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You are trapped in a bay surrounded by rocks. You must find and collect all the portal shards scattered across different islands to gain the chance to escape! Are you able to rebuild the portal in time, or will you stay trapped forever?
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Singleplayer, Casual, Hex Grid, Puzzle.
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You are trapped in a bay surrounded by rocks. You must find and collect all the portal shards scattered across different islands to gain the chance to escape! Are you able to rebuild the portal in time, or will you stay trapped forever?

Math & Topology
A puzzle that challenges both the topological and mathematical skills of the player. Draw lines, use operator tiles to produce new numbers, and complete levels with square- and hexagon-shaped tiles!

Hexa
Hexa is a puzzle game with a unique concept. Use the different side types of a hex to get the beams to their destination.
A puzzle that challenges both the topological and mathematical skills of the player. Draw lines, use operator tiles to produce new numbers, and complete levels with square- and hexagon-shaped tiles!
Why similar: Hex Grid 44.9% ★, Grid-Based Movement 31.4%, Minimalist 8.6%, Family Friendly 5.7%, Relaxing 3.7%
Hexa is a puzzle game with a unique concept. Use the different side types of a hex to get the beams to their destination.
Why similar: Hex Grid 51.1% ★, Procedural Generation 13.3%, Minimalist 12.3%, Casual 6.7%, Family Friendly 5.6%
Shark is a fast-paced reflex game about racing the clock to reach the flag in randomly generated levels. Dash through obstacles, chain through arrows, and don't let "impossible" levels fool you. This is an endless game of speed. How fast can you swim?
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 44.9%, Procedural Generation 22.1%, Arcade 10.9%, Minimalist 8.3%, Casual 7.6%
Its a basic platformer, where you have to run through three levels of progressively getting harder.
Why similar: 3D Platformer 22.4%, Procedural Generation 16.6%, Platformer 16%, Casual 12.3%, Arcade 11.8%
Slime Alchemy is a relaxing puzzle game where you must place pieces in specific locations on a hexagonal grid.
Why similar: Hex Grid 54.9% ★, Grid-Based Movement 20.8%, Casual 8.9%, Minimalist 8.3%, Relaxing 5.7%
Navigate procedural hex mazes with limited visibility. Race the clock solo, replay seeded runs to improve your splits, or compete online with up to six players on the same maze. Choose between Open Grid and Walled Grid styles, with optional run-changing Modifiers.
Why similar: Hex Grid 44.4% ★, Grid-Based Movement 22.5%, Procedural Generation 15.9%, Minimalist 5.4%, Arcade 4.5%
TrainFormation is a simple, fast-paced puzzle game. Place rails in front of an ever-accelerating train to cross procedurally generated levels, reach stations, collect power ups and make it as far as you can!
Why similar: Hex Grid 39.3% ★, Grid-Based Movement 26.5%, Procedural Generation 13.2%, Arcade 7%, Casual 5.1%
Capture the mouse by stopping it from moving. Block any path the mouse can take.
Why similar: Hex Grid 47.7% ★, Grid-Based Movement 33.6%, Minimalist 4.5%, Cartoony 4.5%, Casual 3.9%
Discover a universe of mazes in one mesmerizing game.
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 33%, Hex Grid 32.6% ★, Casual 10.8%, Minimalist 8.9%, Relaxing 7.8%
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: Hex Grid 59.4% ★, Minimalist 8.6%, Arcade 7.5%, Casual 7.4%, Relaxing 7.1%
Sir Stepsalot is trapped in the Cursed Forest! Luckily, he has his trusty sword and bomb pouch to fend off dangerous monsters. He will have to travel deeper into the forest fighting monsters and avoiding traps. Our knight can't stay in place for too long though. There's a dark curse chasing him!
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 54.8%, Procedural Generation 21.9%, Arcade 10.2%, Casual 7.2%, Top-Down 4.7%
You are exiled. Seasons of Solitude is a turn-based strategy and resource management game where every move shapes a fragile landscape. Seasons shift, the land reacts to your choices, and balance is your way home in a hand-painted world inspired by Estonian myth.
Why similar: Hex Grid 48.7% ★, Grid-Based Movement 33.7%, Top-Down 5.2%, Nature 4.5%, Resource Management 3.3%
Roll and shine endlessly in this game! Move left, move right, avoid obstacles, and collect Life-Shields for protection. Watch out for traps and other dangerous boxes. Keep rolling and shining!
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 27.3%, 3D Platformer 16.8%, Procedural Generation 15.4%, Family Friendly 11.1%, Arcade 9.7%
REtreeRS is a tile-based rhythmic strategy game about connecting trees across the globe. Harmonize each planet to leave the world a little better than you found it.
Why similar: Hex Grid 45.6% ★, Family Friendly 12.6%, Procedural Generation 12.5%, Nature 7.6%, Arcade 7.3%
Maze! is a top-down 2D indie game featuring minimalist visuals and procedurally generated mazes. Choose from four different algorithms, customize maze sizes to your liking, and race against time for high scores.
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 29%, Procedural Generation 28.6%, Minimalist 14.4%, Casual 10.3%, Top-Down 7.8%
Match Tree is a breathtaking puzzle experience (...it's actually a match 3 game). Embark on an epic journey with pixie, gnome and witch full of adventure, mystery (huh?) and sheep. Become the master of combination and create magnificent mansions from trees, flowers and carrots (I swear, it's fun!).
Why similar: Hex Grid 48.9% ★, Grid-Based Movement 17.8%, Family Friendly 7.7%, Minimalist 6.9%, Casual 5.8%
A turn-based puzzle game set in a hexagonal world where you strategically move and throw powerful daggers to solve dozens of puzzles and optional challenges.
Why similar: Hex Grid 41.8% ★, Grid-Based Movement 34.4%, Minimalist 6.8%, Top-Down 5.6%, Casual 3.9%
Grab your shovel and dig your way across a vast expanse of varied terrain, upgrading 200+ tools & abilities to ramp up the demolition. Hexisle is a casual, relaxing, incremental game where you mine, fight, craft, fish, enchant, and loot your way toward the mysterious heart of a cursed island!
Why similar: Hex Grid 48.4% ★, Procedural Generation 20.6%, Top-Down 8.9%, Relaxing 7.5%, Casual 7%
Once upon a time there lived... no. catAnod hasn't got a prominent plot or cute characters. But this simple puzzle will be a nice activity for your brain.
Why similar: Hex Grid 56% ★, Minimalist 14%, Family Friendly 14%, Relaxing 6.8%, Casual 5.9%
Ever wanted to be a light and purify the world from evil spirits? Well, I hope you already are, but if not, you can play as one! Hexdo is a simple puzzle game. There is no score, no quests, no save games, you can just play through an endless stream of levels while listening to relaxing music.
Why similar: Hex Grid 29.4% ★, Grid-Based Movement 23.5%, Casual 10.7%, Arcade 10.2%, Minimalist 9.5%
Can't Live Without Electricity is a 3D relaxing puzzle game in which you supply electricity by connecting houses to power plants.
Why similar: Hex Grid 31.1% ★, Grid-Based Movement 25.3%, Minimalist 11.6%, Procedural Generation 7.5%, Top-Down 6%
A logic puzzle game where you write code to guide a bot through hex grid levels. Use a simple built-in programming language, think algorithmically, and find elegant solutions to increasingly complex challenges.
Why similar: Hex Grid 52.7% ★, Grid-Based Movement 36.2%, Minimalist 9.8%, Singleplayer 1.2%
Choose your faction and test your skill in this one-player tactical masterpiece, where positioning is everything! Clear forests, pave roads, knock enemies into pits, yank them out from behind their defenders, before the Business Demons burn it all down!
Why similar: Hex Grid 51.7% ★, Grid-Based Movement 24%, Procedural Generation 13.6%, Cartoony 4.2%, Tactical 3.9%
Fast-Paced Tower Defense Game Where Space Is Used To Manipulate Enemy Behavior | Towers And Upgrades Take Up Space On The Board | Make The Enemy Decide Whether They Should Attack The Tower, Or Go Around!
Why similar: Hex Grid 50.4% ★, Grid-Based Movement 34.3%, Minimalist 6.8%, Top-Down 3.9%, Family Friendly 3.7%
HEXA WORLD 3D is an atmospheric 3D hex-puzzle game with chain reactions, XP progression, tactical boosters, and three game modes: Level, Infinity, and Competitive. Build combinations, unlock maps and tile skins, set new records, and play at your own pace.
Why similar: Hex Grid 53.9% ★, Procedural Generation 15.9%, Minimalist 8.1%, Family Friendly 6.4%, Relaxing 5.1%
This landscape puzzle game uses childlike, nostalgic elements as pieces. Choose to challenge high - score strategic play or enter free - creation mode to build your own wonderland. Plus, there are many hidden surprises and secrets to discover.
Why similar: Hex Grid 50.5% ★, 3D Platformer 15%, Family Friendly 7.2%, Relaxing 5.9%, Casual 5.5%
GRIDLOCK: A fast-paced, strategic puzzle game where every move counts. Navigate the grid, outwit enemies, and master unique game modes in this challenging arcade experience.
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 57%, Minimalist 14.7%, Procedural Generation 11.1%, Arcade 6.9%, Relaxing 3.9%
Aerion is a cozy casual fantasy adventure game where you explore flying islands, create potions, and help magical creatures save their environment. Each island is filled with unique creatures and biomes. Without your help, these will vanish.
Why similar: Hex Grid 46% ★, Procedural Generation 19.9%, Family Friendly 12.5%, Casual 5.8%, Arcade 5.3%
You go along a road as your speed keeps going faster and faster until you lose
Why similar: 3D Platformer 28.2%, Platformer 20.1%, Procedural Generation 18.8%, Casual 14.4%, Nature 8.2%
Constraint-satisfaction puzzle on a hexagonal grid. Six clue families, eight board shapes, four difficulties, a 25-level campaign, infinite puzzle generation and a deterministic daily challenge shared by every player worldwide. Full controller support. Steam Deck ready.
Why similar: Hex Grid 55.5% ★, Procedural Generation 19.4%, Casual 14.9%, Relaxing 7.8%, Singleplayer 2.4%
Journey through 80 levels in this beautiful minimalist puzzle game. Jump from tile to tile as you attempt to clear the board. In Hex Two, you'll encounter 19 different types of tiles, each of which changing the way you must approach each level. Can you clear them all?
Why similar: Hex Grid 71.4% ★, Minimalist 15%, Casual 6.9%, Relaxing 6.7%
A hex-grid puzzle-tactics card game. Outwit and outlive your enemies, while upgrading your deck. A lightweight game of bite-sized encounters.
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 46.5%, Hex Grid 41.2% ★, Top-Down 5.6%, Casual 3.5%, Singleplayer 3.2%
A 3D puzzle game, with procedurally generated puzzles, in which you join regularly shaped pieces together while immersed in nature.
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 35.1%, Procedural Generation 20%, Family Friendly 11.2%, Minimalist 10.8%, Top-Down 4.9%
A casual indie puzzle game in which you rotate hexagonal tiles in order to complete and connect all the pieces on the board.
Why similar: Hex Grid 80.2% ★, Casual 16%, Singleplayer 3.8%
A mind-bending 3D puzzle game where you roll a block through increasingly complex levels. Master unique mechanics like lasers, switches, and collapsing glass floors while collecting hidden letters to unlock permanent upgrades in this challenging brain teaser.
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 33.6%, 3D Platformer 27.2%, Procedural Generation 16.3%, Casual 13.3%, 3D 7.8%
Prepare for Sphere Game Colours, an experience set to enchant its loyal fans and win over new enthusiasts. With a complete revitalization, this game offers a completely renewed experience, standing out for stunning visuals and innovative mechanics.
Why similar: 3D Platformer 25.9%, Platformer 18.4%, Casual 13.5%, Arcade 13.4%, Family Friendly 11%
A casual hex-based puzzle game. Match tiles by color across 108 puzzles, and beat your high scores to unlock new color schemes and music to customize your experience!
Why similar: Hex Grid 71.9% ★, Minimalist 13.7%, Casual 8.5%, Relaxing 3.5%, Singleplayer 2.4%
Tilting Tiles is a minimalist puzzle experience. It is a unique movement based puzzle game. Guide the tile through each level’s environment while collecting every item before your moves run out.
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 29.3%, Minimalist 17.1%, Casual 13.5%, Family Friendly 11.8%, Top-Down 10.4%
Put two and two together in this minimalist, hex-based puzzle game that will rekindle your love for numbers. Solve thoughtfully crafted levels that invite you to engage your mind and explore the unique gameplay at your own pace.
Why similar: Hex Grid 43.5% ★, Grid-Based Movement 28%, Minimalist 11.4%, Casual 5.2%, Top-Down 5.1%
The hunger of an eldritch horror such as yourself can only be satisfied by consuming mortal souls. Do you have the deft touch required to turn a handful of barbarian tribes into thriving civilizations whose citizens are willing to sacrifice themselves in the name of a ravenous impostor god?
Why similar: Hex Grid 57.5% ★, Grid-Based Movement 19.2%, Procedural Generation 9.1%, Casual 7.4%, 3D 4.3%
A hexagonal logic puzzle game set against shifting skies. Use logic alone to read the clues and clear each board. Master a handcrafted campaign, enjoy infinite custom puzzles, and shape your own challenges with the built-in level editor.
Why similar: Hex Grid 58% ★, Procedural Generation 12.6%, Minimalist 7%, Nature 6.5%, Relaxing 5.4%
Hexagourds is a casual, relaxing builder and puzzle game where you place tiles on a grid to make your own pumpkin patch! Grow pumpkins, feed animals, and pick apples as you gain points for rotating, placing and connecting different tiles.
Why similar: Hex Grid 29.3% ★, Grid-Based Movement 23.9%, Minimalist 9.2%, Family Friendly 7.7%, Top-Down 7.1%
One tent, two settlers, an ember within. Gather, fish, cook, explore, haul. Earn gold, unlock lands, build farms, wards. Hunger, weather, mysteries shift plans. Three cards, one bet. Scour ruins, trade, sacrifice crystals. Black fog closes in. Can you hold your ground? Leave a spark for next world?
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 45.7%, Hex Grid 38.5% ★, Minimalist 9.4%, Singleplayer 3.1%, Resource Management 2.1%
Place hexagonal tiles to form islands across a selection of varied levels. Teku is a peaceful game where the goal is to achieve the highest possible score.
Why similar: Hex Grid 64.8% ★, Minimalist 12.7%, Relaxing 6.9%, Casual 6.4%, Top-Down 5.9%
A colourful tile based puzzler, now with added bounce!
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 41.3%, Family Friendly 19.8%, Casual 15.2%, Arcade 11.3%, Cartoony 9.7%
Capture other player's pixels by running, jumping, dashing through procedural levels ! Vibrant Dash is a first-person platformer. The twist ? Every level is placed on a huge pixel grid. Capture a pixel by beating other's time on the associated level !
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 32%, Procedural Generation 20.9%, 3D Platformer 19.1%, Minimalist 11.4%, Platformer 8.7%
ThrowDown is a familiar yet unique tower defense game with randomly generated maps, reactive mobs, and is designed for replayability.
Why similar: Hex Grid 48.6% ★, Procedural Generation 17.1%, Minimalist 15.2%, Top-Down 9.2%, 3D 7.8%
Reefland - is a colorful city-building simulator with a relaxing atmosphere, where you are up to paint the island by placing buildings.
Why similar: Hex Grid 43.2% ★, Procedural Generation 25.3%, Family Friendly 9.7%, Minimalist 7.9%, Relaxing 6.7%
Hex is a unique puzzle game with a simple goal, clear the tiles to win. Tiles might multiply, explode, toggle on and off, and more as you jump between them in this exciting journey through over 80 challenging levels.
Why similar: Hex Grid 66.9% ★, Minimalist 19.9%, Casual 6.9%, Relaxing 6.3%
Coasterama is a short puzzle game about helping tiny guys ride the rollercoaster of their dreams. Build each rollercoaster piece by piece while meeting every tiny guys' requirements, all while figuring out how to complete the rollercoaster.
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 41.3%, Minimalist 17.8%, Top-Down 14.1%, Casual 13.3%, 3D 10.8%
A turn-based tactical roguelite where you and your enemies plan predictively for simultaneous resolution. Every move and attack resolve at once. Outwit enemies in various maps, with various skills/upgrades, in Singleplayer, co-op, and PvP.
Why similar: Hex Grid 65.4% ★, Grid-Based Movement 17.4%, Procedural Generation 9.8%, Casual 4.3%, Singleplayer 3.2%
Mana Chess is a colorful, turn-based adventure with Roguelite progression. Early Access players traverse three unique areas, and ten stages - collecting randomly offered abilities and items. Manage your resources efficiently to clear stages in as few turns as possible, and earn rewards.
Why similar: Hex Grid 49.9% ★, Grid-Based Movement 37.5%, Top-Down 9.2%, Resource Management 3.1%, Singleplayer 0.4%
Cross the enemy base with the snake, and get the best score.
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 36.3%, Procedural Generation 22.1%, Family Friendly 12.8%, Casual 12%, Arcade 7.4%
Unconventional and genre-bending puzzler on a hexagonal grid. Rotate tiles to complete sewer style levels. Constantly evolving mechanics. Silly humour. Crazy puzzles.
Why similar: Hex Grid 55.8% ★, Grid-Based Movement 38.9%, Family Friendly 3.6%, Singleplayer 1.8%
A minimalistic 3D isometric puzzle game where you bring each level to life by coloring your path and solving clever spatial challenges. Easy to learn but harder to master.
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 23.2%, 3D Platformer 20.8%, Casual 12%, Arcade 11.1%, 3D 10.9%
A top-down grid puzzle game where you play as Mr. Nothing. To reach the exit, you must transform into objects, combine items to craft tools, and interact with the environment. Think step-by-step, plan your routing, and see how your choices shape the grid.
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 75.3%, Family Friendly 7.7%, Top-Down 6%, Casual 5.7%, Singleplayer 5.3%
The cutest dragonflies need your help! Navigate twisting ponds full of ambushes in this swirling SmartGames adventure!
Why similar: Hex Grid 60.1% ★, Family Friendly 13%, Casual 7.3%, 3D 6%, Cartoony 5.7%
Hexiom is a classic puzzle game with simple rules but many possibilities. Rearrange the board so that the number on each tile matches how many other tiles it is adjacent to.
Why similar: Hex Grid 85.3% ★, Casual 10.6%, Singleplayer 4.2%
Railway Islands is a puzzle game about designing a railway map for a large archipelago. Make a safe path between the stations and let your train deliver all the resources and go to the next island.
Why similar: Hex Grid 45.1% ★, Grid-Based Movement 29.4%, Minimalist 8.8%, Family Friendly 5.8%, Relaxing 4.9%
Guards of the Gate is a roguelike turn-based game on hexagonal fields. You control a team of heroes aka Guards of the Gate, who are trying to save the world from the evil Dragon Lord.
Why similar: Hex Grid 51.3% ★, Grid-Based Movement 34.2%, Top-Down 7.9%, Singleplayer 2.7%, Tactical 2.2%