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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.

  • A Directionless Cycle
    Windows
    A deep puzzle game in which markings on the blocks determine how they react to your inputs.
  • ScaleBox
    Windows
    Outgrow the grid in this size-shifting sokoban.
  • After Light Fades
    Windows
    Linux
    MacOS
    A heartfelt sokoban journey with a wealth of interrelated puzzle elements.
  • Shrink Rooms
    Windows
    Use collapsing walls to your advantage in order to escape each room.
  • Kiko's Apple Adventure
    Windows
    MacOS
    Get the rafts to the apples to get the apples onto the rafts. Don't worry, you'll manage!
  • Gentoo Rescue
    Windows
    Linux
    MacOS
    It's sokoban on ice! Load your penguin with rule-breaking items and slide your way home.
  • Shack-o'-Lantern
    Web
    Keep your light source close and stay out of the dark.
  • Double Trip
    Windows
    Linux
    MacOS
    Explore bright islands filled with item-pushing puzzles, either solo or in local co-op.
  • The Boons of IIUIR
    Web
    A bunny is bestowed with a powerful ability in this short open-world sokoban game.
  • Spacecaps
    Windows
    A difficult sokoban with a gravity twist.
  • The Electrifying Incident
    Windows
    MacOS
    The sokoban solution to this reactor malfunction is at grabber-arm's length.
  • Lab Rat
    Windows
    Xbox Series X|S
    Xbox One
    Push, zap, and clamber over obstacles in this satirical, genre-bending puzzler.
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