- #1 Laser Attraction
97% matchVery Positive90% of 60 reviews2021
Dev: Vectmatica
Windows
Play with lasers and solve puzzles in Laser Attraction. Use reflection, refraction, dispersion and filtration to direct the laser beams, mix and separate colours, open doors, hit targets and complete puzzles.
Why similar: Indie 40.9%, Puzzle 33.5%, Casual 25.6%
- #2 Archaica: The Path of Light
96% matchVery Positive93% of 268 reviews2017
Dev: Two Mammoths
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Archaica is an atmospheric puzzler with lasers and mirrors, that introduces a mystical and ancient world, full of challenging puzzles. In this game, we become the Light Bearer who is sent on a quest to walk the legendary Path of Light and save the world from impending disaster.
Why similar: Casual 33.1%, Adventure 25.4%, Indie 24.7%, Puzzle 16.8%
- #3 LIT: Bend the Light
96% matchVery Positive94% of 325 reviews2020
Dev: Copperglass
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Light, darkness and remarkable puzzles! Bend the light to your will in this award winning physics-based puzzle game. Feel like a renaissance engineer, build your own solutions to light puzzles, feel your brain grow and all of that within the beautiful and mysterious world of LIT.
Why similar: Casual 56.8%, Indie 37.2%, Puzzle 6%
- #4 OCTOPTICOM
95% matchVery Positive95% of 56 reviews2018
Dev: UP DEVELOPMENT LTD.
Windows · Linux
OCTOPTICOM is an open-ended puzzle programming game about designing and optimizing optical computing devices. Use lasers, mirrors, filters and other components to read, transform and write sequences of colored squares.
Why similar: Indie 66.3%, Puzzle 33.7%
- #5 Blink
94% matchVery Positive92% of 79 reviews2017
Dev: nextReality Games
Windows
Blink into a world of after-images, where you can walk on light. Solve puzzles by manipulating lights and blinking between worlds. Explore hand drawn landscapes while uncovering the secrets behind this strange power.
Why similar: Adventure 54.8%, Indie 45.2%
- #6 Machinika: Atlas
92% matchMostly Positive77% of 600 reviews2024
Dev: Littlefield StudioPub: Dear Villagers
Windows
Machinika: Atlas is an indie puzzle game and is the direct sequel to Machinika: Museum, you play as a museum researcher who just land on Atlas. Will you unravel the mysteries of the alien vessel? Solve cryptic puzzles to find out what happened!
Why similar: Casual 44.5%, Adventure 34.5%, Puzzle 21%
- #7 Evo Explores
94% matchVery Positive94% of 351 reviews2016
Dev: Kyrylo Kuzyk
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Explore impossible geometry and optical illusions!
Why similar: Casual 50.6%, Indie 32.7%, Puzzle 16.8%
- #8 Machinika: Museum
91% matchVery Positive93% of 6,294 reviews2021
Dev: Littlefield StudioPub: Dear Villagers
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Welcome to the Museum! Machinika Museum is a mystery game where you discover beautiful and mysterious machines of extra-terrestrial origins in an atmospheric galaxy-spanning 3D puzzle game. Will you be able to understand their stories and discover what happened to their previous owner?
Why similar: Adventure 37.3%, Indie 33%, Puzzle 29.7%
- #9 Cranium Conundrum
93% matchMixed41% of 87 reviews2016
Dev: Falling Star GamesPub: Sometimes You
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Cranium Conundrum is a physics-based puzzle platformer taking place in the dream worlds that you create!
Why similar: Casual 42.5%, Adventure 31.5%, Indie 26%
- #10 Colorgrid
91% matchVery Positive91% of 159 reviews2019
Dev: Minimol Games
Windows · Mac
Colorgrid is a puzzle game about mixing colors in a Lab. Find the correct positions for your lasers and mirrors to get the right mix of colors in each material.
Why similar: Casual 68.8%, Puzzle 31.2%
- #11 Electronics Puzzle Lab
89% matchVery Positive87% of 76 reviews2024
Dev: Sagitta Studios
Windows
Enter the most advanced challenge laboratory of today's games, where electronics and logic merge into challenges that will captivate your mind and awaken the engineer within you!
Why similar: Casual 71%, Puzzle 29%
- #12 Odyssey - The Story of Science
90% matchMostly Positive75% of 305 reviews2017
Dev: The Young Socratics
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Odyssey is an enchanting and innovative science adventure game. Help Kai and her family escape their captors on the Wretched Islands - and learn the history of astronomy, mechanics, and scientific reasoning as you read Kai's journal and solve puzzles along the way!
Why similar: Adventure 48.3%, Indie 32.9%, Puzzle 18.8%
- #13 Chromatic Conundrum
84% matchVery Positive99% of 361 reviews2026
Dev: Digs
Windows
Chromatic Conundrum is a first person puzzle game where you manipulate light. Combine different colors and form shadows to illuminate your way through an enigmatic world.
Why similar: Adventure 41.6%, Puzzle 35.3%, Indie 23.1%
- #14 Chroma Zero
84% matchVery Positive96% of 356 reviews2024
Dev: ekorzPub: ZeroXP
Windows
Explore a unique and connected world. Understand its fragile balance, uncover its deepest questions, and find more than just the answers.
Why similar: Adventure 44.8%, Puzzle 29.3%, Indie 26%
- #15 Ludwig
89% matchMixed47% of 68 reviews2014
Dev: ovos
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 31%
Join Ludwig on an exciting journey through the world of physics. Find out how energy is created from fire, water, wind and sun and use them cleverly to protect the Robotronics on Unitron against the impending energy collapse! Ludwig is a new type of learning game, which not only conveys knowledge, but is also really fun to play!
Why similar: Adventure 56.6%, Indie 43.4%
- #16 League of Mermaids
88% matchMostly Positive72% of 64 reviews2015
Dev: Alder GamesPub: Legacy Games
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Join the League of Mermaids on an amazing Match-3 Physics puzzle adventure!
Why similar: Casual 47.3%, Adventure 22.7%, Indie 16.1%, Puzzle 13.9%
- #17 Particulars
87% matchMixed69% of 108 reviews2014
Dev: SeeThrough Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Particulars is a game with a unique combination of arcade-action and puzzle gameplay, set in the mysterious world of subatomic particles.
Why similar: Indie 71.9%, Puzzle 28.1%
- #18 Gravity Quest
86% matchMostly Positive73% of 103 reviews2017
Dev: Light Road Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 42 minMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 30%
Gravity Quest. Plunge into the world of magic 3d mazes! Feel deeply this fairy world free of gravitation.
Why similar: Casual 40.3%, Adventure 32.7%, Indie 27%
- #19 Puzzle Dimension
86% matchVery Positive90% of 497 reviews2010
Dev: Doctor Entertainment AB
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 33%
Find solutions to 100 unique puzzles and experience the satisfaction of "Aha" moments!
Why similar: Casual 42.7%, Indie 29.9%, Puzzle 27.4%
- #20 Unmechanical
85% matchVery Positive92% of 476 reviews2012
Dev: Talawa GamesPub: Teotl Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 58%
A carefully created world with unique environments and an engrossing atmosphere, Unmechanical offers over 30 unique puzzles of exploration and adventure!
Why similar: Casual 29.4%, Adventure 28.2%, Indie 25.3%, Puzzle 17.1%
- #21 Hyperbolica
82% matchVery Positive83% of 1,321 reviews2022
Dev: CodeParade
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Hyperbolica is a whimsical Non-Euclidean adventure with mind-bending worlds full of games, puzzles, mazes, and secrets! Immerse yourself in reality-warping geometries where lines can never be parallel, horizons are curved, and space grows exponentially.
Why similar: Adventure 32.4%, Casual 29.5%, Indie 19.2%, Puzzle 18.9%
- #22 Gravitia
79% matchVery Positive91% of 178 reviews2024
Dev: VuzzlePub: Jungle Game Lab
Windows
Gravitia is an adventure game about manipulating gravity to escape a unique world full of mystery.
Why similar: Adventure 61.7%, Puzzle 29.2%, Indie 9.1%
- #23 ORIX!
82% matchMixed68% of 197 reviews2018
Dev: AFBIK Studio
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 31%
ORIX!- a puzzle game - where you need to find the right path and get to the yellow cube.
Why similar: Casual 40.7%, Adventure 32%, Indie 27.2%
- #24 D-topia
75% matchVery Positive89% of 141 reviews2026
Dev: Marumittu GamesPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Step into the world of D-topia in this gentle-paced puzzle adventure. In D-topia, life is curated by artificial intelligence to maximize happiness. As the newest Facilitator, it’s up to you to solve puzzles to keep the D-topia residents happy and the facility running.
Why similar: Casual 41.2%, Adventure 36.8%, Puzzle 11.8%, Indie 10.3%
- #25 Inside The Gear
83% matchMixed40% of 140 reviews2014
Dev: Mykhail Konokh
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
A physics puzzle game like no other! You are inside the big old machine. There are rusty gears and shafts all around you, along with interactive objects such as planks and cubes. Use each object and place the wheel on the platform – easy!
Why similar: Casual 51.9%, Indie 32.8%, Puzzle 15.3%
- #26 Cartesian
81% matchVery Positive96% of 50 reviews2017
Dev: Mark Radocy
Windows
Cartesian is a unique puzzle-platformer with lasers as its core mechanic. Use lasers to reflect, push, destroy, and more as you search for your lost crew-mates. Dozens of interesting mechanics are introduced through over 70 varied levels.
Why similar: Adventure 54.8%, Indie 45.2%
- #27 Algotica Iterations
81% matchMixed53% of 177 reviews2017
Dev: Alexander Goodwin
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Algotica is an educational puzzle game about programming with cute lowpoly graphics. If you wanted to start learning programming but think that it too difficult to understand or just don't have enough time or not sure that you need it - this game is a good start point for you
Why similar: Adventure 45.1%, Indie 37.1%, Puzzle 17.8%
- #28 LASER LAB
77% matchVery Positive92% of 285 reviews2022
Dev: Ronald Wang
Windows
LASER LAB is a 3D puzzle game with the theme of exploration and interaction. The player is trapped in a locked laboratory surrounded by laser beams, and those who reroute the beams' path can escape from the chamber. It contains multiple puzzle levels, casual and challenging. Never miss it!
Why similar: Casual 64.9%, Puzzle 24.1%, Indie 11%
- #29 Chasing Light
78% matchVery Positive86% of 272 reviews2020
Dev: Vittgen Inc.
Windows · Mac
'Chasing Light' is the story of the seven days of exploring the physical properties of a game and uncovering an inner world of human beings and society. Have a weird trip!
Why similar: Adventure 54.2%, Indie 45.8%
- #30 Dusty
75% matchMostly Positive78% of 67 reviews2024
Dev: El Palo GamesPub: U-tad
Windows
Dusty is a third-person puzzle game focused on explore beautiful environments. Join archaeologist Dusty on his search for a mysterious civilization. Explore equipped with your extensible cane and notebook to resolve the past, the ways of the civilization and his technology of light.
Why similar: Adventure 36.1%, Casual 29.9%, Indie 20.8%, Puzzle 13.2%
- #31 Magic Box
80% matchMixed66% of 133 reviews2017
Dev: Indie Games StudioPub: Enoops
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Magic Box - interesting puzzle game with a lot of interesting and challenging levels.
Why similar: Casual 48.6%, Adventure 22.1%, Indie 19.1%, Puzzle 10.3%
- #32 Skala
76% matchVery Positive89% of 319 reviews2022
Dev: Gustav Almström
Windows · Linux
Skala is a puzzle game about changing the scale of the world.
Why similar: Adventure 50.8%, Puzzle 28.2%, Indie 21%
- #33 Pure Logic
74% matchVery Positive94% of 102 reviews2023
Dev: Sigmund Hoien
Windows
Explore logic symbols. Discover the rules. Solve complex puzzles. Feel the power of your logical side!
Why similar: Casual 45.2%, Puzzle 30.9%, Indie 23.9%
- #34 Light Repair Team #4
78% matchVery Positive91% of 55 reviews2016
Dev: Eerie Bear Games
Windows
Light Repair Team #4 is a light-reflection puzzle game where you play as a light-pipe repair person. Figure out how to properly bounce, combine and split light so that you can return power to nearby buildings.
Why similar: Casual 59.9%, Indie 40.1%
- #35 Relicta
76% matchMixed67% of 472 reviews2020
Dev: Mighty PolygonPub: Ravenscourt
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Relicta is a first-person physics-based puzzle game where you need to creatively combine magnetism and gravity to unravel the secrets of Chandra Base.
Why similar: Casual 69.3%, Puzzle 30.7%
- #36 Islands of Insight
72% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,236 reviews2024
Dev: Lunarch StudiosPub: Behaviour Interactive Inc.
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 18.3 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Seek out and solve 10,000+ puzzles at your own pace across this sublime puzzle game.
Why similar: Casual 42.2%, Adventure 35.8%, Puzzle 22%
- #37 Way of Rhea
73% matchVery Positive98% of 54 reviews2024
Dev: Games by Mason LLC
Windows · Linux
A puzzle game with challenging puzzles, but forgiving mechanics. Master the use of your color changing staff to solve mind bending puzzles, unlock new areas, and help out your friends. Undo any mistake with the press of a button.
Why similar: Adventure 49.7%, Puzzle 33.1%, Indie 17.1%
- #38 Truffle Saga
79% matchMixed43% of 123 reviews2014
Dev: Colossal GamesPub: KISS ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 12 minMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 33%
Truffle Saga, can you clear levels in one shot? Addictive physics puzzle game.
Why similar: Casual 41.6%, Adventure 26.5%, Indie 24.8%, Puzzle 7.1%
- #39 OR
77% matchMostly Negative40% of 193 reviews2017
Dev: Camagames
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Do not underestimate the apparent simplicity of OR because it will amaze you. In the game there will be pitfalls of every kind! The 3D graphics allows you to see the light from above. This opens up a world of possible combinations. With gameplay based around light, OR is a simplified Puzzle/Arcade game.
Why similar: Casual 75.8%, Indie 24.2%
- #40 PERFECT ANGLE: The puzzle game based on optical illusions
74% matchMostly Positive78% of 338 reviews2015
Dev: Ivanovich Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Challenge your mind with puzzles based on optical illusions. Find the perfect angle by rotating the camera to clean up the chaos and find a shocking story fraught with twists.
Why similar: Casual 39%, Adventure 27.5%, Indie 26.1%, Puzzle 7.4%
- #41 Qbik
73% matchVery Positive91% of 144 reviews2017
Dev: Norbert PalaczPub: Forever Entertainment S. A.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 28.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Go on an adventure as a small, one-eyed square, and traverse caves full of puzzles, riddles, and brainteasers! Discover 63 levels and the Level Editor on Steam Workshop!
Why similar: Casual 36.5%, Adventure 29.6%, Indie 25.2%, Puzzle 8.8%
- #42 Orbyss
67% matchVery Positive97% of 95 reviews2025
Dev: Misty Whale
Windows
In this logic based puzzle game, switch between Orbs to solve puzzles and light up your world. Play co-op with yourself, freeze time, fly drones, play with sound… and overcome the evil shadow interfering with your quest.
Why similar: Adventure 51%, Puzzle 49%
- #43 Newton's Fourth Law
66% matchVery Positive94% of 226 reviews2025
Dev: Newtonian Studios
Windows
Fight against brain-rot in this story-driven educational physics puzzle game. You will need to learn and apply high school physics concepts to solve increasingly challenging problems and uncover a galaxy spanning plot. When you have finished, you will be able to take a college level physics course.
Why similar: Adventure 52%, Puzzle 48%
- #44 Oik 2
71% matchVery Positive93% of 1,396 reviews2017
Dev: Crew Lab
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 22.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Casual physics puzzle
Why similar: Casual 49.1%, Indie 26.4%, Puzzle 13.2%, Adventure 11.3%
- #45 物理世界
70% matchVery Positive88% of 92 reviews2021
Dev: NeutronStar.studio
Windows
"Physics World" is a fast-paced horizontal version of the decryption game. There are various colorful physical formulas in the scene, which represent some physical rules. Players can create favorable situations by changing the common physical rules.
Why similar: Casual 50.9%, Indie 21.5%, Puzzle 21%, Adventure 6.6%
- #46 Amphora
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 216 reviews2014
Dev: Moondrop
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Amphora is a peculiar puzzle game that mixes story elements and physics. Amphora presents you with an unfamiliar world with a striking visual style inspired by all the shadow theatre traditions and colors of the world.
Why similar: Adventure 38.3%, Indie 36.7%, Puzzle 24.9%
- #47 Tandis
69% matchVery Positive95% of 240 reviews2022
Dev: Mahdi Bahrami
Windows · Mac · Linux
Tandis is a puzzle game where you discover mind-bending geometric shapes.
Why similar: Casual 48.6%, Indie 29.9%, Puzzle 21.5%
- #48 Oscuro Blossom's Glow
65% matchVery Positive95% of 74 reviews2025
Dev: Hongoneon
Windows
Join Selene in a charming platforming and puzzle adventure, where her ability to absorb and emit light from various flowers is key to activating mechanisms, overcoming obstacles, and navigating through environments that adjust depending on how you wield the light.
Why similar: Casual 35%, Adventure 32.8%, Puzzle 17.7%, Indie 14.5%
- #49 The House of Tesla: Definitive Edition
64% matchMostly Positive73% of 863 reviews2025
Dev: Blue Brain Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Solve intricate puzzles to activate Nikola Tesla's creations, restore Wardenclyffe Tower, and unlock hidden devices in his New York lab. Explore the Chicago World's Fair in this mind-bending puzzle adventure.
Why similar: Adventure 61.8%, Puzzle 38.2%
- #50 Ultimate Solid
72% matchMostly Positive74% of 69 reviews2016
Dev: What The Fantastic Games GroupPub: Night Steed Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%
The great arcade challenge in physics based platform world. Join the hardcore journey of 200 levels with puzzle elements and claim the title of Ultimate Solid!
Why similar: Adventure 47.2%, Indie 40.1%, Puzzle 12.7%
- #51 Ligo
65% matchVery Positive100% of 57 reviews2025
Dev: Anthony Berleur
Windows
Explore a mysterious non-linear world filled with puzzles and secrets. Make small creatures work together to lift the curse and reconnect the world.
Why similar: Adventure 41.2%, Puzzle 30.5%, Indie 28.3%
- #52 Turn on all the lights
68% matchVery Positive93% of 94 reviews2021
Dev: Thedox Games
Windows · Linux
Turn on all the lights is a minimalist puzzle game that features a recursive mechanics in which the player has to explore micro pieces to connect a circuit and solve the main puzzle.
Why similar: Casual 46.8%, Puzzle 30.1%, Indie 23.1%
- #53 CUBOTS The Origins
71% matchMixed69% of 54 reviews2017
Dev: Street Lamp Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Be a part of an adventurous journey in Cubots: The Origins. Explore and survive in beautiful, atmospheric environments!
Why similar: Casual 32.4%, Adventure 27.2%, Indie 23.7%, Puzzle 16.7%
- #54 Carpe Lucem - Seize The Light VR
71% matchVery Positive88% of 50 reviews2016
Dev: Hammer LabsPub: Application Systems Heidelberg
Windows
Carpe Lucem challenges and entertains players by transferring classical 2D puzzles into the virtual space. It creates a whole new way of interacting and playing mind teasing puzzle games and it made nobody sick in hundreds of demos at trade shows. VR equipment such as HTC Vive or Oculus required.
Why similar: Casual 52.3%, Indie 34.2%, Puzzle 13.5%
- #55 Logicality
68% matchMostly Positive75% of 56 reviews2022
Dev: SVGames
Windows
Immerse yourself in an exciting journey on the island of dreams. Explore the open world and interesting places, while solving various puzzles that use environment.
Why similar: Adventure 61.7%, Puzzle 22.6%, Indie 15.7%
- #56 ReThink | Evolved 2
70% matchVery Positive93% of 55 reviews2018
Dev: Yaeko
Windows
ReThink | Evolved 2 is a Puzzle Game in a futuristic setting. Solve a variety of Puzzles that utilize Lasers and the behavior of light in two and three-dimensional space. Created with the Feedback from its predecessor in mind, ReThink | Evolved 2 features: 40 new Puzzles, enhanced Gameplay...
Why similar: Casual 35%, Indie 34.4%, Puzzle 30.6%
- #57 illum
66% matchVery Positive93% of 113 reviews2023
Dev: Elsa LiuPub: USC Games
Windows · Mac
Embark on a heartwarming journey with your little light friend to solve puzzles and bring light to the mystical realm of Illum.
Why similar: Casual 45.8%, Puzzle 26.3%, Adventure 18.6%, Indie 9.4%
- #58 Magic Encyclopedia: Moon Light
70% matchMixed56% of 50 reviews2019
Dev: Vendel GamesPub: Alawar Casual
Windows
Find hidden objects and solve challenging puzzles to help Katrina save her professor from the curse of the werewolf!
Why similar: Casual 40.3%, Adventure 32.7%, Indie 27%
- #59 Monument Valley 3
60% matchVery Positive93% of 2,284 reviews2025
Dev: ustwo games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 33.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Set sail for a world-changing adventure as you guide Noor in their quest through a series of mind-bending illusions and atmospheric puzzles. Can you unlock the secrets of the mysterious world – and the meaning behind the Sacred Light?
Why similar: Casual 68.7%, Puzzle 31.3%
- #60 Patch me if you can
61% matchVery Positive98% of 261 reviews2025
Dev: Ah Shot ChuPub: Jungle Game Lab
Windows
Patch me if you can is a puzzle adventure where you dive into a game world and manipulate objects however you want. Equip blocks to shrink boulders, move the sun, and thwart Lord's conspiracy. This broken world needs your 'patch'!
Why similar: Casual 40.7%, Adventure 22%, Puzzle 21.8%, Indie 15.5%