Games like 49 Squares
If 49 Squares is your kind of game, the closest matches are ISLANDERS: New Shores, Chess Brain and Hexcells — 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 49 Squares: Simplistic, relaxing puzzle game. Click boxes to create patterns. Make patterns to complete 100 achievements.
Players who liked 49 Squares also play
Steam players who put hours into 49 Squares 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.
ISLANDERS: New Shores
WHY THIS
Top pick for 49 Squares fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with 49 Squares.
Welcome to ISLANDERS: New Shores. Build your island retreat in a calm, minimalist world with exciting new features that keep the classic charm while inspiring fresh creativity.
Chess Brain
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for 49 Squares fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with 49 Squares.
Chess Brain is a chess puzzle game. Draw the correct path and don't let the King get killed by the opposite pieces! Every second all the pieces will move!
Hexcells Infinite
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for 49 Squares fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with 49 Squares.
Hexcells Infinite is an ambient logic puzzle game for PC, Mac and Linux.
Sudoku Universe / 数独宇宙
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for 49 Squares fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with 49 Squares.
Making the best Sudoku game on Steam.
Linelith
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for 49 Squares fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with 49 Squares.
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.
Pictopix
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Ranked #7 for 49 Squares fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with 49 Squares.
Pictopix is a puzzle game where you use logic to color squares on grids in order to reveal pictures.
Roll
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Ranked #8 for 49 Squares fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with 49 Squares.
Roll Dice. Get Dopamine. Roll is a highly replayable, deeply strategic, and ultra satisfying dicebuilding game!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below 49 Squares at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under 49 Squares on Steam right now. Shares Indie with 49 Squares.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under 49 Squares on Steam right now. Shares Indie with 49 Squares.
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 ~67% under 49 Squares on Steam right now. Shares Casual with 49 Squares.
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.
Peggle Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under 49 Squares on Steam right now. Shares Casual with 49 Squares.
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 ~67% under 49 Squares on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with 49 Squares.
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!
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
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Priced ~67% under 49 Squares on Steam right now. Shares Indie with 49 Squares.
"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!
Insaniquarium Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under 49 Squares on Steam right now. Shares Casual with 49 Squares.
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.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with 49 Squares.
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?
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with 49 Squares.
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.
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 49 Squares.
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.
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 49 Squares.
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!
Virtual Cottage
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with 49 Squares.
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.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with 49 Squares.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with 49 Squares.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
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Frequently asked about 49 Squares
- How much does 49 Squares cost?
- 49 Squares is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to 49 Squares?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside 49 Squares are ISLANDERS: New Shores, Chess Brain, Hexcells.
- Who developed 49 Squares?
- 49 Squares was developed by Jim Bame.
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 49 Squares.
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