Underplayed Gems

Sketchbots (2021)

Sketchbots cover
Developer
Quarc Games
Platforms
Windows, Linux
Genres
Indie
Rating
5.0 of 5, 7 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 1.6 hours
Where to get it
Steam
The 3D catalog: game boxes on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalog in 3D

The same catalog has a room you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real games from it when you tell them what you feel like playing. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this game is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

You guide a simple robot through grid-based puzzles by building decision trees, feeling like a gentle teacher coaching an eager but limited learner through logic challenges.

programmingpuzzleturn-based tacticsgrid-basedcartoonyhand-drawndifficulteducational

What players say

Players praise the game as a solid way to learn simple AI programming, though opinions split on a key design choice: some find the lack of bot memory frustrating, while others enjoy the primitive-bot challenge. The controls can be fiddly but the undo button helps, and there are 72 levels.

Screenshots

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More games like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems, a catalog of older and overlooked games. Not quite it? You can browse by platform and genre, or take this one into the 3D catalog and ask the Catbot for something closer.