Best Minimalist Games on Steam

Unlike generic lists, our game recommendations use a rigorous analysis of Steam user reviews to identify and feature only the best, community-validated minimalist games.

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China: Mao's legacy Year 1976, the stormy Cultural revolution has died down, hard times of hongweibing and public critics are coming to an end. Old and sick Mao Zedong will soon leave China to his comrades from CPC. The Cold War is coming into a new phase...

Price -65% 2.48€
Rating 8.7
Release 24 May 2019
HOME HOME is a feel-good walking simulator experience in which you create your own poem and music. Embark on a poetic and musical heartwarming journey about what home means to you.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.7
Release 11 May 2019
Neon Beats Beat your best scores in Neon Beats, a 2D platformer game with rhythm based levels!

Price Free to play
Rating 9.2
Release 03 May 2019
Detective Di: The Silk Rose Murders A thrilling point-and-click adventure game where you play as Di Renjie, ancient China's most famous and gifted investigator, as he tracks a serial killer in the heart of the Tang Dynasty's capital city.

Price -93% 0.72€
Rating 8.4
Release 01 May 2019
Zup! XS Experimental minimal physical puzzle with explosions.

Price 1.99€
Rating 8.3
Release 17 Apr 2019
Train Valley 2 Build bigger and more complex railway networks than ever before! Building on the success of the original, you’ll get more of what you loved about the original and then some. With increasingly difficult and complex challenges from local industries, the Valley has never felt so vast! ALL ABOARD!

Price -98% 0.25€
Rating 8.7
Release 15 Apr 2019
ISLANDERS ISLANDERS is a minimalist strategy game about building cities on colorful islands.

Price -85% 0.79€
Rating 9.2
Release 04 Apr 2019
Super Jigsaw Puzzle: Generations If you like to make puzzles, Super Jigsaw Puzzle is your game. Enjoy its comfortable and intuitive interface and its relaxing music that will allow you to concentrate on the difficult task of solving these beautiful photos that pose a real challenge for lovers of puzzles.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.9
Release 04 Apr 2019
Baba Is You Baba Is You is a puzzle game where the rules you have to follow are present as blocks you can interact with. By manipulating them, you can change how the game works, repurpose things you find in the levels and cause surprising interactions!

Price -25% 9.42€
Rating 9.6
Release 13 Mar 2019
I hate this game I hate this game is a logic game, where gameplay changes every level. Solve crazy puzzles and use forgotten functions of your PC! Be attentive, interact with everything that you see on the screen.

Price 1.60€
Rating 8.9
Release 07 Mar 2019
1 Screen Platformer This is a SHORT, 2D PLATFORMER with TIGHT CONTROLS about exploring a single level to get past a bunch of TRAPS. There is an EASY mode and a HARD mode depending on your skill level.

Price 2.39€
Rating 8.1
Release 06 Mar 2019
Almost There: The Platformer Sprint between saw blades while dodging homing missiles. Duck under lasers while the floor crumbles beneath you. Almost There was designed specifically for fans of the hardcore platforming genre - you've been warned.

Price -96% 0.40€
Rating 6.3
Release 19 Feb 2019
King Rabbit - Puzzle Part puzzler, platformer, level builder. Navigate your fluffy rabbit through an ever-expanding universe of realms. Find the 3 portal gems in each realm to unlock the next realm. Enjoy endless community levels and create your own with the level builder!

Price Free to play
Rating 8.5
Release 25 Jan 2019
Kingdom Two Crowns Gather coins, build defenses and reclaim your fallen Kingdom. Explore and uncover secrets, unlock new technologies and protect your crown versus waves of Greed monsters that come at night. Kingdom is a solo or co-op micro-strategy and tower defense game set in an atmospheric pixel world.

Price -90% 2.08€
Rating 8.6
Release 11 Dec 2018
Bad North: Jotunn Edition Bad North is a charming but brutal real-time tactics roguelite. Defend your idyllic island kingdom against a horde of Viking invaders, as you lead the desperate exodus of your people. Command your loyal subjects to take full tactical advantage of the unique shape of each island.

Price -85% 2.39€
Rating 9.1
Release 16 Nov 2018
Zup! S Minimal physical puzzle with explosions

Price 1.99€
Rating 9.5
Release 15 Nov 2018
Golf Peaks A relaxing puzzle game where you climb mountains by playing golf. Pick the right cards, avoid hazards and conquer over 120 summits!

Price -90% 0.50€
Rating 9.0
Release 13 Nov 2018
DISTRAINT 2 You are Price, a man who sold his humanity to get a partnership from a leading company: McDade, Bruton & Moore. DISTRAINT 2 follows on from the events of the first game. It's a sinister tale about restoring hope and finding your purpose.

Price -95% 0.47€
Rating 9.2
Release 13 Nov 2018
Reigns: Game of Thrones Reigns: Game of Thrones is the heir to the award-winning HBO® TV series Game of Thrones® and the smash-hit swipe ‘em up series Reigns from Nerial and Devolver Digital.

Price -67% 1.31€
Rating 7.5
Release 18 Oct 2018
Zup! Zero 2 Minimal physical puzzle with explosions

Price 1.99€
Rating 8.9
Release 11 Sep 2018
Lucah: Born of a Dream FOR THE POWER AND GLORY; NOW AND FOREVER

Price 9.75€
Rating 8.8
Release 21 Aug 2018
Space Between Worlds Did you ever pay attention to the importance of space? Space Between Worlds is a short puzzle game that expresses the concept of proximity and lets the player interpret the context and arc of the story.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.8
Release 30 Jul 2018
Semblance Semblance is an innovative platformer with deformable terrain, set in a beautiful minimalist world. It’s a game that asks, what if you could deform and reshape the world itself? Semblance takes the idea of a ‘platform’ in a platformer and turns it on its head.

Price -96% 0.44€
Rating 8.0
Release 24 Jul 2018
Up Left Out A puzzle game about unlocking stuff.

Price 2.99€
Rating 8.6
Release 29 Jun 2018
Oik 4 Casual physics puzzle.

Price -29% 0.70€
Rating 7.8
Release 17 Jun 2018
Ding Dong XL A fast-paced, neon-infused arcade game with simple one-button controls! Addictive, easy to learn, and perfect for quick sessions. Challenge yourself to beat your high score while waiting in queue for another game!

Price 0.99€
Rating 9.1
Release 15 Jun 2018
qop 3 qop 3 is a minimalistic puzzle which goal is to get the cube to finish using 4 directions in space.

Price 1.99€
Rating 8.6
Release 07 Jun 2018
!AnyWay! Do you like parkour? Dashing retro times? AnyWay! Try yourself on an unsuccessful journey in the role of Joy, feel the burden of parkour! A small, but exciting adventure Joy will not make you relax, not for you, not for your friends!

Price 2.09€
Rating 6.7
Release 06 Jun 2018
Hexologic Immerse yourself in the beautiful world of Hexologic. Solve challenging, yet rewarding puzzles, listen to relaxing music, dive deep into the game’s atmosphere and fall in love in with Sudoku again!

Price -87% 0.68€
Rating 9.1
Release 29 May 2018
Scalak Fulfilling puzzle game.

Price 2.99€
Rating 9.2
Release 22 May 2018
Zup! X Minimal physical puzzle with explosions

Price 1.99€
Rating 9.4
Release 17 May 2018
FRAMED Collection Rearrange the panels of an animated comic book to craft the story of a noir-styled spy adventure in the FRAMED Collection--a compilation of the multi-award winning puzzle games FRAMED and FRAMED 2.

Price -93% 0.77€
Rating 8.9
Release 17 May 2018
Volleying Tired of sports games in which the computer doesn’t respect your commands? As a physics-based game, Volleying gives the players more control over their moves, as well as delivers unique matches each round. Invite your friends over or play remotely and enjoy this predictably unpredictable experience!

Price 0.99€
Rating 6.8
Release 15 May 2018
Rogue Agent Rogue Agent is a turn-based strategy game, fast-paced, that pits the player against the computer on a secret service thriller around the world.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.9
Release 29 Apr 2018
Zen Chess: Mate in One Zen Chess: Mate in One is a minimalist chess puzzle game. Solve mate-in-one problems in a beautifully designed chess board.

Price -3% 0.97€
Rating 8.1
Release 10 Apr 2018
Minit Minit is a peculiar little adventure played sixty seconds at a time.

Price -86% 1.39€
Rating 8.6
Release 03 Apr 2018

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