Games like Code Cross
If Code Cross is your kind of game, the closest matches are Linkshift, A Simple Square and 核心防线 core defense line — 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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Steam players who put hours into Code Cross 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.
Linkshift
WHY THIS
Top pick for Code Cross fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Code Cross.
A roguelite puzzle game for tinkerers and pixel junkies. Link Nodes, use Relics, get upgrades, find synergies, create massive combos, feel good.
A Simple Square
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Code Cross fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Code Cross.
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.
核心防线 core defense line
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Code Cross fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Code Cross.
You are a cloud operator. In the game, to protect the core and resist the continuous virus invasions, you build defenses, construct cards, install creatively designed plugins that provide you with various attack methods, repair external nodes, and at the same time offer you more convenient defense.
Cardborne
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Code Cross fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Code Cross.
A grim single-player card roguelike where every draw decides your fate. Fight, heal, or fall to the suits that once ruled the world.
Sudoku Infinity
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Code Cross fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Code Cross.
Sudoku Infinity is a classic sudoku game with unlimited sudokus, four difficulties, saved games, notes, colors, statistics, history, Steam achievements, and optional aids so you can play at your own pace.
Glitchhikers: The Spaces Between
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Code Cross fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Code Cross.
Glitchhikers is a surreal journey through the spaces between places. A late night drive, a deserted airport lounge, a moonlit walk through an empty park, a quiet carriage on an overnight train. Who will you meet? What will you talk about? Where will the journey take you? Find yourself along the way.
Manifold Garden
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Code Cross fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Code Cross.
Rediscover gravity and explore an Escher-esque world of impossible architecture. Witness infinity in first-person and master its rules to solve physics-defying puzzles. Cultivate a garden to open new paths forward, where an eternal expanse awaits.
Dreaming Sarah
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Code Cross fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Code Cross.
Dreaming Sarah is an adventure platformer where you play as Sarah, a girl who is in a coma. Explore the world around her and help her wake up!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Code Cross.
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.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Code Cross.
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 and Adventure with Code Cross.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Code Cross.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Code Cross.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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 Code Cross.
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!
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Code Cross.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Glitchhikers: The Spaces Between
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Code Cross.
Glitchhikers is a surreal journey through the spaces between places. A late night drive, a deserted airport lounge, a moonlit walk through an empty park, a quiet carriage on an overnight train. Who will you meet? What will you talk about? Where will the journey take you? Find yourself along the way.
Manifold Garden
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Code Cross.
Rediscover gravity and explore an Escher-esque world of impossible architecture. Witness infinity in first-person and master its rules to solve physics-defying puzzles. Cultivate a garden to open new paths forward, where an eternal expanse awaits.
Dreaming Sarah
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Code Cross.
Dreaming Sarah is an adventure platformer where you play as Sarah, a girl who is in a coma. Explore the world around her and help her wake up!
Frequently asked about Code Cross
- What games are most similar to Code Cross?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Code Cross are Linkshift, A Simple Square, 核心防线 core defense line.
- Who developed Code Cross?
- Code Cross was developed by L.X. Kayner.
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 Code Cross.
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