Games like Programming Game
If Programming Game is your kind of game, the closest matches are ROOTLINE, Jump Crew and Grey Hack — 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 Programming Game: A survival craft MMO played entirely by programming. Learn how to survive, adjust to varying challenges, and coordinate with other players all by writing real code. Gear up by progressing in the open world, then optimize your character for PVP in the arena. Play up to 5 characters simultaneously.

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ROOTLINE
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Top pick for Programming Game fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Massively Multiplayer with Programming Game.
ROOTLINE is a multiplayer hacking and systems simulation where every machine, network, program, file and exploit exists inside a massively multiplayer persistent shared world.
Jump Crew
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Second-strongest match for Programming Game fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Programming Game.
Build a ship tile by tile, automate production, and explore a persistent galaxy of little worlds. Forage, hunt, mine and forge with friends, establish planetary outposts, survive space hazards, and raid rival crews in this co-op PvPvE.
Grey Hack
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Third-strongest match for Programming Game fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Massively Multiplayer with Programming Game.
Grey Hack is a massively multiplayer hacking simulator game. You're a hacker with full freedom to act as you wish on a vast network of procedurally generated computers.
Once Human
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Ranked #4 for Programming Game fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Programming Game.
Once Human is a multiplayer open-world survival game set in a strange, post-apocalyptic future. Unite with friends to fight monstrous enemies, uncover secret plots, compete for resources, and build your own territory. Once, you were merely human. Now, you have the power to remake the world.
Life is Feudal: MMO
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Ranked #5 for Programming Game fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Massively Multiplayer with Programming Game.
Experience the hardcore reality of the Middle Ages. Master survival, engage in deep-rooted RPG elements, navigate a bustling economy, build communities, and employ diplomatic strategy to thrive in Abella's vast expanse.
TITANS: Dawn of Tribes
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Ranked #6 for Programming Game fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Programming Game.
TITANS: Dawn of Tribes is a multiplayer open-world survival game set in a primal world dominated by ancestral gods. Answer the call of your tribe by hunting, gathering and crafting. Build your village, battle for territory, steal the very essence of the gods and bring forth the Age of Man.
Zero-based World-从零开始
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Ranked #7 for Programming Game fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Programming Game.
Zero Based World is a multiplayer sandbox survival game.
Population Zero
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Ranked #8 for Programming Game fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Programming Game.
Survival on Kepler is a race against time. Make the most of the remaining 168 hours or get turned into an unworldly being by the Sphere. Complete quests to help NPCs, explore the diverse landscape, survive wildlife and other players. Uncover Kepler’s mysteries and your mission’s true goal.
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NGU IDLE
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Programming Game.
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Programming Game.
Search, dig deeper, and search again. Can you reach the end of the truth?
SuchArt: Creative Space
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Programming Game.
Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!
Outpath: First Journey
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Programming Game.
Outpath: First Journey is a prologue chapter of the main game, Outpath. An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!
The Riftbreaker: Prologue
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Programming Game.
The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.
The Last Sovereign
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Programming Game.
Explore a world torn between armies of lust and purity in which everything is more complex than it seems, deciding the fate of nations through might, politics, and finance. Every decision matters in an intricate saga that tracks thousands of variables.
Aimlabs
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Programming Game.
Aimlabs is the aim trainer of choice for over 45 Million players, from beginners to esports pros. Our unique aim analysis optimizes your gameplay, targets your weaknesses & builds key skills for any FPS game! Time to warm up with our unlimited scenarios & rank up in-game!
Rec Room
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure and Massively Multiplayer with Programming Game.
Rec Room is the best place to build and play games together. Party up with friends from all around the world to chat, hang out, explore MILLIONS of player-created rooms, or build something new and amazing to share with us all.
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Frequently asked about Programming Game
- Does Programming Game have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Programming Game supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Online Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Programming Game?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Programming Game are ROOTLINE, Jump Crew, Grey Hack.
- Who developed Programming Game?
- Programming Game was developed by The Sacrificial Hand.
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 Programming Game.
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