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Games similar to Sudokuvania: Digits of Despair

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  • Sudokuvania 2: Lineage of Logic
    Web
    Lift the fog of war and uncover new sudoku variant rules in a sprawling grid-based map.
  • Super Sudokoid: Dark Inversion
    Web
    Navigate an extraterrestrial land of sudoku variants to unlock further rules and abilities.
  • Super Sudokoid: Final Transmission
    Web
    Pick up variant tools and fight self-contained bosses to explore the connected grids of planet Sudoku-45.
  • 14 Minesweeper Variants
    Windows
    MacOS
    Minesweeper taken to the extreme with new rules and fully deductive puzzles.
  • Abdec
    Pen & Paper
    Discover the writing system of the Abb through shape-packing 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.
  • 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.
  • FMTC
    Web
    Pen & Paper
    Infer the rules behind a series of grid-based puzzles based on the unicity of each solution.
  • Tametsi
    Windows
    Minesweeper-style logic puzzles on a variety of grids with no guessing required.
  • Reliquia Park
    Web
    Discover the logic rules of the relics and learn of the settlers that left them behind.
  • Witless - A Puzzling Journey
    Web
    An early collection of logic puzzles where pinning down the rules is part of the challenge.
  • Stencil Revamped
    Web
    Pen & Paper
    Explore a mixed media puzzle archive, rebuilding its ruleset along the way.
  • Rorschach's River
    Web
    Pen & Paper
    Draw a single line that flows through a creative collection of challenging path 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.
  • The Descent of King Hesper
    Windows
    Linux
    MacOS
    A monumental DROD community hold containing hundreds of turn-based roach-slaying conundrums.
  • Simon Tatham's Portable Puzzle Collection
    Windows
    Linux
    iPad
    iPhone
    Android
    An endless generator for various types of classic puzzles.
  • Draw a Loop!
    Web
    Pen & Paper
    Try uncovering the rules that will constrain these paper puzzles to a unique solution.
  • Lyth
    Web
    Pen & Paper
    Dots, numbers, letters... Can you guess the unwritten instructions that tie them all together?
  • Isles of Sea and Sky
    Windows
    Solve sokoban puzzles across an elemental archipelago.
  • Loopmaker
    Web
    Use the clues to find the rules in this single-image set of paper puzzles that contains layers of discovery.
  • Liquidum
    Windows
    Linux
    MacOS
    Android
    Solve aquatic nonograms where water flows down with gravity.
  • Letibus Advent Calendar 2025
    Pen & Paper
    A community collection of pen-and-paper puzzles based on the systems of the Letibus Design games.
  • N Step Steve: Part 2
    Web
    You’ve got N moves to save the kittens—make them count.
  • I Made Some Paper Puzzles
    Pen & Paper
    A collection of inventive logic rules along with numerous puzzles.
  • Perimeter
    Web
    Dive into a liminal puzzle space made out of logic grids and ARG elements.
  • Patterna
    Windows
    Linux
    MacOS
    Android
    Identify the state of each node over intricate graphs.
  • 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.

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