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Games similar to CrossCells

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Take a look at some of the most similar games below.

  • SquareCells
    Windows
    Linux
    MacOS
    A blend of nonograms and minesweeper in ambient logic puzzles.
  • Hexcells
    Windows
    Linux
    MacOS
    Minesweeper-like logic puzzles on a hexagonal grid.
  • Hexcells Infinite
    Windows
    Linux
    MacOS
    Solve minesweeper-like logic puzzles on a hexagonal grid.
  • 14 Minesweeper Variants 2
    Windows
    Master 14 new minesweeper rule variants with purely deductive logic puzzles.
  • Tametsi
    Windows
    Minesweeper-style logic puzzles on a variety of grids with no guessing required.
  • Liquidum
    Windows
    Linux
    MacOS
    Android
    Solve aquatic nonograms where water flows down with gravity.
  • 14 Minesweeper Variants
    Windows
    MacOS
    Minesweeper taken to the extreme with new rules and fully deductive puzzles.
  • Polimines 2
    Windows
    Linux
    MacOS
    Nintendo Switch
    Nintendo Switch 2
    PlayStation 4
    PlayStation 5
    Xbox One
    Xbox Series X|S
    A challenging logic game combining rules from nonogram and minesweeper puzzles.
  • Hexcells Plus
    Windows
    Linux
    MacOS
    Hexagonal minesweeper-style logic puzzles return with new twists on the rules.
  • Bombe
    Windows
    Linux
    MacOS
    Formulate automation rules for minesweeper grids so you only need to solve new problems.
  • Picross S+
    Nintendo Switch
    Nintendo Switch 2
    A large collection of nonogram puzzles ported from the Nintendo 3DS to the Switch.
  • Simon Tatham's Portable Puzzle Collection
    Windows
    Linux
    iPad
    iPhone
    Android
    An endless generator for various types of classic puzzles.
  • Hidden Oxygen
    Web
    Find the location of every oxygen atom in nonogram-like logic grids.
  • Daily Akari
    Web
    Light up the entire board in this digital rendition of Nikoli's Akari puzzles.
  • Sudokuvania: Digits of Despair
    Web
    Explore the grid, gain new abilities and place the right digits in a huge sudoku-meets-metroidvania map.
  • I Made Some Paper Puzzles
    Pen & Paper
    A collection of inventive logic rules along with numerous puzzles.
  • Patterna
    Windows
    Linux
    MacOS
    Android
    Identify the state of each node over intricate graphs.
  • Abdec
    Pen & Paper
    Discover the writing system of the Abb through shape-packing puzzles.
  • Inkwell Fields
    Web
    Fill the grid with green and blue fields that never touch.
  • Inkwell Stars
    Web
    Place exactly two stars in each row, each column, and each region.
  • Pixelogic
    Windows
    iPad
    iPhone
    Android
    Web
    Solve nonogram puzzles, either from a large archive or from new daily picks.
  • Tatami
    iPad
    iPhone
    Divide the board into pieces of the specified size — until the rules start to twist.
  • Picross S9
    Nintendo Switch
    Nintendo Switch 2
    Solve hundreds of logic grids that reveal hidden pictures.
  • Dissembler
    Windows
    Linux
    MacOS
    iPad
    iPhone
    Android
    Flip tiles to unravel colorful and abstract designs.
  • Tiling Town
    Windows
    Place tiles to build towns, forests, and railways in this open-world logic game.
  • Crossing Chains
    Windows
    Linux
    MacOS
    Chain circles together according to original length-based rules.
  • Rorschach's River
    Web
    Pen & Paper
    Draw a single line that flows through a creative collection of challenging path puzzles.
  • CERT
    Pen & Paper
    A choose-your-own-adventure book of shape-packing logic puzzles set in a dreamlike world.
  • Tunnels
    Web
    Pen & Paper
    Discover the rules of each glyph in this instructionless puzzle challenge with serpentine tunnels.
  • LOK
    Pen & Paper
    Uncover the hidden language of the LOK through letter-based logic puzzles.

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