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The closest matches to Prime Mover: SpaceChem, Silicon Zeroes, Kaizen: A Factory Story, Comet 64, and SHENZHEN I/O. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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Rank 02Why this
Also Programming and Education, like Prime Mover.
- $14.99 (Price checked Nov 7)
- 2017
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- 15JOY OF PROGRAMMING - Software Engineering Simulator
Genres: Strategy, Indie, Simulation
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- Released: 2018
- Developer: 4Bit Games
- Price: $14.99checked Nov 7
- 86% of 146 reviews
- Genres: Indie, Simulation
- Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux
Players highlight
- Build turing complete systems from 8 basic components
- Emergent interactions between simple elements create complex solutions
- Nest circuits infinitely to solve space constraints
- Challenging
- Contemplative
- Intense
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About Prime Mover
The closest matches to Prime Mover: SpaceChem, Silicon Zeroes, Kaizen: A Factory Story, Comet 64, and SHENZHEN I/O. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Prime Mover is your kind of game, the closest matches are SpaceChem, Silicon Zeroes and Kaizen: A Factory Story — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as challenging, contemplative and intense, and single out its alternate puzzle versions and component optimization. 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 Prime Mover: Retrace the path of the Prime Mover to uncover the story of the Byte of Burden! Prime Mover is an open-ended puzzle game about designing circuit boards.
Is Prime Mover worth buying?
Players recommend it
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 86% of 146 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Price: $14.99 (checked Nov 7).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 16 h when they wrote their review.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Build turing complete systems from 8 basic components
- Emergent interactions between simple elements create complex solutions
- Nest circuits infinitely to solve space constraints
- Rewarding optimization challenges with minimal tools
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“Came back to this after a long absence and would love to give it another try, but there's no option to reset progress and even the usual manual file deletion process doesn't work. Why is this very basic feature so very absent from the…”
People who play it also play: SpaceChem, Silicon Zeroes, Kaizen: A Factory Story
Frequently asked about Prime Mover
Can I run it?
How much does Prime Mover cost?
Prime Mover is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Prime Mover?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Prime Mover are SpaceChem, Silicon Zeroes, Kaizen: A Factory Story.
Who developed Prime Mover?
Prime Mover was developed by 4Bit Games.