Computed from player tags · Not ranked by quality
24 games like Zuma (2026)
Every game below overlaps with Zuma 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: Peggle, which both strategy, puzzle, relaxing and difficult.
- Zuma is tagged Match 3, Puzzle, Arcade, 2D, Strategy, Funny, Casual, Cute 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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Peggle
Why it matched: both strategy, puzzle, relaxing and difficult; shares 11 player tags including Casual, Puzzle and Arcade; released around the same time (2007).
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 CasualPuzzleArcadeAddictive2DPhysicsFamily FriendlyClassic
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World of Goo
Why it matched: both strategy, puzzle, relaxing and difficult; shares 11 player tags including Puzzle, Indie and Physics.
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 PuzzleIndiePhysicsCasual2DCuteFunnyClassic
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Bejeweled 3
Why it matched: both strategy, puzzle and relaxing; shares 11 player tags including Puzzle, Casual and Match 3; published by the same company.
The biggest, brightest Bejeweled ever! Discover all-new ways to play the world’s #1 puzzle game. Find your perfect match with 8 breathtaking game modes that meet all your moods.
Bejeweled 3 at a glance Released 2010 Studio PopCap Games, Inc. Player sentiment 96% positive of 8,122 Price $4.99 PuzzleCasualMatch 3StrategyAddictiveClassicColorfulFamily Friendly
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Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
Why it matched: both strategy, puzzle and relaxing; shares 10 player tags including Strategy, Casual and Classic; published by the same company.
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 StrategyCasualClassic2DFamily FriendlyFunnyPuzzleAddictive
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Baba Is You
Why it matched: both strategy, puzzle, relaxing and difficult; shares 9 player tags including Puzzle, Indie and Difficult.
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!
Baba Is You at a glance Released 2019 Studio Hempuli Oy Player sentiment 98% positive of 24,536 Price $14.99 PuzzleIndieDifficultCute2DCasualRetroStrategy
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Papers, Please
Why it matched: both strategy, puzzle, relaxing and difficult; shares 9 player tags including Indie, Puzzle and Retro.
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 IndiePuzzleRetro2DAddictiveStrategyReplay ValueCasual
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Defy Gravity Extended
Why it matched: both puzzle, relaxing and difficult; shares 10 player tags including Indie, Puzzle and 2D.
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 IndiePuzzle2DDifficultCasualPhysicsRetroArcade
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Mini Metro
Why it matched: both strategy, puzzle, relaxing and difficult; shares 8 player tags including Strategy, Puzzle and Indie.
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 StrategyPuzzleIndieCasual2DDifficultAddictiveReplay Value
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Super Hexagon
Why it matched: both puzzle, relaxing and difficult; shares 9 player tags including Difficult, Indie and Arcade.
Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.
Super Hexagon at a glance Released 2012 Studio Terry Cavanagh Player sentiment 97% positive of 25,111 Price $2.99 DifficultIndieArcadeAddictive2DColorfulCasualReplay Value
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Scribblenauts Unlimited
Why it matched: both strategy, puzzle and relaxing; shares 9 player tags including Puzzle, Casual and Family Friendly.
The best-selling, award-winning franchise is back – on your home PC in gorgeous HD for the first time.
Scribblenauts Unlimited at a glance Released 2012 Studio 5th Cell Media Player sentiment 94% positive of 12,381 Price $19.99 PuzzleCasualFamily Friendly2DFunnyCuteStrategyReplay Value
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Geometry Dash
Why it matched: both strategy, relaxing and difficult; shares 9 player tags including Difficult, 2D and Colorful.
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 Difficult2DColorfulIndieArcadeFamily FriendlyFunnyCasual
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Braid
Why it matched: both 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 PuzzleIndie2DDifficultCasualClassicStrategy
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Poly Bridge
Why it matched: both strategy, puzzle and difficult; shares 9 player tags including Physics, Puzzle and Difficult.
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 PhysicsPuzzleDifficultIndieFunnyFamily FriendlyColorfulCute
- 14
Puyo PuyoTetris
Why it matched: both puzzle, relaxing and difficult; shares 9 player tags including Puzzle, Casual and Cute.
Two puzzle game juggernauts collide as global phenomenon Tetris® and SEGA’s famous Puyo Puyo™ combine in a super mash-up of ferocious competition, adorable looks, and addictive puzzle fun!
Puyo PuyoTetris at a glance Released 2018 Studio Sonic Team Player sentiment 85% positive of 5,571 Price $19.99 PuzzleCasualCuteColorfulArcade2DClassicDifficult
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Reus
Why it matched: both strategy, puzzle and relaxing; shares 9 player tags including Strategy, Indie and Casual.
In Reus, you control powerful giants to shape the planet to your will. You can create mountains, oceans, forests and more. Enrich your planet with plants, minerals and animal life. There is only one thing on the planet that you do not control: mankind, with all their virtues and and all their vices.
Reus at a glance Released 2013 Studio Abbey Games Player sentiment 78% positive of 5,991 Price $9.99 StrategyIndieCasualPuzzle2DReplay ValueAddictiveFamily Friendly
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Neighbours from Hell
Why it matched: both strategy, puzzle and relaxing; shares 8 player tags including Casual, Classic and Funny; released around the same time (2003).
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 CasualClassicFunnyPuzzleStrategy2DArcadeIndie
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Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes
Why it matched: both strategy, puzzle, relaxing and difficult; shares 7 player tags including Puzzle, Casual and Indie.
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 PuzzleCasualIndieDifficultFamily FriendlyFunnyStrategy
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Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle
Why it matched: both strategy, puzzle, relaxing and difficult; shares 7 player tags including Puzzle, Casual and Strategy.
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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SpaceChem
Why it matched: both strategy, puzzle, relaxing and difficult; shares 7 player tags including Puzzle, Difficult and Indie.
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 PuzzleDifficultIndie2DCasualAddictiveStrategy
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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.
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 IndieStrategyPuzzleMatch 3FunnyDifficultCasual
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Ikaruga
Why it matched: both puzzle and difficult; shares 9 player tags including Arcade, Classic and Shooter; released around the same time (2001).
Shoot! Dodge! and... Get Hit!? "Ikaruga" is a vertical shoot 'em up that features an unique polarity-switching gameplay. Switch the ship's polarity and "get hit and absorb" enemy bullets! Achieve High Score with the chain bonus!
Ikaruga at a glance Released 2001 Studio Treasure Player sentiment 95% positive of 2,364 Price $9.99 ArcadeClassicShooterDifficultIndieAddictive2DRetro
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Bloons TD 6
Why it matched: both strategy, relaxing and difficult; shares 8 player tags including Strategy, Family Friendly and Casual.
The Bloons are back and better than ever! Get ready for a massive 3D tower defense game designed to give you hours and hours of the best strategy gaming available.
Bloons TD 6 at a glance Released 2018 Studio Ninja Kiwi Player sentiment 97% positive of 394,354 Price $13.99 StrategyFamily FriendlyCasual2DDifficultCuteFunnyAddictive
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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 CuteStrategyIndieCasualFunny2DDifficultFamily Friendly
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PICO PARK
Why it matched: both puzzle, relaxing and difficult; shares 8 player tags including Casual, Cute and 2D.
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 CasualCute2DFunnyPuzzleIndieDifficultRetro
Common questions
What game is most like Zuma?
Peggle, on the evidence we have. It both 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 Zuma" 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 Zuma. 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.