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Can of Wormholes

2023

Should you play it?

Push, slice, ingest, flip, and squish worms in this puzzle game in which you play as a little sentient tin can.

What works

  • Innovative and clever puzzle design
  • Excellent hint system that aids learning
  • Engaging and satisfying progression
  • Accessible difficulty curve
  • Unique and creative mechanics

Things to keep in mind

  • Some puzzles may feel obtuse or require external help
  • Hint system can sometimes give away too much
  • Minimal story and narrative depth
  • Overworld navigation can be confusing
  • Lack of customization or social features

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Paquerette Down the Bunburrows

  • Chronoquartz

  • Chronigma

  • Lab Rat

  • Tetrobot and Co.

  • Tiny Room Stories: Town Mystery

Less thrilling

Games that feels like Can of Wormholes but with less suspense and thrill

  • Slider

  • Filament

  • Toki Tori 2+

  • A Monster's Expedition

  • Isles of Sea and Sky

  • Paper Trail

Less story-driven

Games that feels like Can of Wormholes but with less narrative immersion

  • Yugo Puzzle

  • RUSH

  • Snakebird

  • Linelith

  • Patrick's Parabox

  • Puzzle Dimension

More survival-focused

Games that feels like Can of Wormholes but with a stronger survival pressure

  • Poke ALL Toads

  • MouseCraft

  • Bat to the Heavens

  • Odysseus Kosmos and his Robot Quest: Episode 1

  • Dungeons of Dreadrock

  • Low Oxygen

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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).

Can of Wormholes: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Fantasy, Story, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Story. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Expression, Survival.

Last update: 03/08/2026