Hook 2 similar games & best alternatives

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Hook 2

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2022

Should you play it?

Get Hook’d on unhooking the hooks again.

What works

  • Relaxing ambient soundtrack
  • Innovative 3d puzzle mechanics
  • Minimalist and clear visuals
  • Fair difficulty progression
  • Good value for price

Things to keep in mind

  • Short overall playtime
  • Later puzzles can be visually confusing
  • Lack of customization or narrative
  • No multiplayer or social features
  • Some minor control/rotation quirks

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • PUSH

  • klocki

  • Hexologic

  • Linelith

  • SiNKR

  • OXXO

Less exploratory

Games that feels like Hook 2 but with less exploration of areas and secrets

  • Hook

  • Hexcells Plus

  • VOI

  • Wayout 2: Hex

  • Up Left Out

  • Lines Infinite

More story-driven

Games that feels like Hook 2 but with deeper narrative immersion

  • Biphase

  • Zenge

  • Strange Jigsaws

  • LOK Digital

  • Evo Explores

  • Paint it Back

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 Hook 2. 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 Hook 2. These titles are not in What to play next.

Hook 2: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Fantasy, Thrill, Story. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Expression, Story, Fantasy.

Last update: 21/08/2026