Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Ordinary Puzzles
A minimalistic puzzle game inspired by Picross and Sudoku.
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Ordinary Puzzles launched in 2021; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
- 2KC
Hi, I wanted to share a simple game I wrote. It's a sliding pieces puzzle like many others. I have focused a lot on making the experience smooth and minimalistic and the levels being challenging in a way a sudoku or chess puzzles could be. I had no prior knowledge of game development and while it feels like someone competent could build this game in a week I spent over two years and hundreds of hours to bring this game to life. My journey went through: - thinking it will be a PC game - being overwhelmed by the amount of different game frameworks - hiring an indie dev to bootstrap the game in…
2023 · kuboble.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN! I'm the developer of rdx, a mildly popular ad-free, privacy and user friendly Reddit client. This time, I made something for a very specific use case: solving chess puzzles with no internet. Why? Well, my Wi-Fi is terrible in the bathroom—and that's where I do some of my best thinking. I tried printing out “mate in X” puzzles to solve offline, but they weren’t fun without interaction. So I built OffChess. OffChess is an iPhone/Android app that contains over 100,000 chess puzzles, fully offline and completely ad-free. You can solve puzzles by category (Mate in…
2025 · offchess.com · its alternatives →
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Hello HN, I've created a new Sudoku app for iOS and Android that prioritizes simplicity and privacy. It's free to download and use, and I'd be grateful for any feedback or suggestions. Features: > 4 difficulty levels, accessible at any time > No personal data collection of any kind > Clean, minimalistic design that focuses on the game > Takes up significantly less space than other popular apps (by a factor of about 10x) > Minimal use of advertisements I was frustrated by how many of the popular Sudoku apps feel excessively over-engineered, consume a lot of storage space and some that even…
2023 · its alternatives →
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Not Evil Sudoku▲125Clean, minimalist & joyful Sudoku app for iPhone and iPad
2023 · its alternatives →
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- 8AP
2015 · david-peter.de · its alternatives →
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- 11PA
2023 · puzzlemoji.com · its alternatives →
- 12IM
Source: https://github.com/alabhyajindal/sudoku/blob/main/index.html
2024 · sudoku-aj.netlify.app · its alternatives →
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- 15GT
2022 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Free Sudoku App with advanced levels and hints
2025 · sudokusmart.com · its alternatives →
- 17IB
It's like a mix between Picross (Nonograms) and Polyominoes. It's a minimalist puzzler which has no text, no tutorials (none required) and no ads set in a relaxing environment. App Store: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/shapeuku-shape-puzzle-game/i... Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dtbgames.s... I have a bulk load of Android promo codes to give away, so if you'd like one let me know! (Sorry iOS users, I have no free codes left!)
2018 · its alternatives →
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I posted a version of this over a year ago but decided to rebuild it recently. Bored Spreadsheet is a collection of quick and easy games that look like a spreadsheet from a distance. I have tightened the app to be a collection of 6 games: Minesweeper, 2048, solitaire, sudoku, a market trading game and a daily reconciliation puzzle where the player must find bad data in a fake table. The games are free to play but sign up is required to submit your scores to the leaderboard. As was the original intention over a year ago, I hope this proves useful to those office workers who have a lot of…
Jun 2026 · boredspreadsheet.com · its alternatives →
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2017 · skiplit.com · its alternatives →
- 20SP
2018 · pecumo.com · its alternatives →
- 21IB
Hi, I built Equatile, a logic-based puzzle game where you arrange number tiles on a grid to make every row and column equal their target values. It's built using Expo and is available for free on iOS, Android, and the Web. It's a game I've had in mind for almost 10 years now but never got to actually develop, until I came across Expo which made the process incredibly easy. I might open source the code on GitHub. I hope you enjoy playing it!
2025 · equatile.com · its alternatives →
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Discover modern art by solving sudoku puzzles
2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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An "app" to play Sudoku on your Kindle. Includes 150 puzzles
2024 · its alternatives →
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