SpaceChem

One of the earliest programming games, and still one of the best. I'm pretty sure this popularized Zachtronics as a developer, and hence the word "Zach-like" to describe these kinds of programming games. At the same time, this is quite unlike most programming games, because you don't deal in numerical inputs or anything. You have chemical atoms and molecules as your inputs, and you have to arrange them to desired outputs. In a way, it's more engineering than programming, except you'll still have plenty of programming: you can implement branching programs, you need to handle an unknown mixture of inputs, and so on. The game is insanely hard, and the levels are fairly linear. There's one specific path of levels that you need to solve to complete the story. There are optional challenges off the path, but in the main path, either you solve the level or you're just forever stuck and cannot advance. So that's perhaps the biggest strike against it. There are also some boss levels. These ones require some real-time elements to it; you might be producing molecules to power up laser beams to fight a boss. I think they are an interesting break from the regular levels, but some people hate them, your experience might differ. It also has a pretty mature story that might be quite unnerving to read. I think it's still well worth it, though, despite the shortcomings. The levels are clever, and the optimizations are tough. Besides the main story, you have a whole lot of custom puzzles that are added to the game, and you can even share puzzles in other communities. It's absolutely worth your money and time.

I got this game just for TF2 items a year ago. Then I realized this game is for smart people

- Вы бы порекомендовали эту игру другим? - Да.

I launched along with my 2 co scientistic people and we did some science and we dropped our balls at the fourth test. because it was so Sciency that we saved the galaxy. Long story short ,this game is very atom, and lines. Long story short, wow "That sounds like a gloriously chaotic co-op session. Saving the galaxy with two friends using "science," dropping the ball on the fourth test, and wrapping it all up in an "atoms and lines" aesthetic is top-tier gaming. I'm trying to pin down the exact game based on those clues. Astroneer? A very abstract session of Helldivers 2? Or maybe a hidden indie puzzle gem? Would you like to drop the title so I can stop guessing, or do you want to give me another hint?"

A strong puzzle game that can become a bit more like work than play. If you like that sort of depth in your puzzlers, this is a strong recommend. I think it's pretty unapproachable for the average player.

This game is actually really difficult and takes a lot of your brain. If you aren't willing to spend 6 hours beating a level then don't buy this game

Has some real brain teasers, it's pretty fun.