Games Like simian.interface++

Understand is an experimental puzzle game about guessing rules. In each level, you have to figure out the rules through trial and error, then draw a line satisfying all rules.

Why similar: Casual 55%, Indie 45%

Why You'll Like It: Like the seed game, this title forces you to deduce the rules of each level through experimentation and observation without any text-based instructions.

Dissembler is a subtle puzzle game about unraveling playful, abstract designs one color at a time.

Why similar: Casual 53.7%, Indie 46.3%

Why You'll Like It: An abstract, minimalist puzzle game that relies on visual pattern recognition and intuitive logic to clear the board.

Ever evolving puzzle game.

Why similar: Casual 57.3%, Indie 42.7%

Why You'll Like It: A highly minimalist puzzle experience that focuses on tactile, abstract interactions that the player must master through trial and error.

Baba Is You is a puzzle game where the rules you have to follow are present as blocks you can interact with. By manipulating them, you can change how the game works, repurpose things you find in the levels and cause surprising interactions!

Why similar: Indie 85.5%, Casual 14.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game centers on the mechanic of discovering and manipulating the rules of the world itself, mirroring the experimental nature of simian.interface++.

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: Indie 100%

Why You'll Like It: You must decipher an ancient language and its logic through interaction, capturing the same sense of mystery and discovery found in the seed game.

Can you push all the buttons?

Why similar: Casual 64.3%, Indie 35.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game features a clean, minimalist aesthetic and intuitive mechanics that require no tutorial, just like the seed game.

Minimalistic puzzler about silhouettes from creator of Evo Explores

Why similar: Casual 58.3%, Indie 41.7%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, spatial puzzle game that challenges your perception and pattern recognition skills.

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

Why similar: Casual 56.2%, Indie 43.8%

Why You'll Like It: This minimalist puzzle game uses simple, intuitive mechanics that allow the player to learn through flow and experimentation.

Fulfilling puzzle game.

Why similar: Casual 64.4%, Indie 35.6%

Why You'll Like It: A tactile, minimalist puzzle game where the player must figure out how shapes fit together through experimentation.

Gorogoa is an elegant evolution of the puzzle genre, told through a beautifully hand-drawn story designed and illustrated by Jason Roberts. Winner of Debut Game at the 2018 BAFTA Games Awards, as well as Best Mobile Game and the Innovation Award at the GDC 2018 Choice Awards.

Why similar: Indie 51.4%, Casual 48.6%

Why You'll Like It: The game relies entirely on visual intuition and spatial manipulation, requiring the player to figure out how the abstract panels interact.

Induction is an abstract puzzle game about time travel and paradoxes. As you master its logic, Induction will rewire how you think about cause and effect.

Why similar: Indie 100%

Why You'll Like It: This abstract puzzle game uses time-manipulation mechanics that require deep logical deduction to master.

HOOK is a short minimal, puzzle game.

Why similar: Casual 70.5%, Indie 29.5%

Why You'll Like It: A completely text-free, minimalist puzzle experience that relies on the player's ability to intuitively understand the mechanics.

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: Casual 53.2%, Indie 46.8%

Why You'll Like It: An abstract and experimental puzzle game that prioritizes a minimalist feel and intuitive interaction.

Explore impossible geometry and optical illusions!

Why similar: Casual 57%, Indie 43%

Why You'll Like It: A spatial puzzle game that uses perspective and abstract geometry to challenge the player's intuition.

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

Why similar: Casual 60.2%, Indie 39.8%

Why You'll Like It: A pure logic puzzle game that strips away all unnecessary elements to focus on the core mechanics of deduction.

Minimal puzzle game.

Why similar: Casual 60.2%, Indie 39.8%

Why You'll Like It: A relaxing, minimalist puzzle game that relies on simple, intuitive mechanics that the player discovers as they play.

Rediscover gravity and explore an Escher-esque world of impossible architecture. Witness infinity in first-person and master its rules to solve physics-defying puzzles. Cultivate a garden to open new paths forward, where an eternal expanse awaits.

Why similar: Indie 100%

Why You'll Like It: This game features abstract, non-Euclidean geometry that the player must learn to navigate through observation and experimentation.

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: Casual 57.9%, Indie 42.1%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, abstract puzzle game that focuses on pattern recognition and connecting paths.

LOOP is a tranquil puzzle game, with a unique, simple, meditative feel. Inspired by Zen philosophy, the minimal UI has no timers, move limit or score; allowing you to just relax and focus. Includes over 1 BILLION Levels.

Why similar: Casual 57.2%, Indie 42.8%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, relaxing puzzle experience that focuses on simple, intuitive pattern matching.

Guess the rules, divide shapes, solve puzzles. 49 variants with consistent rulessets.

Why similar: Casual 56.2%, Indie 43.8%

Why You'll Like It: An abstract, minimalist logic puzzle game that focuses on 2D pattern recognition.

An adorable puzzle game about being a monster and making snowmen.

Why similar: Casual 100%

Why You'll Like It: This game uses simple, intuitive rules that the player internalizes through play rather than explicit explanation.

Multimirror is a minimal grid-based puzzle game.

Why similar: Indie 54.6%, Casual 45.4%

Why You'll Like It: An abstract puzzle game that relies on visual logic and experimentation to solve its levels.

A game of strange jigsaws.

Why similar: Casual 76.9%, Indie 23.1%

TIS-100 is an open-ended programming game by Zachtronics, the creators of SpaceChem and Infinifactory, in which you rewrite corrupted code segments to repair the TIS-100 and unlock its secrets. It’s the assembly language programming game you never asked for!

Why similar: Indie 100%

Why You'll Like It: While more technical, it shares the 'figure out the interface' philosophy that defines the seed game.

A minimalist logic game. Can you solve for 𝒙?

Why similar: Casual 100%

A simple 3d puzzle game.

Why similar: Indie 100%

Why You'll Like It: An abstract, deceptively simple-looking puzzle game that requires deep logical deduction to solve.

Minimal physical puzzle with explosions

Why similar: Casual 61.3%, Indie 38.7%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based, minimalist puzzle game that relies on experimentation to solve each screen.

Discover the truth about Quern’s past, unfold the mysteries of its present, and be the explorer who shapes its future. Quern introduces reusable puzzle mechanics to the classic genre, making the player think about the game as a whole, and not just as a series of individual challenges.

Why You'll Like It: This game encourages environmental discovery and deduction, rewarding players who observe their surroundings closely.

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: Casual 57.2%, Indie 42.8%

Why You'll Like It: A colorful, minimalist puzzle game that focuses on simple, intuitive mechanics for the player to master.

Gomez is a 2D creature living in a 2D world. Or is he? When the existence of a mysterious 3rd dimension is revealed to him, Gomez is sent out on a journey that will take him to the very end of time and space. Use your ability to navigate 3D structures from 4 distinct classic 2D perspectives.

Why similar: Indie 73.7%, Casual 26.3%

Why You'll Like It: A game centered on discovery and perspective, requiring the player to piece together the rules of its world.

English Country Tune is a luxuriant abstract 3D puzzle game containing more than a hundred levels situated throughout 17 worlds.

Why similar: Casual 50.3%, Indie 49.7%

Why You'll Like It: A highly abstract and challenging puzzle game that rewards players for deducing its complex internal logic.

SquareCells is an ambient logic puzzle game.

Why similar: Casual 51.1%, Indie 48.9%

a game about walking/jumping between plane surfaces to collect all red squares

Why similar: Casual 57.2%, Indie 42.8%

A tangram is a Chinese logic puzzle in which you must fit seven pieces into a target shape without any overlapping. Enjoy solving over 200 deceptively simple puzzles in Tangrams Deluxe!

Why similar: Casual 56.2%, Indie 43.8%

A puzzle game with an eye in it. And it's free. The game, not the eye.

Why similar: Casual 68.3%, Indie 31.7%

CrossCells is an ambient logic puzzle game.

Why similar: Casual 57%, Indie 43%

An enchanting puzzle game of logic and relaxation.

Why similar: Indie 56.3%, Casual 43.7%

Did you ever pay attention to the importance of space? Space Between Worlds is a short puzzle game that expresses the concept of proximity and lets the player interpret the context and arc of the story.

Why similar: Casual 57%, Indie 43%

A word-less abstract puzzle game about language.

Why similar: Casual 54.8%, Indie 45.2%

Let the number tell you what to do

Why similar: Casual 58.5%, Indie 41.5%

Turn On The Light is a minimalist puzzle game.

Why similar: Casual 58.5%, Indie 41.5%

Explore logic symbols. Discover the rules. Solve complex puzzles. Feel the power of your logical side!

Why similar: Casual 61.8%, Indie 38.2%

Minimal puzzle with matchsticks

Why similar: Casual 56.2%, Indie 43.8%

Simple. Elegant. Challenging.

Why similar: Casual 60.2%, Indie 39.8%

In CUIT, it is only you and your mind. A challenging and relaxing puzzle game, ready to test you from top to bottom. Navigate a current through a circuit. Power a target, avoid the explosives. Sounds easy? Try it - and guess again. A logical challenge - for everyone.

Why similar: Casual 58.3%, Indie 41.7%

Casual memory puzzle.

Why similar: Indie 53.1%, Casual 46.9%

Relax, clear your mind and find the way out.

Why similar: Casual 53.1%, Indie 46.9%

Minimal physical puzzle with explosions

Why similar: Casual 73.6%, Indie 26.4%

Cross Set is a simple and brain-teasing new number puzzle game.

Why similar: Casual 58.9%, Indie 41.1%

Plush combines stuffed animal simulation with the imagination of a little girl to provide a unique puzzle experience. To successfully complete each level, the player must arrange the stuffed animals in such a way as to make them all "happy" before bedtime.

Why similar: Indie 51%, Casual 49%

A poetic platformer of exploration through a concrete jungle, where sweaty monkeys team up and move freely toward the sea. No combat — just survival together.

Why similar: Casual 57.4%, Indie 42.6%

Beautiful & relaxing Numberlink puzzles.

Why similar: Casual 57.4%, Indie 42.6%

A quirky 2D puzzle platformer where your most powerful tool is… the DUDES!

Why similar: Casual 79.6%, Indie 20.4%

A unique abstract puzzle game with an emphasis on lateral thinking. Use catalysts to build compounds and manipulate cell structures. 100 puzzle levels and a level editor to create your own custom puzzle designs.

Why similar: Indie 100%

An ambient, very simple game* with pseudo-puzzle elements, something you can leave open on a second monitor while you work.

Why similar: Casual 56.2%, Indie 43.8%

A dynamic clicker puzzle simulating real physics.

Why similar: Casual 56.9%, Indie 43.1%

A minimalist game about connecting circuits, solving jigsaw puzzles and mind-bending recursive circuits.

Why similar: Casual 60.4%, Indie 39.6%

You play for an unusual character. You must pass challenging puzzles. How to? By creating your own platforms! Some platforms are bouncy, some can move. But you only get a few. Use them wisely, player.

Why similar: Casual 56.2%, Indie 43.8%

A puzzle game about unlocking stuff.

Why similar: Casual 59%, Indie 41%

Jacob: an evidence-based puzzle

Why similar: Casual 54%, Indie 46%