- #1 PERFECT ANGLE: The puzzle game based on optical illusions
78% matchMostly Positive78% of 338 reviews2015
Dev: Ivanovich Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Challenge your mind with puzzles based on optical illusions. Find the perfect angle by rotating the camera to clean up the chaos and find a shocking story fraught with twists.
Why similar: Strategy 56.5%, Indie 25.6%, Puzzle 17.8%
- #2 Hexcross
62% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MetaHobby
Windows
Avoid getting hexed in this beautiful puzzle dueler. Players take turns creating lines trying to avoid certain demise. Make a triangle and you're out!
Why similar: Strategy 57.3%, Indie 25.4%, Puzzle 17.3%
- #3 FaeVerse Alchemy
61% matchMixed68% of 364 reviews2024
Dev: Subsoap
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
What wonders await those brave enough to follow the alchemical path of magic?
Why similar: Strategy 49.6%, Puzzle 26.5%, Indie 23.8%
- #4 Poly Mole
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 12 reviews2019
Dev: Haubna
Windows · Mac · Linux
Poly Mole is a puzzle game in which you have to guide your mole through a ton of different levels. Play levels from the community, create your own or test yourself in the campaign.
Why similar: Strategy 51%, Puzzle 27.1%, Indie 21.9%
- #5 Seamspace: Minesweeper
57% matchVery Positive94% of 88 reviews2025
Dev: Polynomial Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
The classic Minesweeper experience launched into a 3D space environment. Strategically reveal cells against a backdrop of stars and nebulae to beat your best times. Play the traditional beginner, intermediate, and expert difficulties or take control and create your own board in the custom mode.
Why similar: Space 38.9%, Strategy 33.8%, Puzzle 27.4%
- #6 Refract
70% matchPositive91% of 33 reviews2017
Dev: Renaissance Game Studio
Windows · Mac
"Refract" is a puzzle game in which you use the primary colored laser beams and reflect them or refract them to the cuboid of thet corresponding color.
Why similar: Strategy 51.3%, Puzzle 27.7%, Indie 21%
- #7 Adorables
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,198 reviews2016
Dev: White RabbitPub: Volens Nolens Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Great game with the cutest characters you ever imagined
Why similar: Strategy 47.2%, Puzzle 31.6%, Indie 21.2%
- #8 Fake Colours
71% matchVery Positive84% of 164 reviews2015
Dev: Beyond-Limits-GamesPub: Budget Friendly Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%
The best new puzzle game around is ready to challenge you! Are you ready to take on the 30 levels of Fake Colours?
Why similar: Strategy 44%, Indie 36.9%, Puzzle 19.1%
- #9 Star-Twine
70% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2016
Dev: SPARSE//GameDev
Windows · Mac · Linux
Star-Twine is a real-time strategy game where you control a point of light created by a dying star. Battles unfold on sprawling three-dimensional maps as you collect energy and build structures to attack your opponent. Chill out to the atmospheric visuals and soundtrack as you plan your next move.
Why similar: Strategy 52.9%, Space 23.7%, Indie 23.5%
- #10 Bongo Cat
53% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 95,019 reviews2025
Dev: Marcel ZurawkaPub: Irox Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 26.7 hrsMean: 261.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #11 Holodrive
65% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,233 reviews2021
Dev: BitCake StudioPub: Versus Evil
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A fast-paced multiplayer shooter where you customize your robot, zoom around with a jetpack, and battle with various weapons. Master the arenas, surprise your enemies, and enjoy the nonstop action!
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #12 Ace Of Words
70% matchMixed64% of 833 reviews2016
Dev: ZeroBit GamesPub: Ocean Media LLC
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Become a spelling ace or just beat the highest score in this arcade spelling contest. The challenge is ON! 8 letters, up to 100 words and 120 seconds to spell them out. Compete against other players via leaderboards and become real Ace Of Words.
Why similar: Indie 51%, Puzzle 49%
- #13 Swapper Tiles
68% match6 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2018
Dev: Rynder Games
Windows
Swapper Tiles is a First Person Puzzle game where you find yourself trapped in a cage with your only chance to escape is to complete the challenges set. The game revolves around completing puzzles by swapping tiles around to create a path between them. Demo available on Steam.
Why similar: Strategy 58.1%, Indie 24.9%, Puzzle 17%
- #14 Space Flowers
69% match4 user reviews25% of 4 reviews2018
Dev: Sssjim7
Windows
Space Flowers is an intra-galactic tradewars game. Buy and sell flowers as you upgrade your spaceship and explore the galaxy, locating lost family members along the way. Fight off an evil extra-galactic empire when you are ready. Great fun for all ages!
Why similar: Strategy 63.6%, Space 27.6%, Indie 8.8%
- #15 Axis Football 2015
70% matchMixed69% of 381 reviews2015
Dev: Axis Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Axis Football is a 3D American Football Simulation Game that features a unique aimed passing system. Play in a single match, season mode, or local multiplayer! Offers basic mod support for team rosters.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #16 Escape From Duckov
50% matchVery Positive84% of 101,208 reviews2025
Dev: Team SodaPub: bilibili
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.2 hrsMean: 25.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Escape from Duckov is a PVE indie survival RPG — in a duck's world!. Scavenge for resources, build your hideout, and upgrade your gear in the world of Duckov. Start from nothing and rise to the top. Outwit hostile ducks, survive, or make it out alive.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #17 Aggregator Elevator System
59% matchPositive88% of 34 reviews2023
Dev: Eternal Monke Games
Windows · Mac
Challenge your logic and strategy in new ways in this deductive tile-placement puzzle game. Master a rich system of logical rules where you must arrange blocks within a grid to make everything add up perfectly.
Why similar: Strategy 42.6%, Puzzle 34.7%, Indie 22.7%
- #18 Meld
68% matchPositive97% of 30 reviews2016
Dev: Axis Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Meld is a mind-bending puzzle game featuring 200+ levels and a build-in editor so you can create your own and play levels made by others!
Why similar: Strategy 61.6%, Puzzle 19.6%, Indie 18.8%
- #19 Space Warfare
64% matchMixed58% of 94 reviews2021
Dev: Little Stories
Windows · Mac · Linux
2D casual strategy
Why similar: Strategy 49.9%, Space 29.3%, Indie 20.8%
- #20 Magma Tsunami
68% matchMixed65% of 321 reviews2016
Dev: StrangeLight Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Magma Tsunami is a frenzied arcade platformer game. Beat your records in 1P or Co-op mode, and don't get caught by the Magma Tsunami!!! Could you stay alive for more than one minute??
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #21 100 nya
68% matchPositive88% of 26 reviews2016
Dev: .M.Y.W.
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 98%
The game develops logical thinking. Taught to think through the moves in advance.
Why similar: Strategy 58.1%, Indie 25.8%, Puzzle 16.1%
- #22 Hellfire Fortress
56% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gold & Lumber Games UG
Windows · Mac
In the Hellfire Fortress classic 1 vs 1 mode you’ll face sheer endless waves of demons and thus the goal is straight forward: Your Fortress needs to survive longer than your opponent’s! It’s your task to set up an army and strategically invest in economy while constantly leveling up your Fortress.
Why similar: Strategy 69%, Indie 31%
- #23 BlindOak Prow
56% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PositionMatters
Windows · Mac · Linux
BlindOak Prow is a competitive strategy card game with unique, subtle tactics that mirror the political maneuvers of the setting. Form a party of four characters mixing and matching the six different classes however you'd like, then outwit your foes for control of the city and for your survival on a new land.
Why similar: Strategy 69.3%, Indie 30.7%
- #24 Ichi
68% matchVery Positive85% of 663 reviews2014
Dev: Stolen Couch Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Ichi is an easy to play but challenging one button puzzle game. Don't be deceived by the game simplistic look, it’s a braintwister for sure! Collect golden rings by rotating objects, using teleporters, breaking blocks and more.
Why similar: Puzzle 39.5%, Strategy 37%, Indie 23.5%
- #25 Rubico
56% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Game Runners
Windows
You were in the middle of a dying city, in the center of which a giant monster nestled - the Plague. People infected with it lose their sanity and die over time. In the midst of all this chaos, you have only one friend you can rely on - a mechanical kettle.
Why similar: Strategy 70%, Indie 30%
- #26 Schedule I
49% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 286,517 reviews2025
Dev: TVGS
Windows
Median: 18.5 hrsMean: 27.7 hrs≥1hr: 97%
From small-time dope pusher to kingpin - manufacture and distribute a range of drugs throughout the grungy city of Hyland Point. Expand your empire with properties, businesses, employees and more.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #27 Kaya
55% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KirUn
Windows
Kaya is a colorful logic game with relaxing gameplay and beautiful ambient soundtrack.
Why similar: Strategy 57.6%, Indie 26.4%, Puzzle 16%
- #28 UFHO2
68% matchPositive87% of 38 reviews2015
Dev: Tiny Colossus
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Play an alien navigating a maze of hexagons in this competitive mix between strategy and board game. Plan your next turn, think fast, act faster, and outmanoeuvre your opponents by predicting their moves. UFHO2 is strategy at its finest.
Why similar: Strategy 44.8%, Space 22.8%, Indie 17.7%, Puzzle 14.7%
- #29 恶魔迷宫 | Evil Maze
66% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,190 reviews2016
Dev: ZOV GAME STUDIO
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Random Iiem and Skills + Hidden elements RPG + Strategy ARPG The game starts in a dark underground maze where a female officer is confined in a prison. She wants to get out of this nightmare maze! Would you like to help her?
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #30 Lowglow
66% matchVery Positive90% of 467 reviews2015
Dev: Rockodile
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Lowglow - an audiovisual puzzle journey. Glowingly beautiful graphics combined with a dynamic audio environment make sure that Lowglow is an unforgettable, mind-bending experience for you!
Why similar: Puzzle 54.7%, Indie 45.3%
- #31 Supraball
63% matchMostly Positive77% of 3,243 reviews2019
Dev: Supra Games
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Play football in first person view and develop your own tactics and tricks. Play with up to 9 of your friends or join alone. No Pay2Win!
Why similar: Strategy 52.7%, Indie 47.3%
- #32 Yargis - Space Melee
68% matchMixed58% of 236 reviews2015
Dev: PlazSoft
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Yargis is a fast paced, top down spaceship shooter. Customize your ship to join a battle online or offline. Yargis is focused on team based, close combat action. The game has a variety of battle and co-op game modes and a powerful editor make Yargis a great game!
Why similar: Space 44.4%, Strategy 38.1%, Indie 17.6%
- #33 Planet Suika
55% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2023
Dev: design.reject
Windows
Take your Suika stacking skills to a new planetary level in this Casual Puzzle Game! Combine smaller planets together to turn them into larger planets. Master the games Physics to combine the planets until you make a big Sun!
Why similar: Strategy 38.9%, Space 32.6%, Puzzle 22.7%, Indie 5.8%
- #34 Fleets of Ascendancy
65% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2018
Dev: desaccord art
Windows
Meet allies, foes and aliens on your trek across a solar system. Plan layouts, coordinate attacks, balance resources, manage fleet facilities and take on many different kinds of enemies in numerous encounters along your journey.
Why similar: Strategy 44.7%, Space 36.1%, Indie 19.2%
- #35 Kidnapped
66% matchMixed56% of 563 reviews2015
Dev: Deceptive Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Kidnapped is a psychological story-driven horror game, featuring emphasis on exploration, puzzle solving and combat. Kidnapped dynamically changes as the player progresses, and aims to unnerve the player. Traverse a two hundred year old manor, dark damp caves, an eerie forest and more.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #36 V Rising
50% matchVery Positive89% of 131,808 reviews2024
Dev: Stunlock Studios
Windows
Median: 21.0 hrsMean: 57.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Awaken as a Vampire. Hunt for blood in nearby settlements to regain your strength and evade the scorching sun to survive. Raise your castle and thrive in an ever-changing, open world full of mystery. Gain allies online and conquer the land of the living.
- #37 A grande bagunça espacial - The big space mess
64% matchMixed69% of 1,237 reviews2016
Dev: RMAL
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Hello everyone! Welcome to the craziest adventure of your lives! The fearless Waldisglédson will face creatures from space and find allies on his journey!
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #38 Airstrike HD
65% matchMixed55% of 425 reviews2016
Dev: Fifth Dimension Company
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Your goal is to destroy all buildings on the mission and defeat all Bosses. One combat operation includes 5 levels and 1 boss mission.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #39 High On Racing
66% matchMixed46% of 277 reviews2015
Dev: SilentFuture
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 98%
High On Racing is an unique Retro Arcade Style Tactical Racing Game that will warp you into the sky to race against the time.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #40 Piatka
64% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2017
Dev: iwangr
Windows
The game get 490 words to guess. Try to uncover word simply by uncover every single letter. get lot of bonuses from teddy bear and parrot .Play on a single player or multiplayer mode. Have fun training your mind !
Why similar: Strategy 68.5%, Puzzle 20.7%, Indie 10.8%
- #41 Shift
63% matchMostly Positive78% of 341 reviews2016
Dev: Black Lime Studio
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
It's a fun puzzle game. You have to connect as many figures as possible together. Use yellow "shifters" to change direction of the line. Get more points for longer line.
Why similar: Strategy 41.5%, Indie 29.7%, Puzzle 28.8%
- #42 RockBuster
66% matchNo user reviews2018
Dev: Twisted Bit Inc.
Windows
As an asteroid miner, your goal is to complete different kind of missions from asteroid mining to securing the galaxy. Buy new more powerful ships, find rare equipment and reveal all the greatest riches of the space rocks.
Why similar: Strategy 56.6%, Space 27%, Indie 16.5%
- #43 Space Trains
60% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2020
Dev: Noisy Owl
Windows · Linux
A light strategy-puzzle game about building an interplanetary industrial rail network. Discover new planets, assign them planet-wide projects, and watch as trains miraculously ferry the fruits of their labor around... through space!
Why similar: Strategy 56.2%, Indie 24.4%, Space 12.1%, Puzzle 7.3%
- #44 Lovely Planet
63% matchVery Positive91% of 2,688 reviews2014
Dev: quicktequilaPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A First Person Shooter Gun Ballet set in a cutesy abstract world. Jump and shoot your way through five worlds full of treacherous enemies with your trusty semi-automatic!
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #45 Concept 20
61% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2019
Dev: Aaron Leal
Windows
Concept 20 is a mix of gameplays with just one objective, get the ball or block into the yellow box.
Why similar: Strategy 63%, Indie 27.5%, Puzzle 9.5%
- #46 Persona 3 Reload
49% matchVery Positive94% of 54,194 reviews2024
Dev: ATLUSPub: SEGA
Windows
Median: 42.9 hrsMean: 58.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Dive into the Dark Hour and awaken the depths of your heart. Persona 3 Reload is a captivating reimagining of the genre-defining RPG, reborn for the modern era with cutting-edge graphics and gameplay.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #47 Vox Populi Vox Dei 2
63% matchVery Positive86% of 494 reviews2015
Dev: Great Cogs
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Your adventure is not over yet, the real enemy has appeared. Dr. Wolf has taken your lovely girl and you won't stop until you find her. To accomplish your mission, you will pass through many difficult challenges, putting your own life at risk.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #48 MAZE LORD
62% matchMostly Positive87% of 408 reviews2016
Dev: Jetdogs Studios
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Become the part of the legend and save the stolen princess!
Why similar: Strategy 54.6%, Puzzle 24.2%, Indie 21.2%
- #49 Starion Tactics
66% matchMixed40% of 177 reviews2014
Dev: Corncrow Games
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 97%
After assuming command of one of four human or alien factions vying for galactic dominance, immediately define your game’s scope. Play for minutes to hours across tens to hundreds of planets in single-player skirmish or multiplayer modes—it’s entirely up to you.
Why similar: Strategy 55.4%, Space 28.5%, Indie 16.1%
- #50 In Between
63% matchVery Positive85% of 473 reviews2015
Dev: GentlymadPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 95%
In Between is set inside the mind of a man hit by a cruel twist of fate. Together you are on a journey through the protagonist's head, a world that doesn’t obey the laws of physics.
Why similar: Puzzle 40.1%, Strategy 33.8%, Indie 26.1%
- #51 Wild Island Quest
65% matchMixed54% of 342 reviews2015
Dev: NLB project
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
In an endless air ocean of an alien world, small lonesome plots of land float above the abyss. But sometimes approach each other, and lands which have never met before, reveal their secrets.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #52 Defend Your Life: TD
63% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,092 reviews2015
Dev: Alda Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Defend Your Life! Is tower defense set in human body where players are fighting against villain hordes of viruses and bacteria. Levels and units correspond to reality of human anatomy.
Why similar: Strategy 48.1%, Puzzle 31.5%, Indie 20.4%
- #53 Bell Ringer
66% matchMostly Negative24% of 425 reviews2016
Dev: Night Node Software
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Bell Ringer is a fast paced arena PvP brawler with local and online multiplayer. Gather your friends and brace yourselves for some intense brawling! Choose between five unique characters with different weapons, special moves and styles.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #54 Aeon Command
63% matchMostly Positive79% of 414 reviews2014
Dev: Bat Country Games, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Aeon Command is a tug of war strategy game, where you play as one of three unique factions to help gain dominance over the Aeon Nebula! Take control of your mother ship to gather resources, produce ships and fight off the enemy mother ship. Grow stronger as you progress through the 24 mission campaign and unlock new upgrades.
Why similar: Strategy 57.2%, Space 24.9%, Indie 17.9%
- #55 Tales of the Orient: The Rising Sun
63% matchVery Positive82% of 394 reviews2015
Dev: Green Sauce Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Dive into an epic story of honor and courage and help a Geisha and a Samurai save the day.
Why similar: Strategy 41.8%, Puzzle 35.9%, Indie 22.3%
- #56 Timore Inferno
63% matchMixed58% of 351 reviews2016
Dev: Vidas Salavejus
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Timore Inferno is the 4th indie horror game in the Timore series. Strange visitors have come to a little girl's house, robbing her home and killing everyone inside... Except her. With dolls holding the anger of her loss, everyone who tries to go there and investigate what happened wind up missing.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #57 Gumball Guesser
51% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Collin King
Windows
A code-guessing puzzle game where you will decipher the correct combination of gumballs to solve a puzzle. You'll challenge yourself by raising the bar on the difficulty of the puzzles you'll solve.
Why similar: Strategy 64.6%, Puzzle 26%, Indie 9.4%
- #58 EA SPORTS FC™ 25
49% matchMixed53% of 104,487 reviews2024
Dev: EA CanadaPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 69.9 hrsMean: 148.0 hrs≥1hr: 97%
EA SPORTS FC™ 25 gives you more ways to win for the club. Team up with friends in your favourite modes with the new 5v5 Rush, and manage your club to victory as FC IQ delivers more tactical control than ever before.
- #59 RED Fuse: Rolling Explosive Device
63% matchPositive86% of 14 reviews2015
Dev: Meteor Shock
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Unleash strings of volatile bombs known as Rolling Explosive Devices, and use them against each other in creating chain reactions to blast open deposits of priceless jewels!
Why similar: Strategy 50.7%, Puzzle 27.6%, Indie 21.7%
- #60 Alter World
63% matchMixed68% of 578 reviews2015
Dev: Giorgi AbelashviliPub: SA Industry
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Inspired by Stephen King’s book - “The Dark Tower”, Alter World is a 2D platformer with interesting gameplay mechanics. Player can pass on an alternative universe anytime and use an alternative realms to move to another level. Levels are unique, with puzzles. player will have to react quickly and assess when to move between the Worlds.
Why similar: Indie 64%, Puzzle 36%