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Games like Chains

  • 8 games
  • Updated May 4, 2026

Players who liked Chains also play

The closest matches to Chains: Bejeweled® 3, Zuma's Revenge!, Sokobond, Dissembler, and Factory Balls. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

  1. Rank 01

    Why this

    Same chill mood as Chains.

    • $4.99 (Price checked Nov 6)
    • Deck Playable
    • 2010
  2. Rank 02

    Why this

    Shares timed challenges with Chains.

    • $4.99 (Price checked Nov 5)
    • Deck Playable
    • 2009
  3. Rank 03

    Why this

    Same relaxing mood as Chains.

    • $14.99 (Price checked Nov 6)
    • Deck Playable
    • 2014
  1. Rank 04

    Dissembler

    Why this: Also Match 3 and Abstract, like Chains.

    • $4.99 (Price checked Oct 31)
    • 2018
  2. Rank 05

    Factory Balls

    Why this: Also Abstract and Logic, like Chains.

    • $3.99 (Price checked Oct 31)
    • 2019
  3. Rank 07

    Linked

    • $3.99 (Price checked Oct 31)
    • Deck Playable
    • 2017
  4. Rank 08

    Hook

    • $1.79 (Price checked Nov 6)
    • Deck Verified
    • 2015

The full ranked list: top 24 games like Chains

Best match first, as plain text. The same list for AI assistants:
  1. 1
    Bejeweled® 3

    Same chill mood as Chains.

    • 96% of 3,807 reviews
  2. 2
    Zuma's Revenge!

    Shares timed challenges with Chains.

    • 94% of 1,429 reviews
  3. 3
    Sokobond

    Same relaxing mood as Chains.

    • 92% of 280 reviews
  4. 4
    Dissembler

    Also Match 3 and Abstract, like Chains.

    • 88% of 59 reviews
  5. 5
    Factory Balls

    Also Abstract and Logic, like Chains.

    • 98% of 130 reviews
  6. 6
    Zen Chess: Mate in One

    Genres: Casual

    • 89% of 212 reviews
  7. 7
    Linked

    Genres: Indie, Casual

    • 92% of 157 reviews
  8. 8
    Hook

    Genres: Indie, Casual

    • 97% of 3,838 reviews
  9. 9
    Axyz

    Genres: Indie, Casual

    • 100% of 98 reviews
  10. 10
    Zup! Y

    Same atmospheric mood as Chains.

    • 94% of 98 reviews
  11. 11
    LYNE

    Genres: Indie, Casual

    • 95% of 3,536 reviews
  12. 12
    Please Fix The Road

    Genres: Indie, Simulation, Casual

    • 78% of 156 reviews
  13. 13
    Jelly Is Sticky

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Casual

    • 96% of 79 reviews
  14. 14
    Breaking Good

    Genres: Indie, Casual

    • 84% of 61 reviews
  15. 15
    Kombine

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Casual

    • 67% of 64 reviews
  16. 16
    Tidalis

    Genres: Indie, Casual

    • 69% of 80 reviews
  17. 17
    Linkito

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Simulation

    • 85% of 74 reviews
  18. 18
    Mixolumia

    Genres: Action, Indie, Casual

    • 97% of 156 reviews
  19. 19
    KNIGHTS

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Casual

    • 95% of 388 reviews
  20. 20
    Sandmade

    Genres: Indie, Casual

    • 89% of 110 reviews
  21. 21
    Obulis

    Genres: Indie, Casual

    • 82% of 286 reviews
  22. 22
    Hexologic

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Casual

    • 97% of 384 reviews
  23. 23
    SiNKR

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Casual

    • 92% of 287 reviews
  24. 24
    The Shape of Things

    Genres: Indie, Casual

    • 88% of 162 reviews
Chains — Steam game cover
  • Released: 2009
  • Developer: 2dengine
  • 71% of 219 reviews
  • Genres: Indie
  • Platforms: Windows, macOS

Players highlight

  • Bright visuals feel nostalgic
  • Great soundtrack enhances relaxation
  • Levels have unique mechanics
  • Atmospheric
  • Chill
  • Relaxing

About Chains

The closest matches to Chains: Bejeweled® 3, Zuma's Revenge!, Sokobond, Dissembler, and Factory Balls. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

If Chains is your kind of game, the closest matches are Bejeweled® 3, Zuma's Revenge! and Sokobond — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, chill and relaxing, and single out its chain linking and gravity mechanics. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

About Chains: Chains is a relaxing arcade match 3 casual game. The object of the game is simple, link adjacent bubbles of the same color into chains. The challenge comes from increasingly difficult physics-driven levels. Chill, relax, and unwind with psychedelic Chains.

Is Chains worth buying?

  • 71% of 219 Steam reviews are positive.
  • We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
  • People who recommend it had played a median of 3 h when they wrote their review.

What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews

Top critical reviews

The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.

“Chains is a simple but fun puzzle game. To be honest a game like this is more suited to a phone as it is fun to play in small dozes, like waiting in a queue or trying to kill a few minutes. I think playing this game on a touch screen would…”
1 h played
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People who play it also play: Bejeweled® 3, Zuma's Revenge!, Sokobond

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Frequently asked about Chains

Can I run it?

What games are most similar to Chains?

Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Chains are Bejeweled® 3, Zuma's Revenge!, Sokobond.

Who developed Chains?

Chains was developed by 2dengine.