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JOY OF PROGRAMMING - Software Engineering Simulator

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App ID 2216770
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher PlayWay S.A.
Supported Systems Windows
Technologies Unreal Engine
Last Changenumber 31422226
Last Record Update 1 October 2025 – 16:17:10 UTC ()
Release Date 18 January 2025 – 18:01:10 UTC ()
❓ 73.40%
328 reviews
5
In-Game
💻 Programming 🤖 Automation 🧩 Logic 🏫 Education 🧩 Puzzle

Use real Python code to automate machines, robots, drones and more: Program self-driving vehicles; crack passwords; apply machine learning; automate logistics; use image processing to guide missiles. Gain real coding skills and solve exciting bite-sized programming challenges.

Additional Information

Developer Prof. Scherer
community_visible_stats Yes
workshop_visible Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher PlayWay S.A.
Store Release Date 18 January 2025 – 18:01:14 UTC ()
osarch 64
community_hub_visible Yes
Social Media https://bsky.app/profile/prof-scherer.com
https://discord.com/invite/2ZrdzkNeBP
Primary Genre Simulation (28)
Store Genres Indie (23), Simulation (28), Strategy (2)
Steam Release Date 18 January 2025 – 18:01:10 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 17 April 2024 – 14:58:29 UTC () (1713365909)
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Detected Technologies (?) Unreal Engine, CEF SDK, Intel_OID SDK, Intel_oneTBB SDK, Lua SDK, NVIDIA_Nsight_Aftermath SDK, Ogg SDK, Protocol_Buffers SDK, Python SDK, Vorbis SDK, XAudio2 SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • This game's graphics settings cannot be configured to run well on Steam Deck
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  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  • Note: Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
  • Note: Parts of this game would benefit from using an external keyboard
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  • category: Unsupported
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 15 November 2024 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 15701823
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Early Access Release Date 30 January 2024 – 00:00:00 UTC ()
First seen on SteamDB 9 November 2022 – 18:19:48 UTC (), in changelist #16677334

Supported Languages

6 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English Yes
French Yes
German Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes
Russian Yes
Simplified Chinese Yes

Tags

💻 Programming 🤖 Automation 🧩 Logic 🏫 Education 🧩 Puzzle 🤖 Robots 🔬 Science 💻 Coding 🖥️ Simulation 🔋 Physics 🔌 Hacking 🌎 Immersive Sim 🧊 3D 🛠️ Moddable 🗺️ Top-Down 😓 Difficult 🌱 Realistic 🎓 Tutorial 📖 Level Editor 💾 Software

Categories

Single-player Steam Achievements Steam Workshop Steam Cloud Stats Steam Leaderboards Includes level editor Remote Play Together Family Sharing Cloud Gaming Cloud Gaming (NVIDIA)

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timestamp19 January 2025 – 10:59:51 UTC

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Steam charts

  • 5 players right now
  • 10 24-hour peak
  • 281 all-time peak 19 January 2025
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  • 2,183 all-time peak
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  • ❓ Mostly Positive
  • 73.40% SteamDB Rating
  • 257 78.4% positive reviews
  • 71 21.6% negative reviews

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Steam player counter indicates there are currently 5 players live playing JOY OF PROGRAMMING - Software Engineering Simulator on Steam.

JOY OF PROGRAMMING - Software Engineering Simulator had an all-time peak of 281 concurrent players on 19 January 2025.

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