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The latest sokoban games

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 recently released sokoban games in the Thinky Games database.

  • BarrelBots
    Windows
    Grab and transport awkwardly tall barrels of nuclear waste.
  • E9uations
    Windows
    Push numbers and operators as blocks to create the required numbers.
  • Lost in Cheese
    Windows
    Push blocks of cheese as a box-shaped cat in this traditional sokoban with a rolling twist.
  • Bubble Sort
    Web
    Carry bubbles inside and outside of each other.
  • Pull Chain
    Windows
    Web
    Drag a light source to attract light-craving moths.
  • A Man Walks into a Scrollbar
    Web
    Shift parts of the level in and out of the screen.
  • A Little Perspective
    Windows
    Linux
    MacOS
    Switch between isometric perspectives to create geometry-defying pathways.
  • SokoGhost: Unfinished Business
    Windows
    Become immaterial a few select times to sort out a box factory.
  • What Frog Doin'?
    Windows
    Linux
    MacOS
    Grab flies and explore the edge of the world as a block-pushing frog.
  • Teleporter Troubles
    Web
    Push and travel through several types of teleporters.
  • Stackrobats
    Windows
    Linux
    MacOS
    Web
    Connect the troupe leader with fellow acrobats to reach each performance trophy.
  • Colorboration
    Windows
    Linux
    MacOS
    Colorful blobs help each other to their goals in this block-pushing game.
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