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Games like Paper Puzzle

If Paper Puzzle is your kind of game, the closest matches are Knight Swap, Not A Bot and Unlock The King — 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 Paper Puzzle: Place all the pieces into the grid, and as long as they don’t overlap, you can clear the level. Simple rules but a real challenge. Want to give it a try?

2024StrategyIndieSimulationCasual1.99 USDWindowsby Catnip Studio
Paper Puzzle — Steam game cover

Players who liked Paper Puzzle also play

Steam players who put hours into Paper Puzzle 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. Knight Swap

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  2. Not A Bot

    WHY THIS

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

    Prove you are not a bot in a short, chaotic puzzle game packed with annoying CAPTCHA-inspired minigames, tricky inputs, and deliberately frustrating challenges.

    2026ActionStrategyIndie4.49 USDSteam ↗
  3. Unlock The King

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Paper Puzzle fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Casual with Paper Puzzle.

    An originally designed puzzle game inspired by chess. Move the pieces and create a path to Unlock the King.

    2019StrategyCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Color Pathways

    WHY THIS

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

    Dive into a vibrant world of logic and color in Color Pathways — a relaxing yet challenging puzzle game that tests your mind with 60 handcrafted levels of colorful connection.

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation1.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Strategist

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Paper Puzzle fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Paper Puzzle.

    Life is all about achieving goals and dodging obstacles. In this brainteasing game, you use your mind to determine a path you will engage with your body. This mind boggling game inspires you to think before you do. Even more so, before thinking about taking action you are encouraged to observe.

    2023StrategyIndieAdventure2.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Chess Morph: The Queen's Wormholes

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Paper Puzzle fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Paper Puzzle.

    An original puzzle game inspired by chess. Control a lonely Queen with shapeshifting abilities and defeat the enemy army. Move wisely, explore the wormholes on the board, take the enemy shape and kill them all.

    2023StrategyIndieCasual1.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Blockee - Sliding Puzzle

    WHY THIS

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

    Blockee is a puzzle game based on klotski. Slide the blocks to find a path to the next level.

    2021StrategyIndieCasual1.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. SudoKube

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Paper Puzzle fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Paper Puzzle.

    An enhanced sudoku experience, 6 times more fun

    2022StrategyIndieCasual1.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

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

    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. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Paper Puzzle on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Paper Puzzle.

    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 ↗
  3. Peggle Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Paper Puzzle on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Paper Puzzle.

    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 ↗
  4. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Paper Puzzle on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Paper Puzzle.

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

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Paper Puzzle on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Paper Puzzle.

    "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 ↗
  6. Insaniquarium Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Paper Puzzle on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Paper Puzzle.

    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 ↗
  7. Montaro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Paper Puzzle on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Paper Puzzle.

    Montaro is a DOGE.

    2016IndieCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Bejeweled® 3

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Paper Puzzle on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Casual with Paper Puzzle.

    The biggest, brightest Bejeweled ever! Discover all-new ways to play the world’s #1 puzzle game. Find your perfect match with 8 breathtaking game modes that meet all your moods.

    2010StrategyCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

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 Paper Puzzle.

    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 Paper Puzzle.

    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 and Simulation with Paper Puzzle.

    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 Simulation with Paper Puzzle.

    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 Paper Puzzle.

    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 Paper Puzzle.

    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. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

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

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Catnip Studio

Other recommendable Steam games by Catnip Studio, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Cats Huddled Together 挤在一起的猫猫们

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Catnip Studio, the studio behind Paper Puzzle. Shares Indie and Simulation with Paper Puzzle.

    A puzzle game filled with cats, featuring two gameplay modes. Come and enjoy petting the cats in the game!

    2023IndieSimulationCasual1.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Papercut Art Gallery-Nature

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Catnip Studio, the studio behind Paper Puzzle. Shares Indie and Simulation with Paper Puzzle.

    An artistic puzzle game inspired by paper cutting art. Piece together fragments of paper cutouts to restore the nature-themed artworks in the gallery.

    2024IndieSimulationCasual1.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Cats of the Ming Dynasty

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Catnip Studio, the studio behind Paper Puzzle. Shares Casual with Paper Puzzle.

    Embark on a journey to find adorable cats in the city of Suzhou during the Ming dynasty! Immerse yourself in the beauty of ancient artistry as you interact with 600 hand-drawn cats against historical backdrops and characters."

    2024Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Dogs Huddled Together 挤在一起的狗狗们

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Catnip Studio, the studio behind Paper Puzzle. Shares Indie and Simulation with Paper Puzzle.

    Enjoy a therapeutic dog puzzle game where every piece is an adorable dog. Adjust the difficulty as you like, explore two intriguing puzzle modes, and let hundreds of dogs bring you comfort!

    2024IndieSimulationCasual1.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Pixel Maze

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Catnip Studio, the studio behind Paper Puzzle. Shares Indie and Casual with Paper Puzzle.

    The game fills the color with a digital cue, all the numbers are interlocked, and each step must be patiently calculated to finally break the maze. If you like puzzle games, want to challenge difficult, and have a lot of time, come play!

    2018IndieCasual3.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Cats Spotter 猫咪观察员

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Catnip Studio, the studio behind Paper Puzzle. Shares Casual with Paper Puzzle.

    Welcome to "Cats Spotter"! This is a light-hearted and enjoyable casual game where your mission is to find all the hidden cats on a colorful and vibrant Meow Planet.

    2023Casual5.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Hungry Cats 饥饿的猫

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Catnip Studio, the studio behind Paper Puzzle. Shares Indie and Casual with Paper Puzzle.

    The cats at home are already crazy with hunger, hurry back and feed them!

    2023IndieCasual2.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Happy Animal Choir

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Catnip Studio, the studio behind Paper Puzzle. Shares Indie and Simulation with Paper Puzzle.

    This is a joyful game where you can create songs using fun animal sounds and instruments, manage and decorate the band's rooms, upload sounds, create your exclusive characters and content, and share them in the Creative Workshop. Create joy, share joy, and unleash your creativity here!"

    2024IndieSimulationCasual2.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Paper Puzzle

How much does Paper Puzzle cost?
Paper Puzzle is listed on Steam at 1.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Paper Puzzle?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Paper Puzzle are Knight Swap, Not A Bot, Unlock The King.
Who developed Paper Puzzle?
Paper Puzzle was developed by Catnip Studio.

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 Paper Puzzle.

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