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60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Strategy, Indie, Puzzle, Casual.

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"Refract" is a puzzle game in which you use the primary colored laser beams and reflect them or refract them to the cuboid of thet corresponding color.

Reviews: Positive — 91% — of 33 reviews
Released: 2017-07-06
Developer: Renaissance Game Studio
Genres: Indie, Strategy
Platforms: Windows, Mac

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    96% match8 user reviews38% of 8 reviews2016
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    Why similar: Strategy 49.9%, Puzzle 29.9%, Indie 20.2%

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    94% match8 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2017
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    94% matchPositive97% of 30 reviews2016
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%

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    93% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2018
    Dev: Rynder Games
    Windows

    Swapper Tiles is a First Person Puzzle game where you find yourself trapped in a cage with your only chance to escape is to complete the challenges set. The game revolves around completing puzzles by swapping tiles around to create a path between them. Demo available on Steam.

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    92% matchPositive82% of 17 reviews2017
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    91% matchPositive88% of 26 reviews2016
    Dev: .M.Y.W.
    Windows
    Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 98%

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    Windows

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    86% matchPositive89% of 36 reviews2023
    Dev: Eternal Monke Games
    Windows · Mac

    Challenge your logic and strategy in new ways in this deductive tile-placement puzzle game. Master a rich system of logical rules where you must arrange blocks within a grid to make everything add up perfectly.

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    90% matchMostly Positive78% of 344 reviews2016
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    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%

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    89% matchMostly Positive87% of 408 reviews2016
    Dev: Jetdogs Studios
    Windows
    Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%

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    89% matchPositive86% of 14 reviews2015
    Dev: Meteor Shock
    Windows
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 98%

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    Why similar: Strategy 49.5%, Puzzle 30.4%, Indie 20.1%

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    88% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2017
    Dev: Octopus 8 Studios
    Windows

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    87% matchNo user reviews2019
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    Windows

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    84% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2019
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    85% matchPositive81% of 31 reviews2017
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    Windows

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    83% matchPositive92% of 26 reviews2016
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    Windows
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    Windows

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    Windows
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    Windows
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    70% matchNo user reviews
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    Windows

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    Windows · Mac

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    Windows

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    Windows · Mac · Linux

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    77% matchMostly Positive70% of 10 reviews2017
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    Windows · Mac · Linux

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    75% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2018
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    75% matchVery Positive80% of 175 reviews2018
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    Windows · Mac
    Median: 48 minMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 47%

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    76% matchPositive86% of 49 reviews2015
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    Windows
    Median: 24 minMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 37%

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    Windows

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    Windows · Mac

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    70% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2019
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    Windows

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    71% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2018
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    Windows · Mac · Linux

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    70% matchPositive94% of 16 reviews2018
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    69% matchMixed50% of 12 reviews2019
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    67% matchVery Positive90% of 79 reviews2019
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    69% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2018
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    Windows

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    69% matchVery Positive86% of 64 reviews2017
    Dev: Rubicon Development
    Windows

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    Why similar: Strategy 71.2%, Indie 28.8%

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    68% matchVery Positive91% of 109 reviews2016
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    Windows · Linux
    Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 64%

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    58% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: PositionMatters
    Windows · Mac · Linux

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    Why similar: Strategy 70.5%, Indie 29.5%

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    71% matchMostly Negative25% of 48 reviews2017
    Dev: Merriman GamesPub: SA Industry
    Windows
    Median: 0 minMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 29%

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    Why similar: Strategy 49.8%, Puzzle 26.6%, Indie 23.6%

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    68% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2018
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    Windows

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    Why similar: Strategy 71.2%, Indie 28.8%

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    66% matchPositive83% of 18 reviews2019
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    56% matchNo user reviews
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    Windows · Mac

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    49% matchPositive100% of 18 reviews2026
    Dev: 26F Studio
    Windows

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