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Gridland (also Super Gridland on mobile) is a puzzle strategy game where you build a town by day and defend zombie attackers at night. Unusually, resources are gathered by completing match-three puzzles. This puzzle switches from building to defending as day changes to night.

Unfortunately, Gridland is not available on Mac, PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One or Xbox Series X|S. However, we recommend the following games that offer a similar experience or theme:

Gridland

Game Details

Release Date: 25/08/2014

Price: Free

Platforms: Android, Web and iOS

Content Rating: PEGI 7

Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds

Players: 1

Genres: Collecting, Strategy (Brain Game and Puzzle)

Accessibility: 23 features

Components: 2D Overhead, Grid and Pixels

Developer: Double Speak Game (@DoubleSpeakGame)

Costs: Free

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Platforms: 3DS and 2DS, Apple TV, Mac and iOS

Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds

Components: 2D Side-On, Cards and Grid

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Triple Town

Release Date: 14/10/2010, updated in 2012

Platforms: Android, Mac, PC and iOS

Components: 2D Overhead, Grid and Pixels

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Release Date: 05/08/2014

Platforms: Android, Mac, PC, PS Vita, PS4 and iOS

Components: 2D Overhead, Grid and Hand-Made

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Release Date: 23/09/2015

Platforms: Android, PC and iOS

Components: 2D Overhead, Cards and Grid

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Release Date: 23/08/2013, updated in 2021

Platforms: PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One

Components: 2D Overhead, Grid and Hand-Made

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Release Date: 06/01/2014, updated in 2023

Platforms: Android, Mac, PC, Switch, Xbox One and iOS

Skill Rating: 6+ year-olds

Components: 2D Overhead and Hand-Made

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Threes

Release Date: 06/02/2014

Platforms: Amazon Fire, Android, Web and iOS

Skill Rating: 7+ year-olds

Components: 2D Side-On

Threes is a puzzle game where you slide numbered tiles on a grid. When they collide they combine their numbers, like Triple Town. You can match 1's and 2's with each other, the white tiles can match cards that are multiples of 3...

Chessplosion

Release Date: 21/09/2021

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Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds

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Release Date: 10/06/2013, updated in 2019

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Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds

Components: Open World and Text

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18 Younger Content Rating than Gridland

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5 Easier Skill Rating than Gridland

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16 Video Games Like Gridland Based on Genre

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2 Video Games With More Documented Accessibility Features than Gridland

If you like the sound of Gridland but it doesn’t offer the accessibility you require, the games in this section offer a similar experience but with more Accessibility Features. You can view a full breakdown in our Gridland Accessibility Report.

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