- #1 Quell Reflect
97% matchVery Positive95% of 188 reviews2015
Dev: Fallen Tree Games LtdPub: Green Man Gaming Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 66%
An enchanting puzzle game of logic and relaxation.
Why similar: Puzzle 44%, Indie 30.9%, Casual 25%
- #2 Quell
96% matchVery Positive98% of 448 reviews2015
Dev: Fallen Tree Games LtdPub: Green Man Gaming Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 69%
An enchanting game of logic and relaxation.
Why similar: Puzzle 46.8%, Indie 28.2%, Casual 25%
- #3 OXXO
96% 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 42.9%, Indie 30.7%, Puzzle 26.5%
- #4 Hexcells Infinite
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 4,629 reviews2014
Dev: Matthew Brown
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 36.0 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Hexcells Infinite is an ambient logic puzzle game for PC, Mac and Linux.
Why similar: Puzzle 61.8%, Casual 23.5%, Indie 14.7%
- #5 Quell Memento
94% matchVery Positive96% of 225 reviews2015
Dev: Fallen Tree Games LtdPub: Green Man Gaming Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 71%
An enchanting puzzle game of logic and relaxation.
Why similar: Puzzle 42%, Indie 35.2%, Casual 22.9%
- #6 Perfection.
94% matchMostly Negative39% of 66 reviews2013
Dev: Greg Lobanov
Windows · Mac
Median: 6 minMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 13%
Perfection. is a simple, soothing puzzle game about cutting shapes to fit into outlines. There are an infinite number of puzzles, each randomly generated to be unique and interesting.Its gameplay is very minimalistic and very forgiving; there is no time limit, and you can cut as many times as you want and undo as many times as you want...
Why similar: Casual 41.3%, Puzzle 31%, Indie 27.8%
- #7 Zen Bound 2
93% matchVery Positive86% of 581 reviews2010
Dev: Secret Exit Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 29%
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 45.8%, Casual 31.6%, Indie 22.6%
- #8 Lines Infinite
92% matchVery Positive92% of 580 reviews2017
Dev: KonstructorsPub: Hook Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Beautiful & relaxing Numberlink puzzles.
Why similar: Casual 39.3%, Puzzle 32.6%, Indie 28.1%
- #9 Hexcells Plus
91% matchVery Positive95% of 2,789 reviews2014
Dev: Matthew Brown
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Hexcells Plus is an ambient logic puzzle game for PC, Mac and Linux.
Why similar: Puzzle 61%, Casual 21.2%, Indie 17.8%
- #10 Quell Zen
91% matchVery Positive97% of 66 reviews2016
Dev: Fallen Tree Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Quell Zen - the very embodiment of relaxing logic games - features over 200 beautifully crafted challenges.
Why similar: Indie 51.9%, Casual 48.1%
- #11 SquareCells
90% 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: Puzzle 51.8%, Casual 25.1%, Indie 23.1%
- #12 LYNE
89% 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: Puzzle 59.4%, Casual 23.9%, Indie 16.7%
- #13 CrossCells
89% 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: Puzzle 43.2%, Casual 32.9%, Indie 23.9%
- #14 Up Left Out
88% matchVery Positive93% of 448 reviews2018
Dev: Maciej TargoniPub: Maciej Targoni
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
A puzzle game about unlocking stuff.
Why similar: Puzzle 50.1%, Casual 29.9%, Indie 20%
- #15 Zenge
87% 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: Puzzle 47.8%, Casual 29.1%, Indie 23.2%
- #16 Scalak
86% 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 43%, Puzzle 34.2%, Indie 22.8%
- #17 Hook
84% 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: Puzzle 48.9%, Casual 36.5%, Indie 14.6%
- #18 Lines X
85% matchVery Positive82% of 972 reviews2017
Dev: KonstructorsPub: Hook Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 28.9 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Beautiful & relaxing Numberlink puzzles.
Why similar: Casual 40.3%, Puzzle 34.5%, Indie 25.2%
- #19 Lucid
86% matchMostly Positive77% of 260 reviews2011
Dev: YeaBoing
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 47%
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 42.9%, Puzzle 33.3%, Indie 23.8%
- #20 Mega Mosaic
81% matchVery Positive93% of 342 reviews2024
Dev: Mark FfrenchPub: Divide The Plunder
Windows · Mac
Median: 26.5 hrsMean: 26.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Mega Mosaic is a meditative game about completing a single enormous puzzle
Why similar: Puzzle 56.2%, Casual 43.8%
- #21 Hexcells
82% 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: Puzzle 62.1%, Casual 23.2%, Indie 14.7%
- #22 SiNKR
83% matchVery Positive94% of 545 reviews2017
Dev: Robert WahlerPub: Wahler Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
SiNKR is a minimalist puzzler using various contraptions to sink pucks. Responsive ambient music. No holes left behind.
Why similar: Puzzle 51.6%, Casual 28.5%, Indie 19.9%
- #23 Zen of Sudoku
84% matchVery Positive89% of 359 reviews2006
Dev: Unknown Worlds Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 72.2 hrs≥1hr: 60%
From the creators of Natural Selection comes Zen of Sudoku, a relaxing, easy to play version of Sudoku for your PC.Relax with hand-painted Japanese-styled backgrounds, no timer and lush natural soundscapes.Stimulates your brain to keep it healthy and alert.
Why similar: Casual 41.4%, Puzzle 33.8%, Indie 24.8%
- #24 klocki
81% 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: Puzzle 49.1%, Casual 31.1%, Indie 19.8%
- #25 🔴 Circles
82% matchVery Positive90% of 262 reviews2017
Dev: Jeroen Wimmers
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Circles is an abstract puzzle game that takes your mind off things. No words, no distractions: an invitation to experiment. Relax, let your mind wander and discover the puzzling possibilities of circles.
Why similar: Puzzle 70%, Casual 16.3%, Indie 13.7%
- #26 Monument Valley
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 8,203 reviews2022
Dev: ustwo games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Embark on a journey of forgiveness through impossible environments and illusionary puzzles. Experience this meditative and calming puzzle game by manipulating monuments and creating evolving paths to explore new, surreal, and mysterious worlds.
Why similar: Puzzle 58.5%, Casual 36.3%, Indie 5.2%
- #27 WooLoop
78% matchVery Positive89% of 2,471 reviews2023
Dev: ToastieLabs
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Wrap, weave, and wind your wool! Build works of art strand by strand, one loop at a time, in this tranquil game of craftsmanship. Draw inspiration from the large exhibition of levels available and unwind with the soothing soundtrack.
Why similar: Casual 48.1%, Puzzle 39.8%, Indie 12%
- #28 SiNKR 2
80% matchVery Positive95% of 263 reviews2019
Dev: Robert WahlerPub: Wahler Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: Puzzle 49.6%, Casual 27.4%, Indie 23.1%
- #29 Strata
79% 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: Casual 38.8%, Puzzle 36.6%, Indie 24.6%
- #30 Delete
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,648 reviews2018
Dev: PONY
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 63.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Let the number tell you what to do
Why similar: Puzzle 37.6%, Casual 37.2%, Indie 25.3%
- #31 KAMI
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,255 reviews2014
Dev: State of Play
Windows · Mac
Median: 42 minMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 43%
KAMI is deceptively simple: fold out coloured paper to fill the screen in as few moves as possible. Relaxing and easy to pick up, you'll soon find yourself deep in contemplation to perfect each puzzle. Created by State of Play, famous for their handcrafted aesthetic, KAMI has been created with real paper in an elegant Japanese theme.
Why similar: Puzzle 55.9%, Casual 27.1%, Indie 17%
- #32 Supesu
79% matchVery Positive80% of 50 reviews2018
Dev: Growfall Games
Windows
Welcome to Supesu. Relaxing dimensional puzzle game.
Why similar: Casual 46.8%, Indie 35.1%, Puzzle 18.2%
- #33 Wayout
76% matchVery Positive88% of 1,173 reviews2016
Dev: KonstructorsPub: Hook Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Relax, clear your mind and find the way out.
Why similar: Puzzle 43.1%, Casual 30.8%, Indie 26.1%
- #34 Linelight
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,094 reviews2017
Dev: My Dog Zorro
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Linelight is an elegant puzzle game set in a world of lines.
Why similar: Puzzle 40.2%, Casual 34.2%, Indie 25.6%
- #35 Cubicolor
76% matchVery Positive94% of 203 reviews2016
Dev: Moltenplay
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 56%
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 42.3%, Indie 29.9%, Puzzle 27.9%
- #36 Hex
75% matchVery Positive88% of 57 reviews2017
Dev: Studio Goya
Windows · Mac
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 40.8%, Indie 38.2%, Casual 21%
- #37 Spring Falls
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 990 reviews2019
Dev: SPARSE//GameDev
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 62%
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: Casual 37.5%, Puzzle 37%, Indie 25.5%
- #38 Reverie
75% matchVery Positive82% of 66 reviews2017
Dev: Chronicle Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 60%
An ambient, very simple game* with pseudo-puzzle elements, something you can leave open on a second monitor while you work.
Why similar: Casual 39.2%, Puzzle 31.4%, Indie 29.4%
- #39 Splice
74% matchVery Positive87% of 588 reviews2012
Dev: Cipher Prime Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 39%
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 51%, Casual 26.1%, Indie 22.9%
- #40 Ouros
69% matchVery Positive96% of 235 reviews2024
Dev: Michael Kamm
Windows · Mac · Linux
Ouros is a calming puzzle game about forming beautiful curves in a serene space. Find your flow as you nudge, bend, and stretch curves into pleasing shapes, and discover the inherent mathematical beauty of Ouros.
Why similar: Puzzle 46.6%, Casual 41.7%, Indie 11.7%
- #41 Jigsaw Puzzles Infinite
71% matchVery Positive86% of 448 reviews2023
Dev: Bartek Karczmarczyk
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Sit back, relax and build puzzles to your heart's content. Assemble one of the many included puzzles, or add your own images. Customize size and shape of the pieces for any puzzle. Enjoy Classic mode or try out Zen mode for a new type of puzzle experience.
Why similar: Puzzle 50.4%, Casual 35.5%, Indie 14.1%
- #42 hexceed
70% matchVery Positive90% of 2,727 reviews2021
Dev: ToastieLabs
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 20.6 hrs≥1hr: 72%
A relaxing, hexagon based, puzzle game. An exciting new twist on a classic game without the element of guesswork! Use your critical thinking and our stimulating game mechanics to progress through hundreds of levels!
Why similar: Puzzle 52.8%, Casual 42.2%, Indie 5%
- #43 Cross Set
73% matchVery Positive81% of 210 reviews2015
Dev: Cuveet Story
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Cross Set is a simple and brain-teasing new number puzzle game.
Why similar: Casual 38.6%, Puzzle 35.6%, Indie 25.8%
- #44 Flat Path
73% matchVery Positive87% of 90 reviews2016
Dev: GooDCrafter
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Relaxing puzzle game in a minimal style.
Why similar: Casual 37.8%, Indie 32.6%, Puzzle 29.6%
- #45 Lines X Free
70% 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: Puzzle 48.8%, Casual 30.7%, Indie 20.4%
- #46 simian.interface++
71% 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 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #47 Squarism
72% matchVery Positive92% of 63 reviews2017
Dev: KirUn
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 61%
SQUARISM is a minimalist logic game about combining pieces scattered around into a perfect square. Complete all 70 lovely-crafted levels and become master of square assembling!
Why similar: Casual 37.1%, Puzzle 35.1%, Indie 27.8%
- #48 InfiniPicross
73% matchMixed68% of 187 reviews2017
Dev: Reverse Impact
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 96%
A never ending supply of picross puzzles in any rectangular shape between 3x3 and 99x99.
Why similar: Casual 45.2%, Indie 31.2%, Puzzle 23.6%
- #49 Lines
71% matchVery Positive88% of 142 reviews2017
Dev: Gamious
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Lines is an abstract ‘zen’ game experience where form is just as important as function. Place or remove Dots to initiate a colourful race that fills a drawing. The colour that dominates the race wins.
Why similar: Casual 41.4%, Puzzle 33%, Indie 25.7%
- #50 Zerko
67% matchVery Positive95% of 156 reviews2024
Dev: Maciej Targoni
Windows · Mac · Linux
A puzzle game filled with shapes, numbers, and a straightforward goal: make every number zero.
Why similar: Puzzle 43.6%, Casual 39.6%, Indie 16.9%
- #51 TRIOS - lofi beats / numbers to chill to
69% matchVery Positive92% of 50 reviews2021
Dev: Samurai Punk
Windows · Mac · Linux
TRIOS is a relaxing, minimalist maths puzzle game. Take your time, chill out with some numbers. Deceptively simple, surprisingly challenging.
Why similar: Puzzle 53.3%, Casual 33.5%, Indie 13.2%
- #52 Figure it Out!
65% 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: Puzzle 52%, Casual 33.2%, Indie 14.8%
- #53 Bars and Balance
70% matchVery Positive88% of 81 reviews2017
Dev: Mykhail Konokh
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 28%
Relaxing physics puzzle game with minimalist design.
Why similar: Casual 43%, Indie 31.3%, Puzzle 25.8%
- #54 Puzzle - LINES AND KNOTS
68% matchVery Positive87% of 260 reviews2020
Dev: PlayToday
Windows
Logical puzzle game for meditation. The goal of the player is to assemble a puzzle consisting of nodes. Easy to understand mechanics, swap hexagons with lines.
Why similar: Puzzle 42.3%, Casual 35.7%, Indie 22%
- #55 Railbound
64% matchVery Positive95% of 1,856 reviews2022
Dev: Afterburn
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%
A relaxing puzzle game about fixing train connections and travelling the world - now with a level editor!
Why similar: Puzzle 61.4%, Casual 38.6%
- #56 Zen Trails
67% matchVery Positive100% of 93 reviews2020
Dev: Universe Juice
Windows
A zen-inducing spirograph-making experience to calm the soul while stimulating the mind.
Why similar: Casual 100%
- #57 Evo Explores
67% 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 37.6%, Puzzle 35.2%, Indie 27.2%
- #58 Dissembler
67% matchVery Positive91% of 113 reviews2018
Dev: Ian MacLartyPub: Shape Shop
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Dissembler is a subtle puzzle game about unraveling playful, abstract designs one color at a time.
Why similar: Puzzle 43.1%, Casual 31.1%, Indie 25.8%
- #59 Entangle
68% matchVery Positive91% of 53 reviews2017
Dev: Blake Garner
Windows
Entangle takes the simple premise of maneuvering line segments along intersecting paths and combines this with an array of clever mechanics to create a unique and challenging puzzle experience.
Why similar: Puzzle 48.7%, Casual 29.9%, Indie 21.5%
- #60 Colors!
66% matchVery Positive84% of 94 reviews2021
Dev: Vergiu
Windows
Minimalist and intuitive puzzle game with relaxing music.
Why similar: Puzzle 58.4%, Casual 20.9%, Indie 20.7%