Silicon Zeroes

Silicon Zeroes

Released Sep 2017

Build hardware. Solve puzzles. From the creator of Manufactoria, a new open-ended puzzle game set in Silicon Valley's first startup.

87% positive · 282 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
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Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence

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Evaluation

Silicon Zeroes launched on September 18, 2017 as a finished puzzle game with over seventy puzzles. In the weeks following launch, the developer (PleasingFungus Games) shipped a series of weekly feature patches — versions 1.1.0, 1.1.1, 1.1.2, and 1.2 — adding new puzzles, Steam leaderboard support, Linux support, and user-generated puzzle tools. The last of these updates, version 1.2 on October 31, 2017, added user-created puzzle support and noted plans for Steam Workshop and leaderboard integration, but those plans were never followed up with a subsequent release or announcement. After October 2017, the developer's attention shifted to their next project. By June 2021, they were promoting Manufactoria 2022 in Early Access, and by August 2022 that game had fully launched. All developer communications since October 2017 have been about Manufactoria 2022, not Silicon Zeroes. The only DLC on record is the original soundtrack, which released alongside the game on September 18, 2017. There are no unreleased DLC items, no roadmap, and no developer statements suggesting further content for Silicon Zeroes. The game's post-launch update activity concluded in late 2017, and nearly nine years have passed since the last patch. Silicon Zeroes is a self-contained puzzle game that can be considered complete as of its final update on October 31, 2017.
Evidence
Developer announces full release of their next game, Manufactoria 2022. All post-2017 communications from the developer relate to this new title, not Silicon Zeroes.
news post · Aug 16, 2022 source development ending
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Version 1.2 released with user-generated puzzle support. This is the last recorded update to Silicon Zeroes.
news post · Oct 31, 2017 source content shipped
high

Content

1 of 1 released · no outstanding content

Media

Details

Publisher
PleasingFungus Games
Achievements
13
Platform
Windows, macOS, Linux
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player

About this game

The makers of Manufactoria return with a new open-ended puzzle game.



  • Build complex electronics from a variety of simple components, like Adders, Latches and Multiplexers.
  • Travel back to the 60s to Silicon Valley's very first startup, and do your best to keep the whole thing from imploding.
  • Solve more than seventy puzzles, from straightforward introductions to building fully functional CPUs.
  • Original soundtrack by Craig Barnes, composer for Streets of Rogue and Enyo.

"The best game about CPU design that I can imagine​" -- Zach Barth (SpaceChem, TIS-100).

Last evaluated Jun 27, 2026
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