Games like Baba Is You

4.6average player rating•5 games

Baba Is You’s pull is rule-breaking through movable words: push nouns and verbs to rewrite what counts as you, walls, win, or stop. These picks share that click of systemic insight — recursion, grid-tight pushes, or literal programming that rewards lateral leaps.

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Games5

Avg. Metacritic89

Avg. player rating4.6/5

Avg. playtime3h

Main genreIndie

Released2015–2022

What these games share

The genres these 5 picks have in common, straight from their store data.

Indie5 of 5
Adventure2 of 5

The picks

Ranked by player rating, Metacritic breaks ties.

1
Patrick's Parabox
CasualIndieStrategy
Nested boxes turn space into rules — push containers to rewrite what's inside and out.
5.0/5Player ratingView game
2
Recursed
AdventureIndie
Ducking into chests rewires state — carry objects through subrooms to create paradoxes and solutions.
4.8/5Player ratingView game
3
TIS-100
IndieSimulation
Hand-built instruction chains — rearrange minimal commands until the machine ticks the exact condition you need.
4.8/5Player ratingView game
4
Stephen's Sausage Roll
Indie
Grid-tight pushing where every step sticks — plan ahead or trap yourself in irreversible states.
4.2/5Player ratingMC90View game
5
The Witness
AdventureIndiePuzzle
Rule discovery as the whole game — deduce hidden constraints, then apply them across puzzles with escalating twists.
4.0/5Player ratingMC87View game