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210 games like Sidewords

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01 !Pattern Cover

2022 · Android

!Pattern

100%

You are on a 2x2 square, you have to avoid empty tiles coming, but beware of tricky pattern and be thoughtful of your moves. !Pattern is a game where you have to see in the future what is coming. It's chill, but intense at the same time. 4 worlds with unique...

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Sidewords

100% Starker DNA-Match
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Indie Genre Puzzle Genre Single player Mode Puzzles Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

02 Quern: Undying Thoughts Cover

2016 · Linux, Mac, PC

Quern: Undying Thoughts

81%

Quern is a first person puzzle adventure with captivating story and beautiful graphics. Quern refreshes the genre with flexible gameplay and reuseable puzzle mechanics. The visuals and the music combine traditional and modern elements providing a unique mood f...

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Sidewords

81% Sehr nah dran
Shared DNA
Indie Genre Puzzle Genre Single player Mode Puzzles Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

03 Don't Knock Twice Cover

2017 · Switch, PC, PS4

Don't Knock Twice

81%

Don't Knock Twice is a first-person horror game based on a psychologically terrifying urban legend. To save her estranged daughter, a guilt-ridden mother must uncover the frightening truth behind the urban tale of a vengeful, demonic witch. One knock to wake h...

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Sidewords

81% Sehr nah dran
Shared DNA
Indie Genre Puzzle Genre Single player Mode Puzzles Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

04 House of Caravan Cover

2015 · Mac, PC

House of Caravan

81%

Taking place in a single mansion in Candlewood, northeast USA, in the early 20th Century, House of Caravan is a sinister adventure filled with dark secrets and vexing puzzles.

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Sidewords

81% Sehr nah dran
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Indie Genre Puzzle Genre Single player Mode Puzzles Game feel
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

05 Hook Cover

2015 · Android, Linux, Mac

Hook

80%

Hook is a minimal, relaxing, puzzle game.

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Sidewords

80% Sehr nah dran
Shared DNA
Indie Genre Puzzle Genre Single player Mode Puzzles Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

06 Rusty Lake Hotel Cover

2015 · Android, Mac, PC

Rusty Lake Hotel

74%

Welcome our guests to the Rusty Lake Hotel and make sure they will have a pleasant stay. There will be 5 dinners this week. Make sure every dinner is worth dying for. Rusty Lake Hotel is a mysterious point and click game developed by the creators of the intri...

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Sidewords

74% Sehr nah dran
Shared DNA
Indie Genre Puzzle Genre Single player Mode Puzzles Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

07 Rusty Lake: Roots Cover

2016 · Android, Mac, PC

Rusty Lake: Roots

74%

James Vanderboom's life drastically changes when he plants a special seed in the garden of the house he has inherited. Expand your bloodline by unlocking portraits in the tree of life.

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Sidewords

74% Sehr nah dran
Shared DNA
Indie Genre Puzzle Genre Single player Mode Puzzles Game feel
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

08 Unforeseen Incidents Cover

2018 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Unforeseen Incidents

74%

Unforeseen Incidents is a classical style interactive mystery set in a beautifully hand-painted world. Join Harper Pendrell and experience a challenging investigation, smart dialog and a rich cast of characters in this thrilling new adventure game.

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Sidewords

74% Sehr nah dran
Shared DNA
Indie Genre Puzzle Genre Single player Mode Puzzles Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

09 Sinkr Cover

2017 · Linux, Mac, PC

Sinkr

74%

Sinkr is a minimalist puzzle using various contraptions to sink pucks. Responsive ambient music. No holes left behind.

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Sidewords

74% Sehr nah dran
Shared DNA
Indie Genre Puzzle Genre Single player Mode Puzzles Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

10 Turn It On! Cover

2018 · Android, iOS

Turn It On!

74%

Turn It On! is a collection of black boxes, where your task is to guess the mechanics behind. According to the played setting, you will use buttons, switches, wheels, knobs, handles, cogs, a handful of meters, displays, etc. You will need to recognize the mach...

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Sidewords

74% Sehr nah dran
Shared DNA
Puzzle Genre Single player Mode Puzzles Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

11 Coloree Cover

2020 · PC

Coloree

74%

Coloree is a great, relaxing, minimalistic puzzle game. If you like colors and geometric shapes, plus have the patience to move them around, this is a game for you. It’s relaxing on one hand, while still being satisfying as levels are finished and skill at Col...

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Sidewords

74% Sehr nah dran
Shared DNA
Indie Genre Puzzle Genre Single player Mode Puzzles Game feel
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

12 Shada Kalo Cover

2022 · PC

Shada Kalo

74%

A game jam build for the Epic Mega Jam 2022. The theme of the jam was: "As Above So Below" Control the pair of characters in game to solve your way out of each level by solving puzzles. WASD : Movement Space : Jump

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Sidewords

74% Sehr nah dran
Shared DNA
Puzzle Genre Single player Mode Puzzles Game feel
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

13 Alchemistry Cover

2022 · Linux, Mac, PC

Alchemistry

70%

Merge elements to discover new ones ! Through challenges, use the given elements to craft transitional elements to reach given objective. Or use sandbox mode to freely craft items together and maybe succeed to create rare items, and to discover everything.

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Sidewords

70% Sehr nah dran
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Indie Genre Puzzle Genre Single player Mode Puzzles Game feel
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14 Abridge Cover

2022 · Linux, Mac, PC

Abridge

70%

Abridge is an abstract, Sokoban puzzle game. Select pieces to move, pull and shift them around into a goal. The colorful shapes on them determine their movement and abilities. Remove them all from the board to solve these hand-crafted, challenging puzzles.

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Sidewords

70% Sehr nah dran
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Indie Genre Puzzle Genre Single player Mode Puzzles Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

15 Arithmetic Cover

2025 · Linux, PC

Arithmetic

70%

A revolutionary puzzle game combining box-pushing and math operations! Slide number crates, merge targets with +-×÷, and challenge your logic & arithmetic skills

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Sidewords

70% Sehr nah dran
Shared DNA
Indie Genre Puzzle Genre Single player Mode Puzzles Game feel
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

16 Nonozle Cover

2022 · Linux, PC

Nonozle

69%

A number logic puzzle game. Solve nonograms to form pixel-art images. Features 200 hand-made puzzles.

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Sidewords

69% Sehr nah dran
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Indie Genre Puzzle Genre Single player Mode Puzzles Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

17 What's the Password? Cover

2026 · Android, Linux, Mac

What's the Password?

69%

"What's the Password?" is a minimalistic puzzle game where you decode 4-digit passwords. Featuring over 100 puzzles!

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Sidewords

69% Sehr nah dran
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Indie Genre Puzzle Genre Single player Mode Puzzles Game feel
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No description available from IGDB

18 20 Small Mazes Cover

2024 · Mac, PC

20 Small Mazes

68%

This is a puzzle game with twenty small mazes. They're good mazes, though.

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Sidewords

68% Sehr nah dran
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Indie Genre Puzzle Genre Single player Mode Puzzles Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

19 Unitied Cover

2019 · Android, Linux, Mac

Unitied

68%

Unitied is a minimalistic & relaxing puzzle game. The simple goal is to finish all blocks. You do so by moving all blocks in one direction: up, left, down or right. The blocks have to use each other to be able to finish. There are 50 levels, increasing in d...

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Sidewords

68% Sehr nah dran
Shared DNA
Indie Genre Puzzle Genre Single player Mode Puzzles Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

20 Alteric Cover

2016 · Mac, Switch, PC

Alteric

65%

Jump through boiling lava; run from perilous traps and saw blades; glide and climb through catacombs; fall into the abyss and overcome gravity. And don't forget to switch to a parallel dimension in time, because it’s Alteric!

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Sidewords

65% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
Indie Genre Puzzle Genre Single player Mode Puzzles Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

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