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Games like Minimal Slide

If Minimal Slide is your kind of game, the closest matches are CATch the Stars, Puzzle Checkers: The Rooks and Checkers & Pawns — 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 Minimal Slide: Minimal Slide is a sliding puzzle game where you have to strategically move tiles to reach the goal in as few moves as possible. Beat levels of increasing difficulty and unlock ways to customize how the game looks and sounds!

2024IndieCasual4.99 USDWindows · Linuxby Pexmake
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Players who liked Minimal Slide also play

Steam players who put hours into Minimal Slide 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. CATch the Stars

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Minimal Slide fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Minimal Slide.

    CATch the Stars is a minimalist puzzle with a pleasant and original soundtrack. Click on the right star, solve the puzzles and form constellations with a beautiful and relaxing environment. No score, no timer and no pressure.

    2020Casual1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Puzzle Checkers: The Rooks

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Minimal Slide fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Minimal Slide.

    Elegant fusion of checkers and chess in 50+ challenging levels. Relaxing strategy in minimalist design. Reinventing the classics, challenge your mind!

    2024IndieCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Checkers & Pawns

    WHY THIS

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

    Checkers & Pawns is a minimalist and relaxing puzzle game that combines elements of checkers and chess. With more than 50 challenging levels, unique mechanics, and a balanced difficulty curve, it's perfect for casual players looking for a relaxing and challenging experience.

    2024IndieCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Shape Puzzle

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Minimal Slide fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Minimal Slide.

    Relaxed puzzle game with challenging riddles. Combine, rotate and move different shapes to reach the next level. Solve several puzzles at the same time, but be careful not to destroy your progress by unwary changes.

    2022IndieCasual3.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Mini Pipes - A Logic Puzzle Pipes Game

    WHY THIS

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

    A Logic Puzzle Pipes Game with a beautiful minimalist design and a uniquely prepared soundscape. Rotate the pipes until all the pipes are filled with water.

    2022StrategyIndieCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Puzzle Light: Rotate

    WHY THIS

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

    Rotate the pieces to form the circuit and turn on the lights in this puzzle game.

    2021IndieCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. CATch the Stars: Japan

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Minimal Slide fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Minimal Slide.

    Click on the right star, solve the puzzles and be enchanted by these beautiful Japanese landscapes. CATch the Stars: Japan is a beautiful minimalist puzzle with a relaxing, pleasant and original soundtrack.

    2021Casual1.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Knight Swap

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Minimal Slide fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Minimal Slide.

    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?

    2019StrategyIndieCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Minimal Slide on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Minimal Slide.

    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 Minimal Slide on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Minimal Slide.

    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 Minimal Slide on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Minimal Slide.

    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 Minimal Slide on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Minimal Slide.

    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 Minimal Slide on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Minimal Slide.

    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 Minimal Slide on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Minimal Slide.

    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 Minimal Slide on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Minimal Slide.

    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 Minimal Slide on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Minimal Slide.

    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 Minimal Slide.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  5. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

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

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  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 Minimal Slide.

    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. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Minimal Slide

How much does Minimal Slide cost?
Minimal Slide is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Minimal Slide?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Minimal Slide are CATch the Stars, Puzzle Checkers: The Rooks, Checkers & Pawns.
Who developed Minimal Slide?
Minimal Slide was developed by Pexmake.

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 Minimal Slide.

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