Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Shatterbrain
Challenging Physics Puzzles
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Shatterbrain launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
- 1PP
Hello, HN - I wanted to share this puzzle game I made during my vacation. I'm rather fond of the pipes puzzle where your goal is to restore a scrambled network of connections by rotating tiles. It's usually played on a grid of squares and this all started when I decided to make a programmatic solver for that kind of puzzle. Then I realized that with some minor changes the solver could generate new puzzle instances. I thought about what kind of puzzle to make and someone suggested a hexagonal grid. Adapting the generator wasn't too hard but then I had to create a way to play this variant. So…
2022 · hexapipes.vercel.app · its alternatives →
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Tough puzzles, riddles and trivia for your brain
2018 · its alternatives →
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- 6IM
2024 · vidzert.com · its alternatives →
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- 8IW
I’ve been working on a puzzle game for a few years as a side project. The game is based on a small region of tiles in a grid that is mirrored, modified, and mirrored again. It’s based on a novel phenomenon I noticed where, once these mutations happen a few times, the original region can be hard to recognize. You have a feeling there are symmetries in the image, but they are just out of grasp. Going further, if only part of the region is visible, such as mirroring off the edge of the board, it adds to the feeling and it becomes a satisfying puzzle to solve. I originally published this on the…
2024 · hidden-mirrors.com · its alternatives →
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Blast the Blocks, Train Your Brain!
Nov 2025 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
- 11IM
I've been playing with this for quite some time and I think it's finally ready for public consumption. All feedback welcome.
2025 · madmonk13.github.io · its alternatives →
- 12
Block Puzzle! Drive into Relaxation with every Color Blast!
2024 · its alternatives →
- 13
Relax Your Mind, Challenge Your Brain
Feb 2026 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
- 14
Fun & Brain-Teasing Challenges with Fruits!
2024 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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Tricky and challenging brain training one line puzzle
2018 · its alternatives →
- 19
Satisfying physics puzzle — aim, fire, shatter blocs!
Mar 2026 · bounceandshatter.nort.de · its alternatives →
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Free brain games and bite-sized learning for curious minds.
Jan 2026 · thesofos.com · its alternatives →
- 21AM
2022 · mathgrams.com · its alternatives →
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- 24AP
2016 · treksit.com · its alternatives →
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