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Automation games

Every automation programming game in the catalog — 7 titles, ranked by rating.

Automation programming games share one promise: the interesting action happens after your instructions run. This page collects the 7 automation titles in the catalog and ranks them by rating so you can compare the strongest options first.

The best starting points here are The Farmer Was Replaced, Stone Story RPG and Autonauts. They span Visual, Python and StoneScript and usually sit around intermediate and beginner difficulty. Pick this genre when you want practice that feels like building a working system, not answering isolated quiz prompts.

Use these pages as a filter before the full catalog: choose the genre for the kind of thinking you want to train, then open the individual game pages for screenshots, quick facts, similar games and the best place to play.

Small genres are still useful when the intent is specific. A one-game category can be the exact answer for someone looking for API-first play, command-line control or a particular style of automation puzzle, especially when the full catalog would hide that niche among broader puzzle games.

Every automation programming game in the catalog — 7 titles, ranked by rating. Browse the full catalog →

The Farmer Was Replaced — automation programming game screenshot
Automation

The Farmer Was Replaced

Offlineest. 20234.8 (526)

Program a drone to automate an entire farm. Plant, harvest, optimise — then watch your code outgrow you.

PythonAutomationOptimization
Intermediate18kView game →
Stone Story RPG — automation programming game screenshot
Automation

Stone Story RPG

Offlineest. 20204.7 (168)

A hypnotic ASCII auto-RPG where you write StoneScript to automate your character’s combat, looting and exploration.

StoneScriptScriptingASCII
Intermediate4.2kView game →
Autonauts — automation programming game screenshot
Automation

Autonauts

Offlineest. 20194.5 (421)

Colonise an empty world by programming wobbly little bots with drag-and-drop scripts until they run everything for you.

VisualVisualColony
Beginner9.7kView game →
Neon Noodles — automation programming game screenshot
Automation

Neon Noodles

Offlineest. 20234.5 (64)

A cyberpunk kitchen where you program robot chefs on a grid to chop, fry and plate dishes on time.

VisualVisualOptimization
Intermediate1.6kView game →
Craftomation 101 — automation programming game screenshot
Automation

Craftomation 101

Offlineest. 20234.3 (142)

Visually program little robots to gather, craft and terraform a frozen planet back to life.

VisualVisualCrafting
Beginner3.1kView game →
Autonauts vs Piratebots — automation programming game screenshot
Automation

Autonauts vs Piratebots

Offlineest. 20224.2 (98)

The Autonauts loop with teeth: automate your base and program an army of bots to fend off pirate raids.

VisualVisualStrategy
Intermediate2.6kView game →
Mechanica — automation programming game screenshot
Automation

Mechanica

Offlineest. 20214 (28)

A survival-automation game where you program robots and machines to mine, craft and defend your base while you focus elsewhere.

VisualAutomationSurvival
Intermediate0.9kView game →
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