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277 games like Columns III

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01 Columns Cover

1990 · Arcade, Linux, Mac

Columns

80%

Go back in time to a bygone civilization: the ancient world of Phoenicia. There you will play a simple and captivating game where sparkling, rainbow-coloured jewels drop one after another. According to the ancient merchants, by arranging three or more of the s...

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Puzzle Genre Strategy Genre Multiplayer Mode Single player Mode Side view Perspective Puzzles Game feel Multiplayer Game feel
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02 World of Goo Cover

2008 · Android, Linux, Mac

World of Goo

66%

World of Goo is a multiple award winning physics based puzzle / construction game made entirely by two guys. Drag and drop living, squirming, talking, globs of goo to build structures, bridges, cannonballs, zeppelins, and giant tongues. The millions of Goo Bal...

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Columns III

66% Spannender Match
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Puzzle Genre Strategy Genre Single player Mode Side view Perspective Choices Game feel Puzzles Game feel
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03 Braid Cover

2008 · Linux, Mac, PC

Braid

62%

Braid is a puzzle-platformer, drawn in a painterly style, where you can manipulate the flow of time in strange and unusual ways. From a house in the city, journey to a series of worlds and solve puzzles to rescue an abducted princess. In each world, you have a...

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Columns III

62% Spannender Match
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Puzzle Genre Strategy Genre Single player Mode Side view Perspective Puzzles Game feel
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04 Hello Neighbor Cover

2017 · Android, Stadia, Switch

Hello Neighbor

62%

Hello Neighbor is a stealth horror game about sneaking into your creepy neighbor's house to figure out what horrible secrets he's hiding in his basement. You play against an AI that adapts from your actions. Really enjoying climbing through that backyard windo...

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Columns III

62% Spannender Match
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Puzzle Genre Strategy Genre Single player Mode Puzzles Game feel
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05 Plants vs. Zombies Cover

2009 · Android, Mac, PC

Plants vs. Zombies

54%

Plants vs. Zombies is a tower defense game in which players protect their suburban home from waves of approaching zombies by placing various plants on a grid-based lawn. Each plant has a unique defensive function, from shooting projectiles to blocking or explo...

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Columns III

54% Spannender Match
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Puzzle Genre Strategy Genre Single player Mode Puzzles Game feel
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06 The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth Cover

2014 · Linux, Mac, New 3DS

The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth

51%

A top-down roguelike action-adventure game and remake of the 2011 original, rebuilt from its Flash engine to enable expanded content and features. Players control Isaac through procedurally generated dungeon floors, using tears as projectiles to defeat monster...

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Columns III

51% Mutiger Treffer
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Puzzle Genre Multiplayer Mode Single player Mode Choices Game feel Challenging Game feel Puzzles Game feel Multiplayer Game feel
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07 Trine Cover

2009 · Linux, Mac, PC

Trine

51%

Trine is a physics-based action game where three characters allow clever solutions to challenges created by hazardous puzzles and threatening enemies. The gameplay is based on fully interactive physics – each character's different abilities and tactics can be...

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Columns III

51% Mutiger Treffer
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Puzzle Genre Multiplayer Mode Single player Mode Side view Perspective Challenging Game feel Puzzles Game feel Multiplayer Game feel
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08 Shining in the Darkness Cover

1991 · Linux, Mac, PC

Shining in the Darkness

48%

Dark Sol has vowed to reign over the enchanted Kingdom of Thornwood, and only you can stop him. Find the powerful Arms of Light and battle the deadly beasts that keep your people desperate and starving in this epic journey for peace. Roaming the dark Labyrinth...

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Columns III

48% Mutiger Treffer
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09 Half-Life Cover

1998 · Linux, Mac, PC

Half-Life

47%

Half-Life is a 1998 first-person shooter (FPS) game developed by Valve Corporation and published by Sierra Studios for Windows. It was Valve's debut product and the first game in the Half-Life series. The player assumes the role of Gordon Freeman, a theoretica...

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10 BioShock 2 Cover

2010 · Mac, PC, PS3

BioShock 2

47%

BioShock 2 is the second game of the BioShock series and the sequel to BioShock. It continues the grand storyline of the underwater metropolis Rapture. BioShock 2 capitalizes and improves upon the high-quality effects, unique gameplay elements, and immersive a...

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47% Mutiger Treffer
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11 Forgotton Anne Cover

2018 · Android, Mac, Switch

Forgotton Anne

46%

Forgotton Anne is a 2d cinematic adventure game combining puzzle platforming with adventure game elements. You play as Anne, the enforcer keeping order in the Forgotton Realm, as she sets out to squash a rebellion that might prevent her master, Bonku, and hers...

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46% Mutiger Treffer
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12 Tomb Raider Cover

2013 · Android, Linux, Mac

Tomb Raider

44%

Tomb Raider explores the intense and gritty origin story of Lara Croft and her ascent from a young woman to a hardened survivor. Armed only with raw instincts and the ability to push beyond the limits of human endurance, Lara must fight to unravel the dark his...

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Columns III

44% Mutiger Treffer
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Puzzle Genre Multiplayer Mode Single player Mode Challenging Game feel Puzzles Game feel Multiplayer Game feel
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13 Terraria Cover

2011 · Android, Stadia, Linux

Terraria

44%

Terraria is a 2D sandbox action-adventure game with platforming and role-playing elements. Players create a character and are placed in a procedurally generated world where they mine resources, craft equipment, build structures, and fight enemies. Progression...

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Columns III

44% Mutiger Treffer
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14 Undertale Cover

2015 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Undertale

43%

A small child falls into the Underground, where monsters have long been banished by humans and are hunting every human that they find. The player controls the child as they try to make it back to the Surface through hostile environments, all the while engaging...

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43% Mutiger Treffer
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15 Limbo Cover

2010 · Android, Linux, Mac

Limbo

43%

Limbo is a black and white puzzle-platforming adventure. Players take the role of a young boy traveling through an eerie and treacherous world in an attempt to discover the fate of his sister.

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Columns III

43% Mutiger Treffer
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16 Inside Cover

2016 · Mac, Switch, PC

Inside

42%

Inside is a puzzle-platformer developed by Playdead, presented in a 2.5D side-scrolling format with a dark, predominantly monochromatic visual style. The player controls an unnamed boy navigating a dystopian environment, solving environmental puzzles, avoiding...

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Columns III

42% Mutiger Treffer
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Puzzle Genre Single player Mode Side view Perspective Choices Game feel Puzzles Game feel
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17 Ori and the Blind Forest Cover

2015 · Switch, PC, XONE

Ori and the Blind Forest

42%

The forest of Nibel is dying. After a powerful storm sets a series of devastating events in motion, an unlikely hero must journey to find his courage and confront a dark nemesis to save his home. Ori and the Blind Forest tells the tale of a young orphan destin...

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Columns III

42% Mutiger Treffer
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18 Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis Cover

1992 · Amiga, DOS, Linux

Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis

42%

A point-and-click adventure game by LucasArts originally released in 1992. Almost a year later, it was reissued on CD-ROM as an enhanced "talkie" edition with full voice acting and digitized sound effects. In 2009, this version was also released as an unlockab...

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42% Mutiger Treffer
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19 Worms Armageddon Cover

1999 · DC, N64, PC

Worms Armageddon

42%

Those intrepid invertebrates return with a vengeance in the much-loved Worms Armageddon. It’s a whole new can of worms! It’s hilarious fun that you can enjoy on your own or with all your friends. Worms Armageddon was originally developed as an expansion pack...

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Columns III

42% Mutiger Treffer
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Strategy Genre Multiplayer Mode Single player Mode Side view Perspective Multiplayer Game feel
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20 Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen Cover

1993 · Mobile, PS1, Saturn

Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen

42%

It’s up to you to defeat the Empire. It’s been nearly a quarter of a century since the Zetegenian Empire first conquered the Kingdoms of Zenobia with a wrath of fear and bloodshed. You are the leader of a band of rebels who’ve fought to preserve the last shre...

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Columns III

42% Mutiger Treffer
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