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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Absolute Drift Absolute Drift is a racing game about becoming a master at the art of drifting.

Price -94% 0.73€
Rating 8.5
Release 29 Jul 2015
Hook HOOK is a short minimal, puzzle game.

Price -93% 0.21€
Rating 9.4
Release 06 Jul 2015
oO "oO" is a hardcore minimal arcade game.

Price 0.99€
Rating 8.4
Release 06 Jul 2015
Loot Hero DX A legendary Dragon is haunting the lands. Towns are set ablaze, and its magic power resurrects the evil creatures of the world. A hero is needed to travel to the corners of the lands and slay the beast to restore peace.

Price -87% 0.41€
Rating 7.1
Release 03 Jul 2015
The Adventures of Mr. Bobley The Adventures of Mr. Bobley is a 3d platformer adventure game featuring physics based puzzles and challenges that also require you to drive vehicles and operate heavy machinery. Set at a skyscraper construction site. The game is all about physics and interaction with the environment.

Price -80% 0.40€
Rating 6.1
Release 01 Jul 2015
Two Digits Simple, minimalist and difficult. Two Digits is a perfect blend between insanity and happiness. You are given 9 numbers less than 100, and all you have to do is to choose two subsets with the same sum.

Price 1.99€
Rating 6.8
Release 22 May 2015
Quell An enchanting game of logic and relaxation.

Price -90% 0.40€
Rating 9.0
Release 14 May 2015
Unium Draw a line. A single line. How complex can that be?

Price 1.99€
Rating 8.6
Release 27 Mar 2015
It came from space and ate our brains It came from space and ate our brains is a unique Arcade top-down shooter. Looking for addicting gameplay, four-player co-op mode, and tons of aliens to send into oblivion? You’ve come to the right place!

Price -54% 4.57€
Rating 7.5
Release 19 Mar 2015
A Good Snowman Is Hard To Build An adorable puzzle game about being a monster and making snowmen.

Price -98% 0.44€
Rating 9.0
Release 25 Feb 2015
David. You play David, an awfully small abstracted chosen hero tossed into a blissfully simple world overrun by giant culminations of evil physics-beasts. As David, you are given a slingshot-esque gift that you will have to use to conquer your colossus foes. Be there AND be square.

Price -55% 0.90€
Rating 7.5
Release 16 Feb 2015
Anoxemia Anoxemia is a story-driven exploration game that puts you in control of the scientist Dr. Bailey and his operations drone, ATMA. Search the ocean floor as you discover and extract samples from the bowels of the underwater caves. Danger lurks in each passageway.

Price 7.39€
Rating 6.1
Release 16 Jan 2015
Galcon 2: Galactic Conquest Galcon 2 is a demolition derby in space! Send swarms of ships from planet to planet to conquer the galaxy in this fast paced multiplayer strategy game!

Price Free to play
Rating 7.9
Release 05 Dec 2014
FOTONICA Ever wondered what running at 140mph feels like? FOTONICA is a first-person game about the thrill of speed and traveling flawlessly through complex environments.FOTONICA is simple, but is not easy: it follows a tradition of arcade games that are easy to pick up and almost impossible to master.

Price -98% 0.40€
Rating 8.2
Release 06 Nov 2014
The Moon Sliver You are on a bleak, cold, windy island. And you seem to be alone... but fires and candles still burn. As you explore, a story of guilt, loneliness, and faith begins to take shape. And it becomes obvious that something is hunting you...

Price -24% 1.53€
Rating 7.2
Release 28 Oct 2014
TRI: Of Friendship and Madness Find a way through the towers and dungeons of TRI by solving puzzles, climbing impossible ascents and reflecting light-rays. The mystical TRI will let you create your own paths in this strange world – just try not to lose your mind when you're falling upside down!

Price -98% 0.40€
Rating 8.0
Release 09 Oct 2014
Beyond Gravity Beyond Gravity is procedurally generated "platformer" where you jump in-between planets and try to collect as many pickups as you can. This gets progressively harder the further you jump. No need to worry tho as you can upgrade your character with loads of upgrades and power-ups!

Price 1.99€
Rating 8.3
Release 23 Sep 2014
6180 the moon Simple space, dynamic jump. 6180 the moon offers a fresh, unseen game play style by connecting the top and bottom of the screen.

Price 3.99€
Rating 8.5
Release 19 Sep 2014
SPACECOM SPACECOM – a strategic-to-the-bone, starfleet command game in which deception, smart movement, and choices to battle decide victory or defeat.

Price -97% 0.36€
Rating 6.6
Release 17 Sep 2014
Boson X Boson X is a fast-paced rotational runner set in a particle accelerator.

Price 5.19€
Rating 8.8
Release 15 Sep 2014
Hexcells Infinite Hexcells Infinite is an ambient logic puzzle game for PC, Mac and Linux.

Price 4.99€
Rating 9.3
Release 01 Sep 2014
Sokobond Sokobond is an elegantly designed puzzle game about chemistry. It's logical, minimalist, and beautiful - crafted with love and science.

Price -91% 1.47€
Rating 8.8
Release 21 Jul 2014
Ichi Ichi is an easy to play but challenging one button puzzle game. Don't be deceived by the game simplistic look, it’s a braintwister for sure! Collect golden rings by rotating objects, using teleporters, breaking blocks and more.

Price 4.99€
Rating 8.1
Release 12 Jun 2014
Circuits Simple in concept, but very challenging and rewarding,Circuits is a puzzle game that requires careful listening to complete each level. The goal of Circuits : piece together the different parts of a song. Sounds easy, but maybe not.

Price -91% 0.48€
Rating 8.5
Release 17 Apr 2014
LYNE Deceptively simple. Infinitely complex. LYNE is a minimalist puzzle game that will knot your brain as it calms your soul. Connect the shapes. Fill the board. Lose yourself in the interflowing paths of LYNE.

Price -74% 0.80€
Rating 9.3
Release 17 Mar 2014
Hexcells Plus Hexcells Plus is an ambient logic puzzle game for PC, Mac and Linux.

Price -86% 0.42€
Rating 9.1
Release 19 Feb 2014
Hexcells Hexcells is an ambient logic puzzle game for PC, Mac and Linux.

Price 2.99€
Rating 9.4
Release 19 Feb 2014
NaissanceE NaissanceE is an obscure and magical first person exploration game, a philosophical trip and an artistic experience. The adventure takes place in a primitive mysterious structure and the game mainly consists to explore and feel the deep and strong ambiance of this atemporal world.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.2
Release 13 Feb 2014
LOVE Love is a reductive platforming game with a retro aesthetic and a focus on a challenging difficulty. It has an custom respawn system, 16 levels, 12 track soundtrack, competitive scoring, and a simple-to-use level creation feature.

Price -84% 0.40€
Rating 8.6
Release 07 Feb 2014
Little Racers STREET Little Racers STREET fuses the fun-oriented simplicity of top-down racing games with the excitement of street racing, and the results couldn't be better!

Price -86% 0.88€
Rating 7.9
Release 06 Feb 2014
140 140 is a challenging minimalistic platformer with abstract colorful graphics. Rhythmic awareness is required to overcome obstacles controlled by an energetic, yet melancholic electronic soundtrack.

Price -34% 3.33€
Rating 8.9
Release 16 Oct 2013
Soundodger+ Dodge the music and dance through a mesmerizing ballet of choreographed bullets, each synced to music from over a dozen international artists. Push your creativity and skills with the fully-featured Level Editor and never run out of things to dodge.

Price -50% 3.99€
Rating 8.5
Release 11 Oct 2013
Kairo Enter the lost world of Kairo. Explore vast abandoned monuments. Bring strange and ancient machinery back to life. Slowly uncover the true purpose of Kairo and fulfil a great destiny.Kairo is an atmospheric 3D exploration and puzzle solving game.

Price -28% 3.64€
Rating 7.1
Release 24 Apr 2013
Antichamber Antichamber is a mind-bending psychological exploration game where nothing can be taken for granted. Discover an Escher-like world where hallways wrap around upon each other, spaces reconfigure themselves, and accomplishing the impossible may just be the only way forward.

Price -53% 9.07€
Rating 9.3
Release 31 Jan 2013
Super Hexagon Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.

Price -65% 1.05€
Rating 9.5
Release 27 Nov 2012
Thomas Was Alone Guide a group of rectangles through 120 levels, using their different skills together to overcome a series of obstacles in each environment. Discover the human-made story of the first sentient artificial intelligences with Danny Wallace’s BAFTA-winning narration.

Price -95% 0.41€
Rating 9.1
Release 12 Nov 2012

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