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Games like Active Neurons 2

If Active Neurons 2 is your kind of game, the closest matches are Active Neurons - Puzzle game, Active Neurons - Wonders Of The World and Starshapes — picked from the ranked list below. 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.

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About Active Neurons 2: Active Neurons 2 is a puzzle game in which you have to discover 12 greatest inventions of humanity and reflect on the power of human thought

2020StrategyIndieCasual4.99 USDWindowsby Nikolai Usachev
Active Neurons 2 — Steam game cover

Players who liked Active Neurons 2 also play

Steam players who put hours into Active Neurons 2 also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Active Neurons - Puzzle game

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Active Neurons 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Active Neurons 2.

    Active Neurons is a puzzle game in which you have to charge brain neurons.

    2019StrategyIndieCasual4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Active Neurons - Wonders Of The World

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Active Neurons 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Active Neurons 2.

    A puzzle slasher that trains spatial and logical thinking. Power up your brains!

    2020StrategyIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Starshapes

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Active Neurons 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Active Neurons 2.

    Shapes become stars become constellations. Connect them all.

    2026IndieCasualSteam ↗
  4. Hexograph

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Active Neurons 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Active Neurons 2.

    Hexograph is a hexagonal twist on nonogram puzzles. Use logic to solve handcrafted multi-color grids, read clues across three directions, untangle special hint rules, and reveal colorful hidden pictures.

    2026StrategyIndieCasualSteam ↗
  5. Deductum

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Active Neurons 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Active Neurons 2.

    Minimalistic puzzle game where you build formal logical proofs.

    2025StrategyIndieCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. SEN: Seven Eight Nine

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Active Neurons 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Active Neurons 2.

    A minimalistic zen puzzle game where players learn the rules without instruction.

    2020Indie9.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. The Steps as we know them

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Active Neurons 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Active Neurons 2.

    Use the moves of chess to solve puzzles. Find your way with six different pieces, through six different worlds. Use a varying way of thinking in each world.

    2021StrategyIndieCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Sokobond

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Active Neurons 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Active Neurons 2.

    Sokobond is an elegantly designed puzzle game about chemistry. It's logical, minimalist, and beautiful - crafted with love and science.

    2014Indie14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Active Neurons 2 at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Active Neurons 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Active Neurons 2.

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Active Neurons 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Active Neurons 2.

    You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Active Neurons 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Active Neurons 2.

    A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Active Neurons 2 on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Active Neurons 2.

    This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Placid Plastic Duck Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Active Neurons 2 on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Active Neurons 2.

    The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.

    2022SimulationCasual1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Peggle Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Active Neurons 2 on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Active Neurons 2.

    Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.

    2007Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Active Neurons 2 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Active Neurons 2.

    shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Active Neurons 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Active Neurons 2.

    The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Active Neurons 2.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Active Neurons 2.

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Active Neurons 2.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Active Neurons 2.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Active Neurons 2.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Active Neurons 2.

    A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  8. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Active Neurons 2.

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Nikolai Usachev

Other recommendable Steam games by Nikolai Usachev, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Grass Cutter - Mutated Lawns

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Nikolai Usachev, the studio behind Active Neurons 2. Shares Indie and Casual with Active Neurons 2.

    Challenge lawn monsters!

    2017ActionIndieSimulationFreeSteam ↗
  2. Nice Jumper

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Nikolai Usachev, the studio behind Active Neurons 2. Shares Indie and Casual with Active Neurons 2.

    Ready to test your reaction?

    2019IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  3. Active Neurons - Puzzle game

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Nikolai Usachev, the studio behind Active Neurons 2. Shares Strategy and Indie with Active Neurons 2.

    Active Neurons is a puzzle game in which you have to charge brain neurons.

    2019StrategyIndieCasual4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Active Neurons - Wonders Of The World

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Nikolai Usachev, the studio behind Active Neurons 2. Shares Strategy and Indie with Active Neurons 2.

    A puzzle slasher that trains spatial and logical thinking. Power up your brains!

    2020StrategyIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Knowledge Keeper

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Nikolai Usachev, the studio behind Active Neurons 2. Shares Indie and Casual with Active Neurons 2.

    In this game, you will become a keeper of knowledge, collecting shards of divine crystals. Look for the right way to crystals. Avoid dangerous obstacles. Teleport from one space to another to get closer to your goal.

    2024IndieAdventureCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Active Neurons 2

How much does Active Neurons 2 cost?
Active Neurons 2 is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Active Neurons 2?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Active Neurons 2 are Active Neurons - Puzzle game, Active Neurons - Wonders Of The World, Starshapes.
Who developed Active Neurons 2?
Active Neurons 2 was developed by Nikolai Usachev and published by USANIK STD.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Active Neurons 2.

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