Games like OCTOPTICOM
If OCTOPTICOM is your kind of game, the closest matches are Stack Machines, OCTOPTICOM 3D and SysOps Simulator — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and contemplative. 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 OCTOPTICOM: OCTOPTICOM is an open-ended puzzle programming game about designing and optimizing optical computing devices. Use lasers, mirrors, filters and other components to read, transform and write sequences of colored squares.
Players who liked OCTOPTICOM also play
Steam players who put hours into OCTOPTICOM 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.
Stack Machines
WHY THIS
Top pick for OCTOPTICOM fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with OCTOPTICOM.
Push and pop your way through Stack Machines - an open-ended puzzle programming game. Use a variety of modules to read, transform and output different input sequences. Optimize your solutions for size, module count, speed and cost-effectiveness.
OCTOPTICOM 3D
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for OCTOPTICOM fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with OCTOPTICOM.
OCTOPTICOM 3D is a major upgrade to your favorite open-ended puzzle programming game about designing and optimizing optical computing devices. Featuring 3D graphics and gameplay, refined ui, rewritten simulation, all original levels and components plus new additions, histograms and more.
SysOps Simulator
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for OCTOPTICOM fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with OCTOPTICOM.
SysOps Saga is a simulation game that puts you in the shoes of a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE), managing the intricate web of software, security, and hardware to keep digital systems running. Developed by a FAANG veteran, this game offers an immersive and educational experience for IT enthusiasts.
Comet 64
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with OCTOPTICOM.
Ranked #4 for OCTOPTICOM fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with OCTOPTICOM.
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.
Prime Mover
WHY THIS
Shares component optimization and a contemplative mood with OCTOPTICOM.
Ranked #5 for OCTOPTICOM fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with OCTOPTICOM.
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.
Hard Chip
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with OCTOPTICOM.
Ranked #6 for OCTOPTICOM fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with OCTOPTICOM.
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.
Robo Instructus
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with OCTOPTICOM.
Ranked #7 for OCTOPTICOM fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with OCTOPTICOM.
Robo Instructus is a puzzle game in which players manoeuvre a robot by issuing instructions via a simple programming language. As players progress through the game they unlock new functions to overcome new puzzles, each of which can be solved in multiple ways.
Virtual Circuit Board
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with OCTOPTICOM.
Ranked #8 for OCTOPTICOM fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with OCTOPTICOM.
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.
Reviewers mention these as similar to OCTOPTICOM
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SpaceChem
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with OCTOPTICOM.
Reviewers of OCTOPTICOM cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with OCTOPTICOM.
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!
Prelogate
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with OCTOPTICOM.
Reviewers of OCTOPTICOM cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with OCTOPTICOM.
Prelogate is a logic puzzle game. Solve puzzles by redirecting laser beams, mixing them and controlling them with logic gates.
TIS-100
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with OCTOPTICOM.
Reviewers of OCTOPTICOM cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with OCTOPTICOM.
TIS-100 is an open-ended programming game by Zachtronics, the creators of SpaceChem and Infinifactory, in which you rewrite corrupted code segments to repair the TIS-100 and unlock its secrets. It’s the assembly language programming game you never asked for!
SHENZHEN I/O
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with OCTOPTICOM.
Reviewers of OCTOPTICOM cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with OCTOPTICOM.
BUILD CIRCUITS. WRITE CODE. RTFM.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below OCTOPTICOM at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under OCTOPTICOM on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with OCTOPTICOM.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under OCTOPTICOM on Steam right now. Shares Indie with OCTOPTICOM.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under OCTOPTICOM on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with OCTOPTICOM.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under OCTOPTICOM on Steam right now. Shares Indie with OCTOPTICOM.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under OCTOPTICOM on Steam right now. Shares Indie with OCTOPTICOM.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under OCTOPTICOM on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with OCTOPTICOM.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under OCTOPTICOM on Steam right now. Shares Indie with OCTOPTICOM.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under OCTOPTICOM on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with OCTOPTICOM.
Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with OCTOPTICOM.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with OCTOPTICOM.
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?
Travellin Cats in Paris
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with OCTOPTICOM.
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!
Virtual Cottage
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with OCTOPTICOM.
Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.
Steam Engine Simulator
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with OCTOPTICOM.
The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with OCTOPTICOM.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
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Head-to-head comparisons
More from UP DEVELOPMENT LTD.
Other recommendable Steam games by UP DEVELOPMENT LTD., ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
WIL
WHY THIS
Another title from UP DEVELOPMENT LTD., the studio behind OCTOPTICOM. Shares Indie with OCTOPTICOM.
Use the SLING- NEW and UNIQUE mechanics ! Help WIL rescue his friends from terrible evil ! Jump right into the action, or roll out of trouble ! Hint: for jumping and speeding up- Use the SLING !All of this and more - exclusively in WIL. (Don't miss the opportunity to: Master the SLING !)
Sokosignal
WHY THIS
Another title from UP DEVELOPMENT LTD., the studio behind OCTOPTICOM. Shares Indie with OCTOPTICOM.
Sokosignal is a puzzle game in which you send a signal with each move you make.
Stack Machines
WHY THIS
Another title from UP DEVELOPMENT LTD., the studio behind OCTOPTICOM. Shares Simulation with OCTOPTICOM.
Push and pop your way through Stack Machines - an open-ended puzzle programming game. Use a variety of modules to read, transform and output different input sequences. Optimize your solutions for size, module count, speed and cost-effectiveness.
OCTOPTICOM 3D
WHY THIS
Another title from UP DEVELOPMENT LTD., the studio behind OCTOPTICOM. Shares Simulation with OCTOPTICOM.
OCTOPTICOM 3D is a major upgrade to your favorite open-ended puzzle programming game about designing and optimizing optical computing devices. Featuring 3D graphics and gameplay, refined ui, rewritten simulation, all original levels and components plus new additions, histograms and more.
Frequently asked about OCTOPTICOM
- How much does OCTOPTICOM cost?
- OCTOPTICOM is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to OCTOPTICOM?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside OCTOPTICOM are Stack Machines, OCTOPTICOM 3D, SysOps Simulator.
- Who developed OCTOPTICOM?
- OCTOPTICOM was developed by UP DEVELOPMENT LTD..
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