Games Like Cogs

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: Puzzle 38.8%, Logic 25.8%, Steampunk 21.9% ★, Indie 6.6%, Difficult 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game captures the satisfaction of building complex, efficient machines to solve logic-based puzzles.

A mysterious invitation leads to the attic of an abandoned house. In the room is a cast-iron safe laced with strange carvings and on top, a note from your distant companion. It promises something ancient and astonishing concealed in the iron chamber - you need only find a way in.

Why similar: Puzzle 68.6%, Steampunk 16.7% ★, Point & Click 5.6%, Indie 4.1%, Singleplayer 2.7%

Why You'll Like It: Like Cogs, this game focuses on tactile, mechanical puzzle-solving where you manipulate intricate 3D objects to unlock secrets.

Machinarium is the award-winning independent adventure game developed by the makers of Samorost series, Botanicula and CHUCHEL. Help Josef the robot save his girlfriend Berta kidnapped by the Black Cap Brotherhood gang!

Why similar: Steampunk 54.3% ★, Puzzle 19.8%, Family Friendly 13.9%, Casual 4.2%, Point & Click 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: It features a beautiful, hand-drawn steampunk aesthetic paired with clever, logic-driven puzzles.

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

Why similar: Puzzle 38.5%, Physics 34.6%, Indie 7.9%, Casual 4.5%, Classic 4% ★

Why You'll Like It: This classic physics-based puzzle game shares the same satisfying 'build-to-solve' gameplay loop.

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 83.7%, Difficult 7.5%, Singleplayer 4.6%, Indie 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: This title offers deep, 3D physics-based logic puzzles that require careful planning and spatial awareness.

Unleash your engineering creativity with an engaging and fresh bridge-building simulator with all the bells and whistles. Enjoy hours of physics-based puzzle solving in the Campaign and then jump in the Sandbox to create your own bridge designs and puzzles!

Why similar: Physics 33.8%, Puzzle 26.1%, Family Friendly 13.5%, Building 11.6%, Difficult 9%

Why You'll Like It: It challenges players to build functional structures using physics, mirroring the contraption-building nature of Cogs.

Zachtronics is back with an ambitious new design-based puzzle game. Take on the role of a Reactor Engineer working for SpaceChem, the leading chemical synthesizer for frontier colonies. Construct elaborate factories to transform raw materials into valuable chemical products!

Why similar: Puzzle 47.3%, Logic 27.5%, Difficult 16.1%, Indie 5.5%, Singleplayer 2%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on complex automation and logical flow, perfect for those who enjoy the efficiency-based puzzles in Cogs.

Infinifactory is a sandbox puzzle game by Zachtronics, the creators of SpaceChem and Infiniminer. Build factories that assemble products for your alien overlords, and try not to die in the process.

Why similar: Puzzle 48.1%, Logic 19.6%, Building 11.3%, Difficult 10.5%, Indie 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: Players must design and build automated assembly lines in 3D space, appealing to fans of mechanical logic.

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 57.7%, 3D 14.7%, Casual 13.6%, Singleplayer 5.9%, Point & Click 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: It features stunning 3D spatial manipulation puzzles that rely on perspective and clever geometry.

A carefully created world with unique environments and an engrossing atmosphere, Unmechanical offers over 30 unique puzzles of exploration and adventure!

Why similar: Puzzle 47.3%, Physics 29%, Indie 12.8%, Casual 11%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based puzzle game featuring a small robot navigating a mysterious, mechanical world.

The spiritual successor to The Incredible Machine from its original designer and programmer. Play 100s of puzzles. Build and share elaborate contraptions with an huge variety of parts and critters.

Why similar: Physics 30.2%, Puzzle 29.6%, Family Friendly 22.3%, Building 7.5%, Casual 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: This sandbox-style game is perfect for players who love experimenting with physics and building complex machines.

Crazy Machines 2 is packed with all new features to help you create your wackiest "Rube Goldberg-style" contraptions yet! All new elements, plus an amazing 3D physics engine lets you craft even more complex gadgets and effects.

Why similar: Puzzle 47.8%, Physics 33.8%, Casual 16.7%, Singleplayer 1.8%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses heavily on building intricate Rube Goldberg-style contraptions to solve physics problems.

Gorogoa is an elegant evolution of the puzzle genre, told through a beautifully hand-drawn story designed and illustrated by Jason Roberts. Winner of Debut Game at the 2018 BAFTA Games Awards, as well as Best Mobile Game and the Innovation Award at the GDC 2018 Choice Awards.

Why similar: Puzzle 74.3%, Indie 9.5%, Casual 7.7%, Point & Click 4.7%, Singleplayer 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game utilizes a unique sliding and layering mechanic that feels like a more artistic, narrative-driven evolution of Cogs.

Portal™ is a new single player game from Valve. Set in the mysterious Aperture Science Laboratories, Portal has been called one of the most innovative new games on the horizon and will offer gamers hours of unique gameplay.

Why similar: Puzzle 64.4%, Physics 22.2%, Classic 9.2% ★, Singleplayer 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: It is the gold standard for physics-based logic puzzles that require players to think in three dimensions.

Tidalis is a block-based puzzle game with casual appeal, hardcore depth, and an addictive new "streams" mechanic. The game is brimming over with riffs and variants on that core mechanic with 20 game modes, dozens of special blocks and items, and 115 levels in the adventure mode alone.

Why similar: Puzzle 40%, Family Friendly 20.6%, Casual 17.1%, Indie 14.4%, Co-op 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: A casual, logic-heavy puzzle game that requires careful planning and pattern recognition.

Crayon Physics Deluxe is a 2D physics puzzle / sandbox game, in which you get to experience what it would be like if your drawings would be magically transformed into real physical objects. Solve puzzles with your artistic vision and creative use of physics.

Why similar: Puzzle 33%, Physics 32.6%, Family Friendly 16.2%, Casual 8.5%, Indie 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: It allows for creative, physics-based problem solving by letting you draw objects directly into the game world.

Isotiles is an isometric puzzle game played on a grid. The goal of the game is to turn all of the blue tiles red and then reach the exit tile. There are 50 levels to play through with increasing difficulty and added obstacles.

Why similar: Logic 33.9%, Puzzle 26.4%, Family Friendly 15.6%, Difficult 11.4%, Casual 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on grid-based movement and spatial logic within an isometric perspective.

Q.U.B.E. 2 is the sequel to the hit first-person puzzle game Q.U.B.E. You are Amelia Cross, a stranded archaeologist who has awoken among the ruins of an ancient alien landscape. With the distant help of another survivor you must solve the puzzles of this mysterious world and find a way back home.

Why similar: Puzzle 65%, Indie 24.5%, 3D 7.2%, Singleplayer 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a first-person 3D puzzle experience centered on manipulating the environment through logic and physics.

Enter the Aperture Science Enrichment Center and experience Bridge Constructor Portal – the unique merging of the classic Portal™ and Bridge Constructor™ games.

Why similar: Puzzle 37%, Physics 33.8%, Building 8.5%, Difficult 7%, Family Friendly 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: This crossover combines physics-based structural building with the logic and humor of the Portal universe.

Design, build and wire up your own unique robot to complete challenging logic puzzles. LogicBots is a puzzle game where robots are used to complete the various levels.

Why similar: Puzzle 63.1%, Indie 20.7%, Building 16.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game lets you design and build custom robots to solve complex, logic-based challenges.

Welcome to Glass Masquerade - an artistic puzzle game inspired by Art Deco & stained glass artisans of the 20th century. You need to combine hidden glass pieces to unveil clocks and themes exhibited by various cultures of the world at the 'International Times Exhibition'

Why similar: Puzzle 90.4%, Casual 5.2%, Indie 3.6%, Singleplayer 0.7%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a relaxing, artistic take on jigsaw-style puzzles that share the visual polish found in Cogs.

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: Puzzle 44.7%, Logic 29.8%, Difficult 15.9%, Indie 7.4%, Singleplayer 2.3%

Why You'll Like It: For players who enjoy the technical, logic-heavy side of Cogs, this game offers a deep dive into assembly-level programming.

Domino Sky is a physics based game where you place and topple domino pieces to solve puzzles. Free build mode also available.

Why similar: Physics 24.5%, Puzzle 20.9%, Logic 16.4%, Family Friendly 11.8%, 3D 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game emphasizes physics and strategy, requiring precise placement to trigger chain reactions.

Explore a world of creative building, interactive machines, and gears - lots of gears. Build all things mechanical: cars, trucks, cranes, tanks, gearboxes, engines, clocks, anything you can think of. Test your creations to destruction in challenging scenarios, and share them in the workshop!

Why similar: Physics 59.2%, Building 17.6%, 3D 14.3%, Indie 5%, Singleplayer 4%

Why You'll Like It: This sandbox game allows for deep mechanical building and physics experimentation with gears and blocks.

Casual physics puzzle.

Why similar: Physics 31.9%, Puzzle 27.9%, Logic 13%, Family Friendly 8.9%, Casual 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist puzzle game that uses physics and logic to create short, satisfying brain teasers.

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: Puzzle 50.3%, Logic 19.2%, Indie 11.3%, Casual 9.8%, Difficult 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: It turns logic and automation into a series of increasingly difficult, satisfying puzzle challenges.

Retro Gadgets is a sandbox where you build, code, and customize gadgets inspired by old-school electronics.

Why similar: Puzzle 44.4%, Logic 36.1%, Building 14.4%, Singleplayer 2.9%, Indie 2.2%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a creative space to build and program functional gadgets, appealing to the inventor spirit of Cogs.

World of Contraptions is a physics-based building game in which you build the most varied contraptions to solve the most diverse types of puzzles. Win dozens of levels with different types of obstacles. Design the best contraption for each challenge using a giant collection of blocks.

Why similar: Logic 30.8%, Physics 29.3%, Puzzle 20.7%, 3D 8.3%, Building 8.1%

Three in a row, but in 3d!

Why similar: Puzzle 32.7%, Logic 16.6%, Casual 13%, Physics 13%, 3D 12.5%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a straightforward, relaxing 3D puzzle experience focused on rotation and alignment.

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: Puzzle 37.5%, Difficult 18.5%, Logic 15.9%, Family Friendly 9.3%, Casual 7.7%

Light, darkness and remarkable puzzles! Bend the light to your will in this award winning physics-based puzzle game. Feel like a renaissance engineer, build your own solutions to light puzzles, feel your brain grow and all of that within the beautiful and mysterious world of LIT.

Why similar: Steampunk 25.6% ★, Casual 16.3%, Indie 14.7%, Puzzle 11.7%, Logic 11.5%

Castles tells the story of the ambitious King Harold, whose greatest achievement will be the tower you are constructing. As the tower grows taller and taller, more and more challenges arise along with it.

Why similar: Logic 34%, Puzzle 26.1%, Family Friendly 20.8%, Casual 7.1%, Indie 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: A logic-based puzzle game that requires quick thinking and spatial arrangement to succeed.

Build realistic puzzles with thousands of pieces solo or online with friends!

Why similar: Puzzle 26.5%, Family Friendly 18.8%, Physics 17.5%, 3D 11.9%, Casual 8.9%

The gameplay in Toki Tori is a blend of two genres. While it looks like a platform game, it's a puzzle game at heart. To progress through the game, the player must pick up each egg in a level using a set number of tools.

Why similar: Puzzle 58.5%, Family Friendly 11.1%, Casual 10.5%, Indie 10.2%, Difficult 7.6%

Turn the crank, rotate the gears, push the levers, Use the catapult, explode it, or fly it...From grilling sausages with a pulley, gears, rubberbands and a candle to firing a cannon with a basketball, these wacky brain-teasers will light up your imagination with creative and addictive fun.

Why similar: Puzzle 51.1%, Physics 36.5%, Casual 12.4%

The original physics building game is now on PC! Use minimal tools to build an infinite variety of puzzle-solving machines. Featuring over 70 THOUSAND user-generated levels, and includes the sequel Fantastic Contraption Classic 2!

Why similar: Physics 42.2%, Puzzle 28.1%, Logic 18.8%, Building 10%, Singleplayer 1%

From the twisted puzzle minds behind the award winning Toki Tori comes a new game, simply called RUSH. Fortunately for fans of high quality puzzle games, RUSH is anything but simple. In the game's fully three dimensional levels, players need to guide cubes to color coded exit points using Conveyor belts, Warps, Stops Signs, Splits and...

Why similar: Puzzle 70.5%, Casual 13.3%, Indie 12.7%, Singleplayer 3.6%

A physics puzzle game like no other! You are inside the big old machine. There are rusty gears and shafts all around you, along with interactive objects such as planks and cubes. Use each object and place the wheel on the platform – easy!

Why similar: Puzzle 28.5%, Physics 25.4%, Casual 13.1%, Family Friendly 12.1%, Indie 11.2%

Zof is a first person point and click puzzle game with a difference. The solutions are always simple, but hidden more and more carefully as the game goes on.

Why similar: Logic 32.5%, Puzzle 27.3%, Steampunk 23% ★, 3D 8.3%, Point & Click 4.5%

A sandbox logic puzzle game with a nostalgic temperament. You can experience the endless fun of designing automata here.

Why similar: Puzzle 50.2%, 3D 20.4%, Building 15%, Casual 11%, Singleplayer 3.4%

Dive into a world of Victorian elegance and mechanical marvels. Discover steam-powered wonders while testing the limits of your puzzle-solving skills.

Why similar: Steampunk 36.1% ★, Puzzle 32.8%, Family Friendly 18.7%, Casual 11.6%, Singleplayer 0.8%

Build bridges, grow towers, terraform terrain, and fuel flying machines in the stunning followup to the multi-award winning World of Goo. The world is beautiful, dangerous, and evolving.

Why similar: Physics 34.5%, Puzzle 27%, Family Friendly 18.3%, Building 8.7%, Casual 7.1%

Logical puzzle game for meditation. The goal of the player is to assemble a puzzle consisting of nodes. Easy to understand mechanics, swap hexagons with lines.

Why similar: Logic 40.3%, Puzzle 28.9%, Difficult 13.5%, Casual 9.3%, Indie 6.9%

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

Why similar: Puzzle 56.8%, Logic 21.7%, Indie 7.6%, Casual 7.5%, Difficult 4.6%

A dynamic clicker puzzle simulating real physics.

Why similar: Puzzle 29.2%, Family Friendly 24.9%, Casual 22.6%, Indie 19.8%, Singleplayer 3.5%

Critical Mass is an action puzzle game that takes traditional match 3 and brings it into the world of 3D.

Why similar: Puzzle 62.3%, Casual 19.3%, Indie 15.8%, Singleplayer 2.5%

A simple 3A puzzle game.

Why similar: Logic 37.4%, Puzzle 27.2%, 3D 11.2%, Difficult 7.6%, Casual 6.4%

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

Why similar: Puzzle 50.6%, Logic 31.1%, Casual 7.3%, Indie 5.5%, Difficult 3.7%

Arrange the town islands and see them come to life. Just swap the blocks of a 3D jigsaw puzzle.

Why similar: Puzzle 51.9%, Casual 13.2%, 3D 10.2%, Point & Click 8.7%, Building 8%

Lovux is a minimalist logic puzzle where the goal is to break all the glasses in the game area by wisely using various glass types and mechanics. The difficulty of the game increases gradually, thanks to new mechanics introduced every 10 levels.

Why similar: Logic 40.9%, Puzzle 30.7%, Family Friendly 8.3%, Difficult 7.1%, Casual 6%

Block shop is an automation puzzle game in which basic blocks are transformed and combined to create increasingly complex blocks.

Why similar: Puzzle 36%, Logic 30.5%, Difficult 9.7%, Indie 8.7%, Casual 7.6%

A unique abstract puzzle game with an emphasis on lateral thinking. Use catalysts to build compounds and manipulate cell structures. 100 puzzle levels and a level editor to create your own custom puzzle designs.

Why similar: Puzzle 42.8%, Family Friendly 24.4%, Difficult 16.1%, Indie 13.3%, Singleplayer 3.5%

A cozy, nostalgic puzzle game where you build tracks to guide adorable miniature trains through bite-sized challenges. Solve clever brain teasers and rediscover the joy of your very first toy train set.

Why similar: Logic 41.9%, Puzzle 34%, Building 10.9%, Casual 9.3%, Singleplayer 3.9%

Welcome to Mech Builder- a relaxing puzzle game inspired by Model building(gunpla). You will experience the relaxing process of building a model kit with complete freedom with over 70+ puzzles.

Why similar: Puzzle 62.5%, Indie 13.1%, Casual 11.4%, Point & Click 9.7%, Singleplayer 3.3%

Invent almost anything out of everything you find, from catapults to incredible flying machines.

Why similar: Puzzle 39.5%, Casual 34.4%, Indie 26.1%

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: Logic 38.8%, Puzzle 30.3%, Casual 8.1%, Difficult 7.2%, Indie 7%

Drag and Drop Medieval is a medieval-themed puzzle game where you move characters with your mouse through over 20 challenging levels featuring unique mechanics and pixel art graphics.

Why similar: Puzzle 29.8%, Logic 23.4%, Difficult 16.2%, Family Friendly 14.7%, Casual 6.6%

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

Why similar: Puzzle 55.2%, Logic 27.1%, Casual 7.9%, Indie 6%, Singleplayer 2%

A Logic Puzzle Pipes Game with a beautiful minimalist design and a uniquely prepared soundscape. Rotate the pipes until all the pipes are filled with water.

Why similar: Logic 36.5%, Puzzle 28.4%, Family Friendly 12.6%, Difficult 9.5%, Casual 6.1%

Beautiful Multiplayer Jigsaw Puzzle game where you can design the room you play in!

Why similar: Puzzle 37.5%, Family Friendly 22.3%, Casual 8.8%, 3D 8.7%, Co-op 5.9%