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Games like The Answer Is 42
Mens Sana Interactive · 2019 · Windows, macOS
Steam: 94 % positive of 138 reviews, as of Oct 28
The answer to life, the universe, and everything. Connect the numbers. Fill the board. You will find out.
24 games that play like The Answer Is 42 and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: LYNE, Sudoku Universe / 数独宇宙 and SquareCells.
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Best matches
Plays and looks like The Answer Is 42
Close to it by gameplay and by look, so it appears in both lists below.
By gameplay
Plays like The Answer Is 42
Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.
LYNE
95 % positive of 7,185
Shared: Puzzle · Relaxing · Minimalist
Sudoku Universe / 数独宇宙
93 % positive of 3,029
Shared: Puzzle · Relaxing · Minimalist
SquareCells
90 % positive of 1,234
Shared: Puzzle · Minimalist · Logic
CrossCells
83 % positive of 914
Shared: Puzzle · Minimalist · Logic
Line Path
96 % positive of 156
Shared: Puzzle · Minimalist · Abstract
Linelith
97 % positive of 1,484
Shared: Puzzle · Relaxing · Minimalist
Everyday Genius: SquareLogic
98 % positive of 417
Shared: Puzzle · Relaxing · Logic
Pictopix
95 % positive of 1,413
Shared: Puzzle · Relaxing · Minimalist
Hook
96 % positive of 7,925
Shared: Puzzle · Relaxing · Minimalist
Lines Infinite
90 % positive of 487
Shared: Puzzle · Relaxing · Minimalist
Delete
95 % positive of 1,602
Shared: Puzzle · Relaxing · Minimalist
Lines X Free
93 % positive of 1,988
Shared: Puzzle · Relaxing · Minimalist
More matches
- 20 Small Mazes98 % positive of 9,672Shared: Puzzle · Relaxing · Minimalist
- hexceed88 % positive of 2,780Shared: Puzzle · Relaxing · Minimalist
- Hexologic95 % positive of 690Shared: Puzzle · Relaxing · Minimalist
- Linked91 % positive of 438Shared: Puzzle · Relaxing · Minimalist
- CIPHER ZERO88 % positive of 169Shared: Puzzle · Relaxing · Minimalist
- Understand90 % positive of 833Shared: Puzzle · Minimalist · Abstract
- Wayout88 % positive of 979Shared: Puzzle · Relaxing · Minimalist
- Picross Touch93 % positive of 1,844Shared: Puzzle · Casual · Singleplayer
- Scalak97 % positive of 1,069Shared: Puzzle · Minimalist · Casual
- Coloring Pixels96 % positive of 8,734Shared: Puzzle · Relaxing · 2D
- Hexcells96 % positive of 5,100Shared: Puzzle · Relaxing · Minimalist
- Cubicolor94 % positive of 185Shared: Puzzle · Casual · Singleplayer
By look
Looks like The Answer Is 42
Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.
Zup!
93 % positive of 8,316
14 Minesweeper Variants
97 % positive of 1,615
Zup! S
95 % positive of 15,223
SiNKR 2
95 % positive of 265
SiNKR
92 % positive of 537
Linked
91 % positive of 438
Zup! F
96 % positive of 7,756
Slash It 2
87 % positive of 871
Energy Balance
76 % positive of 59
Zup! X
95 % positive of 6,495
Zerko
95 % positive of 163
Oik 3
85 % positive of 1,013
More matches
- Zup! 994 % positive of 1,935
- Oik 483 % positive of 337
- Zup! 294 % positive of 6,498
- Zup! 693 % positive of 2,460
- Oik 293 % positive of 1,304
- Zup! 895 % positive of 4,188
- Just Shapes & Beats97 % positive of 24,212
- Zup! Zero93 % positive of 2,573
- Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved90 % positive of 1,022
- Zup! Z97 % positive of 4,067
- Tametsi96 % positive of 1,456
- 6180 the moon91 % positive of 371
At a glance
What games like The Answer Is 42 have in common
- The tags they share most often with The Answer Is 42: Puzzle (24 of 24), Minimalist (20) and Relaxing (17).
- They came out between 2009 and 2025, 6 of them after The Answer Is 42 (2019).
- Best rated by Steam players: 20 Small Mazes (98 % positive of 9,672).
How these matches work
Matches come from embeddings of Steam descriptions, player tags and screenshots, computed offline. “Plays like” compares what the games are about and how players tag them; “Looks like” compares their screenshots. The share of positive reviews is based on Steam user reviews.