JOY OF PROGRAMMING - Software Engineering Simulator on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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Use real Python code to automate machines, robots, drones and more: Program self-driving vehicles; crack passwords; apply machine learning; automate logistics; use image processing to guide missiles. Gain real coding skills and solve exciting bite-sized programming challenges.

JOY OF PROGRAMMING - Software Engineering Simulator is a programming, automation and logic game developed by Prof. Scherer and published by PlayWay S.A..
Released on January 18th 2025 is available only on Windows in 6 languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian and Simplified Chinese.

It has received 301 reviews of which 240 were positive and 61 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.4 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 17.49€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified JOY OF PROGRAMMING - Software Engineering Simulator into these genres:

Programming Automation Logic Puzzle Education Robots Science Coding Simulation Physics Hacking Immersive Sim 3D Moddable Top-Down Difficult Realistic Tutorial Level Editor Software

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: Windows 10/11, x64 only
  • Processor: Core i5 8400, Ryzen 5 2600
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: GTX 1070
  • DirectX: Version 12
  • Storage: 12 GB available space
  • Additional Notes: SSD recommended

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Nov. 2025
Amazing and intuitive game, all the negative comments crying about complexity and lack of tutoring. It's an SE sim, so search instead of whining. You really don't need much more than the fundamentals, plus you can watch the youtube vids for an in-depth answer. Only a few negative things to mention: - Not the most comfortable IDE - Wonky physics that vary from run to run - Leaderboards are filled with cheesed results (Also scoring is impacted by your pc, percentiles are very random each run)
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Nov. 2025
Steam offers a wide range of games. From brain-rotting porn games to a brain-nourishing engineering one. My brain thanked me for playing this game
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July 2025
After rigorous typing I can say "I'm not in the mainframe" BUT I did tell a clock what time it was.
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July 2025
I enjoy BitBurner, Comet-64 and The Farmer was replaced, but always find my self playing JOP as its the most realistic coding game. Great game if you enjoy writing code for fun. Uses python and you can use a IDE(This is what I do) also has documentation.
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Feb. 2025
After 9 hours I finally managed to write my first own noobcode that worked 100%. So if you want to learn Python, this is the right place for you. The developer provides solution videos that explain it quite well and if you get stuck, ChatGPT helps you to understand things better. 10/10
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Frequently Asked Questions

JOY OF PROGRAMMING - Software Engineering Simulator is currently priced at 17.49€ on Steam.

JOY OF PROGRAMMING - Software Engineering Simulator is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 17.49€ on Steam.

JOY OF PROGRAMMING - Software Engineering Simulator received 240 positive votes out of a total of 301 achieving a rating of 7.44.
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JOY OF PROGRAMMING - Software Engineering Simulator was developed by Prof. Scherer and published by PlayWay S.A..

JOY OF PROGRAMMING - Software Engineering Simulator is playable and fully supported on Windows.

JOY OF PROGRAMMING - Software Engineering Simulator is not playable on MacOS.

JOY OF PROGRAMMING - Software Engineering Simulator is not playable on Linux.

JOY OF PROGRAMMING - Software Engineering Simulator is a single-player game.

JOY OF PROGRAMMING - Software Engineering Simulator does not currently offer any DLC.

JOY OF PROGRAMMING - Software Engineering Simulator is fully integrated with Steam Workshop. Visit Steam Workshop.

JOY OF PROGRAMMING - Software Engineering Simulator supports Remote Play Together. Discover more about Steam Remote Play.

JOY OF PROGRAMMING - Software Engineering Simulator is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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JOY OF PROGRAMMING - Software Engineering Simulator
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Rating
7.4
240
61
Game modes
Features
Online players
6
Developer
Prof. Scherer
Publisher
PlayWay S.A.
Release 18 Jan 2025
Platforms
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