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60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Indie, Difficult, Puzzle, Singleplayer.

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A difficult puzzle game about isolating yourself. Build a safe place, huddle up and get cozy.

Reviews: Very Positive — 97% — of 185 reviews
Released: 2018-10-16
Developer: Corey Martin
Genres: Indie
Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux

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  3. #3 SOK
    96% matchVery Positive90% of 223 reviews2017
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    Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 57%

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    92% matchVery Positive93% of 236 reviews2021
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    91% matchVery Positive88% of 92 reviews2017
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    Windows
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    Why similar: Difficult 39.5%, Indie 37.1%, Puzzle 23.5%

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    90% matchVery Positive92% of 60 reviews2020
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  14. #14 Stephen's Sausage Roll
    89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,014 reviews2016
    Dev: increpare games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
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  15. #15 Sokobos
    87% matchVery Positive100% of 77 reviews2022
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  18. #18 Altered
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    Windows

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    Windows · Mac · Linux
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    78% matchVery Positive98% of 53 reviews2017
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    77% matchVery Positive88% of 1,177 reviews2016
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    76% matchVery Positive90% of 949 reviews2018
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    71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 24,514 reviews2019
    Dev: Hempuli Oy
    Windows · Mac · Linux
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    71% matchVery Positive94% of 71 reviews2025
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    Windows

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    72% matchVery Positive94% of 72 reviews2023
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    Windows

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    73% matchVery Positive89% of 231 reviews2017
    Dev: Robert Alvarez
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 65%

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    75% matchMixed49% of 53 reviews2018
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    Median: 12 minMean: 17.2 hrs≥1hr: 16%

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  47. #47 Void Stranger
    66% matchVery Positive91% of 3,563 reviews2023
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    Windows
    Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%

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    66% matchVery Positive92% of 65 reviews2026
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    70% matchVery Positive92% of 235 reviews2018
    Dev: Yunus Ayyildiz
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 54 minMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 46%

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    69% matchVery Positive83% of 54 reviews2022
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    Why similar: Puzzle 71.1%, Indie 28.9%

  51. #51 SokoFrog
    68% matchVery Positive92% of 109 reviews2022
    Dev: Solluco
    Windows

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    Why similar: Sokoban 79.2%, Puzzle 15.8%, Indie 5%

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    68% matchVery Positive93% of 455 reviews2018
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    Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%

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    Why similar: Puzzle 67.4%, Indie 32.6%

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    70% matchVery Positive81% of 449 reviews2012
    Dev: increpare games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 12 minMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 20%

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    70% matchVery Positive86% of 85 reviews2018
    Dev: Siberian Mouse
    Windows
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 54%

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    65% matchVery Positive96% of 57 reviews2026
    Dev: WiseMonkeESPub: Wise Monke Entertainment Studio
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    64% matchVery Positive100% of 58 reviews2026
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    67% matchVery Positive94% of 51 reviews2023
    Dev: Mocha Moose Games
    Windows · Mac

    A crabby twist on the sokoban (box-pushing) genre, where you use deaths to create shells and solve puzzles.

    Why similar: Sokoban 61.8%, Difficult 14.8%, Puzzle 13.8%, Indie 9.5%

  58. #58 Cubot
    69% matchVery Positive91% of 277 reviews2015
    Dev: Nicolas Pierre-Loti-Viaud
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 71%

    At first sight, Cubot is a puzzle-game with a minimalist gameplay, just move color cubes towards tiles of the same color. It's really easy, but it will be a torture for your mind to complete all levels of the game because the apparent simplicity of the game is in contradiction with the complexity of the level-design.

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    68% matchVery Positive98% of 53 reviews2019
    Dev: Peter Hijma
    Windows · Mac · Linux

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    Why similar: Indie 36.6%, Difficult 35.5%, Puzzle 27.9%

  60. #60 YAPP: Yet Another Puzzle Platformer
    69% matchVery Positive87% of 63 reviews2017
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    Why similar: Difficult 57.4%, Puzzle 27.2%, Indie 15.3%

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