Games like A Simple Square
If A Simple Square is your kind of game, the closest matches are TIC.EXE, Dialshift and Arithmetrick — 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.
Get personalized picks →About A Simple Square: A Simple Square is a minimalist puzzle game where every move changes the level. Slide in straight lines, erase the tiles behind you, plan your path, and reach the exit without trapping yourself.
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TIC.EXE
WHY THIS
Top pick for A Simple Square fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with A Simple Square.
Three in a row is not a win — it is a discharge. A tactical grid roguelite: fight hostile processes on a shifting board, build an engine out of 30 modules, and clear eight sectors before the machine answers its own launch request.
Dialshift
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for A Simple Square fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with A Simple Square.
Dialshift is a fast score-chasing arcade game played on one relentless ring. Every turn is also a hit. Read the targets, choose your route, and hold your nerve as seven modes twist the rules.
Arithmetrick
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for A Simple Square fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with A Simple Square.
Arithmetrick is a math-based deckbuilding roguelite. Arrange operation cards into equation chains — addition,subtraction, multiplication, division — to hit escalating target scores. Collect a permanent deck across runs and mixthree color factions to discover deep card synergies
Dicetris
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for A Simple Square fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with A Simple Square.
Dicetris is a falling-block puzzler with depth. Stack dice in columns, sum to hit the target, combo colors to clear overloaded stacks. Twist your strategy around special dice and rule-bending map conditions. Easy to learn. Built to master.
Elemental Connection
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Ranked #5 for A Simple Square fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with A Simple Square.
Minimalist abstract puzzle board game about making elemental connections. Match tiles to create a satisfying mosaic.
SuperPosition
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Ranked #6 for A Simple Square fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with A Simple Square.
Sokoban style quantum puzzle game. Make your way through many variations of one level at once using one sequence of moves!
Knight Swap
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for A Simple Square fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with A Simple Square.
One chess piece, the mighty knight. One simple concept: exchange the knights from one colored square to another. One hundred hand-crafted levels in a beautiful minimalist set. Can you swap the knights?
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below A Simple Square at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under A Simple Square on Steam right now. Shares Indie with A Simple Square.
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 ~41% under A Simple Square on Steam right now. Shares Indie with A Simple Square.
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
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Priced ~56% under A Simple Square on Steam right now. Shares Indie with A Simple Square.
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 ~70% under A Simple Square on Steam right now. Shares Casual with A Simple Square.
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 ~41% under A Simple Square on Steam right now. Shares Casual with A Simple Square.
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 ~70% under A Simple Square on Steam right now. Shares Casual with A Simple Square.
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 ~70% under A Simple Square on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with A Simple Square.
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 ~41% under A Simple Square on Steam right now. Shares Indie with A Simple Square.
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.
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 A Simple Square.
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!
Disfigure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with A Simple Square.
Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!
An Arcade Full of Cats
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with A Simple Square.
Journey through gaming history's time and space, while searching for adorable feline companions in 'An Arcade Full of Cats,' the ultimate pet'em up hidden object game.
100 Asian Cats
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with A Simple Square.
🏮🐈 100 Asian Cats - Join the cutest adventure in the Asia! 😻 🌸 Explore the charming hand-drawn artwork of Asian temples 🏯 as you embark on a quest to find 100 adorable cats hidden throughout the game. 🕵️♂️❌ Can you find them all? 🕵️♂️🐈✅
Tukoni: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with A Simple Square.
Tukoni: Prologue is a point-and-click puzzle adventure, based on a series of award-winning books by the Ukrainian artist Oksana Bula. Play as Tukoni, the forest spirits, as you meet unique characters, solve captivating puzzles, craft new items, and explore a magical world filled with kindness.
Samorost 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with A Simple Square.
Explore the beginnings of the Samorost series in the space gnome’s original bite-sized adventure, formerly released in 2003. Now with remastered sounds, enhanced graphics, and new music by Floex.
Die in the Dungeon: Origins
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with A Simple Square.
Fight your way through a mysterious dungeon in this deck-building, turn-based roguelike game where you don't use cards, but DICE! Deal with enemies by combining dice on your board, boost their effects with magical relics, and discover the story behind Die in the Dungeon!
I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES 1N IT!!!1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with A Simple Square.
A top down twin stick zombie slaying shooter that you are sure to play again and again!
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Frequently asked about A Simple Square
- How much does A Simple Square cost?
- A Simple Square is listed on Steam at 3.35 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to A Simple Square?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside A Simple Square are TIC.EXE, Dialshift, Arithmetrick.
- Who developed A Simple Square?
- A Simple Square was developed by Antharuu.
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