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Games similar to Impossible Chess

Enjoyed Impossible Chess and looking for something fun to play next?

Our thinky games database has lots of hand-curated, detailed information about every game, so we're able to make great recommendations for other games you might enjoy. This includes other puzzle games, more titles from bcat112a, and other grid-based games.

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

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    Pen & Paper
    Discover the rules from only an image of a puzzle game environment.
  • Bombe
    Windows
    Linux
    MacOS
    Formulate automation rules for minesweeper grids so you only need to solve new problems.
  • 14 Minesweeper Variants 2
    Windows
    Master 14 new minesweeper rule variants with purely deductive logic puzzles.
  • A Man Walks into a Scrollbar
    Web
    Shift parts of the level in and out of the screen.
  • Baba Is You
    Windows
    Linux
    MacOS
    Nintendo Switch
    Nintendo Switch 2
    iPad
    iPhone
    Android
    A tricky puzzle game about changing the rules.
  • Hexcon
    Pen & Paper
    Determine the color rules that nullify every part of this pixel-based instructionless puzzle set.
  • Sudokuvania: Digits of Despair
    Web
    Explore the grid, gain new abilities and place the right digits in a huge sudoku-meets-metroidvania map.
  • Gridmount
    Web
    A tiny, free sokoban game that deconstructs the grid.
  • 14 Minesweeper Variants
    Windows
    MacOS
    Minesweeper taken to the extreme with new rules and fully deductive puzzles.
  • One to Three
    Web
    Pen & Paper
    Infer a consistent set of rules that yield a unique solution to each line-drawing puzzle.
  • Letter Coins
    Web
    Pen & Paper
    Find words within arrangements of old letter-stamped coins.
  • E9uations
    Windows
    Push numbers and operators as blocks to create the required numbers.
  • Counterfill
    Web
    Pen & Paper
    Follow the rules to solve some paper puzzles — except the rules are covered with paint.
  • 12 Word Searches
    Pen & Paper
    It's just 12 word searches. I swear.
  • A Directionless Cycle
    Windows
    A deep puzzle game in which markings on the blocks determine how they react to your inputs.
  • Vext Edit
    Web
    A tricky block-pushing game that puts you in the puzzle designer's seat.
  • PortalSnake
    Windows
    Linux
    MacOS
    Web
    Guide a snake through grid-breaking portals in this challenging puzzler.
  • SquishCraft
    Windows
    Linux
    Squish blocks in ways that should never be allowed in a grid-based puzzler.
  • Secure
    Web
    Uncover the hidden objective of this cryptic block pusher.
  • Vexcell
    Windows
    Use abstract machines to move every piece into place.
  • Islands
    Web
    Solve interconnected puzzles on nine small islands.
  • Slip!
    iPad
    iPhone
    Android
    Slide your way to the goal using bouncing walls, portals and other mechanics.
  • Bloxorz
    Web
    Topple and tumble a blocky peg until it falls into a square hole.
  • Yugo Puzzle
    Windows
    MacOS
    Combine all blocks of the same color in this challenging grid-based puzzler.
  • Spell Slide
    Windows
    Push letters to make and break words in this abstract sokoban game.
  • Pight
    Windows
    Linux
    MacOS
    Minecraft's redstone circuitry and pistons as a pure puzzle game.
  • 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.
  • Rorschach's River
    Web
    Pen & Paper
    Draw a single line that flows through a creative collection of challenging path puzzles.
  • Inkwell Lazy River
    Web
    Draw a single continuous loop that flows through every cell.

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