Unium similar games & best alternatives

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Unium

Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac • 2015

Should you play it?

Draw a line. A single line. How complex can that be?

What works

  • Challenging and engaging puzzles
  • Level editor and steam workshop support
  • Relaxing music and minimalistic design
  • Good value for price
  • Multiple difficulty levels and achievements

Things to keep in mind

  • Some difficulty spikes and trial-and-error gameplay
  • Limited visual and auditory variety
  • Lack of narrative or social features
  • Repetitive mechanics in advanced levels
  • Minimal in-game hints

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Lines Infinite

  • Sudoku Universe / 数独宇宙

  • Classic Sudoku

  • Sudoku Jigsaw / 拼图数独

  • Logic Bombs

  • Yugo Puzzle

Less expressive

Games that feels like Unium but with less self-expression and customization

  • Hexcells Plus

  • Maxwell's puzzling demon

  • Hook

  • CrossCells

  • Akin

  • Sokobond

More status-driven

Games that feels like Unium but with more focus on status and recognition

  • Zup! S

  • Zup! Q

  • Zup! X

  • Zup! 8

  • qop 3

  • qop

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

Unium: 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 Fantasy, Story, Survival.

Last update: 21/08/2026