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Games like Pepper's Puzzles

If Pepper's Puzzles is your kind of game, the closest matches are WATERFUL: a tiny oasis builder, Super Billards Maker and Water: Transformer — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its chill, cozy and relaxing. 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 Pepper's Puzzles: Pepper's Puzzles is a collection of logic games also known as Nonogram, Picross or Griddlers.

2017IndieCasual6.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby Emad
Pepper's Puzzles — Steam game cover
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Bootleg ip aesthetic adds charmMassive mosaic puzzles offer unique challengeNonograms feel like pixel art collaborationsChillCozyRelaxing

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Steam players who put hours into Pepper's Puzzles 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. WATERFUL: a tiny oasis builder

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Pepper's Puzzles fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Pepper's Puzzles.

    A peaceful nature-builder where you dig riverbeds to guide water through tiny desert valleys. Grow a variety of plants and discover all the animals drawn to the new habitats. Complete quests and unlock new contraptions to transform the dry landscape into a lush oasis!

    2027StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  2. Super Billards Maker

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Pepper's Puzzles fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Pepper's Puzzles.

    A creative mix of billiards, Kirby’s Dream Course, and Mario Maker, offering both skill and imagination. Sink all balls within the time limit to earn shiny medals, then unleash your creativity by designing and sharing unique levels with the built-in editor.

    2025IndieCasualEarly Access1.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Water: Transformer

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Pepper's Puzzles fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Pepper's Puzzles.

    This is a platform jumping game, you can obtain different abilities by transforming between solid, liquid, and steam three forms, thus crossing obstacles and solving puzzles. The workshop allows you design and share their own created maps with the players all around the world.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure3.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Roll It To The End

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Pepper's Puzzles fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Pepper's Puzzles.

    Immerse yourself in Roll It To The End, a captivating puzzle game. Match dice numbers to reach the endpoint, encountering special platforms that trigger unique events. Utilize the builder to craft and share custom levels.

    2024StrategyIndieCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. NONOTOWN: Nonogram Logic Puzzle

    WHY THIS

    Shares a relaxing mood with Pepper's Puzzles.

    Ranked #5 for Pepper's Puzzles fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Pepper's Puzzles.

    NONOTOWN is a puzzle game with four nonogram modes: classic, color, and two unique challenges—'Block' and 'Color Block,' where pre-filled parts must be rotated to solve. Put your logic to the test with hundreds of levels across all modes!

    2023StrategyIndieCasual5.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Boulders: Puzzle

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Pepper's Puzzles fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Pepper's Puzzles.

    Boulders: Puzzle is a game that challenges your logic and spatial thinking. You take control of a cuboid and must traverse the level in three dimensions to reach the goal cube and use the environment to modify the cuboids length to get past obstacles.

    2021IndieCasualFreeSteam ↗
  7. Block in the Lock

    WHY THIS

    Shares a relaxing mood with Pepper's Puzzles.

    Ranked #7 for Pepper's Puzzles fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Pepper's Puzzles.

    A 2D Puzzle Game where you move different blocks simultaneously like a hive mind. Form blocks into shapes and match the lock patterns in over 200 crafty levels, in order to free the world from mysterious chains

    2019IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  8. Qbeh-1: The Atlas Cube

    WHY THIS

    Shares a chill mood with Pepper's Puzzles.

    Ranked #8 for Pepper's Puzzles fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Pepper's Puzzles.

    QBEH-1 is an atmospheric 1st-person puzzle platformer that takes players on a quest through a series of divergent worlds. Each world is filled with new puzzles that require special cubes to solve as well as fun secrets to uncover. Includes a LEVEL EDITOR and STEAM WORKSHOP support!

    2014IndieAdventureCasual9.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Pepper's Puzzles at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~86% under Pepper's Puzzles on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Pepper's Puzzles.

    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. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~57% under Pepper's Puzzles on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Pepper's Puzzles.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. GRIS

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~46% under Pepper's Puzzles on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Pepper's Puzzles.

    Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.

    2018IndieAdventure3.74 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~72% under Pepper's Puzzles on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Pepper's Puzzles.

    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 ↗
  5. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~79% under Pepper's Puzzles on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Pepper's Puzzles.

    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 ↗
  6. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~86% under Pepper's Puzzles on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Pepper's Puzzles.

    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 ↗
  7. Crypt of the NecroDancer

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~57% under Pepper's Puzzles on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Pepper's Puzzles.

    Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!

    2015ActionIndieRPG2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. A Short Hike

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~43% under Pepper's Puzzles on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Pepper's Puzzles.

    Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.

    2019IndieAdventure3.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. 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 Pepper's Puzzles.

    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!

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Coloring Pixels

    WHY THIS

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

    A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.

    2018IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  3. 100 Asian Cats

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Pepper's Puzzles.

    🏮🐈 100 Asian Cats - Join the cutest adventure in the Asia! 😻 🌸 Explore the charming hand-drawn artwork of Asian temples 🏯 as you embark on a quest to find 100 adorable cats hidden throughout the game. 🕵️‍♂️❌ Can you find them all? 🕵️‍♂️🐈✅

    2023ActionSportsStrategyFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Floating Point

    WHY THIS

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

    Floating Point is a peaceful, free game about using a grappling hook to swing yourself gracefully through randomly generated spaces. The only objective is to collect points, and the only thing that increases your points is swinging swiftly, smoothly and elegantly without hitting anything.

    2014IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Samorost 1

    WHY THIS

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

    Explore the beginnings of the Samorost series in the space gnome’s original bite-sized adventure, formerly released in 2003. Now with remastered sounds, enhanced graphics, and new music by Floex.

    2021IndieAdventureCasualFreeSteam ↗
  6. 100 Capitalist Cats

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Pepper's Puzzles.

    🐱💼 100 Capitalist Cats - Join the cutest adventure in the Wall Street! 😻💰💵 Explore the charming hand-drawn artwork of New York, heart of Capitalism, as you embark on a quest to find 100 adorable cats hidden throughout the game. 🕵️‍♂️❌ Can you find them all? 🕵️‍♂️🐈✅

    2024ActionSportsStrategyFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. DOGWALK

    WHY THIS

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

    Explore a hand-crafted winter forest as a big adorable dog and a little kid in tow. A short, free, open source project brought to you by Blender Studio.

    2025IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Coloring Game 2

    WHY THIS

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

    Coloring Game 2 is a sequel of the existing color-by-number game which so many users have liked. The sequel features new options and images.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Pepper's Puzzles

Does Pepper's Puzzles run on Steam Deck?
Pepper's Puzzles is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Pepper's Puzzles cost?
Pepper's Puzzles is listed on Steam at 6.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Pepper's Puzzles?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Pepper's Puzzles are WATERFUL: a tiny oasis builder, Super Billards Maker, Water: Transformer.
Who developed Pepper's Puzzles?
Pepper's Puzzles was developed by Emad.

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 Pepper's Puzzles.

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