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Games like Linelith

If Linelith is your kind of game, the closest matches are Block Buster Billy, Snakeloop and Patrick's Parabox — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its encourages lateral thinking, contemplative and cozy. 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 Linelith: Solve puzzles embedded in rocks and crystals as you explore a colorful, serene alien asteroid. Discover a few clever twists as you progress in this short and sweet puzzle experience.

2022StrategyIndieCasual2.99 USDDeck PlayableWindows · macOS · Linuxby Patrick Traynor
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Encourages lateral thinkingHigh enjoyment per hour ratioPuzzles reveal hidden rules graduallyContemplativeCozyMysterious

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Steam players who put hours into Linelith 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. Block Buster Billy

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Linelith.

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

    An alien family had a picnic on Billy's island. They had to leave in a hurry, causing Junior to forget his cubes. Can you help Billy figure out the mind-boggling alien puzzles?

    2023StrategyIndieCasual9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Snakeloop

    WHY THIS

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

    Snakeloop is a challenging puzzle game based on a simple idea: What if you took classic Snake but inverted the goal and made it so you have to form a loop by eating your own tail.

    2025StrategyIndieCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Patrick's Parabox

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Linelith fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Linelith.

    A mind-bending recursive puzzle game about boxes within boxes within boxes within boxes. Learn to use infinity to your advantage as you explore a deep and elegant system.

    2022StrategyIndieCasual19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Don't Push TOO Hard

    WHY THIS

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

    A relaxing yet challenging Sokoban-style puzzle game. Push crates, plan ahead, and avoid dead ends. Discover clever mechanics like emotion-driven crates and solve increasingly complex puzzles across unique environments.

    StrategyIndieCasualSteam ↗
  5. Sticky Struggles

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Linelith fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Linelith.

    Inspired by the classic Sokoban games, Sticky Struggles is a uniquely challenging puzzle game that will test your problem-solving skills and strategic thinking. With 50 levels of increasing difficulty, along with a set of bonus levels, Sticky Struggles will keep you entertained for hours.

    2024IndieCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Unlock the Block

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Linelith fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Linelith.

    In unlock the block your objective is to activate a button, but for that you will have to push your way through and destroy blocks. This may seem easy but know one thing your movement is limited.

    2021IndieCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. No Numbers

    WHY THIS

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

    Put two and two together in this minimalist, hex-based puzzle game that will rekindle your love for numbers. Solve thoughtfully crafted levels that invite you to engage your mind and explore the unique gameplay at your own pace.

    2023StrategyIndieCasual1.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Sokobond

    WHY THIS

    Shares a relaxing mood with Linelith.

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

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

    2014Indie14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Linelith

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. The Witness

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Linelith cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Linelith.

    You wake up, alone, on a strange island full of puzzles that will challenge and surprise you.

    2016IndieAdventure39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Patrick's Parabox

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Linelith cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Linelith.

    A mind-bending recursive puzzle game about boxes within boxes within boxes within boxes. Learn to use infinity to your advantage as you explore a deep and elegant system.

    2022StrategyIndieCasual19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Slither Link

    WHY THIS

    Shares a relaxing mood with Linelith.

    Reviewers of Linelith cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Casual with Linelith.

    SlitherLink is a kind of mathematical intelligence game, which consists of a checkerboard and a number in the checkerboard. When solving the problem, you must use the clues provided by the numbers to connect an uninterrupted closed loop on the checkerboard line.

    2018IndieCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Taiji

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Linelith.

    Reviewers of Linelith cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Linelith.

    Solve puzzle panels and uncover the meaning of the symbols within. Explore a dense world where secrets are hidden in plain sight.

    2022IndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Linelith cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Linelith.

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Metroidvania Maker

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Linelith cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Linelith.

    Create, play, and share custom Metroidvania worlds with a built-in world editor, co-op play, and player-made adventures.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Linelith on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Linelith.

    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. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Linelith on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Linelith.

    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 ↗
  3. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Linelith on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Linelith.

    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 ↗
  4. Peggle Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Linelith on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Linelith.

    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 ↗
  5. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Linelith on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Linelith.

    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 ↗
  6. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Linelith on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Linelith.

    "Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!

    2015ActionIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Insaniquarium Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Linelith on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Linelith.

    The craziest aquarium game ever! Tend to your fish, keep them happy and they'll reward you with coins and jewels. Buy tank upgrades or egg parts which hatch different in-tank pets. These pets can help you feed your fish, collect coins, or even protect against the aliens that will invade your tank.

    2006Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Montaro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Linelith on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Linelith.

    Montaro is a DOGE.

    2016IndieCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

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

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  3. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  4. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. 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 Linelith.

    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 ↗
  6. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Travellin Cats in Paris

    WHY THIS

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

    Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Virtual Cottage

    WHY THIS

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

    Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.

    2020IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Linelith

Does Linelith run on Steam Deck?
Linelith is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Linelith cost?
Linelith is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Linelith?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Linelith are Block Buster Billy, Snakeloop, Patrick's Parabox.
Who developed Linelith?
Linelith was developed by Patrick Traynor.

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 Linelith.

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