Single-player games like Circuit Artist
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Circuit Artist, ranked by player overlap. Every pick carries Steam's Single-player category, so multiplayer-only titles or always-online games don't sneak in. imho.run pulls the category data from Steam directly — Single-player here matches what the store labels.
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Ranked picks
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Virtual Circuit Board
Single-player alternative to Circuit Artist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Circuit Artist.
Virtual Circuit Board is the sandbox drawing-based logic simulator where you can build, program, decorate, and simulate anything from simple monochrome circuits to complex and colorful computers. Play with digital logic in this sandbox-only experience.
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Mnemonimov
Single-player alternative to Circuit Artist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Circuit Artist.
Mnemonimov is a fantasy console where you program in ASSEMBLY like in the 80s. Build anything from games to operating systems and understand how computers work at a low level.
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Comet 64
Single-player alternative to Circuit Artist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Circuit Artist.
Comet 64 is a programming puzzle game. The year is 1984. All you got is a Comet 64 home computer and the operator's manual it came with.
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Quantum Odyssey
Single-player alternative to Circuit Artist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Circuit Artist.
Master the most counter-intuitive logic in existence. Created by the researchers who defined Quantum Literacy, Quantum Odyssey is an open-ended puzzle game where you craft real quantum algorithms. Optimize 500+ challenges, hack other players, and gain insights textbooks can’t provide.
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Hard Chip
Single-player alternative to Circuit Artist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Circuit Artist.
Hard Chip is a 3D simulation/puzzle game about building processors focusing on realism. Explore the world of semiconductor chip design and delve into the intricacies of CPU logic, floor planning, and propagation delay.
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JOY OF PROGRAMMING - Software Engineering Simulator
Single-player alternative to Circuit Artist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Circuit Artist.
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.
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while True: learn()
Single-player alternative to Circuit Artist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Circuit Artist.
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!
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Turing Complete
Single-player alternative to Circuit Artist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Circuit Artist.
Learn CPU architecture with puzzles