- #1 Micron
97% matchVery Positive95% of 187 reviews2014
Dev: Apparition Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Micron is a unique fusion of puzzle and rhythm gameplay. Place pieces on the board to deflect bullets of energy that fire to the beat. Guide the bullets to the exit through 51 challenging levels — and 12 bonus levels — featuring a variety of distinctive soundscapes. Your solutions create the music.
Why similar: Casual 37.5%, Puzzle 34.8%, Indie 27.8%
- #2 Puzzle Dimension
96% matchVery Positive90% of 494 reviews2010
Dev: Doctor Entertainment AB
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 33%
Find solutions to 100 unique puzzles and experience the satisfaction of "Aha" moments!
Why similar: Puzzle 51.9%, Casual 27.5%, Indie 20.6%
- #3 Critical Mass
96% matchMixed69% of 440 reviews2011
Dev: Manic Game Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 18 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 25%
Critical Mass is an action puzzle game that takes traditional match 3 and brings it into the world of 3D.
Why similar: Puzzle 43.8%, Casual 34.1%, Indie 22.1%
- #4 Lucid
95% matchMostly Positive77% of 260 reviews2011
Dev: YeaBoing
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Discover a new way to match blocks in this otherworldly, Zen-like, relaxing puzzle experience. Lucid is the world's first Match-All puzzle game, in which you clear areas by combining all the blocks of an area. Enjoy the stunning visuals and relaxing sound effects as you make combos and hunt for the next perfect area to clear.
Why similar: Casual 42.8%, Puzzle 34.6%, Indie 22.6%
- #5 Perfection.
94% matchMostly Negative39% of 66 reviews2013
Dev: Greg Lobanov
Windows · Mac
Median: 6 minMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 13%
Perfection. is a simple, soothing puzzle game about cutting shapes to fit into outlines. There are an infinite number of puzzles, each randomly generated to be unique and interesting.Its gameplay is very minimalistic and very forgiving; there is no time limit, and you can cut as many times as you want and undo as many times as you want...
Why similar: Casual 41.3%, Puzzle 32.2%, Indie 26.5%
- #6 Rube Works: The Official Rube Goldberg Invention Game
94% matchPositive82% of 28 reviews2014
Dev: Electric Eggplant
Windows · Mac · Linux
The first and only official Rube Goldberg puzzle game. Solve everyday problems in Rube’s trademark elaborate style by creating complex and hilarious machines.Is pouring a glass of juice just too straightforward and boring? Try using a jack-in-the-box, magnifying glass, string and a cymbal-wielding friend to achieve your goal.
Why similar: Casual 59.4%, Puzzle 40.6%
- #7 Puzzler World
93% matchVery Positive89% of 408 reviews2010
Dev: Ideas PadPub: Puzzler
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Puzzler World brings over 1200 puzzles of 8 popular puzzle types to your PC. Conceptis picture logic puzzle fans will be happy to know that in addition to Crossword, Wordsearch, Fitword, Sudoku, Codeword, Spot the Difference and Silhouette puzzles, Puzzler World also offers 83 Conceptis Link-a-Pix available in sizes of 10x10, 20x20 and...
Why similar: Casual 53.6%, Puzzle 46.4%
- #8 Fractal: Make Blooms Not War
92% matchMostly Positive75% of 219 reviews2011
Dev: Cipher Prime Studios
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 22%
Push, Combo, and Chain your way through a pulsing technicolor dreamscape all the while expanding your consciousness at 130 BPM.
Why similar: Puzzle 38.9%, Casual 36.4%, Indie 24.8%
- #9 Zen of Sudoku
91% matchVery Positive89% of 359 reviews2006
Dev: Unknown Worlds Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 72.2 hrs≥1hr: 60%
From the creators of Natural Selection comes Zen of Sudoku, a relaxing, easy to play version of Sudoku for your PC.Relax with hand-painted Japanese-styled backgrounds, no timer and lush natural soundscapes.Stimulates your brain to keep it healthy and alert.
Why similar: Casual 41.3%, Puzzle 35.1%, Indie 23.6%
- #10 Zen Bound 2
90% matchVery Positive86% of 581 reviews2010
Dev: Secret Exit Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 29%
Wrap your way to bliss in Zen Bound 2, the unique down-tempo indie game! This is a different gaming experience: an opportunity to slow down, zone out and focus on a task that’s challenging but not stressful, a set of gentle puzzles for the mind and fingers to solve.
Why similar: Puzzle 47.3%, Casual 31.4%, Indie 21.3%
- #11 Doc Clock: The Toasted Sandwich of Time
91% matchMixed49% of 183 reviews2010
Dev: Stickmen Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 18 minMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 28%
Invent almost anything out of everything you find, from catapults to incredible flying machines.
Why similar: Casual 48.6%, Indie 29.2%, Puzzle 22.2%
- #12 League of Mermaids
89% matchMostly Positive73% of 63 reviews2015
Dev: Alder GamesPub: Legacy Games
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Join the League of Mermaids on an amazing Match-3 Physics puzzle adventure!
Why similar: Casual 44.8%, Puzzle 38.8%, Indie 16.4%
- #13 Puzzler World 2
89% matchMostly Positive77% of 231 reviews2011
Dev: Ideas PadPub: Puzzler
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 55%
The highly anticipated sequel to last year’s PC hit, Puzzler World 2 brings more puzzles, new games, fun rewards and an all new Master Mode.
Why similar: Casual 43.5%, Puzzle 29.4%, Indie 27.1%
- #14 Collide
88% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2018
Dev: Brandon SladePub: Miniwit Studios
Windows
Collide is a sliding puzzle game. As an orange square, players must collect all of the coins on each map then slide to the finish, using as few moves as possible. Use WASD or the arrow keys to move around the map. Players can create and share their own maps.
Why similar: Casual 40.7%, Puzzle 30.2%, Indie 29.1%
- #15 Magnetis
87% matchPositive81% of 43 reviews2009
Dev: Yullaby
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 28%
Magnetis™ is all about attraction! Connect the magnets to create electric explosions. Solving this frantic puzzle will require quick thinking and foresight, anticipating connections in order to generate massive chain reactions to win the highest number of points!
Why similar: Casual 59.3%, Indie 40.7%
- #16 Fish Fillets 2
86% matchMostly Positive78% of 302 reviews2010
Dev: Altar GamesPub: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 26%
In this underwater puzzle game you control fish secret agents Max Flounder and Tina Guppy. Seemingly a common case turns into a tough fight with a mysterious enemy and the strings appear to lead pretty high. Fortunately, you are not alone.
Why similar: Puzzle 38%, Casual 35.8%, Indie 26.2%
- #17 Fortix 2
85% matchVery Positive91% of 588 reviews2011
Dev: Nemesys Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Fortix 2 is best described as a reverse turret defense game. As Sir Fortix, the knight, you must conquer castles while dodging tower turrets and evil monsters. Fight your way across the shires of the island Artalom, storming from castle to castle.
Why similar: Casual 39.7%, Indie 31.1%, Puzzle 29.2%
- #18 Roogoo
86% matchMostly Positive79% of 336 reviews2009
Dev: Spidermonk Entertainment
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 14%
Roogoo is an innovative and unusual 3D puzzle game that has players guide and stack different shaped blocks through various platforms to not only save planet Roo, but the entire Roogoo race. Roogoo tasks players with guiding meteors in the form of shaped blocks through a series of rotating disks as a means of saving planet Roo and the...
Why similar: Casual 52.1%, Puzzle 47.9%
- #19 Rooms: The Main Building
84% matchVery Positive82% of 173 reviews2014
Dev: HandMade GamePub: Zero Rock Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Use object inside rooms and move the rooms to escape. 100 challenging sliding puzzles with a twist! The solution is only a doorstep away!
Why similar: Casual 37.8%, Puzzle 36.9%, Indie 25.2%
- #20 Cross Set
83% matchVery Positive81% of 210 reviews2015
Dev: Cuveet Story
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Cross Set is a simple and brain-teasing new number puzzle game.
Why similar: Casual 38.5%, Puzzle 36.9%, Indie 24.6%
- #21 Fold
82% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2019
Dev: Once A Bird
Windows
Fold and expand blocks until only one of each color remains in this original puzzler.
Why similar: Casual 39.2%, Puzzle 35.3%, Indie 25.5%
- #22 Yosumin!™
84% matchMixed63% of 221 reviews2009
Dev: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 30%
Make rectangles of the same type of yosumin to make them disappear in this mind-bending puzzle game. The more you get, the better you'll feel! Yosumin!, Square Enix's puzzle masterpiece, is here! Simply select rectangles of the same type of yosumin to make them disappear in this simple yet challenging puzzle game.
Why similar: Casual 57%, Puzzle 43%
- #23 Evo Explores
82% matchVery Positive94% of 349 reviews2016
Dev: Kyrylo Kuzyk
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Explore impossible geometry and optical illusions!
Why similar: Casual 37.5%, Puzzle 36.6%, Indie 25.9%
- #24 LOOP: A Tranquil Puzzle Game
81% matchVery Positive97% of 136 reviews2015
Dev: John Cullen
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 38.6%, Puzzle 34.9%, Indie 26.5%
- #25 Squarism
80% matchVery Positive92% of 63 reviews2017
Dev: KirUn
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 61%
SQUARISM is a minimalist logic game about combining pieces scattered around into a perfect square. Complete all 70 lovely-crafted levels and become master of square assembling!
Why similar: Casual 37%, Puzzle 36.5%, Indie 26.5%
- #26 Fox & Flock
79% matchVery Positive85% of 202 reviews2015
Dev: Smarter GamesPub: Flying Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 97%
There is a Fox in the ballroom! Or so the whispers from the other ballroom dancers suggest. Can the Flock trap the Fox before it is too late? Or will the Fox systematically eat all the other dancers before they even realize he is in their midst?
Why similar: Casual 40%, Puzzle 34.4%, Indie 25.6%
- #27 Lines
78% matchVery Positive88% of 142 reviews2017
Dev: Gamious
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Lines is an abstract ‘zen’ game experience where form is just as important as function. Place or remove Dots to initiate a colourful race that fills a drawing. The colour that dominates the race wins.
Why similar: Casual 41.3%, Puzzle 34.3%, Indie 24.5%
- #28 TribeQuest: Red Killer
79% match3 user reviews0% of 3 reviews2016
Dev: IOZO GAMES
Windows
In Red Killer , you’ll find a series of level where you will have to get rid of all those mean creatures living in red cubes. But be careful, you must not lose the cute little monsters in the green cubes.
Why similar: Casual 39.3%, Puzzle 33.8%, Indie 26.9%
- #29 ***
78% matchMostly Negative36% of 11 reviews2019
Dev: Kenshin Game Studio
Windows
*** is a small game. It is easy to play,hope you find surprise and happyness in the game. And I will metain and expand this game until I have no better puzzle to put in it.
Why similar: Casual 38.6%, Puzzle 33.8%, Indie 27.6%
- #30 Idioctopus
77% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2017
Dev: BadgerHammer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Play Idioctopus and guide brainless lovestruck octopus couples safely to their romantic rendezvous in increasingly deadly date spots.
Why similar: Casual 39.7%, Puzzle 33.2%, Indie 27.1%
- #31 Blockwick 2
76% matchVery Positive97% of 176 reviews2015
Dev: Kieffer Bros.
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Welcome to Blockwick 2 – a world of jumbled blocks and colorful shapes. It’s up to you to unscramble the blocks and connect the colors. The game introduces a slew of new block types – entangled blocks, sticky blocks, caterpillar blocks, and more.
Why similar: Puzzle 39.5%, Casual 35.3%, Indie 25.2%
- #32 Charm Tale Quest
77% matchMixed65% of 26 reviews2016
Dev: Puzzle Lab
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 31%
Charm Tale Quest is a puzzle/strategy game in which you have to make chains of colored gems to defeat unusual enemies in prolonged battle. The process is complicated by a moving game board that changes either at every turn or at your discretion.
Why similar: Casual 39.8%, Puzzle 32.9%, Indie 27.3%
- #33 Reverie
76% matchVery Positive82% of 66 reviews2017
Dev: Chronicle Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 60%
An ambient, very simple game* with pseudo-puzzle elements, something you can leave open on a second monitor while you work.
Why similar: Casual 39.2%, Puzzle 32.8%, Indie 28%
- #34 Dreamals
75% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2017
Dev: XINESS Co,. Ltd.
Windows
Having been summoned to a dream world, the three animals embark on an adventure to go back to their world. Each animal can move only in one direction. Combine them wisely to find a path to the key.
Why similar: Casual 41.3%, Puzzle 31.9%, Indie 26.9%
- #35 BloXoR
74% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2019
Dev: Terminal Core Games
Windows
BloXoR, an original puzzle game with a tilt! Take the dexterity of the average marble-in-a-box game and add a puzzle-solving twist-- all of the Blox move! Tilt and slide the Blox, rearrange them, reconfigure them, each level is a custom designed puzzle box with its own unique solution, part puzzle, part dexterity.
Why similar: Casual 39.6%, Puzzle 32%, Indie 28.4%
- #36 Brick Stack VR
75% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2016
Dev: Andrew French
Windows
Surround yourself by three walls of falling bricks as you work as fast as you can to clear them.
Why similar: Casual 38.5%, Puzzle 32.6%, Indie 28.9%
- #37 Pixel Puzzle Picross
74% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2017
Dev: Mouseless Media
Windows · Mac
Pixel Puzzle is a challenging and fun picross logic game with 182 original puzzles and two modes of play.
Why similar: Casual 39.6%, Puzzle 32%, Indie 28.4%
- #38 Salary Man Escape
73% matchPositive97% of 34 reviews2018
Dev: Red Accent StudiosPub: Oasis Games
Windows
Tired of work? Feeling trapped at your position with no hope of promotion? Vent out your frustrations with Salary Man Escape, a satirical and edgy physics puzzle game about helping a disgruntled Salaryman escape his miserable life. Featuring PC-exclusive levels!
Why similar: Casual 39.1%, Puzzle 31.6%, Indie 29.3%
- #39 LightTrack
73% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2017
Dev: APGal
Windows
Logical game with different color light rays
Why similar: Casual 56.2%, Puzzle 30.8%, Indie 13%
- #40 Duo
73% matchPositive83% of 36 reviews2016
Dev: Bruno Freitas
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Duo is a single-player minimalist puzzle game where your objective is to make two characters meet each other using the scenario in your favor and preventing them from falling in the process.
Why similar: Casual 40.7%, Puzzle 31.4%, Indie 27.8%
- #41 Qinoto
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio Flip
Windows · Mac
Qinoto is an award winning puzzle adventure that introduces innovative gameplay to the existing puzzle game genre, where you can fold the world like paper to reveal secrets that advance the story.
Why similar: Casual 40.7%, Puzzle 30.2%, Indie 29.1%
- #42 Space Orb
72% matchPositive92% of 13 reviews2018
Dev: Outdoor Gaming
Windows
The player controls the orb and has to navigate the different levels with a special gravity system. The levels gradually gets harder and as the player progresses more objects and obstacles is introduced to the player. The objective of the game is to collect space energy.
Why similar: Casual 41.3%, Puzzle 30.6%, Indie 28.1%
- #43 ERMO
71% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2019
Dev: Nonostante Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
ERMO is a logic puzzle game about harmony and inner peace. A journey through mind challenges surrounded by an ethereal atmosphere.
Why similar: Casual 40.7%, Puzzle 30.2%, Indie 29.1%
- #44 Bouncing Odyssey
72% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2017
Dev: BigMouthedDog StudioPub: Lukáš Kotík
Windows · Mac · Linux
A bizarre hand-drawn (on paper with pencil ;) ) logic puzzle game. With Bouncing Odyssey, you'll experience 76 unique and challenging levels in three different worlds with four different physics based mechanics.
Why similar: Casual 40.2%, Puzzle 31%, Indie 28.8%
- #45 Oneness
71% matchPositive94% of 17 reviews2018
Dev: Aya Game Studio
Windows
Oneness is a simple puzzle game with simple but challenge rules, you need use only one line to join all the squares together, when you need to match the condition to achieve award .
Why similar: Casual 40.7%, Puzzle 30.2%, Indie 29.1%
- #46 Nonograms Prophecy
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: No Gravity Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Over 380 challenging puzzles in 3 different game modes! From beginners to experts! Solve tricky puzzles, approved by ancient gods! Develop your brain skills using logic and reasoning!
Why similar: Casual 39.4%, Puzzle 32.5%, Indie 28.2%
- #47 Boxed Out
70% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2019
Dev: Napat Saeung
Windows · Mac
Minimalist vibrant palettes and challenging puzzles.
Why similar: Casual 40.7%, Puzzle 30.2%, Indie 29.1%
- #48 BlockDude
71% match9 user reviews56% of 9 reviews2017
Dev: The Hazardous Dude
Windows · Linux
Wow! A nice retro looking Puzzle Game featuring a mute scientist in a hazardous facility!
Why similar: Casual 40.7%, Puzzle 30.2%, Indie 29.1%
- #49 Escape from Classroom
70% match3 user reviews0% of 3 reviews2019
Dev: jaremystudio
Windows
This game is a game to escape from one classroom. The classroom is not very big, but many hints are hidden. Also, up to 3 classmates will visit over time. Find items, reason, and escape from the classroom! Up to 3 students will visit over time. The biggest thing is that your action changes the number of visitors.
Why similar: Casual 40.7%, Puzzle 30.2%, Indie 29.1%
- #50 OXXO
67% matchVery Positive95% of 286 reviews2019
Dev: Hamster On Coke Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Ever evolving puzzle game.
Why similar: Casual 43%, Indie 29.4%, Puzzle 27.6%
- #51 Aqua Panic !
70% matchPositive94% of 17 reviews2015
Dev: Eko Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 95%
After a violent tropical cyclone, the fish, shrimp, octopuses and other sea creatures find themselves flung out of the water… There's not a minute to lose! Use original tools to guide them to freedom! You'll need to think hard and act fast to save them all!
Why similar: Casual 40.7%, Puzzle 30.2%, Indie 29.1%
- #52 SUPERHYPERCUBE
69% matchPositive87% of 30 reviews2017
Dev: KokoromiPub: Polytron
Windows
SUPERHYPERCUBE is a retro-futuristic spatial reasoning puzzle game. Control a cluster of cubes, rotating it as it approaches a wall in front of you - fit your cluster through the hole in the wall to increase your score and advance to the next wall!
Why similar: Casual 40.7%, Puzzle 30.2%, Indie 29.1%
- #53 Prism
69% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2018
Dev: Lightray Games
Windows
Reflect, split, and combine colored lasers to light up sets of colored targets.
Why similar: Casual 40.7%, Puzzle 30.2%, Indie 29.1%
- #54 Dr. Bulbaceous
68% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2015
Dev: Wetgenes
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Descend through 100 levels of challenging puzzle mayhem in a quest to defeat the big bad boss at the bottom of the bottom most well. Fans of Uo Poko, Puzzle Bubble and Bust-a-move will enjoy Dr. B or be prosecutedt to the full extent of the jam.
Why similar: Casual 40.7%, Puzzle 30.2%, Indie 29.1%
- #55 Celtabula
68% matchMixed64% of 11 reviews2017
Dev: Skip32
Windows
Celtabula is a Celtic-style puzzle game with imitation board game, where each level has many solutions. Think: if you can not go through the level for a long time, maybe you should try a different approach?
Why similar: Casual 41.3%, Indie 29.5%, Puzzle 29.2%
- #56 Lighting End VR
63% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Time of Virtual Reality
Windows
Lighting End is a VR optical path puzzle game which put puzzles into a universe scene. You can solve puzzles as well enjoy the beautiful universe.
Why similar: Casual 44.2%, Indie 31.6%, Puzzle 24.2%
- #57 Robot Rescue Revolution
67% matchMixed68% of 63 reviews2014
Dev: Teyon
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Dodge flamers breathing scorching fires and deactivate paralyzing Tesla machines as you guide wacky robots trapped in treacherous labyrinths to the exit! Plan each escape with precision as every single robot shares linked controls hindering a simple escape plan, even for the creators of the game!
Why similar: Casual 36.9%, Indie 31.7%, Puzzle 31.4%
- #58 Fan Fun
67% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2016
Dev: Respect Studios
Windows
Find the way out of each level, while trying to consumpt, as least energy as possible while moving the ball through the level. Collect all 3 diamond batteries to open the end level door and find a way to exit each level. Try to escape from the level before you run out of energy.
Why similar: Casual 41.8%, Indie 30%, Puzzle 28.2%
- #59 LogiGun
67% matchVery Positive81% of 63 reviews2014
Dev: Alfred Lam
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 97%
LogiGun is a physics-based puzzle platformer. Take control of June as she climbs a tower filled with perplexing puzzles. Mix and match a variety of neat guns to solve your way through increasingly complex challenges.
Why similar: Casual 36.2%, Indie 33.1%, Puzzle 30.7%