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A=B
A=B is a programming puzzle game with only one instruction: A=B, which means replacing A with B.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-13.
“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“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“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 playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-08-02 18:55 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Crayon Computer Demo now available
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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
Patch note - April 14th
Fixed a mistake on level 6-2 Japanese translation. Fixed a bug in the level editor.
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.
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.
| Genres | Indie |
| Player tags | Puzzle · Programming · Education · Casual · Modern · Text-Based · Automation · Dark Humor · Indie · Linear · Singleplayer · 2D (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Workshop · Steam Cloud · Includes level editor · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , Simplified Chinese * , Traditional Chinese * , Japanese * * |
| Achievements | 18 |
| Estimated owners | 100,000 – 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