Games like Nurikabe
If Nurikabe is your kind of game, the closest matches are Braid, FORM and A Story About My Uncle — 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.
Get personalized picks →About Nurikabe: Nurikabe is a minimalist logic puzzle from Japan. Unwind as you solve these challenging puzzles.
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Steam players who put hours into Nurikabe 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.
Braid
WHY THIS
Top pick for Nurikabe fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Nurikabe.
This is the original version of Braid from 2009, which may not work well on newer systems. For an updated version of the game with nicer graphics, more levels and a large amount of developer commentary, see Braid, Anniversary Edition.
FORM
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Nurikabe fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Nurikabe.
Enter a surreal adventure where puzzles are built from dreams and memories. Solve the mystery behind an ancient artifact. Advance through a world that transforms around you. Transcend this existence.
A Story About My Uncle
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Nurikabe fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Nurikabe.
A Story About My Uncle is a first person platforming adventure game about a boy who searches for his lost uncle, and ends up in a world he couldn’t imagine existed. The movement is a crucial part of the games core gameplay – focusing on swinging through the world with a grappling hook that gives the player a wonderful sense of speed and...
Human Resource Machine
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Nurikabe fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Nurikabe.
Program little office workers to solve puzzles. Be a good employee! The machines are coming... for your job. From the creators of World of Goo and Little Inferno.
The Darkside Detective
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Nurikabe fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Nurikabe.
Grab your trench coat, tune your sixth sense and join the Darkside Division as they investigate the outright bizarre, the downright dangerous and the confusing cases of Twin Lakes. Flesh-hungry tentacles, mafian zombies, and the occasional missing sock are no match for The Darkside Detective.
The Gallery - Episode 1: Call of the Starseed
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Nurikabe fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Nurikabe.
Embark on the sci-fi epic that started it all at the dawn of modern VR, setting standards for roomscale movement and interaction for years to come. Winner of over 30 awards including "VR Game of the Year", The Gallery is VR's premier adventure series.
Toki Tori
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Nurikabe fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Nurikabe.
The gameplay in Toki Tori is a blend of two genres. While it looks like a platform game, it's a puzzle game at heart. To progress through the game, the player must pick up each egg in a level using a set number of tools.
Broken Age
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Nurikabe fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Nurikabe.
A family friendly, hand-animated, puzzle-filled adventure game with an all-star cast, including Elijah Wood, Jack Black and Masasa Moyo. Funded by a record breaking crowdfunding campaign and designed by industry legend Tim Schafer, Broken Age is a timeless coming-of-age story.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Nurikabe at current Steam store prices.
Miss Neko
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Nurikabe on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Nurikabe.
Together the full picture of all the lovely beast ladies with your own hands, play Yakyuken with them, collect their portraits. Hope you have a relaxing and enjoyable game time:)
QUICKERFLAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Nurikabe on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Nurikabe.
QUICKERFLAK is an experimental fast-paced time-attack top-down combat retro-hardcore minigame, that can be finished in a minute.
Save Jesus
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Nurikabe on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Nurikabe.
Someone is trying to murder Jesus. Disguised as Caesar with the Roman Empire by his side, an evil impostor from the future has set hundreds of deadly traps. Redirect the traps, kill the Romans and protect Jesus!
Gachi Heroes
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Nurikabe on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Nurikabe.
Gachi Heroes is a game about the dark fantasies. That's amazing an endlass journey in which you will know yourself with your favorite gachimuchi characters. How deep would you go?
Trip to Vinelands
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Nurikabe on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Nurikabe.
Trip to Vinelands is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
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 Nurikabe.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Nurikabe.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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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.
Braid
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Casual with Nurikabe.
This is the original version of Braid from 2009, which may not work well on newer systems. For an updated version of the game with nicer graphics, more levels and a large amount of developer commentary, see Braid, Anniversary Edition.
A Story About My Uncle
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Casual with Nurikabe.
A Story About My Uncle is a first person platforming adventure game about a boy who searches for his lost uncle, and ends up in a world he couldn’t imagine existed. The movement is a crucial part of the games core gameplay – focusing on swinging through the world with a grappling hook that gives the player a wonderful sense of speed and...
Human Resource Machine
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Casual with Nurikabe.
Program little office workers to solve puzzles. Be a good employee! The machines are coming... for your job. From the creators of World of Goo and Little Inferno.
The Darkside Detective
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Casual with Nurikabe.
Grab your trench coat, tune your sixth sense and join the Darkside Division as they investigate the outright bizarre, the downright dangerous and the confusing cases of Twin Lakes. Flesh-hungry tentacles, mafian zombies, and the occasional missing sock are no match for The Darkside Detective.
Broken Age
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Casual with Nurikabe.
A family friendly, hand-animated, puzzle-filled adventure game with an all-star cast, including Elijah Wood, Jack Black and Masasa Moyo. Funded by a record breaking crowdfunding campaign and designed by industry legend Tim Schafer, Broken Age is a timeless coming-of-age story.
Frequently asked about Nurikabe
- Does Nurikabe run on Steam Deck?
- Nurikabe 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 Nurikabe cost?
- Nurikabe is listed on Steam at 0.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Nurikabe?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Nurikabe are Braid, FORM, A Story About My Uncle.
- Who developed Nurikabe?
- Nurikabe was developed by Without Haste and published by Without Haste, LLC.
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 Nurikabe.
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