
A Forgetful Loop is a time-based worker-placement puzzle game, where you need to weigh up which nodes are more important at a given moment; To get closer to the core, closer to the finish line!
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Indie, Puzzle, Experimental, Singleplayer.

A Forgetful Loop is a time-based worker-placement puzzle game, where you need to weigh up which nodes are more important at a given moment; To get closer to the core, closer to the finish line!

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This rain will never end unless you discover who killed the mayor of the city!

Understand
Understand is an experimental puzzle game about guessing rules. In each level, you have to figure out the rules through trial and error, then draw a line satisfying all rules.
This rain will never end unless you discover who killed the mayor of the city!
Why similar: Experimental 47.1% ★, Time Travel 32.1% ★, Puzzle 6.7%, Story Rich 4.2%, Atmospheric 3.1%
Understand is an experimental puzzle game about guessing rules. In each level, you have to figure out the rules through trial and error, then draw a line satisfying all rules.
Why similar: Experimental 52.1% ★, Minimalist 21.1%, Abstract 13.4%, Puzzle 11.5%, Indie 1%
Fast-paced top-down physicsy space dogfighting action
Why similar: Experimental 46.2% ★, 2.5D 16.6%, Minimalist 11.3%, Puzzle 11.2%, Sci-fi 7.7%
Play a series of tiny games based on well-known classics, each with a unique twist and connected to each other. Race cars, hit golf balls, uncover mines, and more in this experimental action/puzzle game.
Why similar: Experimental 70.6% ★, Minimalist 13.6%, Puzzle 13.2%, Indie 1.9%, Singleplayer 0.6%
A minimalist puzzle game in which you rotate the world instead of controlling the player. Play through the many level packs and compare your score to others in the leaderboards.
Why similar: Experimental 61.3% ★, Minimalist 20.4%, Puzzle 6.8%, Abstract 6.2%, Indie 2.9%
A casual puzzle game about manipulating and playing with light.
Why similar: Experimental 69.1% ★, Minimalist 15.2%, Puzzle 12.7%, Indie 2.2%, Singleplayer 0.8%
Induction is an abstract puzzle game about time travel and paradoxes. As you master its logic, Induction will rewire how you think about cause and effect.
Why similar: Time Travel 60.4% ★, Puzzle 18.7%, Abstract 13.8%, Indie 7.1%
Minesweeper but the rules are changing.
Why similar: Experimental 52.1% ★, Minimalist 19.5%, Puzzle 15.4%, Abstract 10.1%, Indie 2.3%
Ouroboros presents a bright, cheerful world in which something is horrifyingly wrong. The hero has a princess to save and a quest set before him, but there are unsettling signs that all this has happened before.
Why similar: Experimental 43.3% ★, Time Travel 42.5% ★, Puzzle 7.9%, Story Rich 4.3%, Indie 2%
It’s time for time travel! Master the complexities of fourth dimensional thinking to succeed in this indie 2d puzzle game.
Why similar: Time Travel 60% ★, Sci-fi 16.4%, Puzzle 13.1%, Indie 9.4%, Singleplayer 1.2%
Circles is an abstract puzzle game that takes your mind off things. No words, no distractions: an invitation to experiment. Relax, let your mind wander and discover the puzzling possibilities of circles.
Why similar: Experimental 55.5% ★, Minimalist 19.3%, Abstract 10.7%, Puzzle 10.2%, Atmospheric 3.2%
Futuristic escape game in which you must survive and find a way out of a deadly labyrinth.
Why similar: Time Travel 49% ★, Sci-fi 14.2%, Minimalist 11.7%, Puzzle 10.8%, Futuristic 7.2%
The Triennale Game Collection is a free virtual exhibition of video games created for the 21st International Exhibition of Triennale Milano by five of the world’s most renowned independent game designers, showcasing these artists’ experimental approach to interactivity.
Why similar: Experimental 91.7% ★, Indie 8.3%
Find clues and solve puzzles to escape
Why similar: Experimental 65.1% ★, Puzzle 17%, Sci-fi 12.1%, Atmospheric 2.8%, Indie 2.2%
In Chronoquartz, every move matters! You have 10 turns per loop: explore, solve puzzles, and use your past knowledge to progress. Strategy, critical thinking, and time management will be your allies in this unique temporal adventure. Will you succeed in saving time?
Why similar: Time Travel 45.8% ★, Minimalist 19.2%, Puzzle 14.9%, Sci-fi 13.6%, Atmospheric 3.7%
Reflaser is a puzzle game in which you control the laser reflections to activate various devices. Solve 72 puzzles with pleasant and soothing music.
Why similar: Experimental 37.2% ★, Minimalist 19.3%, Puzzle 13.3%, Sci-fi 8.7%, Science 8.3% ★
The trippy and wondrous exploration-walking simulator. Arty, surreal, different. Grant your brain some sweetmeat.
Why similar: Experimental 72% ★, Puzzle 15.7%, Indie 12.3%
Tricolo is a deceptively small 3×3 logic puzzle where every piece moves in order and blocks others — you must plan each move perfectly to beat the puzzle. The sophisticated puzzle rules and various gimmicks demand deep thought within a limited space.
Why similar: Experimental 56.6% ★, Minimalist 22.5%, Puzzle 14.4%, Atmospheric 3.7%, Indie 2.1%
NetDive is a short, experimental incremental game about an AI learning what makes a human human.
Why similar: Experimental 44.9% ★, 2.5D 20.1%, Minimalist 18%, Sci-fi 13.9%, Indie 1.9%
Vignettes is a unique exploration game without text or characters, where objects shapeshift as you spin them around to wander through a kaleidoscope of different moods and settings.
Why similar: Experimental 58% ★, Minimalist 20.4%, Puzzle 14.4%, Indie 6%, Singleplayer 1.2%
Minimalistic puzzler about silhouettes from creator of Evo Explores
Why similar: Experimental 35% ★, Minimalist 18.1%, Puzzle 14.6%, Science 13.7% ★, Abstract 9.5%
Under the cloud, pressure is crushing – only machines survive in the open. LAMINA BRUISE is a narrative-driven first-person adventure. Solve thoughtful puzzles and overcome revealing obstacles in a tense, hostile environment.
Why similar: Experimental 60.5% ★, Sci-fi 17%, Minimalist 12.5%, Indie 3.8%, Atmospheric 2.6%
Get ready for a mindbending cyberpunk experience! Figure out more than a dozen puzzles through your manipulation of time based clones and try to get the best time in each level! Dive into Déjà Vu, inspired by puzzlers like Braid and The Swapper.
Why similar: Experimental 50.9% ★, 2.5D 17.2%, Sci-fi 16.8%, Puzzle 12.9%, Indie 1.7%
Mega Mosaic is a meditative game about completing a single enormous puzzle
Why similar: Experimental 57.2% ★, Minimalist 23.3%, Puzzle 18.7%, Singleplayer 0.8%
This is a chess puzzle game where you can rewind time to any previous move, but the fate of death is unchangeable. Some pieces are unaffected by time and influence all past moves simultaneously. Use these mechanics, including reality overlap, to checkmate the king in the present or the past!
Why similar: Time Travel 62.1% ★, Sci-fi 12.4%, Minimalist 12.3%, Puzzle 10.9%, Indie 1.7%
An abstract interactive experience about a Gap
Why similar: Experimental 55.6% ★, Minimalist 22.1%, Abstract 14.2%, Puzzle 4%, Indie 3.2%
Higgs Boson: Minimal Puzzle is a relaxing and minimalist puzzle game where the player must rotate pieces to assemble a particle accelerator.
Why similar: Experimental 42.8% ★, Minimalist 21.2%, Puzzle 12.4%, Abstract 11.9%, Science 7.6% ★
Get out of the maze of nostalgia.
Why similar: Experimental 51.6% ★, 2.5D 17.4%, Minimalist 15.3%, Puzzle 11.8%, Indie 3.6%
Higgs Boson: Challenging Puzzle is a minimalist and challenging puzzle game where the player must rotate pieces considering the move limit to assemble a particle accelerator.
Why similar: Experimental 35.3% ★, Minimalist 27.2%, Puzzle 14.4%, Abstract 13.1%, Science 7.2% ★
There are one million buttons. Only one button is correct. The correct button is chosen randomly, and there are no hints. Good luck!
Why similar: Experimental 59.5% ★, Minimalist 24.7%, Abstract 11%, Point & Click 2.1%, Indie 1.7%
Higgs Boson: Timed Puzzle is a minimalist and challenging puzzle game where the player must rotate pieces considering the time limit to assemble a particle accelerator.
Why similar: Experimental 38.3% ★, Minimalist 24.5%, Puzzle 14.1%, Abstract 10.3%, Science 9.2% ★
A puzzle game about running, not because one has somewhere to be, but because one has somewhere they don't want to be. Different doors are blocking the way, that need to be unlocked to proceed. Each door will give a different benefit, and a combination of them is the key to succeed .. or fail.
Why similar: Experimental 67.5% ★, Puzzle 17.3%, Abstract 12.4%, Indie 2.1%, Singleplayer 0.7%
Uncover cheating optical illusions, with your brain and eyes deceiving you at every opportunity... Experience these popular eyetwisters interactively like you've never seen before! This minimalist, but surreal game will make you question all senses you have.
Why similar: Experimental 53.2% ★, Minimalist 16.4%, Puzzle 12.1%, Abstract 10.3%, Science 6.8% ★
Memoir En Code: Reissue is an autobiographical game album. Designed to be experienced similarly to a music album, this short experimental game explores different bits of the author's life as a series of interactive tracks.
Why similar: Experimental 85.4% ★, Indie 14.6%
MaryPark St. is a short story telling indie game, set in a black and white dream-like world. Featuring two interpretations of the same story, The Dream & The Nightmare.
Why similar: Experimental 62.5% ★, Minimalist 15%, Abstract 9.5%, Story Rich 5.5%, Indie 3.5%
Destiny Island is a very short computer game. You play a man who visits his memories. You can walk and talk to mannequins about 7 sins. Associate essence with anything comes to your mind.
Why similar: Experimental 68.4% ★, Minimalist 12.9%, Abstract 8.3%, Story Rich 5.3%, Atmospheric 2.6%
Explore this unique world of infographics: All the bar charts, line diagrams and pie charts react to what you are doing. Metrico+ is a combination of exploration, skill, experimentation, but most of all: thinking outside of the box. Are you smart enough to solve all the mysteries?
Why similar: Experimental 39.3% ★, Minimalist 15.6%, 2.5D 13.4%, Abstract 10.4%, Puzzle 10.2%
Unravel a narrative-driven 2.5D anime adventure as Hector, a dirt-poor genius and creator of the world’s first time machine. Travel between timelines, meet intriguing characters, and explore futuristic cityscapes as you seek to save reality from time-bending forces beyond imagination.
Why similar: Time Travel 51.6% ★, 2.5D 22%, Sci-fi 12.7%, Story Rich 5.5%, Futuristic 4.8%
Escape rooms are fun! But Escape Knox Manor asks the question what if you were actually kidnapped? And what if you had to escape a mansion? Find out now!
Why similar: Experimental 78.3% ★, Puzzle 13.9%, Atmospheric 5.1%, Indie 2.1%, Singleplayer 0.7%
Mummy Sandbox is a first person digging simulator meets point & click adventure. Traverse forgotten sandboxes and dig up corpses to learn their secrets!
Why similar: Experimental 75.1% ★, Puzzle 17.8%, Point & Click 3.4%, Indie 2.7%, Singleplayer 1%
A free 5-minute visual novel. A security concern demands your attention.
Why similar: Experimental 60.1% ★, Minimalist 17.9%, Sci-fi 13.8%, Futuristic 3.1%, Indie 2.6%
A collection of 5 experimental games from different indie devs that takes you on a journey through time!
Why similar: Experimental 72.3% ★, Sci-fi 7.9%, Indie 6.6%, Futuristic 5.9%, Abstract 3.9%
One Line is a minimalist puzzle game where the objective is to draw a single line filling the entire board. Different mechanics will challenge your mind in this game that is easy to learn but hard to solve. Can you find the correct path?
Why similar: Experimental 52.2% ★, Minimalist 19.6%, Puzzle 12.6%, Abstract 12%, Point & Click 1.7%
Flood Fill is a fast paced action-arcade game. The concept is easy, the game is not. Avoid the enemies, and section off areas of the map. Section off enough of the map, advance to the next level.
Why similar: Experimental 60.5% ★, Minimalist 17.7%, Puzzle 15.1%, Atmospheric 3.8%, Indie 1.9%
A sokoban-like 3D puzzle game in a colorful, stylized world of light and shadow.
Why similar: Experimental 73.6% ★, Puzzle 18.6%, Atmospheric 5.1%, Indie 2.1%, Singleplayer 0.6%
Step inside, doctor.
Why similar: Experimental 35.7% ★, Sci-fi 24.3%, Minimalist 21.1%, Puzzle 10.4%, Atmospheric 5.6%
enter a dark 2d platform style game with choices to speak the truth and the lie it will only depend on the path you want to follow and beware of the ending you will achieve
Why similar: Experimental 70.2% ★, Minimalist 20.3%, Atmospheric 3.7%, Story Rich 3.1%, Indie 2%
Three Minutes To Eight is a mind bending pixel art adventure. A gaming experience threading the edge of consciousness, where everything is possible and yet remains elusive. Players will find themselves in ███ ██ █ ▓ ▒ ░ ¿⊕ξד¶¶¶ Error 0x80070570.
Why similar: Time Travel 41.8% ★, 2.5D 14%, Sci-fi 12.3%, Puzzle 9.4%, Futuristic 6.8%
A time-bending puzzle game about working with - and against - your past selves. Subvert the rules of time travel, dodge paradoxes, and find a way to escape the loop.
Why similar: Time Travel 51.6% ★, Minimalist 17.4%, 2.5D 14.7%, Puzzle 11%, Indie 2.9%
Run, jump, rewind, and avoid a time paradox? A time-traveling gal changes the past where she drank tapioca to prevent the extinction of humanity in this time-loop action puzzle game!
Why similar: Time Travel 81.7% ★, Puzzle 13.2%, Indie 3.8%, Singleplayer 1.2%
n-body is a chill space golf videogame! Launch stars in different solar systems with relaxing soundscapes and slowly form constellations.
Why similar: Experimental 75.6% ★, Minimalist 21%, Indie 2.5%, Singleplayer 0.9%
CIPHERCELL is a minimalist logic puzzle game where you slide cells together to perform arithmetic, with the objective of getting the last cell to zero.
Why similar: Experimental 44.4% ★, Minimalist 22.3%, Puzzle 13.8%, Abstract 12.3%, Atmospheric 4.2%
Boom is a logic puzzle game with a relaxing atmosphere, which builds clear links,An exciting new twist on a classic game without the element of guesswork!
Why similar: Experimental 49.6% ★, Minimalist 22.7%, Puzzle 14.4%, Abstract 8.2%, Point & Click 3.8%
You continue your journey in worlds of Abandoned.
Why similar: Time Travel 60.3% ★, Puzzle 12.1%, Sci-fi 9.8%, Story Rich 5.1%, Indie 4.1%
A psychological horror game that lives on your desktop. Nothing happens while you’re watching. When you minimize it, it remembers.
Why similar: Experimental 72.5% ★, Minimalist 17.6%, Atmospheric 4.9%, Indie 4%, Singleplayer 1%
Travel to and blast your way through the past, in this 2.5D, time-travel game that combines classic run and gun elements with time-bending abilities. Join Henry as he fights to save his family and fix the timeline. Is it really that simple though?
Why similar: Time Travel 53.2% ★, 2.5D 18.3%, Sci-fi 9.9%, Futuristic 8.5%, Story Rich 4.6%
Imagine waking up on a small dock with no recollection of who you are or how you got there. The first person you find is a grumpy, old man who enlists you to work on his ferry boat which seems to have materialized behind you.
Why similar: Experimental 85.9% ★, Indie 8.3%, Atmospheric 5.3%, Singleplayer 0.5%
YANKAI'S TRIANGLE is a love letter to TRIANGLES. A puzzling puzzle game about the beauty and joy of infinitely tapping on TRIANGLES for some reason.
Why similar: Experimental 57.2% ★, Puzzle 18.7%, Abstract 14.7%, Indie 8.2%, Singleplayer 1.2%
This game is a grid-based puzzle with a twist: The layout of each level is hidden from you at the start of every room. 60 levels filled with various puzzles. Make determinations on your surroundings, project your moves, utilize mechanics of teleportation, wraparounds and more!
Why similar: Experimental 67.1% ★, Puzzle 16.9%, Minimalist 12.8%, Indie 1.9%, Singleplayer 1.2%