Algo-Bot by Fishing Cactus: a puzzle game for programming logic
Algo-Bot is a puzzle game by the Belgian studio Fishing Cactus in which players program a small robot. A game of that name is on sale on Steam for 9.99 euros as of November 2026.
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How Algo-Bot teaches logic
Fishing Cactus, an independent studio in Mons, Belgium, announced Algo-Bot in January 2013 as a serious game for the logic that programming demands. Technobel, a training center, had asked the studio for a game that would help people grasp those skills. The player controls a little robot, but only indirectly. The robot has to cover a path that repeats several times along a mission, and the player builds a separate sequence of orders that is called each time the path comes up. That mirrors how functions work in real programming.
By solving small problems, players meet variables, functions, conditions and groups. The studio expected to release the game by the end of January 2013.
The studio
Fishing Cactus was founded in 2008 by four experienced AAA developers from the remains of 10Tacle, the maker of Totems and Urban Race. In 2013 it had worked on more than 50 titles for platforms including iOS, Android, Windows, Mac, Linux, Xbox Live, PSN, Kinect and 3DS, and it had done work-for-hire for publishers such as Ubisoft, SEGA and Big Ben Interactive. It employed 30 people in Mons at that time; its site now says 38.
Algo-Bot today
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Developer | Fishing Cactus, Mons, Belgium |
| Publisher on Steam | Plug In Digital |
| Steam release date | February 14, 2018 |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, SteamOS and Linux |
| Price on Steam | 9.99 euros for the base game |
| Studio site | fishingcactus.com is online |
What is true today
The site of Fishing Cactus is online in November 2026. The page lists Algobot among its games as a puzzle game set aboard Europa, a colonization ship, where the player commands a service droid called Algo Bot and helps a line manager named PAL contain a crisis. It links to a Buy button, a trailer and a press kit, and names Steam as the platform, with a user rating of very positive at 90 percent.
The Steam store page lists Algo Bot as developed by Fishing Cactus and published by Plug In Digital, released on February 14, 2018, and offered for purchase. It describes a puzzle game in which visual programming commands the droid. Neither the studio's site nor the Steam page mentions Technobel, so the 2018 commercial game and the 2013 training project share a name, a studio and a subject, but the pages do not state that they are the same product. The game's own site, algo-bot.com, is online.
Questions about Algo-Bot
What does Algo-Bot teach?
Algo-Bot teaches the logic of programming. Players build sequences of orders that a robot repeats, which works like functions, and they meet variables, conditions and groups along the way.
Can Algo-Bot be bought today?
Yes. The Steam page lists Algo Bot at 9.99 euros for Windows, macOS, SteamOS and Linux, and the developer's site lists Steam as the platform.
Who made Algo-Bot?
Fishing Cactus, an independent studio in Mons, Belgium, made it. In 2013 the studio described the game as commissioned by Technobel for use at its training center.