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2016PC, Steam Deck verified86 % positive5.19 €

You solve puzzles by drawing a single continuous line. It offers 96 levels in Normal mode and 96 in Time mode, often with multiple possible solutions.

  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Cosy, great for unwinding

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In short: Games like Akin

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Akin special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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2021PC, Steam Deck verified80 % positive

Brings what grabs you about Akin: puzzles to figure out, a cosy mood to unwind and gameplay over story.

A minimalist word-guessing game where you have six tries to find a hidden five-letter word using color-coded clues. The short daily puzzle is easy to pick up and fun to compare with friends.

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Bejeweled

Puzzles and brain teasers

The classic match-3 puzzler: swap neighboring gems to line up three or more of a kind and trigger chain reactions. Easy to learn, relaxing and highly addictive.

Pictopix

Calm and deliberate

Pictopix is a nonogram-style logic puzzler where you color grid squares to reveal hidden pictures. Starting with small boards and growing to large ones, it offers many calm hours of solving.

Microsoft Minesweeper

Calm and deliberate

The classic Windows logic puzzler: you uncover squares on a grid and deduce from the numbers where hidden mines lie. Simple rules, quick rounds, and a bit of tension with every risky click.

Hexic HD

Puzzles and brain teasers

A relaxing puzzle game from the creator of Tetris: you rotate groups of three hexes to form same-colored clusters and rack up points. Bombs add gentle pressure without breaking the calm, flowing gameplay.

Hexcells Infinite

Calm and deliberate

A minimalist, calm logic puzzle on hex grids where you uncover cells purely through deduction. With 36 handcrafted puzzles plus a random generator, it offers nearly endless puzzling.

Picross S2

Calm and deliberate

Classic nonogram puzzles where you use number clues to fill in grids and reveal pixel pictures. A calm, meditative pick with plenty of puzzles that gradually grow more demanding.

Up Left Out

Puzzles and brain teasers

You work through 50 levels of this minimal puzzle game with no text at all, letting yourself unwind as you go. It is the developer's fourth puzzle title after Hook, Klocki and PUSH.

2048

Puzzles and brain teasers

A minimalist sliding-tile puzzle where you merge matching numbered tiles on a 4x4 grid until you reach 2048. The rules are instantly clear, but careful planning makes it addictive and surprisingly deep.

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