- #1 Sudoku: Unlimited Expansion
97% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Hugh
Windows · Linux
A growing Sudoku puzzle game with expanding Samurai boards, larger classic grids, notes, controller support, and Steam Deck-friendly play.
Why similar: Board Game 42.5%, Puzzle 17.8%, Casual 12.5%, Minimalist 12.1%, Relaxing 8%
- #2 100 Words
96% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Dijio Games
Windows
100 Words is a simple puzzle game inspired by the classic hangman. Try to guess as many words in a row as possible before running out of lives!
Why similar: Board Game 35.2%, Martial Arts 34.9% ★, Puzzle 14.6%, Casual 9.6%, 2D 5.4%
- #3 Super Kakuro - Cross Sums
96% match6 user reviews17% of 6 reviews2021
Dev: Dr. Cyril Splutterworth
Windows
Learn and play the popular Japanese game of Kakuro (Cross Sums). Play a variety of different board sizes and use in-game assistance to solve the toughest puzzles.
Why similar: Board Game 44.9%, Puzzle 20.7%, Casual 10.4%, Minimalist 10.2%, 2D 6.7%
- #4 MahjongPuzzle 8
95% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: syn Sophia, Inc.
Windows
Challenge your intellect! A simple yet deep puzzle game with beautiful Mahjong tiles. Conquer the Dragon's Path, which offers a variety of stages to challenge.
Why similar: Board Game 52.8%, Puzzle 22.2%, Casual 16%, 2D 7.9%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #5 Hexbound
94% matchPositive100% of 24 reviews2025
Dev: Sirius Gaming Studio
Windows
Hexbound is a cozy and relaxing experience. Place, rotate, throw shapes onto hex-based boards, solve image puzzles and discover satisfying patterns. With various board layouts and challenges, it’s easy to unwind yet rewarding to complete. Perfect for a peaceful puzzle session.
Why similar: Board Game 39.7%, Cozy 28.2%, Puzzle 13.5%, Casual 9%, Relaxing 6.1%
- #6 Blokkit
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: OutOut Interactive
Windows · Linux
Drop pieces, flip tiles, light up the whole board. A cozy, tactile logic puzzle where every placement flips the cells it covers. Settle in for 81 handcrafted puzzles across 9 gentle-to-tricky worlds, share one daily board with the whole world, or unwind with endless puzzles in zen or arcade mode.
Why similar: Cozy 42.7%, Puzzle 23.9%, Relaxing 12.7%, Casual 11.1%, 2D 8.8%
- #7 Solid Void Art Nonograms
93% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Infinite Zone
Windows
A great collection of nonograms! Uncover art hidden within puzzles! Have fun and exercise your brain!
Why similar: Board Game 50.7%, Puzzle 24.1%, Relaxing 12.2%, Casual 9.4%, Atmospheric 3%
- #8 Let's Puzzle
92% matchPositive97% of 30 reviews2021
Dev: Zindeaxx Games
Windows · Linux
"Let's Puzzle" transforms your memories into jigsaw challenges. Enjoy collaborative, real-time puzzling, personal music integration, and custom puzzles with varying levels of difficulty. Relax, play, create.
Why similar: Board Game 40.2%, Puzzle 19.6%, Minimalist 12.9%, Relaxing 10.1%, 2D 7.4%
- #9 Swipepi
91% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Alexis ClementePub: AleC Games
Windows
Minimalist and unique puzzle game
Why similar: Board Game 46.4%, Puzzle 16.7%, Casual 12%, Minimalist 10.4%, Relaxing 7.4%
- #10 Arrow Sudoku
91% matchVery Positive99% of 72 reviews2021
Dev: Studio Goya
Windows · Mac
In Arrow Sudoku, every puzzle contains a handful of "arrows" laid out in unique patterns. The numbers found along the shaft of the arrow must sum up to the number at the base. This simple rule leads to endless variety in the puzzles you will conquer.
Why similar: Board Game 48.1%, Puzzle 22.6%, Minimalist 11.2%, Casual 10.3%, 2D 7.1%
- #11 Links
90% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Alexis ClementePub: AleC Games
Windows
Challenge your Brain with this fun and smart puzzle game
Why similar: Board Game 46.7%, Puzzle 16.8%, Casual 12.1%, Minimalist 10.5%, Relaxing 6.8%
- #12 Fill Fill
89% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Alexis ClementePub: AleC Games
Windows
A minimalist and relaxing puzzle game
Why similar: Board Game 47.4%, Puzzle 17%, Casual 12.3%, Minimalist 10.5%, 2D 6.7%
- #13 Goolee
89% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Goolee
Windows
Relax and exercise your brain with challenging goolee puzzles.
Why similar: Board Game 51.6%, Puzzle 18.4%, Casual 13.8%, Relaxing 8.3%, 2D 7.2%
- #14 SUDOKU IT
86% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: huntforge
Windows
Cozy paper-style Sudoku to unwind with — 500 levels plus Endless, Relax, and Daily modes, medals and 60 achievements. Solve at your own pace.
Why similar: Board Game 38.4%, Cozy 16%, Puzzle 12.7%, Casual 10.5%, Minimalist 7.6%
- #15 One Line Wonder
87% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Shiny Whale Games
Windows · Mac
Draw every path exactly once in a relaxing collection of puzzles. Plan your route, connect every edge without retracing, and master increasingly intricate one-line challenges at your own pace.
Why similar: Cozy 39.3%, Puzzle 21.6%, Relaxing 11.8%, Casual 10%, Minimalist 8.8%
- #16 Wildrise
86% matchPositive91% of 22 reviews2025
Dev: Kenway Labs
Windows · Mac
Inspired by Alchemy Deluxe, WildRise is a peaceful tile-matching journey where you help forest guardian Floofi restore nature. Create beautiful landscapes, bring wildlife back to life, and watch the world bloom.
Why similar: Board Game 34.2%, Cozy 29.2%, Relaxing 8.6%, Minimalist 7.9%, Puzzle 7.5%
- #17 Darning
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Small Comforts
Windows
A cozy game about quietly putting the world back together. Stitch torn, faded cloth and watch hidden color bloom beneath your needle — every piece a small surprise, endlessly new, and yours to keep. No timers. No scores. No failing. Just you, a thread, and the calm of mending.
Why similar: Cozy 41.2%, Puzzle 15.7%, Relaxing 12.5%, Casual 12.1%, Minimalist 9.2%
- #18 Jigsaw Boom 2
84% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: 8floor
Windows
Jigsaw Boom2 is a jigsaw puzzle game. In this game a player assembles a picture of certain number of puzzle elements.
Why similar: Board Game 50.3%, Puzzle 18.1%, Casual 13%, Relaxing 11%, 2D 6.9%
- #19 1001 Jigsaw Castles And Palaces 2
84% match7 user reviews43% of 7 reviews2022
Dev: 8floor
Windows
1001 Jigsaw Castles and Palaces 2 - Medieval atmosphere in all its splendor in 500 high-quality photos.
Why similar: Board Game 53.8%, Puzzle 19.1%, Casual 14.7%, Relaxing 11.6%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #20 Prime Mosaic
83% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: Seven Sails Games
Windows
Can you complete the Prime Mosaic gallery? Play more than 140 beautifully hand crafted levels and unveil the gallery!
Why similar: Board Game 55.3%, Puzzle 24.7%, Casual 11.5%, 2D 7.7%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #21 Travel Pack!
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Blackstaff Games
Windows
It’s time to take a trip across a pocket-sized world of tiles, terrains and colourful characters in this light puzzle narrative game inspired by board games and travel. Pack yourself a set of dice and some comfy boots!
Why similar: Cozy 35.9%, Board Game 28.3%, Puzzle 15.5%, Relaxing 12%, Casual 7.4%
- #22 Hexagon puzzle
82% matchPositive100% of 21 reviews2021
Dev: Bruxão
Windows
Hexagon puzzle has the challenge of moving colored hexagons to the spaces of the same color by clicking on them.
Why similar: Board Game 43.7%, Puzzle 18.7%, Minimalist 12.8%, Relaxing 9.8%, 2D 7.2%
- #23 King's Three
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GooseMakesGames
Windows
King’s Three is a chess-themed puzzle game where you only have three moves to win. Plan the order, hit go, and use the board’s pieces, obstacles, and changing interactions to reach the goal.
Why similar: Board Game 45.9%, Puzzle 20.4%, Relaxing 10.2%, Casual 8.3%, Grid-Based Movement 8.3%
- #24 Lofi Checkers
81% match3 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2022
Dev: Lodik Isles
Windows
Lofi Checkers is a cozy take on a classic game. Play with the AI or a friend for a light, refreshing game of checkers. Nothing beats the simplicity of a straightforward game when you have a few moments.
Why similar: Cozy 34%, Board Game 33.3%, Puzzle 13.8%, Relaxing 8.8%, Casual 6.7%
- #25 Place Icebergs Apart
80% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Polar Bear GuardiansPub: Kinnymoms
Windows · Mac
A peaceful puzzle game about placing icebergs apart so they don't touch each other. Meet adorable polar animals and protect them from orcas!
Why similar: Cozy 31%, Puzzle 28.7%, Relaxing 15.4%, Casual 13.3%, 2D 10.6%
- #26 Paint by Cubes
79% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Last Qubit
Windows
Paint by Cubes is a relaxing, colorful puzzle game. Take control of a coloring cube and solve coloring puzzles according to presented patterns.
Why similar: Board Game 41.7%, Puzzle 15.3%, Minimalist 10.1%, Casual 9.8%, Grid-Based Movement 7.2%
- #27 Flame, Forest & Flood
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Fairy Mount Games
Windows · Linux
An intuitive cozy strategy for up to three players where simple rules meet surprising depth. Play solo, with friends or strangers. Locally or online. And between matches, grow your cozy Garden and help the Elementals complete various Challenges.
Why similar: Board Game 36.7%, Cozy 34.2%, Puzzle 13.2%, Casual 10.3%, Relaxing 5.4%
- #28 PIGMENT LAB
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Q-Lab Games
Windows
Chase the world’s colors with paint, not sliders. Scoop red, yellow, blue, black and white by eye, stir them together, and see how close you land. The color difference becomes your score. 66 studies take you from the atelier to world flags and landscapes, plus a sudden-death Scoop Challenge.
Why similar: Cozy 46.1%, Puzzle 23.6%, Minimalist 13.9%, Casual 12.3%, Atmospheric 3.5%
- #29 Reel and Riddles
78% match5 user reviews20% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: Rapid Rabbit
Windows
Catch fishes by... solving puzzles?! Discover the correct moves in limited attempts. Uncover diverse fish species with unique twist on the rules. Relax, and enjoy the cozy world as you reel in your next big catch!
Why similar: Cozy 42.7%, Puzzle 23.1%, Relaxing 12.9%, Casual 12.4%, 2D 5.2%
- #30 Crease
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: OguzhanBozkurtGames
Windows
Fold the paper into shape. A cozy grid puzzler about creasing a sheet of paper until it matches the target exactly. 100+ levels, with fun mechanics.
Why similar: Cozy 49.9%, Puzzle 24%, Casual 17%, 2D 7.8%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #31 Fables Mosaic: Little Red Riding Hood
77% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Seven Sails Games
Windows
Help Little Red Riding Hood to bring candies to her Granny! It features a collection of colored puzzles solved by logic, while following the Little Red Riding Hood Story.
Why similar: Board Game 55.4%, Puzzle 24.7%, Casual 11.4%, 2D 7.7%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #32 Fables Mosaic: Rapunzel
76% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Seven Sails Games
Windows
Help Rapunzel to find true love!. It features a collection of colored puzzles solved by logic, while following the Rapunzel story. Are you ready to solve the puzzles as the story develops?
Why similar: Board Game 55.4%, Puzzle 24.7%, Casual 11.4%, 2D 7.7%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #33 Plant Plots
75% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Padoru Games
Windows · Linux
Plant Plots is a relaxing puzzle board game where you'll need to be a clever gardener to make it through a variety of tricky levels. But watch out, these plants don't behave quite like the ones you're used to. Dive in and unwind as you solve beautifully crafted puzzles.
Why similar: Cozy 42.3%, Board Game 22.4%, Puzzle 16.6%, Relaxing 10%, Casual 7.7%
- #34 ARROW
75% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2022
Dev: Alexis ClementePub: AleC Games
Windows
You can only move when the arrows match your input. Sounds simple? It isn’t.
Why similar: Board Game 32.3%, Puzzle 20%, Relaxing 16.9%, Minimalist 15.1%, Casual 10.6%
- #35 The Mouse The Merrier
74% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: Heartshield Games
Windows
The Mouse the Merrier is a cozy puzzle game about reuniting a mouse with his lost family. Traverse through a beautiful flooded landscape, sliding along floating petals and hopping onto buttons. Help Mousimus find his family and try your best not to leave anymouse behind!
Why similar: Cozy 45.9%, Puzzle 17.4%, Grid-Based Movement 10%, Casual 9.7%, Relaxing 9.7%
- #36 Fables Mosaic: Cinderella
76% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: Seven Sails Games
Windows
Help Cinderella to find true love! It features a collection of colored puzzles solved by logic, while following the Cinderella Story. Are you ready to solve the puzzles as the story develops?
Why similar: Board Game 55.4%, Puzzle 24.7%, Casual 11.4%, 2D 7.7%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #37 Sumo Battlegrounds
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Game Devs AnonymousPub: Lost Our Box
Windows
Sumo is a strategy board game where players maneuver pieces of varying strengths on a 9x9 grid to push and pull their opponent's pieces off the board, combining simple mechanics with deep strategic possibilities.
Why similar: Martial Arts 47.3% ★, Board Game 30.5%, Puzzle 11.2%, Relaxing 6.6%, Casual 3.9%
- #38 Harmonize
73% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: coconut juice
Windows
Harmonize is a relaxing, minimalist puzzle game. Through thoughtful "placement" and "partial rotation," piece together the target shape. This rule creates highly intricate puzzles... featuring 32 carefully designed levels.
Why similar: Board Game 28.1%, Puzzle 23.2%, Minimalist 15.4%, Casual 12.5%, Relaxing 11.7%
- #39 Sudoku Infinity
72% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: DBH Games
Windows
Sudoku Infinity is a classic sudoku game with unlimited sudokus, four difficulties, saved games, notes, colors, statistics, history, Steam achievements, and optional aids so you can play at your own pace.
Why similar: Board Game 44.6%, Puzzle 21.2%, Casual 10.3%, Minimalist 9.8%, Relaxing 8.8%
- #40 Eightfold Blocks
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Cryst Art Studios
Windows
Rotate, place, and rethink every block in a focused 8x8 puzzle game. Solve 1,000 spatial boards, keep finished solutions visible, reset freely, and use optional hints when one stubborn piece refuses to fit.
Why similar: Board Game 36.7%, Puzzle 18.5%, Grid-Based Movement 15%, Minimalist 9.1%, Casual 8.5%
- #41 Cracking the Cryptic
73% matchVery Positive92% of 241 reviews2022
Dev: Studio Goya
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 31.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Curated Sudoku puzzles from YouTube's most popular Sudoku channel, Cracking the Cryptic!
Why similar: Board Game 48.9%, Puzzle 18.4%, Casual 14.3%, Minimalist 10.9%, 2D 6.8%
- #42 Grid of Change
71% match8 user reviews67% of 8 reviews2026
Dev: KimGoc Studio
Windows · Mac
Grid of Change board game mechanics built around strategic piece control and board domination.
Why similar: Board Game 59.5%, Puzzle 21.1%, Casual 11.1%, 2D 8.2%
- #43 PLUG IT IN
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: unSAME
Windows
A juicy puzzle game about plugging in all the plugs to the outlet.
Why similar: Board Game 32.8%, Puzzle 21.8%, Relaxing 15.9%, Casual 9.3%, Minimalist 9.2%
- #44 SIPE
71% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Felix GarbePub: Febell Studios
Windows · Linux
In this Self Inflicted Puzzle Experience your goal is to assemble all puzzle pieces in several jigsaws.
Why similar: Board Game 49.5%, Puzzle 17.8%, Casual 12.8%, Relaxing 11.2%, Atmospheric 5.1%
- #45 Lines Relined
69% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Zlatcore - Zlatko Radojcic
Windows
Lines Relined is modern remake of the classic puzzle game Lines, the timeless puzzle where strategy meets simplicity. Place and move colored shapes across the board to form lines. Every move counts, three new shapes appear each turn, steadily filling the board.
Why similar: Board Game 46.8%, Puzzle 16.7%, Casual 13.1%, Minimalist 10.3%, 2D 6.5%
- #46 Doinaka de Reversi
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Hapon Works
Windows
A cozy and gentle Reversi game set deep in rural Japan. Enjoy matches and conversations with Japanese-style characters through Free Match, Story Mode, Tutorials, Puzzles, and Endgame Puzzles.
Why similar: Board Game 53.3%, Puzzle 17.8%, Cozy 16.1%, Relaxing 4.9%, Casual 3.7%
- #47 On The Axis
72% matchNo user reviews2023
Dev: Rome Renner
Windows
Discover the simplicity and relaxation within On The Axis. An easy and calm puzzle game focused on mirrors and tiles.
Why similar: Board Game 46.2%, Puzzle 21.9%, Casual 11.7%, Relaxing 11.2%, Grid-Based Movement 7.9%
- #48 Jigsaw Savant
70% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2022
Dev: Infinity Apparatus
Windows
Jigsaw Savant is a unique game combining gorgeous puzzles with an engaging and fun story about saving Christmas. You'll complete over 100 puzzles (with 4 difficulty levels to choose from and up to 615 pieces) as the story slowly unravels and you can save Christmas.
Why similar: Board Game 53.7%, Puzzle 22.3%, 2D 8.5%, Casual 8%, Relaxing 4.3%
- #49 A Quiet Day
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Pocket Bat Games
Windows
Take your time... Take a breath... A Quiet Day is a cozy puzzle game filled with gentle moments. Place, match, and piece together warm, charming scenes unfolding the day from morning to night. Wishlist if you enjoy relaxing puzzles with a peaceful tempo.
Why similar: Cozy 50.7%, Puzzle 20.6%, Relaxing 14.5%, Casual 7.8%, Atmospheric 5.5%
- #50 Four Circles
70% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Miro Jankura
Windows · Mac · Linux
A simple logical game where your goal is to correctly place four circles in their designated positions.
Why similar: Puzzle 27.9%, Minimalist 16.4%, Relaxing 16.4%, Grid-Based Movement 14.3%, Casual 13.8%
- #51 A Life of Logic
69% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Latte Games JSC
Windows
Embark on a journey of intellect and emotion with "A Life of Logic", a narrative-driven game intricately woven around an elegant logic puzzle. In this captivating experience, your mission is to fill the board with the binary dance of 0s and 1s
Why similar: Board Game 56.2%, Puzzle 20%, Casual 15.2%, 2D 7.8%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #52 Cozy Pixel Painter
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Quiet Lantern Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A cozy pixel painting game where you relax, color cute pixel art, and unwind at your own pace
Why similar: Cozy 50.4%, Relaxing 19.1%, Puzzle 16.9%, Casual 12.8%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #53 Animal Planner
67% matchVery Positive99% of 90 reviews2023
Dev: PawPaw Games
Windows · Mac
A relaxing sliding puzzle game about arranging animals to make them happy.
Why similar: Board Game 27%, Cozy 22.3%, Puzzle 12.7%, Grid-Based Movement 9.9%, Relaxing 9.9%
- #54 Jigsaw Advent Calendar
68% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Mindscape
Windows
Surprise yourself every day leading up to Christmas with new challenging jigsaw puzzles in Jigsaw Advent Calendar
Why similar: Board Game 38.6%, Puzzle 25.3%, Casual 17.5%, Relaxing 17.2%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #55 Puzzle Cottage
66% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: Adib Boutros
Windows
A cozy cottage of 14 hand-crafted logic puzzles, fresh every day — solved by pure deduction, never luck. Then pull up a second chair for five hot-seat games to play with someone across the table. Daily streaks, a world that grows as you play, 27 languages.
Why similar: Board Game 29.4%, Cozy 28.6%, Puzzle 13.5%, Relaxing 9.5%, Minimalist 8.5%
- #56 Kombi
66% matchPositive100% of 17 reviews2025
Dev: Kouzii
Windows
Kombi is a fun, minimalist, grid-based puzzle game. The aim of the game is to move tiles across the board, picking up points along the way, in order to end up with a single tile with a value that matches the number of the target tile.
Why similar: Puzzle 24.8%, Minimalist 18.7%, Casual 17.1%, Grid-Based Movement 14.7%, Relaxing 14%
- #57 New Zealand Jigsaw Puzzles
67% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Boogygames Studios
Windows
Explore New Zealand's stunning landscapes in a captivating jigsaw puzzle adventure. Unravel the beauty piece by piece!
Why similar: Cozy 27.3%, Board Game 24%, Puzzle 16.5%, Minimalist 12%, Relaxing 11.5%
- #58 Chezzle
68% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2021
Dev: TheDollarGameStore
Windows
An endless, thought provoking, meditative Chess puzzler with a twist. Clear the board by chaining together moves.
Why similar: Board Game 42.3%, Puzzle 15.6%, Casual 11.8%, Minimalist 10.8%, Grid-Based Movement 6.9%
- #59 Simple Sudoku
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hagan Interactive LLC
Windows
Play the classic puzzle game of Sudoku with difficulty levels, achievements, custom colors, and daily puzzles! Use notes to rule out options and undo to backtrack just like on pencil and paper. Play casually or beat your highest score by completing the puzzle in the quickest time.
Why similar: Board Game 58.9%, Puzzle 26.7%, Casual 13.3%, Singleplayer 1.1%