- #1 Everything is Black and White
86% matchPositive82% of 17 reviews2015
Dev: Thomas Gwaltney
Windows
Everything is Black and White is a minimalist puzzle-platformer developed by Thomas Gwaltney.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 66%, Indie 34%
- #2 Coated
84% match7 user reviews29% of 7 reviews2015
Dev: mamoniemPub: Vikong
Windows · Mac · Linux
Coated is a world made of colors, coat yourself to solve puzzles. It is a game, an adventure, and a lesson.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 57%, Indie 43%
- #3 Veer
79% matchPositive92% of 38 reviews2019
Dev: Some-Fish
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 32%
Use relative teleportation and the ability to change the direction of gravity to progress through the temple, where everything revolves around the core experience of puzzle solving. Do you have what it takes?
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 59.5%, Indie 40.5%
- #4 Operation: Clean Splash
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GGFox Studio
Windows
A creative physics puzzle game where you launch a secret agent into pools using gadgets to clean up global slime. Solve splashy challenges across colorful biomes!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 56.5%, Funny 26.8%, Indie 16.7%
- #5 Graviton
79% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2019
Dev: Richter Games
Windows · Mac
The Traykonians don't believe there's intelligent life on Earth, and it's up to you to prove them wrong. Manipulate gravity to solve their mind-bending puzzles... just try not to accidentally fling yourself into any lasers.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 57%, Indie 43%
- #6 Duplexer
81% matchMixed64% of 14 reviews2016
Dev: Vantage Games
Windows
Duplexer is a challenging single-player puzzle platformer game. The player can push or pull the walls, floor and ceiling around them to overcome many puzzling, platforming and physics based trials.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 66.6%, Indie 33.4%
- #7 Riddle Tower
71% matchVery Positive95% of 76 reviews2024
Dev: George Tavoularis
Windows
Riddle Tower is all about solving a wide variety of riddles, including classic riddles, math brain teasers, and rebuses. The main story features riddles inspired by two classic games from my childhood, Notpron and GodTower, known for being some of the toughest riddle games of their time.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 57.8%, Funny 32.7%, Indie 9.5%
- #8 Let's Find a Way
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ThinkOfGames
Windows
A game that every age can play! While the game acts as a calming break for the grown-ups, the game teaches children about cooperation and problem solving.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 56.2%, Indie 43.8%
- #9 Emotitron
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pedro VictorPub: ZineDriver
Windows
Guide twin spinning orbs through lethal neon mazes in a precision arcade speedrunner with instant restarts and global leaderboards.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 66.4%, Funny 25.5%, Indie 8.1%
- #10 A Chicken In The Office
66% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: ColdHandGames
Windows
A Chicken In The Office is a single-player game where you play as a chicken who has lost everything. Recover your eggs, make your way through each floor, and take revenge on the Stealing Eggs Corporation!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 63.8%, Funny 29%, Indie 7.2%
- #11 SolarGun
75% matchVery Positive84% of 209 reviews2017
Dev: Mechanical BossPub: GGtech Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Discover SolarGun, a first-person puzzle game set in a aseptic factory. Use energy orbs, dodge lasers, and activate mechanisms to escape. With over 20 puzzles, hidden minigames, and a speedrun mode, every decision counts on your path to freedom.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 59.4%, Indie 40.6%
- #12 POPPING BUBBLE
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: M&SG Studio
Windows
This game combines Tetris-style gameplay with a unique twist. Balls of various colors fall from the top, and you connect same-colored balls to touch both walls, earning points. Realistic physics add unpredictability. Chain reactions increase scores tenfold, encouraging strategic play.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 64.2%, Funny 28%, Indie 7.8%
- #13 Turn It Around
65% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Pacopakero
Windows
Solve puzzles by turning the maze around. "Turn It Around" is a gravity-based puzzle game where you'll need to rotate the scene left or right to slide the balls to the goal. Navigate through increasingly challenging levels with a variety of evolving mechanics.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 61.3%, Funny 27%, Indie 11.7%
- #14 Rubber Toys
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Aatlantis Code
Windows
A Timing Puzzle Physics game. You need to pay attention to little details to pass this challenging puzzle.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 61.3%, Funny 28.9%, Indie 9.8%
- #15 Lanterns
68% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2023
Dev: Artefact Assembly
Windows
Lanterns is a co-operative platformer where two players must work together to solve a gauntlet of unique puzzles. Players control a red and blue character that are able to shine a ray of light, of like colour.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 50%, Indie 50%
- #16 Arcanum Nights
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: D3F!B
Windows · Mac
Brand-new gimmicks, pixel-style characters. Solve the puzzles and light up the night of Arcanum with Inotera, Helian.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 64.6%, Funny 28%, Indie 7.4%
- #17 Korvae in space
74% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2017
Dev: David J Ozsvath
Windows
Solve puzzles and shoot enemies in this fun little indie game.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 66.2%, Indie 33.8%
- #18 Manipulated
73% matchPositive87% of 45 reviews2017
Dev: Wolfray Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Warning! This game does require an ability to think.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 61%, Indie 39%
- #19 Precision of insight
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mtalks Games
Windows
2D puzzle platformer with a lot of puzzles that will push your intelligence and problem-solving skills to the limit.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 84.6%, Indie 15.4%
- #20 BirdGut
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 5,113 reviews2019
Dev: Micah Boursier
Windows · Mac
BirdGut is a hand-drawn 2d puzzle-platformer from the perspective of an outcast bee who gets eaten by a bird, and discovers that the bird's internal organs are not organs at all, but facilities in which the consumed insects are brainwashed and enslaved. Experience this bizarre one-man project for yourself.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 63.6%, Indie 18.9%, Funny 17.5%
- #21 Oscar the Incredible Flying Ostrich
65% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Boreen
Windows · Mac · Linux
Be mindful, ladies and gents: the difference between a good and a bad show lies in the details. So be elegant. Be precise. Be dramatic! Be intentional. Be the one and only Oscar, the Incredible Flying Ostrich!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 63.1%, Funny 30.5%, Indie 6.4%
- #22 Alter World
74% matchMixed68% of 578 reviews2015
Dev: Giorgi AbelashviliPub: SA Industry
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Inspired by Stephen King’s book - “The Dark Tower”, Alter World is a 2D platformer with interesting gameplay mechanics. Player can pass on an alternative universe anytime and use an alternative realms to move to another level. Levels are unique, with puzzles. player will have to react quickly and assess when to move between the Worlds.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 54.4%, Indie 45.6%
- #23 The Land of Eyas
73% matchVery Positive86% of 69 reviews2016
Dev: Happy Square ProductionsPub: Rising Star Games
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Lost with no memory of where he is or how he got there, lead Eyas – a boy in a cat suit – on a quest to get home. But how do you know which way to go when you can’t tell which is up and which is down?
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 62.9%, Indie 37.1%
- #24 Bliss
74% matchMixed60% of 50 reviews2014
Dev: Oruji Productions
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 46%
2D puzzle platforming adventure with a heavy story about life and psychology told without words.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 72.6%, Indie 27.4%
- #25 Duality
71% matchPositive85% of 13 reviews2018
Dev: Essency StudiosPub: Winning Streak Entertainment
Windows
Explore the silent story of Duality, a world in which reality has been split into two dimensions. Each level has been beautifully designed with extreme challenge in mind. Will you be able to uncover the secrets that each new challenge holds?
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 71.7%, Indie 28.3%
- #26 Nuclear Wipeout
69% matchPositive91% of 22 reviews2020
Dev: Palikkapeli EntertainmentPub: Ahlman Game Studio
Windows
Classic Wipeout but with bigger destructive stakes. Play 31 challenging 3D platforming levels where you are testing the new kind of Nuclear weapons. This game is a short school project of Ahlman Institute students.
Why similar: Indie 58.1%, Puzzle Platformer 41.9%
- #27 Perspective
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,387 reviews2019
Dev: WiddershinsPub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
Windows
Perspective is an experimental platformer. The player avatar moves in a 2D space that transforms when the player changes perspective in 3D space. The player needs to use this mechanic navigate the 2D avatar to a goal in order to progress from level to level.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 80.9%, Indie 19.1%
- #28 JellieShift
59% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: SeaBunny Studios
Windows
Shoot, explore, and navigate a mysterious underwater environment, solving puzzles and meeting curious creatures to make your escape! Discover crystals that grant strange abilities and use these powers to alter the properties of the world around you!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 84.4%, Indie 15.6%
- #29 Dimenders
60% matchPositive89% of 18 reviews2025
Dev: RemillepattesPub: Remillepattes Studio
Windows · Mac
Dimenders is an online horror game playable in cooperative mode for up to 4 players. You and your team are recruited to investigate the emergence of portals linked to other dimensions. Your mission is to solve various puzzles to find the solution and close all portals.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 69.8%, Indie 30.2%
- #30 BoyandBox
69% matchPositive81% of 16 reviews2020
Dev: Gustav Almström
Windows · Linux
Boyandbox is a game about a boy and his teleporting box.
Why similar: Indie 63.1%, Puzzle Platformer 36.9%
- #31 Gumstein: The Awakening
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 12 reviews2019
Dev: PAIN Games
Windows
Solve puzzles and evade hazards using several interesting abilities such as sticking to walls, splitting, and launching your other half through multiple levels on your quest to find Ruby
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 61%, Indie 39%
- #32 The Floor is Jelly
71% matchVery Positive84% of 434 reviews2014
Dev: Auren Snyder
Windows · Mac
Median: 36 minMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 42%
The Floor is Jelly is a game that answers the question: what if everything you touched was made of jello?
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 79.2%, Indie 20.8%
- #33 キー暴動
58% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: MAKIMURA
Windows
A slightly educational time-attack puzzle game! The keys, tired of being typed on by humans, have started to riot—this is truly a Key Riot! Catch them all and return them to their original positions!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 66%, Funny 22.3%, Indie 11.7%
- #34 PASVAN
68% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2020
Dev: AchaemenesPub: Achaemenes Games
Windows · Mac
You can't get away from 'GAMAN' !
Why similar: Indie 60%, Puzzle Platformer 40%
- #35 Mr. Mookie and the Runaway Cookie
61% matchPositive89% of 19 reviews2024
Dev: B&B Gaming
Windows · Mac
Help Mr. Mookie retrieve his giant cookie in this adorable puzzle-platformer! Glide through the clouds, explore alien lands, and solve complex puzzles to get the cookie and dip it in milk.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 67.3%, Funny 17.6%, Indie 15.1%
- #36 Suspicious Spaceroads
68% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2020
Dev: Sami Kilani
Windows
Inspired heavily by the classic "Skyroads", partake in a platforming romp through a series of increasingly suspicious space roads, engage in futile questions like why are these roads hanging in space? Who built them? Why am I platforming here?
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 50%, Indie 50%
- #37 Bricks 10x10
64% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: LeiZna
Windows
Bricks 10x10 is a puzzle game where you place bricks on a 10x10 grid to create combos. Use mechanics like swapping and respawning bricks to play strategically. Simple to learn, yet full of deep fun and challenges.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 64.3%, Funny 28.5%, Indie 7.2%
- #38 Whisper
67% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2020
Dev: crdmrn
Windows · Mac · Linux
Whisper is a puzzle game about sound shaping our reality. Human perception is guided by visual input. We know that a tree is a tree because it looks like a tree. What if we took that away? If you hear the sound of a falling tree, but no one can see it, are you still in a forest? Knock on wood.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 54.6%, Indie 45.4%
- #39 Gravitas
63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 7,033 reviews2019
Dev: Galaxy Shark Studios
Windows
Gravitas is a short first-person puzzle platforming game that transports you to the Gallery of Refined Gravity. Manipulate gravity and the gallery itself to prove yourself a pupil worthy of the Curator’s masterwork.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 65%, Funny 19.7%, Indie 15.3%
- #40 Baezult
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 81 reviews2016
Dev: Atapki
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Baezult is a puzzle/action platformer set in a lost temple hidden for thousands of years behind a waterfall. You play as a brave explorer looking to find riches beyond his wildest dreams. But be careful, the people of the temple have protected their wealth very well.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 64.1%, Indie 35.9%
- #41 Youlogic
58% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: Pedro Gilabert
Windows
Indie logic puzzle game
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 43.5%, Indie 33.4%, Funny 23.1%
- #42 Rising Dusk
66% matchVery Positive82% of 88 reviews2018
Dev: Studio Stobie
Windows · Mac
An Anti-Coin Collection Platformer inspired by Japanese folktales. Befriend an assortment of ghosts and ghouls as you explore the world hidden in the dusk.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 60.9%, Indie 39.1%
- #43 Omi Momi
61% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2023
Dev: Wojciech KrupinskiPub: KrupinskiArt
Windows
OMI MOMI is a simple yet challenging puzzle game.It is the perfect blend of classic 8-bit and 16-bit mechanics, making it a must-play for gamers who appreciate a retro feel
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 64.8%, Funny 25.1%, Indie 10.1%
- #44 Ethan: Meteor Hunter
70% matchMixed62% of 255 reviews2014
Dev: Seaven Studio
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Freeze time and manipulate the world with endless possibilities: build the solution YOU want where nothing is scripted and levels can be solved in multiple ways. When Super Meat Boy meets Braid, you may die repeatedly and enjoy it!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 80.7%, Indie 19.3%
- #45 Luna
67% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2017
Dev: Lushboy Studios
Windows · Mac
Luna is a physics-based, gravity-twisting, 2D platforming mind-bender.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 57%, Indie 43%
- #46 Super Perspective
66% matchVery Positive90% of 51 reviews2017
Dev: The Dashing Crate
Windows · Mac
A mind-bending puzzle platformer where you can switch between 2D and 3D at will!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 68.8%, Indie 31.2%
- #47 Butterfly
65% matchPositive86% of 37 reviews2019
Dev: grin robot
Windows
Platformer-puzzlu game with interesting gimmick. You can't jump, so you need to bounce off your enemies or use tubes to your advantage. Both platformer skills AND logic are required to complete 40 challenging levels!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 55.5%, Indie 44.5%
- #48 Incredible Mandy
64% matchVery Positive92% of 126 reviews2018
Dev: Dotoyou Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Following a tragic event, two siblings lost their memory of each other. Summon up your light sword and traverse eight distinct levels packed with puzzles and boss fight to uncover the truth between the brother and sister.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 61.2%, Indie 38.8%
- #49 Dyadic
68% matchMostly Positive77% of 26 reviews2016
Dev: Handsome Dragon Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Two players steal an ancient and priceless relic, awakening an ominous presence deep beneath the earth, and sending them tumbling into long forgotten ruins. You both must work together to escape, yet you both want to be the one with the relic in the end. So, will you two be friends, or foes?
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 58.3%, Indie 41.7%
- #50 Puzzles in Otter Space
53% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: Dominic Louey
Windows
Don your spacesuit to teleport and super-jump your way through 90 brain-teasing platform puzzles.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 67.2%, Funny 24.4%, Indie 8.4%
- #51 Bound By Broadcast
58% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Might Be Giants
Windows
A cartoon inspired puzzle platformer that takes you on a journey through giant stacks of old TVs. Navigate six unique cartoon episodes, solve puzzles, save the creatures and shut down the Broadcast that is twisting your fellow island dwellers.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 58.6%, Funny 29.1%, Indie 12.3%
- #52 Apple Jack 1&2
66% matchPositive95% of 19 reviews2017
Dev: My Owl Software
Windows
When a little man with an apple for a head loses his dog, it marks the beginning of a grand platforming adventure deep into the heart of...Wales?
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 56.2%, Indie 43.8%
- #53 TimeTraveler
65% matchMixed64% of 11 reviews2019
Dev: Bill's Game
Windows · Mac
The unique color lead illustration hand-painted art style, quiet piano music, parallel world game playing method, press the time backward button, go back to the past, and cooperate with the previous self customs clearance, experience a journey and their own.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 85.4%, Indie 14.6%
- #54 Fish Flop
58% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Greene Rapture
Windows
Fish Flop is a fun, physics-based adventure where one fish must escape a fish market, and get back home to the sea!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 51.1%, Funny 32%, Indie 16.8%
- #55 LightWalk
66% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2016
Dev: Timeless Games
Windows
A 2D Puzzle Platformer about navigating mazes of lasers. The objective of each level is to get to the goal block, and a variety of laser types and gadgets make each challenge unique. Includes a level editor!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 70%, Indie 30%
- #56 Bug Academy
61% matchVery Positive96% of 293 reviews2020
Dev: Igrek GamesPub: Gaming Factory
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Bug Academy is a crazy action game in which you control a swarm of insects. Break through walls while delivering fridges, send rockets into space using chili sauce or catch ghosts with a vacuum cleaner. Finish all the lessons and pass the final exam to become Bug Academy graduate!
Why similar: Indie 43%, Puzzle Platformer 31.7%, Funny 25.4%
- #57 Satisfrustration
56% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Bogan Sorcerer
Windows
Satisfrustration is a trippy first-person puzzle game with directional gravity. Complete satisfying and disorientating puzzles made by The Taskmaster that become more frustratingly difficult to find solutions.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 88.2%, Indie 11.8%
- #58 USB-BOT
53% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: King Kelpo
Windows
Embark on an electrifying 2D platform puzzle adventure in USB-BOT, where a small, disconnected USB sets out on a quest to reunite with the device it was once a part of.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 71.2%, Funny 18.8%, Indie 10%
- #59 Spectrum: First Light
67% match8 user reviews50% of 8 reviews2015
Dev: Mido Basim
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 98%
It's the comic book platformer you have been waiting for! Phase between colors to solve puzzles and uncover the story of Tadashi and Saki. Inspired by the classic game Comix Zone™.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 68.1%, Indie 31.9%