- #1 Crazy Machines Elements
96% matchMostly Positive80% of 44 reviews2012
Dev: Fakt SoftwarePub: Viva Media
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 29%
GET YOUR BRAIN BUZZING with each new challenge in the latest installment of the multi award-winning wacky contraption series - CRAZY MACHINES ELEMENTS. Play with Fire, harness the power of water and control the wind to set off the most insanely creative chain reactions!
Why similar: Strategy 42.6%, Casual 32.9%, Puzzle 24.4%
- #2 Crazy Machines
95% matchVery Positive82% of 200 reviews2008
Dev: Fakt SoftwarePub: Viva Media
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 40%
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 41.8%, Strategy 33.9%, Casual 24.2%
- #3 Wave Mechanics
94% matchPositive86% of 49 reviews2015
Dev: Adam Tarnowski
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 37%
The goal of Wave Mechanics is to match the color of each element to the colors of corresponding parts of the frame. Each puzzle includes a set of active elements that can by used in order to change the colors of all elements within range in chosen direction.
Why similar: Strategy 49.1%, Casual 30.4%, Puzzle 20.5%
- #4 Crazy Machines 2
94% matchMixed47% of 259 reviews2008
Dev: Fakt SoftwarePub: Viva Media
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: Strategy 35.8%, Puzzle 35%, Casual 29.3%
- #5 Luxor HD
91% matchVery Positive92% of 170 reviews2015
Dev: MumboJumboPub: Accelerate Games
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Experience LUXOR in stunning HD! Answer the call of the goddess, Isis, in this addictive marble-shooter game. Chains of colored spheres are working their way through ancient Egypt, and it’s up to you to stop them before they reach the pyramids.
Why similar: Strategy 54.3%, Casual 45.7%
- #6 Puzzler World 2
92% matchMostly Positive78% of 235 reviews2011
Dev: Ideas PadPub: Puzzler
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 55%
The highly anticipated sequel to last year’s PC hit, Puzzler World 2 brings more puzzles, new games, fun rewards and an all new Master Mode.
Why similar: Strategy 41.1%, Casual 34.4%, Puzzle 24.4%
- #7 The Experimental Adventures of Lame & Cheesy
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Killbot Studio
Windows
A maze type puzzle game where the player(s) have to navigate two mice (Lame & Cheesy) through a series of obstacles and traps. The game can be played as a co-op, with each player controlling one mouse, or as a single player, where one player control both mice with one controller.
Why similar: Strategy 51.4%, Casual 31.8%, Puzzle 16.8%
- #8 Prismatica
91% matchMostly Positive79% of 42 reviews2015
Dev: Loomus Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 18 minMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Prismatica is a colorful puzzle game with a brand new twist inspired by Rubik’s Cubes, Sudoku, Dodecahedrons and way too much caffeine.Prismatica's simple gameplay and deceptively challenging puzzles will tickle the brains of both beginners and veterans alike.
Why similar: Strategy 62.9%, Casual 37.1%
- #9 Puzzler World
90% matchVery Positive89% of 408 reviews2010
Dev: Ideas PadPub: Puzzler
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Puzzler World brings over 1200 puzzles of 8 popular puzzle types to your PC. Conceptis picture logic puzzle fans will be happy to know that in addition to Crossword, Wordsearch, Fitword, Sudoku, Codeword, Spot the Difference and Silhouette puzzles, Puzzler World also offers 83 Conceptis Link-a-Pix available in sizes of 10x10, 20x20 and...
Why similar: Casual 52.4%, Puzzle 47.6%
- #10 Roogoo
89% matchMostly Positive80% of 337 reviews2009
Dev: Spidermonk Entertainment
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 14%
Roogoo is an innovative and unusual 3D puzzle game that has players guide and stack different shaped blocks through various platforms to not only save planet Roo, but the entire Roogoo race. Roogoo tasks players with guiding meteors in the form of shaped blocks through a series of rotating disks as a means of saving planet Roo and the...
Why similar: Casual 50.9%, Puzzle 49.1%
- #11 Strata
87% matchVery Positive87% of 363 reviews2014
Dev: GraveckPub: GLITCH
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Simple. Elegant. Challenging.
Why similar: Strategy 40.3%, Puzzle 30.3%, Casual 29.4%
- #12 Numba Deluxe
88% matchMixed62% of 285 reviews2014
Dev: Cobra Mobile
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 114.8 hrs≥1hr: 25%
An exciting, all-new gaming experience which is fun, challenging and will help you increase your overall mental fitness! Create Numba chains in various sequences. Sound easy? Get ready for some great fun and absorbing gameplay through 3 testing game modes as you strive to become the ultimate Numba Champion in this all-new puzzler.
Why similar: Puzzle 52.9%, Casual 47.1%
- #13 Breezeblox
86% matchVery Positive86% of 91 reviews2015
Dev: Pugsley LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Breezeblox is an addictive puzzle game where the objective is to reach the end cube without moving off the platform. Special cubes throughout the puzzles will trigger different actions on the platform to aid you with progressing. With 150 challenging puzzles to complete, your brain will be plenty busy.
Why similar: Strategy 61.1%, Casual 38.9%
- #14 Command Line Mazer
82% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2022
Dev: Zhi Wong
Windows
Command Line Mazer is a casual strategy game using Unix-like command-line interface. You will command virus to gather resources while avoiding being caught by anti-virus.
Why similar: Strategy 48.9%, Casual 27.3%, Puzzle 23.9%
- #15 Chemical Chimpet
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ian Mazgelis
Windows
Interact with Reaction Stones that combine with one another to form molecules, break down adjacent stones, and chain reactions together to crush molecules without lifting a finger. The stones rotate and translate along the board, leaving it up to the player to take a simple or complicated approach.
Why similar: Strategy 49.8%, Casual 31.8%, Puzzle 18.3%
- #16 Hexus
85% matchMostly Positive76% of 89 reviews2014
Dev: iMax-GenPub: HH Games
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Hexus is a unique game that combines Ancient Egypt mysteries: puzzles and strategy. 120 levels, 15 mini-games.
Why similar: Casual 61.4%, Strategy 38.6%
- #17 Janken Cards
83% matchMostly Positive74% of 39 reviews2016
Dev: GKT Studios Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 6 minMean: 18.3 hrs≥1hr: 33%
If you love strategy card games where every single move counts, then Janken Cards is exactly what you’re looking for. Play a quick match, set up tournaments, or endlessly challenge the CPU. Get ready to Janken!
Why similar: Strategy 39.1%, Puzzle 35.9%, Casual 25%
- #18 LUXOR: Mah Jong
84% matchMostly Positive74% of 130 reviews2009
Dev: MumboJumboPub: Accelerate Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 12 minMean: 27.1 hrs≥1hr: 30%
Embark on an epic quest to recover the stolen treasures of Ancient Egypt in LUXOR: Mah Jong. The fun and challenge is unending with 200 unique layouts available in 3 awesome play modes; Adventure, Single and Traditional.
Why similar: Casual 63.8%, Puzzle 36.2%
- #19 Aggregator Elevator System
76% matchPositive89% of 36 reviews2023
Dev: Eternal Monke Games
Windows · Mac
Challenge your logic and strategy in new ways in this deductive tile-placement puzzle game. Master a rich system of logical rules where you must arrange blocks within a grid to make everything add up perfectly.
Why similar: Strategy 37.3%, Puzzle 36.7%, Casual 26%
- #20 Optica
81% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2018
Dev: GraveckPub: GLITCH
Windows · Mac
A mind-bending puzzle game of logic and illusion. Embracing simplicity with a geometric design, Optica reveals puzzles in complex and mind-bending ways. From curious shapes and optical illusions to unexpected perspectives, Optica puts spatial thinking to the test through 70+ challenging levels.
Why similar: Strategy 41%, Puzzle 29.7%, Casual 29.3%
- #21 Picross Touch
78% matchVery Positive94% of 1,808 reviews2016
Dev: Jon GallantPub: jgallant
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 34.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Find the hidden image in this fun and addictive logic puzzle game. All puzzles have unique solutions, ensuring 100% logically solvable puzzle grids.
Why similar: Puzzle 49%, Casual 25.9%, Strategy 25.1%
- #22 Sage 3D
82% matchNo user reviews2018
Dev: Michael Sean MackayPub: Empire Games Wisconsin
Windows
A rare find! This puzzle board game is challenging for idiots and geniuses alike. Pieces moving up and down, falling, melting, burning, exploding, capturing and being captured while you drop pieces trying to reach your objectives. Usually this means turning ALL pieces to blue player owned pieces.
Why similar: Casual 47.6%, Strategy 27.3%, Puzzle 25.1%
- #23 Pozzo Jello Crusade
79% matchPositive92% of 26 reviews2016
Dev: GZ StormPub: Tales of Game's Presents
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Developed by ToG, POZZO JELLO CRUSADE is the highly anticipated remake to the gruelling 2005 breakout hit. The unique old-school puzzle experience captivated imaginations of gamers worldwide with incredible challenge and intense emotional reward.
Why similar: Strategy 43.6%, Puzzle 28.3%, Casual 28.1%
- #24 Yesterday
79% matchPositive81% of 31 reviews2017
Dev: Triple Tree StudioPub: indienova
Windows
It's a 3D Puzzle Game talking about the philosophy of love and encounter from female's perspective. All we experienced in countless “yesterday” make us be ourselves today. Beautiful visual performance and intriguing music immerse players in this fantasy world soon, where dreams mix with reality, time and space interweave together.
Why similar: Strategy 41.8%, Puzzle 31.1%, Casual 27.1%
- #25 Crazy Machines 1.5
81% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2008
Dev: Fakt SoftwarePub: Viva Media
Windows
Create Your Own Zany "Rube Goldberg" Devices! Go crazy with over 200 brand new gizmo-twistin' levels! Enjoy all-new elements, music, backgrounds and more. Start off in the Inventor's Training Camp to sharpen your skills.
Why similar: Strategy 37.7%, Puzzle 34.6%, Casual 27.8%
- #26 LightTrack
78% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2017
Dev: APGal
Windows
Logical game with different color light rays
Why similar: Casual 63.5%, Puzzle 36.5%
- #27 Gumball Guesser
70% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Collin King
Windows
A code-guessing puzzle game where you will decipher the correct combination of gumballs to solve a puzzle. You'll challenge yourself by raising the bar on the difficulty of the puzzles you'll solve.
Why similar: Strategy 54.1%, Puzzle 26.4%, Casual 19.4%
- #28 Entanglement
76% matchPositive95% of 44 reviews2017
Dev: Gopherwood Studios LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Create the longest path possible and challenge your friends in the game of Entanglement.
Why similar: Casual 47.3%, Puzzle 26.4%, Strategy 26.3%
- #29 Mahjong Deluxe
74% matchPositive81% of 47 reviews2020
Dev: EnsenaSoft
Windows
Mahjong Deluxe is a solitaire game based on the classic Chinese game where you are challenged to eliminate all the tiles from the board. It includes 12 lovely backgrounds and 3,780 different puzzle layouts along with relaxing background music.
Why similar: Strategy 53.7%, Casual 38.7%, Puzzle 7.6%
- #30 Gem Jam
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Denki Gaka
Windows
Can you solve the Puzzle of the Gems? GEM JAM features challenging "match three" puzzle play with a twist: you choose where the groups of gems are placed. Oh, and did we mention that the chest is shrinking so you will need to hurry.
Why similar: Strategy 58.3%, Casual 41.7%
- #31 ParkTo
70% matchPositive86% of 37 reviews2022
Dev: SweetPea
Windows
ParkTo is a simple puzzle game that stops the car at its destination. You don't drive a car yourself. The car just moves forward. Use the given triggers to move the car to its destination.
Why similar: Strategy 43.9%, Casual 31%, Puzzle 25.2%
- #32 Metro Warp
77% matchMostly Positive76% of 29 reviews2015
Dev: Another Yeti
Windows · Mac · Linux
Metro Warp is a 3D puzzle game about guiding oblivious pedestrians who can only turn left. Place obstacles in front of these predictable commuters, and help them find the exits in 50 mind-melting floating worlds, where up is down and down is sideways.
Why similar: Strategy 44.8%, Casual 27.7%, Puzzle 27.4%
- #33 Unblock Gridlock
74% matchPositive87% of 29 reviews2019
Dev: Analog Casual Studios
Windows
Unblock Gridlock is an addictive digital modernization of classic sliding block puzzles. Flex your noodle solving over 9000 traffic jams and save the vehicle bound pedestrians of traffic town!
Why similar: Strategy 45.4%, Casual 30.9%, Puzzle 23.6%
- #34 Number Guesser
75% matchMixed60% of 15 reviews2018
Dev: Jether
Windows
"Number Guesser" is a game based on "Bulls and Cows", and I don't have much content to say, just give you a funny one!! You can play Bulls and Cows with 3, 4, or 5 digit numbers, and see how wonderful the answer is!!
Why similar: Strategy 41.8%, Casual 38.1%, Puzzle 20.1%
- #35 Puzzle 3D
75% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2018
Dev: Jake Peng
Windows
This is a 3D puzzle game. The goal of the game is to put all the scattered cubes back in place to restore the original appearance of the 3D scene.
Why similar: Strategy 44.5%, Casual 31.9%, Puzzle 23.6%
- #36 Hungry Planet
64% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Brick by Brick Games
Windows · Mac
Build. Eat? Profit. Farm foods on an alien planet and create a restaurant empire!
Why similar: Strategy 59.5%, Casual 40.5%
- #37 Out Of Shapes
67% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: W3zl3y3
Windows
Drop matching shapes on each other to create larger shapes. The more shapes you combine in one drop the higher your combo score. The game ends when you run out of space.
Why similar: Strategy 45.8%, Casual 31.3%, Puzzle 22.9%
- #38 Unium
73% matchVery Positive93% of 320 reviews2015
Dev: Kittehface Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Draw a line. A single line. How complex can that be?
Why similar: Puzzle 37%, Strategy 34.4%, Casual 28.6%
- #39 Ichi
73% matchVery Positive85% of 664 reviews2014
Dev: Stolen Couch Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Ichi is an easy to play but challenging one button puzzle game. Don't be deceived by the game simplistic look, it’s a braintwister for sure! Collect golden rings by rotating objects, using teleporters, breaking blocks and more.
Why similar: Puzzle 38.9%, Casual 31%, Strategy 30.1%
- #40 Sigils of Elohim
72% matchVery Positive91% of 1,199 reviews2014
Dev: CroteamPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Sigils of Elohim is a free mini-game prelude to Croteam’s upcoming first-person puzzler The Talos Principle that challenges players to solve dozens of challenging sigil puzzles under the watchful eye of Elohim.
Why similar: Puzzle 48.9%, Strategy 27%, Casual 24.1%
- #41 Lord Mayor
73% matchMixed59% of 17 reviews2016
Dev: John McCannPub: Bottlenose Bits, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
A strategy game that lets you build cities, solve puzzles and create an empire!
Why similar: Strategy 62.9%, Casual 37.1%
- #42 Cumulus
71% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2019
Dev: Kuro Star Light
Windows
Cumulus is a 2D puzzle Tetromino game with a twist. Drop tetromino blocks to fill in concentric circles. Once filled the ring will disappear, the higher level rings will fall down and you will gain points! Get as many points as you can!
Why similar: Strategy 48.5%, Casual 33.1%, Puzzle 18.4%
- #43 Suspicious Slide
71% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2019
Dev: Sami Kilani
Windows
Suspicious Slide takes the "ice slide" puzzle to the next level.
Why similar: Strategy 47.8%, Casual 32.6%, Puzzle 19.7%
- #44 ChromaSquares
71% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2018
Dev: Racing Thought Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A game of strategy complicated by chance.
Why similar: Strategy 50.7%, Casual 31.3%, Puzzle 18%
- #45 Fire Escape
56% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: PrettyPinkPiglet
Windows · Linux
A fire is spreading through the office — and you only have seconds to memorise the escape route. Fire Escape is a fast-paced memory puzzle game where visibility disappears and only your memory can guide you. With 50 challenging levels and limited lives, can you make it out before it's too late?
Why similar: Strategy 43.8%, Puzzle 30.5%, Casual 25.7%
- #46 Nick Logic for Kids
70% match7 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2019
Dev: Orlando Santos de Oliveira
Windows
Puzzle for children Snap the right blocks to build Nick's path. Help Nick cross the screen to get the ham.
Why similar: Strategy 49.8%, Casual 32.9%, Puzzle 17.3%
- #47 Rube Works: The Official Rube Goldberg Invention Game
72% matchPositive82% of 28 reviews2014
Dev: Electric Eggplant
Windows · Mac · Linux
The first and only official Rube Goldberg puzzle game. Solve everyday problems in Rube’s trademark elaborate style by creating complex and hilarious machines.Is pouring a glass of juice just too straightforward and boring? Try using a jack-in-the-box, magnifying glass, string and a cymbal-wielding friend to achieve your goal.
Why similar: Casual 58.2%, Puzzle 41.8%
- #48 We are definitely the baddies
66% matchMostly Negative22% of 18 reviews2022
Dev: Ludipe & FriendsPub: Ludipe & Friends
Windows
A minimalist city builder where only profits matter. Build factories and extract everything before you are forced to leave the planet.
Why similar: Strategy 44.2%, Casual 31.2%, Puzzle 24.6%
- #49 Gear:治愈齿轮
68% matchPositive83% of 24 reviews2019
Dev: SpriteStudio
Windows · Mac
"Gear" is a relaxing, minimal, puzzle game.
Why similar: Strategy 44.2%, Casual 30.2%, Puzzle 25.6%
- #50 Hexadrift
68% matchPositive80% of 10 reviews2019
Dev: Henagames
Windows
Traverse your way through 11 unique sector maps collecting the resources you need to repair your busted ship. Optimize your fuel usage, plan maximized routes, and watch out for swarming enemies! Hexadrift is a casual 2D-game of strategic planning and evasion!
Why similar: Strategy 48.7%, Casual 34.3%, Puzzle 17%
- #51 Hexcross
58% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MetaHobby
Windows
Avoid getting hexed in this beautiful puzzle dueler. Players take turns creating lines trying to avoid certain demise. Make a triangle and you're out!
Why similar: Strategy 56.2%, Casual 23.2%, Puzzle 20.6%
- #52 Impulse Control
67% match9 user reviews44% of 9 reviews2020
Dev: Impulse Control
Windows
Realistic building destruction meets personality quiz! Squash the meanies using skill and wits to unlock your unique personality profile. The levels feature challenging structures that won't fall down easily.
Why similar: Strategy 57.6%, Casual 36.3%, Puzzle 6%
- #53 Techmino-Downstacking
53% matchPositive100% of 18 reviews2026
Dev: 26F Studio
Windows
Classic block stacking game where you place tetrominoes and clear them by filling rows. But how efficiently can you "downstack"?
Why similar: Puzzle 41.3%, Strategy 38.7%, Casual 20%