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KNIGHTS

Nintendo DS • 2016

Should you play it?

KNIGHTS is a minimalist puzzle game based on a single chess piece, the titular knight. A simple enough to pick up and relaxing experience.

What works

  • Challenging and well-designed puzzles
  • Relaxing minimalist visuals and music
  • Daily puzzles for extended replayability
  • Very affordable price
  • Easy to learn but hard to master gameplay

Things to keep in mind

  • Lack of narrative or story
  • Limited visual customization
  • Some puzzles can be frustrating
  • No multiplayer or social features
  • Board orientation can be confusing

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Logic Bombs

  • RYB

  • Scalak

  • KAMI

  • Wayout

  • Sudoku Jigsaw / 拼图数独

More exploratory

Games that feels like KNIGHTS but with more exploration of areas and secrets

  • Paquerette Down the Bunburrows

  • Linelith

  • hexceed

  • 14 Minesweeper Variants

  • Recursed

  • OXXO

Less continuation-driven

Games that feels like KNIGHTS but with less of a pull toward endless continuation

  • NABOKI

  • Hexcells

  • Chessformer

  • SquareCells

  • Hook

  • LineWay

More expressive

Games that feels like KNIGHTS but with more self-expression and customization

  • Please, Touch The Artwork

  • LYNE

  • Pictopix

  • Strata

  • Unium

  • Paint it Back

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Similarity map

How to compare these games

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

KNIGHTS: 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, Exploration, Story.

Last update: 21/08/2026