Games like Unlock The King
by Minimol Games
An originally designed puzzle game inspired by chess. Move the pieces and create a path to Unlock the King.
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$2.99FourKnightVariant
Oct 20 · WhimSoul Games
Both: Puzzle · Chess · Logic
Master the movement of the chess knight in a strategic puzzle built around planning, positioning, and board coverage. Choose your starting square, plan your jumps, conquer the board, and take on increasingly demanding challenges.
PuzzleChessBoard GameLogicStrategyGrid-Based MovementTacticalSingleplayerMinimalist2D
-20%$3.19Snap Chess
3 days ago · Big Ice Games
Both: Chess · Puzzle · Minimalist
A small transparent chessboard that sits in the corner of your desktop. Solve a puzzle when you have a minute, or play a game against Stockfish. While you work, the board fades and stays out of the way. Difficulty adjusts on its own.
ChessPuzzleRelaxingProgrammingCasualMinimalistStrategySingleplayerTurn-Based StrategyIdler
$2.99King of the Bridge
Mar 8 · Finn Schuuring
Both: Puzzle · Chess
Face off against the bridge troll in his bizarre game of chess! Decrypt, Twist and Enforce the rules as your devious opponent attempts to break them in King of the Bridge!
PuzzleStrategyChessComedyBoard GameMultiple EndingsFantasy2.5DAdventureSouls-like👍 1,668
$4.99Shatranj Puzzles
Sep 3 · iradastudio
Both: Chess · Puzzle
Shatranj Puzzles is a tactical chess puzzle game featuring 10,000 unique puzzles, 3 AI difficulty levels, and local 2-player mode. Solve challenging positions, improve your tactical vision, and progress through a massive chess puzzle experience at your own pace.
StrategyChessPuzzle2DSingleplayerIndieCasual
$4.99Frood Robotics
Jul 31 · Frood Designs
Both: Puzzle · Sokoban · Grid-Based Movement
Get your robot to the trophy! The catch: you can't control the robot directly, you must program it with a crude and cruelly limited programming language. Avoid pits, press buttons, and remember, if it's a bug but it works, then it is not a bug.
ProgrammingRobotsPuzzleRetroSokobanAutomationPixel GraphicsGrid-Based MovementEducationWord Game
$14.99Treasure 'n Trio
Oct 9 · TNT
Both: Sokoban · Puzzle · Grid-Based Movement
Team up with a brute-force warrior, a nimble and wily thief, and a cowardly wizard with teleportation magic. Use all three characters with different abilities at the right time to solve puzzles and collect treasures!
SingleplayerSokobanPuzzleGrid-Based MovementStrategy2DTop-DownPixel GraphicsFantasyIndie👍 242
$9.99Mind Over Magnet
Nov 13 · Game Maker's Toolkit
Both: Puzzle · Logic
An attractive puzzle platformer where you use magnetism to escape a factory. Meet a cast of magnet characters and work together to solve logical conundrums.
Puzzle PlatformerPuzzleAdventureRobotsPlatformer2D Platformer2DIndieLogicSingleplayer👍 1,344
-30%$6.99Augmental Puzzles
Feb 13 · Flammable Penguins Games
Both: Puzzle · Logic
Hand-set Sudoku, Nonograms and Minesweeper with HUNDREDS of HANDSET puzzles. A fresh puzzle every day, global leaderboards. Smart Hints help teach you how to solve complex puzzles. No guessing andno rush. A soothing logic-puzzle lounge, built for VR from day one.
VRPuzzleEducationLogicTutorialTabletopRelaxingEarly AccessWholesomeCasual
-10%$8.99Unmurk
3 days ago · Michal Barszczewski
Both: Minimalist · Puzzle · Logic
A minimalist puzzle game. You only see the outer edges of the puzzle pieces in a voxel object. Put the puzzle pieces into place to reveal the hidden voxel object and watch it come to life.
VoxelMinimalistRelaxingPuzzleSingleplayer3DLogicFamily FriendlyCasual
-30%$12.59Quantum Odyssey
Jan 29 · Quarks Interactive
Both: Logic · Puzzle · Difficult
Design, optimize, and reverse-engineer real quantum algorithms in an open-ended Zachlike puzzle game. Solve 500+ optimization challenges, hack player creations, and master quantum logic without coding.
Early AccessHardwareProgrammingLogicPuzzleSimulationEducationDifficultScienceAutomation👍 141
$19.999 Kings
May 23 · Sad Socket
Both: Difficult
A fast-paced roguelike kingdom builder. Grow your empire and fight massive battles against powerful rival kings. Break the game with thousands of insane builds to become the King of Kings.
StrategyRoguelikeCard GameDeckbuildingRoguelike DeckbuilderMultiplayerTurn-Based CombatCard BattlerRogueliteDifficult👍 21,372
$19.99Isles of Sea and Sky
May 22 · Cicada Games
Both: Puzzle · Sokoban
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.
AdventurePuzzleCollectathonMetroidvaniaOpen WorldSokobanPixel GraphicsAtmosphericExplorationRetro👍 1,541
$4.99Thinking Inside The Box
Feb 19 · Neckbeard Games
Both: Puzzle · Grid-Based Movement
You play as a little, square guy trapped in a maze of cardboard boxes filled with a myriad of challenges. The rules are simple: move the diamonds to the appropriate pressure plates without letting different-colored diamonds touch—swap, push, and phase to complete levels as quickly as possible.
CasualPuzzleSingleplayer2DPixel GraphicsGrid-Based MovementIndie
$7.99RollScape
May 22 · Leonardo the Vinchy
Both: Minimalist
Roll, strategize, and upgrade your way to victory in this accessible and ultra-satisfying, yet captivating roguelike. Will you reach the end before running out of rolls? KEEP MULTIPLYING!!
StrategyRoguelikeCasualRelaxingMinimalistIsometricChoices MatterProcedural Generation3DRoguelite👍 371
-65%$2.09Ballance
Jan 5 · Cyparade
Both: Minimalist · Puzzle
In this 2004 classic originally released by Atari games, you will navigate 12 sky-high courses. Each course is fraught with different obstacles that will block your path, slide your marble off course, or blow them right into the bottomless void below.
Puzzle PlatformerCasualPhysics3DAbstractAtmosphericMinimalistPlatformerPuzzle3D Platformer👍 458
$11.99PathBlasters
Apr 11 · Sine Coda
Both: Puzzle · Sokoban
Run, blast, and solve your way to victory! Experience the rush of a colorful, fast-paced chase, solo or against a friend! Burst through the levels and up your score in this retro-inspired arcade setting.
Top-DownPuzzleArcadeRunnerSokobanCompetitivePvP2DCuteSplit Screen
$14.99Boxes: Lost Fragments
Feb 1 · Big Loop Studios
Both: Puzzle
As a legendary thief, your next assignment lures you into a grand and lavish mansion. There you find a series of puzzle boxes, designed for an unknown purpose. What should have been a quick in-and-out, gradually turns into your own harrowing struggle for freedom and answers.
PuzzleMysteryPoint & ClickAdventureCasual3DAtmosphericHidden ObjectIndieStory Rich👍 3,245
$14.99TerraScape
Jul 17 · Bitfall Studios
Both: Puzzle
Build gorgeous kingdoms on floating islands by strategically placing buildings in this cozy, medieval City-Puzzler. Discover secret combinations, take on weekly challenges and explore randomly generated maps in various single- and multiplayer game modes.
Turn-Based StrategyPuzzleBoard GameMedievalDeckbuildingProcedural GenerationHex GridCity BuilderMultiplayerRelaxing👍 2,068
$11.99Orb of Creation
Jun 23 · MarpleGames
Both: Puzzle · Minimalist
Orb of Creation is a non-idle incremental-puzzle game in which you recreate the world with nothing but magic and ingenuity. Conjure resources, buy upgrades, and become an all-powerful wizard!
IncrementalMagicCasualStrategyResource ManagementPuzzleIndieMinimalistSingleplayerCrafting👍 2,170
-50%$7.49Signal Maze
Jan 16 · theArkitect
Both: Puzzle · Sokoban · Logic
The story takes place in a future company called "RavenTek". R.O.O.T. - A grid, unit, and signal based computing system. Move the units to create signal links, transmit the signals, and activate other units to generate benefits. Are the benefits generated all for the company, or...?
PuzzleProgrammingBoard GameSokobanLogicAlternate HistoryPuzzle PlatformerExplorationRetroStrategy
$2.99Minesweeper Madness
Sep 23 · Bear Falls Games
Both: Puzzle · Logic
The classic puzzle game with modern quality-of-life improvements and features! Enjoy High Scores, Intuitive and Convenient Controls, Alternate Game Rules, Infinite Game Boards, and Deeply Customizable Appearance!
PuzzleLogicRetroStrategyOld SchoolChoices MatterArcadePoint & ClickReal Time TacticsTurn-Based Tactics
$3.99Mimic Logic
Feb 22 · Nihohe Soft
Both: Puzzle · Logic
"Mimic Logic" is an automatically generated logic puzzle roguelike. Listen to the statements of the treasure chests, find the lying mimics, and open the rest of the treasure chests! Opening a mimic results in a game over.
PuzzleRoguelikeProcedural GenerationFantasyRetroSingleplayerIndie2DPixel GraphicsLogic👍 552
-50%$7.49Shogun Showdown
Sep 5 · Roboatino
Shogun Showdown is a turn-based combat game with rogue-like and deck-building elements. Position yourself and attack at the right time, upgrade your tiles and combo them to get ready to face the Shogun!
Replay ValueStrategy RPGTurn-BasedRoguelikePixel GraphicsTurn-Based StrategyRoguelike DeckbuilderStrategyTurn-Based CombatTurn-Based Tactics👍 6,201
-85%$1.49Kingsgrave
Apr 17 · Egg or Chicken Games
Both: Puzzle
Welcome to Kingsgrave, a dark fantasy adventure RPG. Gain more power and obtain new combat skills as you explore the fractured land, slay foes created by plague, solve puzzles and rebuild villages. Reclaim your realm!
AdventureActionAction-AdventurePuzzle2DBuildingDarkRPGExplorationMetroidvania👍 517
$24.99COCOON
Sep 29 · Geometric Interactive
Both: Puzzle · Futuristic
From Jeppe Carlsen, the lead gameplay designer of LIMBO and INSIDE — COCOON takes you on an adventure across worlds within worlds. Master world-leaping mechanics and solve intricate puzzles to unravel a cosmic mystery.
AdventurePuzzleExplorationIndiePuzzle PlatformerAtmosphericStylized3DSingleplayerFuturistic👍 7,963
-40%$8.99Drop Duchy
May 5 · Sleepy Mill Studio
Both: Puzzle
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!
Falling BlocksTurn-Based TacticsCard BattlerReal Time TacticsRoguelitePuzzleMedievalBoard GameTabletopArcade👍 2,968
$29.99The Talos Principle 2
Nov 2 · Croteam
Both: Puzzle · Sci-fi
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.
PuzzleStory RichPhilosophicalFirst-PersonSci-fiPuzzle PlatformerExplorationWalking Simulator3D PlatformerLore-Rich👍 12,481
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$9.99Chess Infinity
Dec 10 · Rockwater Games
Both: Chess · Puzzle
Whether you're new to chess or a seasoned master, welcome to Chess Infinity—the art of timeless strategy. Immerse yourself in serene environments, sharpen your skills with an adaptive AI mentor, and connect with players worldwide. Embrace endless challenges that transcend eras and borders.
SportsChessBoard GameStrategyPuzzlePvP3DTurn-Based TacticsThird PersonCasual
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Aug 27 · Mads
Both: Chess
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Early AccessTurn-Based TacticsChessRoguelikeTurn-Based StrategyPvPRogueliteStrategyBoard Game2D
$19.99Braid, Anniversary Edition
May 14 · Thekla, Inc.
Both: Puzzle
Control the flow of time to solve puzzles in this new version of the indie classic, featuring fully repainted artwork, a new world of puzzles, and seriously in-depth commentary.
Puzzle Platformer2D PlatformerPuzzlePlatformerAction-Adventure2DTime ManipulationActionCasualCartoony👍 1,766
$3.99法医探案团之碎嘴小诗
Feb 10 · 芒果互娱
Both: Puzzle · Logic
在《法医探案团之碎嘴小诗》中,玩家将化身被害人小诗,用独特的“逝者视角”沉浸式与法医一同寻找自己死因真相!通过“拟真尸检”和“嫌疑人的调查”、“多样的剧情选择”和“技能释放”中冲出层层迷雾,而在扑朔迷离的案情不断袭来之时,一个「糖果岛」的神秘符号,竟引出无数少女的神秘失踪与被囚禁的线索,把案件再次推向新的高潮!
RPGInteractive FictionFMVAdventureMysteryPuzzleStrategyFemale ProtagonistInvestigationLogic👍 135
$4.99Skyblocker
Apr 11 · Pitchfork Games
Both: Puzzle · Minimalist · Logic
Stack your tower as high and as fast as you can in Skyblocker, an infinitely fun and replayable physics-based 3D puzzle game. Battle the elements (and gravity), compete for a place on the online leaderboards, unlock tons of cosmetics and unique levels, or relax in Zen mode.
DestructionSimulationPhysicsPuzzleBuildingCasual3DMinimalistColorfulLogic
-20%$4.79Neural Maze
3 days ago · unCurieux Studio
Both: Puzzle · Difficult · Minimalist
2 neurons. 2 sticks. One brain has to drive both at once: yours. Guide your stray neurons through ever-more-twisted mazes — inverted controls, power cuts, memory mode — under the eye of a doctor who's in over his head.
ActionPuzzleDifficultArcade2DSingleplayerControllerScienceFunnyMinimalist
$3.99Cells
Sep 6 · Mousetrick Studio
Both: Minimalist · Logic
CELLS is a calm sci-fi trading game about goods, routes and decisions. Explore new worlds, build trade chains, mine resources and uncover the story of a broken network between the worlds.
CasualRelaxingMinimalistProcedural GenerationLogicAtmosphericPhysicsLinearTutorial2D
$14.99RUNGORE
May 16 · YOUR_MOM'S_HP, RavenJm
Both: Difficult
Card game mechanics - check. Real time battles - check. Silly humor - check. If this isn't the game of your dreams i don't know what is (Also we have hidden memes everywhere lol)
Trading Card GameIndieCard GameCard BattlerReal Time TacticsDifficultReplay ValueStrategy RPGRoguelitePixel Graphics👍 993
$13.99Sol Cesto
Apr 10 · Tambouille, Géraud Zucchini, Chariospirale
Both: Puzzle
Sol Cesto is a tactical and frantic roguelite where mastering your luck is key. Choose a hero, upgrade them using cursed teeth and magical items, and descend to the bottom of an ever-changing dungeon. In this dark world, every action has consequences…
Dungeon CrawlerRoguelikeTacticalPuzzleAtmosphericFantasyGamblingProcedural GenerationMysteryTurn-Based👍 4,849
$19.99Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles
Mar 26 · Tomas Sala
Both: Minimalist
Bulwark blends casual and creative building elements with touches of strategy and exploration. It's an experimental mix of genres that can be enjoyed casually or as an epic conquest featuring naval units, air units, and fortresses.
CasualProcedural GenerationMinimalistCity BuilderExperimentalBase BuildingOpen WorldBuildingSandboxSteampunk👍 1,381
$19.99Three Kingdoms Zhao Yun
Jan 17 · ZUIJIANGYUE Game
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the heroes were fighting for hegemony, and the flames were everywhere. In the game, players played the role of Zhao Yun, a well-known general of the Three Kingdoms, and interpreted the story of his youth.
Action RPGHack and SlashHistoricalMartial ArtsStory RichRPGLore-RichExplorationSingleplayerWar👍 3,829
$2.99VERTIGROWL
Sep 2 · ApeHardware
Both: Puzzle · Sokoban
A programming workplace horror comedy. Ascend through an eldritch tower. Input your movements ahead. Dodge unknown entities. Complain in the private chat. Get back to work.
SimulationPuzzleVisual NovelBullet HellSokoban2.5DHand-drawnPsychedelicStylizedThird Person
$9.99heart of Y
Feb 18 · YAO
Heart of Y follows the protagonist's journey to find the "Heart of Y" in a shattered world. Players take on the role of an amnesiac traveler as they explore ancient ruins, solve hidden puzzles, and interact with a variety of characters to uncover the truth behind the world.
RPGTurn-Based StrategyTurn-Based Tactics2DSingleplayer
$2.99Aliya: Timelink
Apr 25 · TDGame Studio
Both: Sci-fi
The player connects to a girl in distress in space thousands of years later? How will they resolve the crisis and discover the truth? Through the mechanism of real-time synchronization, the game breaks through the dimensional wall and creates an immersive dialogue across time and space.
RPGInteractive FictionVisual NovelWord GameMultiple EndingsSpaceSci-fiText-BasedPerma Death2D👍 8,594












