Games Like Taiji

You wake up, alone, on a strange island full of puzzles that will challenge and surprise you.

Why similar: Puzzle 24.1%, Difficult 14.8%, Open World 13.2%, Walking Simulator 12.9%, Nonlinear 11%

Why You'll Like It: As the primary inspiration for Taiji, this game defines the genre of environmental, rule-based puzzle exploration.

A fantastic, oceanic, open world puzzle adventure. Solve innovative block puzzles while unearthing a mystifying story, gaining new friends that change the puzzle landscape, and unlocking powers that provide more options for how you choose to progress through the enigmatic Isles of Sea and Sky.

Why similar: Nonlinear 31.5%, Open World 14%, Puzzle 12.3%, Relaxing 9.7%, Stylized 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down, non-linear puzzle adventure that perfectly captures the exploration-heavy, grid-based feel of Taiji.

Place your faith and embrace the Void.

Why similar: Puzzle 26.7%, Mystery 22.5%, Difficult 17.2%, Female Protagonist 9.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: A deeply cryptic and rewarding puzzle game that hides its true complexity behind a deceptively simple exterior.

Explore a dense, interconnected labyrinth, and unravel its many secrets. Collect items to manipulate your environment in surprising and meaningful ways. Encounter beautiful and unsettling creatures, as you attempt to survive what lurks in the dark. There is more than what you see.

Why similar: Nonlinear 23.8%, Puzzle 16%, Surreal 14%, Exploration 11.9%, Pixel Graphics 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game features a dense, interconnected world filled with secrets that require careful observation and environmental interaction to uncover.

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: Logic 36.3%, Minimalist 31.1%, Puzzle 25.8%, 2D 5.1%, Casual 1.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game shares Taiji's core mechanic of deciphering complex, rule-based panel puzzles through experimentation and observation.

Lingo is a first person word puzzle game with a large, abstract world to explore. With its epiphany-driven gameplay and impossible geometry, Lingo provides a unique and nonlinear experience.

Why similar: Nonlinear 25.5%, Surreal 15.8%, Puzzle 14.2%, Difficult 12%, Logic 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person exploration game that uses language and pattern recognition as its primary puzzle-solving tools.

An adorable and relaxing open world puzzle adventure for monsters who love to learn about humans!

Why similar: Nonlinear 21.2%, Difficult 18.9%, Open World 13.3%, Puzzle 12.6%, Surreal 12.2%

Why You'll Like It: An open-world sokoban game that encourages non-linear exploration and discovery in a charming, minimalist setting.

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: Difficult 33%, Puzzle 28.7%, Logic 17.7%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%, Minimalist 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: A brilliant logic puzzle game that forces you to manipulate the rules of the game world itself to progress.

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: Nonlinear 22.4%, Surreal 17.3%, Difficult 14.9%, Puzzle 12.7%, Minimalist 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, perspective-shifting puzzle game that challenges your understanding of geometry and space.

A mind-bending recursive puzzle game about boxes within boxes within boxes within boxes. Learn to use infinity to your advantage as you explore a deep and elegant system.

Why similar: Logic 26.6%, Puzzle 25.1%, Difficult 22.3%, Minimalist 20%, 2D 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: An incredibly clever recursive puzzle game that challenges your spatial reasoning and logic in ways similar to Taiji's most difficult panels.

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 similar: Walking Simulator 19.6%, Puzzle 13.8%, Surreal 13.3%, Hidden Object 12.1%, Mystery 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, exploration-heavy puzzle game that emphasizes environmental interaction and mystery.

Find your way in a world of breezy, thoughtful puzzles, along a charming journey of self-discovery.

Why similar: Puzzle 21.9%, Minimalist 19.3%, Exploration 12.8%, Relaxing 12.7%, Stylized 11%

Why You'll Like It: Integrates grid-based movement and puzzle mechanics seamlessly into its exploration and world design.

Explore a land filled with lost legends, ancient powers, and ferocious monsters in TUNIC, an isometric action game about a small fox on a big adventure.

Why similar: Nonlinear 25.2%, Difficult 24.7%, Puzzle 18.8%, Exploration 14.3%, Top-Down 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: While it features combat, the core progression is entirely knowledge-based, requiring you to decipher a mysterious world through observation.

The buns... you HAVE to capture them!! Think outside the bunburrow or get outsmarted by bunnies in this cute pathfinding-based puzzle game!

Why similar: Nonlinear 17.5%, Difficult 12.7%, Logic 10%, Open World 8.1%, Puzzle 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: Offers challenging logic puzzles wrapped in a charming pixel-art aesthetic that hides significant depth.

A simple 3d puzzle game.

Why similar: Difficult 53.6%, Puzzle 41.5%, Top-Down 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: Renowned for its extreme difficulty and pure, minimalist logic, this is a must-play for fans of Taiji's most taxing puzzles.

Push, slice, ingest, flip, and squish worms in this puzzle game in which you play as a little sentient tin can.

Why similar: Puzzle 36.5%, Logic 35.8%, Relaxing 12.6%, Stylized 11.1%, Casual 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging, logic-heavy puzzle game that rewards players for deeply understanding its unique mechanics.

Named Game of the Year 2019 by Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer, and The Guardian, Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop.

Why similar: Exploration 23.5%, Open World 23.3%, Mystery 22.5%, Puzzle 21.8%, Adventure 9%

Why You'll Like It: A masterpiece of knowledge-based exploration where the entire world functions as a giant, interconnected puzzle.

A puzzle game where the rooms are items and the items are rooms. Get to the goal by moving, rearranging and duplicating rooms and altering the structure of the world.

Why similar: Difficult 39.1%, Puzzle 29.6%, Female Protagonist 10.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.2%, Adventure 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: A unique spatial logic puzzle game that rewards deep thinking and experimentation with its recursive room mechanics.

A difficult open world puzzle game about plumbing.

Why similar: Nonlinear 29.3%, Difficult 26.1%, Puzzle 18.8%, Open World 10.4%, Relaxing 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging, minimalist sokoban-style puzzle game that focuses on pure mechanical satisfaction.

Solve difficult puzzles in a soothing atmosphere by altering your characters in multiple ways, forcing you to think outside the box.

Why similar: Nonlinear 24.1%, Difficult 18.2%, Surreal 13.8%, Puzzle 10.2%, Open World 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: A difficult, logic-based 3D sokoban game that tests your ability to visualize complex movements.

The Gardens Between is a surreal puzzle adventure that follows best friends, Arina and Frendt, as they fall into a mysterious world of beautiful garden islands. Manipulate time to solve puzzles and discover the secrets of each island.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 15.4%, Hidden Object 13.5%, Surreal 12.7%, Logic 10.5%, Minimalist 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: A time-manipulation puzzle game that focuses on atmosphere and the narrative of memory.

Go on a voyage of discovery following the traces of a mysterious culture. Discover diverse landscapes, investigate abandoned artifacts, and wake strange machines from their slumber.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.9%, Difficult 15%, Puzzle 12.5%, Logic 12.4%, Open World 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: An exploration-focused puzzle game that tasks you with uncovering the secrets of an ancient civilization.

Plan the train route for the universe's most awkward space colony!

Why similar: Difficult 29.9%, Surreal 19.4%, Puzzle 15.7%, Relaxing 12.4%, Minimalist 12%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, grid-based logic puzzle game that focuses on optimizing paths through increasingly difficult levels.

Challenge perception, redefine reality, and reshape the world around you with an instant camera. Viewfinder is a new single player game offering gamers hours of interesting and fun experiences while uncovering the mysteries left behind.

Why similar: Surreal 37%, Puzzle 27.3%, Exploration 15.2%, Stylized 11.5%, Adventure 9%

Why You'll Like It: Features innovative perspective-based puzzle mechanics that allow you to reshape the environment to progress.

The Talos Principle 2 is a thought-provoking first-person puzzle experience that greatly expands on the first game's philosophical themes and stunning environments with increasingly mind-bending challenges.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.6%, Puzzle 25.6%, Logic 21.6%, Exploration 12.8%, Mystery 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: A philosophical, exploration-heavy puzzle game that offers a grand scale and complex mechanical challenges.

Do you like puzzles, fruit and the notion of crossing a snake with a bird for no good reason? If the answer to at least one of those questions is yes, then Snakebird might be the game for you. Solve your way through this headscratcher of a puzzle game and help the snakebirds sate their hunger.

Why similar: Difficult 59.7%, Puzzle 38.3%, 2D 1.9%

Why You'll Like It: Extremely difficult logic puzzles that require careful planning and spatial awareness to solve.

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

Why similar: Logic 23.6%, Puzzle 16.9%, Minimalist 16.5%, Difficult 14.6%, Relaxing 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, logic-heavy puzzle game that is easy to pick up but offers significant depth for those who enjoy pattern matching.

Explore a unique and connected world. Understand its fragile balance, uncover its deepest questions, and find more than just the answers.

Why similar: Logic 14.1%, Walking Simulator 12.4%, Nonlinear 12.1%, Puzzle 12%, Minimalist 9.2%

Door2:Key - breathtaking and mysterious door-puzzle game in which any little thing could be a key to the solution

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.9%, Open World 15.6%, Puzzle 14.5%, Adventure 14.5%, Mystery 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person puzzle exploration game that focuses on abstract design and environmental clues.

A minimalist logic game. Can you solve for 𝒙?

Why similar: Difficult 18.4%, Logic 15.4%, Surreal 15%, Minimalist 12.3%, Puzzle 11.8%

Nephise is a short and atmospheric puzzle game with narration. It is a relaxing and mysterious experience especially with the help of its music.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.2%, Difficult 14.1%, Puzzle 12.6%, Mystery 8.8%, Relaxing 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric walking-simulator that incorporates light puzzle elements into its exploration of a mysterious forest.

Seek out and solve 10,000+ puzzles at your own pace across this sublime puzzle game.

Why similar: Nonlinear 30.6%, Logic 14.1%, Open World 12.5%, Puzzle 10.9%, Relaxing 9.5%

Explore an abandoned space station in this retro-themed explorative action platformer.

Why similar: Difficult 32.9%, Pixel Graphics 32%, Adventure 13.1%, Exploration 10.3%, Puzzle 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: A pixel-art exploration game packed with dense, hidden secrets that reward players for paying close attention to their surroundings.

Explore a celestial world filled with secrets, hidden paths, and dreamlike landscapes. Master a fluid momentum-based flight system, collect Chi energy by taking risks, discover new floating realms, and help Mesoké rebuild her inner palace.

Why similar: Nonlinear 27.2%, Walking Simulator 14.2%, Surreal 13.4%, Relaxing 9.6%, Hidden Object 8.8%

Platonic is a first-person puzzle adventure game. Explore five unique worlds. Solve logical challenges. Gather clues and think outside the cube.

Why similar: Nonlinear 20%, Difficult 15.6%, Walking Simulator 13.8%, Logic 11.9%, Puzzle 9.3%

Paper Trail is a top-down puzzle adventure about leaving home, set in a foldable, paper world.

Why similar: Logic 15.8%, Puzzle 15.4%, Top-Down 13%, Female Protagonist 12.5%, Relaxing 12.1%

Embark on a journey of forgiveness through impossible environments and illusionary puzzles. Experience this meditative and calming puzzle game by manipulating monuments and creating evolving paths to explore new, surreal, and mysterious worlds.

Why similar: Puzzle 27.8%, Relaxing 23.6%, Female Protagonist 17.6%, Exploration 13.6%, Adventure 9.2%

Explore a vast, open world - evade or defeat its monsters, arm yourself with knowledge and equipment, unravel layer upon layer of secrets, and ultimately confront the very magic threatening to destroy everything.

Why similar: Nonlinear 23.4%, Walking Simulator 19.3%, Female Protagonist 10.1%, Top-Down 9.7%, Open World 9.7%

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: Nonlinear 29.5%, Puzzle 14.2%, Logic 13.9%, Exploration 10.5%, Relaxing 10%

Uncover a story of intrigue, betrayal, and a civilization teetering on the brink of collapse as you solve intricate puzzles to unlock the secrets of Riven. Built from the ground-up and expanded from the award-winning original game released in 1997.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.1%, Puzzle 17.1%, Logic 13.9%, Surreal 13.1%, Exploration 10.7%

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: Nonlinear 26.2%, Puzzle 19.2%, Exploration 12.1%, Adventure 11.8%, Stylized 11.1%

Solve puzzles embedded in rocks and crystals as you explore a colorful, serene alien asteroid. Discover a few clever twists as you progress in this short and sweet puzzle experience.

Why similar: Nonlinear 20.9%, Puzzle 18.9%, Relaxing 12.8%, Top-Down 9.6%, Logic 9.2%

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: Difficult 21.6%, Logic 16.6%, Nonlinear 16.4%, Surreal 13.7%, Puzzle 12.8%

You will have to face hundreds of different doors, and decide which one you should go to in order to get to the main secret. You have to open the doors in many locations of this world, each of which is dedicated to its type of doors.

Why similar: Difficult 17.2%, Walking Simulator 14.6%, Puzzle 13.2%, Surreal 12.5%, Open World 11.7%

Traverse mirrors as if they were natural extensions of space to solve puzzles and uncover secrets. Reshape your perspective to perform gravity-shifting acrobatics as you jungle-gym through a sprawling environment. You'll never look in a mirror the same way again.

Why similar: Nonlinear 30.6%, Surreal 19.6%, Puzzle 14.1%, Logic 13.5%, Minimalist 10.4%

Welcome to Botany Manor, a stately home in 19th century England. You play as inhabitant Arabella Greene, a retired botanist. Explore your house and gardens, filled with research, to figure out the ideal habitat of forgotten flora. Grow each plant to discover the mysterious qualities they hold…

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.7%, Puzzle 15.1%, Logic 14%, Female Protagonist 12.9%, Relaxing 11.5%

Get lost beneath the fog in The Wild Eternal, a reflective first-person exploration game. Embark on a meditative journey to heal the scars of your past. Can you escape the cycle of reincarnation?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.9%, Female Protagonist 13.8%, Surreal 9.8%, Relaxing 9.7%, Mystery 9.7%

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: Surreal 28.7%, Puzzle 20.1%, Relaxing 18.8%, Female Protagonist 15.1%, Exploration 12.4%

"The Path Home" is a 2D pixel-art puzzle game where you explore a strange world with a girl. Use panels to "flip" black and white tiles and reshape the puzzle world. The girl always searches for the "shortest path to the goal," but avoiding fake goals and reuniting her with the crow is up to you.

Why similar: Puzzle 33.6%, Top-Down 29.5%, Pixel Graphics 20.6%, Adventure 8.3%, 2D 8%

Sensorium is a small open-world puzzle game about the 5 senses: touch, taste, sight, smell, and hearing.

Why similar: Puzzle 29%, Open World 27.8%, Adventure 18.6%, Relaxing 13.9%, Exploration 10.7%

Join Norah, a woman plagued by a mysterious illness, in her search for her missing husband in this adventure puzzle game set on a lush island paradise. Immerse yourself in stunning visuals and unlock forbidden secrets in a moving tale of mystery and love.

Why similar: Puzzle 20.4%, Walking Simulator 18.6%, Female Protagonist 16.3%, Surreal 14.3%, Mystery 11.3%

Sans Logique is a first-person game that blends puzzle and adventure gameplay. You'll explore different dreamlike worlds, discover the story of your character, and solve some original puzzles.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.8%, Surreal 21%, Hidden Object 17.5%, Puzzle 17.1%, Exploration 10%

Hiiro is a 2D platform game focused on ambient exploration and puzzle solving. Discover a grand world filled with mysterious artifacts and forgotten ruins. Become immersed in relaxing gameplay and meditative music. Remain observant as you unravel an explanation for your solitude.

Why similar: Adventure 40.2%, Puzzle 16.8%, Exploration 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%, Open World 10.3%

Sliding Hero is a top-down puzzle Metroidvania where movement is key—think carefully, as once you start sliding you won’t stop until you hit something! Imprisoned in a sinister 1700s Venetian villa, explore a world of Carnival mystery, solve devious puzzles, uncover secrets, and unmask your fate.

Why similar: Nonlinear 30.1%, Open World 12%, Puzzle 11.6%, Top-Down 9.6%, Mystery 9.3%

Nephise Begins tells the player what happened at the time before Nephise was an orb collector. The main setting is forest again, but this time without snow, instead a more sunny and foggy weather.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.5%, Puzzle 12.7%, Hidden Object 12%, Relaxing 10.6%, Female Protagonist 8.7%

Explore a vast, mysterious castle riddled with secret rooms and challenging puzzles in this award-winning puzzle adventure.

Why similar: Difficult 19.8%, Hidden Object 19.5%, Logic 15.2%, Puzzle 13.5%, Mystery 10%

I can see the signs in my sleep now, always guiding me closer. Will this really work? Have we almost achieved the impossible?

Why similar: Logic 19.6%, Surreal 16.2%, Puzzle 15.6%, Female Protagonist 11.7%, Minimalist 11.6%

Lake Ridden is a story-driven, first-person puzzle game! A cozy supernatural adventure where you unravel a mysterious past, trying to find your sister. Luckily, you are not alone...

Why similar: Puzzle 30.4%, Walking Simulator 19.2%, Adventure 18.7%, Female Protagonist 18.6%, Mystery 13.1%

Explore a mystical, ever-changing dungeon in this isometric puzzle-adventure game. Master self-transmutation abilities and solve increasingly complex challenges as you uncover the secrets of your past.

Why similar: Surreal 27.8%, Puzzle 20.3%, Mystery 14.6%, Exploration 14.5%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%

A game of strange jigsaws.

Why similar: Puzzle 27.3%, Logic 19.5%, Minimalist 15.5%, Adventure 13.5%, Relaxing 10.7%