Slider similar games & best alternatives

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Slider

Atari ST/STE, Sega Game Gear, TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine, DOS, Amiga, Turbografx-16/PC Engine CD, Amstrad CPC • 2024

Should you play it?

Slide chunks of the world to solve puzzles and help others. Control an ever-growing set of tiles and mechanics. Explore nine unique areas, unravel the mysteries of the universe, and reconnect the world -- one slider at a time.

What works

  • Highly creative and varied puzzles
  • Engaging and charming story and characters
  • Well-polished and bug-fixed
  • Extensive content for a free game
  • Good difficulty curve and challenge

Things to keep in mind

  • Some puzzles can be frustrating or obscure
  • Limited color palette can strain eyes
  • No retry option for puzzles
  • Occasional confusing quest clarity
  • Some minor bugs and softlocks reported

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Isles of Sea and Sky

  • Strange Jigsaws

  • Tetrobot and Co.

  • Ittle Dew

  • Can of Wormholes

  • Escape Lala - Retro Point and Click Adventure

More expressive

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

  • Blocks That Matter

  • Last Call BBS

  • Moonleap

  • ElecHead

  • FEZ

  • Paint it Back

More survival-focused

Games that feels like Slider but with a stronger survival pressure

  • Neglected

  • Minit

  • Dungeons of Dreadrock

  • BirdGut

  • Wolf & Rabbit

  • Adventures of Pip

Less story-driven

Games that feels like Slider but with less narrative immersion

  • Leap Year

  • Linelith

  • Patrick's Parabox

  • Gateways

  • Recursed

  • macdows 95

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 Slider. 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 Slider. These titles are not in What to play next.

Slider: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Competition, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Strategy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Intimacy, Expression.

Last update: 21/08/2026