Games like Sudoku: Essential
Games like Sudoku: Essential include Zup! S, Peggle Deluxe, Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition, Scribblenauts Unlimited, and Zup!. We matched them by the tags players give Sudoku: Essential on Steam (Casual, Puzzle, 2D, and Singleplayer): closest matches first, and among equally close ones the better-known games.

Zup! S
Shared: Casual · Puzzle · 2D

Peggle Deluxe
Shared: Casual · Puzzle · Singleplayer

Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
Shared: Casual · Singleplayer · 2D

Scribblenauts Unlimited
Shared: Casual · Puzzle · 2D

Zup!
Shared: Casual · Puzzle · 2D

Peggle™ Nights
Shared: Casual · Puzzle · 2D

Gorogoa
Shared: Puzzle · Casual · Singleplayer

Zup! 2
Shared: Casual · Puzzle · 2D

Hook
Shared: Casual · Puzzle · Singleplayer

Zup! F
Shared: Casual · Puzzle · 2D

Zup! X
Shared: Casual · Puzzle · 2D

Hexcells
Shared: Casual · Puzzle · Singleplayer

Is This Seat Taken?
Shared: Casual · Puzzle · Singleplayer

Strange Jigsaws
Shared: Casual · Puzzle · 2D

A Little to the Left
Shared: Puzzle · Casual · Singleplayer

Zup! 3
Shared: Casual · Puzzle · 2D

World of Goo
Shared: Puzzle · Casual · Singleplayer

Bejeweled® 3
Shared: Casual · Puzzle · Singleplayer

Glass Masquerade
Shared: Puzzle · Casual · 2D

Baba Is You
Shared: Puzzle · Singleplayer · 2D

Vampire Survivors
Shared: 2D · Casual · Singleplayer

Zup! 8
Shared: Casual · Puzzle · 2D

Zup! 4
Shared: Casual · Puzzle · 2D

Mini Metro
Shared: Puzzle · Casual · Singleplayer