- #1 Thinking Inside The Box
97% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Neckbeard Games
Windows
You play as a little, square guy trapped in a maze of cardboard boxes filled with a myriad of challenges. The rules are simple: move the diamonds to the appropriate pressure plates without letting different-colored diamonds touch—swap, push, and phase to complete levels as quickly as possible.
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 46.2%, Puzzle 33.8%, 2D 7.9%, Singleplayer 6.6%, Indie 5.6%
- #2 Cubey vs. the Universe
96% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: R Hill
Windows
Roll Cubey to match cube sides to body-part tiles and avoid falling into the cold vacuum of space!
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 67.3%, Puzzle 29.4%, Singleplayer 3.4%
- #3 Rotosaurus Adventure
96% matchPositive97% of 39 reviews2025
Dev: PressGtoGeorgePub: Broken Paternoster Games
Windows
Rotosaurus Adventure is a puzzle game with a twist. Rotate the world to traverse obstacles and find a way into the goal. Manage boxes, avoid spikes, and use other tools in creative ways to overcome mind-twisting challenges!
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 55.9%, Puzzle 26.3%, Indie 11.2%, 2D 3.3%, Singleplayer 3.3%
- #4 Box Stocks
95% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Obscure Fruit Studios
Windows
Box Stocks is a Sokoban game about a robot in space solving puzzles with boxes with unique and peculiar interactions. Sort your way through the galaxy while uncovering the secrets of the mysterious yet inept company that left you and the boxes behind.
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 47.8%, Puzzle 19.8%, Futuristic 12.9%, Sci-fi 8.7%, 2D 5.5%
- #5 Chronomaze: Gravity Maze
94% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Gift Bytes Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
Control gravity, not the player, in Chronomaze: Gravity Maze—a 2D minimalist physics puzzler. Can you navigate 8 challenging, high-speed levels to beat the clock? A stylish, free game with a hypnotic soundtrack and a high-score chase.
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 54.5%, Puzzle 26.9%, Indie 7.6%, 2D 7.3%, Singleplayer 3.7%
- #6 Halloween Picket Maze
94% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: GameLoom Studio
Windows · Linux
Halloween Picket Maze is a single player puzzle game. Night is long and ghosts are scary. Can you guide the cat all the way back home?
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 55.4%, Puzzle 27%, 2D 7.3%, Indie 6%, Singleplayer 4.2%
- #7 ReWire
93% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Big Owl Interactive
Windows
ReWire is a grid based puzzle game set in the near future. Splice wire blocks together to solve increasingly complicated circuits before they overload. Join the Agrifront and do your part for the folks back home.
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 46.2%, Puzzle 18%, Sci-fi 13.5%, Futuristic 10.2%, Indie 6.5%
- #8 Project R4T
92% matchVery Positive92% of 139 reviews2022
Dev: Myre36
Windows
Take control of a test subject tasked with testing out a new device capable of shrinking and enlarging the user. Take on a few tests by changing your size and weight in this short single-player experience.
Why similar: Puzzle 25.1%, Futuristic 21.9%, Sci-fi 16%, Linear 13%, Narration 12.8%
- #9 Portal way
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Galias Games
Windows
Portal way is a puzzle game where you need to find the right way through the portals.
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 39.2%, Puzzle 24.9%, Sci-fi 14.3%, Futuristic 10.3%, 2D 6%
- #10 Mimic Dungeon
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Skarlet Frosty
Windows · Linux
Help the wizard break free from a tricky dungeon in this puzzle game. Use your staff to make enemies mimic your actions, guiding them into traps to get rid of them!
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 54%, Puzzle 27.1%, Indie 8.5%, 2D 7%, Singleplayer 3.4%
- #11 Graviton Grid
90% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: MaverickSporePub: Maverick Creates LLC
Windows
Graviton Grid is a turn-based, isometric puzzle game where every move matters. Outsmart enemies, avoid deadly traps, and master push–pull mechanics to clear each stage. Earn stars for survival and perfection in this strategic, replayable challenge.
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 57.6%, Puzzle 13.8%, Futuristic 11.4%, Sci-fi 7.9%, Singleplayer 5.6%
- #12 Fei Duanmu VS Kobayashi 端木斐 VS 小林正雪
89% matchVery Positive93% of 197 reviews2018
Dev: 致意
Windows · Mac · Linux
The dark despair city, the fugitive drug addict, intriguing and strange urban legend. What’s the story between two characters from different detective games? It’s coming soon.
Why similar: Visual Novel 42.3%, Puzzle 35.1%, Indie 22.6%
- #13 Nested
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Nathan Sioui
Windows
Nested is a cute grid-based puzzle game made around the concept of russian nesting dolls. Come twist your brain as you stack, push and interact with the various objects you'll find in each levels. Let's see if you can reach the right combination of nesting dolls to solve every one of them!
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 59%, Puzzle 30.8%, Singleplayer 5.7%, Indie 4.5%
- #14 Shattered Legacy
87% matchPositive84% of 31 reviews2023
Dev: Xiangyu WuPub: SCAD Games Studio
Windows
Start an exciting journey through a magical world, where the familiar idea of nudging blocks and solving puzzles combine to offer an amazing adventure puzzle game. Discover a magical world. Explore difficult puzzles and cryptic challenges in unique levels.
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 62.5%, Puzzle 28.3%, Indie 5.5%, Singleplayer 3.7%
- #15 Laser Burst
88% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2021
Dev: Never Mind Games
Windows
Laser Burst is a logical puzzle game that requires you to methodically rotate and position double sided mirrors that direct lasers through a maze to pop balloons.
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 34.2%, Puzzle 23.6%, Futuristic 22.5%, Sci-fi 12.4%, Indie 4%
- #16 Stuck in a loop
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FromGate
Windows · Linux
Stuck in a Loop is an innovative puzzle game where you don’t control the character… you program it. At each level, analyze the situation, plan the right instructions, and let the robot execute the plan. Thinking, logic, and creativity: your best allies to break the loop!
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 39.4%, Puzzle 30.7%, Sci-fi 13%, 2D 6.8%, Singleplayer 5.7%
- #17 Four Circles
86% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Miro Jankura
Windows · Mac · Linux
A simple logical game where your goal is to correctly place four circles in their designated positions.
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 47.8%, Puzzle 34.2%, 2D 8.7%, Indie 5.5%, Singleplayer 3.7%
- #18 Skyscrapers Puzzle: Airi's tale
85% matchPositive95% of 20 reviews2018
Dev: Davide Andrian
Windows
"Skyscrapers Puzzle: Airi's tale" is an easy to learn, addicting puzzle game... but there is more hidden beneath the surface. 45 campaign levels and unlimited randomly generated levels give this game an always fresh gaming experience.
Why similar: Visual Novel 37.1%, Puzzle 33.6%, Indie 29.3%
- #19 Crazy Pipes 3D
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Games du Nord
Windows
In this fast-paced 3D puzzle game, connect pipes before time runs out, while avoiding obstacles and dynamites. Boost your score by using more pipes. Advance in the Normal mode with growing challenges or play randomly generated puzzles in the timer-less Endless mode.
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 48.2%, Puzzle 38.7%, Singleplayer 7%, Indie 6.1%
- #20 Tamaniwatori's Puzzle
84% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: KIMI's Project
Windows
This is a simple and sometimes tricky 3D puzzle game in which the egg-shaped chicken "Tamaniwatori'' hatches eggs. While avoiding the natural enemy "Tamawani", advance on the various scaffolds set up, hatch all the eggs, and aim for the goal.
Why similar: Puzzle 41.7%, Grid-Based Movement 37.2%, Indie 12.3%, Singleplayer 8.8%
- #21 A Snake's Tale
83% matchPositive95% of 39 reviews2017
Dev: m12y
Windows · Mac · Linux
A Snake's Tale is a puzzle game about snakes in cramped places. Clear a path to get to the hole, eat some eggs along the way, and make sure to press all the buttons.
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 59.2%, Puzzle 25.5%, Indie 15.3%
- #22 Push Blox
82% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2022
Dev: Lonely Deckchair
Windows
Block-pushing puzzle game with challenging high quality levels.
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 61%, Puzzle 29.5%, Singleplayer 4.8%, Indie 4.7%
- #23 Monolith's Dreamers
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Dreamy Salamander Studio
Windows
A captivating 2D puzzle game where strategic thinking is essential. Explore the world of the Monoliths, outwit the traps guarding the ruins, and help the inhabitants. Solve puzzles that block your progress by collecting and redistributing energy.
Why similar: Narration 25.6%, Puzzle 21.7%, Futuristic 12.6%, Sci-fi 12.4%, Linear 9.5%
- #24 Hot Heat Reset: Chapter 1
81% matchVery Positive91% of 87 reviews2023
Dev: Utkarsh VermaPub: n3r4zzurr0
Windows
A fast-paced maze action game where you play as an unknown speedster hiding under a skull who is in pursuit to recover his stolen lands and is about to deal with a lot of EXPLOSIONS! Get ready to RESET everything!
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 36.9%, Puzzle 26.5%, Futuristic 15.7%, Indie 9.5%, 2D 6.7%
- #25 Help me Cleaner Sama! - I Got Isekai’d to Clean Monster Girl Basements
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: NyakuGames
Windows
A poor street cleaner, exhausted from overtime, is sucked into a portal and finds himself before a self-centered goddess, who entrusts him with a task as absurd as it is inevitable: to clean out the cellars of the Monster Girls who inhabit that world.
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 43.9%, Puzzle 23%, Visual Novel 18.8%, 2D 6.3%, Indie 4.6%
- #26 Screen King
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Potomax
Windows
Screen King is a grid-based puzzle game where you need to merge your tiny LCD screen with the other LCD screens in the level and be the last one standing.
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 66.3%, Puzzle 21.6%, Singleplayer 4.6%, 2D 4%, Indie 3.6%
- #27 Hot Heat Reset
79% matchPositive89% of 27 reviews2023
Dev: Utkarsh VermaPub: n3r4zzurr0
Windows
A fast-paced maze action game where you play as an unknown speedster hiding under a skull who is in pursuit to recover his stolen lands and is about to deal with a lot of EXPLOSIONS! Get ready to RESET everything!
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 39.5%, Puzzle 25.1%, Futuristic 17.1%, 2D 6.9%, Indie 6.6%
- #28 胞-胞实验室 Cell-Cell Lab
78% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: BABA Games
Windows
Cell-Cell Lab is a grid-based puzzle game! Fangfang, a cell born from a secret experiment, will use its unique fusion ability to cooperate with other cells, overcome numerous obstacles, and complete this unknown experiment.
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 50%, Puzzle 19.4%, Futuristic 14%, Linear 9.9%, Indie 3.7%
- #29 robot become human
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team 27
Windows
You are a little robot aiming to understand the world outside of your station, and with it, discover your own humanity. Traverse the facility and try to reach the surface world in this vocaloid inspired puzzle game.
Why similar: Puzzle 38.5%, Futuristic 29.3%, Sci-fi 14.6%, Indie 6%, 2D 5.8%
- #30 Soulcrossed
77% match4 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: chiwazuki
Windows · Mac · Linux
A visual novel with SRPG battles that will test both your mind and heart.
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 43.2%, Visual Novel 23.9%, Narration 19.7%, 2D 5.7%, Indie 4.4%
- #31 Kombi
77% matchPositive100% of 16 reviews2025
Dev: Kouzii
Windows
Kombi is a fun, minimalist, grid-based puzzle game. The aim of the game is to move tiles across the board, picking up points along the way, in order to end up with a single tile with a value that matches the number of the target tile.
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 50.5%, Puzzle 31.2%, 2D 8.5%, Indie 5.8%, Singleplayer 3.9%
- #32 Sethian
78% matchMixed66% of 163 reviews2016
Dev: Duang! Games, LLC
Windows · Mac
Sethian is a sci-fi puzzle game in which you master a fictitious language. The only surviving speaker is an ancient computer. Does it hold the answers behind the disappearance of the Sethianese people?
Why similar: Puzzle 45.3%, Indie 28.7%, Sci-fi 26%
- #33 3 Sheep Puzzle
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Noel Oigres
Windows
3 Sheep Puzzle is a 2D Sokoban-style logic game with remote movement. Guide the sheepdog through the barn to complete each level. A minimalist, relaxing challenge, perfect for quick minds looking to test their ingenuity.
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 54.3%, Puzzle 25.2%, Linear 8.7%, 2D 5%, Indie 3.7%
- #34 Stabilize
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: UNHANDLED Games
Windows
Stabilize is a grid-based puzzle game where you block the flow of energy by placing and rotating tiles. Tiles can only be placed where paths connect, and every placement is permanent. Clear puzzles quickly to climb the global leaderboard and compete for the best time.
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 39%, Puzzle 25.8%, Futuristic 21%, 2D 6.4%, Indie 4.7%
- #35 Only Sliding
73% matchPositive95% of 42 reviews2025
Dev: PortponkyPub: Shambles Software
Windows · Linux
A puzzle game with one mechanic (sliding).
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 61.5%, Puzzle 26.2%, 2D 5.4%, Indie 3.7%, Singleplayer 3.2%
- #36 Project N3T
75% matchMixed48% of 22 reviews2023
Dev: Myre36
Windows
Take control of a test subject tasked with testing out a new device that functions as a powerful magnet. Complete a few tests by moving metal objects and using the magnet as a grappling hook in this short single-player experience.
Why similar: Puzzle 27.5%, Futuristic 19.1%, Narration 18.9%, Sci-fi 13.7%, Linear 10.7%
- #37 Puzzlezon
76% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2021
Dev: Dz3ro
Windows
Grid-based logic game where your goal is to get to the end of each level. Manage all the obstacles on your way to make a path. Push cardboxes, rotate racks and fill holes with boxes.
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 58.5%, Puzzle 28%, Linear 7.3%, Indie 4%, Singleplayer 2.2%
- #38 Goob Wants an Android Girlfriend
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: MadCreativity Entertainment
Windows
A cute puzzle game about fixing up android girls! Grow your collection of girlfriends and prove your wits by solving clever yet intuitive puzzles!
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 29.5%, Puzzle 20.5%, Visual Novel 18%, Sci-fi 12.8%, Linear 7.3%
- #39 Bomb's Lair
72% matchPositive94% of 18 reviews2026
Dev: Vetche Studio
Windows · Linux
Throw angry bombs and solve puzzles in this 2D puzzle game. Discover four worlds with 48 handcrafted levels. Will you succeed and claim the treasure at the bottom of The Bomb's Lair?
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 48.3%, Puzzle 28.1%, Linear 9.2%, 2D 7.5%, Singleplayer 4.9%
- #40 Queer and Chill
74% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2021
Dev: Team Spicy Bubble
Windows
Queer & Chill is a 2D pixel art puzzle game with lots of diversity, a bit of cleverness and a pinch of spiciness.
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 54.7%, Puzzle 26%, Indie 7.5%, 2D 7.2%, Singleplayer 4.5%
- #41 LaserZone
73% matchPositive100% of 41 reviews2021
Dev: GameCanvas Inc.
Windows
LaserZone is a puzzle game with action elements and a storyline. Play as Handel, avoid traps, fight enemies, and escape. Upgrade your tools to overcome escalating danger. Recover his lost memory and reclaim something invaluable, even more than his life.
Why similar: Puzzle 43.5%, Indie 15.3%, Futuristic 13.9%, Sci-fi 11.5%, Linear 8.6%
- #42 Squared
72% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2022
Dev: Player
Windows
A small grid-based puzzle game where you take control of a square. Move around the blocks and walls, change gravity and overcome obstacles to reach the Exit Portal.
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 39.4%, Puzzle 33.6%, Linear 15.9%, 2D 8.1%, Singleplayer 3%
- #43 The Source
71% matchPositive100% of 20 reviews2024
Dev: Octopuses
Windows · Mac · Linux
A sci-fi visual novel where our main heroes journey through time and discover the mysteries of their world.
Why similar: Visual Novel 37%, Sci-fi 21.7%, Futuristic 18.1%, Linear 8%, Singleplayer 5.6%
- #44 Leaf's Odyssey
70% matchVery Positive98% of 118 reviews2024
Dev: ludobloom
Windows · Mac · Linux
A turn-based puzzle game with combat and exploration
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 64.1%, Puzzle 26.3%, 2D 4.3%, Indie 3.4%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #45 Flip Hammy
70% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: StudioVOcO
Windows
Flip Hammy is a 2D puzzle game with unique stages that you can flip its face. Let's clear simple rules puzzles with Hammy!
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 38.3%, Puzzle 35.1%, Indie 13%, 2D 9.1%, Singleplayer 4.6%
- #46 Worm Jazz
71% matchPositive95% of 20 reviews2020
Dev: Inconspicuous Creations
Windows
Worm Jazz is a wriggly puzzler with a unique blend of game mechanics inspired by familiar classics such as Snake and Bomberman. Features smooth jazz, explosive chain-reactions and dapper headwear.
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 63%, Puzzle 26.4%, Indie 5.8%, Singleplayer 4.8%
- #47 Cu-Blit
73% matchNo user reviews2022
Dev: Shane Beranek
Windows
Cu-Blit is a grid-based sokoban style puzzle game in a Sci-Fi city that's lost its power. Follow the journey of a small worker robot using the last of its battery to control other robots, recharge, teleport and build pathways to the head console and reboot the city back to its original self.
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 47.6%, Puzzle 20.7%, Sci-fi 11%, Indie 9.7%, Futuristic 9.2%
- #48 Neon Mind
69% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2026
Dev: Oliver Weikopf
Windows · Mac
A single-player turn-based puzzle game that will thoroughly tease your brain
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 57.9%, Puzzle 24.9%, 2D 6.6%, Indie 6.2%, Singleplayer 4.4%
- #49 Laser Bounce
71% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2022
Dev: Aecert Games
Windows
Move and rotate pieces to get the laser to hit the goal. Colored lasers, gates, and activators add additional challenge to this relatively simple concept. Can you complete all of the levels?
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 40.4%, Puzzle 35.5%, Sci-fi 15.4%, Indie 5.3%, Singleplayer 3.3%
- #50 A Thread Between
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sluice Gate Games
Windows
Welcome, Pilot. The timeline has split. Who do you trust when restoring your fate? Solve 80+ handcrafted levels. 3+ hours. Mechanically dense, consistently fresh.
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 34.5%, Puzzle 25.8%, Futuristic 15.4%, Sci-fi 12.2%, Indie 8.3%
- #51 AmaZoo
69% matchPositive92% of 25 reviews2025
Dev: Turbo Soda Games
Windows
Help KoKo on his first day at work! Push, kick, grab and rearrange the boxes, while avoiding the dangers throughout the mega-warehouse. Solve all the puzzles and finally reach the exit!
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 54.8%, Puzzle 26.7%, 2D 7.3%, Singleplayer 6.7%, Indie 4.4%
- #52 Gridlink
68% matchPositive90% of 39 reviews2024
Dev: Kouzii
Windows
Gridlink is a fun, minimalist puzzle game with a simple premise - connect the numbers on a square grid with a single, continuous line that traverses all squares and does not cross itself.
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 49%, Puzzle 30.6%, 2D 8.3%, Indie 8.2%, Singleplayer 3.8%
- #53 ScaleBox
67% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: EGGNISI
Windows
A sokoban-like game that you and the boxes may occupy more than one grid. You can push boxes as long as their total size does not exceed your own. With portal you can get bigger, smaller, or... make some more imaginative moves.
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 51.5%, Puzzle 20.8%, Sci-fi 13.7%, Indie 6.3%, 2D 5.2%
- #54 Party Management
67% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Tap Water Games
Windows
Take control of Ava, a rookie party manager tasked with guiding a group of novice adventurers to their first success, but when the group gets out of hand and the odds start stacking up against the party, will it be too much to manage?
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 47%, Visual Novel 19.7%, Puzzle 18%, Linear 11.9%, 2D 3.5%
- #55 Blind_
68% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2020
Dev: Edernih
Windows
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: Grid-Based Movement 56.7%, Puzzle 26.4%, Linear 5.3%, Singleplayer 4.1%, 2D 3.8%
- #56 Spell Slide
65% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Lonely Deckchair
Windows
Slide letters to spell words in this inventive puzzle game. Take on handcrafted challenges with word-locked doors, robot allies, diamond-collecting mazes, shifting layouts, and cryptic clue conundrums.
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 58.8%, Puzzle 24.9%, Indie 5.7%, 2D 5.3%, Singleplayer 5.3%
- #57 The Map Is The Thing
66% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Muffin Man Games
Windows
The Map Is the Thing is a casual, mind-bending puzzle game. Explore a dungeon where you solve puzzles by folding your map to open new paths. Find keys to defeat barriers and find the fabled GaMuffin.
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 47.4%, Puzzle 32.4%, 2D 8.9%, Singleplayer 5.8%, Indie 5.5%
- #58 Space 'n Lasers
69% matchNo user reviews2021
Dev: Iron Jupiter
Windows · Linux
Do you like space? Do you like lasers? Do you like puzzles? 70 mind-bending, spaced themed puzzles with mirrors, wormholes, beam splitters, switches, explosives and more. Try the fun, stay for the challenge!
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 54.7%, Puzzle 28.9%, 2D 7.7%, Indie 6.2%, Singleplayer 2.4%
- #59 Reflection
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: White Rainbow
Windows
In a world where the USSR leads in science and space, Sergei, a student of rocket engineering, loses his parents in the “Zarya” station disaster. Years later, he discovers his university's link to the project and sets out to uncover the truth.
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.9%, Futuristic 22.6%, Sci-fi 20.4%, Narration 17.4%, 2D 3.3%