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Sokoban-likes

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I've been on a big Sokoban kick recently. I think Stephen's Sausage Roll got me back into the genre and now I'm searching far and wide for other great games like it. Currently I'm still plugging away at SSR and I recently rediscovered Kwirk on the gameboy. Those and snakebird are pretty much my go to these days but I'm always looking for more.

Any recommendations? They don't have to be block (or sausage) pushers :wink:
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Lasertank is a massive freeware puzzle game with lots of sobokan-like levels.

Also, barely related, but you might want to check out the Deadly Rooms of Death series.
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I'll definitely have to download lasertank, it looks fantastic! DROD is something I've looked into in the past. I watch Alex Diener's videos on YouTube and he's gone through a bunch of the maps of DROD. It occasionally looks impenetrable but when I have time it's on my list.
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Lup Salad. Be warned, though; there's a real devious streak hidden beneath all that saccharine.

You can't go wrong with any version, but I'd recommend the handheld ports as they have the most content.
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+1 for Lup Salad
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Chip's Challenge! So many good memories with that ridiculous game.
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Dice XY is a "falling sokoban-like", kinda like Lup Salad.
Not much character, but fun puzzles.
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Eggerland/Adventures of Lolo series - Not strictly block pushing, but a nice puzzle based series with some tricky puzzles
Boulderdash - More digging and collecting, but there is some rock pushing and many areas are very tricky
Chip's Challenge! So many good memories with that ridiculous game.
I just picked that up for Steam and Crystal Mines II for the Lynx, which probably also fits this topic with the puzzle based levels. I also like what I played of the first game. Color Dreams is known for some bad games, but both Crystal Mines games seem to be very good.

Edit: Doh. Ironically, despite getting a Lynx recently, I bought the Steam version of Chips Challenge which was dirt cheap along with the sequel. I do plan to get the Lynx version, though.
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This is a bit of a shameless plug but I made a small Chip's Challenge inspired puzzle game for Ludum Dare game jam back in April which turned out pretty well I think: https://neontropics.itch.io/cactus-ray- ... re-jam-web
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