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HM Games Pty
For casual mobile users seeking short, meditative sessions to relieve stress, primarily through logic-based color and spatial puzzles.
Known for
For casual mobile users seeking short, meditative sessions to relieve stress, primarily through logic-based color and spatial puzzles.
Providing casual gamers with low-pressure, meditative puzzle experiences designed for stress relief and cognitive stimulation.
Target audience
Portfolio
Free 22Last updated
Water Connect Flow
v20.2.10
3mo ago
Primary focus
Mobile games · casual puzzle and sorting niche
Scale
studio
Target audience
Casual mobile users seeking short, meditative sessions to relieve stress, primarily through logic-based color and spatial puzzles.
With 33 releases in the last six months and 100% of the portfolio remaining active, the publisher maintains an exceptionally high development and update cadence.
22 apps analysed
High-quality, serene aesthetic design
2D design ensures accessibility for color-blind users
Accessible, easy-to-learn core mechanics
Intuitive, low-friction core gameplay loop
Focused value proposition avoids feature creep.
Single-market publisher — every app ships only to United States.
Based on 4 of 22 apps with localized market data — more coverage rolling in as scans complete · last scanned .
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Positive apps
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Neutral / mixed
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Negative apps
31/100
Avg sentiment score
A market leader in the genre that directly targets the same audience looking for daily mental stimulation and relaxation.
Direct competitor in the color-sorting puzzle sub-genre with identical mechanics of organizing items by color to trigger completion.
Strategic outlook coming soon.
What fed this analysis
The definitive grid-based sliding puzzle game that shares the exact core mechanic of navigating objects to an exit.
This is the most direct thematic rival, sharing the exact 'sort-by-color' tube mechanics and high-volume casual puzzle audience.
A staple of the relaxing, low-stress puzzle category that competes for the user's 'unwind' time.
A classic logic puzzle game that captures the same 'easy to learn, hard to master' brain-training audience.
While broader, their 'Audible Originals' and short-form audio content directly compete for the user's limited listening time.
Directly competes for the 'cozy cat-themed' aesthetic audience, even if the gameplay mechanics differ slightly.
Competes for the same 'daily habit' user base by offering a serene, low-pressure environment for various puzzle types.
Uses a similar 'artistic assembly' hook where users piece together low-poly art, appealing to the same visual-focused demographic.
Directly competes in the color-sorting niche with a similar core loop but lacks the update velocity of our target.
Dominates the casual brain-training puzzle category, competing for the same user segment seeking mental stimulation.
Shares the 3D puzzle space and targets the same 'satisfying sorting' psychological trigger.
Uses AI-generated soundscapes for sleep, representing a more automated, non-narrative approach to the same health goal.
A major player in the broader puzzle category that captures the same 'brain-teasing' market segment.
Competes for the same casual, relaxing puzzle audience despite using a match-3 mechanic.
Shares the minimalist, relaxing design language and puzzle-based progression model.
Broad audiobook platform that captures the same fiction-loving audience, though less focused on bite-sized content.
Shares the focus on color, art, and relaxation, serving as a primary alternative for users seeking a meditative puzzle experience.
High-velocity release cadence indicates an aggressive attempt to capture the casual puzzle market share.
