- #1 Broken Blue
97% matchMostly Positive74% of 50 reviews2016
Dev: BacklotRealitiesPub: Cacti Council
Windows
Broken Blue is a Puzzle Solving VR Game that utilizes an innovative interface to allow the player to traverse and explore the game’s content. Blue is supposed to be the guardian of a mountain machine and the protector of the monkey monks who dwell there.
Why similar: Casual 55.2%, Indie 44.8%
- #2 ERROR: Human Not Found
96% matchVery Positive88% of 59 reviews2018
Dev: CelleC Games
Windows
Error: Human Not Found is a visual-novel/puzzle game with portions of point-and-click adventure. Play as Grace and work to uncover the cause of death for the first AI to inhabit a physical body. Solve 4 types of computer-science based puzzles that increase in difficulty as the story progresses.
Why similar: Casual 56.3%, Indie 43.7%
- #3 A Memoir Blue
96% matchVery Positive85% of 491 reviews2022
Dev: Cloisters InteractivePub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%
A song from years ago triggers a flood of memories for champion swimmer Miriam. Embark on an evocative journey through her turbulent childhood and the complicated relationship she shared with her devoted mother.
Why similar: Casual 76.9%, Indie 23.1%
- #4 Sprout
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,743 reviews2018
Dev: Jeff NuszPub: Mindful Mammoth
Windows · Mac
Median: 12 minMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 7%
Embark on a casual, botanical-puzzle-adventure. Make friends, learn new skills, solve puzzles, and become the mighty oak that you were always meant to be.
Why similar: Casual 58.6%, Indie 41.4%
- #5 //TODO: today
94% matchVery Positive93% of 426 reviews2021
Dev: Boys Laugh +
Windows · Mac · Linux
A visual novel about figuring out life with the help of an AI. //TODO: today is a pastel colored slice-of-life story that let's you freely choose your pronouns and romantic preferences!
Why similar: Casual 53.1%, Indie 46.9%
- #6 Blue Wednesday
94% matchVery Positive85% of 202 reviews2023
Dev: Buff Studio
Windows · Linux
Blue Wednesday is a relaxing and lovely adventure game focused on story, music, and characters. Explore the city, meet various characters, and have conversations. Listen to their stories, play mini-games, collect music albums, and play music.
- #7 Eos
93% matchMostly Positive80% of 84 reviews2021
Dev: The Bonsai TavernPub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
Windows
Eos is a first-person, 3D puzzle game in which you take control of a little girl who ventures into a tower. Confronted with a voice who seems to know an awful lot about her, he puts forth a series of trials to teach her about the past she never knew.
Why similar: Casual 100%
- #8 Blue Wednesday: Prologue
92% matchVery Positive92% of 83 reviews2023
Dev: Buff Studio
Windows
An experience filled with stories and music See the world through the eyes of jazz pianist, Morris. takes you through a dream-like adventure through jazz and love, and failure.
- #9 The August Before: Chapter One
91% matchVery Positive93% of 497 reviews2025
Dev: Silly Little GamesPub: Catoptric Games
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 42%
The August Before: Chapter One is the first chapter in a meditative narrative 3D puzzle about cleaning up, sorting out and packing up your life before moving on. Clean up and don’t forget your old belongings on your way to the new life!
Why similar: Casual 79.1%, Indie 20.9%
- #10 Find someone else
91% matchVery Positive92% of 130 reviews2018
Dev: Red Skald
Windows
A visual novel about the ever-changing nature of relationships and the hardships of dealing with loss.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #11 Growing Up
90% matchVery Positive88% of 3,558 reviews2021
Dev: Vile Monarch
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
This is the story of your life. Experience the entire journey from toddler to adulthood. Go to schools, learn new things, meet new friends, and have wild adventures! Every choice you make will influence your future career, and decide who your romantic partner will be. Who will you become?
Why similar: Casual 100%
- #12 BLUE NIGHT LAUNDROMAT
89% matchVery Positive84% of 50 reviews2024
Dev: polte
Windows
A short 2D exploration adventure in a retro style! Explore a laundromat in the middle of the night and try to clear it!
Why similar: Casual 74.8%, Indie 25.2%
- #13 Color Phase
89% matchMostly Positive71% of 63 reviews2020
Dev: Heatwave Studios
Windows · Mac
Experience a colorful puzzle-platformer experience in Color Phase! Find and use different colors to interact with the world around you in a variety of different ways to reach your goal!
Why similar: Casual 55.2%, Indie 44.8%
- #14 About Elise
88% matchMostly Positive77% of 149 reviews2017
Dev: Toni Domínguez
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Dive into this first person puzzle adventure and become Owen Scott to rescue your daughter Elise, who has been kidnapped by the organisation known as Kiminster Labs. By doing it, you will discover the big piece of the puzzle that is About Elise as a whole.
Why similar: Casual 54.1%, Indie 45.9%
- #15 Forgetmenots
86% matchVery Positive90% of 62 reviews2025
Dev: Forgetful Studios
Windows
Step onto the stage in Forgetmenots, a story-driven puzzle adventure where memories take center stage. Explore a theatrical world that unfolds like a live performance, solving puzzles in a whimsical yet bittersweet journey about loss and remembrance.
Why similar: Casual 55.2%, Indie 44.8%
- #16 Runeous: Part One
87% matchMostly Positive75% of 142 reviews2016
Dev: Novel Tea GamesPub: Lost Fables
Windows · Mac
Median: 18 minMean: 17.7 hrs≥1hr: 10%
Join our heroes in a world ravished by the wars of it's past in this exciting Visual Novel experience!
Why similar: Indie 50.9%, Casual 49.1%
- #17 Night Reverie: Prologue
85% matchVery Positive92% of 281 reviews2020
Dev: Somber Pixel
Windows
Night Reverie: Prologue is the first act of a Puzzle/Adventure game in which a child must solve the mystery behind the distortion of his house. Explore puzzle-filled environments and discover strange creatures as you reach the truth behind of what looks like a bizarre nightmare.
Why similar: Casual 70.1%, Indie 29.9%
- #18 The Raintime
86% matchMostly Positive70% of 54 reviews2020
Dev: socah developmentPub: socah
Windows · Mac · Linux
Delve into a troubled student's mind as his grip on reality unravels . . .
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #19 Pieced Together
83% matchVery Positive99% of 99 reviews2026
Dev: Glowfrog Games
Windows · Mac
Pieced Together is a cozy scrapbooking game that takes you on a heartfelt journey about friendship and getting older. Sort items, solve gentle puzzles, and decorate the scrapbook as you uncover the story piece by piece.
Why similar: Casual 55.6%, Indie 44.4%
- #20 Blobun Mini
84% matchVery Positive98% of 61 reviews2025
Dev: CyanSorcery
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are a blob bunny. Your goal? Touch every tile! Enjoy 60 bite sized puzzles across 5 different worlds in this casual puzzle game.
Why similar: Casual 79.2%, Indie 20.8%
- #21 Our Life: Beginnings & Always
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 13,335 reviews2020
Dev: GB Patch Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 25.8 hrs≥1hr: 55%
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
Why similar: Casual 53.2%, Indie 46.8%
- #22 Dot to Dot Puzzles
84% matchVery Positive81% of 187 reviews2018
Dev: Online OciGrup SL
Windows
Dot To Dot Puzzles is an amusing and relaxing game for young and mature people with an amazing world of complex drawings and diverse themes. Discover what is hidden behind, connecting dots orderly. Once puzzle is solved, pictures can be customized, changing lines colors.
Why similar: Casual 55.2%, Indie 44.8%
- #23 GemCrusty
82% matchVery Positive89% of 134 reviews2023
Dev: RedSensationGames
Windows
Dig, Discover, Date! Gemcrusty is a casual mining game, where precious gemstones are actually gems in human form.
Why similar: Casual 70.5%, Indie 29.5%
- #24 My journey to your world
82% matchVery Positive81% of 59 reviews2021
Dev: Nerogetz
Windows
A casual free-to-play puzzle game with randomly scrambled puzzle pieces that can be solved under a certain time to win.
Why similar: Casual 79.7%, Indie 20.3%
- #25 Dung Beetle Adventure
80% matchVery Positive93% of 80 reviews2023
Dev: Eight Bit Skyline
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short (and free) adventure game, where you are tasked with helping a hurt, hungry, but inventive dung beetle on its journey to find something to eat near the end of the mushroom season.
Why similar: Casual 81.1%, Indie 18.9%
- #26 Adapta Solva Legacy
79% matchVery Positive97% of 90 reviews2024
Dev: Ares BrazeltonPub: Hogeschool West-Vlaanderen
Windows
Adapta Solva is a short puzzle platformer adventure. Play as an Adaptarian to absorb elements from magical shrines to solve puzzles and overcome obstacles. Uncover the truth behind your creation in a world laid to ruin by an unknown cause.
Why similar: Casual 100%
- #27 *NEW* SCUFFED EPIC VISUAL NOVEL
81% matchVery Positive86% of 64 reviews2021
Dev: Chris ShanazPub: shanaz game studios
Windows · Mac
This is *NEW* SCUFFED EPIC VISUAL NOVEL, which is a story set in the world of *NEW* SCUFFED EPIC BHOP SIMULATOR (#4 Best Selling free game of Steam November 2020), play as a character of your choice, as you run into some new, and familiar faces along the way.
Why similar: Casual 100%
- #28 LAY
79% matchVery Positive84% of 502 reviews2022
Dev: Objectif 3D
Windows
Immerse yourself in this adventure of poetic and contemplative exploration as Elise, a young explorer full of energy. This mysterious world awaits you to overflow with colour and life !
Why similar: Casual 100%
- #29 The Little UNI
77% matchVery Positive95% of 334 reviews2024
Dev: Vivid selfish
Windows · Mac
The game is a point-and-click adventure game in the form of a story with hand-drawn illustrations. Go on an adventure to the planets with various characters and listen to their stories, and find a new planet for Uni to stay on.
- #30 Voices from the Sea
78% matchVery Positive93% of 1,262 reviews2015
Dev: Zeiva Inc
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 413.6 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Follow the story of a young boy, Cantus as he meets Maris, the mysterious girl by the sea - an experience that will change his life forever.
Why similar: Casual 56.3%, Indie 43.7%
- #31 Instants
77% matchVery Positive94% of 79 reviews2025
Dev: Endflame
Windows
Assemble a chronological puzzle of family photos to piece together their most cherished memories. Uncover the family's life story as you arrange the pictures in the correct order within carefully crafted albums. Unleash your creativity and decorate them with multiple scrapbooking tools!
Why similar: Casual 85.5%, Indie 14.5%
- #32 I Wanna Be A Game Dev!
75% matchVery Positive95% of 204 reviews2024
Dev: Lyko Studio
Windows · Mac
Live out your school days as you navigate the rocky world of game development! Can you make an amazing game, or will something get in the way?
Why similar: Casual 100%
- #33 Colourblind
78% matchMixed67% of 54 reviews2023
Dev: IcarusDev
Windows · Mac · Linux
Solve mind-bending puzzles using COLOURS of Coreium and Innovative Mechanics... and discover a terrible truth... Made by a 15-Year-Old aspiring Game Developer
- #34 Curyeux
74% matchVery Positive95% of 107 reviews2025
Dev: Campus ADN 2024-2025Pub: Campus ADN
Windows
Dive into the mind of Lucienne, a tormented painter. Leap through emotional memories, solve puzzles where shapes deceive and emotion leads the way. A dreamlike platformer where each painting brings you one step closer to yourself.
- #35 ROTA: Bend Gravity
76% matchVery Positive93% of 86 reviews2022
Dev: Harmony Monroe
Windows · Linux
In ROTA gravity bends beneath your feet! Move blocks and twist gravity to solve puzzles. Collect all 50 gems and explore 8 vibrant worlds!
Why similar: Casual 100%
- #36 Unpacking
70% matchVery Positive93% of 39,045 reviews2021
Dev: Witch BeamPub: Balor Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Unpacking is a zen puzzle game about the familiar experience of pulling possessions out of boxes and fitting them into a new home. Part block-fitting puzzle, part home decoration, you are invited to create a satisfying living space while learning clues about the life you’re unpacking.
Why similar: Casual 62.5%, Indie 37.5%
- #37 Carto
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 9,158 reviews2020
Dev: Sunhead GamesPub: Balor Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Carto is a charming adventure game wrapped around a unique, world-altering puzzle mechanic. Use this power to explore mysterious lands, help a quirky cast of characters, and guide Carto on her journey back to her family.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #38 My life with you
72% matchVery Positive89% of 73 reviews2025
Dev: Sorora Game Studio
Windows
"My Life with You" is a STORY DRIVEN experience that follows the journey of a young SINGLE MOM who must BALANCE life's challenges while raising her child. An emotional journey focused on the BOND BETWEEN MOTHER AND CHILD, marked by obstacles, growth, and love.
Why similar: Casual 57.3%, Indie 42.7%
- #39 Varenje
73% matchVery Positive87% of 1,495 reviews2018
Dev: Play CutePub: JoyBits Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Varenje is a cute colorful adventure with a number of puzzles and mini-games made by artists for anyone that considers games to be an art.
Why similar: Casual 53%, Indie 47%
- #40 Mavi's Journey
75% matchVery Positive87% of 54 reviews2018
Dev: aburasobabiyoriPub: DLsite
Windows
Mavi the half-beast Witch lives as a fortune teller in a town near the royal capital. One day, Mavi recieves word that the legendary medicinal herb "MoriMori" has been discovered. This is an RPG where you explore the world without any battles to hinder you.
Why similar: Casual 57%, Indie 43%
- #41 Patch me if you can
70% matchVery Positive99% of 223 reviews2025
Dev: Ah Shot ChuPub: Jungle Game Lab
Windows
Patch me if you can is a puzzle adventure where you dive into a game world and manipulate objects however you want. Equip blocks to shrink boulders, move the sun, and thwart Lord's conspiracy. This broken world needs your 'patch'!
Why similar: Casual 68.4%, Indie 31.6%
- #42 Earthlingo
73% matchVery Positive90% of 223 reviews2019
Dev: Earthlingo
Windows · Linux
Explore a planet, learn a language
Why similar: Casual 100%
- #43 Mermaid Mission: Titanic
74% matchVery Positive94% of 68 reviews2018
Dev: Arglefumph
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 19%
Play as a mermaid, who has been sent to the human world to discover why they're building a giant ship called the Titanic.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #44 HipWitch
72% matchVery Positive93% of 144 reviews2022
Dev: Studio Hip Sword
Windows · Mac
HipWitch is a chill puzzle game that invites you to explore a beautiful nature reserve. Play as Prom, a young witch helping a cast of quirky characters. Use a variety of spells, and the power of 90s dial-up internet to solve the tasks ahead!
Why similar: Casual 64.9%, Indie 35.1%
- #45 Room 40
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 105 reviews2019
Dev: Silhouette Valley Games
Windows
Room 40 is a puzzle game about learning to decipher and decode secret messages. Learn to break various methods of encryption used throughout history. Starting with basic methods used in ancient Greece and the advancement of these methods all the way through to complex ciphers used in WWII.
Why similar: Indie 71.5%, Casual 28.5%
- #46 Netoo
69% matchVery Positive100% of 50 reviews2026
Dev: Mindlabor
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Casual 56.1%, Indie 43.9%
- #47 Jacob
76% matchMostly Negative36% of 102 reviews2016
Dev: Duck Duck ZeusPub: Centre For Longitudinal Studies
Windows
Jacob: an evidence-based puzzle
Why similar: Casual 53%, Indie 47%
- #48 memories
68% matchVery Positive94% of 1,515 reviews2023
Dev: guiyyuPub: Spookulele Games
Windows · Mac
memories is a sapphic visual novel dress-up game where clothes are linked to painful memories of a failed relationship.
Why similar: Casual 50.8%, Indie 49.2%
- #49 Island Marauder
71% matchVery Positive81% of 182 reviews2019
Dev: MSOL
Windows
Indie Puzzle Game
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #50 Figure it Out!
67% matchVery Positive96% of 108 reviews2025
Dev: Two Weeks at Home
Windows
A puzzle game with an eye in it. And it's free. The game, not the eye.
Why similar: Casual 67.4%, Indie 32.6%
- #51 A MIRROR PUZZLE
68% matchPositive98% of 50 reviews2024
Dev: IMDT
Windows
"A MIRROR PUZZLE" is a puzzle game. Players will play as a water droplet spirit, through the use of various magic mirrors to control the symmetrical growth of plants or the position of certain scene elements change, overcome numerous difficulties, and finally reach the destination
Why similar: Casual 77%, Indie 23%
- #52 Strongblade - Puzzle Quest and Match-3 Adventure
67% matchVery Positive83% of 669 reviews2023
Dev: DekovirPub: Matryoshka
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 20.0 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Strongblade is a match-3 puzzle game where you play as Sean the Mouse. Travel through a captivating world filled with puzzles, outsmart cunning villains, befriend charming animals, and build unique camps.
Why similar: Casual 100%
- #53 Orpheus's Dream
70% matchMostly Positive71% of 238 reviews2019
Dev: Orpheus's Dream Team
Windows
Orpheus’s Dream is a 3D isometric-inspired puzzle game with storytelling elements. Explore an amnesiac’s family house and recover lost memories of him and his cat.
Why similar: Casual 55.2%, Indie 44.8%
- #54 Project Oasis
68% matchVery Positive92% of 211 reviews2020
Dev: 大以巴狼艾斯Pub: 上海翎迹网络科技有限公司
Windows
Be the light.
Why similar: Indie 57.2%, Casual 42.8%
- #55 This Magical Girl is a B☆tch
66% matchVery Positive99% of 140 reviews2024
Dev: Pastel Magic
Windows · Mac · Linux
A magical girl visual novel about giving middle-schoolers way too much power. Make (bad) choices, fight unexpected enemies, and maybe learn a lesson or two...
Why similar: Casual 100%
- #56 Matchville - Match 3 Puzzle
71% matchMixed41% of 121 reviews2019
Dev: CreobitPub: 8Floor
Windows
Matchville - your dream town. Complete three-in-a-row levels to advance the plot, make new friends and decorate picturesque locations. Your own cafe is already waiting for you!
Why similar: Casual 100%
- #57 Wonderland
66% matchVery Positive92% of 95 reviews2025
Dev: TomaduckStudio
Windows
Wonderland is a top-down turn-based strategy game that requires real-time action, where you'll play as a little girl to learn her inner story and discover the secrets of Wonderland.
Why similar: Casual 100%
- #58 Everglow
67% matchVery Positive93% of 104 reviews2022
Dev: 7CoreLoops
Windows · Mac · Linux
Experience the story of Glow, a young and naive furry heroine caught between two empires' interplanetary ambitions, forged in tragedy and conspiracy.
Why similar: Casual 56.3%, Indie 43.7%
- #59 SneakyDoggie
64% matchVery Positive97% of 135 reviews2025
Dev: 鲨拉曼达Pub: Eternal Dream
Windows · Mac · Linux
"Sneaky Doggie" is a dress-up game. You play as a loyal dog, creating a wide range of outfit combinations. Choose your favorite outfits, complete quests, and become a great doggie! ૮ ・ﻌ・ა Woof!
Why similar: Casual 67.3%, Indie 32.7%
- #60 Color-A-Cube
65% matchVery Positive87% of 78 reviews2025
Dev: AlterEyes
Windows
Dive into a relaxing, color-filled escape with Color-A-Cube. This free immersive coloring experience lets you color voxel models, with crisp clicks, pops, and sparkly effects that make each step feel rewarding. Discover a growing library, with new creations to color and collect every month.
Why similar: Casual 62.6%, Indie 37.4%
