# Games like 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.

## Similar games, ranked

The full ranked list, 24 games, best match first (the HTML page shows the top 8 as cards).

1. [SpaceChem](https://imho.run/games/92800/spacechem) — Also Programming and Science, like Prime Mover. 1,904 Steam reviews, 96% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/92800/)
2. [Silicon Zeroes](https://imho.run/games/684270/silicon-zeroes) — Also Programming and Education, like Prime Mover. 202 Steam reviews, 89% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/684270/)
3. [Kaizen: A Factory Story](https://imho.run/games/2275490/kaizen-a-factory-story) — A frequent pick in Prime Mover players' libraries, and another Strategy. 457 Steam reviews, 93% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2275490/)
4. [Comet 64](https://imho.run/games/1397290/comet-64) — A frequent pick in Prime Mover players' libraries, and another Indie. 143 Steam reviews, 73% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1397290/)
5. [SHENZHEN I/O](https://imho.run/games/504210/shenzhen-i-o) — Also Programming and Education, like Prime Mover. 2,198 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/504210/)
6. [7 Billion Humans](https://imho.run/games/792100/7-billion-humans) — Also Programming and Education, like Prime Mover. 811 Steam reviews, 93% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/792100/)
7. [while True: learn()](https://imho.run/games/619150/while-true-learn) — Also Programming and Science, like Prime Mover. 3,144 Steam reviews, 88% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/619150/)
8. [Rogue Bit](https://imho.run/games/949790/rogue-bit) — Also Programming and Education, like Prime Mover. 71 Steam reviews, 87% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/949790/)
9. [Human Resource Machine](https://imho.run/games/375820/human-resource-machine) — Also Programming and Education, like Prime Mover. 1,452 Steam reviews, 93% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/375820/)
10. [LogicBots](https://imho.run/games/290020/logicbots) — Also Programming and Education, like Prime Mover. 108 Steam reviews, 75% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/290020/)
11. [Turing Complete](https://imho.run/games/1444480/turing-complete) — A frequent pick in Prime Mover players' libraries, and another Simulation. 2,703 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1444480/)
12. [MHRD](https://imho.run/games/576030/mhrd) — Also Programming and Education, like Prime Mover. 274 Steam reviews, 86% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/576030/)
13. [Alan's Automaton Workshop](https://imho.run/games/1289990/alan-s-automaton-workshop) — Also Programming and Education, like Prime Mover. 68 Steam reviews, 69% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1289990/)
14. [Quantum Odyssey](https://imho.run/games/2802710/quantum-odyssey) — Also Programming and Science, like Prime Mover. 86 Steam reviews, 92% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2802710/)
15. [JOY OF PROGRAMMING - Software Engineering Simulator](https://imho.run/games/2216770/joy-of-programming-software-engineering-simulator) — Also Programming and Science, like Prime Mover. 233 Steam reviews, 78% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2216770/)
16. [The Talos Principle](https://imho.run/games/257510/the-talos-principle) — Same mysterious mood as Prime Mover. 16,978 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/257510/)
17. [Baba Is You](https://imho.run/games/736260/baba-is-you) — Also Programming and Logic, like Prime Mover. 12,222 Steam reviews, 98% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/736260/)
18. [Sokobond](https://imho.run/games/290260/sokobond) — Also Science and Education, like Prime Mover. 280 Steam reviews, 92% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/290260/)
19. [The Signal State](https://imho.run/games/1577620/the-signal-state) — Also Programming and Logic, like Prime Mover. 350 Steam reviews, 86% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1577620/)
20. [Linkito](https://imho.run/games/2312770/linkito) — Also Programming and Logic, like Prime Mover. 74 Steam reviews, 85% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2312770/)
21. [Logic World](https://imho.run/games/1054340/logic-world) — Also Programming and Science, like Prime Mover. 252 Steam reviews, 94% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1054340/)
22. [Filament](https://imho.run/games/1137350/filament) — Also Logic, like Prime Mover. 383 Steam reviews, 84% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1137350/)
23. [Nimbatus - The Space Drone Constructor](https://imho.run/games/383840/nimbatus-the-space-drone-constructor) — A frequent pick in Prime Mover players' libraries, and another Action. 1,205 Steam reviews, 81% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/383840/)
24. [Lightmatter](https://imho.run/games/994140/lightmatter) — Also Science and Logic, like Prime Mover. 437 Steam reviews, 93% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/994140/)

## Machine-readable

The same ranked list as JSON from the imho.run API for AI assistants (GET, no key, same site as this page):

- Top 20: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=693700&n=20
- Co-op games only: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=693700&n=20&coop=true
- Free games only: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=693700&n=20&free=true
- Facts about this game: https://imho.run/api/agent/game-facts?q=693700
- This page as markdown: https://imho.run/md/game/693700
- API docs: https://imho.run/developers (OpenAPI: https://imho.run/openapi.json, MCP: https://imho.run/mcp)

## 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.

## Game info

- **AppID:** 693700
- **Developer:** 4Bit Games
- **Publisher:** 4Bit Games
- **Genres:** Indie, Simulation
- **Categories:** Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Cloud, Steam Leaderboards, Steam Trading Cards, Family Sharing
- **Released:** May 21, 2018
- **Free to play:** no
- **Platforms:** windows, mac, linux

## Links

- [Full page with filters and more lists](https://imho.run/games/693700/prime-mover)
- [The same list as JSON, no key](https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=693700&n=20) — the API for AI assistants, see https://imho.run/developers
- [Steam store](https://store.steampowered.com/app/693700/)
- [Personalized recommendations](https://imho.run/) — sign in with Steam or paste a SteamID for a library-aware ranking

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