Computed from player tags · Not ranked by quality
24 games like Baba Is You (2026)
Every game below overlaps with Baba Is You on things players said about it rather than on our opinion of what feels alike. Each entry shows what it matched on, so you can throw out the ones matching on the part you did not care about.
The short version
- Closest match: World of Goo, which both atmospheric, strategy, puzzle, relaxing and difficult.
- Baba Is You is tagged Puzzle, Indie, Difficult, Singleplayer, Logic, Pixel Graphics, Cute, Programming by Steam players. Those tags are what the matching runs on.
- 24 games qualify, each with at least fifty player reviews behind its sentiment figure.
How these were matched
Steam tags carry the most weight, because players apply them and they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Souls-like, Atmospheric and Cozy exist as tags and as nothing else, which is exactly the vocabulary this question needs. Formal genres count for less, themes and a shared studio for more.
Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are thrown out before matching. Nearly everything is tagged Singleplayer, so matching on it is matching on nothing. That cutoff is computed from the catalogue rather than fixed, so it moves as the catalogue grows.
All 24, closest first
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World of Goo
Why it matched: both atmospheric, strategy, puzzle, relaxing and difficult; shares 10 player tags including Puzzle, Indie and Great Soundtrack.
World of Goo is a multiple award winning physics based puzzle / construction game made entirely by two guys.
World of Goo at a glance Released 2008 Studio 2D Boy Player sentiment 94% positive of 6,589 Price $14.99 PuzzleIndieGreat SoundtrackCasual2DCuteFunnySurreal
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Papers, Please
Why it matched: both atmospheric, strategy, puzzle, relaxing and difficult; shares 9 player tags including Indie, Pixel Graphics and Puzzle.
Congratulations. The October labor lottery is complete. Your name was pulled. For immediate placement, report to the Ministry of Admission at Grestin Border Checkpoint. An apartment will be provided for you and your family in East Grestin. Expect a Class-8 dwelling.
Papers, Please at a glance Released 2013 Studio Lucas Pope Player sentiment 97% positive of 80,337 Price $9.99 IndiePixel GraphicsPuzzleRetro2DGreat SoundtrackStrategyCasual
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Mini Metro
Why it matched: both strategy, puzzle, relaxing and difficult; shares 9 player tags including Strategy, Puzzle and Minimalist; released around the same time (2015).
Mini Metro is a strategy simulation game about designing a subway map for a growing city. Draw lines between stations and start your trains running. As new stations open, redraw your lines to keep them efficient. Decide where to use your limited resources. How long can you keep the city moving?
Mini Metro at a glance Released 2015 Studio Dinosaur Polo Club Player sentiment 96% positive of 16,729 Price $9.99 StrategyPuzzleMinimalistIndieCasual2DDifficultGreat Soundtrack
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Titan Souls
Why it matched: both atmospheric, strategy, puzzle and difficult; shares 9 player tags including Pixel Graphics, Difficult and Indie; released around the same time (2015).
Between our world and the world beyond lie the Titan Souls, the spiritual source of all living things. Scattered amongst the ruins and guarded by the idle titans charged with their care, a solitary hero armed with a single arrow is assembling shards of the Titan Soul in a quest for truth and power.
Titan Souls at a glance Released 2015 Studio Acid Nerve Player sentiment 79% positive of 13,818 Price $14.99 Pixel GraphicsDifficultIndieGreat Soundtrack2DTop-DownRetroPuzzle
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Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle
Why it matched: both atmospheric, strategy, puzzle, relaxing and difficult; shares 7 player tags including Puzzle, Casual and Strategy; released around the same time (2018).
Help legendary horror icon Jason Voorhees stalk and slay campers across 100+ puzzle levels in a hilariously off kilter puzzle game. Jason will terrorize victims from the campgrounds of Crystal Lake to the highrises of Manhattan, from supermax prisons to space stations... and beyond!
Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle at a glance Released 2018 Studio Blue Wizard Digital Player sentiment 94% positive of 6,080 Price Not listed PuzzleCasualStrategyIndieFunnyDifficultCute
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Zuma
Why it matched: both strategy, puzzle, relaxing and difficult; shares 9 player tags including Puzzle, 2D and Strategy.
Deep in the jungle lie hidden temples bursting with traps and trickery, and it's up to you to uncover their treasures. Fire magical balls from your stone frog idol to make matches of three or more and clear the deadly chain before it reaches the golden skull.
Zuma at a glance Released 2003 Studio Oberon Media Player sentiment 96% positive of 6,806 Price $4.99 Puzzle2DStrategyFunnyCasualCuteRetroIndie
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SpaceChem
Why it matched: both strategy, puzzle, relaxing and difficult; shares 9 player tags including Puzzle, Difficult and Programming.
Zachtronics is back with an ambitious new design-based puzzle game. Take on the role of a Reactor Engineer working for SpaceChem, the leading chemical synthesizer for frontier colonies. Construct elaborate factories to transform raw materials into valuable chemical products!
SpaceChem at a glance Released 2011 Studio Zachtronics Player sentiment 92% positive of 5,085 Price $9.99 PuzzleDifficultProgrammingIndieLogicGreat Soundtrack2DCasual
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Braid
Why it matched: both atmospheric, strategy, puzzle, relaxing and difficult; shares 7 player tags including Puzzle, Indie and 2D.
This is the original version of Braid from 2009, which may not work well on newer systems. For an updated version of the game with nicer graphics, more levels and a large amount of developer commentary, see Braid, Anniversary Edition.
Braid at a glance Released 2008 Studio Jonathan Blow Player sentiment 93% positive of 9,957 Price $14.99 PuzzleIndie2DGreat SoundtrackDifficultCasualStrategy
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FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S: HELP WANTED
Why it matched: both atmospheric, strategy, puzzle, relaxing and difficult; shares 6 player tags including Casual, Difficult and Puzzle; released around the same time (2019).
Five Nights at Freddy’s: Help Wanted is a collection of classic and original mini-games set in the Five Nights universe. Experience the horror in flat (non-VR) mode or VR. Oculus Rift and HTC Vive are supported. A VR Headset is NOT required to play.
FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S: HELP WANTED at a glance Released 2019 Studio Steel Wool Studios Player sentiment 96% positive of 13,118 Price $29.99 CasualDifficultPuzzleIndieStrategyFunny
- 10
PICO PARK
Why it matched: both puzzle, relaxing and difficult; shares 9 player tags including Casual, Cute and 2D; released around the same time (2021).
PICO PARK is a cooperative local/online multiplay action puzzle game for 2-8 players.
PICO PARK at a glance Released 2021 Studio TECOPARK Player sentiment 91% positive of 29,932 Price $4.99 CasualCute2DFunnyPixel GraphicsPuzzleIndieDifficult
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The Legend of Bum-Bo
Why it matched: both strategy, puzzle, relaxing and difficult; shares 7 player tags including Indie, Strategy and Puzzle; released around the same time (2019).
A puzzle based deck building rogue-like prequel to The Binding of Isaac... Made of cardboard!
The Legend of Bum-Bo at a glance Released 2019 Studio Edmund McMillen Player sentiment 81% positive of 5,934 Price $14.99 IndieStrategyPuzzleGreat SoundtrackFunnyDifficultCasual
- 12
OneShot
Why it matched: both atmospheric, puzzle and relaxing; shares 8 player tags including Pixel Graphics, Indie and Great Soundtrack; released around the same time (2016).
OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.
OneShot at a glance Released 2016 Studio Future Cat LLC Player sentiment 98% positive of 64,849 Price $9.99 Pixel GraphicsIndieGreat SoundtrackCutePuzzle2DSurrealCasual
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Poly Bridge
Why it matched: both strategy, puzzle and difficult; shares 8 player tags including Puzzle, Difficult and Indie; released around the same time (2016).
Unleash your engineering creativity with an engaging and fresh bridge-building simulator with all the bells and whistles. Enjoy hours of physics-based puzzle solving in the Campaign and then jump in the Sandbox to create your own bridge designs and puzzles!
Poly Bridge at a glance Released 2016 Studio Dry Cactus Player sentiment 91% positive of 18,905 Price $9.99 PuzzleDifficultIndieFunnyLevel EditorGreat SoundtrackCuteStrategy
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The Escapists
Why it matched: both strategy, puzzle and difficult; shares 8 player tags including Pixel Graphics, Strategy and 2D; released around the same time (2015).
The Escapists provides players the opportunity of experiencing a light-hearted insight into everyday prison life with the main objective being that of escaping!
The Escapists at a glance Released 2015 Studio Mouldy Toof Studios Player sentiment 90% positive of 16,194 Price $3.59 Pixel GraphicsStrategy2DIndieDifficultPuzzleTop-DownFunny
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Neighbours from Hell
Why it matched: both atmospheric, strategy, puzzle and relaxing; shares 7 player tags including Casual, Funny and Puzzle.
INTRODUCING THE GAME OF NEIGHBOURHOOD NASTINESS AND COMMUNITY COMMOTION! Living next door to you is a real Neighbour From Hell and it's now time to have your revenge! This compilation includes the original Neighbours From Hell and it's sequel Neighbours from Hell 2: On Vacation.
Neighbours from Hell at a glance Released 2003 Studio JoWooD Entertainment Player sentiment 98% positive of 3,150 Price Not listed CasualFunnyPuzzleStrategyGreat Soundtrack2DIndie
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Peggle
Why it matched: both strategy, puzzle, relaxing and difficult; shares 7 player tags including Casual, Puzzle and 2D.
Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.
Peggle at a glance Released 2007 Studio Not recorded Player sentiment 98% positive of 14,434 Price $4.99 CasualPuzzle2DFunnyStrategyDifficultGreat Soundtrack
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Defy Gravity Extended
Why it matched: both puzzle, relaxing and difficult; shares 8 player tags including Indie, Puzzle and 2D; released around the same time (2016).
Defy Gravity is an action platformer that is a mix between classic platforming and gravity based puzzle solving.
Defy Gravity Extended at a glance Released 2016 Studio Paul Fisch Player sentiment 86% positive of 8,531 Price $0.55 IndiePuzzle2DDifficultCasualGreat SoundtrackRetroFunny
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Limbo
Why it matched: both atmospheric, puzzle, relaxing and difficult; shares 7 player tags including Indie, Puzzle and 2D.
Uncertain of his sister's fate, a boy enters LIMBO
Limbo at a glance Released 2010 Studio Playdead Player sentiment 92% positive of 62,016 Price $12.49 IndiePuzzle2DSurrealDifficultMinimalistCasual
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Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes
Why it matched: both strategy, puzzle, relaxing and difficult; shares 6 player tags including Puzzle, Casual and Indie; released around the same time (2015).
Find yourself trapped alone in a room with a ticking time bomb. Your friends have the manual to defuse it, but they can't see the bomb, so you're going to have to talk it out – fast!
Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes at a glance Released 2015 Studio Steel Crate Games Player sentiment 97% positive of 17,112 Price $14.99 PuzzleCasualIndieDifficultFunnyStrategy
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Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
Why it matched: both strategy, puzzle and relaxing; shares 8 player tags including Strategy, Casual and Great Soundtrack.
Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition at a glance Released 2009 Studio PopCap Games, Inc. Player sentiment 98% positive of 155,468 Price $4.99 StrategyCasualGreat Soundtrack2DFunnyPuzzleCuteIndie
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The Witness
Why it matched: both atmospheric, puzzle, relaxing and difficult; shares 6 player tags including Puzzle, Indie and Difficult; released around the same time (2016).
You wake up, alone, on a strange island full of puzzles that will challenge and surprise you.
The Witness at a glance Released 2016 Studio Thekla, Inc. Player sentiment 84% positive of 21,324 Price $39.99 PuzzleIndieDifficultSurrealCasualGreat Soundtrack
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Geometry Dash
Why it matched: both strategy, relaxing and difficult; shares 8 player tags including Difficult, Level Editor and Great Soundtrack.
Jump and fly your way through danger in this rhythm-based action platformer!
Geometry Dash at a glance Released 2013 Studio RobTop Games Player sentiment 93% positive of 637,714 Price $4.99 DifficultLevel EditorGreat Soundtrack2DIndieFunnyCasualStrategy
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Fez
Why it matched: both atmospheric, puzzle and relaxing; shares 8 player tags including Indie, Puzzle and Pixel Graphics.
Gomez is a 2D creature living in a 2D world. Or is he? When the existence of a mysterious 3rd dimension is revealed to him, Gomez is sent out on a journey that will take him to the very end of time and space. Use your ability to navigate 3D structures from 4 distinct classic 2D perspectives.
Fez at a glance Released 2012 Studio Polytron Corporation Player sentiment 93% positive of 16,237 Price $9.99 IndiePuzzlePixel GraphicsGreat SoundtrackCasual2DCuteRetro
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100% Orange Juice
Why it matched: both strategy, relaxing and difficult; shares 8 player tags including Cute, Strategy and Indie.
100% Orange Juice is a digital multiplayer board game populated by developer Orange Juice's all-star cast. Characters from Flying Red Barrel, QP Shooting, Suguri and Sora come together with all-new characters to duke it out... with dice.
100% Orange Juice at a glance Released 2014 Studio Orange_Juice Player sentiment 91% positive of 30,159 Price $6.99 CuteStrategyIndieCasualFunnyGreat Soundtrack2DDifficult
Common questions
What game is most like Baba Is You?
World of Goo, on the evidence we have. It both atmospheric, strategy, puzzle, relaxing and difficult. That is a statement about overlap, not a promise you will like it as much: two games can share every tag and still feel different to play.
How is "similar to Baba Is You" decided?
By overlap on the tags Steam players applied to each game, the formal genres, the themes both sit in, and whether the same studio made them. Tags carry the most weight because players write them, so they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are ignored: matching on "Singleplayer" is matching on nothing. Every entry below shows exactly what it matched on.
Are these ranked by quality?
No. They are ordered by how much they overlap with Baba Is You. Where two games overlap equally, the better received one goes first, but that only moves a game a place or two. Each entry shows its own player sentiment so you can weigh that separately.
Do you get paid for these recommendations?
No. The order is computed from tag and genre overlap and nothing else. No placement here can be bought, and a game appearing high on this page is a statement about resemblance rather than an endorsement.