
Your friend got lost in a complex maze and really wants to get out of there as soon as possible. You don't know where exactly he is, but you can communicate with him by sending simple text messages. Can you save him?
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Minimalist, Puzzle, Casual, 2D.

Your friend got lost in a complex maze and really wants to get out of there as soon as possible. You don't know where exactly he is, but you can communicate with him by sending simple text messages. Can you save him?

Insight
Guess the rules, divide shapes, solve puzzles. 49 variants with consistent rulessets.

Understand
Understand is an experimental puzzle game about guessing rules. In each level, you have to figure out the rules through trial and error, then draw a line satisfying all rules.
Guess the rules, divide shapes, solve puzzles. 49 variants with consistent rulessets.
Why similar: Abstract 30.3%, Minimalist 17.1%, Experimental 17.1%, Logic 14.7%, Puzzle 9.3%
Understand is an experimental puzzle game about guessing rules. In each level, you have to figure out the rules through trial and error, then draw a line satisfying all rules.
Why similar: Experimental 34%, Abstract 25.9%, Minimalist 14.9%, Logic 12.8%, Puzzle 8.1%
Minesweeper but the rules are changing.
Why similar: Experimental 36.6%, Abstract 21.1%, Logic 15.2%, Minimalist 14.7%, Puzzle 11.7%
You are Death, the Grim Reaper, the dark collector of lost souls. Unfortunately, your horse has fallen ill so you need to drive a bus instead.
Why similar: Experimental 28.8%, Abstract 14.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.6%, Minimalist 12.4%, Puzzle 8.6%
A parody homage to classic RPG Maker horror games where your name will make an impact on the events you encounter as you travel through the abstract environment you have escaped to.
Why similar: Abstract 21.9%, Walking Simulator 16.6%, Minimalist 13.1%, Old School 8.4%, Top-Down 7.8%
A short visual novel about finding your name and a girl in the fog.
Why similar: Experimental 34.8%, Abstract 21.8%, Text-Based 14.3%, Minimalist 10.2%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%
goto is a minimalistic maze game which leads you to finish each level by moving in 4 directions, avoiding obstacles and clearing the path.
Why similar: Minimalist 17.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.6%, 1980s 13.4%, Top-Down 8.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.2%
A miniature frozen between the atmosphere of a small room and Castaneda with Lovecraft. The story of radical spiritual practices in the search for truth among panels and stacks.
Why similar: Experimental 38.8%, Walking Simulator 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Minimalist 12.4%, Stylized 7.2%
Casual next level maze game with 150 levels, in 5 different maze categories, with 3 full customizable modes and 12 color themes for anyone who like solving mazes. Main idea was to add some new features like moving walls and 3D weave type of maze.
Why similar: Abstract 23.3%, Minimalist 14%, 1980s 13%, Logic 10.4%, Puzzle 10%
A 2D turn-based strategy game. PUSH, PULL, CHAIN, SWING. Check out what's new on the game board!
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 27%, Turn-Based Tactics 21.1%, Abstract 20.2%, Logic 10.2%, Puzzle 8.3%
A minimalist puzzle game in which you rotate the world instead of controlling the player. Play through the many level packs and compare your score to others in the leaderboards.
Why similar: Experimental 49%, Minimalist 17.6%, Abstract 14.6%, Logic 7.5%, Puzzle 5.8%
A Post-Apocalyptic store run gone wrong, keep moving, don't get hit, get that TP!
Why similar: Experimental 31.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Survival 9.5%, Minimalist 9.1%, Top-Down 9.1%
This is an adventure and puzzle game inspired by old school games of 1980s like Atic Atac from ZX Spectrum. You walk in a cursed house avoiding enemies and finding keys and magical scrolls. The game is playable with 3rd person, 1st person and top down views. Created by a solo developer.
Why similar: Abstract 21%, 1980s 16.4%, Minimalist 12.6%, Walking Simulator 11.9%, Old School 9.7%
Linklight is a relaxing minimalist puzzle game that consists of rotation based puzzles; unplug yourself from your surroundings as you navigate your way through endless puzzles.
Why similar: Experimental 28.9%, Abstract 21.7%, Minimalist 13.7%, Logic 10.4%, Puzzle 8.2%
Play a series of tiny games based on well-known classics, each with a unique twist and connected to each other. Race cars, hit golf balls, uncover mines, and more in this experimental action/puzzle game.
Why similar: Experimental 57.5%, Minimalist 12%, Puzzle 11.6%, Stylized 6.7%, Pixel Graphics 5.8%
Deceptively simple. Infinitely complex. Hack Grid is a retro puzzle game that will test your wits as it brings you back in time. Move the pieces around until only one remains. Re-live the days of DOS gaming.
Why similar: Abstract 19.1%, 1980s 14.5%, Minimalist 12.7%, Logic 11.6%, Old School 9.1%
Cute, relaxing, polygonal memory game with dinosaurs.
Why similar: Experimental 30.1%, Abstract 18.4%, Minimalist 13.5%, Old School 10.1%, Puzzle 8.8%
An experimental, minimalistic microgame about loneliness. Originally released as a Flash game in 2010 that was featured by Extra Credits.
Why similar: Experimental 29.6%, Abstract 18.7%, Walking Simulator 14.2%, Minimalist 11.4%, Stylized 7.2%
An endless torture game set in the distorted remnants of forgotten RPGMaker puzzles.
Why similar: Abstract 19.8%, Walking Simulator 19.7%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Top-Down 10.5%, Puzzle 8.8%
Mega Mosaic is a meditative game about completing a single enormous puzzle
Why similar: Experimental 39.4%, Logic 18.7%, Minimalist 17.8%, Puzzle 14.2%, Pixel Graphics 6.2%
Tricolo is a deceptively small 3×3 logic puzzle where every piece moves in order and blocks others — you must plan each move perfectly to beat the puzzle. The sophisticated puzzle rules and various gimmicks demand deep thought within a limited space.
Why similar: Experimental 43.1%, Minimalist 18.5%, Logic 15.9%, Puzzle 11.9%, Atmospheric 5%
A short narrative deduction game set in the overly litigious bowels of Hell. A simple text-based investigative game about asking the right questions of the right people. When surrounded by pathological liars always remember, the detail's in the devils. A simple text-based investigative game.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Text-Based 19.6%, Abstract 19.3%, Minimalist 10.6%, Puzzle 10.4%
This game is a grid-based puzzle with a twist: The layout of each level is hidden from you at the start of every room. 60 levels filled with various puzzles. Make determinations on your surroundings, project your moves, utilize mechanics of teleportation, wraparounds and more!
Why similar: Experimental 45.9%, Puzzle 12.5%, Minimalist 9.4%, Stylized 7.3%, Logic 7%
Connect non-matching pieces to reach level 99.
Why similar: Experimental 28.2%, Abstract 15.4%, Minimalist 13.2%, Logic 10.5%, Puzzle 9.2%
An abstract interactive experience about a Gap
Why similar: Experimental 40.6%, Abstract 30.8%, Minimalist 17.4%, 2D 6.9%, Puzzle 3.2%
There are one million buttons. Only one button is correct. The correct button is chosen randomly, and there are no hints. Good luck!
Why similar: Experimental 44%, Abstract 24.2%, Minimalist 19.7%, Walking Simulator 10.8%, Singleplayer 1.2%
XOB. Kinetic. Psychedelic. Poetic. Aesthetic. 100 masterfully designed puzzles.
Why similar: Experimental 34%, Abstract 21.1%, Logic 11.2%, Minimalist 8.8%, Stylized 8.7%
On her way to cover the biggest story of her career, Brea Tena fumbles her way into a dark mysterious town called Ash Pines, the birthplace of the tragic events that took place in Just Ignore Them.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.6%, Interactive Fiction 23.1%, Puzzle 10.9%, Top-Down 10.3%, Stylized 9.3%
Cute, relaxing, polygonal memory game with butterflies.
Why similar: Experimental 25.8%, Abstract 21.3%, Minimalist 14.1%, Old School 10.2%, Puzzle 9.1%
A minimalist, hardcore, and challenging drag-and-drop game in the avoid-em-up genre that will test your reflexes, timing, and planning! This game is as hard as hell!
Why similar: Abstract 21.1%, Experimental 19.6%, Minimalist 13.3%, Stylized 9.8%, Old School 9.7%
Poly Jigsaw: Dogs is a traditional style jigsaw puzzle game, with a doggy.
Why similar: Experimental 28.6%, Abstract 20.4%, Minimalist 13.4%, Old School 9.8%, Puzzle 8.8%
The Wake is a record of past wounds opened at a three-day funeral. The journal is encoded with a simple substitution cipher that the player must break in order to reveal the writer’s psyche and discover the contradictions that define him.
Why similar: Experimental 33.3%, Text-Based 19.8%, Minimalist 8.8%, Puzzle 8.8%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%
Robot Vacuum Cleaner Quest is an exploration adventure game. Reveal the house of Detectif Poirry as a robot vacuum cleaner, bump its inhabitants for stories, and clean your way to victory.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21%, Walking Simulator 20.7%, Abstract 16%, Text-Based 10%, Puzzle 9.5%
Play as you playing as you.
Why similar: Experimental 36.9%, Abstract 18.7%, Minimalist 12.9%, Puzzle 8.3%, Stylized 7.9%
A game about boredom and self-pity. It's about myself mostly. You walk around and press the 'interact' button. Sorry for making this.
Why similar: Experimental 41.9%, Walking Simulator 23.7%, Abstract 23.6%, Dark 10.9%
Play as an ancient warrior that has been tasked to light the sealed beacons of its millenary Order. Avoid the impending doom and complete 50 different puzzles as you aid the Jade Goddess cleanse the land from the cursed flames of the plague.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 22.9%, Abstract 19.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 17.6%, Puzzle 10%, Logic 9.3%
This is a game in which you have to help an unknown creature to go to a magical portal through many mazes.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.9%, Minimalist 17.8%, Puzzle 15.1%, Top-Down 12%, Stylized 9.1%
A short experimental visual novel about obsessive counting.
Why similar: Experimental 39.9%, Abstract 23.7%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Text-Based 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 6.4%
Poly Jigsaw: Butterflies is a traditional style jigsaw puzzle game, with a cute butterflies.
Why similar: Experimental 28.1%, Abstract 20.7%, Minimalist 13.5%, Old School 9.9%, Puzzle 8.9%
Do you like music? Do you like video games? Well, I don't really care, because either way you are going to like our soundtrack. It has over 30 minutes of original music on it, it features uninterrupted listening and 2 full songs that are exclusive only to the OST and cannot be found anywhere else.
Why similar: Experimental 57.1%, Text-Based 19.2%, 1980s 17%, 2D 5.7%, Singleplayer 0.9%
The Ocean Will Have Us All is a first person exploration game.Experience a day in the subatomic life of Moira Leech. Get up, go to work, go home, go back to sleep. Or. Go off the the beaten track! Take charge! Stick your finger in an electrical socket!
Why similar: Experimental 32.8%, Abstract 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Minimalist 11%, Stylized 6.5%
A simultaneous turn based strategy board game. Outwit your oppenent, either a friend locally, a Steam friend online or the AI.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 21.1%, Abstract 20.4%, Minimalist 15.5%, Logic 13%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.9%
Testimonium is a bite-sized, experimental analog horror game designed to push your psychological limits. PLAY THE TAPE.
Why similar: Experimental 36.4%, Walking Simulator 22.8%, Abstract 15.1%, Puzzle 7.4%, Old School 6.3%
10mg is a collection of 10 minute long games. Always Down is about going away.
Why similar: Experimental 47.1%, Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Abstract 14.2%, Minimalist 8.3%, Stylized 4.2%
One wish to shape a game forever. Wait 2 hours in darkness, make your request, and watch it become real for those who comes after.
Why similar: Experimental 47.1%, Walking Simulator 22.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Minimalist 7.6%, Atmospheric 4.4%
YANKAI'S TRIANGLE is a love letter to TRIANGLES. A puzzling puzzle game about the beauty and joy of infinitely tapping on TRIANGLES for some reason.
Why similar: Experimental 40.9%, Abstract 31.2%, Puzzle 14.4%, Dark 6.4%, 2D 5.4%
A minimalist logic game. Can you solve for 𝒙?
Why similar: Experimental 23.6%, Abstract 21.5%, Minimalist 14.1%, Logic 13.1%, Puzzle 9.1%
Soul Nexus is a text-based adventure game where you explore strange environments and interact with even stranger individuals. Will you wander the spaces forever or will you eventually fulfil your goal of being free?
Why similar: Text-Based 19.1%, Walking Simulator 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Abstract 16.5%, Minimalist 8.4%
Higgs Boson: Challenging Puzzle is a minimalist and challenging puzzle game where the player must rotate pieces considering the move limit to assemble a particle accelerator.
Why similar: Abstract 28.3%, Experimental 25.6%, Minimalist 21.3%, Logic 13.3%, Puzzle 11.3%
A minimalist, hardcore, and challenging drag-and-drop game in the avoid-em-up genre that will test your reflexes, timing, and planning! This game is as hard as hell!
Why similar: Abstract 28%, Minimalist 13.2%, Top-Down 12.6%, Stylized 11.6%, Puzzle 11.2%
INTRAQUARTZ is a multidimensional experimental maze puzzler where you control a microscopic mining rover inside extraterrestrial crystals.
Why similar: Experimental 38.8%, Abstract 24.4%, Minimalist 14.5%, Puzzle 9.5%, Logic 7%
Merge, pop, burst and... annihilate?! Play with bubbles and antibubbles to discover their strange properties in this abstract puzzle game.
Why similar: Abstract 29.2%, Logic 17.2%, Puzzle 12.3%, Dark 9.8%, Top-Down 7.5%
The Appraiser is a short, first person narrative game. As an art appraiser you will sell the art collection of a dying man. Each painting is by 4 famed artist. They have a story to tell you, but only if you choose to listen.
Why similar: Experimental 31.7%, Walking Simulator 21.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Abstract 8.9%, Minimalist 8.6%
Trackless is an atmospheric first-person exploration and puzzle game set in the distant future. Trackless uses text input that allows you to interact with characters and objects. Using your in-game phone will help you find clues and give you special abilities.
Why similar: Experimental 22.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Walking Simulator 16.4%, Text-Based 14.9%, Puzzle 10.4%
Create a custom character, and be whoever you want to be! Enjoy traversing strange worlds, and mastering action command combat as you fight strange and odd and weird enemies and bosses! Remember, this is your adventure!
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 27.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 25.8%, Minimalist 16%, Top-Down 12.2%, Pixel Graphics 10.3%
LogiNode is set in a web of nodes that are either blank or colorful, but most of them are hidden. Your job is to deduce whether the hidden nodes are blank or colorful, using the information they give you. If you like challenging Minesweeper-like games that do not require guessing, this is for you!
Why similar: Abstract 32.1%, Minimalist 23.8%, Logic 23.2%, Puzzle 18.5%, Singleplayer 2.4%
Explore an abstract ecosystem in What Surrounds Us, a cozy indie puzzling adventure. Encounter unique species and solve environmental challenges to protect their colourful habitat. Find your way through curious biomes and overcome the threat looming over this peaceful little world.
Why similar: Experimental 35.5%, Walking Simulator 23.4%, Abstract 19.3%, Minimalist 11.3%, Atmospheric 6.3%
"Fliese" is a minimal logic puzzle game
Why similar: Abstract 27.3%, Minimalist 24.2%, Logic 18.4%, Puzzle 14.9%, Pixel Graphics 6.7%
A story of a simple walk home, with a sprinkling of intrusive thoughts. Make a few choices, decide what's best, and please, try not to overthink.
Why similar: Abstract 26.4%, Text-Based 17.4%, Minimalist 15.7%, Stylized 9.5%, Old School 9.3%