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Games like Get the Gems

2016PC2.99 €

A deliberately old-school take on Boulder Dash and Emerald Mine: you dig through levels, collect gems and dodge falling rocks. Graphics and hand-holding are minimal, leaving you with tricky, no-nonsense puzzle-action.

  • Pixel art
  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Challenging difficulty

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In short: Games like Get the Gems

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

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Best match

Chip's Challenge 2

91 %Match

2015PC, Steam Deck playable87 % positive3.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Get the Gems: pixel art, puzzles to figure out and a demanding difficulty.

A tough grid-based puzzler where Chip and Melinda work through many levels packed with monsters, hazards and tricky mechanics. This sequel to the classic rewards careful planning and experimentation.

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Arctic Adventure

Realistic visuals

A classic DOS platformer with 80 tricky levels where Nevada must get past ice patches, traps and snowmen. It blends precise platforming with level-based puzzle solving.

Chip's Challenge 1

Gameplay comes before story

A classic top-down puzzle game where Chip works through 144 maze-like levels, collecting keys and chips while avoiding monsters, traps and a ticking clock. Tricky logic and careful planning are at the core.

Snake II

Realistic visuals

The classic Nokia phone arcade game: guide a growing snake around the screen, eat food and avoid crashing into your own tail. Simple, addictive and built around chasing high scores.

Elasto Mania

Pixel art

A 2D physics-based motorbike game where you use precise weight shifting and throttle control to collect every apple and then reach the flower. Easy to grasp but hard to master, with a dedicated speedrunning community.

Recursed

Gameplay comes before story

A clever puzzle-platformer where rooms are also items: you pick up, copy and nest them recursively to reach the exit. The mind-bending mechanic constantly forces you to rethink how space works.

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