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Also Coding and Programming, like Bots Are Stupid.
- $17.99 (Price checked Nov 6)
- 2025
Games like Bots Are Stupid
- 12 games
- Updated May 4, 2026
Players who liked Bots Are Stupid also play
The closest matches to Bots Are Stupid: JOY OF PROGRAMMING - Software Engineering Simulator, TIS-100, The Signal State, Linkito, and GLADIABOTS - AI Combat Arena. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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Also Programming and Hacking, like Bots Are Stupid.
- $19.99 (Price checked Nov 6)
- Deck Playable
- 2021
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Linkito
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GLADIABOTS - AI Combat Arena
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Human Resource Machine
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The full ranked list: top 24 games like Bots Are Stupid
Best match first, as plain text. The same list for AI assistants:
- 1JOY OF PROGRAMMING - Software Engineering Simulator
Also Coding and Programming, like Bots Are Stupid.
- 78% of 233 reviews
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- 5GLADIABOTS - AI Combat Arena
Also Programming and Asynchronous Multiplayer, like Bots Are Stupid.
- 90% of 504 reviews
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- Released: 2022
- Developer: Leander Edler-Golla
- Price: $1.29−90%checked Oct 31
- 79% of 107 reviews
- Genres: Indie, Casual
- Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux
Players highlight
- Discover physics exploits like wavedashing
- Ghost replays teach advanced techniques
- Leaderboards turn speedrunning into a spectator sport
- Chill
- Contemplative
- Lighthearted
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About Bots Are Stupid
The closest matches to Bots Are Stupid: JOY OF PROGRAMMING - Software Engineering Simulator, TIS-100, The Signal State, Linkito, and GLADIABOTS - AI Combat Arena. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Bots Are Stupid is your kind of game, the closest matches are JOY OF PROGRAMMING - Software Engineering Simulator, TIS-100 and The Signal State — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as chill, contemplative and lighthearted, and single out its command line editing and frame perfect timing. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
About Bots Are Stupid: An ultra-precise 2D platformer where you give robots instructions instead of directly controlling them. Master the campaign levels or create and share your own. “It’s Mario Maker with coding” - Lewis Brindley, Yogscast.
Is Bots Are Stupid worth buying?
Mostly recommended
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 78% of 107 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- On sale: 90% off, now $1.29 (checked Nov 8).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 5 h when they wrote their review.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Discover physics exploits like wavedashing
- Ghost replays teach advanced techniques
- Leaderboards turn speedrunning into a spectator sport
- Obsessive optimization yields world records
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“I really wanted to like this game. The art is awesome. The music is catchy. The principle is catchy. I've taught programming. The programming aspect is off. Some people complain about the lack of sensors or the lack of commands. I don't…”
“This game advertises itself as a "coding" and "logic" scrypting game that is supposed to make you practice problem solving in a rather simple environment. Instead what I've been doing while playing is painstakingly change float values in…”
People who play it also play: JOY OF PROGRAMMING - Software Engineering Simulator, TIS-100, The Signal State
Frequently asked about Bots Are Stupid
Can I run it?
How much does Bots Are Stupid cost?
Bots Are Stupid is listed on Steam at 1.29 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Bots Are Stupid?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Bots Are Stupid are JOY OF PROGRAMMING - Software Engineering Simulator, TIS-100, The Signal State.
Who developed Bots Are Stupid?
Bots Are Stupid was developed by Leander Edler-Golla and published by Yogscast Games.