- #1 Database Detective: Minor Crimes Division
96% matchNo user reviews97% of 951 reviews2026
Dev: Thomas Hsu
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Solve criminal cases through the power of SQL queries! Help out the city of Los Zorangeles by becoming a Database Detective in this new (unpaid) work from home opportunity.
Why similar: Programming 47.1% ★, Detective 19.3%, Investigation 10.8%, Puzzle 8.5%, Logic 7.4%
- #2 TIS-100
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 4,119 reviews2015
Dev: Zachtronics
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 52%
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: Programming 79.7% ★, Puzzle 7%, Logic 6.1%, Difficult 4.9%, Indie 1.8%
- #3 Glyphs Apprentice
96% matchMixed58% of 19 reviews2017
Dev: inSPIRE Games
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Glyphs Apprentice is a deeply engrossing problem solving game, using simple programming to animate game objects. There are over 70 levels, each with a near infinite number of solutions.
Why similar: Programming 71.3% ★, Puzzle 10.7%, Difficult 10.1%, Indie 6.4%, 2D 1.5%
- #4 Programmed To Execute
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Programming Pigeon
Windows
Program a robot and save the hostages! Use guns, lasers, explosions, and even the environment in this tactical programming puzzle game. No prior programming knowledge required.
Why similar: Programming 71.6% ★, Logic 15.9%, Puzzle 9.3%, Indie 1.9%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #5 Signal Maze
94% matchVery Positive94% of 54 reviews2025
Dev: theArkitectPub: IndieArk
Windows
The story takes place in a future company called "RavenTek". R.O.O.T. - A grid, unit, and signal based computing system. Move the units to create signal links, transmit the signals, and activate other units to generate benefits. Are the benefits generated all for the company, or...?
Why similar: Programming 72% ★, Puzzle 11%, Detective 9.1%, Logic 6.1%, Story Rich 1.4%
- #6 Finite State Automaton Challenges 2
94% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2023
Dev: Tramolly Game
Windows · Mac
In the second episode of Finite State Automation Challenges, you will use finite-state automata to overcome 80 challenges from character string manipulation, computer science, and mathematics.
Why similar: Programming 58.9% ★, Detective 21.2%, Logic 9%, Puzzle 7.8%, Indie 1.4%
- #7 7 Billion Humans
93% matchVery Positive93% of 2,145 reviews2018
Dev: Tomorrow Corporation
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Automate swarms of office workers to solve puzzles inside your very own parallel computer made of people. A thrilling followup to the award winning Human Resource Machine. Now with more humans!
Why similar: Programming 79.9% ★, Puzzle 8.7%, Logic 7.7%, Indie 2.9%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #8 SHENZHEN I/O
92% matchVery Positive95% of 4,533 reviews2016
Dev: Zachtronics
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 61%
BUILD CIRCUITS. WRITE CODE. RTFM.
Why similar: Programming 76% ★, Logic 10.7%, Puzzle 6.4%, Difficult 4.8%, Indie 1.6%
- #9 Bootloop
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Nostalgic Interactive, LLC
Windows
Brain busting puzzles to drive you loopy. Set up to 8 instructions that loop infinitely to reach the exit. Jump over obstacles and pitfalls, and use walls to your advantage. All Easy, Medium and Hard puzzles unlocked, so attempt them in any order.
Why similar: Programming 62.5% ★, Logic 19.1%, Puzzle 12.9%, Indie 2.3%, 2D 2.1%
- #10 Cool Headed
91% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2018
Dev: joqlepecheur
Windows
Cool Headed is a puzzle casual-programming game. Combine and give instructions to your bots to reach the objective! Piece by piece, make your mark on an extensive overworld, unlock bots and discover secrets. Will you have the heart to sacrifice your team?
Why similar: Programming 78.4% ★, Puzzle 12.9%, Indie 8.7%
- #11 Cyber Warrior
89% matchPositive86% of 42 reviews2025
Dev: Dunke Games
Windows
Cyber Warrior is a hacking simulator where you play as an ex retired bureau agent recruited back to take on a powerful criminal organization. Explore dozens of interactive desktops, navigate 200+ in-game websites, solve puzzles, customize your setup and make decisions that will shape a new cyber age
Why similar: Programming 41.7% ★, Detective 18.5%, Investigation 12.9%, Logic 10.4%, Mystery 5.2%
- #12 Prelogate
90% matchVery Positive90% of 99 reviews2014
Dev: blamedrop
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Prelogate is a logic puzzle game. Solve puzzles by redirecting laser beams, mixing them and controlling them with logic gates.
Why similar: Programming 59.2% ★, Logic 18.9%, Puzzle 13.3%, Indie 8.6%
- #13 SpaceChem
89% matchVery Positive92% of 5,094 reviews2011
Dev: Zachtronics
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 66%
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: Programming 59.6% ★, Puzzle 15%, Logic 11.3%, Difficult 10.1%, Indie 2.7%
- #14 Human Resource Machine
88% matchVery Positive94% of 4,703 reviews2015
Dev: Tomorrow Corporation
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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: Programming 79.7% ★, Puzzle 9.3%, Logic 4.7%, Indie 3.2%, Difficult 2.3%
- #15 Opus Magnum
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 7,277 reviews2017
Dev: Zachtronics
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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: Programming 64.3% ★, Puzzle 12.6%, Logic 10.9%, Steampunk 5.6% ★, Indie 3.2%
- #16 CPU: Computing Potatoes Unlimited
86% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Bunian Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Program potato workers to process numbers with simple punch-in instructions at a factory that mimics a processor. Optimize solutions to solve challenging open-ended puzzles. Punch, observe, learn, repeat.
Why similar: Programming 62.9% ★, Logic 15.6%, Puzzle 8.8%, Difficult 8.7%, Indie 2.2%
- #17 Regex Game
86% matchMostly Positive75% of 16 reviews2025
Dev: ZeroBitCode
Windows · Mac · Linux
Regular Expressions (Regex) are a powerful text pattern-matching tool used for searching, replacing, and validating strings. The game wraps Regex into text-based puzzle, allowing players to gradually master regular expressions as they progress through levels.
Why similar: Programming 47.6% ★, Detective 24.3%, Logic 17.6%, Puzzle 8.3%, Indie 1.6%
- #18 The Roottrees are Dead
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,219 reviews2025
Dev: Evil Trout Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
A genealogical mystery straight out of 1998. Scour the early Internet for clues, uncover hidden connections, and piece together the family tree behind the secretive Roottree Corporation.
Why similar: Detective 34.8%, Investigation 19.1%, Mystery 11.8%, Puzzle 10.5%, Logic 9.8%
- #19 The Detective's Apprentice
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: darqwerful
Windows
Step into the shoes of Clementine "Cleo" Ace, an apprentice to her aunt, the world-renowned detective, Maya Lynch. From heists to murders, use your deduction skills to solve "howdunnit" cases that are too tough for the local police to crack and uncover a deeper mystery along the way!
Why similar: Detective 34.7%, Investigation 24.3%, Logic 10.9%, Mystery 10.4%, Puzzle 8.4%
- #20 Ghost in the SQL Data
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Isaac MENARD
Windows · Mac
Somebody reported the fire fourteen minutes before it started. Prove it in SQL by exploring the call centre data.
Why similar: Programming 49% ★, Detective 25.6%, Investigation 12.7%, Mystery 6.8%, Puzzle 4.8%
- #21 传家
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Paisley
Windows · Mac
A genealogy deduction game set in Republican-era China. Play as a lawyer, search newspapers, case files, letters, and old photos, and follow clues to identify people and uncover family ties. Reconstruct the Chen family tree and uncover the secrets behind your commission.
Why similar: Detective 35.5%, Investigation 24.9%, Mystery 9.8%, Puzzle 9.2%, Logic 7.7%
- #22 I'M YOUR HOST
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Calligram Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
An audio deduction game where you have one task: restore a series of lost podcast episodes.
Why similar: Detective 39.3%, Investigation 26.8%, Mystery 11.4%, Puzzle 8.3%, Point & Click 6%
- #23 One Query After Another
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ICHINEEGO GAMES
Windows · Mac
Work at a 90s soda company as their sole data analyst. You will not just learn SQL, but earn front row seats to the hidden mysteries beneath. While uncovering mysteries can be exciting, be careful not to slip up on the job - Your manager is an unforgiving brute. No coding experience required.
Why similar: Programming 64.1% ★, Detective 26.5%, Puzzle 6.7%, Indie 1.5%, 2D 0.7%
- #24 查无此人
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: CopyCat.Studio
Windows · Mac
一款以清末民初的上海为时代背景的社会派推理游戏。你在一台历史悬案核查终端前接手这项任务:为墙中无名遗骸重建家族谱系。翻阅泛黄的婚书、讣告与老照片,看清旧秩序崩塌之际每个人的选择与挣扎。
Why similar: Detective 33%, Investigation 21.9%, Logic 14%, Mystery 9.4%, Puzzle 9.3%
- #25 Algo Bot
82% matchVery Positive82% of 190 reviews2018
Dev: Fishing CactusPub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Algo Bot is puzzle game that takes place deep inside the Europa, a pan-galactic colonisation ship, where a recycling mission goes horribly wrong. Use your algorithm special skills to command Algo Bot, a service droid, and help PAL, a cantankerous line manager, to contain the crisis.
Why similar: Programming 71.5% ★, Puzzle 11.1%, Logic 11%, Indie 5%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #26 Detective Hindsight
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Broccoli Bunny Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Solve a variety of perplexing cases in the sleuthing shoes of Detective Hindsight - who gets help from Phoebe: a young orphaned girl with dreams of being a storyteller and powers to look into the past. Uncover the truth with her sketches done in crayon. The catch? She can't draw very well.
Why similar: Detective 35.6%, Investigation 22%, Mystery 11.6%, Logic 10.4%, Puzzle 9.4%
- #27 LITA Protocol
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Solo Caravel
Windows · Linux
Power on an old computer and meet LITA. Together, you will explore how computer memory works through a series of puzzles.
Why similar: Programming 67.3% ★, Logic 16.7%, Puzzle 8.6%, Story Rich 5.3%, Indie 1%
- #28 Laura.ai
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: thomtwin1
Windows · Mac · Linux
Welcome to Laura.ai, the world's leading AGI company. As our developer, you'll investigate logs, browse files, and monitor applications across our proprietary operating system. Your access is limited. Some directories are restricted for good reason. We trust you'll respect those boundaries.
Why similar: Programming 35.8% ★, Detective 27.1%, Investigation 19.5%, Puzzle 7.4%, Mystery 6.5%
- #29 Pixel Forge
78% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: MELOVITY
Windows · Mac
Pixel Forge is a puzzle game where you create pixel art by connecting nodes. If you think you're smart enough, give this puzzle a try.
Why similar: Programming 52.5% ★, Logic 15.2%, Detective 9.4%, Puzzle 8.8%, Difficult 8%
- #30 Beam Time
77% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Connor Slade
Windows · Mac · Linux
A logic puzzle game where you redirect and split laser beams to create digital circuits. Through the campaign, you will explore basic logic gates, oscillators, latches, counters, adders, memory, and more.
Why similar: Programming 70.1% ★, Logic 13.4%, Puzzle 11.3%, Indie 2.3%, 2D 1.7%
- #31 Prime Mover
78% matchVery Positive88% of 217 reviews2018
Dev: 4Bit Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Retrace the path of the Prime Mover to uncover the story of the Byte of Burden! Prime Mover is an open-ended puzzle game about designing circuit boards.
Why similar: Programming 77.8% ★, Puzzle 11.2%, Difficult 5.2%, Indie 4.9%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #32 SYSCALL: RING ZERO
76% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Chilling Moose Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Reverse-engineer a private 1990s BBS. Read disassembly, patch broken checks, optimize a nine-core rack, and write assembly firmware that locks onto live scope traces. With 200+ puzzles, full controller support and offline play, you can refine your assembly skills on all your devices!
Why similar: Programming 54.9% ★, Detective 13.8%, Logic 13.7%, Investigation 10.3%, Puzzle 6.1%
- #33 OmNomNom
76% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Echo Titan
Windows
A clever grid-based puzzler about thinking ahead: queue movement commands for a hungry animal, watch them execute, and debug your route when things go wrong. Each level introduces new mechanics like keys, switches, hazards, and jumps, turning simple paths into satisfying logic challenges.
Why similar: Programming 67.1% ★, Logic 15.2%, Puzzle 11.4%, Indie 2.5%, Atmospheric 2.2%
- #34 Drag Engineer
77% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2021
Dev: Guang Pu
Windows
If you are interested in programming, you will like the game. You will play an engineer, use the mouse to drag various instructions to write programs, and let them run normally to meet the requirements of the boss. Some levels test your logic ability very much. Please think carefully before you act.
Why similar: Programming 72.2% ★, Logic 16.1%, Puzzle 8.2%, Indie 1.8%, 2D 1%
- #35 Prime Prism
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Totori Works
Windows
"Prime Prism" is a pure logic puzzle game themed around prime numbers and factorization. Construct circuits of light using optical tools like "Prisms" and "Lenses" to decompose and synthesize numbers. Over 140 stages across 11 worlds await your challenge.
Why similar: Programming 56% ★, Logic 18%, Puzzle 10.5%, Difficult 10.3%, Indie 2.5%
- #36 Hawkshaw Case: Truth & Prevention
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Hawkshaw Entertainment
Windows
Investigate crime scenes, interrogate witnesses and organize your evidence to catch the culprit. Solve multiple different cases in varying areas and talk to many unique and fun characters. Can you solve it? Come and see.
Why similar: Detective 34.8%, Investigation 25.5%, Logic 12.8%, Puzzle 9.3%, Mystery 8.6%
- #37 Death at Sycamore Hall
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hesperus Games
Windows · Mac
An arcane detective game set in an ill-fated magical academy. Find traces of magic and deduce the meaning of incantations. Examine scenes for clues to help you piece together the story, and determine the identity and fate of each former resident.
Why similar: Detective 34.4%, Investigation 25.8%, Logic 15.2%, Mystery 11.3%, Puzzle 7.9%
- #38 Unprompted
74% matchPositive91% of 23 reviews2023
Dev: Matt Eshleman
Windows · Mac
Type to guess the words used to create machine-made artworks, while slowly uncovering the algorithm's reflections on its own work. Come investigate more than 1,500 generated artworks across 7 carefully curated galleries.
Why similar: Programming 38.4% ★, Detective 19.6%, Investigation 16.1%, Logic 8.5%, Puzzle 6.6%
- #39 QuantumPulse 2A
72% matchPositive90% of 31 reviews2025
Dev: Dashing Strike
Windows · Mac · Linux
Solve programming puzzles on a fictional computer with radio-based communication and unique limitations. Competitively optimize to compete on leaderboards against friends and the global community.
Why similar: Programming 65.4% ★, Logic 15.1%, Puzzle 8.8%, Difficult 8.6%, Indie 1.2%
- #40 Glitchspace
75% matchMostly Positive73% of 379 reviews2016
Dev: Space Budgie
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 20.1 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Glitchspace is about reprogramming the game to solve puzzles. Trapped in an abstract cyberspace world, your way forward uses visual programming to edit environmental geometry, whilst unlocking key programming concepts along the way.
Why similar: Programming 84.7% ★, Puzzle 10.7%, Indie 4.6%
- #41 Where is Starlingdive
73% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Studio N
Windows · Mac
A college radio DJ has vanished, but the school says she withdrew. Search forum posts and confidential records to uncover the people behind anonymous handles. Piece together what happened to Starlingdive in a deduction mystery spanning three connected cases, from college radio to the music industry.
Why similar: Detective 34.9%, Investigation 20%, Logic 11.7%, Mystery 10.6%, Puzzle 9.9%
- #42 Fatal Logic
71% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: ItWorkedOnMyMachine
Windows
Fatal Logic is a deductive logic puzzle game where you investigate crime scenes, cross-reference clues, and use the process of elimination to identify the killer across hours of challenging mysteries and community-created workshop levels.
Why similar: Detective 30.6%, Investigation 22.4%, Logic 21.1%, Puzzle 13%, Mystery 8.4%
- #43 Turing's Hive
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: CounterRocks
Windows
A programming puzzle game where you build computation from simple rules. Route numbers through a honeycomb grid, solve puzzles to create new computational building blocks, and work your way from +1 to arithmetic, algorithms, and beyond.
Why similar: Programming 73.2% ★, Logic 17.8%, Difficult 5.1%, Indie 1.8%, 2D 1.4%
- #44 Robo Instructus
73% matchVery Positive85% of 74 reviews2019
Dev: Big AB Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Robo Instructus is a puzzle game in which players manoeuvre a robot by issuing instructions via a simple programming language. As players progress through the game they unlock new functions to overcome new puzzles, each of which can be solved in multiple ways.
Why similar: Programming 62.2% ★, Logic 15%, Difficult 9.2%, Puzzle 8.7%, Indie 2.2%
- #45 Drop Not Allowed
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NoQuest Studios
Windows
Trapped inside a living database, use real SQL to unlock regions and challenge the system that watches every query. Use SELECT to investigate, UPDATE to repair and remember: DROP NOT ALLOWED. It doesn’t matter if you’re a SQL noob or a veteran; the game teaches you everything you need as you play.
Why similar: Programming 47.1% ★, Detective 18.6%, Logic 12.3%, Puzzle 6.9%, Difficult 6.3%
- #46 ギルド探求団へようこそ!
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,557 reviews2026
Dev: ぱるそに工房
Windows
「ギルド探求団へようこそ!」創立から1000日を迎えたギルドの、パーティ情報を復旧させる『推理パズルゲーム』です。過去1000日を振り返りながら、78人の冒険者が、20隊あるパーティのどこに所属していたのかを特定し、どのような結末を迎えたのかを推理で暴きましょう!それでは──良い旅を!
Why similar: Detective 43.4%, Investigation 27.9%, Puzzle 12.2%, Mystery 11.6%, Indie 2.1%
- #47 A Case of Fraud
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 573 reviews2025
Dev: Hesperus Games
Windows · Mac
A short, non-linear detective adventure where every clue is hidden in plain sight. Carefully read and cross-reference documents to unravel a CEO’s disappearance and expose a case of fraud.
Why similar: Detective 31.6%, Investigation 23.4%, Logic 13.2%, Mystery 10.1%, Puzzle 8.7%
- #48 NodeVox: Game Programmer Simulator
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: InsVolcStudioPub: InsVolcStudio
Windows
Drag nodes, code logic, build voxels! A node-programming puzzle game. Receive task emails, write programs with visual nodes, build 3D voxel worlds, and even make a complete game with nodes.
Why similar: Programming 73.3% ★, Logic 17.7%, Puzzle 8%, Singleplayer 1%
- #49 DA-VI-NC1
70% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Baby Bear Fish
Windows
DA-VI-NC1 is a Turing-machine-based coding puzzle game. You must complete the puzzles, pass the Turing test, and discover the philosophical world of DA-VI-NC1 with the Mona Lisa.
Why similar: Programming 70.6% ★, Logic 17.1%, Puzzle 8.5%, Indie 1.9%, 2D 1%
- #50 U.V.S. Nirmana
68% matchVery Positive89% of 220 reviews2026
Dev: CoincidencePub: Klei Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
U.V.S. Nirmana is a engineering puzzle game from Coincidence, the creators of Kaizen: A Factory Story and the inventors of the Zach-like. Set off on the Unreturning Void Ship Nirmana as it continues a journey of uncountable eons toward the edge of the universe.
Why similar: Programming 71.4% ★, Logic 15%, Puzzle 9.3%, Singleplayer 1.6%, Indie 1.6%
- #51 The Duke is Dead
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Bunk Bed Software, LLC
Windows · Linux
Duke Damian has been murdered! Collect clues, solve puzzles, and deduce the killer. Follow a growing trail of crimes and unravel the conspiracy tying them all together.
Why similar: Detective 38.5%, Investigation 17.9%, Mystery 12.5%, Logic 12.3%, Puzzle 8.6%
- #52 The Millhaven Murders
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kiloupa Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A hand-drawn and story-rich deduction mystery set in 1887. Pearl Lundgren is dead and two men have been arrested for her murder, but the full truth remains to be discovered, and only you can piece it together.
Why similar: Detective 29.5%, Investigation 22%, Logic 15.2%, Puzzle 11.3%, Point & Click 6.7%
- #53 AI Kill Alice
67% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Adrian Baudat
Windows
You are a malfunctioning AI. Find ways to kill your master while respecting your laws. Craft commands word by word, and outsmart Alice by finding loopholes.
Why similar: Programming 51.7% ★, Logic 16.6%, Difficult 9.6%, Puzzle 9.2%, Mystery 4.3%
- #54 Epigraph
67% matchVery Positive87% of 350 reviews2024
Dev: Matthew Brown
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Epigraph is a short, challenging, language decipherment puzzle game.
Why similar: Detective 33.4%, Investigation 22.9%, Logic 18.9%, Puzzle 12.2%, Mystery 9.6%
- #55 Time O'Clock: The Mask of Crime
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fractal Pop Games
Windows
The mask of a legendary thief has been stolen. Follow Detective Time in a point-and-click investigation using her watch to witness key moments and uncover who is behind this new wave of robberies. Observe the past. Investigate the present. Uncover the truth.
Why similar: Detective 31%, Investigation 22.9%, Logic 12.1%, Puzzle 10.7%, Mystery 8.7%
- #56 Jump, Step, Step
70% matchPositive83% of 12 reviews2017
Dev: Phung Games
Windows
Jump Step Step is a gorgeous and funny programming game with bonsai trees, a crazy robot and a broken rocket. Bob is short-circuited and goes mental. Please send him a series of moves to guide him back to his ship. Without your help Bob will probably tell himself to step on a spike and die.
Why similar: Programming 79.5% ★, Puzzle 10.2%, Indie 10.2%
- #57 [the Sequence]
69% matchVery Positive89% of 180 reviews2016
Dev: [OneManBand]
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 97%
[the Sequence] is a logic construction puzzler.Let your mind be your guide: Lay down seven different kinds of modules as your roadblocks to get you (portrayed as a binary data point) to a sweet destination.Apply an out-of-the-box thinking to get you to the next level!
Why similar: Programming 61.2% ★, Logic 16.5%, Puzzle 9.6%, Difficult 8.1%, Indie 2.5%
- #58 Emma Riley: Dream Detective
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Star Fort Games
Windows
Emma Riley: Dream Detective is a detective game where you must unravel an occult conspiracy spanning the real and dream worlds. Use keen observation to gather clues, carefully interrogate suspects for information, and use your logic and deduction skills to unravel the mystery!
Why similar: Detective 31.5%, Investigation 24.5%, Mystery 11%, Logic 9.6%, Puzzle 8.2%
- #59 Dear My Bot - Programming Game
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Ephyra Lab
Windows
Write, test, and break through. A programming puzzle game about the joy of trial and error.
Why similar: Programming 87.1% ★, Puzzle 11.2%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #60 The Ratline
64% matchVery Positive83% of 339 reviews2026
Dev: Owlskip Games
Windows · Mac
A murdered priest. A secret list. Hunt Nazi fugitives across the globe in this gritty 1971 detective thriller. Analyze evidence, follow leads, and make sharp deductions before the trail goes cold. From the creators of Family, Rivals, Conspiracy, Echo Beach and Riley & Rochelle.
Why similar: Detective 35.7%, Investigation 26.9%, Mystery 10.6%, Logic 8.1%, Puzzle 8.1%