Games Like Osmos

Dynamic abstract sandbox universe. Changes and evolves as you do.

Why similar: Relaxing 17.1%, Space 16.9%, Casual 15.2%, Physics 13.7%, Indie 13.1%

Why You'll Like It: Like Osmos, this game features orbital physics and a core mechanic of growing your celestial body by absorbing smaller objects.

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 39.7%, Great Soundtrack 16.6%, Casual 15.3%, Indie 14.8%, Relaxing 12.8%

Why You'll Like It: This puzzle game features a deeply atmospheric, minimalist aesthetic and a relaxing, contemplative pace.

Experience the celebrated strategy gameplay of Eufloria HD. Conquer asteroids in space and use their resources to grow floral creatures that do your bidding. Expand your empire and fight against several teams of AI opponents that all vie for the same resources and can offer fierce opposition.

Why similar: Relaxing 35.2%, Indie 22.3%, Great Soundtrack 16.8%, Casual 14.6%, Strategy 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: This strategy game mirrors the ambient, organic growth themes of Osmos within a minimalist space setting.

World of Goo is a multiple award winning physics based puzzle / construction game made entirely by two guys.

Why similar: Puzzle 30%, Physics 22.3%, Great Soundtrack 20.6%, Indie 11.1%, Casual 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: It utilizes creative physics-based puzzles that require careful manipulation of matter, similar to the core mechanics of Osmos.

Floating Point is a peaceful, free game about using a grappling hook to swing yourself gracefully through randomly generated spaces. The only objective is to collect points, and the only thing that increases your points is swinging swiftly, smoothly and elegantly without hitting anything.

Why similar: Relaxing 29%, Physics 21.8%, Casual 16.4%, Indie 12.3%, Great Soundtrack 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based game that emphasizes momentum and gentle, relaxing movement through minimalist environments.

FLOW is an extremely short psychological horror adventure video game. Wake up in the shoes of Flo, a 19-year-old, and embark on an adventure into a strange and wonderful world. The more you investigate, the more you can learn about the truth behind the universe.

Why similar: Indie 67.7%, 2D 21%, Atmospheric 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game shares the same hypnotic, aquatic-like movement and ambient growth progression found in Osmos.

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 30.9%, Relaxing 24.8%, Casual 20.8%, Atmospheric 7.3%, Minimalist 7%

Why You'll Like It: A beautiful, abstract puzzle game that prioritizes relaxing, fluid movement and minimalist visual design.

Experience award-winning Flower, now available on PC. Flower lets you take control of the wind as you explore and navigate beautiful, lush environments.

Why similar: Relaxing 30.6%, Puzzle 22.4%, Casual 16.5%, Indie 11.5%, Atmospheric 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a similarly serene and atmospheric experience where movement through the environment feels fluid and meditative.

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 39%, Relaxing 23.3%, Casual 20.2%, Indie 15.9%, Singleplayer 1.6%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a highly tactile and relaxing experience that focuses on minimalist design and soothing audio.

Navigate the beauty and hazards of the solar system while riding a wave of light through 100+ levels in this innovative action-puzzle game!

Why similar: Indie 22.5%, Great Soundtrack 22.3%, Puzzle 21.2%, Casual 8.5%, Space 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: It combines physics-based movement with a strong emphasis on electronic music and rhythmic, flowing gameplay.

Relaxing puzzle game, telling the story of Eon through gorgeous art and music.

Why similar: Puzzle 35.9%, Casual 16.4%, Indie 14.5%, Relaxing 12.8%, Great Soundtrack 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a minimalist, relaxing puzzle experience that emphasizes visual storytelling without text.

Nominated as a IGF Seamus McNally Finalist, NightSky is an ambient action-puzzle game that offers a gameplay experience unlike any other—cerebral challenges fill uniquely designed picturesque worlds. The player must maneuver a sphere by using realistic physics to advance; each of these worlds is broken into different areas.

Why similar: Puzzle 26.1%, Physics 24.8%, Indie 16.8%, Casual 14.9%, Atmospheric 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based puzzle-platformer that relies on atmospheric visuals and a calm, deliberate pace.

Explore the cosmos as a comet, orbiting planets with a realistic gravity system and a backdrop of procedurally generated nebulae. Learn to use planetary gravity to your advantage, and relax in the ambience of space.

Why similar: Physics 18.7%, Puzzle 17.8%, Relaxing 16%, Space 9.9%, Casual 8%

Why You'll Like It: This game directly captures the orbital physics and space-themed puzzle gameplay that defines the Osmos experience.

Linelight is an elegant puzzle game set in a world of lines.

Why similar: Puzzle 31.8%, Casual 20.3%, Great Soundtrack 17.3%, Indie 16.8%, Relaxing 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist puzzle game that uses simple lines and elegant design to create a relaxing, focused experience.

Hexcells Infinite is an ambient logic puzzle game for PC, Mac and Linux.

Why similar: Puzzle 47.2%, Relaxing 14.7%, Casual 13.4%, Indie 9.3%, Minimalist 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a clean, minimalist logic puzzle experience that is perfect for those who enjoy the focused nature of Osmos.

Proteus is a game about exploration and immersion in a dream-like island world where the soundtrack to your play is created by your surroundings. Played in first-person, the primary means of interaction is simply your presence in the world and how you observe it.

Why similar: Relaxing 36.5%, Indie 17.9%, Casual 17%, Great Soundtrack 12.2%, Procedural Generation 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on exploration and ambient soundscapes, creating a dreamlike atmosphere similar to the world of Osmos.

SiNKR is a minimalist puzzler using various contraptions to sink pucks. Responsive ambient music. No holes left behind.

Why similar: Puzzle 23.8%, Great Soundtrack 18.1%, Relaxing 15.4%, Casual 9.9%, Minimalist 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist puzzle game that strips away complexity to focus on satisfying, logical interactions.

Instant town building toy. Place housing blocks and watch them transform, piece by piece, into idyllic ocean-side towns, pastoral gardens, or sweeping cities on the sea.

Why similar: Relaxing 29.9%, Casual 17%, Indie 12.9%, Procedural Generation 11.5%, Minimalist 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: A purely relaxing, minimalist building toy that shares the ambient, low-stress appeal of Osmos.

Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.

Why similar: Relaxing 37%, Great Soundtrack 28.6%, Indie 17.2%, Casual 13.5%, Singleplayer 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: While more exploration-focused, it captures the same sense of relaxing, atmospheric movement and gentle progression.

Crayon Physics Deluxe is a 2D physics puzzle / sandbox game, in which you get to experience what it would be like if your drawings would be magically transformed into real physical objects. Solve puzzles with your artistic vision and creative use of physics.

Why similar: Puzzle 30.7%, Physics 25.1%, Casual 15.5%, Indie 13%, Relaxing 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: It encourages creative, physics-based problem solving in a minimalist, hand-drawn environment.

An award-winning anti-platformer where destruction is the only way to move. Mold yourself into any form by destroying your cells, and traverse a devastated landscape filled with brain-twisting puzzles and bizarre mutations. Are you ready to break the mold?

Why similar: Puzzle 39.5%, Indie 23.2%, Physics 22.7%, Atmospheric 6%, Difficult 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game features unique physics-based movement where you must morph and reshape your character to navigate obstacles.

Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 39.3%, Relaxing 14.6%, Indie 12.9%, Atmospheric 12.2%, Puzzle 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: An artistic, atmospheric game that uses movement and sound to create an emotional, relaxing journey.

An enchanting puzzle game of logic and relaxation.

Why similar: Puzzle 24.5%, Great Soundtrack 23.5%, Relaxing 19.5%, Indie 14.3%, Casual 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist puzzle game that emphasizes calm, logical movement and a soothing, high-quality soundtrack.

shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!

Why similar: Puzzle 33.8%, Casual 17.2%, Indie 12.2%, Procedural Generation 11.7%, Singleplayer 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on minimalist, logic-based growth and automation that is surprisingly relaxing and addictive.

Unpacking is a zen puzzle game about the familiar experience of pulling possessions out of boxes and fitting them into a new home. Part block-fitting puzzle, part home decoration, you are invited to create a satisfying living space while learning clues about the life you’re unpacking.

Why similar: Relaxing 38.8%, Puzzle 24.2%, Casual 14.7%, Indie 9%, Atmospheric 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: A meditative, tactile puzzle game that focuses on the satisfaction of organizing and interacting with objects.

Be the Universe in this epic, award-winning reality simulation game - featuring thousands of playable characters, endless exploration, an extraordinary soundtrack and narration from Alan Watts.

Why similar: Relaxing 27.3%, Casual 21.2%, Great Soundtrack 16.4%, Indie 16.1%, Atmospheric 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a philosophical, ambient exploration experience that allows you to inhabit and grow into various forms.

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: Puzzle 28.2%, Relaxing 12.6%, Minimalist 12.2%, Casual 11.1%, Indie 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist strategy game that uses clean design and rhythmic audio to create a satisfying flow state.

Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 42.6%, Difficult 25.4%, Indie 14.4%, Arcade 5.4%, Minimalist 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: While more intense, it shares the minimalist, rhythmic, and physics-focused design philosophy of Osmos.

Ride your music in more ways than ever before. Audiosurf 2 is the music game for your entire music collection. Hundreds of mods/skins on Workshop. Free demo available.

Why similar: Indie 27.7%, Great Soundtrack 19.8%, Casual 19.1%, Puzzle 14.3%, Arcade 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game turns your music library into a physics-based, rhythmic experience that feels very similar to the electronic vibe of Osmos.

Start as an asteroid, grow by absorbing other celestial bodies to become a planet, a star, and ultimately a black hole. Experience realistic gravity and orbital physics in an ever-evolving sandbox universe.

Why similar: Physics 22.2%, Relaxing 19.7%, Casual 12.3%, Space 11.9%, Space Sim 9.2%

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 27.4%, Indie 22.7%, Puzzle 10%, Great Soundtrack 9.1%, Physics 8%

The legendary Knytt series continues with Nifflas’ latest creation; Knytt Underground. In this Knytteration; humans have long since abandoned the planet after practically destroying it in a war, five hundred years ago.

Why similar: Indie 40%, Great Soundtrack 35.6%, Puzzle 12.3%, Atmospheric 8.5%, 2D 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game features vast, atmospheric environments and a focus on fluid, relaxing exploration.

Atomic Reconstruction is a atmospheric Puzzle game, where you have to use the power of fusion and fission to create and modify specific atoms or groups of atoms.

Why similar: Casual 25.7%, Indie 21.9%, Puzzle 18%, Physics 15.2%, Relaxing 13.8%

Relaxing physics puzzle game with minimalist design.

Why similar: Casual 18.6%, Indie 15%, Puzzle 14.8%, Great Soundtrack 14.4%, Physics 14.1%

perspective illusion puzzle based on M.C. Escher drawings and impossible shapes

Why similar: Puzzle 21.1%, Indie 20.1%, Casual 15.4%, Great Soundtrack 13.4%, Relaxing 10.2%

Hexcells is an ambient logic puzzle game for PC, Mac and Linux.

Why similar: Puzzle 48.1%, Casual 13.5%, Relaxing 9.6%, Indie 9.4%, Great Soundtrack 7%

Come with us now on a journey through music and space... To the world of VOYAGER ◯∘ A minimalist, relaxing & atmospheric experience to chill out to for a while…

Why similar: Physics 19.3%, Relaxing 18.6%, Space 11%, Space Sim 10.9%, Casual 10.5%

An enchanting game of logic and relaxation.

Why similar: Puzzle 28.2%, Great Soundtrack 21.5%, Relaxing 17.4%, Indie 14.1%, Casual 11.3%

TRIOS is a relaxing, minimalist maths puzzle game. Take your time, chill out with some numbers. Deceptively simple, surprisingly challenging.

Why similar: Puzzle 25.2%, Relaxing 21.9%, Casual 11.9%, Procedural Generation 10%, Minimalist 8.2%

Relaxing puzzle game in a minimal style.

Why similar: Puzzle 21.1%, Casual 20.3%, Indie 19.3%, Great Soundtrack 14.7%, Relaxing 12.3%

Hexcells Plus is an ambient logic puzzle game for PC, Mac and Linux.

Why similar: Puzzle 49.8%, Casual 12.9%, Indie 11.9%, Relaxing 7.5%, Minimalist 5.3%

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 22.6%, Great Soundtrack 22.4%, Relaxing 17.6%, Casual 9.4%, Indie 8.7%

Relax, clear your mind and find the way out.

Why similar: Puzzle 29.4%, Casual 15.8%, Indie 14.8%, Difficult 11%, Relaxing 10.7%

An enchanting puzzle game of logic and relaxation.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 25.9%, Puzzle 25.2%, Indie 17.5%, Relaxing 14.6%, Casual 10.3%

Orbit a planet, fire your laser, and mine it to the core. Upgrade your ship and conquer seasonal hazards across four unique zones. A satisfying incremental mining game set in space.

Why similar: Space 20.8%, Casual 20.7%, Relaxing 13.5%, Sci-fi 9.7%, Arcade 9.5%

Merge planets together in this puzzle game with soft physics. Can you make it to the sun? Can you merge two suns? Find out for science!

Why similar: Puzzle 24.5%, Physics 20.1%, Relaxing 18.1%, Casual 12.8%, Arcade 5.8%

From stardust to cosmic sovereign! In this unique space game, evolve by devouring everything. Grow from a tiny rock into a massive galaxy. Each swallow brings growth, each evolution brings victory. Unlock the universe's ultimate secrets!

Why similar: Physics 27.7%, Relaxing 20.8%, Casual 15.8%, Space 15.5%, Indie 12.8%

Welcome to the Glass Masquerade sequel - an artistic puzzle game inspired by stained glass artisans and Wonderland depictions of the 20th century. You need to combine hidden glass pieces to solve every riddle and free yourself from a tangled dream.

Why similar: Puzzle 32.9%, Casual 22.1%, Indie 14.6%, Relaxing 13.3%, Great Soundtrack 12.2%

Welcome to Glass Masquerade - an artistic puzzle game inspired by Art Deco & stained glass artisans of the 20th century. You need to combine hidden glass pieces to unveil clocks and themes exhibited by various cultures of the world at the 'International Times Exhibition'

Why similar: Puzzle 61.9%, Relaxing 12.6%, Great Soundtrack 9.8%, Casual 7.1%, Indie 4.6%

A relaxing strategy game featuring unconventional gameplay. Your objectives include development, evolution, border expansion and protection of your hive.

Why similar: Casual 20.7%, Indie 16.6%, Relaxing 15.2%, Physics 14.3%, Science 8.1%

Welcome to Supesu. Relaxing dimensional puzzle game.

Why similar: Casual 34.7%, Indie 28.7%, Puzzle 17.9%, Relaxing 13.8%, Atmospheric 4.9%

HOOK is a short minimal, puzzle game.

Why similar: Puzzle 28.4%, Relaxing 25.9%, Casual 15.8%, Great Soundtrack 8.4%, Minimalist 7.7%

Zachtronics is back with an ambitious new design-based puzzle game. Take on the role of a Reactor Engineer working for SpaceChem, the leading chemical synthesizer for frontier colonies. Construct elaborate factories to transform raw materials into valuable chemical products!

Why similar: Puzzle 45%, Difficult 15.2%, Great Soundtrack 14.2%, Indie 9.4%, Science 4.4%

Devilishly difficult but insanely rewarding physics puzzler. Play through 85 levels of diverse and ingenious physics-based challenges.

Why similar: Puzzle 29.5%, Casual 23.2%, Indie 16.1%, Physics 11.5%, Difficult 10.3%

Hade is a minimalist logic game with severely difficult puzzles softened by relaxing ambient music.

Why similar: Puzzle 28.5%, Casual 19.7%, Indie 16.7%, Relaxing 11.5%, Difficult 9.6%

Sizeable is a relaxing and peacefull puzzle/exploration game! Shrink and grow your way through small dioramas in search of hidden objects!

Why similar: Puzzle 24.8%, Relaxing 19.8%, Casual 13.9%, Indie 10.2%, Physics 9.4%

A spaceship building and universe-exploration game. Collect resources, expand and grow your fleet, and conquer your personal galaxy. Stellar ambience by Peaks.

Why similar: Space 30.7%, Great Soundtrack 16.8%, Indie 16.8%, Physics 9.5%, 2D 8.2%

Elegant and minimal, Duet asks players simply to navigate two orbiting spheres past an increasingly complex maze of falling obstacles. As the difficulty increases, the tension mounts, and a peculiar narrative unfolds.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 32%, Indie 19%, Difficult 13.7%, Minimalist 11.2%, Casual 10.4%