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Games like Catnigma

If Catnigma is your kind of game, the closest matches are Mia's Journey, HO HO HO SOKOBAN and UwUbUwU — 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 Catnigma: Control a magical flying cat and collect all the fish across 30 challenging puzzle levels! Use magical portals and clever strategies to overcome obstacles, gather every fish, and return to the Magic Box to complete each challenge.

StrategyIndieCasualWindowsby Little Giant
Catnigma — Steam game cover

Players who liked Catnigma also play

Steam players who put hours into Catnigma 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. Mia's Journey

    WHY THIS

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

    Help Mia, a curious and adventurous girl who loves helping others, no matter the situation. She is trapped in the cat kingdom and wants to return to her human body, but she will have to overcome various puzzle challenges to achieve her goal.

    2026StrategyIndieCasualSteam ↗
  2. HO HO HO SOKOBAN

    WHY THIS

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

    A cozy Christmas-themed Sokoban puzzle game where Santa must push presents into the right places. Solve 50 handcrafted pixel art levels full of festive charm.

    2026StrategyIndieCasualSteam ↗
  3. UwUbUwU

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Catnigma fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Catnigma.

    UwUbUwU is a small cozy puzzle game based on a simple idea: What if you took classic Snake but inverted the goal and made it so you have to form a loop by eating your own tail.

    2026StrategyIndieCasualSteam ↗
  4. 204Snake

    WHY THIS

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

    Snake meets 2048 in a turn-based puzzle game.

    StrategyIndieCasualSteam ↗
  5. Hanox

    WHY THIS

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

    Slide every block at once, stack them in the right weight order, and master elegant grid-based puzzles built around momentum, planning, and chain merges. Avoid invalid stacks, think several moves ahead, and turn each level into a perfectly crafted solution.

    2026StrategyIndieCasual1.79 USDSteam ↗
  6. WRITE HOUSE

    WHY THIS

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

    Writehouse is a puzzle game where players combine objects to light their way, alter environments, and sneak past monsters. These combinations spark creative thinking—burning trees, electrifying water, or detecting objects.

    2026IndieCasualSteam ↗
  7. Mimi the Cat - New Friends

    WHY THIS

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

    Help Mimi move, climb, or carry boxes to reach her bed and rest. Unlock adorable cats and choose to play with them in this challenging Sokoban-like game!

    2023StrategyIndieCasual2.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Meow Mission

    WHY THIS

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

    Solve diverse Sokoban puzzles to rescue cats trapped in alien dimensions in Meow Mission! Decorate your home with furniture for the rescued cats, and create lasting memories with their unique and charming personalities!

    2024StrategyIndieCasual3.99 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

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

    The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

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

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  4. 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 Catnigma.

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

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

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  6. 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 Catnigma.

    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.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck 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 Catnigma.

    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 Catnigma.

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

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Catnigma

What games are most similar to Catnigma?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Catnigma are Mia's Journey, HO HO HO SOKOBAN, UwUbUwU.
Who developed Catnigma?
Catnigma was developed by Little Giant and published by Jatai 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 Catnigma.

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