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The best sokoban games for Windows

Sokoban games, also known as block-pushing or box-pushing games, are turn-based puzzle games in which you control a character pushing or moving objects around on a grid. The genre has origins in the 1982 game Sokoban, designed by Hiroyuki Imabayashi, in which you have to push boxes around a warehouse onto designated targets. The japanese word 倉庫番 (“sōkoban”) translates to “warehouse keeper”.

Traditional sokoban games tend to focus on carefully moving boxes around in tight spaces, while more modern games tend to focus on having insights about their systems and mechanics. Stephen's Sausage Roll is particularly notable for its influence on the genre, to the degree that some of the games in this new wave of sokoban games are known as “Sausage-likes”.

The games listed below are the most favorited sokoban games for Windows in the Thinky Games database.

  • Jelly no Puzzle
    Windows
    Android
    Merge all jelly blocks of the same color in this challenging puzzler.
  • Gentoo Rescue
    Windows
    Linux
    MacOS
    It's sokoban on ice! Load your penguin with rule-breaking items and slide your way home.
  • Handshakes
    Windows
    Linux
    MacOS
    Guide two hands through sokoban puzzles in their search for a warm, firm handshake.
  • Pipe Push Paradise
    Windows
    Linux
    MacOS
    iPad
    Android
    Roll pipes to repair a tropical island's plumbing.
  • Bonfire Peaks: Lost Memories
    Windows
    Linux
    MacOS
    Nintendo Switch
    Nintendo Switch 2
    PlayStation 4
    PlayStation 5
    Explore new box-burning mechanics in this 3-part DLC to Bonfire Peaks.
  • The Electrifying Incident
    Windows
    MacOS
    The sokoban solution to this reactor malfunction is at grabber-arm's length.
  • Magicube
    Windows
    Solve the wizard's challenging trials by conjuring a magical yellow block.
  • Lab Rat
    Windows
    Xbox One
    Xbox Series X|S
    Push, zap, and clamber over obstacles in this satirical, genre-bending puzzler.
  • SquishCraft
    Windows
    Linux
    Squish blocks in ways that should never be allowed in a grid-based puzzler.
  • Theta and Paralldox on Worldlines
    Windows
    Split into copies of yourself to clear puzzles inspired by modern physics and parallel worlds.
  • Yugo Puzzle
    Windows
    MacOS
    Combine all blocks of the same color in this challenging grid-based puzzler.
  • An Architect's Adventure
    Windows
    Merge blocks to construct bridges and contraptions across a non-linear puzzle world.
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