Games like Meowdoku

Meowdoku! by Oakever Games came out in May 2026 and was the #1 free game on the US App Store on October 24, 2026. You place cats on a grid by pure logic. If you like the rules but not the ads, these puzzles use the same thinking.

How Meowdoku works

Each puzzle is a grid split into colored regions. You put one cat in every region, no two cats can share a row or a column, and cats can't touch, not even at the corners. There is one correct answer and you reach it without guessing.

Those rules are not new. They match a classic puzzle type called Star Battle, and the daily Queens puzzle on LinkedIn uses the same rules with queens instead of cats. Players call it sudoku meets minesweeper because you rule out cells the way you do in both.

Logic puzzles like Meowdoku

Queens. LinkedIn's free daily puzzle with the same row, column, region and no-touch rules. One puzzle a day, so it is a good habit, not a binge.
Star Battle. The original puzzle type behind these games. Harder versions ask for two stars per row, column and region.
Nonograms. Also called Picross. Numbers on each row and column tell you which cells to fill, and the answer is a picture.
Sudoku. Digits 1 to 9 in every row, column and box. The same no-guess logic, with numbers instead of cats.
Minesweeper. Numbers tell you how many mines touch a cell. Meowdoku's no-touch rule feels a lot like it.
Hexcells. Matthew Brown's 2014 PC puzzle series. Minesweeper logic on hex grids, with no luck at all.
Simon Tatham's Portable Puzzle Collection. A free, open-source set of dozens of logic puzzles, including nonograms and mine-style grids, with no ads.

If ads are the problem

The most common complaint in Meowdoku reviews is ads. Queens and Simon Tatham's collection are the easiest ad-free swaps for the same kind of logic. Paid puzzle apps with one price, or games in a subscription service, are the other way out.

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Make your own cat logic puzzle with Roam

Describe the grid and the rules, and Roam builds a playable puzzle on your iPhone. Ask for bigger grids or a hint system by saying so.

Try: "logic grid puzzle, place my three cats so no two share a row or touch, the grid grows every level, a hint costs one fish"

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Questions people ask

What are the rules of Meowdoku?

One cat in each colored region, no two cats in the same row or column, and no two cats touching, even diagonally.

Is Meowdoku the same as LinkedIn Queens?

The rules are the same idea: one piece per row, column and color region, with no touching. Meowdoku uses cats and adds its own levels and look.

Who made Meowdoku?

Oakever Games. It is free on iOS and Android with ads and in-app purchases.