The Grid-Based Movement Zone

Games where movement happens one tile, square, or grid step at a time.

Latest Standouts

Recent releases that landed well, newest first, filtered to games with enough reviews to trust the score.

Order of the Sinking Star - Players say: Explore four linked worlds as distinct heroes, solving grid-based puzzles whose rules and abilities increasingly combine. Players like: Inventive Puzzle Design · Layered Mechanics · Puzzle Variety ·
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From director Jonathan Blow (Braid, The Witness), Order of the Sinking Star is a massive puzzle adventure set in a realm of magic and enigma. Solve over 1000 interconnected, hand-crafted puzzles, discover unique playable heroes, master evolving gameplay mechanics, and decipher a grand mystery.

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Oct 8, 2026
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Veterum - Turn-based tactical strategy with a detailed combat system and interactive environment. Explore the open world, complete quests, search for rare artifacts. Lead the last army of the Order of the Gatekeepers and stop the coming chaos!
Slot & Dungeons - A deck-building roguelite where the reels decide your fate! Enemies and items appear based on the spin of the slot. Master luck and strategy to conquer the dungeon!
Stackflow - Stackflow is a hypnotically addictive strategic roguelike about the pure pleasure of fitting pieces perfectly. Discover unique blocks, create satisfying connections, and trigger explosive combos that release pure dopamine.
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Jul 13, 2026
88% 👍
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KAZ - Dopamine-fueled minimalist grid-based game that pushes the boundaries of psychedelic visuals and fast reaction time. KAZ is an action roguelike arcade game where choice of items, buffs, and maluses allows you to unlock cool visuals and themes while showing everybody your skill on the leaderboards
THYSIASTERY - THYSIASTERY is a dungeon crawler RPG featuring traditional roguelike and turn-based gameplay. Command a party of bearers of the Brand, drawn into a vast Labyrinth. Recruit while exploring the Labyrinth in hope of finding a way out, and its secrets will be revealed as you delve deeper.
Master of Piece - Recruit mercenaries, combine their traits, and forge endless synergies. Venture through the mysterious medieval realm, facing powerful foes and mighty bosses. Simple turn-based rules hide deep strategic depth—build your ultimate team, master the pieces, and uncover the secrets of the Black fog.
ANIWARS: Call of the Void - ANIWARS is a challenging turn-based strategy roguelike. Assemble your squad, collect powerful items, conquer territory and dominate the enemy!

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Classified: France '44 - Players say: Lead Allied commandos and French resistance fighters through turn-based raids, using stealth and suppression to prepare for D-Day. Players like: WWII Resistance Setting · Morale-Based Combat · Stealth Ambushes ·
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Command an elite team of allied special operators in Nazi-occupied France wreaking havoc in the run up to D-Day in this ambitious turn-based tactics game. Take on the might of Germany's war machine and launch daring raids in occupied territory. Can you do enough to ensure Allied victory?

Go Home Dinosaurs! - Players say: Move a gopher, gather coconuts, and fit shaped defenses on a grid to stop dinosaurs from reaching your barbecue. Players like: Playful Dino Theme · Moving Gopher · Puzzle-Shaped Towers ·
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Todd Rex wants steak. Todd Rex wants YOUR steak. Are you gonna let him take it? No way! Go Home, Dinosaurs!Prevent hordes of marauding Dinos from crashing your party in the world’s premier BBQ defense simulator! Unlock powerful towers that act like little weaponized puzzle pieces.

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Mar 14, 2013
87% 👍
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Low Magic Age - Players say: Build a party of fantasy adventurers, take jobs, explore a sandbox world, and fight tactical turn-based battles in dungeons or the Arena. Players like: Tactical D&D Combat · Character Build Variety · Deep Rules System ·
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Adventure and fight in a medieval fantasy open world! Build heroic characters with various abilities, travel through villages, cities, or perilous dungeons. Strategic turn-based combat system and advanced character building - Fog of war, charging and flanking, and more in the fast-paced Arena mode.

Subterrain: Mines of Titan - Players say: Awake in a silent Titan mining camp, explore its tunnels, fight in turn-based battles, and craft gear to keep survivors alive. Players like: Crafting and Research · Turn-Based Combat · Sci-Fi Atmosphere ·
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Awaken from an abandoned stasis pod and discover a doomed mining camp on Titan in an uncompromising turn-based survival RPG. Survive the evolving horrors that lurk below and craft equipment, research new gear, fight against overwhelming odds, or even discover your true fate.

Hidden Gems

Well-liked but under-played: strong scores, small review counts.

Chessformer - Chessformer is a grid-based puzzle platformer with Chess pieces. The goal in each level is to capture the opposing king, who is lazy and never moves, so don't worry about losing any pieces.
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Jan 18, 2022
100% 👍
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Treasure 'n Trio - Team up with a brute-force warrior, a nimble and wily thief, and a cowardly wizard with teleportation magic. Use all three characters with different abilities at the right time to solve puzzles and collect treasures!
Gentoo Rescue - A puzzler about sliding penguins and walruses. Pick up items to push, pull, bounce, swap, stop, steal, or explode. Uncover surprising twists hidden in a world of puzzles inside puzzles inside puzzles.
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May 22, 2025
100% 👍
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Blobun - You are a blob bunny. Your goal? Touch every tile! Get your slime all over the place and overcome tricks and traps as you make your way through this casual puzzle game.
Can of Wormholes - Players say: Guide a sentient tin can through grid-based worm puzzles, pushing and reshaping worms to uncover hidden ways to reach each goal. Players like: Clever Puzzle Design · Fresh Mechanic Discoveries · Satisfying Aha Moments ·
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Push, slice, ingest, flip, and squish worms in this puzzle game in which you play as a little sentient tin can.

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Mar 24, 2023
99% 👍
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Yugo Puzzle - Yugo Puzzle is a minimalist, relaxing, and satisfying puzzle game. Move jelly blocks left and right to merge them with the same color. It may sound simple, but it’s deceptively challenging. Enjoy the satisfaction of solving each puzzle.
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Oct 14, 2021
99% 👍
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Larcin Lazer - In this puzzle game combining action and stealth, your memory will be your best tool! Remember the location of the lasers, they disappear as soon as you move. Avoid deadly lasers with style, steal from the richest and save your cat 🐱 Prepare for a MEMORABLE heist
Cat Slide Tiles - Move the sliding tiles to unblock a path for the kitten to walk to the exit.
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Jun 6, 2021
99% 👍
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Feed All Monsters - Feed All Monsters is a cute and cozy Line Puzzle game. Assist a team of delivery workers in their quest to bring tasty food to all the little monsters. Find the optimal path for each worker in order to get all the monsters fed.
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Jun 22, 2023
98% 👍
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Maxwell's puzzling demon - "Thermodynamic" puzzle where Maxwell's demon does work of block-pushing. Deal those hot blocks with cold blocks so that the demon doesn't get burnt.
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Aug 29, 2024
98% 👍
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Puddle Knights - Protecting nobles from mud may look simple on the surface, but the intricate cape arranging puzzle mechanics ensure steadily increasing difficulty. Join the Knights on their quest to preserve dignity, and mindmuck is practically guaranteed! Playtime 10-35h.
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Mar 3, 2020
98% 👍
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Ukraine Defense Force Tactics - Turn-based strategy in which you lead a heroic defense of Ukraine under siege by the despicable Russian Z force. Outmaneuver an endless deluge of enemies using combined infantry-and-armor tactics to survive against all odds.

Top Rated

Defining examples of the genre, all rated 85%+ across 1,000+ reviews.

Save Room - Organization Puzzle - Players say: Arrange weapons, ammo, and supplies in a tight grid, combining or using items to solve 40 inventory puzzles. Players like: Inventory Puzzles · Resident Evil References · Relaxing Short Sessions ·
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When you enter a save room you know you are safe, no danger can come to you, you can relax. Take advantage of this short period of time to organize your inventory, heal your wounds and reload your weapons. Can you make all the items fit in your inventory?

Moonring - Players say: As a Dreamless in a land lit by five moons, explore Caldera, fight in turn-based battles, and choose a path among its gods. Players like: Open-World Discovery · Intriguing Worldbuilding · Retro Art and Music ·
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A dark-fantasy, turn-based, retro-fusion of classic turn-based RPGs and roguelikes, all presented with a unique neon aesthetic.

The Bard's Tale Trilogy - Players say: Build an adventuring party, explore grid-based dungeons, solve riddles, and carry your heroes through three turn-based fantasy RPGs. Players like: Classic RPG Nostalgia · Automapping Improvements · Dungeon Exploration ·
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The Bard's Tale Trilogy is a complete remaster of the iconic series that helped define the RPG genre. Featuring updated graphics and optional quality of life gameplay features, this is the ideal way to experience the dungeon crawling challenge that made the original games beloved classics.

Legend of Grimrock - Players say: Lead four exiled prisoners through a grid-based mountain dungeon, solving traps and puzzles while fighting monsters in real time. Players like: Puzzles and Secrets · Dungeon Exploration · Atmospheric Dungeons ·
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Use the Dungeon Editor to build entirely new adventures and challenges for other players to solve.

Lara Croft GO - Players say: Guide Lara through turn-based ruin puzzles, timing each move around creatures, traps, and ancient mechanisms. Players like: Satisfying Puzzle Design · Stylized Visuals · Relaxing Atmosphere ·
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Lara Croft GO is a turn based puzzle-adventure set in a long-forgotten world. Explore the ruins of an ancient civilization, discover well-kept secrets and face deadly challenges as you uncover the myth of the Queen of Venom.

Jupiter Hell - Players say: Fight through Jupiter’s hostile bases in a turn-based shooter where every move gives enemies a chance to strike. Players like: Fast Tactical Combat · Distinct Character Builds · Heavy Metal Atmosphere ·
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True Roguelike. Turn-based shooter. Permadeath. Tribute to the sci-fi classics of the Golden VHS era. Successor to DRL. Just you and your gun against hordes of horrors and monstrosities. Give them hell to the rhythm of heavy metal.

FIGHT KNIGHT - Players say: Climb a cursed tower as a fist-fighting knight, exploring grid-based floors, solving puzzles, and battling enemies in real time. Players like: Distinctive Combat · Retro Visual Style · Memorable Soundtrack ·
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FIGHT KNIGHT is a first-person dungeon-brawler! Grid-based dungeon crawling meets action-packed real time enemy encounters. Fight your way through puzzles and enemies to save those trapped in the Tower's eternal night!

Legend of Grimrock 2 - Players say: Shipwrecked prisoners explore a dangerous island in a grid-based dungeon RPG of puzzles, party building, and real-time combat. Players like: Puzzle-Driven Exploration · Secrets and Level Design · Old-School Crawling ·
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Legend of Grimrock 2 is a dungeon crawling role playing game with a modern execution but an oldschool heart. A group of four prisoners have shipwrecked on the secluded Isle of Nex. The island is filled with ancient crumbled ruins, mysterious shrines and a vast underground network of dungeons.

Avernum: Escape From the Pit - Players say: Banished to a monster-haunted underworld, lead a party through turn-based battles, quests, and a search for escape or revenge. Players like: Underground World · Exploration And Quests · Writing And Lore ·
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Avernum is a land underground, a subterranean nation full of rogues, misfits, and brigands, struggling for survival in the monster-infested darkness. Hunt for glory, treasure, and justice in the underworld. Fight for survival, freedom, and even vengeance in the epic indie cult-classic.

Dungeonmans - Players say: Lead turn-based adventurers through a monster-filled wilderness, mix combat skills, and grow an academy across successive heroes. Players like: Academy Carryover · Playful Humor · Flexible Builds ·
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Crush monsters and get loots in the classic turn-based style of deep dungeons and high adventure! Grow the Dungeonmans Academy, a bastion of learning that expands as you play. Serious gameplay with a light-hearted atmosphere, combining the feel of history's great RPGs and dice-slinging adventures around the tabletop.

Etrian Odyssey HD - Players say: Lead a custom five-person guild through a perilous, grid-based labyrinth, mapping its floors and fighting turn-based battles. Players like: Hands-On Mapping · Flexible Party Builds · Tactical Challenge ·
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Beyond the village of Etria lies a mysterious forest with a colossal crack opening to a puzzling labyrinth. Lead a team of explorers into the dungeon with the promise of riches, fame, and adventure!