- #1 Save the Dodos
97% matchVery Positive86% of 209 reviews2016
Dev: 3DDUOPub: SOEDESCO Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 24.8 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Save the Dodos! We’re all familiar with the sad tale of the charming, yet unintelligent Dodo. But now you can prevent their heart-breaking tale of extinction! Guide the dodos through 100 challenging levels and save our avian dullards from extinction.
Why similar: Lemmings 56.5% ★, Puzzle 15.4%, Indie 12.5%, Family Friendly 10.8%, Difficult 4.8%
- #2 So Many Me
96% matchVery Positive93% of 106 reviews2014
Dev: Extend StudioPub: ORiGO GAMES
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A charming puzzle platformer starring Filo and his band of misfit clones as they attempt to save a world threatened by an ancient, malevolent evil. Using their combined powers, Filo and his fellow Me must puzzle their way through a land of exotic creatures, devious traps and evil minions.
Why similar: Lemmings 76.5% ★, Indie 12.5%, Puzzle 11%
- #3 Wobbles
91% match7 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: Play Nimbus
Windows
Play as a godly figure, guiding a line of adorable creatures called Wobbles across a landscape that you manipulate using various gadgets. As you do this, you progress the Wobbles civilization through the eras and advancing their technology, ultimately unlocking new gadgets for you to use.
Why similar: Lemmings 83.7% ★, Puzzle 9.9%, Indie 3.8%, Family Friendly 2.7%
- #4 Inklings
95% matchPositive83% of 29 reviews2016
Dev: Applepine Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Inklings is a beautiful Lemmings-style puzzler featuring artsy hand drawn and painted levels. Use your ingenuity to guide the otherwise hapless Inklings into the goal with an array of fantastical items including the portal gun, flip gravity, and more.
Why similar: Lemmings 57.8% ★, Indie 15.3%, Difficult 10.9%, Family Friendly 8.4%, Puzzle 7.7%
- #5 Clones
96% matchMostly Positive75% of 397 reviews2010
Dev: Tomkorp Computer Solutions Inc.
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Clones is a friendly, fun, and engaging evolution to the classic puzzle genre which includes robust internet-multiplayer and a built-in level editor.
Why similar: Lemmings 87.8% ★, Indie 7%, Puzzle 5.2%
- #6 Wolf Plot
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Thronion Games LLC
Windows
Your wolf pack is hungry. Help them catch all the sheep on each level! But watch out: the world is dangerous, and you can't lose any wolves along the way. Fortunately, you will have various tools to guide your wolves to victory.
Why similar: Lemmings 61.7% ★, Difficult 15.3%, Puzzle 11.2%, Family Friendly 6.6%, Indie 5.1%
- #7 Spirits
94% matchMixed68% of 263 reviews2012
Dev: Spaces of Play UG
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Autumn is quickly approaching, and the spirits of fallen leaves are setting out on their journey home. Guide them by changing how the wind blows or by rebuilding the ground.
Why similar: Lemmings 83.7% ★, Indie 9.4%, Puzzle 6.9%
- #8 Toggle Cube
89% matchMostly Positive77% of 13 reviews2022
Dev: NanningsGames
Windows · Linux
Toggle Cubes is a game where you have to guide people to the stars by toggling cubes on and off. You have to overcome monsters, fireballs, and spikes by using keys and teleports.
Why similar: Lemmings 89.5% ★, Puzzle 10.5%
- #9 Flockers™
93% matchMostly Positive76% of 229 reviews2014
Dev: Team17 Digital Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
New from the creators of Worms, Flockers is a modern day take on the classic A to B puzzle genre with a generous helping of dark humour for good measure.
Why similar: Lemmings 92.2% ★, Indie 4.1%, Puzzle 3.7%
- #10 Grooveyard
84% matchPositive100% of 35 reviews2025
Dev: GuavaGoose Games
Windows · Mac
Grooveyard is a cryptic puzzle game where you embody a skeletal sorcerer. Use tile-creation powers to free minions from their predestined paths. Groove to the beat, solve puzzles efficiently for better ratings, and uncover mysteries. It's a bone-afide good time!
Why similar: Lemmings 62.5% ★, Difficult 17.5%, Puzzle 12%, Indie 7.9%
- #11 The Maze
91% match4 user reviews25% of 4 reviews2020
Dev: L.A.T.I. Game StudiosPub: Self
Windows
The Maze- a giant maze set to challenge any puzzle fanatic.
Why similar: Indie 37.1%, Difficult 27.3%, Family Friendly 17.9%, Puzzle 17.7%
- #12 Doom Work
89% matchPositive92% of 39 reviews2021
Dev: Nibb Games
Windows
In this atypical game, your role is to prevent the working robots from finishing construction to save the forest!
Why similar: Lemmings 83.4% ★, Puzzle 11.2%, Indie 5.4%
- #13 Cinch Bridge
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Amana
Windows
Cinch Bridge is a 2D physics-based puzzle game built around trial and error. The rules are simple: guide the protagonist to the goal. Place gimmicks, watch the outcome, and use bouncing mushrooms and gusts of wind to lead the character to safety.
Why similar: Lemmings 81% ★, Puzzle 13.8%, Indie 5.3%
- #14 Call of the Ninja!
90% match9 user reviews33% of 9 reviews2015
Dev: Lee PagePub: TeraBit Software
Windows · Mac
Call of the Ninja is a Puzzle Platform game in the visual style of lemmings!Manage a whole heap of ninjas as they flip, dash, climb and vanish their way to the Dojo!
Why similar: Lemmings 83.6% ★, Indie 16.4%
- #15 Fourtex Jugo
88% matchMixed50% of 10 reviews2017
Dev: Salty Dog Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 96%
A challenging single-player strategy puzzler with rule-based mechanics and hand-crafted levels.
Why similar: Difficult 50.8%, Indie 27.3%, Puzzle 21.9%
- #16 Bunny Mania 2
87% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2017
Dev: Crispy Software DevelopmentPub: FeelThere
Windows
Bunny Mania around the world! Command lots of bunnies, and help them to reach the bunny house. Build bridges, drill holes, and collect vegetables Key features: - 4 game worlds, 60 levels - 10 tools, powerups and crates - elevators and traps - advanced hint system
Why similar: Lemmings 69.6% ★, Indie 14.9%, Puzzle 8.7%, Family Friendly 6.8%
- #17 Kells
84% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2021
Dev: Steelgaze Studio
Windows
Kells is a retro puzzle game inspired by games of the 90s such as the original Lemmings, but with a gravity-defying mechanic at its core that provides a unique twist on the genre.
Why similar: Lemmings 72.8% ★, Difficult 11.2%, Puzzle 10.2%, Indie 5.8%
- #18 Warlock's Tower
86% matchVery Positive98% of 53 reviews2017
Dev: MidipixelPub: Whippering
Windows · Mac
A punishing puzzler with elegantly designed levels around one brutal rule - one move equals one life lost.
Why similar: Indie 44.7%, Difficult 28.1%, Puzzle 27.2%
- #19 People Eater
85% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2017
Dev: Perfect Square Studios LLC
Windows
A vicious, man-eating monster has escaped. And that monster is you! Rampage, devour, and dodge your way through endless procedurally generated levels. Overcome harrowing boss fights, unlock new monsters and upgrades, and compete for first place in the leaderboards. Sate your hunger or die trying.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #20 Little Casualties
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pixel Pending
Windows · Mac · Linux
Guide tiny named units through deadly terrain with bridges, launchers, and questionable engineering. A chaotic Lemmings-inspired puzzle game where most don’t survive, but new generations keep trying. Sorry, Gerald.
Why similar: Lemmings 83% ★, Puzzle 13.4%, Indie 3.6%
- #21 Hyper Gods
74% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2024
Dev: Ground Control Studios
Windows
Hyper Gods is a 2D cinematic 80's-influenced shoot'em up that places you in frantically fast 1v1 battles against the Gods. Dodge, boost and shoot your way to protect Mankind and prevent its extinction!
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #22 Blessed Work
77% matchPositive82% of 11 reviews2022
Dev: Nibb Games
Windows
A new work appears, but for some reason the lack of security is everywhere, place objects, activate buttons, move things and do everything in your power to prevent your workers from dying trying to finish the construction in this lemmings-style game!
Why similar: Lemmings 82.9% ★, Puzzle 11.4%, Indie 5.7%
- #23 MouseCraft
83% matchVery Positive88% of 327 reviews2014
Dev: Crunching Koalas
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Ever wondered what a cross between Tetris and Lemmings would look like? Well, wonder no more, 'cause... MouseCraft is here! MouseCraft is an A to B puzzle game where players help Schrödinger, the crazy cat scientist, in completing his mysterious, mice-powered invention.
Why similar: Lemmings 73% ★, Puzzle 11%, Family Friendly 9%, Indie 7%
- #24 Liberation Mutagenix
79% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2021
Dev: McCollum Games
Windows
Guide your comrades to freedom in this gravity-bending sci-fi puzzle game. Modify their genetic code, direct their movements, and provide them with the tools they need to escape.
Why similar: Lemmings 85.3% ★, Puzzle 9.3%, Indie 5.4%
- #25 Population Goals!
72% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Thirty55 Design
Windows
Mine, discover, and build to help your newly cloned citizens avoid traps and enemies on their way to the New Earth portal. Create safe pathways through different biomes in this lemmings-like puzzle strategy game, on your way to meeting your Population Goals!
Why similar: Lemmings 90.9% ★, Puzzle 9.1%
- #26 Dexterity Ball 3D™
82% matchMixed53% of 17 reviews2015
Dev: Quandary Solutions LTD
Windows
Dexterity Ball 3D is an unconstrained, physics and skills based platform game, which can be played in three modes. There is no convoluted back story or adventure included. Your goal: collect all the gems as fast as possible. Are you ready to be challenged?!
Why similar: Difficult 54.2%, Indie 45.8%
- #27 Terrarium Land
82% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2016
Dev: Layer games
Windows · Linux
Do explore the world`s levels, find secret places, unique artifacts and bonuses. In the Terrarium Land world, destroy enemies and solve the puzzles in different levels. This colorful 3D arcade game has tons of adventure in store for you. Let it begin!
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #28 Kartoffl
72% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2022
Dev: Breach
Windows
Guide the spuds to safety through a variety of increasingly difficult levels in this charming puzzle adventure. Kartoffl is a ridiculously cute and challenging VR game with Lemmings-like vibes.
Why similar: Lemmings 74.4% ★, Puzzle 10.5%, Family Friendly 9.9%, Indie 5.2%
- #29 Trap House
81% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2016
Dev: Hive Mind Studios
Windows
Leave your friends behind in this 1-8 player 2D brawler. Attempt to escape the Trap House while navigating through traps, monsters, and other players.
Why similar: Indie 41.8%, Difficult 35.2%, Family Friendly 23.1%
- #30 Machineers - Episode 1: Tivoli Town
79% matchPositive96% of 28 reviews2015
Dev: Lohika Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Equipped with a tool box full of gears, belts, and electric wires, you build and repair crazy contraptions. Each machine you fix brings you closer to becoming a true Machineer, and prepares you for your next challenge: the Vehicle Workshop, where you can design, drive, and refine your own car!
Why similar: Puzzle 61.5%, Indie 38.5%
- #31 Rumpus
78% matchPositive100% of 23 reviews2017
Dev: Polyraptor Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Hosted by the ever-charismatic Mr. Rumpus and inspired by the golden age of couch multiplayer, Rumpus is a fast-paced arcade action game for up to 4 players!
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #32 Rewind
78% matchPositive84% of 19 reviews2016
Dev: Stubborn Horse Studios
Windows
You're never alone with a clone. Rewind time and duplicate yourself in this first person puzzle game. Eliminate your enemies, even if it's yourself. Can you make it to the exit? You can only count on yourselves.
Why similar: Indie 51.1%, Puzzle 48.9%
- #33 Panic Mode
71% matchPositive100% of 21 reviews2021
Dev: MobiusCode
Windows · Mac · Linux
Attention all humans – the planet’s best and only company is now seeking a safety inspector intern to crisis-proof all corporate properties! Use contraptions to create evacuation routes that ensure the survival of Pamperümpel Industries’ valued employees. This is not a drill!
Why similar: Lemmings 88.1% ★, Puzzle 11.9%
- #34 Tin Hearts
65% matchVery Positive87% of 117 reviews2023
Dev: Rogue SunPub: Wired Productions
Windows
Behind every brilliant invention, hides a magical story. Guide a troop of tin soldiers through a magical toy-filled world, in this immersive narrative puzzle adventure game from members of the team that brought you Fable.
Why similar: Lemmings 84.9% ★, Puzzle 8%, Family Friendly 7%
- #35 Dwarflings
77% matchMixed65% of 62 reviews2017
Dev: Starwind Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Lemmings meets Lost Vikings. Dwarflings is a hardcore classic which will be a challenge for the brain and fingers. In the game, you will take control of up to five characters, each one with a unique ability.
Why similar: Lemmings 71.7% ★, Difficult 11.5%, Puzzle 8.8%, Indie 7.9%
- #36 Woodworm
61% matchPositive100% of 24 reviews2025
Dev: Samuel Pratt
Windows · Mac · Linux
Woodworm is a grid-based puzzle game about carving bite-sized wooden sculptures. Chomp your way through blocks of wood to create new shapes, while managing gravity and tricky geometry!
Why similar: Difficult 31.3%, Puzzle 27.8%, Indie 26.8%, Family Friendly 14.1%
- #37 GOHOROBO
81% matchNo user reviews2018
Dev: MAFISPub: MAFIS
Windows
We move and lift a robot that can only move 5 steps, and light the electricity at the power outage
Why similar: Indie 38.2%, Puzzle 36.3%, Difficult 25.5%
- #38 Deep Dark Dungeon
76% matchMixed60% of 50 reviews2018
Dev: GlassCats
Windows · Mac
Deep Dark Dungeon is a rogue-lite action game in which the player dives into the deep, dark depths of various dungeons filled with bad-tempered monsters that will attack them on sight.
Why similar: Indie 51.1%, Difficult 48.9%
- #39 M.U.S.T. Repeat
71% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2020
Dev: Old Men Games
Windows · Linux
M.U.S.T. Repeat is a logical puzzle game in which tiny robot Q.T. uses the Repeat mechanic to navigate the rooms and defeat enemies. The higher the Repeat is, the more difficult it is to navigate through the room, but you have to increase your Repeat in order to defeat the higher level Guard Bots.
Why similar: Indie 57%, Difficult 25.3%, Puzzle 17.7%
- #40 Abraxas Interactive's PUSH
75% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2018
Dev: Abraxas Interactive
Windows
PUSH is a really hard top-down push block game that is a love letter to classic top-down push block puzzle games.
Why similar: Indie 55.8%, Puzzle 44.2%
- #41 The Lone Chameleon
73% matchPositive90% of 29 reviews2018
Dev: Spidove
Windows
A 2D puzzle-game about cooperation and empathy.
Why similar: Indie 45.7%, Difficult 30.6%, Puzzle 23.7%
- #42 Ouroboros: Prelude
75% match9 user reviews44% of 9 reviews2017
Dev: Dreamverse Entertainment
Windows
Trapped. Hunted. Haunted. Can you survive the darkness or will madness take you?
Why similar: Indie 45.1%, Difficult 32.2%, Puzzle 22.7%
- #43 Rynn's Adventure: Trouble in the Enchanted Forest
74% matchMostly Positive76% of 17 reviews2016
Dev: Arcane Four Studios
Windows · Mac
Rynn’s Adventure is a 2D platformer game in which the player guides Rynn through a variety of environments teeming with magic and danger. The player will help Rynn combat the many enemies she encounters and outwit each of their fearsome generals.
Why similar: Difficult 57.5%, Indie 42.5%
- #44 Mystery Castle
73% matchPositive100% of 17 reviews2016
Dev: Runestone Games Limited
Windows · Mac
A retro-inspired masterpiece, Mystery Castle is the one puzzle game that will rule them all!
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #45 How To Bathe Your Cat: Impossible Mission
64% matchPositive91% of 47 reviews2022
Dev: Fractal Projects
Windows
Bathing a cat is a difficult task, but sometimes it's necessary. Use drills, blowers, rockets and a grappling hook to destroy the ground and make the water reach the cat! Can you complete this hard mission?
Why similar: Lemmings 81.6% ★, Puzzle 9.8%, Family Friendly 7.6%, Indie 1%
- #46 Clutter 7: Infinity, Joe's Ultimate Quest
73% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2017
Dev: Puzzles By JoePub: Libredia
Windows
This just might be the best Clutter of them all
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #47 Zombie Night Terror
69% matchVery Positive93% of 3,932 reviews2016
Dev: NoClipPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Prepare yourself for the most thrilling night of your life! Something strange has happened and people everywhere are turning into blood thirsty walking corpses. But guess who’s the brains behind this hungry undead army? YOU! So spread this pandemic and wipe humanity off the planet.
Why similar: Lemmings 77.4% ★, Puzzle 11.2%, Indie 9.1%, Difficult 2.2%
- #48 Unknown Ways
61% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2023
Dev: Studio Amigo
Windows
Buckle up and take a ride on this wholesome adventure to places you couldn't even imagine. Help this golem boy to find a way out of these forests and mountains.
Why similar: Indie 65.4%, Family Friendly 17.4%, Puzzle 17.2%
- #49 Slashy Hero
71% matchPositive85% of 46 reviews2016
Dev: The Gentlebros
Windows · Mac
In a world where evil monsters have stolen all of the candy, there is just one hero who can save Halloween. Suit up in your favorite costume and slash your way through hordes of ghouls, jack-o-lanterns, and other meanies in this award winning action game.
- #50 Ctrl CV
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 258 reviews2018
Dev: ZPinkPub: PsychoFlux Entertainment
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 33%
Welcome to the world of Ctrl CV, a find-the-image platformer puzzle game. You are surrounded by countless clones of yourself, and your goal is to find the source of these doppelgangers. Try not to lose yourself in the midst of "yourselves".
Why similar: Lemmings 56.5% ★, Indie 19.9%, Difficult 14.3%, Puzzle 9.3%
- #51 HUMANITY
55% matchVery Positive93% of 497 reviews2023
Dev: tha ltd.Pub: Enhance
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 69%
A unique blend of puzzle-solving and action-platforming. Play a lone Shiba Inu charged with commanding massive, marching crowds to the goal in Story Mode, or create your own via the in-game Stage Creator!
Why similar: Lemmings 77.9% ★, Puzzle 13.2%, Difficult 8.9%
- #52 Department of Gravity Management
62% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Non-Newtonian Games
Windows
In this 3D Puzzle Platformer, you change gravity to solve physics-based puzzles. Send boxes flying through the air to meet your quotas. As you progress, you gain new gravity-based abilities. Can you eventually break free from your corporate overlords and save the space station where you work?
Why similar: Lemmings 78.1% ★, Puzzle 14.1%, Indie 7.8%
- #53 Monumental Failure
70% matchPositive85% of 27 reviews2017
Dev: Scary Wizard Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Monumental Failure is a historically (in)accurate physics-based monument construction simulator. The game empowers you to recreate some of the world's most impressive architectural feats using incredible, and hard-to-believe, construction techniques.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #54 Atomic Butcher: Homo Metabolicus
70% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2016
Dev: Das Humankapital
Windows · Mac · Linux
"That game where you can pee, poop and puke." -- this is a 2D platformer with 360° aiming. It is violent, it is fast, it is absolutely over the top. Jump around, slide, dash and dunk into enemies to kill them, and then eat them. On your quest for meat you encounter a lot of deadly traps in a post-apocalyptic wasteland.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #55 Void 21
70% matchPositive84% of 31 reviews2016
Dev: Taranasus Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Void 21 is a procedurally generated, arcade style, fast-paced runner and shooter. You are a pilot training with the highly maneuverable and lethal Void ship. Your objective is to reach the end of the level, either as quickly or as violently as possible (or both?).
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #56 Tempopo
51% matchPositive98% of 49 reviews2025
Dev: Witch BeamPub: CULT Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A psychedelic soundscape in the sky. Puzzle through the seasons by conducting chaotic Tempopo to rescue musical flowers. Design and populate your melodic garden, then let the music play!
Why similar: Lemmings 71.3% ★, Puzzle 11.3%, Family Friendly 10.4%, Indie 7%
- #57 Chicky Blocks
53% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: GameakiPub: Strategy First
Windows · Mac
A fresh twist on block puzzle games. Quick rounds, smart moves, instant fun! This is not your grandma tetris!
Why similar: Lemmings 63.2% ★, Puzzle 20.2%, Family Friendly 10.1%, Indie 6.5%
- #58 Pit Pioneers
52% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Shearware
Windows · Linux
A Lemmings-inspired puzzle game where you guide pioneers through treacherous underground caverns by strategically assigning abilities like digging, building, and blocking to overcome obstacles.
Why similar: Lemmings 46.3% ★, Puzzle 22.8%, Family Friendly 18.3%, Indie 12.5%