Best Minimalist Games on Steam

Unlike generic lists, our strategy 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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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 -90% 1.07€
Rating 8.0
Release 24 Jul 2018
Up Left Out A puzzle game about unlocking stuff.

Price 1.99€
Rating 8.6
Release 29 Jun 2018
Oik 4 Casual physics puzzle.

Price 0.99€
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 1.99€
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 -94% 0.33€
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 -89% 1.08€
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 -51% 0.49€
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 -4% 0.96€
Rating 8.1
Release 10 Apr 2018
Minit Minit is a peculiar little adventure played sixty seconds at a time.

Price -96% 0.44€
Rating 8.6
Release 03 Apr 2018
Nonogram - The Greatest Painter Do you deserve to be called The Greatest?

Price 3.99€
Rating 8.3
Release 22 Mar 2018
Ball laB Ball laB is a hardcore platformer with minimalist graphics.

Price -58% 0.42€
Rating 6.3
Release 08 Mar 2018
Squidlit Every day is a wonderful day for invertebrates! Come join the Squidlits of Blipston for a squishy adventure of spoopy castles, muffins, and wiggles! Made with classic handheld technology in mind, Squidlit strives to be the closest modern recreation of GameBoy game-design methods on the market.

Price -70% 0.48€
Rating 8.5
Release 02 Mar 2018
Zup! 8 Minimal physical puzzle with explosions

Price 1.99€
Rating 9.2
Release 22 Feb 2018
Cypher Cypher is a first person puzzle game about cryptography.

Price 4.99€
Rating 8.6
Release 20 Feb 2018
Speed Dating for Ghosts Branching dialogue! Hard choices! A cemetery's worth of phantoms, wraiths, and poltergeists lookin' for love in all the blight places.

Price 5.69€
Rating 8.9
Release 13 Feb 2018
Delete Let the number tell you what to do

Price 1.99€
Rating 9.1
Release 25 Jan 2018
Sudoku Universe / 数独宇宙 Making the best Sudoku game on Steam.

Price 2.99€
Rating 9.1
Release 18 Dec 2017
qop 2 qop 2 is a minimalistic puzzle which goal is to get the cube to finish using 4 directions in space.

Price 1.99€
Rating 8.8
Release 12 Dec 2017

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