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2013 PC 6.89 € 89 % positive Very positive, 74 reviews on Steam

A tough engineering puzzle where you build networks of conveyors and devices so colored boxes reach the right destinations in the correct order. Suited to fans of SpaceChem and Manufactoria.

What defines Great Permutator:

  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Challenging difficulty

The closest matches for Great Permutator are Bomb Defense, Tametsi and Globesweeper. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Great Permutator special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Bomb Defense

96 %

2017 PC 4.50 €

  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Challenging difficulty
  • Gameplay comes before story

A tower defense game blended with puzzle elements, where you place traps, bombs, turrets and walls in clever spots to stop enemy waves. It is demanding and rewards careful planning.

Tametsi

Puzzles and brain teasers

Tametsi is a pure logic puzzler in the Minesweeper tradition: you deduce where mines lie from numerical clues on varied tile shapes and special rule twists, with no guessing required. The puzzles grow steadily tougher and reward patient, focused thinking.

Globesweeper

Puzzles and brain teasers

A Minesweeper-style logic puzzle played on globes made of hexagonal, square or triangular tiles. Games range from one-minute rounds to hour-long marathons.

Shenzhen I/O

Linear, curated structure

A Zachtronics programming puzzler where you build circuits and write code in a compact assembly language. The authentic-feeling manual and demanding optimization challenges make it a true tinkerer's test.

DeadLock

Bright, upbeat tone

A small indie logic game about linking processors with the resources they need in the right order to avoid deadlocks. As tasks pile up and new resource types appear, efficient scheduling becomes a real brain-teaser.

Turing Complete

Puzzles and brain teasers

You build a computer from the ground up, from basic logic gates to your own CPU and assembly programming. A cleverly structured puzzle game that teaches computing one layer of abstraction at a time.

WN

Puzzles and brain teasers

A minimalist indie puzzle game with a deliberately incomprehensible interface and no instructions. You have to work out its three puzzles through experimentation.

Chip's Challenge 2

Puzzles and brain teasers

A tough grid-based puzzler where Chip and Melinda work through many levels packed with monsters, hazards and tricky mechanics. This sequel to the classic rewards careful planning and experimentation.

2048

Bright, upbeat tone

A minimalist sliding-tile puzzle where you merge matching numbered tiles on a 4x4 grid until you reach 2048. The rules are instantly clear, but careful planning makes it addictive and surprisingly deep.

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