Ichi similar games & best alternatives

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Ichi

Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac • 2014

Should you play it?

Ichi is an easy to play but challenging one button puzzle game. Don't be deceived by the game simplistic look, it’s a braintwister for sure! Collect golden rings by rotating objects, using teleporters, breaking blocks and more.

What works

  • Simple and intuitive one-button gameplay
  • Large amount of user-created levels and level editor
  • Relaxing crayon art style and music
  • Gradually increasing puzzle difficulty
  • Community sharing and rating system

Things to keep in mind

  • Limited number of developer-made levels
  • Achievement grind encourages spam of low-quality user levels
  • No fullscreen mode and some ui issues
  • Repetitive music
  • Lack of narrative or immersive story

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • King Rabbit - Puzzle

  • The Conquest of Go

  • Picross Touch

  • N++ (NPLUSPLUS)

  • Mini Motorways

  • Pictopix

Less social

Games that feels like Ichi but with less teamwork and cooperation

  • Word Factori

  • Classic Sudoku

  • Deleveled

  • TransPlan

  • LOK Digital

  • Merge Maestro

Choose your own criteria ->

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

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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).
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  • 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 Ichi. These titles are not in What to play next.

Ichi: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Story, Fantasy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Cooperation, Leadership. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Competition.

Last update: 21/08/2026