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 34.3% ★, Puzzle 22.4%, Logic 17.5%, Difficult 14.6%, Minimalist 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: Explores recursive spatial mechanics in a mind-bending puzzle format similar to Baba's rule-shifting design.

A simple 3d puzzle game.

Why similar: Puzzle 35.3%, Difficult 33.8%, Sokoban 21.7% ★, Indie 7.3%, Singleplayer 1.5%

Why You'll Like It: Offers an excruciatingly clever and demanding grid-based puzzle challenge heavily focused on spatial reasoning.

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 35.3%, Puzzle 35%, Great Soundtrack 9.5%, Indie 9.3%, Pixel Graphics 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: Utilizes nested inventory and level loops that mirror the self-referential puzzle design of Baba Is You.

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

Why similar: Sokoban 42.2% ★, Puzzle 28.2%, Logic 20.5%, Indie 7.2%, Singleplayer 1.3%

Why You'll Like It: Features wonderfully weird mechanics and mind-bending puzzle logic that captures Baba's spirit of discovering unexpected interactions.

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

Why similar: Sokoban 32.4% ★, Difficult 22.3%, Puzzle 16.4%, Logic 10.8%, Cute 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: A brilliant chemistry-themed puzzle game that expands on traditional block-pushing logic with chemical bonds.

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 36.7% ★, Puzzle 20.8%, Logic 19.1%, Cute 7.3%, Level Editor 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: A cozy grid-based puzzler featuring sticky blocks and mechanics that twist spatial logic.

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

Why similar: Difficult 30.7%, Puzzle 24.8%, Logic 20.5%, Level Editor 7.5%, Cute 5%

Why You'll Like It: A notoriously difficult turn-based puzzle game all about transforming objects and manipulating grid rules.

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 30.2% ★, Difficult 19%, Puzzle 17.1%, Logic 14.9%, Sokoban 6.7% ★

Why You'll Like It: Combines sokoban movement with automated elements for a unique logical challenge.

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

Why similar: Puzzle 59.5%, Difficult 27.2%, Indie 5.1%, Singleplayer 3.5%, Great Soundtrack 2.7%

Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in environmental logic puzzles that organically teach rules without text or tutorials.

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

Why similar: Sokoban 34.7% ★, Difficult 23.3%, Puzzle 19.7%, Cute 8%, Great Soundtrack 7%

Why You'll Like It: A charming yet deceptively deep puzzle game about rolling snowballs in restricted spaces.

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 40.7%, Puzzle 35.4%, Sokoban 9.2% ★, Cute 7.3%, Indie 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: A famously difficult grid puzzle game where altering your length and shape dictates your survival.

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

Why similar: Sokoban 37.6% ★, Difficult 26.6%, Puzzle 21.9%, Pixel Graphics 6.7%, Indie 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: A gorgeous voxel-based puzzle game with strict movement and carrying rules reminiscent of classic sokobans.

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

Why similar: Difficult 33.2%, Puzzle 28.9%, Logic 17.7%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%, Minimalist 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: A gorgeous open-world grid puzzle game that teaches its own visual language just like Baba's syntax.

In this award-winning puzzle adventure game, play as the Traveler on a quest to reunite the Peoples of the Tower. Observe, listen, and decipher ancient languages in a fascinating universe inspired by the Myth of Babel.

Why similar: Puzzle 73.5%, Great Soundtrack 10.4%, Indie 8.9%, Singleplayer 6.1%, Atmospheric 1%

Why You'll Like It: An incredible puzzle adventure centered entirely around deciphering unknown languages and rule systems.

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 75.5%, Surreal 8.2%, Minimalist 7.7%, Singleplayer 6.5%, Funny 2.1%

Why You'll Like It: Plays with perspective and reality-bending mechanics to constantly subvert your expectations.

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 54.7% ★, Puzzle 22.7%, Difficult 6.8%, Logic 6.2%, Indie 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: Translates programming logic into cute office-worker automation puzzles.

Challenge perception, redefine reality, and reshape the world around you with an instant camera. Viewfinder is a new single player game offering gamers hours of interesting and fun experiences while uncovering the mysteries left behind.

Why similar: Puzzle 75.7%, Surreal 9.3%, Singleplayer 9.3%, Retro 3.1%, Atmospheric 2.7%

Why You'll Like It: Allows you to alter reality by placing photographs into the environment, offering brilliant spatial puzzle solutions.

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 30.8% ★, Difficult 22.3%, Puzzle 16.7%, Logic 15.7%, Cute 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: A delightful medieval puzzle game about extending capes and avoiding mud through clever coordination.

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 55.9% ★, Puzzle 17.5%, Difficult 14.7%, Logic 8.2%, Indie 2.7%

Why You'll Like It: An open-ended programming puzzle game that pushes your logical problem-solving limits.

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

Why similar: Puzzle 56.8%, Logic 19.7%, Indie 5.8%, Difficult 4.8%, Great Soundtrack 4%

Why You'll Like It: A peaceful yet intellectually stimulating logic puzzle game built on hexagonal grids.

The Talos Principle is a first-person puzzle game in the tradition of philosophical science fiction. Made by Croteam and written by Tom Jubert (FTL, The Swapper) and Jonas Kyratzes (The Sea Will Claim Everything).

Why similar: Puzzle 64.4%, Difficult 13.8%, Great Soundtrack 13.8%, Singleplayer 3.8%, Indie 3%

Why You'll Like It: A philosophical puzzle game featuring intricate spatial logic and environmental manipulation.

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 41.5% ★, Puzzle 29%, Logic 13.4%, Difficult 6.5%, Indie 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in machinery and automation where you design intricate mechanical arms to solve chemical puzzles.

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

Why similar: Programming 52.6% ★, Puzzle 31.1%, Logic 6.5%, Indie 4%, Minimalist 1.8%

Why You'll Like It: A text-based programming puzzle game where you write short rules to transform strings.

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 56.3% ★, Puzzle 21.9%, Logic 10.4%, Great Soundtrack 5.2%, Indie 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: A satirical programming puzzle game that scales up office automation challenges.

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

Why similar: Puzzle 50.1%, Great Soundtrack 16.7%, Indie 9.6%, Difficult 8.6%, Cute 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based puzzle game celebrating clever construction and structural problem-solving.

Deceptively simple. Infinitely complex. LYNE is a minimalist puzzle game that will knot your brain as it calms your soul. Connect the shapes. Fill the board. Lose yourself in the interflowing paths of LYNE.

Why similar: Puzzle 35.2%, Difficult 27.4%, Logic 21.6%, Minimalist 4.9%, Indie 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist vector puzzle game focused on connecting shapes with flowing logic paths.

Puzzle game about squishing blocks together.

Why similar: Difficult 27.3%, Puzzle 24.2%, Sokoban 24.1% ★, Logic 14.8%, Indie 7%

BUILD CIRCUITS. WRITE CODE. RTFM.

Why similar: Programming 51.5% ★, Puzzle 15.4%, Difficult 14%, Logic 13.8%, Indie 2.3%

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 41.5%, Puzzle 32.2%, Indie 6.9%, Great Soundtrack 6.7%, Logic 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging cable-routing puzzle game set aboard a deserted spaceship with intricate logic networks.

English Country Tune is a luxuriant abstract 3D puzzle game containing more than a hundred levels situated throughout 17 worlds.

Why similar: Puzzle 58.9%, Sokoban 14.9% ★, Difficult 12.3%, Indie 12.2%, Casual 1.7%

Why You'll Like It: An abstract 3D spatial puzzle game that twists your brain into knots with its unconventional movement rules.

An epic open-world puzzle Metroidbrainia that respects your intelligence! Knowledge is your superpower. Use creatures as tools to determine your own path.

Why similar: Puzzle 43.5%, Cute 16.2%, Level Editor 16%, Indie 8.6%, 2D 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A Metroidvania puzzle game where you learn a vocabulary of environmental actions instead of traditional upgrades.

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 20.1%, Logic 17.3%, Programming 14.5% ★, Difficult 13.5%, Great Soundtrack 11.4%

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 29.3%, Great Soundtrack 21.8%, Pixel Graphics 16.9%, Cute 12.7%, Indie 8.3%

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

Why similar: Sokoban 37.4% ★, Puzzle 22.4%, Logic 19.9%, Cute 7%, Difficult 4.3%

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 29.1% ★, Difficult 21%, Puzzle 18%, Logic 10.8%, Pixel Graphics 5.7%

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

Why similar: Puzzle 53.1%, Logic 23%, Difficult 9.8%, Indie 5.3%, Minimalist 4.4%

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

Why similar: Sokoban 29.6% ★, Puzzle 17.4%, Logic 14.6%, Difficult 13.9%, Pixel Graphics 7.4%

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

Why similar: Logic 28.7%, Difficult 27.6%, Puzzle 25.5%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%, 2D 3.6%

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 28.8% ★, Difficult 22.4%, Puzzle 19.1%, Logic 15.1%, Indie 4.2%

A word-less abstract puzzle game about language.

Why similar: Sokoban 31.2% ★, Difficult 19.6%, Puzzle 18.1%, Logic 16.9%, Minimalist 3.5%

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

Why similar: Puzzle 56.6%, Logic 15.6%, Difficult 11.3%, Indie 7.1%, Minimalist 3.3%

Learn CPU architecture with puzzles

Why similar: Programming 40.2% ★, Logic 24%, Puzzle 15.2%, Difficult 13.6%, Great Soundtrack 3%

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 45.6%, Pixel Graphics 19.2%, Indie 11.3%, Great Soundtrack 10.4%, 2D 5.3%

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 22.7%, Sokoban 21.8% ★, Logic 18.2%, Puzzle 17.3%, Cute 5.2%

"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 31.6% ★, Difficult 23%, Puzzle 18.8%, Logic 15.5%, Cute 4.7%

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 46.8%, Pixel Graphics 20%, Cute 9.8%, Indie 6.9%, 2D 6.6%

Lost at sea 1803 ~ The good ship Obra Dinn.

Why similar: Puzzle 47.3%, Difficult 21.3%, Great Soundtrack 15.8%, Indie 7.9%, Singleplayer 4.9%

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

Why similar: Difficult 33.9%, Puzzle 33.2%, Logic 22.5%, 2D 4.6%, Indie 3.8%

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 29.6% ★, Difficult 19.8%, Puzzle 17%, Logic 11.9%, Indie 4%

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 65.1%, Difficult 12.3%, Indie 8.8%, Surreal 5.1%, Singleplayer 3.3%

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

Why similar: Sokoban 39% ★, Difficult 27.5%, Puzzle 20.9%, Minimalist 4%, Indie 2.8%

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 38.3%, Minimalist 9.7%, 2D 5.5%, Singleplayer 3.5%

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 31.3% ★, Logic 22.2%, Puzzle 22.2%, Cute 6.2%, Level Editor 4.4%

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 30.8% ★, Difficult 22%, Puzzle 17.6%, Logic 15.6%, 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 26.4% ★, Difficult 19.1%, Logic 15%, Puzzle 14.5%, Pixel Graphics 7.3%

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 31.6% ★, Difficult 20.1%, Logic 17.9%, Puzzle 16.3%, Great Soundtrack 4%

Puzzle game about portals and snakes.

Why similar: Sokoban 32% ★, Difficult 22.8%, Puzzle 17.4%, Logic 10.1%, Cute 5.7%

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

Why similar: Difficult 33%, Puzzle 25.7%, Logic 11.1%, Cute 8.8%, Pixel Graphics 6.7%

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 30.1% ★, Difficult 20.8%, Puzzle 17.1%, Logic 14.9%, Pixel Graphics 6.1%

Place your faith and embrace the Void.

Why similar: Sokoban 37.7% ★, Puzzle 24.8%, Difficult 11.7%, Great Soundtrack 10.3%, Pixel Graphics 4.9%