Games like Problem Space
If Problem Space is your kind of game, the closest matches are SYSCALL: RING ZERO, SpaceChem and God is a Cube: Programming Robot Cubes — picked from the ranked list below. 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.
Get personalized picks →About Problem Space: Venture forth through this puzzle game across space. Use your command terminal to guide the Onlooker interstellar probe through treacherous galaxies to explore the farthest reaches of the universe. Avoid asteroids, perform research tasks, and weave through the stars!
Players who liked Problem Space also play
Steam players who put hours into Problem Space also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
SYSCALL: RING ZERO
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Top pick for Problem Space fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Problem Space.
Reverse-engineer a private 1990s BBS. Read disassembly, patch broken checks, optimize a nine-core rack, and write assembly firmware that locks onto live scope traces. With 200+ puzzles, full controller support and offline play, you can refine your assembly skills on all your devices!
SpaceChem
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Problem Space fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Problem Space.
Zachtronics is back with an ambitious new design-based puzzle game. Take on the role of a Reactor Engineer working for SpaceChem, the leading chemical synthesizer for frontier colonies. Construct elaborate factories to transform raw materials into valuable chemical products!
God is a Cube: Programming Robot Cubes
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Problem Space fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Problem Space.
An easy to start programming puzzle game where you design Artificial Intelligence with symbols, to control robot cubes and build space pyramids. Inspired by SpaceChem, Lightbot, Human Resource Machine and the Redstone from Minecraft. A game 99% made by one guy.
while True: learn()
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Ranked #4 for Problem Space fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Problem Space.
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!
Aptamirror
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Ranked #5 for Problem Space fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Problem Space.
Aptamirror is a meditative physics-based puzzle game inspired by molecular biology. Manipulate RNA strands by grabbing, mutating, cleaving, and ligating to match increasingly complex target structures. Challenge yourself with 50 handcrafted puzzles designed by a PhD Biochemist. Think. Fold. Repeat.
Colorgrid
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Ranked #6 for Problem Space fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Colorgrid is a puzzle game about mixing colors in a Lab. Find the correct positions for your lasers and mirrors to get the right mix of colors in each material.
JOY OF PROGRAMMING - Software Engineering Simulator
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Problem Space fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Problem Space.
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.
I Fetch Rocks
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Problem Space fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Problem Space.
Embark on your asteroid hauling career with Veritago Fortana. Start with a basic ship and earn credits to upgrade, customise and repair as you try to fulfil larger and harder contracts. Built exclusively for VR, use your own hands to build, wire and fly using 100s of interconnecting components.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Problem Space.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Problem Space.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Problem Space.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Problem Space.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
missed messages.
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Problem Space.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Problem Space.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
Travellin Cats in Paris
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Problem Space.
Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!
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Frequently asked about Problem Space
- What games are most similar to Problem Space?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Problem Space are SYSCALL: RING ZERO, SpaceChem, God is a Cube: Programming Robot Cubes.
- Who developed Problem Space?
- Problem Space was developed by LAB 5.302.
imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Problem Space.
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