Best Coding Games on Steam

Unlike generic lists, our strategy game recommendations use a rigorous analysis of Steam user reviews to identify and feature only the best, community-validated coding games. For those who prefer not to search, lists of the most played coding games are available at the bottom of the page.

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JOY OF PROGRAMMING - Software Engineering Simulator 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.

Price 17.49€
Rating 7.4
Release 18 Jan 2025
Retro Gadgets Retro Gadgets is a sandbox where you build, code, and customize gadgets inspired by old-school electronics.

Price 19.99€
Rating 8.6
Release 30 Nov 2022
Bitburner 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.

Price Free to play
Rating 9.2
Release 10 Dec 2021
Bot Studio for Discord The easiest way to make Discord bots. A drag and drop editor makes it simple to create the perfect bot for your servers, no coding required!

Price 8.99€
Rating 7.4
Release 12 May 2020
while True: learn() You’re a machine learning specialist who makes neural networks but your cat seems to be better at it. Now you must solve puzzles to build a cat-to-human translation system (who knows what else this cat is capable of!). Earn a fortune, buy kickass cat outfits, learn how machine learning really works!

Price -65% 3.85€
Rating 8.9
Release 17 Jan 2019
TIS-100 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!

Price -86% 0.99€
Rating 9.3
Release 20 Jul 2015

Most played coding games on Steam

Take a look at the top coding games that are currently attracting the largest player bases on the Steam platform, as of June 14th 2025.

1. Bot Studio for Discord

The easiest way to make Discord bots. A drag and drop editor makes it simple to create the perfect bot for your servers, no coding required! Bot Studio for Discord is a utilities, robots and software game developed by Bot Studio for Discord and published by DBS Dev. Released on May 12th 2020 has received 494 reviews of which 389 were positive and 105 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.4 out of 10. The game currently holds the #1 spot among the most played coding games.
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