- #1 A Monster's Expedition
97% matchVery Positive95% of 1,579 reviews2020
Dev: Draknek & Friends
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
An adorable and relaxing open world puzzle adventure for monsters who love to learn about humans!
Why similar: Sokoban 36.7% ★, Difficult 13.9%, Nonlinear 12.1%, Open World 9%, Puzzle 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world puzzle game that shares the same satisfying, grid-based object manipulation and exploration-focused design.
- #2 Stephen's Sausage Roll
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,914 reviews2016
Dev: increpare games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 53%
A simple 3d puzzle game.
Why similar: Sokoban 36% ★, Difficult 32.3%, Puzzle 23.5%, Indie 6.9%, Singleplayer 1.3%
Why You'll Like It: Widely considered the gold standard for difficult, grid-based sokoban puzzles that demand deep spatial reasoning.
- #3 Patrick's Parabox
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 5,385 reviews2022
Dev: Patrick Traynor
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 64.5% ★, Puzzle 16.2%, Difficult 14.8%, Indie 2.8%, Singleplayer 1.7%
Why You'll Like It: Features recursive, mind-bending grid mechanics that push the boundaries of traditional sokoban puzzles.
- #4 Pipe Push Paradise
96% matchVery Positive96% of 200 reviews2018
Dev: Corey Martin
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 56%
A difficult open world puzzle game about plumbing.
Why similar: Sokoban 33% ★, Difficult 13.4%, Grid-Based Movement 11.7%, Nonlinear 11.6%, Puzzle 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: A classic, challenging sokoban-style game that focuses on clever, minimalist puzzle design.
- #5 Can of Wormholes
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 540 reviews2023
Dev: munted finger
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.0 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Push, slice, ingest, flip, and squish worms in this puzzle game in which you play as a little sentient tin can.
Why similar: Sokoban 48.7% ★, Grid-Based Movement 21%, Puzzle 12.9%, Stylized 4.7%, Indie 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: A complex and highly rewarding puzzle game that excels at grid-based movement and layered logic challenges.
- #6 Baba Is You
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 23,702 reviews2019
Dev: Hempuli Oy
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 36.6% ★, Difficult 26.5%, Puzzle 22.1%, Pixel Graphics 7%, Indie 5%
Why You'll Like It: A brilliant logic-based puzzle game where you manipulate the rules of the world through grid-based movement.
- #7 A Good Snowman Is Hard To Build
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,148 reviews2015
Dev: Alan HazeldenPub: Draknek & Friends
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 60%
An adorable puzzle game about being a monster and making snowmen.
Why similar: Sokoban 44.3% ★, Difficult 16.4%, Open World 10.3%, Puzzle 9.7%, Relaxing 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: A charming, grid-based puzzle game that shares the same relaxing yet thoughtful atmosphere as Bonfire Peaks.
- #8 Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure
91% matchVery Positive93% of 374 reviews2024
Dev: Furniture & Mattress LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Find your way in a world of breezy, thoughtful puzzles, along a charming journey of self-discovery.
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 42.4%, Puzzle 16.8%, Stylized 10.4%, Atmospheric 9.5%, Relaxing 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: Uses a unique grid-based movement system where the world shifts around you, creating a seamless puzzle-adventure experience.
- #9 Dungeon and Puzzles
92% matchVery Positive94% of 222 reviews2021
Dev: NekolystPub: Digital Crafter
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 47%
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 56% ★, Difficult 21%, Puzzle 12.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%, Indie 2.2%
Why You'll Like It: A tight, grid-based puzzle game that emphasizes mechanical interaction and spatial logic.
- #10 Isles of Sea and Sky
91% matchVery Positive93% of 1,404 reviews2024
Dev: Cicada Games
Windows
Median: 10.6 hrsMean: 14.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 36.3% ★, Nonlinear 16.4%, Open World 8.7%, Puzzle 8%, Stylized 7%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world puzzle game that combines grid-based movement with a sense of adventure and discovery.
- #11 Cosmic Express
90% matchVery Positive91% of 608 reviews2017
Dev: Cosmic EngineersPub: Draknek & Friends
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Plan the train route for the universe's most awkward space colony!
Why similar: Difficult 36.9%, Puzzle 18.4%, Relaxing 14%, Stylized 11.1%, Atmospheric 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A difficult pathfinding puzzle game that requires precise grid-based planning similar to the challenges in Bonfire Peaks.
- #12 Altered
89% matchVery Positive100% of 123 reviews2021
Dev: GlitchheartPub: Rooftop Panda
Windows · Linux
Solve difficult puzzles in a soothing atmosphere by altering your characters in multiple ways, forcing you to think outside the box.
Why similar: Sokoban 31.5% ★, Nonlinear 12.2%, Grid-Based Movement 12.1%, Difficult 12.1%, Puzzle 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: A challenging 3D sokoban game that focuses on strategic movement and environmental manipulation.
- #13 The Last Campfire
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 18,750 reviews2021
Dev: Hello Games
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
The Last Campfire is an adventure, a story of a lost ember trapped in a puzzling place, searching for meaning and a way home.
Why similar: Puzzle 29.2%, Relaxing 18.7%, Atmospheric 16.7%, Adventure 11.1%, Indie 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric puzzle-adventure game that captures a similar sense of melancholy and exploration.
- #14 Understand
89% matchVery Positive91% of 802 reviews2020
Dev: Artless Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 66%
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: Puzzle 81.8%, Singleplayer 9.8%, Indie 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A rule-based puzzle game where you must deduce the mechanics of the world through grid-based interaction.
- #15 Paquerette Down the Bunburrows
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,198 reviews2023
Dev: BunstackPub: Abiding Bridge
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 34.5% ★, Nonlinear 14.4%, Difficult 13.5%, Open World 8%, Puzzle 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A clever logic puzzle game that uses grid-based movement to create deep, satisfying challenges.
- #16 The Witness
87% matchVery Positive85% of 20,427 reviews2016
Dev: Thekla, Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 77%
You wake up, alone, on a strange island full of puzzles that will challenge and surprise you.
Why similar: Puzzle 31%, Difficult 19.8%, Open World 16.3%, Nonlinear 11.1%, Atmospheric 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: While first-person, it shares the same focus on environmental puzzle-solving and non-linear exploration.
- #17 Orakyubu
86% matchVery Positive99% of 293 reviews2021
Dev: Peter Lavigne
Windows · Mac · Linux
A game about 2D puzzles in 3D space.
Why similar: Sokoban 53% ★, Difficult 16.5%, Puzzle 12.1%, Atmospheric 8%, 3D 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: A 3D, grid-based puzzle game that mirrors the voxel aesthetic and spatial movement of the seed game.
- #18 Maxwell's puzzling demon
85% matchVery Positive99% of 357 reviews2024
Dev: muratsubo Games
Windows
"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 47.8% ★, Grid-Based Movement 19.7%, Difficult 18.9%, Puzzle 10.9%, Indie 2.1%
Why You'll Like It: A difficult, logic-heavy puzzle game that rewards players for mastering complex grid-based mechanics.
- #19 Recursed
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 637 reviews2016
Dev: PortponkyPub: Shambles Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 40.9%, Puzzle 29.5%, Indie 11%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%, Adventure 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: A unique puzzle game where rooms are objects that can be moved and nested, offering deep, logic-heavy gameplay.
- #20 Little Postman
83% matchVery Positive93% of 57 reviews2023
Dev: Atlas Imaginal
Windows
Puzzle game where you rotate islands to find your way around different archipelagos.
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 37.2%, Puzzle 27.4%, Atmospheric 15.8%, Adventure 7.7%, 3D 6%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric puzzle game that emphasizes logic and exploration within a stylized world.
- #21 YANKAI'S PEAK.
84% matchVery Positive90% of 93 reviews2017
Dev: Kenny Sun
Windows · Mac · Linux
Pyramid-Pushing Puzzles.
Why similar: Puzzle 57.9%, Indie 42.1%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, grid-based puzzle game that focuses on rotating and moving blocks in a challenging environment.
- #22 Prickle
81% matchVery Positive100% of 89 reviews2024
Dev: Sunbird Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Play father hedgehog on a quest to bring his prickly children back home, in this wholesome grid-based puzzle.
Why similar: Sokoban 47.2% ★, Difficult 20.2%, Grid-Based Movement 10.2%, Puzzle 10%, Relaxing 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: A difficult indie puzzle game that focuses on precise sokoban mechanics and logical progression.
- #23 Candle Prick
82% matchVery Positive96% of 53 reviews2022
Dev: moraguma
Windows · Linux
Candle Prick is a crunchy pixel adventure about stabbing enemies and using them as extensions of yourself to solve increasingly complex puzzles
Why similar: Sokoban 54.4% ★, Difficult 18.1%, Grid-Based Movement 11.3%, Puzzle 10.2%, Pixel Graphics 3.8%
Why You'll Like It: A difficult 2D sokoban game that shares the minimalist, puzzle-focused design of the seed game.
- #24 An Architect's Adventure
81% matchVery Positive100% of 63 reviews2023
Dev: maou
Windows
A simple 3A puzzle game.
Why similar: Sokoban 51.6% ★, Puzzle 10.1%, Nonlinear 10.1%, Difficult 9.5%, Third Person 5%
Why You'll Like It: A 3D logic puzzle game that focuses on grid-based movement and architectural challenges.
- #25 Campfire Cooking
82% matchVery Positive96% of 55 reviews2017
Dev: Layton Hawkes
Windows · Mac
Campfire Cooking is a puzzle game about relaxing moments in nature, as you prepare meals over a warm fire. Follow a family's vacation to beautiful and exotic hiking trails. Listen to stories, toast marshmallows, simmer fondue or play with magnets until each meal is ready to eat.
Why similar: Relaxing 74.9%, Indie 25.1%
Why You'll Like It: A relaxing yet clever puzzle game that uses grid-based movement to simulate cooking challenges.
- #26 SokoPenguin
80% matchVery Positive97% of 76 reviews2024
Dev: Vergiu
Windows
SokoPenguin is a Sokoban-style puzzle game, where you control a penguin who must push boxes to clear the path to its cozy igloo.
Why similar: Sokoban 46.3% ★, Grid-Based Movement 19.9%, Puzzle 9.4%, Relaxing 6.9%, Pixel Graphics 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: A cute, grid-based puzzle game that offers a more accessible take on traditional sokoban mechanics.
- #27 The Legend of Lumina
79% matchVery Positive98% of 118 reviews2024
Dev: Wizbane
Windows · Linux
A block pushing puzzle game with metroidvania style progression, set in a serene forest world.
Why similar: Sokoban 54.6% ★, Puzzle 13.2%, Nonlinear 9.6%, Atmospheric 6.6%, Relaxing 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric puzzle-adventure that integrates sokoban mechanics into a larger, explorable world.
- #28 Puzzle Depot
78% matchVery Positive100% of 62 reviews2025
Dev: Laughing Manatee Games
Windows
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 39.7% ★, Grid-Based Movement 17.9%, Difficult 16%, Puzzle 9.4%, Pixel Graphics 4.9%
Why You'll Like It: A straightforward, challenging indie puzzle game that focuses on grid-based object manipulation.
- #29 Toroban
79% matchVery Positive87% of 54 reviews2025
Dev: Hebert Games LLC
Windows · Linux
Toroban is an infinitely wrapping puzzle game.
Why similar: Sokoban 43.4% ★, Nonlinear 18.1%, Grid-Based Movement 14.9%, Open World 9.4%, Puzzle 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A nonlinear, open-world sokoban game that emphasizes exploration and grid-based puzzle solving.
- #30 Valley Peaks
76% matchVery Positive97% of 182 reviews2024
Dev: Tub ClubPub: Those Awesome Guys
Windows
Embark on a cozy climbing adventure in Valley Peaks, a ribbiting first-person platformer where each mountain is like a puzzle. Install Radio Towers at the top of every ridge to connect the froggy inhabitants to the wider world, venture further into the Valley, conquer peaks and unravel mysteries!
Why similar: Open World 31.5%, Stylized 22.7%, Atmospheric 19.2%, Adventure 9.6%, Indie 7.1%
- #31 Islands of Insight
77% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,163 reviews2024
Dev: Lunarch StudiosPub: Behaviour Interactive Inc.
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 18.3 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Seek out and solve 10,000+ puzzles at your own pace across this sublime puzzle game.
Why similar: Nonlinear 28.9%, Open World 14.1%, Puzzle 12.8%, Third Person 10.9%, Relaxing 10.7%
- #32 RiME
78% matchVery Positive90% of 5,159 reviews2017
Dev: Tequila WorksPub: Grey Box
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A land of discovery stretches out before you. Explore the beautiful, rugged world of RiME. Armed with your wits and a will to overcome—and the guidance of a helpful fox—you must explore the enigmatic island, reach the tower's peak, and unlock its closely guarded secrets.
Why similar: Puzzle 30.4%, Atmospheric 19.6%, Adventure 13.4%, Open World 12.2%, Relaxing 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric adventure game that features environmental puzzles and a strong sense of place and discovery.
- #33 Paper Trail
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 853 reviews2024
Dev: Newfangled Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Paper Trail is a top-down puzzle adventure about leaving home, set in a foldable, paper world.
Why similar: Sokoban 47.9% ★, Puzzle 18.8%, Atmospheric 12.5%, Relaxing 6.7%, Adventure 6%
- #34 Golf Peaks
77% matchVery Positive95% of 1,039 reviews2018
Dev: Afterburn
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 73%
A relaxing puzzle game where you climb mountains by playing golf. Pick the right cards, avoid hazards and conquer over 120 summits!
Why similar: Puzzle 43.8%, Stylized 31.9%, Family Friendly 15%, Singleplayer 9.4%
- #35 The Path Home
74% matchVery Positive99% of 69 reviews2025
Dev: kakuhitoPub: michikusa
Windows
"The Path Home" is a 2D pixel-art puzzle game where you explore a strange world with a girl. Use panels to "flip" black and white tiles and reshape the puzzle world. The girl always searches for the "shortest path to the goal," but avoiding fake goals and reuniting her with the crow is up to you.
Why similar: Sokoban 58.6% ★, Puzzle 15.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%, Atmospheric 7.6%, Adventure 4.1%
- #36 Void Stranger
74% matchVery Positive91% of 3,271 reviews2023
Dev: System Erasure
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Place your faith and embrace the Void.
Why similar: Sokoban 59.1% ★, Puzzle 14.7%, Difficult 8.8%, Pixel Graphics 5%, Adventure 4.7%
- #37 Linelith
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 1,194 reviews2022
Dev: Patrick Traynor
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 1.3 hrs≥1hr: 60%
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 45.1% ★, Puzzle 14.3%, Nonlinear 13.4%, Grid-Based Movement 11.2%, Relaxing 9.5%
- #38 Monument Valley
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 8,203 reviews2022
Dev: ustwo games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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: Puzzle 31.4%, Relaxing 25.5%, Adventure 11.2%, Third Person 11%, 3D 8.8%
- #39 Logicality
76% matchMostly Positive74% of 54 reviews2022
Dev: SVGames
Windows
Immerse yourself in an exciting journey on the island of dreams. Explore the open world and interesting places, while solving various puzzles that use environment.
Why similar: Nonlinear 21.4%, Puzzle 19.5%, Stylized 13.9%, Adventure 13%, Open World 9.8%
- #40 A Short Hike
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 21,505 reviews2019
Dev: adamgryu
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.
Why similar: Relaxing 26.8%, Open World 21.4%, Pixel Graphics 16.2%, Adventure 12.3%, Indie 9.6%
- #41 Nurikabe World
72% matchVery Positive100% of 183 reviews2025
Dev: Hemisquare
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 29%, Puzzle 24.6%, Atmospheric 13%, Relaxing 11.5%, 3D 8.5%
- #42 Puddle Knights
73% matchVery Positive97% of 233 reviews2020
Dev: Lockpickle
Windows · Mac
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 40.2% ★, Difficult 15.8%, Nonlinear 13.7%, Grid-Based Movement 12.7%, Puzzle 8.4%
- #43 Sokobond Express
71% matchVery Positive89% of 100 reviews2024
Dev: José HernándezPub: Draknek & Friends
Windows · Mac · Linux
Sokobond Express is a beautifully minimalist puzzle game that combines chemical bonds and puzzling pathfinding in novel ways.
Why similar: Sokoban 40.8% ★, Grid-Based Movement 34.2%, Puzzle 15.3%, Indie 3.7%, Family Friendly 2.3%
- #44 Sokobond
73% matchVery Positive93% of 688 reviews2014
Dev: Alan HazeldenPub: Draknek & Friends
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Sokobond is an elegantly designed puzzle game about chemistry. It's logical, minimalist, and beautiful - crafted with love and science.
Why similar: Sokoban 52.2% ★, Difficult 19.6%, Puzzle 10.1%, Relaxing 7.1%, Stylized 6.2%
- #45 Gentoo Rescue
69% matchVery Positive100% of 219 reviews2025
Dev: Jagriff
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 27.9% ★, Difficult 20.9%, Open World 12.7%, Puzzle 11.9%, Grid-Based Movement 11.7%
- #46 Taiji
70% matchVery Positive91% of 1,371 reviews2022
Dev: Matthew VanDevander
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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 27%, Difficult 22.6%, Puzzle 13.7%, Open World 10%, Relaxing 8.5%
- #47 Strange Jigsaws
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 3,662 reviews2025
Dev: FLEB
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A game of strange jigsaws.
Why similar: Puzzle 43.7%, Adventure 24%, Relaxing 16.8%, Indie 6.9%, Family Friendly 5.2%
- #48 Jelly Is Sticky
71% matchVery Positive94% of 129 reviews2022
Dev: Lunarch Studios
Windows
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 33.5% ★, Nonlinear 14.1%, Grid-Based Movement 13.8%, Difficult 13.5%, Puzzle 7.4%
- #49 Stuffo the Puzzle Bot
70% matchVery Positive99% of 172 reviews2023
Dev: Hapatus Ltd
Windows
A laid-back but smart puzzle game. Stuffo is the last remaining puzzle bot stuck in a world filled with bite-sized brain-teasers. Help Stuffo to solve the mind-bending puzzles by using various blocks to climb, push and teleport your way to the exit.
Why similar: Puzzle 32.3%, Relaxing 25.3%, Pixel Graphics 20%, Adventure 9.7%, Indie 5.4%
- #50 Island Farmer - Jigsaw Puzzle
70% matchVery Positive93% of 537 reviews2021
Dev: Mens Sana Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Arrange the farm islands and see your archipelago expand. Just swap the blocks of a 3D jigsaw puzzle.
Why similar: Puzzle 50.8%, Relaxing 31.4%, 3D 11%, Family Friendly 6.8%
- #51 The Artisan of Glimmith
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive100% of 658 reviews2026
Dev: Lunarch Studios
Windows
Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 15.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
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 26.7%, Puzzle 25.6%, Relaxing 14.6%, Atmospheric 10.9%, Adventure 7.6%
- #52 Island Cities - Jigsaw Puzzle
69% matchVery Positive94% of 235 reviews2022
Dev: Mens Sana Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Arrange the town islands and see them come to life. Just swap the blocks of a 3D jigsaw puzzle.
Why similar: Puzzle 47.8%, Relaxing 32%, 3D 10.3%, Indie 6.2%, Singleplayer 3.7%
- #53 The Sojourn
71% matchMostly Positive72% of 217 reviews2020
Dev: Shifting TidesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
The Sojourn is a first-person puzzle game set in an immersive colour-drenched world of light and darkness. Think your way through dozens of puzzles as you traverse parallel worlds, awaken mysterious artifacts and overcome challenging obstacles on an unforgettable journey.
Why similar: Puzzle 21.6%, Stylized 17%, Relaxing 16%, Atmospheric 15.1%, 3D 8.6%
- #54 Guayota
68% matchVery Positive95% of 57 reviews2024
Dev: Team DelusionPub: Dear Villagers
Windows
Unveil the darkest secrets of Saint Brendan’s Island, the paradise on Earth, in this 3D Puzzle-Adventure game. Only equipped with a torch, walk through ancient gods’ temples and solve their enigmas.
Why similar: Puzzle 34.9%, Stylized 29.3%, Atmospheric 20.8%, Adventure 9.2%, Indie 3.6%
- #55 Nova: Cloudwalker's Tale
67% matchVery Positive96% of 55 reviews2023
Dev: Racoon & Sheep
Windows · Mac
Nova: Cloudwalker's Tale is a charming puzzle game about moving clouds and walking on them to gather the lost star shards across the skies.
Why similar: Sokoban 36.5% ★, Nonlinear 17.7%, Difficult 16.2%, Puzzle 8.9%, Relaxing 7.9%
- #56 Woodways
69% matchVery Positive96% of 156 reviews2018
Dev: Sen Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 36 minMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 35%
A puzzle game in which you guide quirky animals through portals in the woods. But watch your step, they all move at once!
Why similar: Sokoban 48.1% ★, Difficult 16.5%, Grid-Based Movement 15.1%, Puzzle 9.5%, Relaxing 7%
- #57 Sandy's Great Escape
67% matchVery Positive94% of 51 reviews2023
Dev: Mocha Moose Games
Windows · Mac
A crabby twist on the sokoban (box-pushing) genre, where you use deaths to create shells and solve puzzles.
Why similar: Sokoban 51.6% ★, Difficult 13.2%, Puzzle 11.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.2%, Grid-Based Movement 4%
- #58 Lighton
68% matchVery Positive92% of 59 reviews2020
Dev: Waidy AndradePub: Cronostase
Windows
A challeging puzzle game. The only goal, is to turn on the lights.
Why similar: Sokoban 55.3% ★, Difficult 19.8%, Puzzle 10.8%, Relaxing 5%, Pixel Graphics 3.9%
- #59 Crossroad OS
64% matchVery Positive99% of 298 reviews2023
Dev: GuyPub: Martin Games
Windows · Linux
Explore the mysterious operating system Crossʀoad OS. Adventure through its decaying programs, solve puzzles, collect items and meet strange creatures.
Why similar: Sokoban 43% ★, Cinematic 16.6%, Stylized 10.5%, Puzzle 9.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%
- #60 Hexologic
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,338 reviews2018
Dev: MythicOwl
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 60.6% ★, Puzzle 16.5%, Relaxing 12.2%, Atmospheric 5.6%, Family Friendly 2.4%