6 Similar Games Short List
Here are our hand-picked short list of similar games; the perfect thing to play next if you enjoyed Puyo Puyo. We don't use automatic matching, instead, we hand-pick games that are good to play if you have enjoyed Puyo Puyo.
Release Date: Coming soon
Platforms: Android, Mac, PC, PS Vita, PS4, Switch, Xbox One and iOS
Components: 2D Side-On
Collapsus is a puzzle game where you match tiles. You rotate the screen to adjust which way is down, then tapping a single tiles makes it disappear. And vertical or horizontal lines with matching colours you create also disappear. Tapping a single tile...
Release Date: 09/11/2018, updated in 2021
Platforms: Oculus, PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One
Skill Rating: 7+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On
Tetris Effect is a tile-matching puzzle game (just like the original Tetris) but with a surprisingly powerful aesthetic twist. The game places each level in a themed area and ties gameplay to the beat of the music across its thirty different stages.
Release Date: 20/08/2021
Platforms: iPhone, iPad
Skill Rating: 7+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On
Tetris Beat is a classic block-stacking puzzle game that adds exclusive music and innovative rhythm tactics. You play as you listen to a diverse range of musicians including Alison Wonderland, GARZA, Hannah Diamond, Octo Octa, Dauwd and CINTHIE.
Release Date: 05/07/2016, updated in 2017
Platforms: PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One
Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On
Tricky Towers is a battle puzzle that uses shapes but instead of creating lines you must balance them in towers that mustn’t fall over. Real-world physics apply, along with wind and attacks from other players to make your stack topple. Up to four...
Release Date: 19/09/2019
Platforms: Apple TV, Mac, Switch and iOS
Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On and Cartoon
Grindstone is a colour-matching puzzle game, where you plot the right path through each grid level to attack enemies and gain treasure. The aim is to join together as many similar coloured monsters as possible in one go.
Release Date: 20/09/2019
Platforms: Switch
Skill Rating: 6+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On
Tetris is a longstanding puzzle game where you make horizontal lines by placing different shaped tiles in a well. It's simple and fun, but as the pieces speed up it gets increasingly difficult.
17 Similar Games Long List
Here are our hand-picked long list of similar games; the perfect thing to play next if you enjoyed Puyo Puyo. We don't use automatic matching, instead, we hand-pick games that are good to play if you have enjoyed Puyo Puyo.
Release Date: 13/08/2019, updated in 2020
Platforms: Android, Mac, PC, Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and iOS
Skill Rating: 11+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On, Cards and Dice
Dicey Dungeons is a video game adventure where you build a deck of cards to represent characters, attacks and weapons. Here the novelty is that these cards combine with dice rolls to determine who wins battles.
Release Date: 15/12/2020
Platforms: Android, Switch and iOS
Skill Rating: 3+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On
Pokemon Cafe Mix is a puzzle game. Similar to the icon-connection challenge of Disney Tsum Tsum, you play as Eevee and delivering orders in a cafe by linking Pokemon icons in a ring. It's a low pressure puzzle with a swirl-to-connect interaction that is...
Release Date: 14/10/2010, updated in 2012
Platforms: Android, Mac, PC and iOS
Components: 2D Overhead, Grid and Pixels
Triple Town is a puzzle game where you expand an empire by building cities in a limited space. You combine lower value pieces into better ones to improve your city and make best use of available space. It's simple and quick to pick up but requires...
Release Date: 16/03/2007, updated in 2019
Platforms: DS, PC, PS2, PS3, PS4, PSP, Switch, Wii, Xbox One and iOS
Skill Rating: 7+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On
Puzzle Quest 3 is the latest in a series of games that combine role-playing with tile-matching puzzles. Set in a fantasy world, you move around the map, encountering monsters and other enemies. When you go the battle are played out as tile puzzles where...
Release Date: 13/10/2008, updated in 2017
Platforms: Android, Mac, PC, Switch, Wii, Wii U and iOS
Skill Rating: 7+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On and Cartoon
World of Goo is a puzzle game where you use balls of goo to create bridges that span increasingly large chasms and obstacles. The game simulates real-world physics to determine if structures are strong enough and when they collapse. This means that...
Release Date: 26/02/2018, updated in 2020
Platforms: Android, Switch and iOS
Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On and Cartoon
Part Time UFO is a puzzle game where you use your flying craft and claw to solve various problems. Sort out a farm, support cheerleaders, cook up the ultimate dessert at a restaurant or even build a castle. It's sort of like the coin-operated crane...
Release Date: 28/01/2022
Platforms: Mac, PC and Web
Skill Rating: 7+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On and Grid
Otteretto is a puzzle game where you match blocks to make palindromes. Rather than the usual match-three format, instead you have to find patterns that mirror in the middle, like a palindrome but with colours/shapes rather than letters.
Release Date: 02/08/2021, updated in 2022
Platforms: Android, PC and iOS
Skill Rating: 9+ year-olds
Components: 2D Overhead and Grid
Bomb Club is a puzzle game where you use an arsenal of whacky bombs to clear the board with a chain reaction. You place and trigger the bombs to ensure a single chain and complete the level. It's a novel combination of fun explosions and puzzle solving...
Release Date: 08/10/2019
Platforms: Switch
Skill Rating: 6+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On, Day and Night and Hand-Made
Day and Night is a puzzle game where you match blocks to score points. Unusually the game switches between different time periods that affect what you can match and how the rules work.
Release Date: 15/11/2020, updated in 2021
Platforms: Android, PC and iOS
Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds
Components: 2D Overhead, Board and Grid
Not Chess is a puzzle game similar to Chess, but you only have one piece, which morphs into whatever piece you take. It's a simple way of getting to grips with some of the basic rules of chess in a low-pressure, single-player environment, while also...
Release Date: 27/02/2007, updated in 2014
Platforms: Android, DS, Mac, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One and iOS
Skill Rating: 4+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On
In Peggle, you fire a small ball into an array of pins that are triggered and disappear when the ball touches them. It's like a bright, saccharine pachinko game. But being electronic you can earn all sorts of bonus balls and abilities by hitting...
Release Date: 03/09/2020
Platforms: Android, Switch and iOS
Skill Rating: 6+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On, Cartoon and Grid
Piffle is a puzzle shooting game where you fire cat-balls at anthropomorphic shapes to clear them out of the way and finish the level. Each animal-block requires a large number of hits to remove, and the fun is rebounding your stream of cat-balls to...
Release Date: 19/11/2019, updated in 2022
Platforms: Android, PC, PS5, Switch, Xbox Series X|S and iOS
Components: 2D Overhead and Grid
The Legend of Bum-bo is a puzzle game where you match tiles to attack enemies. A prequel to The Binding of Isaac, it tells a standalone story with similar play till you die and then try again mechanics. Here though,...
Release Date: 05/10/2021
Platforms: PC
Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds
Components: 2D Overhead, Board and Grid
Chezzle is similar to chess, but here you only have one piece that changes to whatever you take. It features a relaxing soundscape and encouraging messages, and allows you to get the grips of the rules of chess at your own pace while also creating a...
Release Date: 25/07/2018, updated in 2020
Platforms: Android, PC, Switch and iOS
Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On
Holedown is a puzzle game where you bounce balls around a well filled with Tetris-style shapes. Each shape requires a certain number of hits and you have a large number of projectiles to direct through the maze created by the shapes. Your goal is to...
Release Date: 28/04/2022, updated in 2022
Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S
Skill Rating: 9+ year-olds
Components: 2D Overhead, Grid and Pixels
Save Room tasks you with fitting your special agent gear into a bag of limited size. Inspired by the inventory management system of games like Resident Evil 4, you need to place the odd-shaped guns, ammo and items neatly...
Release Date: 18/03/2021
Platforms: PC and Switch
Skill Rating: 5+ year-olds
Components: 2D Overhead, Grid and Pixels
Magic Twins is a cooperative puzzle game where Abra and Cadabra use their colour powers to defeat hordes of colour coded enemies. You play by moving up and down and picking the coloured spell to match the enemies. It stands out for the lovely story and...
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