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Games like Inside the Gear

2014PC1.99 €

You're trapped inside a huge rusty machine, solving physics puzzles with gears, planks and cubes. Your goal is to get the wheel onto the platform, which is easier said than done.

  • Puzzles and brain teasers

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In short: Games like Inside the Gear

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

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Zup! Zero 2

92 %Match

2018PC94 % positive1.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Inside the Gear: puzzles to figure out, a calm pace and gameplay over story.

A minimalist physics puzzle game where you use well-placed explosions to get blocks to their goal. Short, clever levels with a simple presentation.

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4D Golf

Puzzles and brain teasers

A golf game played in four-dimensional courses. Multiple visualizations and a level editor help you build an intuitive feel for higher dimensions through play.

Two Dots

Puzzles and brain teasers

Two Dots is a minimalist puzzle game where you connect same-colored dots with chains to clear each level. Its simple rules and colorful design make it a relaxed mental break you can pick up anytime.

Temple of Xiala

Puzzles and brain teasers

In this puzzle game you control gravity and guide boulders into the right slots to clear your path to the next level. A compact, brain-teasing experience built around a single clever mechanic.

Pixplode

Puzzles and brain teasers

A puzzle game with over 40 levels where shifting your view of a 3D level reveals solutions to seemingly impossible 2D-physics puzzles.

Rooms: The Main Building

Linear, curated structure

A sliding-puzzle game where you shift rooms around like tiles to connect doorways and find a path out. Objects inside the rooms add extra twists to its 100 puzzles.

Microsoft Minesweeper

Puzzles and brain teasers

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.

Ping 1.5+

Linear, curated structure

An arcade-style puzzle game where you launch a cube through over 100 stages to reach the orange goal. Short, tricky levels that are easy to pick up.

Pictopix

Puzzles and brain teasers

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.

Zup! Q

Linear, curated structure

A minimalist physics puzzler where you use explosions to keep a blue ball on the platform for three seconds. Short, snappy levels with a stripped-down look.

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