Games Like Altered

A mind-bending recursive puzzle game about boxes within boxes within boxes within boxes. Learn to use infinity to your advantage as you explore a deep and elegant system.

Why similar: Sokoban 54.5% ★, Minimalist 13.9%, Difficult 12.7%, Puzzle 12.5%, Strategy 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: Features recursive, mind-bending spatial puzzles that perfectly capture the 'thinking outside the box' nature of Altered.

An adorable and relaxing open world puzzle adventure for monsters who love to learn about humans!

Why similar: Sokoban 30.1% ★, Difficult 11.3%, Nonlinear 10.7%, Open World 9.1%, Surreal 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: An open-world, non-linear sokoban game that emphasizes exploration and discovery in a charming, relaxing setting.

Set your belongings on fire on a beautiful voxel art puzzle island.

Why similar: Sokoban 31.7% ★, Difficult 12.2%, Nonlinear 12.2%, Grid-Based Movement 12%, Puzzle 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: A beautiful 3D puzzle game that combines difficult, grid-based movement with a meditative, atmospheric presentation.

Push, slice, ingest, flip, and squish worms in this puzzle game in which you play as a little sentient tin can.

Why similar: Sokoban 49.2% ★, Grid-Based Movement 18.1%, Puzzle 11.5%, Stylized 5%, Relaxing 5%

Why You'll Like It: A deeply complex, grid-based puzzle game that offers a high level of challenge and creative problem-solving.

Baba Is You is a puzzle game where the rules you have to follow are present as blocks you can interact with. By manipulating them, you can change how the game works, repurpose things you find in the levels and cause surprising interactions!

Why similar: Sokoban 38.5% ★, Difficult 27.5%, Puzzle 21%, Minimalist 4.2%, Indie 2.9%

Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for rule-breaking, logic-based puzzle games that force players to constantly rethink their approach to the environment.

Chronescher is a challenging turn-based puzzle game in Escher-esque spaces. Use impossible geometries, teleportation and environmental snapshots to navigate your mind and uncover your lost memories.

Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 21.6%, Surreal 20.3%, Difficult 16.6%, Puzzle 12.2%, Family Friendly 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: Utilizes surreal, perspective-shifting mechanics in a 3D space that feels very similar to the abstract nature of Altered.

Tackle thorny problems in this plant pushing puzzle game. Learn to maneuver like a cactus as you grow your way back to the desert!

Why similar: Sokoban 47.3% ★, Difficult 22%, Puzzle 11.5%, Strategy 5.8%, Relaxing 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: Features unique, spatial-manipulation mechanics that provide a fresh and difficult take on the classic sokoban formula.

Solve puzzle panels and uncover the meaning of the symbols within. Explore a dense world where secrets are hidden in plain sight.

Why similar: Nonlinear 24.1%, Difficult 18.2%, Surreal 13.8%, Puzzle 10.2%, Open World 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: An open-world, non-linear puzzle game that rewards observation and environmental deduction in a beautiful, minimalist setting.

Protecting nobles from mud may look simple on the surface, but the intricate cape arranging puzzle mechanics ensure steadily increasing difficulty. Join the Knights on their quest to preserve dignity, and mindmuck is practically guaranteed! Playtime 10-35h.

Why similar: Sokoban 33.3% ★, Difficult 13%, Nonlinear 12.3%, Grid-Based Movement 9.1%, Minimalist 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: A clever, logic-heavy puzzle game that requires careful planning and spatial awareness to navigate obstacles.

A difficult open world puzzle game about plumbing.

Why similar: Sokoban 32.5% ★, Difficult 13.1%, Nonlinear 12.4%, Grid-Based Movement 10%, Puzzle 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A classic, difficult, and highly satisfying grid-based puzzle game that focuses on efficient movement.

A puzzle game where the rooms are items and the items are rooms. Get to the goal by moving, rearranging and duplicating rooms and altering the structure of the world.

Why similar: Difficult 48.6%, Puzzle 32.3%, Family Friendly 11.6%, Indie 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, recursive puzzle game where you enter rooms within rooms to manipulate the environment in clever ways.

Solve puzzles embedded in rocks and crystals as you explore a colorful, serene alien asteroid. Discover a few clever twists as you progress in this short and sweet puzzle experience.

Why similar: Sokoban 38% ★, Nonlinear 12.2%, Puzzle 11.5%, Relaxing 9.8%, Grid-Based Movement 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, exploration-driven puzzle game that emphasizes a relaxing atmosphere and non-linear progression.

An adorable puzzle game about being a monster and making snowmen.

Why similar: Sokoban 31.2% ★, Difficult 11.3%, Surreal 10.6%, Open World 8.8%, Relaxing 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: A relaxing, open-world puzzle game that focuses on charming, grid-based movement and exploration.

Explore a world of colorful jelly blocks that can be deformed and stuck together. Use them in surprising, unexpected ways to build clever contraptions and solve delightful puzzles.

Why similar: Sokoban 25.9% ★, Nonlinear 11.8%, Difficult 10.3%, Surreal 9.9%, Grid-Based Movement 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: A difficult, satisfying sokoban game that introduces unique mechanics to keep the puzzle-solving feeling fresh.

A simple 3d puzzle game.

Why similar: Sokoban 38.8% ★, Difficult 33.2%, Puzzle 22.6%, Indie 4%, Singleplayer 1.4%

Why You'll Like It: Widely considered one of the most difficult and rewarding sokoban games, focusing on deep, layered logic.

A quirky 3D puzzle game about three musicians forming a band and trying to score their breakout hit.

Why similar: Sokoban 37.3% ★, Nonlinear 14.9%, Difficult 14.1%, Surreal 12.5%, Strategy 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: A 3D, quirky, and strategy-focused puzzle game that shares the playful yet challenging spirit of Altered.

Place your faith and embrace the Void.

Why similar: Sokoban 67.9% ★, Puzzle 15.2%, Difficult 11.2%, Indie 2.2%, Singleplayer 2.1%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, deep, and mysterious puzzle game that rewards players for looking beyond the surface of its mechanics.

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: Minimalist 58.5%, Puzzle 34.8%, Singleplayer 4.5%, Indie 2.2%

Why You'll Like It: An abstract, rule-deduction game that encourages non-linear exploration and experimentation to solve its puzzles.

You wake up, alone, on a strange island full of puzzles that will challenge and surprise you.

Why similar: Puzzle 22.6%, Open World 16.1%, Difficult 15.8%, Philosophical 10.6%, Nonlinear 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: An open-world, perspective-shifting puzzle game that encourages non-linear discovery and environmental logic.

A game about 2D puzzles in 3D space.

Why similar: Sokoban 48.6% ★, Difficult 15%, Minimalist 11.7%, Puzzle 10.1%, Atmospheric 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: A 3D, atmospheric puzzle game that focuses on spatial manipulation and exploration.

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: Sokoban 38.6% ★, Grid-Based Movement 15.5%, Difficult 13.7%, Minimalist 11.3%, Puzzle 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A time-travel-based puzzle game that incorporates logic and sokoban mechanics in an indie setting.

A word-less abstract puzzle game about language.

Why similar: Sokoban 28.1% ★, Nonlinear 10.5%, Grid-Based Movement 9.8%, Difficult 9.5%, Surreal 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D, logic-based puzzle game that captures the relaxing, minimalist feel of similar genre titles.

Yugo Puzzle is a minimalist, relaxing, and satisfying puzzle game. Move jelly blocks left and right to merge them with the same color. It may sound simple, but it’s deceptively challenging. Enjoy the satisfaction of solving each puzzle.

Why similar: Sokoban 38.5% ★, Difficult 16.1%, Grid-Based Movement 11.2%, Minimalist 10%, Relaxing 9%

Why You'll Like It: A relaxing, difficult, and straightforward sokoban game that focuses on pure puzzle-solving satisfaction.

Solve diverse Sokoban puzzles to rescue cats trapped in alien dimensions in Meow Mission! Decorate your home with furniture for the rescued cats, and create lasting memories with their unique and charming personalities!

Why similar: Sokoban 39.5% ★, Difficult 15.6%, Family Friendly 8.7%, Grid-Based Movement 8.2%, Puzzle 8%

Why You'll Like It: A charming, difficult sokoban game that provides a fun and accessible puzzle experience.

Do you like puzzles, fruit and the notion of crossing a snake with a bird for no good reason? If the answer to at least one of those questions is yes, then Snakebird might be the game for you. Solve your way through this headscratcher of a puzzle game and help the snakebirds sate their hunger.

Why similar: Difficult 44.9%, Puzzle 25.3%, Sokoban 18.9% ★, Colorful 6.7%, Indie 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: An extremely challenging spatial puzzle game that requires precise movement and clever planning to succeed.

A puzzler about sliding penguins and walruses. Pick up items to push, pull, bounce, swap, stop, steal, or explode. Uncover surprising twists hidden in a world of puzzles inside puzzles inside puzzles.

Why similar: Sokoban 27.7% ★, Difficult 16.1%, Grid-Based Movement 11.1%, Open World 10.5%, Minimalist 9.8%

Oberty is mind-bending puzzle about combining shapes.

Why similar: Difficult 35.9%, Minimalist 25.4%, Puzzle 18.7%, Relaxing 13.5%, Indie 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist and abstract puzzle game that provides a difficult, focused experience for fans of logic puzzles.

Immerse yourself in the beautiful world of Hexologic. Solve challenging, yet rewarding puzzles, listen to relaxing music, dive deep into the game’s atmosphere and fall in love in with Sudoku again!

Why similar: Sokoban 46% ★, Puzzle 11.4%, Relaxing 11%, Minimalist 10.6%, Colorful 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: A colorful, logic-based puzzle game that offers a relaxing yet mentally stimulating experience.

Plan the train route for the universe's most awkward space colony!

Why similar: Difficult 20.3%, Surreal 16.4%, Minimalist 10%, Puzzle 9.3%, Relaxing 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, grid-based puzzle game that offers a high level of difficulty and logical depth.

A fantastic, oceanic, open world puzzle adventure. Solve innovative block puzzles while unearthing a mystifying story, gaining new friends that change the puzzle landscape, and unlocking powers that provide more options for how you choose to progress through the enigmatic Isles of Sea and Sky.

Why similar: Sokoban 37.2% ★, Nonlinear 18.1%, Open World 11%, Stylized 7.5%, Puzzle 7.4%

Rediscover gravity and explore an Escher-esque world of impossible architecture. Witness infinity in first-person and master its rules to solve physics-defying puzzles. Cultivate a garden to open new paths forward, where an eternal expanse awaits.

Why similar: Philosophical 17.8%, Surreal 17.8%, Nonlinear 15.6%, Difficult 12.4%, Minimalist 9.8%

Isotiles is an isometric puzzle game played on a grid. The goal of the game is to turn all of the blue tiles red and then reach the exit tile. There are 50 levels to play through with increasing difficulty and added obstacles.

Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 24.7%, Difficult 16%, Minimalist 14.7%, Puzzle 10.1%, Relaxing 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: An isometric, grid-based puzzle game that offers a casual and minimalist approach to spatial challenges.

A puzzle game about capturing a creature. Learn to guide it and hide from it in simple yet surprisingly deep and satisfying ways.

Why similar: Sokoban 37.8% ★, Difficult 14.5%, Grid-Based Movement 12.3%, Relaxing 8.1%, Puzzle 7.6%

Solve challenging cable-based puzzles and uncover what really happened to the crew of The Alabaster. Now with Hint System (for those ultra tricky puzzles).

Why similar: Difficult 43.6%, Puzzle 21.9%, Strategy 15.1%, Minimalist 9.7%, Colorful 4.5%

"Thermodynamic" puzzle where Maxwell's demon does work of block-pushing. Deal those hot blocks with cold blocks so that the demon doesn't get burnt.

Why similar: Sokoban 50.1% ★, Difficult 19.6%, Grid-Based Movement 17.9%, Puzzle 10.4%, Indie 1.2%

Box: The Game is a fun puzzle game which will challenge your brain to think in different ways. All cubes attach to each other, your goal is to match the displayed shape to continue to the next level.

Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 19.7%, Difficult 17.3%, Minimalist 13.8%, Puzzle 10.6%, Family Friendly 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, single-player puzzle game that focuses on simple mechanics and satisfying, difficult levels.

Seek out and solve 10,000+ puzzles at your own pace across this sublime puzzle game.

Why similar: Philosophical 26.9%, Nonlinear 25.5%, Open World 14.2%, Relaxing 10.4%, Puzzle 9.5%

Relax, clear your mind and find the way out.

Why similar: Difficult 25.4%, Puzzle 18.5%, Minimalist 16.2%, Relaxing 8.3%, Strategy 7.5%

Puzzle game about squishing blocks together.

Why similar: Sokoban 44.8% ★, Difficult 27.3%, Puzzle 15.8%, Colorful 6.1%, Indie 4%

Nurikabe World is a relaxing logic puzzle game where you solve puzzles by creating islands and connecting rivers to create beautiful sceneries. Experience different landscapes and seasons, solve puzzle campaigns and create your own levels.

Why similar: Difficult 19.6%, Minimalist 18.2%, Puzzle 15.3%, Strategy 12.9%, Relaxing 9.4%

Sokobond is an elegantly designed puzzle game about chemistry. It's logical, minimalist, and beautiful - crafted with love and science.

Why similar: Sokoban 40.7% ★, Difficult 15.1%, Minimalist 8.2%, Puzzle 7.2%, Relaxing 6.6%

Toroban is an infinitely wrapping puzzle game.

Why similar: Sokoban 42.3% ★, Nonlinear 19.1%, Grid-Based Movement 12.6%, Open World 11.4%, Puzzle 7.7%

Dissembler is a subtle puzzle game about unraveling playful, abstract designs one color at a time.

Why similar: Minimalist 20.4%, Puzzle 15%, Difficult 14.7%, Family Friendly 12.4%, Relaxing 12.2%

Antichamber is a mind-bending psychological exploration game where nothing can be taken for granted. Discover an Escher-like world where hallways wrap around upon each other, spaces reconfigure themselves, and accomplishing the impossible may just be the only way forward.

Why similar: Surreal 31.9%, Puzzle 26.2%, Nonlinear 19.3%, Difficult 7.6%, Minimalist 5.9%

The buns... you HAVE to capture them!! Think outside the bunburrow or get outsmarted by bunnies in this cute pathfinding-based puzzle game!

Why similar: Sokoban 31.2% ★, Nonlinear 14%, Difficult 12.1%, Open World 8.9%, Minimalist 8.1%

Investigate the Pyramid of Charaon, a giant puzzle where every room can be rotated to open new paths. Solve challenging puzzles, uncover well-hidden secrets, and slowly piece together the truth behind this forgotten place.

Why similar: Sokoban 50.9% ★, Difficult 20.1%, Puzzle 10.1%, Strategy 8.5%, 3D 4.8%

Dungeon Slime 2, it's a spectacular puzzle game with innovative mechanics. You are Billy the slime and you have to change your shape by hitting the walls to get through the challenges. There are several levels to play with increasing difficulty and additional obstacles.

Why similar: Sokoban 40.4% ★, Difficult 15.3%, Family Friendly 9.7%, Relaxing 9.4%, Puzzle 9%

Colorful Recolor is a fast-paced puzzle game with a kaleidoscopic collection of brain teasers. Play through 100 levels with engaging mechanics, striking biomes, 10+ distinct elements, and an abundance of colors. Paint your way through this colorful world!

Why similar: Sokoban 41.4% ★, Difficult 19.9%, Minimalist 10.5%, Puzzle 9.8%, Strategy 7.1%

Explore a mysterious non-linear world filled with puzzles and secrets. Make small creatures work together to lift the curse and reconnect the world.

Why similar: Sokoban 48.3% ★, Nonlinear 18.1%, Puzzle 9.1%, Relaxing 8%, Difficult 7.1%

The Artisan of Glimmith is a cozy, relaxing puzzle game about coloring stained glass and restoring the artworks of a kingdom above the clouds. Explore a world of handcrafted puzzles designed with intent, where simple rules lead to delightful surprises.

Why similar: Nonlinear 22.7%, Puzzle 19.1%, Relaxing 13.4%, Strategy 11.8%, Colorful 8.9%

Parcel is a brain-twisting puzzle game where unique character abilities are used in unison to solve interlocking laser conundrums. Switch between members of your colorful team of postpeople and make your way through over 120 futuristic mind-benders!

Why similar: Sokoban 49% ★, Difficult 15.5%, Grid-Based Movement 12.9%, Puzzle 8.5%, Colorful 4.4%

Embark on a journey of forgiveness through impossible environments and illusionary puzzles. Experience this meditative and calming puzzle game by manipulating monuments and creating evolving paths to explore new, surreal, and mysterious worlds.

Why similar: Relaxing 32.3%, Puzzle 30.5%, Strategy 15.5%, 3D 10.7%, Atmospheric 5.3%

Netoo is a minimalist logic puzzle where you try to place small magnets into their correct spots by rotating transporter magnets with rotators. The difficulty of the game increases gradually, thanks to new mechanics introduced every 10 levels.

Why similar: Sokoban 42.1% ★, Minimalist 12.2%, Puzzle 8.8%, Difficult 8.7%, Grid-Based Movement 8%

SOK is a sokoban classic puzzle game. The goal of the game is to move all the boxes to their positions. It's not as easy as it seems. The player can push one box at a time, but do not pull it off.

Why similar: Sokoban 49.2% ★, Difficult 17.7%, Minimalist 14%, Puzzle 9.9%, Colorful 3.6%

SOKOBOT is an open-ended puzzle game where you place down cute robots, give them commands, and create infinitely-looping assembly lines that combine shapes together!

Why similar: Difficult 21.9%, Nonlinear 20.7%, Sokoban 14.2% ★, Puzzle 12.7%, Minimalist 11.1%

A simple 3A puzzle game.

Why similar: Sokoban 53.4% ★, Nonlinear 11.3%, Difficult 9.8%, Puzzle 9.6%, Open World 5.6%

Spread decks of cards to solve challenging spatial puzzles and progress through dream-like landscapes in this award-winning title. Traverse beautifully crafted, isometric puzzles that give way to a wordless coming-of-age story, that invites you to reflect on the formative moments of your own life.

Why similar: Sokoban 32.1% ★, Philosophical 15.5%, Difficult 13.5%, Surreal 11.1%, Relaxing 7.7%

A puzzle game with challenging puzzles, but forgiving mechanics. Master the use of your color changing staff to solve mind bending puzzles, unlock new areas, and help out your friends. Undo any mistake with the press of a button.

Why similar: Difficult 25.4%, Surreal 20%, Nonlinear 16.1%, Puzzle 13.2%, Colorful 8.9%

Hexcells Plus is an ambient logic puzzle game for PC, Mac and Linux.

Why similar: Puzzle 44.5%, Minimalist 16.9%, Difficult 13.8%, Strategy 9.7%, Relaxing 8.2%

A minimalist roll playing puzzle game. About 10 unique puzzle mechanics, around 200 puzzles, and satisfying smooth procedural animations.

Why similar: Sokoban 46.1% ★, Nonlinear 17.4%, Minimalist 8.8%, Puzzle 8.3%, Strategy 6.8%