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Games like Inside the Gear

2014PC1.99 €

You're trapped inside a huge rusty machine, solving physics puzzles with gears, planks and cubes. Your goal is to get the wheel onto the platform, which is easier said than done.

  • Puzzles and brain teasers

The closest matches for Inside the Gear are Microsoft Minesweeper, Temple of Xiala and Pictopix. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Inside the Gear special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Microsoft Minesweeper

93 %Match

1990PC

  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Gameplay comes before story
  • Linear, curated structure

The classic Windows logic puzzler: you uncover squares on a grid and deduce from the numbers where hidden mines lie. Simple rules, quick rounds, and a bit of tension with every risky click.

Temple of Xiala

Puzzles and brain teasers

In this puzzle game you control gravity and guide boulders into the right slots to clear your path to the next level. A compact, brain-teasing experience built around a single clever mechanic.

Pictopix

Puzzles and brain teasers

Pictopix is a nonogram-style logic puzzler where you color grid squares to reveal hidden pictures. Starting with small boards and growing to large ones, it offers many calm hours of solving.

Ping 1.5+

Puzzles and brain teasers

An arcade-style puzzle game where you launch a cube through over 100 stages to reach the orange goal. Short, tricky levels that are easy to pick up.

Three Digits

Puzzles and brain teasers

You receive 14 numbers below 1000 and must find two subsets that share the same sum. A minimalist number puzzle that gets trickier with every round and can keep you busy for a long time.

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.

Zup! Zero 2

Puzzles and brain teasers

A minimalist physics puzzle game where you use well-placed explosions to get blocks to their goal. Short, clever levels with a simple presentation.

Hexcells Infinite

Puzzles and brain teasers

A minimalist, calm logic puzzle on hex grids where you uncover cells purely through deduction. With 36 handcrafted puzzles plus a random generator, it offers nearly endless puzzling.

Hexcells

Puzzles and brain teasers

A calm Minesweeper-style logic puzzler where you clear hexagonal cells purely through deduction, with no guessing or time pressure. Minimalist visuals and soothing music give it a meditative feel.

Rooms: The Main Building

Puzzles and brain teasers

A sliding-puzzle game where you shift rooms around like tiles to connect doorways and find a path out. Objects inside the rooms add extra twists to its 100 puzzles.

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