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Games like Understand

30 games similar to Understand, alike in Minimalist, Logic and Abstract, with LYNE, Patrick's Parabox and Antichamber closest.

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ClosestLYNE

Understand, but relaxing, and procedurally generated

5 hoursLoved · 96%Its page

What do you play Understand for?

LogicAbstract

7 games that share both with Understand

  1. 1Closest

    LYNE

    Understand, but relaxing, and procedurally generated

    Loved · 96%Games like LYNE

  2. 2

    Patrick's Parabox

    Understand, but psychological horror, and even better loved

    Loved · 99%Games like Patrick's Parabox

  3. 5

    Lingo

    Understand, but surreal, and twice the hours

    Loved · 94%

  4. 6Shortest

    Linelith

    Understand, but top-down, and a tenth of the hours

    Loved · 99%Games like Linelith

  5. 11

    14 Minesweeper Variants

    Understand, but procedurally generated, and twice the hours

    Loved · 97%Games like 14 Minesweeper Variants

  6. 12

    Strange Jigsaws

    Understand, but a third of the hours, and even better loved

    Loved · 99%Games like Strange Jigsaws

  7. 27

    Hexologic

    Understand, but half the hours

    Loved · 96%Games like Hexologic

AbstractMinimalist

4 games that share both with Understand

  1. 3

    Antichamber

    Understand, but first-person, and nonlinear

    Loved · 95%Games like Antichamber

  2. 10

    Hook

    Understand, but a tenth of the hours, and even better loved

    Loved · 97%Games like Hook

  3. 21

    Lines X

    Understand, but a fifth of the hours

    Liked · 82%Games like Lines X

  4. 23

    Beltmatic

    Understand, but an automation game, and with base building

    Loved · 95%Games like Beltmatic

LogicMinimalist

7 games that share both with Understand

  1. 4Best loved

    Baba Is You

    Understand, but pixel art, and cute

    Loved · 98%Games like Baba Is You

  2. 8Hidden gem

    LOK Digital

    Understand, but hand-drawn, and cartoony

    Loved · 99%

  3. 13

    Hexcells

    Understand, but relaxing, and a third of the hours

    Loved · 97%Games like Hexcells

  4. 14

    SquareCells

    Much the same as Understand

    Loved · 90%Games like SquareCells

  5. 16

    Delete

    Understand, but a third of the hours

    Loved · 96%Games like Delete

  6. 19

    CrossCells

    Understand, but a third of the hours

    Liked · 84%

  7. 20

    Zup! S

    Understand, but physics-driven, and a fifth of the hours

    Loved · 97%Games like Zup! S

Mouse OnlyMinimalist

3 games that share both with Understand

  1. 9

    klocki

    Understand, but relaxing, and a tenth of the hours

    Loved · 97%Games like klocki

  2. 24

    Mini Metro

    Understand, but a management game

    Loved · 96%Games like Mini Metro

  3. 30

    Zup! Z

    Understand, but faster, and a fifth of the hours

    Loved · 97%Games like Zup! Z

And more like Understand

Each with the kinds it shares, under its name.

  1. 7

    Zoombinis

    Understand, but cute

    Loved · 94%Logic · EducationGames like Zoombinis

  2. 15

    Manifold Garden

    Understand, but psychedelic, and first-person

    Loved · 95%Abstract · ExperimentalGames like Manifold Garden

  3. 17

    Sokobond

    Understand, but cute

    Loved · 93%Abstract · Education

  4. 18

    Sudocats

    Understand, but wholesome, and half the hours

    Loved · 99%Logic · Mouse OnlyGames like Sudocats

  5. 22

    Cypher

    Understand, but first-person

    Loved · 90%Minimalist · Education

  6. 25

    Human Resource Machine

    Understand, but funny

    Loved · 94%Logic · EducationGames like Human Resource Machine

  7. 26

    TRAUMA

    Understand, but a point-and-click adventure, and more divisive

    Mixed · 69%Abstract · Experimental

  8. 28

    Moncage

    Understand, but 3D, and surreal

    Loved · 92%Abstract · ExperimentalGames like Moncage

  9. 29

    Viewfinder

    Understand, but darkly funny, and physics-driven

    Loved · 95%Abstract · ExperimentalGames like Viewfinder

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How this list is made

A game is here when it shares the strongest of Understand's Steam community tags, Steam genres and IGDB themes, each shared tag counting for more the fewer games carry it: two metroidvanias are alike, two action games barely. Games of Understand's own series that play like it stand apart, above the list, and take no place on it. A similar typical length breaks near-ties, and a game sold twice is shown once. A game Steam marks adult-only is listed only for a game that is one too. Games that share the same kinds with Understand stand together, under those kinds. Up to 30 games are shown, and the list stops where they grow much less alike. Where to start: the closest; the best loved of the closest fifteen with 10,000 reviews or more; the shortest of the ones 80% or more recommend; and a hidden gem, 90% or more but under 10,000 reviews.

Under each name, how it differs from Understand: a kind of game it is that Understand is not, a feature its strongest Steam tags carry that Understand's barely do, how many hours people play it beside Understand, and how its reviewers feel beside Understand's.

The sticker on a case is the hours its own page leads with: half of the game's Steam reviewers had played that long or less when they gave their verdict. It is not a time to beat. Under a name, the share of its Steam reviewers who recommend it: loved at 90% or more, liked at 80%, mixed at 65%.