- #1 Breezeblox
97% 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 53.9%, Casual 26%, Indie 20.1%
- #2 Wave Mechanics
96% matchVery Positive86% of 50 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 54.7%, Casual 25.5%, Indie 19.8%
- #3 Cubiscape 2
96% matchVery Positive90% of 128 reviews2020
Dev: Silver Eye Studios
Windows
Solve hundreds of fun and challenging puzzles in this original turn-based puzzle game. Hide from your enemies or lure them into traps, press buttons to open up new paths or skip obstacles using the teleporter!
Why similar: Strategy 69%, Casual 31%
- #4 Land Above Sea Below
95% matchMostly Positive72% of 148 reviews2023
Dev: Glasscannon StudioPub: Skystone Games
Windows
Land Above Sea Below is an atmospheric building strategy and puzzle game where you have to build your island from tiles in order to raise its height as much as possible, to avoid it getting flooded by the constantly rising sea level.
Why similar: Strategy 60.2%, Indie 19.9%, Casual 19.9%
- #5 Land Above Sea Below Prologue
94% matchVery Positive82% of 145 reviews2023
Dev: Glasscannon StudioPub: Skystone Games
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 31%
Land Above Sea Below Prologue is an atmospheric first chapter of the building strategy and puzzle game where you have to build your island from tiles in order to raise its height as much as possible, to avoid it getting flooded by the constantly rising sea level.
Why similar: Strategy 69.5%, Casual 26.8%, Indie 3.7%
- #6 Reprisal Universe
94% matchMostly Positive76% of 404 reviews2014
Dev: electrolyte
Windows · Mac
Median: 18 minMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 26%
Reprisal Universe places you in charge of the very elements themselves. Raise and lower land to expand your tribes, harness the power of fire and water. Explore the hidden mysteries of the Universe and gather your people together once again.
Why similar: Strategy 71.3%, Casual 28.7%
- #7 Fate Tectonics
93% matchMostly Positive75% of 208 reviews2015
Dev: Golden Gear GamesPub: Toy Temp
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Build up a world piece-by-piece using the power of the god-like Fates, while keeping them happy enough to avoid world-shattering temper tantrums!
Why similar: Strategy 73.9%, Indie 26.1%
- #8 Unitied
92% matchVery Positive98% of 53 reviews2019
Dev: Peter Hijma
Windows · Mac · Linux
Unitied is a minimalistic & relaxing puzzle game
Why similar: Strategy 51.1%, Casual 28%, Indie 21%
- #9 Nurikabe World
89% matchVery Positive100% of 196 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: Strategy 55.6%, Casual 25.3%, Indie 19.1%
- #10 War Cube
91% matchMixed64% of 86 reviews2016
Dev: Artur Rezende
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
War Cube is a strategy game, each team is on a face of the cube and the player must turn sideways to position your troops so that they stop in an attacking position, being behind or beside the enemy.
Why similar: Strategy 64.7%, Casual 22.8%, Indie 12.4%
- #11 Hexa Turn
91% matchVery Positive89% of 113 reviews2018
Dev: Abdullah Firat
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Hexa Turn is a turn-based puzzle game with minimalist design. The logic is simple: block the triange. So, think outside of the box and try not to find a solution. Try to break the solution!
Why similar: Strategy 52.8%, Casual 27.1%, Indie 20%
- #12 Hexus
90% matchMostly Positive76% of 89 reviews2014
Dev: iMax-GenPub: HH Games
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Hexus is a unique game that combines Ancient Egypt mysteries: puzzles and strategy. 120 levels, 15 mini-games.
Why similar: Casual 44.2%, Strategy 36.8%, Indie 19%
- #13 A MIRROR PUZZLE
88% matchVery Positive98% of 51 reviews2024
Dev: IMDT
Windows
"A MIRROR PUZZLE" is a puzzle game. Players will play as a water droplet spirit, through the use of various magic mirrors to control the symmetrical growth of plants or the position of certain scene elements change, overcome numerous difficulties, and finally reach the destination
Why similar: Casual 48.2%, Strategy 38%, Indie 13.7%
- #14 Rayland
89% matchVery Positive91% of 88 reviews2021
Dev: Naoka Games
Windows
Your mission is to help the inhabitants of Rayland to transport the energy of the Domus through the various lands contained in the path. For this, you must correctly position the Reflectus and rotate them so that the energy rays reach the necessary Domus.
Why similar: Strategy 65.1%, Casual 34.9%
- #15 Matris
87% matchVery Positive98% of 66 reviews2016
Dev: Leaghorn
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Matris is an easy to play but challenging logic puzzle game for everyone - casual and hardcore gamers.Relax in Puzzle Mode or fight for the High Score in Combo Mode and Time Attack. Play custom levels or create your own thanks to Level Editor.
Why similar: Strategy 52.2%, Casual 28%, Indie 19.8%
- #16 The people of Sea, Sun & Salt
84% matchVery Positive98% of 51 reviews2026
Dev: Emerick GibsonPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Will you create a lasting civilization or see it collapse into the sea? In Sea, Sun & Salt, you build a city on a small mediterranean island. Define the tenets of your culture, deal with your subjects' needs and withstand the forces of the elements.
Why similar: Strategy 96.7%, Indie 3.3%
- #17 HueBots
86% matchVery Positive95% of 74 reviews2015
Dev: Huebotics
Windows · Mac · Linux
HueBots is a deceptively challenging top-down puzzle game. You control a team of colorful robots that will only interact with objects that match their color; they will also keep moving in one direction until they collide with something that matches their color.
Why similar: Strategy 55%, Casual 25.7%, Indie 19.3%
- #18 Cuit
86% matchMostly Positive77% of 183 reviews2017
Dev: Class-X Games
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 29%
In CUIT, it is only you and your mind. A challenging and relaxing puzzle game, ready to test you from top to bottom. Navigate a current through a circuit. Power a target, avoid the explosives. Sounds easy? Try it - and guess again. A logical challenge - for everyone.
Why similar: Strategy 49.8%, Casual 29.4%, Indie 20.8%
- #19 Hero Guider
83% matchVery Positive99% of 102 reviews2024
Dev: BestQ
Windows · Mac
A construction puzzle game about building various facilities and guiding the hero to go through the mazes.
Why similar: Strategy 61.9%, Casual 30.3%, Indie 7.8%
- #20 Reus 2
81% matchVery Positive95% of 2,271 reviews2024
Dev: Abbey GamesPub: Firesquid
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Shape worlds with your godly titans. Make symbiotic ecosystems and inspire humanity with your creations. Their achievements unlock new possibilities. Make different planets for different human spirits, and fill the universe with life!
Why similar: Strategy 83.9%, Indie 16.1%
- #21 Euclidean Skies
85% matchMostly Positive72% of 61 reviews2019
Dev: Miro Straka
Windows
Euclidean Skies combines marvelous architecture and turn-based movements to create a beautiful world with mind-bending puzzles. The game’s focus is on shifting and rotating the world to gain tactical advantage and overpower the enemies in 55 elegant, but incredibly challenging levels.
Why similar: Strategy 57.1%, Indie 26.1%, Casual 16.8%
- #22 Hexagod
82% matchVery Positive89% of 82 reviews2025
Dev: Aarimous
Windows · Mac · Linux
A satisfying roguelike village builder set in the eye of an apocalyptic storm. Place hexagon tiles, unlock adjacency bonuses, and find powerful relics to create game breaking synergies. Prove you are worthy of becoming the next Hexagod… before the storm destroys it all.
Why similar: Strategy 63%, Casual 26.5%, Indie 10.5%
- #23 Can't Live Without Electricity
82% matchVery Positive94% of 242 reviews2023
Dev: MELOVITY
Windows · Mac
Can't Live Without Electricity is a 3D relaxing puzzle game in which you supply electricity by connecting houses to power plants.
Why similar: Strategy 59.3%, Casual 23.2%, Indie 17.5%
- #24 Scarab Tales
84% matchVery Positive90% of 50 reviews2015
Dev: Playito.com
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Scarab Tales is a casual puzzle game in Egyptian theme. Lead scarabaeus bugs to safety by clicking on them and various level elements. Solve 100 original challenging levels, gain achievements and compete with other players in crossplatform score chart and global leaderboards.
Why similar: Casual 59%, Strategy 29.3%, Indie 11.7%
- #25 INVERT
80% matchVery Positive95% of 66 reviews2021
Dev: Naoka Games
Windows
In INVERT the player will be challenged to solve several logic challenges. You must move in a limited way and make all bases turn white or all bases turn black. When jumping over a base, the same color changes and you'll use this to your advantage.
Why similar: Strategy 66.6%, Casual 30.8%, Indie 2.6%
- #26 Leaf's Odyssey
78% matchVery Positive98% of 125 reviews2024
Dev: ludobloom
Windows · Mac · Linux
A turn-based puzzle game with combat and exploration
Why similar: Casual 66.6%, Indie 33.4%
- #27 Growth
77% matchVery Positive90% of 325 reviews2023
Dev: VoodooDuckPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Growth is a cozy, hexagonal-grid based soft-strategy game. Explore and populate a procedurally generated world by utilizing unique abilities of animals. Growth blends the beauty of cozy exploration with challenging navigation around obstacles.
Why similar: Strategy 69.1%, Casual 22.8%, Indie 8.1%
- #28 qop 2
77% matchVery Positive95% of 592 reviews2017
Dev: Quiet River
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
qop 2 is a minimalistic puzzle which goal is to get the cube to finish using 4 directions in space.
Why similar: Casual 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #29 Astral Towers
78% matchVery Positive86% of 57 reviews2020
Dev: Apus Software
Windows · Linux
A turn-based card game mixing strategy and puzzle elements: find approach for each of 78 missions.
Why similar: Strategy 76.8%, Indie 23.2%
- #30 Altered
76% matchVery Positive100% of 127 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: Strategy 82.2%, Indie 17.8%
- #31 Skyward Collapse
79% matchMixed46% of 329 reviews2013
Dev: Arcen Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
How do you balance -- and indeed encourage -- a war between factions without letting either side obliterate the other? How do you rule over gods, creatures, and men who refuse to obey you? How do you build a landscape of villages when bandits and mythology are conspiring to tear it down?
Why similar: Strategy 77%, Indie 23%
- #32 Storm
79% matchMixed68% of 105 reviews2013
Dev: Eko Software
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Take a deep breath and prepare for a tranquil journey through the seasons with Storm, an atmospheric, ethereal experience where you use natural phenomena to guide a simple seed to fertile soil so it can take root and spring to life.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #33 Little Postman
73% matchVery Positive92% of 60 reviews2023
Dev: Atlas Imaginal
Windows
Puzzle game where you rotate islands to find your way around different archipelagos.
Why similar: Casual 56.4%, Indie 43.6%
- #34 CrossCells
73% matchVery Positive84% of 903 reviews2017
Dev: Matthew Brown
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 63%
CrossCells is an ambient logic puzzle game.
Why similar: Strategy 46.5%, Casual 30.6%, Indie 22.9%
- #35 CUBOTS The Origins
75% matchMixed69% of 54 reviews2017
Dev: Street Lamp Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Be a part of an adventurous journey in Cubots: The Origins. Explore and survive in beautiful, atmospheric environments!
Why similar: Strategy 49.4%, Casual 27.4%, Indie 23.2%
- #36 Weather Lord: Following the Princess Collector's Edition
74% matchVery Positive87% of 52 reviews2016
Dev: Alawar Casual
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
The power of the elements is in your hands! Use it to reclaim your kingdom!
Why similar: Strategy 64.1%, Casual 30.6%, Indie 5.3%
- #37 Power of Love
74% matchMixed69% of 167 reviews2015
Dev: Yang Sun
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 94%
This is a novel puzzle game. It creatively asks you to control two people simultaneously. The game consists of three chapters and the levels become more and more difficult. Its a perfect game to exercise your brain.
Why similar: Strategy 52.5%, Casual 29.1%, Indie 18.4%
- #38 Land of Puzzles: Battles
75% matchMostly Negative37% of 78 reviews2018
Dev: Ripknot Systems
Windows
In Land of Puzzles: Battles the king and queen need your help. To avoid war the king has accepted a challenge of puzzles to solve. He needs you to solve 15 sets of challenging puzzles and help him secure the kingdom.
Why similar: Casual 40.9%, Indie 32.6%, Strategy 26.5%
- #39 Game Of Puzzles: Nature
73% matchVery Positive90% of 52 reviews2019
Dev: Snkl Studio
Windows
A puzzle game in which you have to assemble a single image from individual pieces.
Why similar: Strategy 50.5%, Casual 27.9%, Indie 21.6%
- #40 Epicinium
71% matchVery Positive88% of 309 reviews2020
Dev: A Bunch of Hacks
Windows · Mac · Linux
Epicinium is a strategy game where nature is a finite resource. No need to wait for your move, thanks to fast, simultaneous turns. Your economy and troops are influenced by the environment and increasingly severe weather effects. Is it worth winning a war when you end up conquering dirt and ash?
Why similar: Strategy 78.2%, Indie 21.8%
- #41 Dice of God
69% matchVery Positive93% of 102 reviews2024
Dev: Bad Dog Works.
Windows
Roll the dice, will the outcome be a blessing or a punishment?
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #42 Cubicolor
71% matchVery Positive94% of 208 reviews2016
Dev: Moltenplay
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Cubicolor is a minimalist puzzle game. The rules are simple: Match the color patches on the board and reach the exit, all on one single path. The game gets harder as the levels progress, always accompanying you with soothing piano tunes.
Why similar: Casual 40.6%, Strategy 29.8%, Indie 29.6%
- #43 Reus
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 5,972 reviews2013
Dev: Abbey Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
In Reus, you control powerful giants to shape the planet to your will. You can create mountains, oceans, forests and more. Enrich your planet with plants, minerals and animal life. There is only one thing on the planet that you do not control: mankind, with all their virtues and and all their vices.
Why similar: Strategy 65.3%, Indie 21.8%, Casual 13%
- #44 Ash of Gods: The Way
69% matchVery Positive80% of 497 reviews2023
Dev: AurumDust
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Solve tactical puzzles in constantly changing battles and overcome circumstances that are NEVER in your favor. Defend your commander, win duels, capture points, experiment with your strategy to defeat a superior enemy, and make decisions that affect your story.
- #45 One-inch Tactics
68% matchVery Positive95% of 93 reviews2024
Dev: KOGADO STUDIOPub: KOMODO
Windows
Turn the tide of the war with nuanced strategies in One-inch Tactics, introducing players to a unique turn-based strategy experience.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #46 Chronescher
70% matchVery Positive85% of 59 reviews2022
Dev: PurpleSloth
Windows · Mac · Linux
Chronescher is a challenging turn-based puzzle game in Escher-esque spaces. Use impossible geometries, teleportation and environmental snapshots to navigate your mind and uncover your lost memories.
Why similar: Strategy 69.8%, Indie 30.2%
- #47 LUXIS
72% matchMostly Positive73% of 52 reviews2016
Dev: Dumbfounded
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 96%
LUXIS is a game of memory, reflexes, intuition, and problem solving. Get lost in the atmospheric music and glowing world, then find your way out.
Why similar: Strategy 57.8%, Casual 23.8%, Indie 18.4%
- #48 Dobbel Dungeon
65% matchVery Positive93% of 433 reviews2026
Dev: Gamepie
Windows
Gather your party, roll your dice and battle across the islands to put an end to a powerful curse once and for all in this roguelike turn-based tactical RPG!
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #49 Land of Puzzles: Knights
72% matchMixed61% of 79 reviews2018
Dev: Ripknot Systems
Windows
In Land of Puzzles: Knights the king and queen need your help. To avoid war the king has accepted a challenge of puzzles to solve. He needs you to solve 15 sets of challenging puzzles and help him secure the kingdom.
Why similar: Casual 41.3%, Indie 31.9%, Strategy 26.8%
- #50 Creo God Simulator
67% matchMostly Positive80% of 240 reviews2025
Dev: MKSM Design LLC
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Creo God Simulator is a game of city building, resource management, survival, and a ton of villager smiting. As the divinely chosen Creostrider, it's your job to build a society bit by bit, while convincing your new population to believe in you as their one true god.
Why similar: Strategy 71.3%, Indie 28.7%
- #51 Crab God
67% matchVery Positive83% of 306 reviews2024
Dev: Chaos Theory GamesPub: Firesquid
Windows
Crab God is an atmospheric underwater strategy game. Guide your Crabling colony through wild ocean depths, and defend the egg of the next Crab God.Restore and protect diverse coral reefs, making a difference in the real world as you progress in-game. Make waves, praise the claw!
Why similar: Strategy 73.8%, Indie 26.2%
- #52 SiNKR 2
68% matchVery Positive96% of 268 reviews2019
Dev: Robert WahlerPub: Wahler Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
SiNKR 2 is a minimalist puzzle game evolved from the award winning SiNKR. There is just you, hooks, pucks, and various contraptions. Subtle differences within level themes drive different solutions to superficially similar scenarios.
Why similar: Strategy 61.9%, Casual 20.4%, Indie 17.7%
- #53 Isotiles - Isometric Puzzle Game
68% matchVery Positive89% of 231 reviews2017
Dev: Robert Alvarez
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 65%
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: Strategy 53.5%, Casual 33.5%, Indie 13%
- #54 Land of Puzzles: Castles
70% matchMixed60% of 75 reviews2018
Dev: Ripknot Systems
Windows
In Land of Puzzles: Castles the king and queen need your help. To avoid war the king has accepted a challenge of puzzles to solve. He needs you to solve 15 sets of challenging puzzles and help him secure the kingdom.
Why similar: Casual 41.3%, Indie 30.1%, Strategy 28.6%
- #55 Jacob
71% matchMostly Negative36% of 102 reviews2016
Dev: Duck Duck ZeusPub: Centre For Longitudinal Studies
Windows
Jacob: an evidence-based puzzle
Why similar: Strategy 53.7%, Casual 25.1%, Indie 21.2%
- #56 Beasts Battle
69% matchMostly Positive74% of 96 reviews2016
Dev: Greenolor StudioPub: Kaser Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Turn-based battles.
Why similar: Strategy 74.3%, Indie 25.7%
- #57 Ubinota
67% matchVery Positive91% of 255 reviews2015
Dev: RotateamPub: Plug In Digital
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 41%
In a world where inhabitants live in the sky on floating islands made of cubes, a disaster threatens to make the population fall into the depths. Use the magic paint in this puzzle game to stuck cubes together and avoid the disaster.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #58 Forests, Fields and Fortresses
65% matchVery Positive95% of 80 reviews2023
Dev: 9 Eyes Game Studio
Windows · Mac
Forests, Fields and Fortresses - is a mix of a puzzle and a board game in which you have to build your kingdom.
Why similar: Strategy 53.5%, Casual 38%, Indie 8.5%