- #1 Coin Commander
97% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2020
Dev: The Periodic Group
Windows
The enemy is invading and resources are limited. They look to you, their newly elected war commander, to use your limited funds to pay for mercenaries to protect against the oncoming hordes of enemies. You will be outnumbered, but with better tactics, you will prevail.
Why similar: Strategy 34.9%, Tactical 26.5%, Puzzle 16.6%, Casual 9.5%, Fantasy 7.6%
- #2 Command Line Mazer
96% 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 51.5%, Puzzle 24.3%, Casual 12.6%, 2D 6.5%, Singleplayer 2.7%
- #3 Mole Game
95% matchPositive100% of 44 reviews2020
Dev: Joel D.Pub: ...
Windows
You are a Mole. Collect sunflowers throughout the year and achieve serenity.
Why similar: Strategy 47%, Puzzle 18.8%, Casual 13.2%, Pixel Graphics 12%, Indie 6.8%
- #4 Chroma Cross
94% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: TheFitzyGames
Windows
Chroma Cross takes Nonograms beyond the binary of black and white and brings them into a rainbow of color. Experience Picross in refreshing polychrome.
Why similar: Strategy 41.6%, Puzzle 28.2%, Pixel Graphics 10.3%, Casual 9.6%, 2D 6.6%
- #5 echo
95% matchNo user reviews2022
Dev: Casual Stuff
Windows
Echo is a puzzle game, where a clone reflects all your moves. Your goal is to solve puzzles and find out how to destroy your clone.
Why similar: Strategy 35.5%, Puzzle 24.4%, Tactical 16.2%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%, Casual 7.3%
- #6 MAZE LORD
93% matchMostly Positive87% of 408 reviews2016
Dev: Jetdogs Studios
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Become the part of the legend and save the stolen princess!
Why similar: Strategy 51.7%, Puzzle 26.8%, 2D 7.6%, Indie 6.7%, Casual 4.8%
- #7 Fantasy Puzzle King
93% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: jokernara
Windows
‘Fantasy Puzzle King’ is a casual strategy puzzle game that combines turn-based elements.It is a simple stage-conquering game that uses only mouse clicks. Discover 12 unique skills and 12 stages.
Why similar: Strategy 38.6%, Puzzle 21.1%, Tactical 17.7%, Casual 9.1%, Fantasy 5.6%
- #8 Fire Escape
91% 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 42.5%, Puzzle 28.6%, Pixel Graphics 14%, Casual 10.9%, Indie 2%
- #9 Mega Minesweeper
92% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 3tar Games
Windows
Minesweeper with various types of mines.
Why similar: Strategy 43.7%, Puzzle 29.4%, Casual 15.7%, 2D 7.9%, Singleplayer 3.3%
- #10 Goolems
91% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Wrinkly Wizard Ltd
Windows
Join our heroic and completely sane wizard as he travels the globe in his magic castle, on a quest to convert the world to gooey goodness.
Why similar: Strategy 29.5%, Puzzle 28.2%, Pixel Graphics 18%, Casual 7.7%, 2D 6.2%
- #11 Would You Love Me If I Was a Snake?
89% matchPositive100% of 24 reviews2026
Dev: Andrea Boroni Grazioli
Windows
A puzzle game where you play as a snake. Push objects, block lasers, teleport, and bite your tail off to escape dreamy puzzle rooms.
Why similar: Strategy 48%, Puzzle 34%, 2D 7.7%, Casual 4.7%, Singleplayer 2.9%
- #12 MineDeeper
88% matchPositive94% of 18 reviews2025
Dev: Jace
Windows
MineDeeper gives Minesweeper a new layer. Find an endless amount of tiles to solve below the field. Solving these clears everything above as well! The deeper you go, the harder it gets - how deep can you go?
Why similar: Tactical 28.3%, Strategy 23.5%, Puzzle 19.9%, Pixel Graphics 8.2%, Retro 7.8%
- #13 Joint Force
90% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Rocket 9 Labs
Windows · Linux
Solve challenging puzzles to reunite Belcho and Nim.
Why similar: Strategy 41.1%, Puzzle 22.1%, Pixel Graphics 14%, Retro 10.1%, 2D 6%
- #14 Pocoman
88% matchPositive100% of 16 reviews2019
Dev: Sleepless Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Welcome to the world of PocoMan! A logic and strategy game featuring the clever and funny character PocoMan. A 21st century super-hero of microscopic proportions!
Why similar: Strategy 48%, Puzzle 21.3%, Casual 13.9%, Retro 10%, Indie 6.9%
- #15 Yesterday
86% 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 46.6%, Puzzle 33.4%, Casual 13.2%, Indie 6.8%
- #16 Crazy Machines: Golden Gears
87% matchMostly Negative30% of 40 reviews2014
Dev: FAKT Software GmbhPub: Viva Media Inc
Windows · Mac
Median: 12 minMean: 24.4 hrs≥1hr: 31%
In this "Rube-Goldberg" style puzzle game, experiment and build your wacky contraptions with physics action like never before! Experience dazzling visuals of explosives, fire, and true to life physics behavior when you put the experiment into motion!
Why similar: Strategy 48.9%, Puzzle 35.5%, Casual 15.6%
- #17 Snakesweeper - minesweeper survival
86% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: DustballDev
Windows
A classic minesweeper variant, with some minimalist survival mechanisms. Reveal tiles to find resources to keep your thirst and hunger down, while avoiding the snake tiles. Game sessions take approx 10minutes to 1hour.
Why similar: Strategy 30%, Puzzle 22.1%, Tactical 20.2%, Pixel Graphics 10.2%, Retro 7.6%
- #18 Gear:治愈齿轮
85% matchPositive83% of 24 reviews2019
Dev: SpriteStudio
Windows · Mac
"Gear" is a relaxing, minimal, puzzle game.
Why similar: Strategy 46.1%, Puzzle 25.8%, Casual 13.8%, Indie 7.4%, 2D 7%
- #19 Pozzo Jello Crusade
84% 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 48.8%, Puzzle 30.6%, Casual 13.8%, Indie 6.8%
- #20 Aggregator Elevator System
83% matchPositive89% of 37 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 41.1%, Puzzle 39.2%, Casual 12.6%, Indie 7.1%
- #21 Strata
84% 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 45.7%, Puzzle 33.3%, Casual 14.6%, Indie 6.4%
- #22 Caveman Caravan
79% matchPositive90% of 20 reviews2025
Dev: Snaggleteeth Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
A land bridge has appeared that leads to a new land! Guide a caravan of cavemen on a journey to a new continent by using map tiles and invented tools together in powerful combinations to collect resources that help them to survive.
Why similar: Strategy 44.6%, Puzzle 23.7%, Pixel Graphics 13.6%, Retro 8.6%, 2D 5.9%
- #23 Optica
82% 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 46.3%, Puzzle 32.4%, Casual 14.5%, Indie 6.8%
- #24 Ichi
81% matchVery Positive85% of 666 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 40.5%, Strategy 32.5%, Casual 14.7%, Indie 6.7%, 2D 4.1%
- #25 Kidnapped
82% matchNo user reviews2023
Dev: Bundle LLCPub: Bundle
Windows
Solve the mysterious kidnapping of beloved actress Sebastiana Sax. In this one-player mystery game, you must decipher clues and interrogate witnesses to get to the bottom of this heinous crime. Can you solve the mystery in time?
Why similar: Strategy 58.1%, Puzzle 31.1%, 2D 5.5%, Singleplayer 5.3%
- #26 Metro Warp
81% 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 49.8%, Puzzle 29.4%, Casual 13.5%, Indie 7.3%
- #27 Nebulon
78% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Rescap
Windows
Nebulon is a minimalist but challenging puzzle game set in a distant nebula. Help small cube-shaped robots escape their enclosure. Plan ahead, avoid spikes, and use boxes to access new areas. Collect battery cubes to power up and destroy the walls blocking your path!
Why similar: Strategy 45.1%, Puzzle 30%, Pixel Graphics 14.4%, 2D 6.3%, Indie 2.2%
- #28 Matchin' Bits
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rustle Games
Windows
In this world, it's MATCH or be MATCHED!!! A mesmerizing dance of satisfying synergy. Matchin' Bits is a match 3 puzzle with a roguelike twist. Create powerful augment combinations to decimate the board before the board decimates you.
Why similar: Strategy 41.3%, Puzzle 22.4%, Retro 11.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%, Casual 7.4%
- #29 Gumball Guesser
79% 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 57.9%, Puzzle 27.3%, Casual 9.1%, Singleplayer 3%, Indie 2.7%
- #30 Brushwork
76% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: OateyGames
Windows
Hand-painted Nurikabe with an authored learning path, fixed challenge books, explain-before-reveal hints, and recurring daily and weekly competition boards.
Why similar: Strategy 43.5%, Tactical 23.2%, Puzzle 21.1%, Casual 10.7%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #31 Saighead
77% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2021
Dev: MasterTapp
Windows
Saighead! Play as a bow and arrow through multiple levels aiming to hit the target. With bounce-pads, portals, and gravity fields to get through, hitting the target is not as easy as it looks.
Why similar: Strategy 35.3%, Puzzle 27.5%, Tactical 23.9%, 2D 6.1%, Casual 3.5%
- #32 Piatka
78% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2017
Dev: iwangr
Windows
The game get 490 words to guess. Try to uncover word simply by uncover every single letter. get lot of bonuses from teddy bear and parrot .Play on a single player or multiplayer mode. Have fun training your mind !
Why similar: Strategy 71.1%, Puzzle 25.2%, Indie 3.6%
- #33 Time Management
75% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Jason SuydamPub: Stop and Watch Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Travel through a duotone world avoiding obstacles and managing your time to reach the next level. Over 100 levels to conquer and with its simple art style complex puzzles await.
Why similar: Strategy 44.2%, Puzzle 23.7%, Pixel Graphics 13.7%, Retro 8.8%, 2D 5.9%
- #34 Refract
77% matchPositive91% of 33 reviews2017
Dev: Renaissance Game Studio
Windows · Mac
"Refract" is a puzzle game in which you use the primary colored laser beams and reflect them or refract them to the cuboid of thet corresponding color.
Why similar: Strategy 55.1%, Puzzle 37.2%, Indie 7.7%
- #35 Crazy Machines Elements
76% matchMostly Positive78% of 46 reviews2012
Dev: Fakt SoftwarePub: Viva Media
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 11.7 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 52.8%, Puzzle 29.3%, Casual 17.9%
- #36 Poly Mole
75% matchMostly Positive75% of 12 reviews2019
Dev: Haubna
Windows · Mac · Linux
Poly Mole is a puzzle game in which you have to guide your mole through a ton of different levels. Play levels from the community, create your own or test yourself in the campaign.
Why similar: Strategy 56.8%, Puzzle 35.3%, Indie 7.9%
- #37 Sigils of Elohim
74% matchVery Positive91% of 1,203 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 51.2%, Strategy 29.3%, Casual 11.5%, Indie 5%, Singleplayer 3%
- #38 ParkTo
73% matchPositive87% of 39 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 47.2%, Puzzle 26.1%, Casual 14.6%, 2D 6.8%, Singleplayer 2.8%
- #39 Eets
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 742 reviews2006
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 18%
Eets may have a cute outer-shell, but its Lemmings meets The Incredible Machine gameplay, crazy characters and over 100 increasingly tricky puzzles quickly sucks in even the most seasoned player.
Why similar: Strategy 41.6%, Puzzle 32.8%, Casual 15%, Indie 7.7%, Singleplayer 2.8%
- #40 One Stroke Hunter
71% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Ghost-D-Games
Windows · Linux
A brainy roguelite monster-hunting game fought with a single continuous stroke. Connect grid squares in one unbroken line to build attacks, defenses, and spells, then slay your enemies. Deeper levels bring more complex fields and a new map every run. Draw the perfect path.
Why similar: Tactical 43.7%, Puzzle 28.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.2%, 2D 7.3%, Casual 6.1%
- #41 Techmino-Downstacking
71% matchPositive95% of 19 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 39%, Strategy 37.9%, Casual 8.6%, 2D 7.5%, Singleplayer 4.2%
- #42 The Loopholes Chronicles
73% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2019
Dev: Jérémy BeuchotPub: Scroow
Windows
The Loopholes Chronicles is an escape game in virtual reality. In a futuristic fantasy universe, you will travel through time and time to solve unique riddles.
Why similar: Strategy 73.8%, Puzzle 26.2%
- #43 Insane
73% matchMixed40% of 20 reviews2016
Dev: VIS-GamesPub: United Independent Entertainment
Windows · Mac
!nsane is a nod to the cult game "Logical" from the good old Amiga days. It's all about balls and twist locks. You have to arrange the balls in the right order to pick the lock. What sounds simple enough quickly turns out to be a uniquely tricky game.
Why similar: Strategy 44.8%, Puzzle 26.5%, Casual 12.8%, Indie 7.2%, 2D 6.6%
- #44 Unblock Gridlock
72% 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 51.4%, Puzzle 25.8%, Casual 15.3%, Indie 7.4%
- #45 Bolariki
72% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Milkbox
Windows · Mac
The match-3 roguelike. Stack relics, shatter rules, and pull off outrageous combos, all inside a puzzle game that boots like a fever dream from 1995. Crunchy, retro, and dangerously easy to start. Impossible to stop.
Why similar: Strategy 32.7%, Puzzle 19.5%, Tactical 15.9%, Casual 9.6%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%
- #46 Meld
71% matchPositive97% of 30 reviews2016
Dev: Axis Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Meld is a mind-bending puzzle game featuring 200+ levels and a build-in editor so you can create your own and play levels made by others!
Why similar: Strategy 68%, Puzzle 25.3%, Indie 6.7%
- #47 Picross Touch
69% matchVery Positive94% of 1,837 reviews2016
Dev: Jon GallantPub: jgallant
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 35.3 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 51.8%, Strategy 27.6%, Casual 12.4%, Indie 5.3%, Singleplayer 2.8%
- #48 Function Maze
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wayfarer StudioPub: GameTree
Windows
Function Maze is a snake-style puzzle game powered by math. Dodge deadly function curves, grab power-ups to rewrite the equations and strike back, then navigate to the origin to win.
Why similar: Strategy 44.7%, Puzzle 31.4%, Casual 12.8%, 2D 6.6%, Indie 2.3%
- #49 Crazy Screw Removal
68% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: CSR game
Windows
This is a fun and challenging puzzle game. Let's all play together!
Why similar: Strategy 43.9%, Tactical 32%, Casual 13.3%, 2D 6.4%, Indie 2.2%
- #50 Puzzle 3D
70% 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 50.7%, Puzzle 26%, Casual 15.9%, Indie 7.4%
- #51 Hexcross
70% 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 59.6%, Puzzle 21.1%, Casual 10.8%, Indie 8.6%
- #52 Wave Mechanics
69% matchPositive86% of 50 reviews2015
Dev: Adam Tarnowski
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 5.5 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 55.2%, Puzzle 22.2%, Casual 14.9%, Indie 7.7%
- #53 【ひまつぶしジグゾーパズル】おやすみみのむし
69% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: さくらもち天皇
Windows
Easy! Cute! Puzzle Game!
Why similar: Strategy 30.7%, Puzzle 27.8%, Pixel Graphics 17%, Casual 10.9%, Retro 5.6%
- #54 The Experimental Adventures of Lame & Cheesy
68% 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 63.1%, Puzzle 19.8%, Casual 17.1%
- #55 Tile Blast Royale
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Redping Games
Windows
Minesweeper became a turn-based battle royale. Move your hero, open tiles, claim territory, steal enemy ground, and survive Sudden Death in online or local multiplayer.
Why similar: Strategy 33.8%, Puzzle 19.5%, Tactical 14.4%, Casual 10%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%
- #56 Super Hot Potato
66% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2021
Dev: Paul Connor
Windows
Rescue stranded potatoes, avoid deadly snails, slugs and spades, and clear 40 increasingly challenging levels in this fast-paced retro-inspired arcade puzzle adventure.
Why similar: Strategy 34%, Puzzle 18.2%, Tactical 14.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%, Casual 9.8%
- #57 Suspicious Slide
67% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2019
Dev: Sami Kilani
Windows
Suspicious Slide takes the "ice slide" puzzle to the next level.
Why similar: Strategy 52.9%, Puzzle 21%, Casual 15.8%, Indie 7.9%, Singleplayer 2.4%
- #58 Newton's Cradle Puzzle Game
66% matchPositive85% of 27 reviews2020
Dev: Peter Hijma
Windows · Mac · Linux
Newton's Cradle Puzzle Game is a minimalistic, relaxing & challenging puzzle game.
Why similar: Strategy 49.8%, Tactical 14.8%, Casual 14%, Puzzle 10.4%, Indie 7.2%
- #59 Hexadrift
67% 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 53.1%, Puzzle 17.9%, Casual 16.4%, Indie 7.9%, 2D 4.8%