Games Like Fractal: Make Blooms Not War

Tetris® Effect: Connected adds an all-new robust multiplayer expansion to the huge variety of addictive and innovative single-player modes that Tetris Effect is known for, with all-new co-op and competitive online and local multiplayer modes!

Why similar: Puzzle 52.6%, Casual 26.9%, Indie 20.4%

Why You'll Like It: It elevates the classic puzzle formula with stunning, reactive visual effects and a rhythmic soundtrack that perfectly mirrors the sensory experience of Fractal.

The critically-acclaimed puzzle game produced by legendary creator Tetsuya Mizuguchi comes to PC.

Why similar: Puzzle 56.7%, Casual 27.7%, Indie 15.6%

Why You'll Like It: This title is the gold standard for rhythm-based puzzle games, where every move you make contributes to the music and visual landscape.

Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.

Why similar: Indie 77%, Casual 14.5%, Puzzle 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the intense, geometric, and rhythm-driven focus of the seed game, demanding high-speed precision in a minimalist environment.

Experience a mind-bending, psychedelic sensory overload in Dyad! Blast through a reactive audio-visual tube creating a harmonious synthesis of color and sound as you Hook, Graze, and Lance enemies to master Dyad's 27 unique levels.

Why similar: Indie 100%

Why You'll Like It: This psychedelic racing-puzzle hybrid uses color and sound to create a disorienting, trance-like state similar to the seed game.

Splice is an experimental and artistic puzzler. Immerse yourself in its microbial world and start splicing! Every level ("strand") consists of a number of cells that you will need to rearrange into a target structure in several moves ("splices").

Why similar: Puzzle 55.2%, Casual 23.9%, Indie 20.8%

Why You'll Like It: This puzzle game features a relaxing, organic aesthetic and a great soundtrack that encourages a meditative state.

The legendary action-shooter finally comes to PC, and in style! Blast your way through mind-melting visuals and amazing beats, all in your quest through cyberspace to save a world on the verge of collapse. Playable on your desktop or in fully immersive VR.

Why You'll Like It: A quintessential synesthesia experience that turns shooting and movement into a rhythmic, musical performance.

Turn light into sound in this multi-award winning game from the creators of Fractal!

Why similar: Puzzle 43.3%, Casual 31.6%, Indie 25.2%

Why You'll Like It: A beautiful, music-centric puzzle game where you manipulate light and sound to create a harmonious composition.

Welcome to the psychedelic world of Vectronom: experience waves of color and a pulsing geometric path that changes with the beat! All set to a hypnotic electronic soundtrack. There’s only one thing to do: turn up the volume and go with the flow.

Why similar: Puzzle 56%, Casual 44%

Why You'll Like It: This rhythm-based platformer requires players to move and solve puzzles in perfect sync with a pulsing electronic beat.

Experience the music in a new way. Feel it pulse around you. The Polynomial is a 3D space shooter with unique, fractal based scenery that animates to the music.

Why similar: Indie 52.3%, Casual 47.7%

Why You'll Like It: It is a procedurally generated space shooter that reacts to your music, creating a visual spectacle very similar to the seed game's dreamscape.

Mixolumia is an entrancing musical arcade puzzler where diamond blocks slide together on a gem-shaped board and explode in glittering chain reactions.

Why similar: Puzzle 57.6%, Casual 31.4%, Indie 11%

Why You'll Like It: A modern, colorful puzzle game that emphasizes fluid movement and a dynamic, music-responsive aesthetic.

Wrap your way to bliss in Zen Bound 2, the unique down-tempo indie game! This is a different gaming experience: an opportunity to slow down, zone out and focus on a task that’s challenging but not stressful, a set of gentle puzzles for the mind and fingers to solve.

Why similar: Puzzle 50.1%, Casual 29.3%, Indie 20.7%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on tactile, relaxing puzzle-solving with a minimalist art style that emphasizes focus and calm.

Thumper is rhythm violence: classic rhythm-action, blistering speed, and brutal physicality. You are a space beetle. Brave the hellish void and confront a maniacal giant head from the future.

Why similar: Indie 100%

Why You'll Like It: While more aggressive, it captures the same high-BPM intensity and rhythmic synchronization found in the seed game.

Ride your music in more ways than ever before. Audiosurf 2 is the music game for your entire music collection. Hundreds of mods/skins on Workshop. Free demo available.

Why similar: Indie 43.7%, Casual 33.5%, Puzzle 22.8%

Why You'll Like It: It allows you to turn your own music library into a rhythmic puzzle-racing experience, directly echoing the music-driven nature of Fractal.

FRACT is a musical exploration game. You arrive in a forgotten place and explore the vast and unfamiliar landscape to discover the secrets of a world built on sound. You rebuild its machinery by solving puzzles and bring the world back to life by shaping sound and creating music in the game.

Why similar: Puzzle 57.3%, Indie 30.3%, Casual 12.5%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person exploration game centered on musical puzzles, perfect for those who enjoy the sound-design focus of Fractal.

An overwhelmingly psychedelic puzzle game full of mirrors, over-saturated colors, and infinities.

Why similar: Puzzle 54.4%, Casual 27.5%, Indie 18.1%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, psychedelic puzzle game that plays with perspective and geometry in a way that feels deeply experimental.

Enter the ambient world of Osmos: elegant, physics-based gameplay, dreamlike visuals, and a minimalist, electronic soundtrack. Your objective is to grow by absorbing other motes. Propel yourself by ejecting matter behind you. But be wise: ejecting matter also shrinks you. Relax - good things come to those who wait.

Why similar: Puzzle 43.1%, Casual 31.6%, Indie 25.3%

Why You'll Like It: An abstract physics-based game that uses ambient music and slow-motion movement to create a hypnotic, meditative experience.

Micron is a unique fusion of puzzle and rhythm gameplay. Place pieces on the board to deflect bullets of energy that fire to the beat. Guide the bullets to the exit through 51 challenging levels — and 12 bonus levels — featuring a variety of distinctive soundscapes. Your solutions create the music.

Why similar: Puzzle 37.3%, Casual 35.5%, Indie 27.2%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist rhythm-puzzle game where you place units to deflect beats, mirroring the core mechanics of the seed game.

Can you push all the buttons?

Why similar: Puzzle 41.8%, Casual 38.1%, Indie 20.1%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, relaxing puzzle game that focuses on simple interactions and a clean, satisfying aesthetic.

Rediscover gravity and explore an Escher-esque world of impossible architecture. Witness infinity in first-person and master its rules to solve physics-defying puzzles. Cultivate a garden to open new paths forward, where an eternal expanse awaits.

Why similar: Puzzle 78.2%, Indie 21.8%

Why You'll Like It: An abstract, surreal puzzle game that uses impossible geometry to create a sense of wonder and exploration.

Brainpipe is a first person game of spatial navigation and quick reflexes. Supported by hypnotic graphics, ear tickling sound effects and immersive dreamscape music, the game's free floating, forward moving intensity gradually increases from serene to frenetic as you play.

Why similar: Casual 57.4%, Indie 42.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a trippy, psychedelic tunnel-running experience that matches the visual intensity of the seed game.

Navigate the beauty and hazards of the solar system while riding a wave of light through 100+ levels in this innovative action-puzzle game!

Why similar: Indie 42.5%, Puzzle 39.6%, Casual 17.9%

Why You'll Like It: A unique puzzle game where you control a wave of light, emphasizing rhythm and fluid movement through space.

Turba provides a gameplay experience unlike any you have encountered before. Load in music from your PC and combo blocks to your favorite tunes in this unique new twist on the “match-3” style game! The blocks on the game board generate and move to the beat of the song you choose.

Why similar: Casual 60.8%, Indie 39.2%

Why You'll Like It: A match-3 game that uses your own music to generate the level, blending rhythm and puzzle mechanics seamlessly.

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: Puzzle 46.3%, Indie 32.1%, Casual 21.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game blends complex geometric puzzles with an elegant, minimalist aesthetic that feels like a natural evolution of the seed game's visual style.

Minimal puzzle game.

Why similar: Puzzle 53.4%, Casual 28.6%, Indie 18%

Why You'll Like It: A short, minimalist puzzle game that relies on simple geometric manipulation, perfect for a quick, relaxing session.

Deceptively simple. Infinitely complex. LYNE is a minimalist puzzle game that will knot your brain as it calms your soul. Connect the shapes. Fill the board. Lose yourself in the interflowing paths of LYNE.

Why similar: Puzzle 63.5%, Casual 21.6%, Indie 14.9%

Why You'll Like It: A clean, elegant puzzle game that uses line-drawing mechanics to create complex patterns on a grid.

HOOK is a short minimal, puzzle game.

Why similar: Puzzle 53.1%, Casual 33.5%, Indie 13.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game strips away all unnecessary elements to focus purely on the satisfaction of solving minimalist geometric puzzles.

Dodge the music and weave through an endless ballet of bullets in an all-new collection of hand-crafted levels set to the music of an award-winning cast of international musicians. Turn any song into an amazing experience with the robust Level Editor and never run out of things to dodge.

Why similar: Casual 100%

Why You'll Like It: A music-based avoidance game where the entire screen pulses and reacts to the beat of the soundtrack.

The UnderGarden is a casual Zen game that challenges players to explore beautiful underground caverns filled with strange life forms, sound, music and plenty of hidden secrets. Casual gamers with an affinity towards puzzle games will enjoy The UnderGarden’s modern exploration quest filled with brain teasing games that combine state of...

Why similar: Casual 58.5%, Puzzle 41.5%

Why You'll Like It: A relaxing, exploration-based puzzle game that features a beautiful, bioluminescent underwater world.

Experience the rhythmic thrill of BIT.TRIP RUNNER! With its retro charm, simple controls, and award-winning visuals, this classic sets the standard for rhythm gaming. Don't miss the game that started it all in the acclaimed runner series.

Why similar: Indie 100%

Why You'll Like It: A classic rhythm-action game that turns every jump and slide into a musical note, matching the seed game's energy.

Circa Infinity is a brain-melting circular platformer by Kenny Sun, with a pulse-pounding soundtrack by Jack + Jim Fay.

Why similar: Indie 51.2%, Puzzle 48.8%

Why You'll Like It: A mind-bending, rhythmic platformer that uses circular geometry and psychedelic visuals to challenge your perception.

This is a surreal exploration game. Explore a massive fractal with great complexities. You can shrink infinitely to go deeper into the fractal. Or you can become larger by growing. Inner space awaits you in this infinite world.

Why similar: Indie 100%

Relaxing Forest Clicker. Play as a sprite, solving puzzles with unique abilities. Experience an atmospheric woodland aesthetic and a calming environmental tone. It is a rewarding journey from casual clicking to strategic mastery.

Why similar: Puzzle 60.3%, Casual 39.7%

Explore impossible geometry and optical illusions!

Why similar: Puzzle 39.2%, Casual 35.4%, Indie 25.4%

HER TREES : PUZZLE DREAM is a unique point-and-click puzzle game where you move and combine objects to solve puzzles. Unravel the strange puzzles hidden in your dreams.

Why similar: Puzzle 85.6%, Indie 14.4%

Discover a new way to match blocks in this otherworldly, Zen-like, relaxing puzzle experience. Lucid is the world's first Match-All puzzle game, in which you clear areas by combining all the blocks of an area. Enjoy the stunning visuals and relaxing sound effects as you make combos and hunt for the next perfect area to clear.

Why similar: Casual 40.6%, Puzzle 37.2%, Indie 22.2%

Critical Mass is an action puzzle game that takes traditional match 3 and brings it into the world of 3D.

Why similar: Puzzle 46.5%, Casual 32%, Indie 21.5%

Discover the peaceful beauty of Chromatic Isle, a 30-minute getaway where music and puzzles unite in the four seasons. Whether you're a seasoned gamer or new to puzzles, this harmonious journey awaits. Unveil the secrets of each season in Chromatic Isle.

Why similar: Puzzle 55.5%, Casual 33.9%, Indie 10.6%

Spiral Splatter is a brain-bending arcade puzzle game that will push your hand-eye coordination to the limit with nonstop, mind-boggling puzzles!

Why similar: Casual 38.2%, Puzzle 35.8%, Indie 26%

Explore imaginary landscapes, like you're flying in another world. Observe and dive into those chaotic shapes all around you. And even transform them! You're totally free to move where you want, you will discover a tremendous variety of shapes and colors!

Why similar: Casual 100%

SLICE your way through the worlds of mind trials.

Why similar: Casual 44.4%, Indie 33%, Puzzle 22.6%

Find solutions to 100 unique puzzles and experience the satisfaction of "Aha" moments!

Why similar: Puzzle 54.6%, Casual 25.5%, Indie 19.9%

From the twisted puzzle minds behind the award winning Toki Tori comes a new game, simply called RUSH. Fortunately for fans of high quality puzzle games, RUSH is anything but simple. In the game's fully three dimensional levels, players need to guide cubes to color coded exit points using Conveyor belts, Warps, Stops Signs, Splits and...

Why similar: Puzzle 57.3%, Casual 23.9%, Indie 18.8%

Welcome to Blockwick 2 – a world of jumbled blocks and colorful shapes. It’s up to you to unscramble the blocks and connect the colors. The game introduces a slew of new block types – entangled blocks, sticky blocks, caterpillar blocks, and more.

Why similar: Puzzle 42.2%, Casual 33.2%, Indie 24.6%

Spring Falls is a puzzle game about water, erosion, and watching things grow. Manipulate the landscape and bring wildflowers to life on a peaceful mountainside.

Why similar: Puzzle 41.1%, Casual 35.2%, Indie 23.8%

Modify geometry and experience a gaming genre that is truly unique, different, beautiful and serene all in one.

Why similar: Indie 51.9%, Casual 48.1%

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: Puzzle 45%, Indie 35.4%, Casual 19.6%

Extend all lines from numbers to fill up the grids. Puzzles are sometimes meditative. Yet often challenging.

Why similar: Puzzle 45.8%, Casual 44.5%, Indie 9.7%

Lowglow - an audiovisual puzzle journey. Glowingly beautiful graphics combined with a dynamic audio environment make sure that Lowglow is an unforgettable, mind-bending experience for you!

Why similar: Puzzle 40.8%, Casual 31.6%, Indie 27.6%

A puzzle game with challenging puzzles, but forgiving mechanics. Master the use of your color changing staff to solve mind bending puzzles, unlock new areas, and help out your friends. Undo any mistake with the press of a button.

Why similar: Puzzle 85.3%, Indie 14.7%

Catch a wave in this smooth sound-surfing platformer: Let ethereal tunes carry you fluidly through serene abstract landscapes, tune into soothing sound spheres and revel in a meditative journey of life.

Why similar: Puzzle 59.4%, Casual 23.1%, Indie 17.5%

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: Puzzle 50.2%, Indie 49.8%

Colorzzle is an easy and relaxing puzzle game. When you match the colors, the trees grow and flowers bloom. Grow up every plants to clear the stage. You can start easily, but it will become more and more difficult as you proceed.

Why similar: Casual 37.3%, Puzzle 36.2%, Indie 26.4%

Tandis is a puzzle game where you discover mind-bending geometric shapes.

Why similar: Puzzle 46.7%, Casual 31.7%, Indie 21.7%

A simple game of touch, pleasure and joy.Luxuria Superbia is a colorful, musical journey made to fill you with joy. Exciting designs explode from your touch as you glide through playful stylized flowers. It’s all about the experience and the interaction.There’s twelve flower-like tunnels and a garden with a temple.

Why similar: Casual 56.9%, Indie 43.1%

CubeLink is a flow puzzle game with a twist. By spinning the cube around you can connect colours in every direction. Unlock more challenging levels as you progress.

Why similar: Casual 42.1%, Indie 31.3%, Puzzle 26.6%

A simple casual game where you light up floor tiles in a level in order to go to the next level.

Why similar: Casual 45.3%, Puzzle 44.2%, Indie 10.5%

A dynamic clicker puzzle simulating real physics.

Why similar: Casual 43.4%, Indie 31.3%, Puzzle 25.3%

Colorful Recolor is a fast-paced puzzle game with a kaleidoscopic collection of brain teasers. Play through 100 levels with engaging mechanics, striking biomes, 10+ distinct elements, and an abundance of colors. Paint your way through this colorful world!

Why similar: Puzzle 69.2%, Casual 30.8%

Explore a unique and connected world. Understand its fragile balance, uncover its deepest questions, and find more than just the answers.

Why similar: Puzzle 77%, Indie 23%