- #1 Automaton Kingdom
97% matchVery Positive87% of 52 reviews2022
Dev: Trail Studio
Windows
2D turn-based puzzle game with a medieval setting and two game phases. Allied and enemy characters will behave automatically after setting them up in the edit phase. you can see the outcome of the different iterations of the level in the game phase.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 37.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 27.9%, Puzzle 16.9%, Strategy 10.5%, 2D 6.2%
- #2 Flak
96% matchVery Positive81% of 64 reviews2021
Dev: Adrian AksanPub: Double A Studios
Windows
Navigate the campaign map effectively. Generate an income and invade strategically. Destroy all enemy blimps for a Steam leaderboard position!
Why similar: Strategy 60%, Retro 19.7%, 2D 17.6%, Singleplayer 2.7%
- #3 Skala
96% matchVery Positive89% of 310 reviews2022
Dev: Gustav Almström
Windows · Linux
Skala is a puzzle game about changing the scale of the world.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 56.5%, Puzzle 23.7%, Strategy 12.6%, 2D 5.4%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #4 Trolley Delayma
95% matchVery Positive98% of 184 reviews2023
Dev: albertnez
Windows · Mac · Linux
Top down puzzle game about manipulating the tracks to redirect the trolley to save the victims. Solve the trolley problem in various forms of tiny puzzles.
Why similar: Puzzle 71.1%, 2D 25%, Singleplayer 4%
- #5 KEEK
94% matchVery Positive96% of 168 reviews2022
Dev: 70-MTNSPub: GCORES PUBLISHING
Windows · Mac
KEEK is a pixel 2D platformer that you could use a special force to change the dimension of objects. Overcome obstacles, disable traps, collect items and face the final challenge.
Why similar: Action 91.4%, Singleplayer 8.6%
- #6 Frostrain
94% matchVery Positive93% of 2,685 reviews2024
Dev: STEWDIOPub: Jungle Game Lab
Windows
Be the last train conductor roaming the postapocalyptic frozen world! Expand, strengthen, and build synergies on your train. The promised land beyond the toxic zone awaits you and your passengers.
Why similar: Strategy 83%, 2D 12%, Singleplayer 5%
- #7 Make Tracks Great Again
93% matchMixed54% of 70 reviews2025
Dev: Function[D]
Windows
This is a simulation management game about how to Make Tracks Great Again: Only by ensuring trains depart the platform fully loaded with correct cargo can you earn more money and restore the station's greatness.
Why similar: Strategy 97.2%, Singleplayer 2.8%
- #8 Elec Dude
92% matchVery Positive97% of 116 reviews2022
Dev: MisteryJay89
Windows
Collect all Energy in each Level and face Dr. Dark Glass.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 38.4%, Puzzle 37.2%, Retro 10.9%, 2D 10.6%, Singleplayer 2.9%
- #9 Escape from Tatris
91% matchVery Positive91% of 396 reviews2020
Dev: Capriccio
Windows
Escape from Tatris is a parody puzzle game with traditional gameplay and new solutions. You must collect as much loot as possible in your character's inventory. To do this, collect rows of objects and remove them. Collect combos and transfer loot to backpacks.
Why similar: Puzzle 75%, 2D 22.6%, Singleplayer 2.5%
- #10 Blitzkrieg Express
91% matchMostly Positive73% of 116 reviews2025
Dev: Maksym Melnyk
Windows
Survive and defend your land against the armored train in this arcade achievement-attack puzzle. Think smart, find the right sequence to create combos by destroying wagons with different bonuses to speed up and boost your cannon, and stop the train before it stops you.
Why similar: Puzzle 37.1%, Retro 26%, Strategy 24.3%, Action 7.6%, Singleplayer 4.9%
- #11 Perspective
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,387 reviews2019
Dev: WiddershinsPub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
Windows
Perspective is an experimental platformer. The player avatar moves in a 2D space that transforms when the player changes perspective in 3D space. The player needs to use this mechanic navigate the 2D avatar to a goal in order to progress from level to level.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 62.8%, Puzzle 37.2%
- #12 Alignment
90% matchMostly Positive77% of 69 reviews2023
Dev: Adam RobichauxPub: Dewdrop Games
Windows
A challenging and engaging puzzle game that will require you to move colored objects and place them on their respective platforms to explore through a series of increasingly complex levels.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 36.1%, Strategy 30%, Puzzle 24.2%, 2D 9.7%
- #13 Greedy Goose
88% matchVery Positive92% of 120 reviews2024
Dev: Teamey
Windows
You play as a brave goose who has decided to embark on an exciting journey. Your goal is to reach the end of the level, collecting as many coins as possible.
Why similar: 2D 81.6%, Singleplayer 18.4%
- #14 Trainatic
86% matchVery Positive91% of 898 reviews2025
Dev: Ryan Forrester
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Trainatic is an explosive incremental train-building game! Upgrade your cars, gather resources, and unlock powerful synergies to chug further down the track.
Why similar: Strategy 52.6%, Retro 36.2%, 2D 9.1%, Singleplayer 2.1%
- #15 Greedy Rabbit
89% matchMixed62% of 63 reviews2022
Dev: Arcade Adventure Studio
Windows
Fun arcade and logic game, where you are greedy rabbit. In each level you have to collect all the vegetables and possibly stars. Then look for the open portal to the next level. Do this with the best result.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 68.6%, Puzzle 22.1%, 2D 6.9%, Singleplayer 2.5%
- #16 Apocalypse Express
86% matchVery Positive84% of 140 reviews2025
Dev: Llamaware Studios
Windows
Conduct, upgrade and repair your train through endless waves of enemies in a post-apocalyptic setting. In this action management roguelike, the player decides to embark on a journey through the wasteland looking to fulfill the dream of seeing the remains of the outside world.
Why similar: Strategy 35.1%, Action 33.2%, 2D 25.2%, Singleplayer 6.5%
- #17 Bitcoin Collector
87% matchMixed61% of 168 reviews2017
Dev: Blender Games
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 32%
Bitcoin collector - a colorful game in which you have to dodge the traps and collect bitcoins, changing gravity at your discretion
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 32.3%, Strategy 17.3%, Puzzle 17%, Retro 12.9%, Action 10.2%
- #18 Train Valley
85% matchVery Positive90% of 3,405 reviews2015
Dev: Alexey DavydovPub: Flazm
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Build railways, manage traffic and stay accident-free. Play in Europe, America, Japan and USSR in 1830-2020. Complete the story mode from the Gold Rush of 1849 to the first manned spaceflight, and then explore the random mode. Management. Construction. Trains. Welcome to Train Valley!
Why similar: Strategy 49.9%, Puzzle 44.2%, Singleplayer 5.9%
- #19 RoGlass
83% matchVery Positive98% of 99 reviews2024
Dev: James Castle
Windows
RoGlass is a tile-based roguelite puzzle game where you place unique tiles to score points and unlock new spaces. Reset the board once you're out of tiles but keep progress on achievements, unlocks, etc. Keep expanding the board and try to unlock every achievement!
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 36.3%, Strategy 22.7%, Puzzle 20.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.3%, 2D 7.8%
- #20 Conductor
84% matchVery Positive93% of 301 reviews2017
Dev: Overflow
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Conductor is a action-adventure, puzzle game. Take control of a locomotive and clear anything that stands in your way. Solve puzzles by using tools and wit. Defend yourself from the forces of Overcorp.
Why similar: Action 50.1%, Puzzle 49.9%
- #21 GunBlocks - Prologue
82% matchVery Positive97% of 105 reviews2021
Dev: Steve Welz
Windows
In this prologue you crash-land on a mysterious planet. In order to get your lost cargo back, use tetrominos, solve blocky puzzles, and get to know its not too friendly inhabitants.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 37%, Turn-Based Tactics 22.3%, Puzzle 18.6%, Action 14.9%, 2D 6.3%
- #22 Paper Train Traffic
84% matchMostly Positive76% of 116 reviews2016
Dev: isTom Games Kft.
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Paper Train Traffic is here to test your mind and reflexes with increasingly complex challenges. From single railroads to multi railway nodes, your task is to supervise the ongoing train traffic of many different locations around the World.
Why similar: Puzzle 35.4%, Strategy 34%, Action 15.8%, 2D 10.2%, Singleplayer 4.6%
- #23 Summon The DUDES!
81% matchVery Positive97% of 59 reviews2024
Dev: Inanity Catchers Team
Windows
A quirky 2D puzzle platformer where your most powerful tool is… the DUDES!
Why similar: Puzzle 76.2%, 2D 17.3%, Singleplayer 6.5%
- #24 Clockwork Cleanup
78% matchVery Positive100% of 357 reviews2025
Dev: David Stears
Windows
Clockwork cleanup is a auto-battler game where your actions are dictated by tiles of various shapes placed in a grid. Defeat waves of enemies to save the factory!
Why similar: Strategy 49.6%, Puzzle 37.1%, 2D 11.5%, Singleplayer 1.8%
- #25 Grapple
81% matchMixed51% of 2,040 reviews2022
Dev: Barji
Windows
Grapple is a parkour game built for speedrunning. You're tasked to reach the end of the level only with the aid of a grappling hook & glider.
Why similar: Strategy 35.1%, Tactical 22.8%, Action 18.7%, Retro 18.4%, Singleplayer 5%
- #26 Scrap Collector
79% matchMostly Positive74% of 124 reviews2025
Dev: Wibert
Windows
Collect, combine, and automate card production. Discover new areas, resources, and enemies all while growing your mechanized army. Plan ahead before taking on the challenges of the ruptured earth.
Why similar: Strategy 74.1%, 2D 20%, Singleplayer 6%
- #27 Bitcoin Collector: Spinners Attack
82% matchMixed49% of 79 reviews2017
Dev: Blender Games
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 31%
Bitcoin Сollector: spinners attack is a colorful game in which you must avoid traps, evade spinners and collect bitcoin's, changing gravity and teleporting at your own discretion.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 44.8%, Puzzle 19.8%, Strategy 11%, Action 10.6%, 2D 7.2%
- #28 Frostrain 2
77% matchVery Positive95% of 154 reviews2026
Dev: nemonan
Windows
Become the last conductor and rule over the final train society in a frozen world. Gather, expand, and forge your train while building powerful synergies with mighty artifacts. Your position—and the safety of your passengers—now rests in your hands.
Why similar: Strategy 69.7%, 2D 23.8%, Singleplayer 6.5%
- #29 Battle Train
77% matchVery Positive87% of 113 reviews2025
Dev: Terrible Posture GamesPub: Bandai Namco Entertainment America Inc.
Windows
Battle Train is a run-based roguelite deck-n-track builder set in the world’s most explosive game show. Choose your cards, upgrade your train, lay down tracks, and use destructive locomotives to blast your rival Champions off the rails in a chaotic mashup of deck-building and tactical rail combat.
Why similar: Strategy 49.7%, Tactical 44.8%, Singleplayer 5.5%
- #30 Puzzlement
79% matchVery Positive92% of 235 reviews2018
Dev: Yunus Ayyildiz
Windows · Mac
Median: 54 minMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 47%
a game about walking/jumping between plane surfaces to collect all red squares
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 53.4%, Puzzle 34.2%, 2D 9.4%, Singleplayer 3%
- #31 All Aboard! The Train Defense Express
76% matchVery Positive85% of 362 reviews2025
Dev: Likadev
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Protect the Infinite Power Generator by looping around the train tracks! Battle endless waves of enemies in this unique hybrid of auto-battler, survivor, tower defense, idle/clicker gameplay. How long can you survive?
Why similar: Strategy 45.9%, Tactical 23.6%, Retro 15.3%, 2D 15.2%
- #32 Escape
80% matchMixed62% of 290 reviews2015
Dev: Stephane Bottin
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 730.5 hrs≥1hr: 28%
Escape is a simple 2D game with 35 levels already unlocked (for the sake of gaming of course). Require jumping skills, a brain and patience. Enjoy :)
Why similar: Strategy 87%, 2D 13%
- #33 Station to Station
75% matchVery Positive89% of 1,833 reviews2023
Dev: Galaxy GrovePub: Prismatika
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 48%
‘Station to Station’ is a minimalist & relaxing game about building railway connections. Grab your conductor’s hat and bring the voxel-art world to life through the magic of trains!
Why similar: Puzzle 54.7%, Strategy 45.3%
- #34 Herta's Chess Game
76% matchVery Positive98% of 82 reviews2024
Dev: Oct.Works
Windows
Herta's simulated universe network is interconnected throughout the universe. Pack your luggage and enter Herta's world with your friends. In this fan game, you will use the simulation data of each original character to have a strategic showdown with Herta.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 38%, Turn-Based Tactics 31.2%, Strategy 21.1%, 2D 8.2%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #35 Conduct DELUXE!
78% matchVery Positive83% of 248 reviews2017
Dev: Northplay
Windows · Mac
Median: 54 minMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Conduct DELUXE! is an addictive game of explosive railway action that will challenge your inner conductor.
Why similar: Strategy 38.8%, Action 31.2%, Retro 25%, Singleplayer 5%
- #36 Train Valley Origins
75% matchMostly Positive80% of 274 reviews2025
Dev: FlazmPub: Polden Publishing
Windows
The cutest management game about trains. 🚂 Choo-choo! Manage increasingly complex railroad. The rich history of railway transport awaits! From steam engines to futuristic marvels. Explore different eras and countries and witness the evolution of train technology. 🛤️🚂🚄❤️
Why similar: Strategy 50.9%, Puzzle 43.1%, Singleplayer 6%
- #37 Railbound
74% matchVery Positive95% of 1,856 reviews2022
Dev: Afterburn
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%
A relaxing puzzle game about fixing train connections and travelling the world - now with a level editor!
Why similar: Strategy 49.5%, Puzzle 44.7%, Singleplayer 5.8%
- #38 Maru Expedition: We can fly
73% matchVery Positive95% of 185 reviews2025
Dev: MoldGamesPub: Jungle Game Lab
Windows
Catch falling allies and dominate the battlefield! Control your flying platform to catch characters and auto-attack enemies. Build your team, link skills, and shape your own strategy in this evolving arcade action game.
Why similar: Action 70.9%, 2D 24.8%, Singleplayer 4.3%
- #39 Trackline Express
74% matchVery Positive87% of 143 reviews2024
Dev: Bubblebird Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Embark on a thrilling journey through an unforgiving desert. You'll need to gather scarce resources and utilize your strategic and management skills to build a little train capable of overcoming attacks and fires.
Why similar: Strategy 72.6%, Action 27.4%
- #40 Janosik
73% matchVery Positive94% of 677 reviews2020
Dev: Onix GamesPub: Retrovibe
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 37%
Challenging retro pixel graphics action-platformer. Become a legendary rogue Janosik and explore the big mountain castle level full of secrets. Available for FREE!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 45.7%, Action 20.4%, Retro 18%, 2D 12.1%, Singleplayer 3.8%
- #41 You Have to Win the Game
73% matchVery Positive93% of 5,714 reviews2014
Dev: Minor Key Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 43%
You Have to Win the Game is a free exploration platformer with a retro 1980s PC aesthetic.
Why similar: Retro 62.9%, 2D 19.4%, Action 12.3%, Singleplayer 5.4%
- #42 Squared Adventure
72% matchVery Positive93% of 71 reviews2024
Dev: Crazy Potato Game Studio
Windows
Embark on a journey through tunnels, caves and ancient temples, solving puzzles and fighting all kinds of hostile creatures. Be smart - avoid traps and think carefully. They say it doesn't hurt ;)
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 44.5%, Puzzle 27.4%, Retro 20.6%, 2D 6.3%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #43 Tiny Crate
71% matchVery Positive88% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: Harmony Monroe
Windows · Mac · Linux
Tiny Crate is a Crate Chucking Action Puzzle Game ! Leap over spikes and stack up crates to reach the portal in each puzzle. Collect hidden musical notes (-:
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 50.6%, Puzzle 23.6%, Retro 16.8%, 2D 9%
- #44 Loopstructor
70% matchVery Positive84% of 372 reviews2024
Dev: Pone Games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%
This is a strategy game that combines tower defense with Roguelike. Unlike traditional tower defense game, the towers in the game are vehicles that move along ‘loops’.You need to create defense loop and build battle trains to defend against enemy attacks.
Why similar: Strategy 76.8%, 2D 15.6%, Singleplayer 7.6%
- #45 Colorful Colore
72% matchVery Positive97% of 163 reviews2020
Dev: Gagonfe
Windows
Colorful Colore is a Puzzle Labyrinth game, where your objective is to get in the exit matching the correct colors in the way.
Why similar: Strategy 43.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 28.4%, Puzzle 15.9%, 2D 9.2%, Singleplayer 2.6%
- #46 Drop Duchy
66% matchVery Positive90% of 2,795 reviews2025
Dev: Sleepy Mill StudioPub: The Arcade Crew
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Build your duchy piece by piece in this refreshing hybrid rogue-lite game. Use block-dropping mechanics to collect resources, recruit troops to fight against belligerent armies, and let every block shape your realm, leading your path to victory!
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 43.4%, Strategy 26.5%, Puzzle 24.7%, Singleplayer 3.2%, Action 2.3%
- #47 Netoo
67% matchVery Positive100% of 50 reviews2026
Dev: Mindlabor
Windows · Mac · Linux
Netoo is a minimalist logic puzzle where you try to place small magnets into their correct spots by rotating transporter magnets with rotators. The difficulty of the game increases gradually, thanks to new mechanics introduced every 10 levels.
Why similar: Puzzle 78.1%, 2D 16.9%, Singleplayer 5%
- #48 You Have 10 Seconds (2023)
69% matchVery Positive88% of 80 reviews2023
Dev: xJackFoxPub: xJackFox, TamationGames
Windows
A fast paced platformer where you’re spawned into a level and given 10 seconds to work out how to reach the exit without dying. 25 areas with unique level design mechanics to learn.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 34.4%, Strategy 32.8%, Retro 25.4%, 2D 5.6%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #49 HueBots
71% matchVery Positive94% of 72 reviews2015
Dev: Huebotics
Windows · Mac · Linux
HueBots is a deceptively challenging top-down puzzle game. You control a team of colorful robots that will only interact with objects that match their color; they will also keep moving in one direction until they collide with something that matches their color.
Why similar: Strategy 78.5%, Puzzle 21.5%
- #50 Airborne
68% matchVery Positive89% of 152 reviews2024
Dev: bl4ckPub: XDev
Windows
Airborne is a combination of 2D Platformers, Rage Games, Parkour, while also being packed with Action. You need to get to the end of the level by dodging Spikes, Bullets, Turrets, Lasers and more!
Why similar: Action 59%, 2D 26.3%, Singleplayer 14.7%
- #51 Cubiscape 2
69% matchVery Positive90% of 126 reviews2020
Dev: Silver Eye Studios
Windows
Solve hundreds of fun and challenging puzzles in this original turn-based puzzle game. Hide from your enemies or lure them into traps, press buttons to open up new paths or skip obstacles using the teleporter!
Why similar: Strategy 32.5%, Puzzle Platformer 27%, Turn-Based Tactics 25.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.4%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #52 TrainClicker Idle Evolution
71% matchMixed62% of 65 reviews2021
Dev: Turbulence101Games
Windows · Mac
🚂 Cozy idle train game. Enjoy a journey from steam to modern locomotives in idle style! 🚂
Why similar: Strategy 73.8%, 2D 22.5%, Singleplayer 3.7%
- #53 Mr. Mat Hematic
68% matchVery Positive82% of 76 reviews2023
Dev: Shahmuradov Games
Windows · Mac
Mr. Mat Hematic is a short, fun, 2D platformer puzzle game where you must use given mathematical operations to alter the environment so you can move around. To complete a level, you need to reach the black door.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 52%, Strategy 21.2%, Puzzle 19.3%, 2D 5.2%, Singleplayer 2.3%
- #54 Mashinky
67% matchVery Positive85% of 2,785 reviews2018
Dev: Jan Zelený
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 37.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Mashinky is a transport strategy game about trains. The goal is to create your own transport empire on a procedurally generated map. It’s a unique blend of realistic graphics combined with an isometric construction mode and board game-like rules.
Why similar: Strategy 80.3%, 2D 19.7%
- #55 Teeny Tiny Trains
66% matchVery Positive94% of 70 reviews2024
Dev: Short Circuit Studios
Windows · Mac
A cozy, nostalgic puzzle game where you build tracks to guide adorable miniature trains through bite-sized challenges. Solve clever brain teasers and rediscover the joy of your very first toy train set.
Why similar: Strategy 37.3%, Puzzle 34.5%, Retro 23.5%, Singleplayer 4.7%
- #56 Flag Clicker
67% matchMixed64% of 539 reviews2024
Dev: Flag Clicker InteractivePub: Flag Clicker interactive
Windows
Flag is a clicker Game, in which you click a Flag!
Why similar: 2D 77.9%, Singleplayer 22.1%
- #57 Sloppy Goat
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 103 reviews2018
Dev: SharkGamePub: Laush Studio
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 22%
The purpose of the game to jump out of a pit on falling blocks on you. Place the blocks in the correct order. It is required to put strong blocks on the bottom. Be careful, the main thing that on you did not fall crate!
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 53.2%, Puzzle 31.6%, 2D 11.8%, Singleplayer 3.4%
- #58 SiNKR 2
67% matchVery Positive95% of 263 reviews2019
Dev: Robert WahlerPub: Wahler Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: Strategy 54.9%, Puzzle 45.1%
- #59 Space Expedition
66% matchVery Positive93% of 181 reviews2023
Dev: Mobirate
Windows · Mac
Space Expedition is a 2D sci-fi platformer where you play as an astronaut who is sent to a space station to collect samples of mysterious dark matter. Space Expedition combines puzzle platforming, pixel art, and atmospheric adventures set in the style of 1980s sci-fi horror films.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 80.7%, 2D 16.3%, Singleplayer 3%