simple commands to solve open-ended puzzles.
ABI-DOS
Build and optimize complex circuits to fix corrupted files and recover lost images.
ComPressure
Design computation units from pressure pipes and steam valves.
the Sequence [2]
Deploy new modules on hexagonal grids in this revamped automation sequel.
Octopticom
Position lasers, mirrors and other optical components to output the desired sequences of colors.
Prelogate
Control laser beams with optical tools and logic gates.
Automate It
Design assembly lines balancing time, space and energy constraints to manufacture various goods.
Infinite Turtles
Create and reuse components recursively to solve open-ended puzzles.
Warp Factory
Enhance your shape production lines with portal technology.
The Farmer Was Replaced
Write routines in a Python-like language to automate multiple farming tasks.
Opus Magnum
Program a transmutation engine to concoct potions and poisons.
Infinifactory
Construct furniture and spaceships for your alien overlords in this 3D engineering game.
SpaceChem
An open-ended engineering game about building factories to turn raw materials into chemicals.
Prime Mover
Set up circuit boards within circuit boards to create fast and efficient logic layouts.
Fractal Factory
Build a conveyor belt factory in a mind-bending, fractal space.
Kaizen: A Factory Story
Design production lines for camcorders and arcade machines from the outskirts of Tokyo.
Rodocodo: Code Hour
Guide the cat to the finish line in this gentle introduction to programming.
Shenzhen I/O
Build circuits and write assembly code in this open-ended programming game.
Manufactoria 2022
Build and optimize robot factories with conveyor belts and machinery.
Rush
Guide steady streams of cubes to their exit points.
Neon Noodles
Cook up a robotic factory to produce food for your ruthless aristocratic overlords.
7 Billion Humans
Apply parallel computing to a swarm of disposable office workers.
Alan's Automaton Workshop
Design mechanical birds, artificial hearts and coffee machines through state diagrams.
Omnibullet
Produce and recycle energy bullets to charge up waves of batteries.
Human Resource Machine
Program office workers to solve algorithmic puzzles.
Sushi for Robots
Set cooking stations along conveyor belts to serve fish and rice treats.
Beltmatic
A casual factory game where you extract and combine numbers.
QuantumPulse 2A
Create and optimize programs that blend assembly language and radio-based communication.

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