IndieSimulationStrategy
JOY OF PROGRAMMING - Software Engineering Simulator
Not enough reviews
Started playing 92% of owners
Steam reviews 77% positive of 400
What the data shows
- Only 412 reviews so far — too early to tell.
- 92% of owners got the first achievement.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
Not enough reviews.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (91.6% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
Story milestones aren't labeled yet; all achievements are listed below.
All achievements (46)
- Earn First Star Complete a level and earn your first star. 100%
- The First Hour Clock 1 hour of in-game simulation time. 44%
- Complete the Tutorial Complete all tutorial levels with at least one star. 42%
- Your First 10 Lines of Code Write your first 10 lines of code. 40%
- Talk to the Assistant Have a helpful chat with our expert-system powered assistant. 30%
- The Better Half Solve a level better than 50% of other solutions created so far. 29%
- The Upper Quartile Solve a level better than 75% of other solutions created so far. 29%
- Two Hours Clock 2 hours of in-game simulation time. 27%
- The Ten Percent Club Solve a level better than 90% of other solutions created so far. 27%
- The Five Percent Threshold Solve a level better than 95% of other solutions created so far. 25%
- Earn 10 Stars Complete enough levels to earn 10 stars. 22%
- One Out of Hundred Solve a level better than 99% of other solutions created so far. 17%
- Five Hours Clock 5 hours of in-game simulation time. 12%
- 50 Lines of Code Write a total of 50 lines of code. 11%
- The First Factbox Find your first factbox and collect the factsheet stored inside. 11%
- Ten Hours Enter the matrix. Clock 10 hours of in-game simulation time. 5.6%
- Infrastructure Genius Complete all levels in the Logistics category with at least one star. 5.5%
- The Leaderboard Submit your results to the leaderboard. 4.9%
- 100 Lines of Code Write a total of 100 lines of code. 4.3%
- Ride Your Bike Go for a ride on your perfectly ordinary bicycle. 4.1%
- Play a Workshop Level Download and play a level from the Steam Workshop. 4.0%
- Share Your Code Attach your code and submit it to the leaderboard. 2.7%
- Create Your Own Create and play your own level in the included level editor. 2.0%
- Earn 25 Stars Complete enough levels and optional challenges to earn 25 stars. 1.9%
- 25 Hours More than a whole day. Clock 25 hours of in-game simulation time. 1.7%
- Open 5 Factboxes Find and open 5 factboxes to collect their factsheets. 1.0%
- The Cars Are Driving Themselves! Complete all levels in the Autonomous Driving category with at least one star. 0.9%
- 50 Hours Clock 50 hours of in-game simulation time. Good thing the simulation can be sped up. 0.9%
- 250 Lines of Code Write a total of 250 lines of code. 0.9%
- Top 10 Rank within the top 10 of a leaderboard. 0.9%
- Bronze Leaderboard Rank third place on a leaderboard. 0.5%
- Silver Leaderboard Rank second place on a leaderboard. 0.4%
- Creative Pursuits Complete all levels in the Creative category with at least one star. 0.3%
- Open 10 Factboxes Find and open 10 factboxes to collect their factsheets. 0.3%
- Earn 50 Stars Complete enough levels and optional challenges to earn 50 stars. 0.3%
- Gold Leaderboard Rank first place on a leaderboard. 0.3%
- Algorithms & Data-Structures Complete all levels in the Algorithms & Data-Structures category with at least one star. 0.2%
- Black Hat Complete all levels in the Hacking category with at least one star. 0.2%
- Run Out of Memory Exceed your available memory and get an out of memory exception. 0.2%
- Machines Are Taking Over Complete all levels in the Machine Learning category with at least one star. 0.1%
- Not in the Wrong Hands Complete all levels in the Military category with at least one star. 0.1%
- Mind-benders Complete all levels in the Puzzles category with at least one star. 0.1%
- The Smart in SmartHome Complete all levels in the SmartHome category with at least one star. 0.1%
- Open 20 Factboxes Become a true collector. Find and open 20 factboxes. 0.1%
- 1000 Lines of Code Become a fluent programmer by writing 1000 lines of code. 0.1%
- All The Perks Unlock every perk available in the game. 0.1%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-21.