Games Like Baba Is You

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 34.1% ★, Puzzle 22.4%, Logic 17.6%, Difficult 14.5%, Minimalist 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: It features recursive, mind-bending logic that forces you to think about space in ways very similar to Baba Is You.

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 35.1%, Puzzle 35%, Indie 9.4%, Great Soundtrack 9.4%, Pixel Graphics 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: It uses recursive room-based logic that requires you to manipulate the world's structure to solve puzzles.

A simple 3d puzzle game.

Why similar: Puzzle 35.4%, Difficult 33.7%, Sokoban 21.6% ★, Indie 7.4%, Singleplayer 1.5%

Why You'll Like It: Widely considered the gold standard for difficult, pure sokoban-style puzzle design.

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

Why similar: Sokoban 41.9% ★, Puzzle 28.2%, Logic 20.6%, Indie 7.3%, Singleplayer 1.4%

Why You'll Like It: A brilliant puzzle game that introduces rule-bending mechanics within a spatial, sokoban-like framework.

A difficult tile-based puzzle game about turning beans into monsters -- and monsters back into beans.

Why similar: Difficult 30.5%, Puzzle 24.8%, Logic 20.6%, Level Editor 7.6%, Cute 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: A highly complex logic puzzle game that demands precise planning and deep understanding of its unique rules.

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 36.5% ★, Puzzle 20.8%, Logic 19.2%, Cute 7.4%, Level Editor 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: Combines traditional sokoban movement with rule-manipulation mechanics that feel like a direct cousin to Baba Is You.

Place your faith and embrace the Void.

Why similar: Sokoban 37.7% ★, Puzzle 24.6%, Difficult 11.8%, Great Soundtrack 10.3%, Pixel Graphics 5%

Why You'll Like It: A deep, cryptic, and incredibly rewarding sokoban-based puzzle game with layers of hidden mechanics.

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

Why similar: Puzzle 59.6%, Difficult 27%, Indie 5.1%, Singleplayer 3.6%, Great Soundtrack 2.7%

Why You'll Like It: An open-world puzzle game that teaches you its language through environmental observation and deep logical deduction.

BUILD CIRCUITS. WRITE CODE. RTFM.

Why similar: Programming 52.1% ★, Puzzle 15.3%, Difficult 13.7%, Logic 13.7%, Indie 2.3%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a deep, satisfying programming-based puzzle experience for those who enjoy the logic-heavy nature of Baba.

Opus Magnum is the latest open-ended puzzle game from Zachtronics, the creators of SpaceChem, Infinifactory, and SHENZHEN I/O. Design and build machines that assemble potions, poisons, and more using the alchemical engineer’s most advanced tool: the transmutation engine!

Why similar: Programming 42.1% ★, Puzzle 28.6%, Logic 13.4%, Difficult 6.3%, Indie 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: A Zachtronics classic that focuses on building automated machines to solve complex logic puzzles.

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: Puzzle 65.2%, Difficult 12.2%, Indie 8.9%, Surreal 4.9%, Singleplayer 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: A non-Euclidean puzzle game that constantly breaks your expectations of how the world should function.

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: Logic 39.8%, Puzzle 38.1%, Minimalist 9.8%, 2D 5.6%, Singleplayer 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: A game entirely about deducing the rules of the world through experimentation and observation.

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

Why similar: Sokoban 34.6% ★, Difficult 23.3%, Puzzle 19.8%, Cute 8.1%, Great Soundtrack 7%

Why You'll Like It: A charming and well-designed sokoban game that focuses on clever spatial manipulation.

Program little office workers to solve puzzles. Be a good employee! The machines are coming... for your job. From the creators of World of Goo and Little Inferno.

Why similar: Programming 55.3% ★, Puzzle 22.4%, Difficult 6.7%, Logic 6.1%, Indie 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: Uses visual programming to teach logic and automation in a fun, puzzle-oriented way.

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

Why similar: Puzzle 53%, Logic 23%, Difficult 9.7%, Indie 5.4%, Minimalist 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist logic puzzle game that relies on deduction and pattern recognition.

TIS-100 is an open-ended programming game by Zachtronics, the creators of SpaceChem and Infinifactory, in which you rewrite corrupted code segments to repair the TIS-100 and unlock its secrets. It’s the assembly language programming game you never asked for!

Why similar: Programming 56.5% ★, Puzzle 17.3%, Difficult 14.4%, Logic 8.1%, Indie 2.7%

Why You'll Like It: An assembly-language based puzzle game that offers a pure, difficult programming experience.

OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.

Why similar: Puzzle 29.2%, Great Soundtrack 21.5%, Pixel Graphics 17%, Cute 12.9%, Indie 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A meta-narrative puzzle game that breaks the fourth wall and changes how you interact with your computer.

Automate swarms of office workers to solve puzzles inside your very own parallel computer made of people. A thrilling followup to the award winning Human Resource Machine. Now with more humans!

Why similar: Programming 56.9% ★, Puzzle 21.6%, Logic 10.3%, Great Soundtrack 5.1%, Indie 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: Expands on the programming-puzzle concept by introducing multi-threaded logic and complex spatial coordination.

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: Programming 30.7% ★, Difficult 18.8%, Puzzle 16.9%, Logic 14.8%, Sokoban 6.6% ★

Why You'll Like It: A unique blend of automation and sokoban mechanics that requires careful planning of movement and logic.

A=B is a programming puzzle game with only one instruction: A=B, which means replacing A with B.

Why similar: Programming 53.1% ★, Puzzle 30.7%, Logic 6.4%, Indie 4%, Minimalist 1.8%

Why You'll Like It: A text-based programming puzzle game that focuses on string manipulation and logical rule-setting.

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 40.5%, Puzzle 35.4%, Sokoban 9.2% ★, Cute 7.4%, Indie 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: A deceptively cute but brutally difficult puzzle game that requires intense spatial reasoning.

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

Why similar: Difficult 44.3%, Puzzle 31.7%, Cute 12.4%, Minimalist 5.1%, Surreal 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging, minimalist sokoban-style puzzle game about pathfinding and spatial optimization.

There is no game. So don't go messing things up by clicking everywhere. You don’t want to be kicked out of your video game world, do you? Of course not!

Why similar: Puzzle 45.5%, Pixel Graphics 19.2%, Indie 11.5%, Great Soundtrack 10.2%, 2D 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: A meta-puzzle game that constantly subverts player expectations and game rules.

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

Why similar: Puzzle 56.7%, Logic 19.7%, Indie 5.8%, Difficult 4.7%, Great Soundtrack 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: The original entry in the series, offering pure, satisfying logic-based grid puzzles.

"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 31.4% ★, Difficult 22.9%, Puzzle 18.9%, Logic 15.6%, Cute 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: A difficult, abstract sokoban-style game that focuses on unique movement mechanics.

I hate this game is a logic game, where gameplay changes every level. Solve crazy puzzles and use forgotten functions of your PC! Be attentive, interact with everything that you see on the screen.

Why similar: Puzzle 19.9%, Logic 17.6%, Programming 14.1% ★, Difficult 13.6%, Great Soundtrack 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: A meta-puzzle game that forces you to think outside the box to bypass traditional game constraints.

A Little to the Left is a cozy puzzle game that has you sort, stack, and organize household items into pleasing arrangements while you keep an eye out for a mischievous cat with an inclination for chaos. Check out this playful and intuitive puzzler with 100+ satisfying messes to tidy.

Why similar: Puzzle 43.4%, Logic 31.2%, Cute 13.5%, 2D 6.1%, Singleplayer 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on sorting and organizing objects based on logical patterns and subtle rules.

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 28.6% ★, Difficult 22.3%, Puzzle 19.1%, Logic 15.2%, Indie 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: A relaxing yet difficult sokoban game that focuses on clean, minimalist puzzle design.

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

Why similar: Puzzle 56.6%, Logic 15.7%, Difficult 11.2%, Indie 7.1%, Minimalist 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: A more challenging iteration of the Hexcells formula that tests your deductive reasoning skills.

A lovely logical puzzle game about the many-worlds interpretation and quantum mechanics.

Why similar: Sokoban 37.5% ★, Puzzle 22.6%, Logic 20.2%, Cute 7.2%, Difficult 3.6%

A box-pushing, bug-squishing, post-apocalyptic adventure awaits you in Puzzle Depot! Challenge hundreds of meticulously designed rooms that expand on classic sokoban gameplay with new and creative mechanics. Build your own devious creations with the included level editor!

Why similar: Sokoban 28.9% ★, Difficult 20.9%, Puzzle 18%, Logic 10.8%, Pixel Graphics 5.7%

Puzzle game about squishing blocks together.

Why similar: Difficult 27.2%, Puzzle 24.3%, Sokoban 23.9% ★, Logic 14.9%, Indie 7.1%

Welcome to a realm of pure logic, where rules are rules and the next step can always be deduced.

Why similar: Logic 28.8%, Difficult 27.4%, Puzzle 25.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%, 2D 3.7%

A crabby twist on the sokoban (box-pushing) genre, where you use deaths to create shells and solve puzzles.

Why similar: Sokoban 29.5% ★, Puzzle 17.4%, Logic 14.7%, Difficult 13.8%, Pixel Graphics 7.5%

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: Difficult 22.9%, Sokoban 21.2% ★, Logic 18.8%, Puzzle 17.8%, Level Editor 5.3%

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 29.4% ★, Difficult 19.7%, Puzzle 17%, Logic 11.9%, Indie 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist sokoban game that provides a straightforward and satisfying puzzle experience.

A word-less abstract puzzle game about language.

Why similar: Sokoban 31% ★, Difficult 19.5%, Puzzle 18.1%, Logic 17%, Minimalist 3.5%

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

Why similar: Sokoban 32.3% ★, Difficult 22.2%, Puzzle 16.4%, Logic 10.8%, Cute 5.6%

A magical puzzle platformer made with PICO-8. Be thinky to get the legendary treasure.

Why similar: Difficult 33.7%, Puzzle 33.2%, Logic 22.6%, 2D 4.7%, Indie 3.8%

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 26.3% ★, Difficult 19%, Logic 15.1%, Puzzle 14.5%, Pixel Graphics 7.3%

Solve difficult puzzles in a soothing atmosphere by altering your characters in multiple ways, forcing you to think outside the box.

Why similar: Sokoban 38.9% ★, Difficult 27.4%, Puzzle 21%, Minimalist 4%, Indie 2.9%

World of Goo is a multiple award winning physics based puzzle / construction game made entirely by two guys.

Why similar: Puzzle 50.2%, Great Soundtrack 16.5%, Indie 9.7%, Difficult 8.5%, Cute 5%

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 31.1% ★, Logic 22.3%, Puzzle 22.1%, Cute 6.3%, Level Editor 4.4%

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: Puzzle 41.8%, Difficult 36.1%, Minimalist 6.8%, Indie 6%, Surreal 5%

Explore SOLAS 128, a game of interconnected puzzles where you redirect and reconfigure rhythmic pulses of light to breathe life back into an ancient machine. BAFTA Scotland Game Winner.

Why similar: Programming 32.1% ★, Difficult 19.8%, Logic 17.9%, Puzzle 16.2%, Great Soundtrack 3.9%

A 2D Puzzle Game where you move different blocks simultaneously like a hive mind. Form blocks into shapes and match the lock patterns in over 200 crafty levels, in order to free the world from mysterious chains

Why similar: Sokoban 37.3% ★, Puzzle 20.4%, Logic 16.2%, Pixel Graphics 6.4%, Level Editor 6.3%

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 30.6% ★, Difficult 21.9%, Puzzle 17.7%, Logic 15.7%, Indie 3.9%

A mind-bending puzzler where your avatar controls another avatar via an in-game keyboard.

Why similar: Difficult 32.8%, Puzzle 25.6%, Logic 11.2%, Cute 8.9%, Pixel Graphics 6.8%

Puzzle game about portals and snakes.

Why similar: Sokoban 31.8% ★, Difficult 22.7%, Puzzle 17.4%, Logic 10.2%, Cute 5.7%

Retrace the path of the Prime Mover to uncover the story of the Byte of Burden! Prime Mover is an open-ended puzzle game about designing circuit boards.

Why similar: Programming 47% ★, Puzzle 23.5%, Difficult 13.1%, Indie 6.4%, Great Soundtrack 4.8%

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 23.1% ★, Difficult 20.6%, Puzzle 15.7%, Logic 15.1%, Pixel Graphics 6.8%

Dungeon and Puzzles is a dungeon adventure themed Sokoban game. The movement and direction are restricted, and the adventurer's ability can be changed by equipment at hand. Think through every step, destroy every monster and find a way to the end of the dungeon where the treasure awaits.

Why similar: Sokoban 29.9% ★, Difficult 20.7%, Puzzle 17.1%, Logic 15%, Pixel Graphics 6.1%

Pikuniku is an absurdly wonderful puzzle-exploration game that takes place in a strange but playful world where not everything is as happy as it seems. Help peculiar characters overcome struggles, uncover a deep state conspiracy, and start a little revolution in this delightful dystopian adventure!

Why similar: Puzzle 44.7%, Cute 17.4%, Great Soundtrack 14.6%, Indie 11.8%, 2D 5.5%

Lost at sea 1803 ~ The good ship Obra Dinn.

Why similar: Puzzle 47.3%, Difficult 21.3%, Great Soundtrack 15.6%, Indie 8%, Singleplayer 5%

Perception is reality. In this mind-bending first-person puzzler, you escape a surreal dream world through solving impossible puzzles using the ambiguity of depth and perspective.

Why similar: Puzzle 75.7%, Surreal 7.8%, Minimalist 7.8%, Singleplayer 6.6%, Funny 2.1%

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 30.6% ★, Difficult 22.2%, Puzzle 16.8%, Logic 15.8%, Cute 5.7%

Gomez is a 2D creature living in a 2D world. Or is he? When the existence of a mysterious 3rd dimension is revealed to him, Gomez is sent out on a journey that will take him to the very end of time and space. Use your ability to navigate 3D structures from 4 distinct classic 2D perspectives.

Why similar: Puzzle 49.4%, Great Soundtrack 16.5%, Pixel Graphics 14.6%, Indie 11.8%, Singleplayer 2.7%

Explore a dense, interconnected labyrinth, and unravel its many secrets. Collect items to manipulate your environment in surprising and meaningful ways. Encounter beautiful and unsettling creatures, as you attempt to survive what lurks in the dark. There is more than what you see.

Why similar: Puzzle 46.7%, Pixel Graphics 20.2%, Cute 9.8%, Indie 7%, 2D 6.7%

Learn CPU architecture with puzzles

Why similar: Programming 40.3% ★, Logic 23.9%, Puzzle 15.1%, Difficult 13.9%, Great Soundtrack 3%

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 29.9% ★, Difficult 25.9%, Puzzle 21%, Logic 7.7%, Cute 5.8%