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You’re given a goal (usually ‘use these atoms to create these molecules’) and, when you’re satisfied that your instructions will result in a satisfactory conclusion, you click the ‘Play’ button and watch events unfold. ‘move here’, ‘pick this up’, and ‘bond these atoms’.

The reactors have input zones (where atoms and molecules come in) and output zones (where ‘finished’ atoms and molecules come out), as well as two WALDOs – tiny robots that follow simple instructions i.e. SpaceChem is really about two intrinsically linked elements: programming and elegance.įor the most part you’re playing around inside reactors. Truthfully though, there’s no real fear of education here (the chemical reactions are aesthetic fluff), although you might end up being able to recite bits of the periodic table.

It says a lot for SpaceChem then that, on explaining it’s principles further and showcasing a quick puzzle, they watch intently for five minutes, chime in with their own puzzle-solving suggestions for half an hour, and then wander away – no doubt musing about buying it at some point soon. It says something about my family that when they ask what I’ve been playing lately, I can respond with “I’ve been playing a game involving chemical engineering” and (unlike my family – Ed.) they will wait for further details before writing it off as dry, dull and boring.