The Best Minimalist Games for Xbox Series X

Update : NAIAD added at rank #1.
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NAIAD (2024)

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Xbox Series X Xbox One Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch Mac OS PC Windows

Immerse yourself in a relaxing, minimalist and colorful adventure. Flow with Naiad across a mysterious river and interact with its fauna and flora to discover little secrets. Enjoy a wholesome experience with an original and dreamy visual style.


  • minimalist
  • nature
  • relaxing
  • top-down
  • puzzle-melody
  • exploration
  • cute
  • colourful
  • adventure
  • 2d
  • family-friendly
  • atmospheric
  • puzzle
  • fantasy
  • linear

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Please Fix The Road (2022)

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80
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Linux Xbox One Xbox Series X Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch PC Windows Mac OS Xbox Series X/s

Please Fix The Road is a colorful, minimalistic, laid-back and casual puzzle game in which it's probably not hard to guess... you're fixing roads! Your road repair doesn't have to be beautiful, it just needs to get the job done! Your mom will like this game too!


  • transportation
  • minimalist
  • puzzle
  • building
  • relaxing
  • trains
  • stylized
  • casual
  • colourful
  • city-building
  • tutorial
  • difficult
  • family-friendly
  • top-down
  • simulation

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Pinkman (2017)

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Xbox Series X Nintendo Switch Playstation 5 Xbox One PC Windows

Pinkman is a fast-paced, action platformer about a lost man with pink skin and an incredible skill to fart.


  • minimalist
  • casual
  • fast-paced
  • platform
  • competitive
  • adventure
  • action

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ABRISS - build to destroy (2022)

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86
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Xbox One Xbox Series X PC Windows

ABRISS is an atmospheric physics-destruction building game.Build structures from parts to let them crash into your targets. Unlock new parts, destroy more, witness entropy at its worst in digital-brutalist cityscapes. Build to destroy.


  • building
  • physics-destruction
  • lego
  • destruction
  • logic
  • minimalist
  • atmospheric
  • dystopian
  • abstract
  • physics
  • isometric
  • sandbox
  • futuristic
  • stylized
  • 3d

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Q.U.B.E. 10th Anniversary (2022)

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Playstation 5 Xbox Series X Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 PC Windows Xbox One

Entirely rebuilt from the ground up, Q.U.B.E. 10th Anniversary is the ultimate celebration of the decade-old original, bringing refined visuals, completely redesigned and revised gameplay sections, and a whole new chapter to the award-winning, brain-twisting first-person puzzler.


  • nonlinear
  • soundtrack
  • collectathon
  • puzzle
  • linear
  • logic
  • minimalist
  • narrative
  • 3d
  • action-adventure
  • first-person
  • mystery
  • atmospheric
  • controller-support
  • physics

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Mineral (2024)

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Android Xbox One Xbox Series X PC Windows

A minimalist sci-fi physics based ball-rolling puzzle game. Use abilities and gather collectables to solve puzzles and unlock secrets!


  • minimalist
  • tutorial
  • platform
  • relaxing
  • puzzle
  • physics
  • 3d
  • third-person
  • linear
  • controller-support
  • single-player

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Cat Pipes (2023)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch Xbox Series X Xbox One

Rotate the pieces to create paths of energy and light up the charming scenario with adorable cats. Challenge your mind with the cozy puzzle game of connecting pipes.


  • cats
  • relaxing
  • minimalist
  • 2d
  • cartoony
  • casual
  • point-and-click
  • puzzle

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Amazing Maze (2023)

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l Xbox Series X PC Windows Android Xbox One

Amazing Maze brings new mechanics to the classic "roll a ball" genre where you have to capture the crystals and find the way out in beautiful mazes. Use your creativity and logical thinking to overcome obstacles or use them to your advantage. Be quick and put your name on the top of the leaderboard!


  • platform
  • 3d
  • minimalist
  • top-down
  • maze
  • atmospheric
  • comedy
  • casual
  • puzzle
  • funny
  • collectathon
  • arcade
  • colourful
  • controller-support

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The Answer Is 42 (2019)

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95
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Xbox One j Xbox Series X Mac OS PC Windows Nintendo Switch

The answer to life, the universe, and everything. Connect the numbers. Fill the board. You will find out.


  • solitaire
  • tabletop
  • minimalist
  • relaxing
  • memes
  • space
  • logic
  • abstract
  • sci-fi
  • puzzle
  • 2d
  • atmospheric

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EchoBlade (2022)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows Playstation 4 IOS iPhone Playstation 5 Xbox Series X Xbox One

Venture forth in this puzzle-combat dungeon explorer. Blinded and trapped inside a dungeon tower, every sound you make illuminates your path to freedom. Danger lurks around every corner: trapdoors, chambers filled with toxic fumes, and halls patrolled by crusader knights are only the beginning.


  • dark
  • action-adventure
  • atmospheric
  • minimalist
  • puzzle
  • medieval
  • experimental
  • dungeon
  • first-person
  • stealth
  • puzzle-combat
  • 3d
  • combat
  • explorer
  • war

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