Games like Sudoku
If Sudoku is your kind of game, the closest matches are Almazuela Picross, Stickcross Classic and Mahjong Rush — 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 Sudoku 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.
Almazuela Picross
WHY THIS
Top pick for Sudoku fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Sudoku.
You must complete almazuelas, quilts made from scraps of fabric arranged in geometric patterns. To obtain the scraps, you’ll need to solve a Picross by filling in and removing cells based on the clues. You can rotate and move these scraps until you’ve pieced together the patchwork like a puzzle.
Stickcross Classic
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Sudoku fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Sudoku.
To play, move the sticks. Where three sticks cross, stones will fall. To win, clear the bowl.
Mahjong Rush
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Sudoku fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Sudoku.
MAHJONG RUSH is a relaxing ink-wash roguelike. Score by matching mahjong tiles into combos — no mahjong experience needed, an interactive tutorial teaches you from scratch. Collect Flowers, Fu cards, and Relics to grow small scores into huge ones. Every run is randomized. This round — clean house.
Wordsearch Attack
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Sudoku fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Sudoku.
Take words to a new dimension. Find words on 2D boards, hexagonal boards, or wrapped around 3D boards.
Walls And Tower Party
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Sudoku fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Sudoku.
A PvP Board games to play with friends and family both locally and online. Race with up to 6 players, block there path and eliminate them one by one. Friends not included ;)
Chronicles Puzzle: History Path
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Sudoku fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Sudoku.
Piece together the shards of time in this historical sliding puzzle game. Experience a journey from the Big Bang to the future through 80 unique levels and 320 challenges. Choose from four difficulties, collect trophies, and unlock the wonders of the world - available in 14 languages.
Solitaire - Complete Collection
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Sudoku fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Sudoku.
Build sequences, clear foundations, and master each game's unique rules.
Sudoku Zenkai / 数独全卡
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Sudoku fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Sudoku.
Sudoku Zenkai is a game for everyone, from beginning to advanced players. It brings a new dimension to sudoku - you can solve puzzles with your friends, wherever they are! You can start a new puzzle with a friend or call one over to help when you get stuck.
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 Sudoku.
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 Sudoku.
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.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Sudoku.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
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 Sudoku.
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 Sudoku.
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 Sudoku.
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 Sudoku.
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.
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Frequently asked about Sudoku
- What games are most similar to Sudoku?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Sudoku are Almazuela Picross, Stickcross Classic, Mahjong Rush.
- Who developed Sudoku?
- Sudoku was developed by Sand Games.
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 Sudoku.
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