- #1 Hexcells
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 5,865 reviews2014
Dev: Matthew Brown
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Hexcells is an ambient logic puzzle game for PC, Mac and Linux.
Why similar: Casual 39.2%, Strategy 32.6%, Indie 28.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game is the gold standard for logic-based deduction puzzles that rely on evidence and grid-based reasoning.
- #2 Tametsi
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,413 reviews2017
Dev: Grip Top Games
Windows
Median: 11.9 hrsMean: 61.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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: Indie 69.4%, Strategy 30.6%
Why You'll Like It: A challenging logic puzzle game that requires deep analytical thinking similar to the evidence-based nature of the seed game.
- #3 LYNE
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 8,222 reviews2014
Dev: Thomas Bowker
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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: Casual 49%, Indie 38.9%, Strategy 12.1%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, elegant puzzle game that focuses on connecting shapes through logical patterns.
- #4 Hook
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 8,911 reviews2015
Dev: Maciej Targoni
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
HOOK is a short minimal, puzzle game.
Why similar: Casual 68.7%, Indie 31.3%
Why You'll Like It: This minimalist puzzle game strips away all distractions to focus purely on the mechanics of clearing the board.
- #5 CrossCells
94% matchVery Positive83% of 887 reviews2017
Dev: Matthew Brown
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 63%
CrossCells is an ambient logic puzzle game.
Why similar: Strategy 42.7%, Casual 31.4%, Indie 25.9%
Why You'll Like It: This title offers a satisfying blend of logic and puzzle-solving that rewards careful observation.
- #6 klocki
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 4,670 reviews2016
Dev: Maciej Targoni
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Minimal puzzle game.
Why similar: Casual 58.1%, Indie 41.9%
Why You'll Like It: A relaxing yet mentally stimulating puzzle game that shares the clean, minimalist design language of Jacob.
- #7 Sigils of Elohim
93% matchVery Positive91% of 1,192 reviews2014
Dev: CroteamPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 45%
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: Strategy 43.4%, Casual 32.8%, Indie 23.9%
Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play puzzle game that emphasizes logical placement and pattern matching.
- #8 Zenge
91% matchVery Positive95% of 3,075 reviews2016
Dev: Hamster On Coke Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Relaxing puzzle game, telling the story of Eon through gorgeous art and music.
Why similar: Casual 52.4%, Indie 47.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game combines simple, intuitive puzzle mechanics with a minimalist aesthetic that emphasizes pure logic.
- #9 HueBots
92% matchVery Positive94% of 72 reviews2015
Dev: Huebotics
Windows · Mac · Linux
HueBots is a deceptively challenging top-down puzzle game. You control a team of colorful robots that will only interact with objects that match their color; they will also keep moving in one direction until they collide with something that matches their color.
Why similar: Strategy 51.2%, Casual 26.7%, Indie 22.1%
Why You'll Like It: A clever puzzle game that uses color-coded logic to challenge the player's ability to plan ahead.
- #10 SquareCells
91% matchVery Positive90% of 1,236 reviews2015
Dev: Matthew Brown
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
SquareCells is an ambient logic puzzle game.
Why similar: Indie 51.1%, Casual 48.9%
Why You'll Like It: A logic-based puzzle game that challenges players to clear grids using deduction and pattern recognition.
- #11 OXXO
89% matchVery Positive95% of 286 reviews2019
Dev: Hamster On Coke Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Ever evolving puzzle game.
Why similar: Casual 55.2%, Indie 44.8%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist puzzle game that focuses on spatial manipulation and logical progression.
- #12 Crown and Council
90% matchMixed65% of 767 reviews2016
Dev: Mojang
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Crown and Council is a casual strategy game with short game sessions.
Why similar: Strategy 57.5%, Casual 24.9%, Indie 17.6%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced strategy game that shares the indie, minimalist charm found in Jacob.
- #13 Strata
89% matchVery Positive87% of 360 reviews2014
Dev: GraveckPub: GLITCH
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Simple. Elegant. Challenging.
Why similar: Strategy 48.5%, Casual 29.9%, Indie 21.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a unique, rhythm-based approach to logic puzzles that feels both relaxing and intellectually engaging.
- #14 Sokobond
88% matchVery Positive93% of 688 reviews2014
Dev: Alan HazeldenPub: Draknek & Friends
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Sokobond is an elegantly designed puzzle game about chemistry. It's logical, minimalist, and beautiful - crafted with love and science.
Why similar: Strategy 56%, Casual 27.3%, Indie 16.8%
Why You'll Like It: A clever puzzle game that uses chemistry-themed logic to create deep, rewarding challenges.
- #15 A Good Snowman Is Hard To Build
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,148 reviews2015
Dev: Alan HazeldenPub: Draknek & Friends
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 60%
An adorable puzzle game about being a monster and making snowmen.
Why similar: Strategy 67.6%, Casual 32.4%
Why You'll Like It: A charming yet deceptively complex puzzle game that focuses on spatial logic and planning.
- #16 Mini Metro
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 16,391 reviews2015
Dev: Dinosaur Polo Club
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 18.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Mini Metro is a strategy simulation game about designing a subway map for a growing city. Draw lines between stations and start your trains running. As new stations open, redraw your lines to keep them efficient. Decide where to use your limited resources. How long can you keep the city moving?
Why similar: Strategy 62.7%, Casual 19%, Indie 18.3%
Why You'll Like It: While more strategic, this game shares the minimalist, clean aesthetic and focus on system-based problem solving.
- #17 Breezeblox
86% matchVery Positive87% of 90 reviews2015
Dev: Pugsley LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Breezeblox is an addictive puzzle game where the objective is to reach the end cube without moving off the platform. Special cubes throughout the puzzles will trigger different actions on the platform to aid you with progressing. With 150 challenging puzzles to complete, your brain will be plenty busy.
Why similar: Strategy 50.1%, Casual 27%, Indie 23%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist puzzle game that focuses on spatial reasoning and logical movement.
- #18 7
85% matchMostly Positive79% of 241 reviews2018
Dev: Zac
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 20.4 hrs≥1hr: 54%
7 is a puzzle platformer, literally, by the numbers.
Why similar: Indie 100%
Why You'll Like It: A unique puzzle-platformer that emphasizes logical progression and minimalist design.
- #19 Evo Explores
84% matchVery Positive94% of 349 reviews2016
Dev: Kyrylo Kuzyk
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Explore impossible geometry and optical illusions!
Why similar: Casual 54.9%, Indie 45.1%
Why You'll Like It: A puzzle game that plays with perspective and spatial logic in a way that feels very similar to the seed game.
- #20 Automaton Kingdom
82% matchVery Positive87% of 52 reviews2022
Dev: Trail Studio
Windows
2D turn-based puzzle game with a medieval setting and two game phases. Allied and enemy characters will behave automatically after setting them up in the edit phase. you can see the outcome of the different iterations of the level in the game phase.
Why similar: Strategy 47.5%, Indie 27.2%, Casual 25.3%
Why You'll Like It: A turn-based puzzle game that emphasizes tactical planning and logical execution.
- #21 Space Between Worlds
82% matchVery Positive95% of 480 reviews2018
Dev: 4H StudioLab
Windows
Did you ever pay attention to the importance of space? Space Between Worlds is a short puzzle game that expresses the concept of proximity and lets the player interpret the context and arc of the story.
Why similar: Casual 54.9%, Indie 45.1%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist puzzle game that explores logical connections in a clean, abstract environment.
- #22 Lines X Free
81% matchVery Positive93% of 1,935 reviews2017
Dev: KonstructorsPub: Hook Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Beautiful & relaxing Numberlink puzzles.
Why similar: Strategy 45.1%, Casual 31.2%, Indie 23.6%
Why You'll Like It: A straightforward logic puzzle game that focuses on connecting lines within a grid.
- #23 FaeVerse Alchemy
78% matchMixed68% of 364 reviews2024
Dev: Subsoap
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
What wonders await those brave enough to follow the alchemical path of magic?
Why similar: Strategy 47%, Casual 29.6%, Indie 23.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game combines casual puzzle mechanics with strategic depth, fitting the profile of the seed game.
- #24 Shadow Hunter
83% matchMixed64% of 73 reviews2015
Dev: Jeff Trier
Windows
Shadow Hunter is a casual deductive puzzle game with RPG elements. Explore areas filled with turn-based random encounters and events, veiled under horror filled darkness. With your food supply running low, and wit and a little luck your only tools... tread carefully as every step can be your last.
Why similar: Strategy 69.2%, Indie 30.8%
Why You'll Like It: A strategy-focused puzzle game that uses board-game mechanics to test the player's logic.
- #25 Snood
80% matchVery Positive80% of 345 reviews2018
Dev: Snood, LLC
Windows · Mac
Forget Life, Play SNOOD!
Why similar: Casual 56.2%, Indie 43.8%
Why You'll Like It: A classic puzzle experience that focuses on pattern matching and strategic clearing of the board.
- #26 Figure it Out!
74% matchVery Positive96% of 108 reviews2025
Dev: Two Weeks at Home
Windows
A puzzle game with an eye in it. And it's free. The game, not the eye.
Why similar: Casual 66.4%, Indie 33.6%
- #27 Blade Walker
79% matchMixed58% of 50 reviews2021
Dev: JW Eel Slug
Windows
Find clues and solve puzzles to escape
Why similar: Casual 74.2%, Indie 25.8%
Why You'll Like It: A unique puzzle experience that blends experimental mechanics with a dystopian, minimalist feel.
- #28 Pick a Hero
81% matchMixed68% of 59 reviews2016
Dev: vikingfabian
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Card drafting strategy
Why similar: Strategy 52%, Casual 25.9%, Indie 22.1%
Why You'll Like It: A simple, card-based strategy puzzle that focuses on quick, logical decision-making.
- #29 About Elise
79% matchMostly Positive77% of 149 reviews2017
Dev: Toni Domínguez
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Dive into this first person puzzle adventure and become Owen Scott to rescue your daughter Elise, who has been kidnapped by the organisation known as Kiminster Labs. By doing it, you will discover the big piece of the puzzle that is About Elise as a whole.
Why similar: Casual 52.9%, Indie 47.1%
Why You'll Like It: An indie puzzle-adventure that shares the quiet, contemplative pacing of the seed game.
- #30 ERROR: Human Not Found
78% matchVery Positive88% of 59 reviews2018
Dev: CelleC Games
Windows
Error: Human Not Found is a visual-novel/puzzle game with portions of point-and-click adventure. Play as Grace and work to uncover the cause of death for the first AI to inhabit a physical body. Solve 4 types of computer-science based puzzles that increase in difficulty as the story progresses.
Why similar: Casual 55.2%, Indie 44.8%
Why You'll Like It: A casual puzzle game that uses narrative and logic to guide the player through its challenges.
- #31 Island Marauder
76% matchVery Positive81% of 182 reviews2019
Dev: MSOL
Windows
Indie Puzzle Game
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #32 Pixel Puzzles Mosaics
77% matchVery Positive87% of 126 reviews2017
Dev: Pixel Puzzles
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Pixel Puzzles Mosaics is a nontraditional puzzle game.
Why similar: Strategy 48.2%, Casual 29.5%, Indie 22.2%
- #33 SYNCH
77% matchVery Positive84% of 57 reviews2017
Dev: Travis ForknerPub: Baylor University Game Studios
Windows
SYNCH is a free, turn-based strategy game. Choose your perfect team of bots to take down the evil boss bot and his floating flunkies!
Why similar: Strategy 50.8%, Casual 26.6%, Indie 22.6%
- #34 Space Warfare
76% matchMixed58% of 94 reviews2021
Dev: Little Stories
Windows · Mac · Linux
2D casual strategy
Why similar: Strategy 51.6%, Casual 26.1%, Indie 22.3%
- #35 Game Of Puzzles: Animals
75% matchVery Positive94% of 130 reviews2019
Dev: Snkl Studio
Windows
A puzzle game in which you have to assemble a single image from individual pieces.
Why similar: Strategy 44.8%, Casual 30.9%, Indie 24.2%
- #36 A MIRROR PUZZLE
71% matchPositive98% of 50 reviews2024
Dev: IMDT
Windows
"A MIRROR PUZZLE" is a puzzle game. Players will play as a water droplet spirit, through the use of various magic mirrors to control the symmetrical growth of plants or the position of certain scene elements change, overcome numerous difficulties, and finally reach the destination
Why similar: Casual 49.5%, Strategy 34.9%, Indie 15.5%
- #37 Cognizer
75% matchVery Positive93% of 56 reviews2018
Dev: Maniac Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A new puzzle game of wits and recognition.
Why similar: Casual 54%, Indie 46%
- #38 Pixel Puzzles Traditional Jigsaw Puzzles
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 547 reviews2019
Dev: Pixel Puzzles
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 28.4 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Pixel Puzzles, your number one place for digital jigsaws.
Why similar: Strategy 40%, Casual 35.1%, Indie 24.9%
- #39 Skala
70% matchVery Positive89% of 310 reviews2022
Dev: Gustav Almström
Windows · Linux
Skala is a puzzle game about changing the scale of the world.
Why similar: Strategy 66.1%, Indie 33.9%
- #40 Fantasy Jigsaw Puzzles
71% matchVery Positive83% of 107 reviews2023
Dev: Dr. Cyril Splutterworth
Windows
A selection of fantasy jigsaw puzzles. Customize your puzzle experience and expand the game with DLC.
Why similar: Casual 100%
- #41 Pixel Puzzles: Japan
73% matchVery Positive81% of 2,659 reviews2014
Dev: Pixel Puzzles
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Pixel Puzzles: Japan combines traditional jigsaw puzzle style gameplay with light video-game interactivity.
Why similar: Casual 49.6%, Indie 33.7%, Strategy 16.7%
- #42 创史者Hist Maker
74% matchVery Positive82% of 77 reviews2018
Dev: Duke Studio
Windows
"Hist Maker" is an element synthesis puzzle solving game with some levels which has the function of historical education. When you are in the turbulent flow of time and see for yourself that the history of humanity is torn apart, only the historical knowledge and logical ability in your mind can help us to reshape this world.
Why similar: Strategy 50.8%, Casual 26.6%, Indie 22.6%
- #43 Jigsaw Puzzle World
70% matchVery Positive92% of 112 reviews2023
Dev: Dr. Cyril Splutterworth
Windows
A selection of photographic jigsaw puzzles. Customize your puzzle experience and expand the game with DLC.
Why similar: Casual 100%
- #44 808s&Genetics
69% matchVery Positive97% of 78 reviews2023
Dev: Magnesiumteng Machine
Windows
A puzzle game that combines nonogram and genetics rules.
Why similar: Casual 48.1%, Strategy 35.4%, Indie 16.5%
- #45 Aurora Trail
73% matchVery Positive86% of 111 reviews2017
Dev: Screenhit Studios
Windows
A new epic game where the perspective of the camera changes everything. Do not let your body parts get in the same view as a wall with the same color, or you’ll lose it! Puzzle your way through challenging and appealing surroundings and try to stay in one piece!
Why similar: Strategy 64.1%, Indie 35.9%
- #46 Turn on the light - Jigsaw
67% matchVery Positive95% of 129 reviews2023
Dev: Thedox Games
Windows · Linux
A minimalist game about connecting circuits, solving jigsaw puzzles and mind-bending recursive circuits.
Why similar: Casual 58.3%, Indie 41.7%
- #47 Relik
72% matchMostly Positive77% of 180 reviews2017
Dev: Iron 27
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 35%
Solve classic puzzles in head-to-head PvP. Sharpen your mind and test your wits against other players.
Why similar: Strategy 81.8%, Indie 18.2%
- #48 Strange Jigsaws
62% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 3,662 reviews2025
Dev: FLEB
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A game of strange jigsaws.
Why similar: Casual 75.3%, Indie 24.7%
- #49 Pixel Puzzles Junior Jigsaw
71% matchVery Positive90% of 227 reviews2017
Dev: Pixel Puzzles
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Pixel Puzzles Junior, The perfect puzzle game for kids.
Why similar: Strategy 46.5%, Casual 30.8%, Indie 22.8%
- #50 Summon The DUDES!
66% matchVery Positive97% of 59 reviews2024
Dev: Inanity Catchers Team
Windows
A quirky 2D puzzle platformer where your most powerful tool is… the DUDES!
Why similar: Casual 78.2%, Indie 21.8%
- #51 Free Chess
66% matchMostly Positive78% of 109 reviews2024
Dev: GrimmGitz
Windows
Free Chess is a free physics based chess simulator where you are free to play the game of chess with the freedom of however you like.
Why similar: Casual 52.2%, Strategy 47.8%
- #52 Escape
72% matchMixed62% of 290 reviews2015
Dev: Stephane Bottin
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 730.5 hrs≥1hr: 28%
Escape is a simple 2D game with 35 levels already unlocked (for the sake of gaming of course). Require jumping skills, a brain and patience. Enjoy :)
Why similar: Strategy 67.5%, Indie 32.5%
- #53 simian.interface++
70% matchVery Positive98% of 120 reviews2016
Dev: vested interest
Windows · Mac
Median: 36 minMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 25%
simian.interface++ is an abstract puzzle experience for simian participants of all ages and abilities. There are no explicit rules, no instructions, and very simple controls. Puzzles must be solved using pattern recognition, intuition, and experimentation.
Why similar: Casual 54%, Indie 46%
- #54 Pixel Puzzles Ultimate Jigsaw Puzzles
65% matchMostly Positive76% of 2,767 reviews2022
Dev: Pixel Puzzles
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 57.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
The Number 1 Jigsaw Puzzle Game.
Why similar: Strategy 57.6%, Casual 30.2%, Indie 12.1%
- #55 Dual Snake
69% matchVery Positive92% of 79 reviews2018
Dev: Yfrit Games
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Control a two-headed snake, as you overcome a series of challenges in this puzzle game.
Why similar: Casual 54%, Indie 46%
- #56 Ultimate Logic Puzzle Collection
69% matchVery Positive84% of 88 reviews2019
Dev: Stanley Lam
Windows · Mac
The best Logic Puzzle game on Steam.
Why similar: Casual 55.5%, Indie 44.5%
- #57 Picross Touch
67% matchVery Positive94% of 1,787 reviews2016
Dev: Jon GallantPub: jgallant
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 33.3 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: Strategy 40.1%, Casual 35%, Indie 24.9%
- #58 Scalak
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,081 reviews2018
Dev: Hamster On Coke Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Fulfilling puzzle game.
Why similar: Casual 62.4%, Indie 37.6%
- #59 Oik Memory 2
68% matchVery Positive89% of 223 reviews2018
Dev: Crew Lab
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 30%
Casual memory puzzle.
Why similar: Indie 55.2%, Casual 44.8%