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Blocks That Matter

Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360 • 2011

Should you play it?

When indie game developers Alexey and Markus are in trouble, their only hope comes from their creation.

What works

  • Engaging and clever puzzles
  • Charming art and music
  • Good difficulty curve
  • Level editor and community content
  • Excellent value for price

Things to keep in mind

  • Lack of undo feature causing frustration
  • Some difficult platforming sections
  • Restarting levels on failure can be tedious
  • Simple story and graphics
  • Controller support issues reported

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • FEZ

  • Moonleap

  • Chicken Journey

  • Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure

  • Paquerette Down the Bunburrows

  • Mimpi

Less expressive

Games that feels like Blocks That Matter but with less self-expression and customization

  • 1000 Amps

  • Chronoquartz

  • Toki Tori

  • Leap Year

  • Gateways

  • Snapshot

More violent

Games that feels like Blocks That Matter but with more combat and destruction

  • Spaceport Hope

  • Squishy the Suicidal Pig

  • Reventure

  • The Dweller

  • Prison Run and Gun

  • SuperTux

Choose your own criteria ->

Similarity map

How to compare these games

Compare nearby games

Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Blocks That Matter. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Blocks That Matter. These titles are not in What to play next.

Blocks That Matter: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Fantasy, Thrill, Story. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Fellowship, Story, Fantasy.

Last update: 21/08/2026