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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 Pictopix, Microsoft Minesweeper and Ping 1.5+. 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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Pictopix

93 %Match

2017PCSteam Deck playable96 % positive6.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Inside the Gear: puzzles to figure out, gameplay over story and a clearly guided structure.

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.

Microsoft Minesweeper

Puzzles and brain teasers

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.

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.

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.

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.

Pixplode

Puzzles and brain teasers

A puzzle game with over 40 levels where shifting your view of a 3D level reveals solutions to seemingly impossible 2D-physics puzzles.

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.

Wordle

Puzzles and brain teasers

A minimalist word-guessing game where you have six tries to find a hidden five-letter word using color-coded clues. The short daily puzzle is easy to pick up and fun to compare with friends.

Two Dots

Puzzles and brain teasers

Two Dots is a minimalist puzzle game where you connect same-colored dots with chains to clear each level. Its simple rules and colorful design make it a relaxed mental break you can pick up anytime.

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.

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