- #1 ElecHead
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,305 reviews2021
Dev: NamaTakahashi
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 52.7%, Platformer 22.1%, Puzzle 13.7%, Adventure 4.4%, Indie 4.1%
Why You'll Like It: Like 1000 Amps, this game centers on electricity and light mechanics where everything you touch becomes powered.
- #2 Hue
96% matchVery Positive92% of 11,146 reviews2016
Dev: Fiddlesticks GamesPub: Curve Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Hue is a vibrant, award-winning puzzle-adventure, where you alter the world by changing its background colour.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 39.7%, Platformer 19.4%, Puzzle 14.8%, Metroidvania 8.3%, Indie 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: This puzzle-platformer uses color-shifting mechanics to alter the environment, mirroring the light-manipulation gameplay of the seed game.
- #3 Teslagrad
96% matchVery Positive84% of 2,460 reviews2013
Dev: Rain Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A journey begins... A treacherous tower... Unravel its mysteries!Discover the secrets kept in the long abandoned Tesla Tower!Magnetism and other electromagnetic powers will help you explore a non-linear world of beautiful hand-drawn environments, in a steampunk-inspired vision of old Europe.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.7%, Platformer 27.3%, Puzzle Platformer 22.2%, Puzzle 11.7%, Indie 5.1%
Why You'll Like It: A physics-based puzzle-platformer that focuses on electromagnetic mechanics and intricate environmental navigation.
- #4 ANIMAL WELL
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 23,519 reviews2024
Dev: Billy BassoPub: Bigmode
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Explore a dense, interconnected labyrinth, and unravel its many secrets. Collect items to manipulate your environment in surprising and meaningful ways. Encounter beautiful and unsettling creatures, as you attempt to survive what lurks in the dark. There is more than what you see.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.5%, Puzzle Platformer 33.1%, Platformer 14.3%, Puzzle 10.1%, Indie 3%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a dense, non-linear world filled with cryptic puzzles and exploration that rewards curiosity similar to 1000 Amps.
- #5 Closure
95% matchVery Positive85% of 992 reviews2012
Dev: Eyebrow Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
In the dark and mysterious world of Closure, only what you see exists. Manipulate lights to phase objects in and out of reality in this multiple-award-winning puzzle game. Play as a strange spider-like demon who explores the stories of three human characters through beautiful, eerie environments such as a decrepit factory, a murky...
Why similar: Platformer 33.3%, Puzzle Platformer 32.5%, Puzzle 21.5%, Indie 8.9%, 2D 2.6%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, atmospheric puzzle-platformer where light is the only way to make platforms and objects exist in the world.
- #6 Night Lights
93% matchVery Positive83% of 77 reviews2019
Pub: Meridian4
Windows
Night Lights is a relaxing puzzle platformer where you manipulate light and shadow to guide a small robot through a calm, atmospheric world.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 35.8%, Metroidvania 33.5%, Platformer 17.6%, Puzzle 10.4%, 2D 2.7%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist puzzle-platformer where you manipulate light sources to reveal hidden paths and solve environmental challenges.
- #7 Iconoclasts
92% matchVery Positive86% of 4,919 reviews2018
Dev: Joakim SandbergPub: Bifrost Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Join renegade mechanic Robin and uncover the secrets of a dying planet. Explore a big world filled with intricate puzzles, interesting characters and menacing bosses in a beautiful platform adventure that tells a personal story about faith, purpose and the challenge of helping people.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.2%, Puzzle Platformer 27.4%, Platformer 15.4%, Indie 7.1%, Adventure 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: Combines tight platforming with Metroidvania exploration and puzzle-heavy boss encounters.
- #8 Pid
91% matchVery Positive83% of 2,430 reviews2012
Dev: Might and Delight
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 29.4 hrs≥1hr: 32%
You are stranded on a strange and peculiar planet. It’s time to embark on your journey and find your way home! Explore a gravity defying and challenging platformer with striking visuals and a captivating story that transports you to a world beyond ours.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 51.3%, Platformer 24.4%, Indie 8.5%, Puzzle 7.6%, Adventure 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: Features gravity-based puzzle mechanics that require creative platforming to navigate through a surreal environment.
- #9 The Swapper
91% matchVery Positive94% of 7,519 reviews2013
Dev: Olli Harjola, Otto Hantula, Tom Jubert, Carlo CastellanoPub: Facepalm Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%
What if someone knew your mind better than you did? The Swapper is an award-winning, narrative driven puzzle game set in the furthest reaches of space.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 31.9%, Puzzle 24%, Platformer 18.9%, Metroidvania 12.5%, Indie 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric puzzle-platformer that uses cloning and light-based mechanics to navigate a mysterious, isolated environment.
- #10 Braid
90% matchVery Positive93% of 9,899 reviews2009
Dev: Number None
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 61%
This is the original version of Braid from 2009, which may not work well on newer systems. For an updated version of the game with nicer graphics, more levels and a large amount of developer commentary, see Braid, Anniversary Edition.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 62%, Platformer 18.3%, Puzzle 12.1%, Indie 5%, 2D 1.7%
Why You'll Like It: A classic puzzle-platformer that uses time manipulation to solve environmental riddles in a way that feels intellectually rewarding.
- #11 FEZ
89% matchVery Positive93% of 16,036 reviews2013
Dev: Polytron CorporationPub: Trapdoor
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Gomez is a 2D creature living in a 2D world. Or is he? When the existence of a mysterious 3rd dimension is revealed to him, Gomez is sent out on a journey that will take him to the very end of time and space. Use your ability to navigate 3D structures from 4 distinct classic 2D perspectives.
Why similar: Platformer 40.1%, Puzzle 22.1%, Puzzle Platformer 18.3%, Indie 10.5%, Adventure 3.5%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on perspective-shifting to navigate a 2D world, capturing the same sense of discovery and puzzle-solving as the seed game.
- #12 Starseed Pilgrim
89% matchMixed60% of 534 reviews2013
Dev: droqen
Windows · Mac
Median: 12 minMean: 1.3 hrs≥1hr: 17%
Starseed Pilgrim is a game about tending a symphonic garden, exploring space, and embracing fate.You are a gardener, tending to empty noise and empty space to fill them both with colour.You are a refugee, building your own world away from the spreading darkness.You are an explorer, discovering new places, new rules, and new fascinations.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 40.3%, Puzzle 19.4%, Indie 15.3%, Platformer 13.8%, Adventure 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, abstract exploration game that requires players to uncover the rules of the world through trial and error.
- #13 Thomas Was Alone
87% matchVery Positive94% of 9,347 reviews2012
Dev: Bithell Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Guide a group of rectangles through 120 levels, using their different skills together to overcome a series of obstacles in each environment. Discover the human-made story of the first sentient artificial intelligences with Danny Wallace’s BAFTA-winning narration.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 54.1%, Platformer 32%, Indie 7.1%, 2D 4.6%, Singleplayer 2.2%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist platformer that uses unique character abilities to solve puzzles within an abstract, interconnected world.
- #14 Teslagrad Remastered
86% matchMostly Positive79% of 240 reviews2023
Dev: Rain GamesPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 45%
Return to the indie classic Teslagrad, recharged to provide the ultimate electromagnetic experience! Escape a tyrant king, master the art of Teslamancy, and uncover the secrets buried deep within the Tesla Tower in this puzzle-platforming adventure!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 32%, Metroidvania 25.8%, Platformer 18.2%, Puzzle 10.9%, Adventure 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: An updated version of the classic physics-based puzzle-platformer that refines the electromagnetic movement mechanics.
- #15 Full Bore
88% matchVery Positive85% of 244 reviews2014
Dev: Whole Hog GamesPub: Nkidu Games Inc.
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Deep underground lies a reminder of Boarkind’s darkest hours. All it takes is one little boar to dig it back up. A block puzzler with an exploratory twist, Full Bore throws the player into an open world of crumbling mines, arcane ruins, and technological wonders with only curiosity to lead the way.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 22.4%, Metroidvania 21.3%, Platformer 19.1%, Puzzle 15%, Indie 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-heavy platformer that focuses on exploration and uncovering secrets within a non-linear, interconnected map.
- #16 Nihilumbra
86% matchVery Positive88% of 2,981 reviews2013
Dev: BeautiFun Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Discover the beautiful world of Nihilumbra and join Born on his adventure to find himself whilst trying to escape from his inevitable curse. Born was created from the absolute nothingness: The Void. But somehow he separates himself from the black emptiness and appears in the world.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 38.7%, Platformer 26.3%, Puzzle 14.7%, Indie 9.5%, Adventure 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer where you manipulate the environment using different colors to change the properties of the world.
- #17 Knytt Underground
85% matchVery Positive84% of 482 reviews2013
Dev: Nifflas' GamesPub: Ripstone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 68%
The legendary Knytt series continues with Nifflas’ latest creation; Knytt Underground. In this Knytteration; humans have long since abandoned the planet after practically destroying it in a war, five hundred years ago.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.5%, Platformer 35.2%, Indie 11.2%, Adventure 8.3%, Puzzle 3.3%
Why You'll Like It: Emphasizes atmospheric exploration and non-linear movement through a vast, interconnected map.
- #18 Adventures of Shuggy
84% matchVery Positive85% of 1,205 reviews2012
Dev: Smudged Cat Games Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 33%
Shuggy has just inherited a castle full of goblins, ghouls, zombies, and robots. Help him clear out over 100 rooms to make his new home liveable again!
Why similar: Platformer 41.1%, Puzzle Platformer 31.3%, Puzzle 13.9%, Indie 10.5%, 2D 2.3%
Why You'll Like It: Features a variety of puzzle-platforming mechanics that keep the gameplay fresh and challenging throughout.
- #19 Mekabolt
84% matchVery Positive88% of 179 reviews2019
Dev: SomepxPub: Ratalaika Games S.L.
Windows
Use your trusty Mekabolt device to manipulate robots, solve a variety of puzzling levels and obtain batteries to fix the robots!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 53.2%, Platformer 24.6%, Puzzle 14.6%, Adventure 4%, 2D 3.7%
Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer that requires manipulating mechanical objects to clear paths and reach the end of each stage.
- #20 Toki Tori 2+
83% matchVery Positive85% of 1,084 reviews2013
Dev: Two Tribes
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Toki Tori 2+ may look cute, but it’s a challenging puzzle adventure game. Whistle and stomp are the only moves you need to solve increasingly complex puzzles, as you go anywhere, anytime on a lush forest island.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 36.3%, Metroidvania 31.9%, Platformer 18.2%, Puzzle 10.6%, 2D 3%
Why You'll Like It: A non-linear puzzle-platformer that encourages players to learn the rules of the world through observation and environmental interaction.
- #21 VVVVVV
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,401 reviews2010
Dev: Terry Cavanagh
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 66%
VVVVVV is a platform game all about exploring one simple mechanical idea - what if you reversed gravity instead of jumping?
Why similar: Platformer 57.1%, Indie 14.4%, Metroidvania 13.7%, 2D 5.5%, Puzzle 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: A precision platformer that uses gravity-flipping mechanics to create unique, puzzle-like navigation challenges.
- #22 Another Perspective
82% matchVery Positive88% of 322 reviews2014
Dev: SaraJS
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Another Perspective is a puzzle platformer following the very confusing adventure of someone looking for something. Swap minds to see the world in different ways! Where one mind sees a bottomless pit, another might not. Where one sees a locked door, another sees a key. To change perspective is to change reality!
Why similar: Platformer 30.8%, Puzzle Platformer 25.1%, Indie 15.8%, Puzzle 14.1%, Adventure 12%
Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer that uses perspective shifts to reveal new paths and solve environmental conundrums.
- #23 Gato Roboto
80% matchVery Positive94% of 5,065 reviews2019
Dev: doinksoftPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Pounce inside of your cozy armored mech and set off on a dangerous trek through an alien underworld full of irritable creatures and treacherous obstacles in a valiant effort to save your stranded captain and his crashed spaceship.
Why similar: Metroidvania 57.8%, Platformer 20.4%, Indie 9.8%, Adventure 6.6%, 2D 4.2%
Why You'll Like It: A tight, focused Metroidvania that captures the feeling of exploring a hostile, interconnected facility.
- #24 Environmental Station Alpha
81% matchVery Positive83% of 1,601 reviews2015
Dev: Arvi TeikariPub: Hempuli Oy
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Explore an abandoned space station in this retro-themed explorative action platformer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 61%, Platformer 21.6%, Indie 6.4%, Adventure 5.9%, Puzzle 2.8%
Why You'll Like It: A deep Metroidvania that focuses on exploration and environmental puzzles within a pixelated, atmospheric setting.
- #25 LIMBO
79% matchVery Positive92% of 60,454 reviews2011
Dev: Playdead
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Uncertain of his sister's fate, a boy enters LIMBO
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 58.4%, Platformer 18.5%, Puzzle 10.9%, Indie 6%, Adventure 3.1%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, atmospheric puzzle-platformer that relies on environmental interaction and physics to progress.
- #26 INSIDE
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 73,507 reviews2016
Dev: Playdead
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Hunted and alone, a boy finds himself drawn into the center of a dark project. INSIDE is a dark, narrative-driven platformer combining intense action with challenging puzzles. It has been critically acclaimed for its moody art style, ambient soundtrack and unsettling atmosphere.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 49.5%, Platformer 22.6%, Puzzle 13.2%, Indie 6.6%, Adventure 6%
Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in atmospheric puzzle-platforming with a minimalist narrative and clever environmental mechanics.
- #27 Snapshot
82% matchMostly Positive73% of 259 reviews2012
Dev: Retro Affect
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 27%
Snapshot is the tale of a lone robot lost in an abandoned world. Armed with only his trusty camera, Pic sets forth on his great adventure. A camera might not seem like enough for a puzzle platforming adventure, but this camera is different from most: It has the ability to capture and remove from the world the very objects that it...
Why similar: Platformer 31.2%, Puzzle Platformer 29.3%, Puzzle 16.7%, Indie 11.8%, Adventure 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: A unique puzzle-platformer where you use a camera to capture and manipulate objects in the environment.
- #28 Unravel
78% matchVery Positive91% of 5,395 reviews2020
Dev: Coldwood InteractivePub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Unravel is a physics-based puzzle platformer. Yarny, a character made from a single thread of yarn, must embark on a larger than life adventure.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 35.3%, Platformer 25.5%, Puzzle 23.8%, Adventure 10.3%, Singleplayer 2.7%
Why You'll Like It: Uses physics-based yarn mechanics to solve puzzles and traverse a beautiful, interconnected world.
- #29 KnightLight
77% matchVery Positive95% of 117 reviews2024
Dev: LuminosityPub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
Windows
A 2D puzzle-platformer where you light your way through the darkness. Play as the Light, exploring an abandoned civilization where you find a suit of armor that seems to have magical properties. Suit up using the powers of the suit to channel your light magic to see what this strange place hides.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 35.7%, Metroidvania 34.5%, Platformer 14.2%, Puzzle 8.5%, Adventure 4.2%
- #30 Cathedral
79% matchMostly Positive73% of 445 reviews2019
Dev: Decemberborn Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Make your way through more than 600 rooms, and unravel the secrets of your past by finding the five elemental orbs. Cathedral features a vast world, meant for exploring!
Why similar: Metroidvania 59.9%, Platformer 18.8%, Indie 10%, Adventure 9%, 2D 2.2%
Why You'll Like It: A retro-inspired Metroidvania that emphasizes exploration and challenging platforming in a large, interconnected world.
- #31 Monolight
77% matchVery Positive88% of 368 reviews2020
Dev: bit paradigm
Windows
MONOLIGHT is 2D plat-former puzzle adventure game. Using tiny lantern, go through the maze.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 49.1%, Indie 15.6%, Puzzle 15.5%, Adventure 14%, 2D 3.9%
- #32 Chromatic Conundrum
72% matchVery Positive98% of 277 reviews2026
Dev: Digs
Windows
Chromatic Conundrum is a first person puzzle game where you manipulate light. Combine different colors and form shadows to illuminate your way through an enigmatic world.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 44.9%, Platformer 27.5%, Puzzle 17.2%, Adventure 5.3%, Indie 3.8%
- #33 100 Pumpkins 2
74% matchVery Positive97% of 60 reviews2023
Dev: Jeremiah Stilts
Windows · Linux
Explore, solve puzzles, and fight your way through over 100 screens and return your pumpkin pals!
Why similar: Metroidvania 57.1%, Platformer 29.9%, Adventure 8.7%, 2D 4.2%
- #34 Blink
76% matchVery Positive92% of 79 reviews2017
Dev: nextReality Games
Windows
Blink into a world of after-images, where you can walk on light. Solve puzzles by manipulating lights and blinking between worlds. Explore hand drawn landscapes while uncovering the secrets behind this strange power.
Why similar: Indie 51.9%, Adventure 48.1%
- #35 Vessel
76% matchVery Positive88% of 821 reviews2012
Dev: Strange Loop GamesPub: IndiePub
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Living liquid machines have overrun a world of unstoppable progress and their inventor must stop the chaos in this game about a man with the power to bring ordinary matter to life!
Why similar: Platformer 32.2%, Puzzle Platformer 27.5%, Puzzle 25.8%, Indie 10.2%, Adventure 1.9%
- #36 Airhead
73% matchVery Positive88% of 60 reviews2024
Dev: OctatoPub: HandyGames
Windows
Help a small body save a head-like organism full of air, from a leak that threatens its life. Explore their Metroidvania-style world and overcome challenging environmental puzzles to find the key to the head's survival.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 31.5%, Metroidvania 27.3%, Indie 10.9%, Platformer 10.8%, Adventure 9.9%
- #37 Unmechanical
75% matchVery Positive92% of 473 reviews2012
Dev: Talawa GamesPub: Teotl Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 58%
A carefully created world with unique environments and an engrossing atmosphere, Unmechanical offers over 30 unique puzzles of exploration and adventure!
Why similar: Puzzle 39.4%, Platformer 23.7%, Indie 19.9%, Adventure 16.9%
- #38 Auridia
69% matchVery Positive98% of 144 reviews2025
Dev: Norseboar Games
Windows · Mac
Explore an interconnected world full of platforming challenges in this short metroidvania. Reach new areas by swinging from ceilings, throwing bombs, bouncing off spikes, and more. Examine dozens of artifacts, commune with forgotten gods, and piece together what happened to Auridia.
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.6%, Platformer 20%, Puzzle Platformer 13.2%, Puzzle 9.6%, Adventure 6.6%
- #39 Lanternium
74% matchVery Positive86% of 80 reviews2019
Dev: Blazing Planet Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
You have to find out what happened in this fantastic world and help the Raccoon find his way home!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 71.3%, Puzzle 16.4%, Adventure 5.5%, Indie 5.2%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #40 Oscura: Lost Light
75% matchMixed63% of 123 reviews2015
Dev: Chocolate Liberation FrontPub: Surprise Attack
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Oscura, the apprentice lighthouse keeper, has destroyed the Aurora Stone, sending shards across the Driftlands and plunging them into darkness and danger. It’s up to Oscura to find the shards of the stone and restore light to the Driftlands before creatures of the dark can destroy it.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 46.5%, Platformer 28.6%, Indie 13.9%, Adventure 9.3%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #41 Islands of Insight
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,163 reviews2024
Dev: Lunarch StudiosPub: Behaviour Interactive Inc.
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 18.3 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Seek out and solve 10,000+ puzzles at your own pace across this sublime puzzle game.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 69.3%, Puzzle 19.6%, Adventure 8.3%, Singleplayer 2.8%
- #42 Inops
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 53 reviews2020
Dev: ZRZStudio
Windows
Dive into the wondrous world of the Inops! The 2D puzzle based side scrolling adventure of dark and light. Battle the fire breathing demons and rescue the scattered Inops.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 34.1%, Indie 32.3%, Adventure 29.5%, 2D 2.7%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #43 Treasure Adventure World
72% matchVery Positive82% of 278 reviews2018
Dev: Robit Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Set sail for adventure with a paper hat on your head and a magical shrinking boat in your pocket, in search of legendary treasures! Solve tricky puzzles, battle formidable foes, piece together clues and dig up secrets to uncover your own shrouded history as you explore this sprawling open world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38%, Platformer 26.1%, Indie 16.3%, Adventure 15.4%, 2D 4.1%
- #44 Gravity Error
73% matchVery Positive86% of 56 reviews2015
Dev: Faris Mohammed
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Gravity Error is an indie 2D puzzle/platformer about changing gravity. Guide Force in his quest seeking emotional stableness in a set of levels and avoid being crushed. Solve the puzzles in multiple creative ways.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 43.4%, Platformer 25.9%, Puzzle 15%, Indie 11.7%, 2D 4%
- #45 GIGASWORD
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 128 reviews2025
Dev: Studio HybridPub: Akupara Games
Windows
Balance the weight of the GIGASWORD, battling between brain and brawn. Solve intricate puzzles, discover covert chambers, and slash through foes as Ezra fights to reach the top of the Nestrium and recover the God Crystal within. Can he restore the world's coherency before it's too late?
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 33.2%, Metroidvania 30.6%, Platformer 18.2%, Puzzle 10.2%, Adventure 5.1%
- #46 Hello World
68% matchVery Positive96% of 57 reviews2024
Dev: Hello World StudioPub: OKJOY
Windows
You have strayed into the world of computer! ? During the exploration, you will have a series of interesting interactions with folders, garbage files, Word documents, PowerPoint documents, Excel documents, anti-virus software, blinking cursors while typing and even binary 0 and 1 in computer!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 48.9%, Platformer 20.3%, Puzzle 15.5%, Indie 6.3%, Adventure 4.2%
- #47 Gateways
71% matchVery Positive90% of 250 reviews2012
Dev: Smudged Cat Games Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 40%
From the creative mind behind The Adventures of Shuggy comes an exciting new retro-styled 2D platformer, a winner of Dream Build Play 2012 and a top 50 game of 2012 according to Game Informer. Grab the gateway guns and explore a huge lab filled with mysterious puzzles in this classic platforming adventure.
Why similar: Platformer 28.2%, Metroidvania 23.8%, Puzzle Platformer 18.3%, Puzzle 16.8%, Indie 10.5%
- #48 Fly'N
71% matchVery Positive86% of 511 reviews2012
Dev: Ankama Games
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Somewhere between a platformer, a puzzle game and a great big dollop of pure fun, Fly’N will challenge your skills through more than forty levels set in a luxuriant world. Experiment with the four Buds to save the World-Trees from Dyer, the loony hair-dryer who intends to destroy their Helys!
Why similar: Platformer 59.8%, Indie 15.3%, Puzzle 11.1%, Adventure 7%, 2D 4.9%
- #49 Light Fall
70% matchVery Positive86% of 137 reviews2018
Dev: Bishop Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Craft your path in this innovative 2D platformer. Master the use of your own platform to explore the Forgotten World of Numbra and save the land and its inhabitants from an imminent threat. Do you have what it takes to survive in perilous Numbra?
Why similar: Indie 53.4%, Adventure 46.6%
- #50 Super Puzzled Cat
66% matchVery Positive98% of 192 reviews2025
Dev: Penguin Mug Games
Windows
Help Puzzled Cat use jetpacks, portals, bombs, gum, and more to conquer treacherous platforming stages. Play your own way using save states to explore a world full of challenges and secrets - but can you find the way through? Travel through time and space and reach enlightenment.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 52.4%, Platformer 20.4%, Puzzle 11.6%, 2D 4.8%, Adventure 4.7%
- #51 Imp of the Sun
70% matchMixed65% of 241 reviews2022
Dev: Sunwolf EntertainmentPub: Fireshine Games
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Restore the Sun’s light and end the Eternal Eclipse in this 2D fast-paced action-platformer game inspired by Peruvian cultures. Explore hand-crafted environments, battle and improve your skills to defeat the Four Keepers that stole the power of the Sun.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45%, Platformer 27.6%, Indie 11.9%, Adventure 6.9%, 2D 6.4%
- #52 Saira
71% matchVery Positive81% of 324 reviews
Dev: Nicklas NygrenPub: Kreatoriet AB
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 24%
Saira is a puzzle platformer with non-linear gameplay and a whole universe for you to explore. The game is heavily influenced by classic puzzle adventure games and uses a new unique graphical style combining high resolution photography into a lush and mysterious world.
Why similar: Platformer 32.1%, Metroidvania 29%, Puzzle 15.1%, Indie 14.1%, Adventure 6%
- #53 Wired
69% matchVery Positive93% of 110 reviews2018
Dev: University of Cambridge Engineering Department
Windows · Mac
Wire up electrical circuits and make your way through a derelict building to keep your appointment with a mysterious professor who lives at the top.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 80.1%, Indie 19.9%
- #54 Alwa's Awakening
68% matchVery Positive80% of 909 reviews2017
Dev: Elden Pixels
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Use your magic staff and progress through a large interconnected world where you'll solve puzzles, fight enemies and defeat bosses in order to help free the land of Alwa. Explore and uncover the secrets by using your platforming skills in this challenging and charming 8-bit adventure game.
Why similar: Metroidvania 55.4%, Platformer 24.8%, Indie 8.7%, Adventure 7.2%, 2D 3.1%
- #55 Phoenotopia: Awakening
66% matchVery Positive83% of 2,763 reviews2021
Dev: Cape Cosmic
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Embark on a grand adventure in Phoenotopia! An action-adventure puzzle platformer inspired by the great classics. Meet charming townsfolk, brave the dungeons, and thwart evil in your quest to save your family.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 33.9%, Metroidvania 32.3%, Platformer 21.1%, Adventure 6.4%, 2D 3.1%
- #56 Moonlight Pulse
64% matchVery Positive93% of 230 reviews2024
Dev: Seafloor Games LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Teamwork matters most in this seamless, fantastical metroidvania within a living, breathing world. Realize each character's true potential to take down an invading force of overwhelmingly powerful parasites.
Why similar: Metroidvania 62.6%, Platformer 26.4%, Adventure 6.4%, 2D 4.1%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #57 Islets
63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,209 reviews2022
Dev: Kyle ThompsonPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Take to the sky and reunite a fragmented world in this surprisingly wholesome metroidvania! Help Iko adventure across beautiful hand-painted islands, receive letters from a quirky cast of characters, and face powerful monstrous adversaries.
Why similar: Metroidvania 55.3%, Platformer 30.5%, Adventure 8%, 2D 4.3%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #58 Alchemist's Castle
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 139 reviews2017
Dev: Kabuk Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Fight your way through the dungeons of the Alchemist's Castle, collect power ups and take back what is rightfully yours from the Alchemist himself in this old-school metroidvania!
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.8%, Puzzle Platformer 38.9%, Indie 10.2%, Adventure 6.6%, 2D 3.6%
- #59 The Way
67% matchVery Positive83% of 1,295 reviews2016
Dev: Puzzling DreamPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Journey to another planet and discover its secrets in order to bring your loved one back to life. Experience an adventure, inspired by old school classics like Another World, Heart of Darkness and Flashback.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 45.9%, Platformer 24.1%, Adventure 10.7%, Indie 9.1%, Puzzle 6.1%