Games like KNIGHTS
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KNIGHTS is a minimalist puzzle game based on a single chess piece, the titular knight. A simple enough to pick up and relaxing experience.
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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
-30%$6.99Augmental Puzzles
Feb 13 · Flammable Penguins Games
Both: Puzzle · Logic · Tabletop
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
-20%$3.19Snap Chess
2 days ago · Big Ice Games
Both: Chess · Puzzle · Relaxing
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
-10%$8.99Unmurk
2 days ago · Michal Barszczewski
Both: Relaxing · 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
$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
$14.99The Conquest of Go
Dec 10 · Wolfey Studios
Both: Tabletop
Learn and play Go, the classic board game that has been played for thousands of years, and compete in the race to conquer the most land in the in-game world, or compete online against opponents around the real world.
Turn-BasedStrategyBoard GameTabletop2DTop-DownTurn-Based TacticsTurn-Based StrategyEducationTutorial👍 581
$13.99Sol Cesto
Apr 10 · Tambouille, Géraud Zucchini, Chariospirale
Both: Puzzle · Procedural Generation
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
-15%$4.24Relax Puzzle
Jun 20 · Happy Plus
Both: Puzzle · Relaxing · Tabletop
Find tranquility in your busy day. This relaxing puzzle game features 100 beautiful scenes. Simply drag and swap to complete each image at your own pace, with no time limits—just pure, stress-free fun.
CasualPuzzleRelaxingSingleplayer2DColorfulCollectathonMouse OnlyTabletopLinear
$11.99Orb of Creation
Jun 23 · MarpleGames
Both: Puzzle
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
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Aug 27 · Mads
Both: Chess
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-15%$8.49Dewdrop
2 days ago · Second State Games
Both: Puzzle · Logic · Relaxing
Make music & solve puzzles with physics at the same time. Draw vines, guide dewdrops through vibrant levels, unlock new sounds, and create your own beats in a relaxing musical sandbox.
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6 days ago · 3dGecko GmbH
Both: Puzzle · Relaxing
A free, cozy jigsaw puzzle: 24 to 1000 pieces, 56 comic-style pictures, trays you name yourself and a table without edges. No timer, no ads. The pictures are AI-generated. Puzzle your own photos with the optional DLC.
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$4.99Mall: Tidy Up Together
Aug 21 · Games Together
Both: Puzzle · Relaxing
Shelve the products, unlock new skills, and use your unique methods to tidy up the mall. Enjoy the online co-op and online PvP with your friends, or go solo! Fill up the shelves and experience a sense of relief and satisfaction.
CasualSimulationCollectathonOrganizingOnline Co-OpPuzzleRelaxingPvPSandboxRealistic👍 258
$3.99Cells
Sep 6 · Mousetrick Studio
Both: Relaxing · Procedural Generation · 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
-25%$5.99Cloudscrapers
6 days ago · Nementic Games
Both: Relaxing · Puzzle
Cloudscrapers is a minimalist strategy game with a relaxing atmosphere. Build your tower, manage resources, unlock new tools, and uncover the secrets hidden in the sky.
CasualCity BuilderRelaxingPuzzleStrategyMinimalistSimulationAtmosphericResource ManagementCozy
$17.99Lost and Found Co.
Mar 5 · Bit Egg Inc.
Both: Puzzle · Relaxing
Lost and Found Co. is a hidden object adventure in a cozy and immersive world. Join a cast of lively characters on their epic journey across countless magical locations. Find lost items, solve puzzles, and help a tiny dragon regain her power!
Hidden ObjectPuzzlePoint & Click2DCuteIsometricFunnyRelaxingStory RichCasual👍 2,745
-50%$3.99Unbox the Room
Oct 17 · Weird Penguin Games
Both: Relaxing
Unbox the Room is a relaxing simulator where you play as an interior designer helping clients move into their new homes. Unbox and arrange their belongings to create a cozy space, placing everything just right — from the smallest cup to the largest sofa.
RelaxingDecoratingOrganizingCozyCuteCasualIsometricPixel GraphicsFamily FriendlySimulation👍 243
$4.99Fatal Logic
3 days ago · ItWorkedOnMyMachine
Both: Puzzle · Logic · Relaxing
Fatal Logic is a deductive logic puzzle game where you investigate crime scenes, cross-reference clues, and use the process of elimination to identify the killer across hours of challenging mysteries and community-created workshop levels.
StrategyPuzzleLogicDetectiveInvestigationMysterySingleplayer2DRelaxingIndie
$5.99Forest Time
Dec 19 · Wandering Peak
Both: Puzzle · Relaxing
Forest Time is a tactical game with a cozy experience. Enjoy various puzzles in a charming world with peaceful yet challenging tasks. There are 50+ levels with 8 playable characters to explore.
Time ManagementTurn-Based TacticsPuzzle2DCuteIsometricCasualTop-DownRelaxingColorful
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Both: Relaxing · Puzzle · Immersive Sim
A cozy first-person sorting game. 2080 hand-named, physically reacting bottles scattered across the floor. A real mess. No, wait.. A real Alchemess! Join the mesmerizing flow of clicking each potion into its individual correct position. Tidy alone, or bring a friend. Or race one. Made with love.
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$17.99Kebab Chefs! - Restaurant Simulator
Jun 11 · Biotech Gameworks
Both: Immersive Sim
Kebab Chefs! is a Co-Op, cooking and restaurant management game that can be played up to 4 players. Design your own restaurant. Cook delicious foods, fill your menu with various recipes, feed customers and become the biggest kebab restaurant in town!
CookingMultiplayerSimulationManagementPhysicsSandboxFunnyTime ManagementImmersive SimBuilding👍 7,017
FreeKlaus Veen's Bastards
3 days ago · Tomorrow Software
Both: Tabletop · Relaxing
Bastards is an online, fast-paced and tactical card game for 2-8 players. Take turns playing cards from low to high: 3 is the lowest, 2 the highest. Be first to get rid of your hand to become President. Finish last, and you’ll become the Bastard!
StrategyCard GameParty GameTurn-Based StrategyTabletopPvPMultiplayerPartyRelaxingCasual
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Aug 11 · Charge Piggy Studio , Kitchen Group
Both: Puzzle
Tower Realm is a high-strategy Magic Tower RPG collection with fixed maps and stats, auto turn-based battles, and precise resource-route planning. Clear hardcore with no supplies, or use the Green Key to lower difficulty. Earn clear points to unlock custom challenges.
AdventureStrategyRPGPuzzleJRPGBoard Game2D PlatformerTurn-Based TacticsDungeon Crawler2D👍 110
$19.99Sovereign Tower
Aug 6 · WILD WITS GAMES
Play as the Sovereign of a magical tower in this story-rich, Round Table management RPG. Recruit eccentric Knights, assign quests and balance egos whilst carving out your kingdom's destiny. If destiny doesn’t go your way, keep turning back time, uncover secrets and rewrite fate again and again.
Choices MatterMedievalChoose Your Own AdventureVisual NovelIndieManagementDialogue HeavyHand-drawnRPGStory Rich👍 3,150
$14.99Treasure 'n Trio
Oct 9 · TNT
Both: Puzzle
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
$5.99Book Organizer
Jun 26 · KimC
Both: Immersive Sim · Puzzle
A cozy 3D shelf-management puzzle game with satisfying ASMR sounds. Organize unique libraries, from a peaceful Hanok map to an Incredible Mode with 1,000 books! Challenge Hardcore Mode with disruptive villains, and earn tokens to build historical landmarks like Gyeonghoeru.
SimulationHistoricalAtmosphericImmersive SimFirst-Person3D PlatformerLife SimPuzzleEmotionalRealistic
-10%$6.29Cubed
2 days ago · Hobbes Foundation
Both: Puzzle · Logic
Cubed is both a puzzle and an arcade game for VR and non-VR. Relax and get your mind off everyday life in puzzle mode. Challenge yourself in arcade mode. Or grab a friend and play arcade mode either as a team or as bitter rivals, stealing and sabotaging your way to victory!
Falling BlocksPuzzlePvEPvPArcadeCo-opVRStrategyLogic3D
-30%$20.99HEART of CROWN Online
Dec 18 · illuCalab, FLIPFLOPs, quziralab.
Both: Tabletop
The great emperor's untimely death... Seven princesses are candidates for his succession! Who will save the empire from chaos? An online deck-growing card game where you grow your deck and fight for the Princess.
DeckbuildingCard GameBoard GameStrategyIndieTabletopCard BattlerCuteTurn-Based TacticsFantasy👍 412
-40%$1.43CrystalLinker:Infinity
Mar 13 · Moeghost Studio
Both: Tabletop · Relaxing
Enter the vibrant and enchanting crystal world and immerse yourself in the ever-changing matching gameplay. Customize themes, import personal images, create exclusive maps, and embark on your endless crystal journey.
CasualSingleplayerArcadeTabletopBoard GameTrivia2D PlatformerRelaxingCartoonIncremental
$34.99Pioneers of Pagonia
Dec 11 · Envision Entertainment
Both: Procedural Generation
Rebuild hope in a world that was lost in the fog. Lead your Pioneers across the isles of Pagonia, unite scattered tribes, raise thriving communities and discover the history of your people as you reclaim your world in the new story campaign.
StrategyResource ManagementColony SimOnline Co-OpFantasyBase BuildingCity BuilderManagementProcedural GenerationPvE👍 4,794
$9.99Ice Cream Simulator
Jun 5 · AM Playhouse
Both: Immersive Sim
Run your dream ice cream shop in Ice Cream Simulator! Create delicious ice cream using a variety of ingredients, manage your business, hire staff, decorate your store, handle changing weather and different customers, and enjoy a relaxing first-person simulation experience.
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