Try the new demo for If Red Then Stop - a traffic coding automation puzzler

10 Sep 2026 at 9:16 am UTC
By Liam Squires-Hand

If you love puzzle games that teach a little programming and automation - If Red Then Stop looks like your next visit. A demo with Native Linux support has just been released.

Coming from the indie team Kerzoven from Switzerland, they previously made Of Life and Land in 2025, a city builder paired with a rich nature simulation. Now they're trying something a little different, inspired by the founder's frustration with a new traffic light system on his commute that was causing major problems.

Here you will become an engineer of sorts while you learn the fundamentals of state machines in automation, as you attempt to optimize traffic and not smash vehicles into each other. Then break it all as you try to optimize it further and watch a bit of chaos unfold.

See the trailer below:

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• Solve realistic traffic challenges to understand how state machines work in the real world.
• Use a high-level state automation concept instead of functional programming.
• Learn a programming language that's used in the automation industry.
• Watch people go nuts from your flawed code. Fix it and earn their eternal gratitude.

Platform: 🐧 Native LinuxDevs:Metaroot, KerzovenOfficial links:Steam Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com. Tags: Native Linux, Automation, Demo, Indie Game, Programming, Puzzle, Steam, Upcoming | Apps: If Red Then Stop 2 Likes Some you may have missed, popular articles from the last month:XBOX PC and Game Pass coming to Linux with the 'Xodus' projectvolt-gui is an AMD Adrenaline / NVIDIA Settings alternative for Linux"Yes, no AI is now a feature" - LibreOffice / The Document FoundationBazzite 44 getting a hotfix for various issues after the recent big release All posts need to follow our rules. Please hit the Report Flag icon on any post that breaks the rules or contains illegal / harmful content. Readers can also email us for any issues or concerns.