4 Puzzle games like Children of the Sun that you should try

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Ranking compiled by Lluis Enric Mayans, Founder & Head of ContentUpdated May 19, 2026How this is calculatedOrdered by an attribute-similarity model, not editorial opinion.

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We filtered the 50 games similar to Children of the Sun down to the 4 that fit the “Puzzle” category. Half-Life: Source, Half-Life: Blue Shift and Half-Life: Opposing Force top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Children of the Sun.

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The best puzzle games like Children of the Sun

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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Children of the Sun. Each one has been evaluated across 14 real attributes — from combat style and progression mechanics to world structure and visual perspective — so every recommendation is based on how the game actually plays, not just its genre label.

#1Half-Life: SourceClosest overall match

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS

SoloMeleeTacticalNarrativeDarkHorrorFirst Person

Steam👍 69%· 17KRAWG👍 72%· 557

Year 2004Dev Valve Software · ValvePlaytime ~1hOn PC · Apple Macintosh · Linux

✓ Both are tactical first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and puzzle design

≠ Where it differs: brings adventure storytelling, precision platforming and ranged combat, while skipping third-person shooting

Half-life: Source is a reissue of the 1998 Half-Life game based on a more modern "Source" game engine with many innovations in graphics performance and gameplay. The game's plot is entirely consistent with the plot of the original Half-Life and tells us the story of the research centre "Black Mesa", which is located in the USA, New Mexico.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against very positive for Children of the Sun.

It predates Children of the Sun by 20 years, with what that implies technically.

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#2Half-Life: Blue ShiftClosest on game mode

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS

SoloMeleeTacticalDarkNarrativeHorrorFirst Person

Steam👍 93%· 21KRAWG👍 74%· 764MC71IGDB60· 1

Year 2001Dev Gearbox Software · ValvePlaytime ~2hOn PC · Apple Macintosh · Linux

✓ Both are tactical first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and puzzle design

≠ Where it differs: brings precision platforming, adventure storytelling and ranged combat, while skipping third-person shooting

Half-Life: Blue Shift is the second (after Opposing Force) expansion pack for the original first-person shooter Half-Life. The game setting is the same as the one in the original game: the story takes place in the science laboratory called Black Mesa Research Facility in New Mexico.

Where it drifts furthest from Children of the Sun: setting.

It predates Children of the Sun by 23 years, with what that implies technically.

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#3Half-Life: Opposing Force

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS

SoloTacticalMeleeNarrativeDarkHorrorFirst Person

Steam👍 95%· 28KRAWG👍 80%· 750IGDB70· 1

Year 1999Dev Gearbox Software · ValvePlaytime ~3hOn PC · Apple Macintosh · Linux

✓ Fits the tactical first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and puzzle design

≠ Stands apart with precision platforming, adventure storytelling and ranged combat, while skipping third-person shooting

Half-Life: Opposing Force is an expansion pack for the original first-person shooter Half-Life. The game setting is the same as the one in the original game: the story takes place in the science laboratory called Black Mesa Research Facility in New Mexico at the same time.

Where it drifts furthest from Children of the Sun: game mode and setting.

It predates Children of the Sun by 25 years, with what that implies technically.

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#4SuperHotClosest on combat

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