Free to Play Programming Games on Steam
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1. 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. Bitburner is a game developed and published by . Released on December 10th 2021 has received 6,681 reviews of which 6,357 were positive and 324 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.2 out of 10. The game has hit the top spot as the #1 most played programming game, thanks to its 496 peak concurrent players over the last day.
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2. Space Travel Idle
If you ever dreamed of exploring space at a relaxed pace, here's a journey designed for you. Space Travel Idle is a game developed and published by . Released on September 22nd 2020 has received 529 reviews of which 335 were positive and 194 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.1 out of 10. The game currently holds the #2 spot among the most played programming games.
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3. Glitchspace
Glitchspace is about reprogramming the game to solve puzzles. Trapped in an abstract cyberspace world, your way forward uses visual programming to edit environmental geometry, whilst unlocking key programming concepts along the way. Glitchspace is a game developed and published by . Released on May 05th 2016 has received 366 reviews of which 267 were positive and 99 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.9 out of 10. The game currently holds the #3 spot among the most played programming games.
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