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TIS-100

TIS-100

TIS-100 is an open-ended programming game by Zachtronics, the creators of SpaceChem and Infinifactory, in which you rewrite corrupted code segments to repair the TIS-100 and unlock its secrets. It’s the assembly language programming game you never asked for!

Released Jul 20, 2015 Developer Zachtronics Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux ProgrammingPuzzleIndieSimulationDifficult
View on Steam ↗ $6.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

96.7%positive3,876 reviews
Recommended · 5 found this helpful

“If you like puzzles and low-level assembly programming then you are going to like TIS-100. I was able to finish all the puzzles by myself for the first 100% with the exception of "Sequence Sorter". Anyway best of luck to you, it's rough. Edit: I was finally able to finish…”

— a player, Steam review · 59 hrs played
Recommended · 4 found this helpful

“TIS-100 is an excellent game. It's not for everyone, and while I know some people may think I'm crazy for this statement, but it made me a better programmer, and I think that's one of the best things about it. I enjoyed every minute of, and still occasionally go come back to…”

— a player, Steam review · 68 hrs played
Recommended · 3 found this helpful

“This what they doin on those computers in severance”

— a player, Steam review · 16 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:22 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

11playing at last check
2824-hour peak
468all-time peak
0 250 500 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 205 avg · Jun 2015

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

10achievements
7.1%median completion
1.2%rarest: 100_PERCENT_V2
90.5% of players 19.3% of players 11.3% of players 9.6% of players 8.5% of players 7.1% of players 3.3% of players 2.9% of players 2.8% of players 1.2% of players 90.5% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
90.5%RTFM — View the TIS-100 manual.
19.3%PARALLELIZE — Solve SIGNAL AMPLIFIER in fewer than 100 cycles.
11.3%BUSY_LOOP — Solve SELF-TEST DIAGNOSTIC in over 100,000 cycles.
Rarest badges of honor
1.2%100_PERCENT_V2 — Solve every puzzle in the TIS-NET DIRECTORY.
2.8%NO_MEMORY — Solve SEQUENCE REVERSER without writing any values to a stack memory node.
2.9%100_PERCENT_V1 — Solve every puzzle in the TIS-100 SEGMENT MAP.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$6.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$6.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-11
US6.99 USD
EU6.89 EUR
UK5.89 GBP
Australia10.25 AUD
Canada8.99 CAD
Japan800 JPY
Brazil23.50 BRL
China29.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$4.3 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia EU UK≈$7.8

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $5 $10 07-11 07-13 07-16 07-19 07-22 07-26

Latest official news

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

Apr 23, 2024
UPDATE: Fixing missing leaderboards

Today's update fixes a bug where some leaderboards would not show up in the bonus campaign. If you see anything weird in the game, whether or not it's related to leaderboards, please send me an email

Jul 05, 2022
Last Call BBS - The last game by Zachtronics!

Boot up your Z5 Powerlance and dial into Last Call BBS, the last game from Zachtronics! The Barkeep’s loaded up his retro computer with a full set of puzzle games for you to download and play. No need

Nov 14, 2020
UPDATE: Fixing the crash handler and histograms

Today's update fixes the crash handler and histograms. Nothing else should be affected.

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresIndie, Simulation
Player tagsProgramming · Puzzle · Indie · Simulation · Difficult · Hacking · Logic · Singleplayer · Education · Automation · Psychological Horror · Coding (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Cloud · Steam Leaderboards · Includes level editor · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish
Achievements10
Estimated owners200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://www.zachtronics.com/tis-100
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows XP / Vista / 7 / 8 / 10 Processor: 2.0 GHz Memory: 2 GB RAM Storage: 100 MB available space