The Minimalist Zone
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Recent releases that landed well, newest first, filtered to games with enough reviews to trust the score.
no fox season - One rainy day you come home from the store and find a wounded fox on the road. In spite of your strict parents who forbid you to have pets, you decide to take her in.
Jul 24, 2026
Three Kingdoms : Alias - A world where officers hide their names and abilities. Can you spot Zhuge Liang? A hardcore turn-based strategy simulation for true Three Kingdoms devotees.
Jul 13, 2026
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.
Jul 13, 2026
Esports Manager 2026 - Build and lead your own professional esports organization. Scout players, manage contracts, develop talent, hire staff, grow your brand, and compete for championship titles in a deep and realistic management simulation.
Jul 6, 2026
Idle Chapel - A dark-fantasy incremental game about confronting a rising cult. Seek out worshipers who turned to darker gods and smite them back to the light. Harness their devotion to grow stronger and purge the land of evil - one click at a time.
Jun 22, 2026
D.O.T. Defence - Welcome to the frontlines! Build towers, muster armies, and conquer the map. Challenge yourself in the single-player campaign following the Chroma Wars, survive relentless waves in solo defense, or battle it out in local matches against friends and AI bots. Victory comes with the last HQ standing!
Jun 11, 2026
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Wordle 3 - Wordle 3 is the ultimate word game with more challenges, power-ups, and levels than ever before. Improve your vocabulary and spelling skills while having fun with an addictive and educational word puzzle adventure.
Oct 6, 2020
Gravity Field - Gravity Field is a spatial-logic puzzle game with time inverted objects, with no top or bottom.
Feb 22, 2023
Wordle - Wordle is a fun word puzzle game where you guess a hidden word within a few tries. Each guess gives clues about letter placement. Enjoy daily challenges, sharpen your skills, and track your progress in this simple and engaging game.
Apr 12, 2021
CPU Invaders - Invaders are living inside your computer. You shouldn't let that happen! Interact with your desktop while playing, watch Youtube videos, chat with your friends and more! CPU Invaders overlaps the game itself with your computer screen.
Feb 17, 2017
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.
Nov 13, 2018
PANELKI - A utility worker earns for a ticket to leave the endless Siberian city of panel houses. Permafrost, day/night cycle, dynamic weather and open world. Feel the atmosphere of the northern city, having been in the role of a handyman. Now with multiplayer!
Mar 4, 2022
THE IMPOSSIBLE - THE IMPOSSIBLE is a minimal perspective illusion puzzle game. You control a small square in the IMPOSSIBLE world and remember: nothing is IMPOSSIBLE.
Jul 24, 2020
Cyber Hook - Speed through a gorgeous retrowave world using parkour skills and a grappling hook to scale and ride walls in this fast-paced, 3D platformer. Blast enemies, manipulate time and abuse physics to avoid falling to your death.
Sep 24, 2020
Hitman GO: Definitive Edition - Hitman GO is a simple to play, but difficult to master turn-based strategy game set in a stunning interpretation of the Hitman universe.
Feb 23, 2016
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.
May 1, 2019
The Unfinished Swan - From the creators of What Remains of Edith Finch. Enter the surreal world of The Unfinished Swan and explore a mysterious, hidden kingdom by splatting paint to reveal the world around you.
Sep 10, 2020
Please, Touch The Artwork - A cozy puzzler with story. Recreate paintings by applying lines & colors in a specific order. Explore beautiful mazes & collect letters of a poem. Help two sweethearts find a path towards each other. Three games in one. Hints when stuck. 160+ paintings, 3~4 hours, set to a chill soundtrack.
Jan 26, 2022
Top Rated
Defining examples of the genre, all rated 85%+ across 1,000+ reviews.
MAHOUTEQ! - A story about an unemployed girl named Luna, who wanted to buy her favorite figure so much that she had to get a job.
Sep 12, 2025
Travellin Cats in Paris - Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!
Jul 16, 2023
Travellin Cats in Jingle Jam - Find 200 cats hidden around a festive holiday village and a winter wonderland in this FREE hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator! Can you find them all?
Dec 1, 2023
20 Small Mazes - This is a puzzle game with twenty small mazes. They're good mazes, though.
Feb 16, 2024
Patrick's Parabox - A mind-bending recursive puzzle game about boxes within boxes within boxes within boxes. Learn to use infinity to your advantage as you explore a deep and elegant system.
Mar 29, 2022
Purrgatory - A slice-of-death visual novel about making friends, cracking cat puns, and waiting for eternity to pass.
Aug 22, 2021
A Castle Full of Cats - A Castle Full of Cats is a catvania hidden object game where you need to find all the cursed cats in the castle. Save each and every cat and unleash the power of love! ♡
Nov 9, 2022
A Building Full of Cats - A Building Full of Cats is a hidden object game where you need to pet all the cats in the building. Don't leave any cats behind!
Jul 7, 2022
Moonleap - Explore a world full of mysteries that transform with each jump! Moonleap is a game about a moon boy on his journey to recover shooting stars. Change day to night with your jump and catch all the stars in this challenging puzzle-platformer!
Apr 11, 2023
Linelith - Solve puzzles embedded in rocks and crystals as you explore a colorful, serene alien asteroid. Discover a few clever twists as you progress in this short and sweet puzzle experience.
May 19, 2022
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!
Mar 13, 2019
