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Clones

Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2010

Should you play it?

Clones is a friendly, fun, and engaging evolution to the classic puzzle genre which includes robust internet-multiplayer and a built-in level editor.

What works

  • Nostalgic and engaging puzzle gameplay
  • Robust level editor and multiplayer modes
  • Low price with good value and trading cards
  • Colorful, cute visuals and pleasant music
  • Challenging puzzles with strategic depth

Things to keep in mind

  • Clunky user interface and controls
  • Multiplayer often inactive or hard to find matches
  • Some levels overly difficult or tedious
  • Forced account registration can frustrate players
  • Minimal story and limited social depth

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Levelhead

  • Bloons TD 5

  • King Rabbit - Puzzle

  • Ark Nova

  • Antonball Deluxe

  • Puyo Puyo™ Tetris® 2

More violent

Games that feels like Clones but with more combat and destruction

  • One Finger Death Punch 2

  • Risk of Rain (2013)

  • Forts

  • 9th Dawn III

  • Full Metal Furies

  • Risk of Rain Returns

Less social

Games that feels like Clones but with less teamwork and cooperation

  • MouseCraft

  • Clockwork Cleanup

  • Kaelaverse: Pemascape

  • Last Call BBS

  • Rogue Voltage

  • SpaceChem

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Similarity map

How to compare these games

Compare nearby games

Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Clones. 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 Clones. These titles are not in What to play next.

Clones: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Violence, Story, Intimacy.

Last update: 21/08/2026