Games like Thermo Sudoku
Below are 24 hand-picked alternatives to Thermo Sudoku for fans of strategy, indie, casual, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in Thermo Sudoku also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. Sections below cover closest matches, reviewer cross-mentions, cheaper alternatives, free-to-play picks, more from Studio Goya. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.
Get personalized picks →About Thermo Sudoku: How does Thermo Sudoku work? Each sudoku grid contains thermometer shapes (often drawn to create themes) and digits on thermometers must increase as one moves further from the bulb end.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Thermo Sudoku at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Thermo Sudoku on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Thermo Sudoku.
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?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Thermo Sudoku on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Thermo Sudoku.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Thermo Sudoku on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Thermo Sudoku.
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.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Thermo Sudoku on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Thermo Sudoku.
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.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Thermo Sudoku on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Thermo Sudoku.
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.
Peggle Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Thermo Sudoku on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Thermo Sudoku.
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.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Thermo Sudoku on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Thermo Sudoku.
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!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Thermo Sudoku on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Thermo Sudoku.
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?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Jigsaw Puzzle Dreams
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Thermo Sudoku.
Beautiful Multiplayer Jigsaw Puzzle game where you can design the room you play in!
Sprout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Thermo Sudoku.
Embark on a casual, botanical-puzzle-adventure. Make friends, learn new skills, solve puzzles, and become the mighty oak that you were always meant to be.
Learn to Fly 3
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Thermo Sudoku.
Build your spaceship from scratch, earn funds and invest them into building a bigger, better spaceship as you try and fly your way up to space!
Transformice
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Thermo Sudoku.
Transformice is an MMO platformer about dozens of mice running to bring back the cheese! Will the almighty Shaman help you or just ruin everything? Millions of levels, hectic physics, skill trees, and more importantly... hats!
Puzzle Together Multiplayer Jigsaw Puzzles
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Thermo Sudoku.
Multiplayer jigsaw puzzles with voice chat! Play on your own or with friends, and feel like you're all sitting around the same table. Millions of puzzle images, upload your own, or create any puzzle you can imagine just by describing it!
BEEP
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Thermo Sudoku.
A combination of platforming with a gravity gun, BEEP is an amazing physics-platformer. Despite its friendly art style, this is a hardcore platformer in the truest sense.
In Sink: A Co-Op Escape Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Thermo Sudoku.
Play an early version of the first level for free! Work together to solve the puzzles and escape a desert island in this multiplayer co-op adventure. Success requires more than just you and your partner thinking alike - you'll have to communicate and stay In Sink to overcome the challenges ahead.
Picross Touch
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Thermo Sudoku.
Find the hidden image in this fun and addictive logic puzzle game. All puzzles have unique solutions, ensuring 100% logically solvable puzzle grids.
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More from Studio Goya
Other recommendable Steam games by Studio Goya, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Classic Sudoku
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with Thermo Sudoku.
Another title from Studio Goya, the studio behind Thermo Sudoku. Shares Strategy and Indie with Thermo Sudoku.
Presented by Cracking The Cryptic, YouTube's most popular Sudoku channel, this is the brand new “Classic Sudoku” game that their viewers have been requesting for the last two years!
Chess Sudoku
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with Thermo Sudoku.
Another title from Studio Goya, the studio behind Thermo Sudoku. Shares Strategy and Indie with Thermo Sudoku.
How does Chess Sudoku work? Well we’ve taken the classic sudoku game everyone knows and loves and created puzzles with chess-related twists! There are three different types of puzzles in the game: Knight Sudoku; King Sudoku and Queen Sudoku.
Miracle Sudoku
WHY THIS
Shares smart hints, hand crafted puzzles and a contemplative mood with Thermo Sudoku.
Another title from Studio Goya, the studio behind Thermo Sudoku. Shares Strategy and Indie with Thermo Sudoku.
Miracle Sudoku features beautiful puzzles that at first glance look impossible to solve!! Indeed, some of our Miracle puzzles have as few as two givens digits (!) but you will find them all to be solvable with a bit of clever logic!
Sandwich Sudoku
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Thermo Sudoku.
Another title from Studio Goya, the studio behind Thermo Sudoku. Shares Strategy and Indie with Thermo Sudoku.
Presented by Cracking The Cryptic, YouTube's most popular Sudoku channel, here is the brand new "Sandwich Sudoku" game that has become an internet sensation!
Killer Sudoku
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Thermo Sudoku.
Another title from Studio Goya, the studio behind Thermo Sudoku. Shares Strategy and Indie with Thermo Sudoku.
In Killer Sudoku, every puzzle features cages that tell you the sum of the numbers inside. This extra information leads to beautiful logic that you will master as you progress through our handmade puzzles.
Hex
WHY THIS
Another title from Studio Goya, the studio behind Thermo Sudoku. Shares Indie with Thermo Sudoku.
Hex is a unique puzzle game with a simple goal, clear the tiles to win. Tiles might multiply, explode, toggle on and off, and more as you jump between them in this exciting journey through over 80 challenging levels.
Hex Two
WHY THIS
Another title from Studio Goya, the studio behind Thermo Sudoku. Shares Indie with Thermo Sudoku.
Journey through 80 levels in this beautiful minimalist puzzle game. Jump from tile to tile as you attempt to clear the board. In Hex Two, you'll encounter 19 different types of tiles, each of which changing the way you must approach each level. Can you clear them all?
Achromatic
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with Thermo Sudoku.
Another title from Studio Goya, the studio behind Thermo Sudoku. Shares Indie with Thermo Sudoku.
Achromatic is a minimalist puzzle game about connecting dots in order to transform them all to one cohesive color. Along the way you will uncover unique dots with exciting properties to assist you on your puzzling adventure.
Frequently asked about Thermo Sudoku
- How much does Thermo Sudoku cost?
- Thermo Sudoku is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Who developed Thermo Sudoku?
- Thermo Sudoku was developed by Studio Goya.
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