Games Like Hade

Hexcells Infinite is an ambient logic puzzle game for PC, Mac and Linux.

Why similar: Puzzle 39.4%, Minimalist 15.5%, Casual 12%, Strategy 9.3%, Indie 8%

Why You'll Like It: This game is the gold standard for minimalist logic puzzles, offering a clean interface and satisfying deductive gameplay similar to Hade.

Hexcells Plus is an ambient logic puzzle game for PC, Mac and Linux.

Why similar: Puzzle 41.9%, Strategy 11.7%, Casual 11.6%, Minimalist 11.2%, Indie 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a series of increasingly complex logic puzzles that demand careful thought within a minimalist, distraction-free environment.

Hexcells is an ambient logic puzzle game for PC, Mac and Linux.

Why similar: Puzzle 43.9%, Casual 13.1%, Minimalist 13%, Strategy 10.4%, Indie 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: The original entry in the series establishes the perfect balance of logic-based challenge and relaxing, minimalist design.

SiNKR is a minimalist puzzler using various contraptions to sink pucks. Responsive ambient music. No holes left behind.

Why similar: Strategy 24.4%, Puzzle 19%, Minimalist 18.6%, Difficult 14.3%, Casual 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: It shares Hade's minimalist approach to mechanics, tasking players with solving spatial puzzles through simple, intuitive interactions.

SiNKR 2 is a minimalist puzzle game evolved from the award winning SiNKR. There is just you, hooks, pucks, and various contraptions. Subtle differences within level themes drive different solutions to superficially similar scenarios.

Why similar: Strategy 23.6%, Puzzle 20.8%, Minimalist 18.4%, Relaxing 10%, Difficult 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: Building on its predecessor, this game introduces more complex mechanics while maintaining the same relaxing, minimalist atmosphere.

Tametsi is a difficult logic game played on a set of tiles, in which you must use the clues provided to discover and mark hidden mines.

Why similar: Puzzle 36.4%, Difficult 35.3%, Indie 13.7%, Minimalist 7.4%, Strategy 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: This title offers a high level of difficulty for logic enthusiasts, featuring a minimalist aesthetic that keeps the focus entirely on solving the grid.

Minimal puzzle game.

Why similar: Puzzle 28.8%, Minimalist 26.3%, Relaxing 16.5%, Casual 14.6%, Indie 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: It is a quintessential minimalist puzzle game that focuses on relaxing, tactile interactions and satisfying logic-based progression.

HOOK is a short minimal, puzzle game.

Why similar: Puzzle 30.7%, Minimalist 20.9%, Casual 18.3%, Relaxing 17.3%, Indie 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game strips away all unnecessary elements to focus on pure, minimalist puzzle-solving that is both calming and mentally engaging.

Relaxing puzzle game, telling the story of Eon through gorgeous art and music.

Why similar: Puzzle 36.9%, Minimalist 20.9%, Casual 18%, Indie 15.3%, Relaxing 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a beautiful, minimalist experience where the focus is on solving spatial puzzles in a stress-free, atmospheric setting.

Unitied is a minimalistic & relaxing puzzle game

Why similar: Strategy 25.2%, Casual 16.2%, Puzzle 13.8%, Indie 12.6%, Minimalist 12.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game features minimalist, grid-based movement puzzles that require logical thinking and precise planning.

Polimines is a challenging logic game that brings together mechanics from Nonograms and Minesweeper. Solve increasingly difficult hand-designed levels in this puzzle game where guessing is never required.

Why similar: Difficult 20.6%, Puzzle 19.8%, Minimalist 18.5%, Strategy 18.2%, Casual 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game provides a challenging logic experience that feels like a natural evolution for fans of minimalist, grid-based puzzle games.

CrossCells is an ambient logic puzzle game.

Why similar: Puzzle 30%, Strategy 23.5%, Casual 18.2%, Minimalist 14.1%, Indie 14.1%

Why You'll Like It: It utilizes a minimalist aesthetic to present a series of logic puzzles that are easy to learn but difficult to master.

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 29.3%, Difficult 21.3%, Minimalist 19%, Relaxing 9.8%, Casual 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: It is a minimalist, logic-based puzzle game that emphasizes simplicity and a relaxing, rhythmic flow.

Sokobond is an elegantly designed puzzle game about chemistry. It's logical, minimalist, and beautiful - crafted with love and science.

Why similar: Difficult 23.7%, Puzzle 18.6%, Strategy 17.9%, Minimalist 14.8%, Casual 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game combines minimalist design with deep, logic-based chemistry puzzles that are both challenging and incredibly satisfying to solve.

Plan the train route for the universe's most awkward space colony!

Why similar: Difficult 26.6%, Puzzle 20.2%, Strategy 18.3%, Minimalist 15.2%, Relaxing 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: It features a clean, minimalist look and challenging path-finding puzzles that require careful planning and logical deduction.

Linelight is an elegant puzzle game set in a world of lines.

Why similar: Puzzle 35.2%, Casual 23.9%, Indie 19.1%, Minimalist 16.7%, Relaxing 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly captures the relaxing, minimalist feel of Hade while providing a series of clever, logic-driven puzzles.

Relax, clear your mind and find the way out.

Why similar: Puzzle 22.8%, Difficult 19%, Minimalist 14%, Casual 13%, Indie 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game features difficult, minimalist puzzles that require players to think logically to clear the board.

YELLOW is a liminal survival horror game. As a M.E.G. inspector in hazmat gear, explore unstable Backrooms zones to document "Undocumented" entities. With zero data available, you must study these lethal threats, uncover their origins, and solve the mystery of why new levels are appearing.

Why similar: Indie 100%

Why You'll Like It: This minimalist puzzle game focuses on creative, logic-based solutions that are both clever and satisfying to uncover.

A Logic Puzzle Pipes Game with a beautiful minimalist design and a uniquely prepared soundscape. Rotate the pipes until all the pipes are filled with water.

Why similar: Minimalist 20.1%, Puzzle 19.8%, Strategy 18.8%, Difficult 14.7%, Relaxing 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a straightforward, minimalist approach to pipe-connecting logic puzzles that is both relaxing and mentally stimulating.

Simple. Elegant. Challenging.

Why similar: Strategy 35%, Puzzle 26.8%, Casual 22.7%, Indie 15.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game combines a minimalist aesthetic with a unique, logic-heavy puzzle mechanic that is both challenging and meditative.

Cubicolor is a minimalist puzzle game. The rules are simple: Match the color patches on the board and reach the exit, all on one single path. The game gets harder as the levels progress, always accompanying you with soothing piano tunes.

Why similar: Casual 30.3%, Puzzle 24.9%, Indie 22.8%, Strategy 18.9%, Singleplayer 3.1%

Why You'll Like It: It is a minimalist, color-based logic game that offers a series of increasingly difficult challenges in a clean, 2D space.

Blue eats blue. Red eats red. Until one of each remains. A puzzler that is deceptively simple but hard to master.

Why similar: Strategy 22.8%, Puzzle 19.5%, Casual 18.8%, Minimalist 16.4%, Indie 15%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a minimalist, strategy-heavy puzzle experience that requires careful planning and logical execution.

Draw a line. A single line. How complex can that be?

Why similar: Puzzle 28.9%, Strategy 26.3%, Casual 19.5%, Indie 13.6%, Minimalist 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on minimalist, grid-based logic puzzles that are both challenging and relaxing to play.

Beautiful & relaxing Numberlink puzzles.

Why similar: Strategy 22.1%, Puzzle 19.5%, Casual 18.2%, Minimalist 16.8%, Indie 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: It features a minimalist design and logic-based gameplay that focuses on creating paths and solving spatial puzzles.

SquareCells is an ambient logic puzzle game.

Why similar: Puzzle 44.8%, Minimalist 20.7%, Casual 17.4%, Indie 17.1%

Why You'll Like It: It combines minimalist aesthetics with grid-based logic puzzles that are both challenging and satisfying to complete.

Beautiful & relaxing Numberlink puzzles.

Why similar: Strategy 21.2%, Puzzle 20.6%, Casual 19.9%, Minimalist 15.2%, Indie 15.1%

Why You'll Like It: This title provides an endless stream of minimalist, logic-based puzzles that are perfect for a relaxing, meditative experience.

Knotwords is a minimal and elegant logic puzzle — with words. Arrange each section so every word across and down is valid. It may look difficult at first, but you'll be surprised at how quickly you pick it up! This is the kind of game I've been trying to design my whole career — I hope you like it

Why similar: Strategy 30.3%, Puzzle 25.1%, Minimalist 20.8%, Casual 17.2%, Relaxing 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a minimalist, logic-based take on word puzzles that requires the same kind of deductive reasoning found in Hade.

Story: Red receives the invitation card from her grandmother and decides to visit her, but there is all over the monsters on her way. Those monsters try to stop and take her away, so she needs to use her personality to get out of the danger. The story background is in the deep forest.

Why You'll Like It: Part of a series of minimalist logic games, it offers a distinct set of challenges that require lateral thinking and patience.

「Archipel Logic Infinite」 is a challenging puzzle game inspired by the popular Nurikabe. Explore legendary archipelagos by marking cells as land or sea to unchart maps. Enjoy challenging puzzles and endless procedurally generated content for limitless exploration.

Why similar: Difficult 25%, Puzzle 21.2%, Strategy 15.6%, Minimalist 14%, Casual 11.3%

Let the number tell you what to do

Why similar: Puzzle 28.3%, Casual 22.4%, Minimalist 20.2%, Indie 16.3%, Relaxing 9.6%

Relaxing, minimalistic 2d-puzzle game.

Why similar: Puzzle 23.2%, Indie 17.8%, Casual 16.6%, Strategy 16%, Minimalist 13.2%

Polimines 2 is the sequel to Polimines, a challenging logic game that combines Nonograms and Minesweeper mechanics. All levels are designed by hand so that guessing is never necessary.

Why similar: Difficult 22.9%, Puzzle 20.2%, Minimalist 18.5%, Strategy 15.5%, Relaxing 8.9%

A minimalist logic game. Can you solve for 𝒙?

Why similar: Difficult 26%, Minimalist 24.6%, Puzzle 24.2%, Relaxing 12.5%, Casual 9.6%

The friendly puzzle game intent on your defeat.

Why similar: Casual 32.5%, Minimalist 27.3%, Indie 26%, Relaxing 14.2%

blue. is the part puzzle game, part visual novel, story of a young cubie growing up in a colorful mined out world of gems. Play as Violet through their adolescence, meet their friends and family and learn about the Cubie world. And most of all learn when it takes to succeed in this underground place.

Why similar: Casual 54.6%, Indie 45.4%

Why You'll Like It: This entry continues the series' tradition of minimalist, logic-driven puzzle design that is perfect for short, focused sessions.

qop 4 is a minimalistic puzzle which goal is to get the cube to finish using 4 directions in space.

Why similar: Minimalist 29.3%, Puzzle 19.4%, Difficult 15.3%, Casual 14.5%, Indie 10.9%

Explore logic symbols. Discover the rules. Solve complex puzzles. Feel the power of your logical side!

Why similar: Difficult 29.8%, Puzzle 25.1%, Minimalist 20.5%, Casual 10.4%, Indie 6.6%

Relaxing puzzle game in a minimal style.

Why similar: Casual 25.3%, Puzzle 24.7%, Indie 23.3%, Minimalist 15.6%, Relaxing 8.9%

In Killer Sudoku, every puzzle features cages that tell you the sum of the numbers inside. This extra information leads to beautiful logic that you will master as you progress through our handmade puzzles.

Why similar: Strategy 33%, Casual 20.8%, Puzzle 20.4%, Minimalist 18%, Indie 5.7%

Welcome to a realm of pure logic, where rules are rules and the next step can always be deduced.

Why similar: Difficult 38.4%, Puzzle 38%, Indie 10.1%, Casual 9.7%, Singleplayer 3.6%

In CUIT, it is only you and your mind. A challenging and relaxing puzzle game, ready to test you from top to bottom. Navigate a current through a circuit. Power a target, avoid the explosives. Sounds easy? Try it - and guess again. A logical challenge - for everyone.

Why similar: Strategy 25.7%, Puzzle 20.2%, Casual 17.9%, Difficult 15.9%, Indie 13.1%

Odd||Even is a math and logic based, integer placement puzzle game.

Why similar: Difficult 25.9%, Minimalist 19.9%, Puzzle 19.7%, Relaxing 9.5%, Strategy 8.9%

Roll and match colors in this mind bending puzzle.

Why similar: Casual 22.8%, Puzzle 18.3%, Indie 16.7%, Minimalist 16.4%, Difficult 16.2%

Inline is an atmospheric, relaxing and minimalist experience reminiscent of classic puzzle games. Arrange the shapes you are given on a grid to form and clear as many lines as possible in this simple yet challenging game.

Why similar: Strategy 23.7%, Puzzle 21.1%, Casual 16.7%, Minimalist 16%, Indie 10.9%

perspective illusion puzzle based on M.C. Escher drawings and impossible shapes

Why similar: Puzzle 22.2%, Indie 21.8%, Casual 17.3%, Minimalist 15.5%, Difficult 14.5%

Hexa Turn is a turn-based puzzle game with minimalist design. The logic is simple: block the triange. So, think outside of the box and try not to find a solution. Try to break the solution!

Why similar: Strategy 27.7%, Puzzle 20.7%, Minimalist 19.7%, Casual 16.8%, Indie 12.8%

Move the blocks strategically until the balls find the targets. Simple yet challenging! This is Blokker.

Why similar: Difficult 22.5%, Minimalist 20.7%, Strategy 16.4%, Puzzle 16.4%, Casual 10.3%

Minesweeper, but you only solve each situation once.

Why similar: Puzzle 27.1%, Strategy 25.9%, Minimalist 24.3%, Casual 14.4%, Relaxing 4.7%

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 33.3%, Strategy 25.3%, Casual 23.2%, Indie 16.5%, Singleplayer 1.6%

Love Sudoku, but tired of default one? Try this.

Why similar: Strategy 23.9%, Difficult 16.7%, Puzzle 14.9%, Casual 14.4%, Minimalist 12.7%

Killer Sudoku (Sumdoku/Mathdoku/Addoku) puzzles include all the rules of regular Sudoku, but add in dashed-line 'cages', which must sum to given values. This great brain exerciser will provide you many hours of new Sudoku experience and be nice addition to your puzzle collection.

Why similar: Strategy 25.3%, Casual 16.3%, Puzzle 15.5%, Difficult 14.4%, Minimalist 11.7%

A word-less abstract puzzle game about language.

Why similar: Difficult 21.4%, Puzzle 21.2%, Minimalist 19.2%, Relaxing 11%, Casual 9.5%

TRUFFLE is a minimalist puzzle maze game where touching the walls kills you instantly. It is a high difficulty, patience testing, dexterity game.

Why similar: Difficult 24.3%, Strategy 19.7%, Puzzle 19.6%, Minimalist 15.6%, Relaxing 9.7%

A game of strange jigsaws.

Why similar: Puzzle 35%, Casual 25.8%, Minimalist 19.8%, Relaxing 8.8%, Indie 7.9%

Kombine is a minimalist puzzle game played on a grid. The goal is to remove all of the blocks that have borders by matching three or more of the same blocks together.

Why similar: Minimalist 22.7%, Puzzle 22.3%, Difficult 16.2%, Strategy 12%, Casual 10.9%

An enchanting game of logic and relaxation.

Why similar: Puzzle 33.5%, Minimalist 22.1%, Indie 17.2%, Casual 14.4%, Relaxing 12.7%

Immerse yourself in the beautiful world of Hexologic. Solve challenging, yet rewarding puzzles, listen to relaxing music, dive deep into the game’s atmosphere and fall in love in with Sudoku again!

Why similar: Puzzle 42.7%, Minimalist 27.8%, Relaxing 20.7%, Indie 5.4%, Singleplayer 3.4%

Zen Garden is the place where you come to rest your mind.

Why similar: Difficult 22.3%, Puzzle 19.9%, Strategy 18%, Minimalist 15.1%, Relaxing 10.8%

qop 2 is a minimalistic puzzle which goal is to get the cube to finish using 4 directions in space.

Why similar: Puzzle 29%, Difficult 16.3%, Minimalist 16.3%, Casual 15.9%, Indie 11.8%

Nurikabe World is a relaxing logic puzzle game where you solve puzzles by creating islands and connecting rivers to create beautiful sceneries. Experience different landscapes and seasons, solve puzzle campaigns and create your own levels.

Why similar: Strategy 20.9%, Puzzle 19.7%, Minimalist 16.4%, Difficult 15.2%, Casual 11.2%