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  • Spell Slide
    Windows
    Push letters to make and break words in this abstract sokoban game.
  • Watchword
    Windows
    Linux
    MacOS
    Collect game-breaking modifier books to clear the goals of this anagram roguelike.
  • Tiled Words
    Web
    Based on several clues, recreate a crossword grid from its rotating fragments.
  • Overwords
    Windows
    Linux
    MacOS
    iPad
    iPhone
    Android
    Combine short words with previously positioned letters.
  • River Towns
    Windows
    Restore towns to their vibrant and peaceful glory by combining Tetris-shaped city parts.
  • 2048
    Windows
    Linux
    iPad
    iPhone
    Android
    Web
    Join multiples of two without jamming the board.
  • Threes!
    Windows
    MacOS
    Xbox One
    Xbox Series X|S
    iPad
    iPhone
    Android
    Slide tiles to combine addends and multiples of three.
  • Beltmatic
    Windows
    A casual factory game where you extract and combine numbers.
  • Stamps
    iPad
    iPhone
    Android
    Web
    Place stamps on an album page and leverage their effects to meet various goals.
  • CiniCross
    Windows
    Linux
    Descend into a nonogram dungeon where strategic risk-taking can outbalance exact logic.
  • Slip!
    iPad
    iPhone
    Android
    Slide your way to the goal using bouncing walls, portals and other mechanics.
  • Crossing Chains
    Windows
    Linux
    MacOS
    Chain circles together according to original length-based rules.
  • We Surrender!
    Web
    Type words to cast spells and navigate a demon's lair, hoping to break the curse on your party.
  • Inkwell Lazy River
    Web
    Draw a single continuous loop that flows through every cell.
  • 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.
  • Rytmos
    Windows
    MacOS
    Nintendo Switch
    Nintendo Switch 2
    iPad
    Create music by solving mazes and learn about world music along the way.
  • Domino Grove
    Web
    Strategically plant trees to create regions of similar shape and color.
  • Pool Letter
    Web
    String words together in this word-search grid, finding clever paths to reach the ending.
  • Picross S+
    Nintendo Switch
    Nintendo Switch 2
    A large collection of nonogram puzzles ported from the Nintendo 3DS to the Switch.
  • SquareCells
    Windows
    Linux
    MacOS
    A blend of nonograms and minesweeper in ambient logic puzzles.
  • Ethereal
    Windows
    MacOS
    Explore an abstract, colorful world of strange rules and mysterious puzzles.
  • Spellsy
    Windows
    Linux
    MacOS
    Connect and activate letter tiles to transform the board and spell new words.
  • 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.
  • Liquidum
    Windows
    Linux
    MacOS
    Android
    Solve aquatic nonograms where water flows down with gravity.
  • Block Shop
    Windows
    Assemble intricate conveyor systems to transform simple blocks into the perfect shape.
  • Beltex
    Windows
    Extract, process and deliver numbers across a huge hex map.
  • The Stupefying Sweater
    Web
    Decipher partial instructions for this single image, color-based word search puzzle.
  • Omnibullet
    Windows
    Produce and recycle energy bullets to charge up waves of batteries.

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