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Stephen's Sausage Roll

Stephen's Sausage Roll is a 2016 independent puzzle video game designed by Stephen Lavelle, also known as increpare. Pla...

Logic INDIE Sokoban Increpare

9.6 Brilliant

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ThinkFun Rush Hour

ThinkFun’s Rush Hour is a challenging logic puzzle involving sliding car blocks to resolve a congested roadway. Created...

Logic Solo Sliding Vehicles

9.2 Excellent

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Patrick's Parabox

Patrick's Parabox is a puzzle game designed, developed, and programmed by Patrick Traynor, released in 2022. The game ce...

Logic Sokoban Recursive Patrick Traynor

9.2 Excellent

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The Talos Principle: Reawakened

The Talos Principle: Reawakened is a 2025 remake by Croteam of the studio's 2014 first-person philosophical puzzle game,...

Philosophy Logic First Person Remake

9.1 Excellent

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Lorelei and the Laser Eyes

Lorelei and the Laser Eyes is a 2024 puzzle-adventure game developed by the Swedish studio Simogo. The game follows a wo...

Logic INDIE Mystery Surreal

9.0 Excellent

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14 Minesweeper Variants

14 Minesweeper Variants is a 2022 logic puzzle game developed by Alith Games and Artless Games. The game systematically...

Logic INDIE Grid Based Minesweeper

9.0 Excellent

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Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy

Published by Capcom, the Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy is a 2019 compilation that bundles together the first thre...

Video Game Logic Visual Novel Deduction

9.0 Excellent

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Rise of the Golden Idol

Rise of the Golden Idol is a detective-themed puzzle game developed by the Latvian studio Color Gray Games and released...

Logic Mystery Deduction Color Gray

8.9 Great

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Hexcells Infinite

Hexcells Infinite is a 2014 logic-based puzzle game developed by Matthew Brown for PC. As the third installment in the H...

Logic Procedural Sequel Hex Grid

8.9 Great

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A Monster's Expedition

A Monster's Expedition (Through Presumptuous Puzzles) is a sokoban-style puzzle game developed by Alan Hazelden and publ...

Open World Logic Sokoban Draknek

8.8 Great

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The Zachtronics Solitaire Collection

The Zachtronics Solitaire Collection is a 2022 compilation of solitaire card games originally created by the developer Z...

Logic Collection Card Game Solitaire

8.8 Great

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Recursed

"Recursed" is a 2D indie puzzle platformer developed and published by Portponky. The core gameplay mechanic revolves aro...

Video Game Logic INDIE Platformer

8.8 Great

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Hexcells Plus

Hexcells Plus is a 2014 logic puzzle game by independent developer Matthew Brown, designed as a standalone sequel to the...

Logic Sequel Minesweeper Hex Grid

8.7 Great

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Tametsi

Tametsi is a deduction puzzle game developed by Grip Top Games and released in 2017. It adapts the numerical logic assoc...

Logic INDIE Difficult Grid Based

8.7 Great

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ThinkFun Rush Hour Deluxe

ThinkFun Rush Hour Deluxe is an expanded edition of Rush Hour, a single-player sliding-block logic puzzle built around v...

Logic Solo Sliding Vehicles

8.6 Great

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Quoridor

Quoridor is an abstract strategy board game designed by Mirko Marchesi and originally published by Gigamic in 1997. Desi...

Logic Abstract Maze Gigamic

8.6 Great

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Bonfire Peaks

"Bonfire Peaks" is a 3D puzzle game developed by Corey Martin and published by Draknek in 2021. The game features a voxe...

Logic Sokoban Draknek Voxels

8.6 Great

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Snakebird

Snakebird is a grid-based 2D puzzle game developed by the Swedish independent studio Noumenon Games and released in 2015...

Logic Grid Hard Noumenon

8.6 Great

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Hexcells

Hexcells is a logic puzzle game developed by Matthew Brown and released in 2014. The gameplay centers on clearing a hexa...

Logic INDIE Minesweeper Hex Grid

8.6 Great

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Brainstring Advanced

Brainstring Advanced is a three-dimensional mechanical puzzle based on an invention by Dutch designer Guido Lap. Colored...

Logic Plastic Strings Tangles

7.0 Good