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A=B

A=B

A=B is a programming puzzle game with only one instruction: A=B, which means replacing A with B.

Released Mar 29, 2022 Developer Artless Games Platforms Windows · Mac PuzzleProgrammingEducationCasualModern
View on Steam ↗ $4.99 (US · as of 2026-05-13)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-13.

95.6%positive809 reviews
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“Really cool, it's different from a lot of other optimizers! The puzzles are clever and get a lot out of the concept. Would recommend!”

— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“As a game, it's pretty decent. It does its job: you get a bunch of programming puzzles, write a program to solve each one. Unfortunately it doesn't seem to have any sort of histograms or anything to compare with other players. Each level does come with a built-in line count…”

— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“This game's really well done. Perfect examples of simple problem statements with complicated solutions. This isn't exactly "baby's first coding project", but don't think you need to be a senior dev here either. At least it's not insane yet after the first couple levels!”

— a player, Steam review · 24 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-08-02 18:55 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

3playing at last check
1024-hour peak
280all-time peak
0 50 100 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 52 avg · Apr 2022

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Feb 04, 2024
Crayon Computer Demo now available

Crayon Computer is a game about solving problems with a mouse-drawn physics-based machine. Maybe it is not the "A=B 2" players have waited for. At least it is another Zach-like from Artless Games. Che

Jun 09, 2022
14 Minesweeper Variants Demo is now available!

The game's title already explains what it is. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1865060/14_Minesweeper_Variants/ If you enjoyed exploring different rule sets and their unique logic, (like what we did

Apr 13, 2022
Patch note - April 14th

Fixed a mistake on level 6-2 Japanese translation. Fixed a bug in the level editor.

Apr 01, 2022
Fixed a bug on level select menu

What caused the bug is: An easter egg was written for April 1st months ago. But the game structure changed a lot since then, it became a null reference. Sorry for the bug. And sorry for the spoiler.

Mar 29, 2022
Steam workshop and MacOS version now available.

Finally, Steam workshop support and MacOS build are available. And, thanks to HAC (@tigerauge0) and competor (@GugenTV)'s help, the game's Japanese translation is reworked. Finally, all proposed featu

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.

GenresIndie
Player tagsPuzzle · Programming · Education · Casual · Modern · Text-Based · Automation · Dark Humor · Indie · Linear · Singleplayer · 2D (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Workshop · Steam Cloud · Includes level editor · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , Simplified Chinese * , Traditional Chinese * , Japanese * *
Achievements18
Estimated owners100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy)
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system Memory: 256 MB RAM Storage: 256 MB available space