- #1 Chip's Challenge 2
97% matchVery Positive86% of 147 reviews2015
Dev: Niffler Ltd.
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Chip is back and this time he's teamed up with Melinda to try and solve even more puzzles built from a combination of new and old monster, hazards and game elements created by Vladimir Gerajkee The Puzzle Master.
Why similar: Sokoban 28.9% ★, Difficult 10.3%, Grid-Based Movement 10.2%, Old School 7%, Puzzle 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: The direct sequel to the original, offering more of the same classic grid-based puzzle mechanics and level design.
- #2 Chuck's Challenge 3D 2020
96% matchVery Positive85% of 215 reviews2014
Dev: Niffler Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 66%
From the veteran puzzle designer behind the classic game Chip's Challenge, comes Chuck’s Challenge 3D 2020, a fiendishly addictive game that’s packed with features that will tease the brain and challenge the fingers.
Why similar: Sokoban 37.9% ★, Difficult 13.9%, Logic 12.6%, Grid-Based Movement 10.8%, Puzzle 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: Created by the original designer of Chip's Challenge, this game serves as a modern spiritual successor with similar puzzle-solving depth.
- #3 Dungeon and Puzzles
96% 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 45.9% ★, Logic 16.7%, Difficult 15.7%, Puzzle 9.8%, Pixel Graphics 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: Combines grid-based movement with unique equipment mechanics that require careful planning to navigate traps and enemies.
- #4 Sokobos
95% matchVery Positive100% of 77 reviews2022
Dev: Daisy GamesPub: Martin Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Sokoban meets Greek tragedy! Sokobos is a minimalistic & challenging puzzle game that expands on the classic block-pushing formula.
Why similar: Sokoban 52.9% ★, Difficult 17.6%, Logic 15.6%, Puzzle 10%, Strategy 2.9%
Why You'll Like It: A challenging sokoban-style puzzle game that features a unique mythological theme and tight, logical level design.
- #5 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 30.4% ★, Difficult 20.2%, Puzzle 18.2%, Logic 16.2%, Pixel Graphics 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: An innovative logic puzzle game that forces you to manipulate the rules of the grid itself, much like the complex logic puzzles in Chip's Challenge.
- #6 Pipe Push Paradise
94% 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 45.5% ★, Difficult 16.9%, Grid-Based Movement 15.8%, Puzzle 12.6%, Retro 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on complex grid-based manipulation and spatial logic that will feel familiar to fans of classic puzzle mazes.
- #7 Stephen's Sausage Roll
93% 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 38.9% ★, Difficult 31.9%, Puzzle 25.1%, Indie 2.8%, Singleplayer 1.3%
Why You'll Like It: Widely considered one of the most challenging and rewarding grid-based puzzle games ever made.
- #8 Dr. Kobushi's Labyrinthine Laboratory
92% matchVery Positive92% of 65 reviews2022
Dev: Symbolic Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
A mind-bendingly challenging puzzle game that mixes homage to retro classics with funny dialogue and innovative puzzle mechanics. Over a hundred ultra-challenging pixelated puzzles will have you avoiding killer robots as you engage with memorable characters.
Why similar: Sokoban 40.7% ★, 1990's 10.5%, Puzzle 9.2%, Top-Down 9%, Old School 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: Utilizes turn-based strategy and grid movement that mirrors the hazard-avoidance gameplay of the original.
- #9 DUSK '82: ULTIMATE EDITION
91% matchVery Positive96% of 439 reviews2021
Dev: David SzymanskiPub: New Blood Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
DUSK '82 is a simple but addictive action-puzzler demake of the cult shooter DUSK, inspired by classics like Chip's Challenge and Sokoban.
Why similar: Sokoban 33.1% ★, Grid-Based Movement 19.3%, Logic 13.7%, Puzzle 7.7%, Arcade 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled grid-based puzzle game that perfectly captures the 80s arcade aesthetic and difficulty.
- #10 Patrick's Parabox
89% 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 49.8% ★, Logic 18.9%, Puzzle 12.4%, Difficult 10.5%, 2D 3.3%
Why You'll Like It: Features innovative grid-based puzzles involving recursive spatial mechanics that push the boundaries of the genre.
- #11 A Monster's Expedition
90% 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 57.5% ★, Difficult 20%, Puzzle 13.7%, Strategy 7.1%, Singleplayer 1.7%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world sokoban game that captures the exploration feel while delivering increasingly difficult grid-based puzzles.
- #12 Paquerette Down the Bunburrows
89% 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 39.3% ★, Logic 16.5%, Difficult 14.1%, Top-Down 8.8%, Puzzle 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: Combines grid-based movement with logic-heavy puzzle solving in a charming, pixel-art environment.
- #13 Parcel
91% matchVery Positive86% of 153 reviews2015
Dev: Polar Bunny Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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 44.8% ★, Grid-Based Movement 13.4%, Difficult 13.1%, Logic 9%, Puzzle 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A challenging sokoban-style game with a focus on tight grid navigation and clever level layouts.
- #14 Handshakes
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 2,817 reviews2023
Dev: Pet Pumpkin
Windows · Mac · Linux
Take your brain for a walk in Handshakes, a simple yet tricksy sokoban puzzle game. Guide two hands through puzzles designed to stump, not frustate, so that they may achieve their dream of a warm, firm handshake.
Why similar: Sokoban 57.4% ★, Puzzle 13.3%, Top-Down 9.8%, Logic 9.1%, Pixel Graphics 4.9%
Why You'll Like It: A clever grid-based puzzle game about connecting characters through precise movement and spatial reasoning.
- #15 Rob Riches
88% matchVery Positive96% of 80 reviews2021
Dev: Megapop
Windows · Linux
Plan your steps carefully as you traverse ancient temples, filled with dangerous traps and puzzles.
Why similar: Sokoban 40.2% ★, Grid-Based Movement 23.9%, Logic 15.8%, Puzzle 10%, Top-Down 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A grid-based adventure puzzle game that incorporates traps, treasure, and logic-based progression.
- #16 Void Stranger
86% 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% ★, Puzzle 14.5%, Difficult 8.1%, Pixel Graphics 5.3%, 2D 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: A deep, retro-styled grid puzzle game that hides complex mechanics and secrets beneath a simple exterior.
- #17 Cosmic Express
87% 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 53.4%, Puzzle 28.8%, Strategy 17.8%
Why You'll Like It: A grid-based pathfinding puzzle game that requires careful planning and logical deduction to solve each level.
- #18 Elec Dude
84% matchVery Positive97% of 116 reviews2022
Dev: MisteryJay89
Windows
Collect all Energy in each Level and face Dr. Dark Glass.
Why similar: Sokoban 39.7% ★, Puzzle 9.5%, Old School 9.2%, Grid-Based Movement 8%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist grid-based puzzle game that focuses on electrical logic and pathfinding.
- #19 Peppy's Adventure
85% matchVery Positive83% of 78 reviews2021
Dev: Pepite Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Peppy’s Adventure is a challenging 1-screen, tile-based, action-puzzle game controlled with directional inputs only. Help Peppy progress through unique levels and worlds to save his family from the Hooded Fox. Precise timing, fast thinking and trickery will be key to advance and unveil mysteries.
Why similar: Logic 19.5%, Difficult 19.3%, Grid-Based Movement 19.2%, Puzzle 11.1%, Top-Down 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: A grid-based action puzzle game that captures the frantic energy and hazard-dodging of the original.
- #20 Lighton
84% 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 44.4% ★, Logic 17.3%, Difficult 14.6%, Puzzle 8.6%, Top-Down 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: A challenging logic-based grid puzzle game that features a minimalist aesthetic and high difficulty.
- #21 SokoPenguin
81% 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 42.2% ★, Grid-Based Movement 17.9%, Top-Down 8.6%, Puzzle 8.5%, Pixel Graphics 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: A charming and accessible grid-based puzzle game that focuses on classic block-pushing mechanics.
- #22 Snakebird
82% matchVery Positive93% of 1,230 reviews2015
Dev: Noumenon Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 44.4%, Puzzle 29.4%, Sokoban 20.4% ★, 2D 2.6%, Indie 2.4%
Why You'll Like It: A notoriously difficult grid-based puzzle game that requires intense spatial awareness and planning.
- #23 SOK
82% matchVery Positive89% of 205 reviews2017
Dev: Siberian Mouse
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 58%
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 39.9% ★, Difficult 13.3%, Logic 11.8%, Puzzle 8.7%, Top-Down 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: A straightforward and minimalist sokoban puzzle experience that is easy to pick up and play.
- #24 HAMSTERMIND
79% matchVery Positive99% of 77 reviews2026
Dev: Righteous Tree
Windows · Linux
Play as the legendary explorer Hamster Jones and explore a mysterious pyramid in a puzzle-based adventure, solving a wide variety of puzzles and uncovering the many secrets hidden within its walls.
Why similar: Sokoban 42.8% ★, Difficult 15.6%, Logic 15.6%, Puzzle 9.2%, Top-Down 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: A cartoony grid-based puzzle game that provides a solid challenge for fans of classic logic puzzles.
- #25 Sandy's Great Escape
81% 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 40.1% ★, Logic 14.7%, Difficult 9.4%, Puzzle 8.9%, Pixel Graphics 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: A casual grid-based puzzle game that offers a relaxing yet engaging experience with pixel-art charm.
- #26 Sig.NULL
83% matchMostly Positive72% of 131 reviews2016
Dev: SaintHeiserPub: Half-Face Games
Windows
Push and rotate blocks, placing them at their places. Discover mono-drones abilities, step by step learn rules of that somber techno world. Solve more than 100 amazing puzzles!
Why similar: Sokoban 41% ★, Difficult 20.1%, Puzzle 15.3%, Grid-Based Movement 14.3%, 2D 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist grid-based puzzle game that emphasizes logical deduction and precise movement.
- #27 Meow Mission
79% matchVery Positive100% of 56 reviews2024
Dev: AccelixPub: Digital-Touch Co., Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 42.2% ★, Difficult 15.5%, Grid-Based Movement 9.9%, Puzzle 9.3%, Logic 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A family-friendly grid-based puzzle game that features cat-themed mechanics and satisfying logic puzzles.
- #28 Puzzle Depot
77% 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 33.2% ★, Grid-Based Movement 14.8%, Difficult 12.2%, Logic 9%, Puzzle 7.8%
- #29 Maxwell's puzzling demon
77% 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 40.7% ★, Grid-Based Movement 16.5%, Logic 14.8%, Difficult 14.8%, Puzzle 9.2%
- #30 Treasure 'n Trio
76% matchVery Positive100% of 228 reviews2025
Dev: TNT
Windows
Team up with a brute-force warrior, a nimble and wily thief, and a cowardly wizard with teleportation magic. Use all three characters with different abilities at the right time to solve puzzles and collect treasures!
Why similar: Sokoban 40.1% ★, Grid-Based Movement 20.3%, Puzzle 8.3%, Top-Down 8.2%, Old School 6.8%
- #31 cityglitch
80% matchVery Positive100% of 52 reviews2018
Dev: mindfungus
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Fly across haunted cities, solve rooftop puzzles and light magical runes. Cityglitch is a shimmery pixel puzzler with simple movement and deep challenge.
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 25.7%, Difficult 17.2%, Puzzle 14.6%, Strategy 12.5%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: A casual grid-based puzzle game that emphasizes strategy and logical movement within a city setting.
- #32 Recursed
78% 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 41.9%, Puzzle 32.6%, 2D 10.7%, Pixel Graphics 10.2%, Indie 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: A unique grid-based puzzle game involving room manipulation that adds a layer of complexity to standard movement.
- #33 Kine
78% matchVery Positive94% of 120 reviews2020
Dev: Chump Squad
Windows
A quirky 3D puzzle game about three musicians forming a band and trying to score their breakout hit.
Why similar: Sokoban 59.4% ★, Difficult 20.9%, Puzzle 9.4%, Strategy 8.3%, Singleplayer 1.2%
Why You'll Like It: A grid-based puzzle game with unique movement mechanics that require thinking in three dimensions.
- #34 Candle Prick
76% 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 45.5% ★, Difficult 13.8%, Grid-Based Movement 9.3%, Puzzle 8.4%, Top-Down 7.8%
- #35 Orakyubu
75% matchVery Positive99% of 293 reviews2021
Dev: Peter Lavigne
Windows · Mac · Linux
A game about 2D puzzles in 3D space.
Why similar: Sokoban 51.6% ★, Logic 15.6%, Difficult 14.8%, Puzzle 11.7%, 2D 4.1%
- #36 The Path Home
73% 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 54.7% ★, Puzzle 14.1%, Top-Down 13.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%, 2D 5.9%
- #37 Colorful Recolor
74% matchVery Positive94% of 85 reviews2022
Dev: Gagonfe
Windows
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 34% ★, Logic 16.3%, Difficult 15.1%, Puzzle 8.7%, Pixel Graphics 6.6%
- #38 Crystal Caves HD
73% matchVery Positive98% of 319 reviews2020
Dev: Emberheart GamesPub: Apogee Entertainment
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Return to the underground classic world of treasures and traps in the HD remake of Crystal Caves! Guide Mylo through puzzles and arcade challenges of your favorite episodes, then explore the whole new Episode loaded with all new puzzles, enemies, challenges, hazards and help Mylo get back home!
Why similar: Old School 28.5%, Retro 21.5%, Classic 17.7% ★, Puzzle 13.7%, Pixel Graphics 11.4%
- #39 1 Screen Platformer: Prologue
74% matchVery Positive87% of 218 reviews2020
Dev: Return To Adventure Mountain, LLCPub: Return To Adventure Mountain, LLC
Windows
FREE DEMO features 1 playable character and 1 complete level with leaderboards. Try, die, retry in this challenging but fair precision platformer that takes place on 1 screen. Ultra tight controls, dozens of traps. Great for speedrunning, and 100% completionists. Also, no water levels!
Why similar: Difficult 51.4%, Pixel Graphics 18.1%, Retro 15%, 2D 9.8%, Singleplayer 4.3%
- #40 Tiny Crate
71% matchVery Positive88% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: Harmony Monroe
Windows · Mac · Linux
Tiny Crate is a Crate Chucking Action Puzzle Game ! Leap over spikes and stack up crates to reach the portal in each puzzle. Collect hidden musical notes (-:
Why similar: Sokoban 35.9% ★, Logic 14.7%, Old School 10.9%, 1990's 9.1%, Puzzle 8%
- #41 Chip
75% matchVery Positive83% of 1,169 reviews2014
Dev: Coatsink
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Chip is an isometric puzzle game with robots, electricity and fancy dress! The player must help recharge Chip - a plucky little red robot - who has been imprisoned by the nefarious villain, Rust.
Why similar: Puzzle 53.3%, Strategy 36.4%, Indie 10.3%
- #42 Chronigma
69% matchNo user reviews100% of 286 reviews2025
Dev: C3BGames
Windows · Mac
Master time in this story-rich time-bending puzzle game. You travel back in time to be in two places at once, to solve puzzles impossible to complete alone. Your success hinges on your ability to collaborate with yourself. Can you learn to manipulate time to save humanity?
Why similar: Sokoban 36.4% ★, Logic 20.3%, Difficult 16%, Puzzle 9.7%, Strategy 8.7%
- #43 Lord Ambermaze: Prologue
70% matchVery Positive97% of 109 reviews2024
Dev: Potata CompanyPub: HeroCraft PC
Windows
Lord Amber maze: Prologue is a free entry to a turn-based dungeon-crawler set in a labyrinth of frozen time. Plan each move carefully, battle quirky monsters, and solve intricate puzzles, one dungeon at a time.
Why similar: Sokoban 60.7% ★, Top-Down 9.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%, Strategy 7.2%, Retro 7.2%
- #44 Cramped Room of Death
72% matchVery Positive94% of 68 reviews2023
Dev: Hafiz Mohd RozlanPub: Nicalis, Inc.
Windows
A puzzle adventure in close quarters! Use your spear to defeat enemies and collect treasure, but plan your moves carefully—each room has tight turns, deadly traps and no margin for error.
Why similar: Sokoban 40.7% ★, Grid-Based Movement 19.7%, Puzzle 13.7%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%, Top-Down 9%
- #45 Stuffo the Puzzle Bot
71% 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: Logic 33.6%, Old School 18.1%, Puzzle 17.7%, Pixel Graphics 11.7%, Retro 8.7%
- #46 hexceed
70% matchVery Positive90% of 2,727 reviews2021
Dev: ToastieLabs
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 20.6 hrs≥1hr: 72%
A relaxing, hexagon based, puzzle game. An exciting new twist on a classic game without the element of guesswork! Use your critical thinking and our stimulating game mechanics to progress through hundreds of levels!
Why similar: Puzzle 31.1%, Top-Down 23%, Arcade 17%, Retro 14.8%, 2D 5%
- #47 Block in the Lock
72% matchVery Positive94% of 69 reviews2019
Dev: PetorioPub: Peter Hofbauer
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 46.3% ★, Logic 14.7%, Grid-Based Movement 13.6%, Puzzle 9.5%, Pixel Graphics 5.3%
- #48 Cubotrox
73% matchVery Positive91% of 57 reviews2016
Dev: The Barberians Game StudioPub: Talking About Media
Windows · Mac
Median: 12 minMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 34%
Cubotrox is an addictive puzzle game that challenges you to complete pixel art images by managing falling neon-colored cubes. Catch, drop and rotate your way to victory in a game with retro-futuristic neon visuals and synth-retro-wave music that excels at being “easy to play, hard to master”.
Why similar: Difficult 39.4%, Puzzle 21.5%, Pixel Graphics 16.8%, Retro 9.9%, Arcade 8.5%
- #49 Find You
71% matchVery Positive93% of 419 reviews2017
Dev: Byting Games
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Play every character simultaneously and reunite them in mind boggling 100 levels
Why similar: Difficult 26.6%, Logic 18.9%, Old School 18.8%, Puzzle 12.1%, Retro 8%
- #50 Elle: Portal
68% matchVery Positive93% of 285 reviews2023
Dev: L. Stotch
Windows
A free spin-off of Elle (puzzle platformer). Collect coins while avoiding the maze keepers.
Why similar: Logic 30.3%, Old School 14.2%, Puzzle 13.9%, Pixel Graphics 13%, Arcade 11.7%
- #51 Dungeons of Dreadrock
67% matchVery Positive94% of 521 reviews2022
Dev: Prof. Dr. Christoph Minnameier
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 53%
An immersive puzzle dungeon adventure in the spirit of 1980's home computer games. Dig your way through 100 levels into the ancient depths of Dreadrock Mountain. Winner of Google Indie Games Festival / Indie Clash 1st prize / PocketGamer People's Choice Finalist / GDWC best indie game nominee.
Why similar: Old School 26.7%, Logic 20.5%, Puzzle 14.8%, Retro 11.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%
- #52 ColorCoordination
67% matchVery Positive97% of 64 reviews2024
Dev: El Demso
Windows · Linux
ColorCoordination is a puzzle game where you match colored blocks and spaces by moving them in unison. Explore deep, philosophical topics with your AI Assistant "CoCo" and discover more about its purpose - all while solving a myriad of colorful brainteasers!
Why similar: Sokoban 76% ★, Puzzle 14.7%, Pixel Graphics 7.5%, Singleplayer 1%, Indie 0.9%
- #53 Woodways
70% 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 41.3% ★, Difficult 13%, Grid-Based Movement 12.8%, Logic 11.6%, Top-Down 8.7%
- #54 Piece by Piece
64% matchVery Positive100% of 142 reviews2026
Dev: Neon Polygons
Windows · Mac
Piece by Piece is a literal puzzle platformer where each level is fragmented into puzzle pieces. Clear each puzzle by connecting and unconnecting each piece to make your way through each of our 100 handcrafted levels. Discover new themes and mechanics along the way!
Why similar: Difficult 33%, Puzzle 21.4%, Pixel Graphics 13.9%, Logic 12.4%, Strategy 8.1%
- #55 Sir Lovelot
69% matchVery Positive86% of 125 reviews2021
Dev: pixel games SARL-S
Windows
Sir Lovelot is on a quest to find the love of his life. Join him in this wacky tight platformer, where impressing cheeky damsels is harder than a heart of stone!
Why similar: Difficult 38.2%, Pixel Graphics 17%, Retro 16%, Old School 14.9%, 2D 8.4%
- #56 Hatup
68% matchVery Positive91% of 58 reviews2022
Dev: Naoka StudioPub: Naoka Games
Windows
In Hatup you'll have the mission to go through different challenges with your hat that will allow you to progress through the game's stages. Using different mechanics you will face many challenges and with different levels of difficulty.
Why similar: Logic 25.5%, Puzzle 24.2%, 1990's 21.9%, Pixel Graphics 12.6%, 2D 8.8%
- #57 Cursed Gem
68% matchVery Positive91% of 65 reviews2020
Dev: AikonCWDPub: Vega Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Help Oliver in this retro-pixel and challenging platformer. Explore a cursed cave, full of traps, secrets and diamonds. Complete all levels, get the biggest diamond for your girlfriend and break the curse that is dooming you.
Why similar: Difficult 48.8%, Pixel Graphics 20.2%, Retro 14.7%, 2D 10%, Indie 3.7%
- #58 Pixel Restorer
65% matchVery Positive86% of 249 reviews2024
Dev: Catnip studio
Windows
As the last pixel restorer in the city, your job is to restore faded photographs that have been sealed away for a long time to their original glory.
Why similar: 1990's 30%, Puzzle 24.5%, Pixel Graphics 19.7%, Retro 19.6%, Singleplayer 3.4%
- #59 Warlock's Tower
69% matchVery Positive98% of 51 reviews2017
Dev: MidipixelPub: Whippering
Windows · Mac
A punishing puzzler with elegantly designed levels around one brutal rule - one move equals one life lost.
Why similar: Difficult 48.1%, Puzzle 40.7%, Indie 11.2%
- #60 Squared Adventure
65% matchVery Positive93% of 71 reviews2024
Dev: Crazy Potato Game Studio
Windows
Embark on a journey through tunnels, caves and ancient temples, solving puzzles and fighting all kinds of hostile creatures. Be smart - avoid traps and think carefully. They say it doesn't hurt ;)
Why similar: Puzzle 23.4%, Pixel Graphics 20.4%, Retro 18.7%, Logic 18%, Arcade 10.8%