- #1 Astro Engineers
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Savanna Developments
Windows
Astro Engineers is a co-op puzzle game for both virtual reality and desktop where you have to solve puzzles, work together and explore to complete different missions.
Why similar: Mars 52.3% ★, Puzzle Platformer 20.6%, Puzzle 8.9%, Stylized 7.7%, Sci-fi 7.4%
- #2 Baezult
92% 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 35%, Adventure 27.3%, Indie 22.4%, Puzzle 15.3%
- #3 Baezult 2
90% matchPositive82% of 28 reviews2017
Dev: Atapki
Windows
Baezult 2 is a puzzle platformer that takes place around the ancient temples of Baezult, lost for generations but rediscovered, hidden behind the waterfalls of a reclusive jungle island. It's a single player game and the sequel to Baezult.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 39.5%, Adventure 32.3%, Puzzle 17.2%, Indie 11%
- #4 Etherian
88% matchPositive82% of 11 reviews2018
Dev: Simulacrum Interactive
Windows
Traverse the fractured scapes to test your skills, uncover the stories of the ancients, or explore the mystical world around you in search of secrets.
Why similar: Adventure 33.8%, Puzzle Platformer 26.7%, Indie 25.4%, Puzzle 14%
- #5 Hyss
87% matchPositive97% of 29 reviews2018
Dev: Sunscale Studios
Windows
Angry fairies, a kidnapped herd of cows and a devastated cow queen. Play as Vilde and Grusa, throw Ms. Cowknight and solve the fairies’ tricky puzzles to save the kidnapped cows. Hyss is a lighthearted puzzle adventure with focus on platforming, puzzle solving and throwing cows.
Why similar: Adventure 38.8%, Indie 29.1%, Puzzle Platformer 22.3%, Puzzle 9.7%
- #6 Walk The Light
89% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2016
Dev: Anti Crunch Studios
Windows · Mac
A unique puzzle game where you control a mysterious light source to help Charlie escape the caverns he's been trapped in. Use an assortment of light shapes to tackle each puzzle set before you! Overcome traps and pits to reach the exit of each stage! Available on Mac and Windows.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 35.6%, Adventure 26.7%, Indie 20.9%, Puzzle 16.8%
- #7 Space Station Adventure
83% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Morrigan Games
Windows · Mac
Space Station Adventure: No Response From Mars is a science-fiction text-based, interactive adventure full of mysteries and twists! Play as an Artificial Intelligence and help your technician navigate through the Hades station!
Why similar: Mars 47.1% ★, Puzzle Platformer 21%, Stylized 11.4%, Adventure 11.2%, Sci-fi 8.5%
- #8 Tomoshibi no Yoru
77% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: NISAKE
Windows · Mac
A cooperative puzzle adventure where a small flame and a girl journey together through the night. Guided by light, they brave wind and rain to reach the shrine.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 34.9%, Adventure 25.4%, Stylized 17.4%, Puzzle 16.5%, Indie 5.8%
- #9 Incredible Mandy
85% 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 34.2%, Adventure 26%, Indie 24.8%, Puzzle 14.9%
- #10 Unearthing Mars VR
87% matchMixed65% of 63 reviews2017
Dev: Light Era StudioPub: Skywalker HK
Windows
Unearthing Mars is a VR adventure game set on the mysterious Red Planet. Unearthing Mars provides hours of unique gameplay experiences, ranging from puzzle-solving to first-person shooting, the game will allow players to resolve challenges from a variety of game genres.
Why similar: Mars 79.7% ★, Adventure 20.3%
- #11 xMoon
85% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2019
Dev: buffalo buffalo buffalo
Windows
xMoon is a laser-based puzzle game on The Moon.
Why similar: Adventure 37.3%, Indie 28.9%, Sci-fi 19.2%, Puzzle 14.6%
- #12 Ghost of the Past
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Last Axiom
Windows
Ghost of the Past — a sci-fi adventure about the price of human curiosity. Track ghostly signals, survive encounters with an unknown enemy, and unravel a mystery the Fleet has chased for decades—while paying an unfathomable price for the answers.
Why similar: Mars 61.6% ★, Sci-fi 15.3%, Adventure 14.8%, Indie 4.2%, Puzzle 4%
- #13 Precision of insight
78% 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 51.6%, Puzzle 20.4%, Adventure 17.2%, Indie 10.8%
- #14 Red Planet Farming
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 864 reviews2020
Dev: Nina Demirjian
Windows · Mac · Linux
Become the first Agricultural Director of Mars in Red Planet Farming! This casual strategy game tasks players with producing enough food to feed a growing population of settlers on the red planet.
Why similar: Mars 61% ★, Sci-fi 21.4%, Indie 17.6%
- #15 Isle of Ewe
80% matchVery Positive86% of 687 reviews2020
Dev: Miles Peter HatcliffPub: No Ewe Productions
Windows
Embark on an adventure and command your flock to bring your fluffy friends back home. The mysterious disappearance of Ramsey sparks your journey as you must collect, throw and bounce from sheep to sheep to bring him back home safely.
Why similar: Adventure 32.1%, Puzzle Platformer 27%, Indie 26.2%, Puzzle 14.7%
- #16 COCOON
73% matchVery Positive95% of 8,455 reviews2023
Dev: Geometric InteractivePub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
From Jeppe Carlsen, the lead gameplay designer of LIMBO and INSIDE — COCOON takes you on an adventure across worlds within worlds. Master world-leaping mechanics and solve intricate puzzles to unravel a cosmic mystery.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 26.7%, Puzzle 21.7%, Adventure 20.7%, Stylized 16.2%, Indie 9.5%
- #17 Monolight
79% 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 32.7%, Adventure 29.4%, Indie 22.7%, Puzzle 15.2%
- #18 Platform Gun
75% matchPositive92% of 36 reviews2023
Dev: Branno
Windows · Linux
A sci-fi puzzle platformer using the platform gun
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 40.3%, Sci-fi 20.3%, Adventure 15.8%, Stylized 9.6%, Puzzle 8.8%
- #19 Waking Mars
80% matchVery Positive89% of 1,194 reviews2012
Dev: Tiger Style
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 49%
In 2097, life is discovered on Mars. When your mission of first contact becomes trapped by a cave-in, you must master the alien ecosystem to survive. Soon you stumble upon more than anyone expected, and with time running out, you will make a decision that determines the fate of a lost planet.
Why similar: Mars 36.6% ★, Sci-fi 25.8%, Adventure 16.1%, Puzzle 11.4%, Indie 10.2%
- #20 You'll stay here forever
74% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Pickaxe
Windows
Proxima Centauri b was discovered on August 24, 2016. The rovers sent to the planet are not responding. It turned out that the planet's atmosphere does not allow radio signals to pass through. You have been sent to the planet's surface to find them.
Why similar: Adventure 38.1%, Indie 28.6%, Sci-fi 19.6%, Puzzle 13.6%
- #21 Panco's Journey
78% matchPositive82% of 11 reviews2018
Dev: SunkenFish
Windows
Incarnate Panco, a white little cat, on his journey to save all Elemalia's residents, trapped in their own home due to a terrible tempest. Control up to three different natural elements and interact with your environment to progress through puzzles and grab the coins dispersed around the world!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 39.4%, Adventure 24.8%, Indie 18.6%, Puzzle 17.2%
- #22 KEIKA - A Puzzle Adventure
77% matchMostly Positive74% of 19 reviews2019
Dev: YukiOstudio
Windows
Help KEIKA restore his world by assembling various interactive elements in this puzzle game
Why similar: Adventure 34.8%, Puzzle Platformer 28.4%, Puzzle 18.6%, Indie 18.3%
- #23 Graviton
75% 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 43.5%, Indie 37.6%, Puzzle 19%
- #24 Flipping Death
75% matchVery Positive90% of 282 reviews2018
Dev: Zoink Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Possess the living, aid the dead and flip between the worlds of Flipping Death - a puzzling adventure platformer where you find yourself filling in for Death. Maybe your new powers will help you solve the mystery of your own demise?
Why similar: Adventure 41.8%, Puzzle Platformer 29.9%, Indie 28.3%
- #25 Bliss
78% 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 50.4%, Adventure 27.8%, Indie 21.8%
- #26 Niko: Through The Dream
77% matchMostly Positive73% of 229 reviews2015
Dev: Studio Paint
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Niko is a spiritual journey through the dreams, where adventure, puzzles and mysteries come together in an oneiric and minimalist world. Dare to dream!
Why similar: Adventure 31.6%, Puzzle Platformer 28.1%, Indie 20.9%, Puzzle 19.4%
- #27 The Vault: Logic Puzzle Box
63% matchMostly Positive75% of 12 reviews2025
Dev: Peaksel
Windows · Mac
Step into the thrilling world of The Vault: Logic Puzzle Box, an immersive 3D safe-breaker puzzle game! Your goal is to prove yourself as a great puzzle solver and unlock safes to reveal the hidden secrets of Mars!
Why similar: Mars 54.6% ★, Stylized 13.3%, Puzzle 11.5%, Adventure 11.4%, Sci-fi 9.1%
- #28 Martian Potato
73% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2020
Dev: Frosted Wings Studio
Windows
Galactic farmer - it sounds proud! Do you have a farm on the Red Planet?
Why similar: Mars 62.7% ★, Adventure 21%, Indie 16.3%
- #29 GravityBot
65% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CyberWolves Studio
Windows
In this Sci-Fi Physics-Based Puzzle Game, you control a little robot with a big power. Use your power of changing gravity to stop the space pirates and return all the stolen goods to their owners.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 38.1%, Adventure 27.8%, Puzzle 18.1%, Sci-fi 16%
- #30 Caracoland
75% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2018
Dev: Rodrigo BezziPub: Rosasoft
Windows
Caracoland - The Quest for the Golden Shell
Why similar: Adventure 33%, Puzzle Platformer 29.6%, Indie 25.6%, Puzzle 11.7%
- #31 Veilia
76% matchMixed60% of 15 reviews2016
Dev: Gawkfish StudiosPub: Alex Gimson
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Veilia is an exploration adventure game, which focuses on the story of Veilia, a cursed girl who has been separated from her body. It is now your job to help her in her search for her old body as well as the sorcerer that took it from her.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 34.9%, Adventure 28.5%, Indie 21.4%, Puzzle 15.2%
- #32 Mirror Traveller
63% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Naughty Engineering
Windows
Mirror Traveller is a unique hidden object game. Players search for mirrors in ruins and mazes, find another self in the mirror, and travel between different worlds in a sci-fi narrative.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 31.7%, Adventure 24.1%, Puzzle 14.9%, Stylized 13.3%, Sci-fi 10.8%
- #33 Recourse
75% matchPositive94% of 18 reviews2016
Dev: Clouds and Blue
Windows
Curiosity is a sign of intelligence. Will yours take you far enough to discover why Sleet and Floe are stuck on this beautiful desolate planet?
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 48.6%, Puzzle 20.3%, Adventure 17.4%, Indie 13.7%
- #34 Gravitas
69% 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 41.1%, Puzzle 22.9%, Sci-fi 12.8%, Adventure 12.1%, Indie 11.1%
- #35 Prisma & the Masquerade Menace
62% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Shiny Bolt
Windows · Mac
Prisma & the Masquerade Menace is a challenging, side-scrolling puzzle platformer set in a colorful, yet dangerous, multi-dimensional world. Utilize the unique power of each dimension by switching between them to gain the ability to jump higher, run faster, and destroy obstacles.
Why similar: Adventure 36%, Indie 27.1%, Puzzle Platformer 23.1%, Stylized 13.8%
- #36 The Lost Island
62% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Belal ChomanyPub: KURDISH PROJECT
Windows
A lonely warrior to find a plant, that has caused the extinction of the tribes.
Why similar: Adventure 36.3%, Puzzle Platformer 31.5%, Indie 18.5%, Puzzle 13.7%
- #37 Puny BOB
67% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2022
Dev: Nikita Morti
Windows
Puny BOB - Explore the bright fantasy world of the Mediterranean kingdom! Meet unusual characters and help them complete their tasks by making difficult decisions. Your journey is unique - these stories tell the story of a simple farmer.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 41.6%, Adventure 31.1%, Puzzle 19.7%, Indie 7.7%
- #38 Mars Odyssey
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 50 reviews2016
Dev: Steel Wool Studios
Windows
Mars Odyssey is a single player VR simulator experience. Land on Earth’s sister planet. Walk the surface of Mars in your living room and interact with full-scale, realistic NASA Landers and Rovers. Learn about the Red Planet, its history, and its geography in this interactive experience. Play time: 20 min.
Why similar: Mars 92.8% ★, Indie 7.2%
- #39 Inops
70% matchVery Positive81% of 52 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: Adventure 42.9%, Indie 32.7%, Puzzle Platformer 15.8%, Stylized 8.6%
- #40 Project Eagle: A 3D Interactive Mars Base
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 543 reviews2018
Dev: Blackbird Interactive
Windows
An interactive art demo that showcases what a future base on Mars could look like. Project Eagle isn't a game - but an exploration of mankind's possible future.
Why similar: Mars 100% ★
- #41 Isoland
70% matchVery Positive91% of 307 reviews2018
Dev: Cotton GamePub: Lilith Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The objective of the game is to explore a small island in the Atlantic Ocean, and uncover its secrets
Why similar: Adventure 43.4%, Indie 32.6%, Puzzle 24.1%
- #42 SolarGun
71% 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 44%, Indie 34.5%, Sci-fi 21.6%
- #43 Isoland 2 - Ashes of Time
69% matchVery Positive95% of 303 reviews2018
Dev: Cotton GamePub: Lilith Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Isoland 2: Ashes of Time is a puzzle game with a fascinating non-linear story, charming 2D hand-drawn art, numerous challenging puzzles, and unique twists. Besides numerous sci-fi references and easter-eggs hidden throughout the game, you’ll find things aren’t quite the same second time you play through the story.
Why similar: Adventure 47.3%, Indie 32.7%, Puzzle 19.9%
- #44 The Big Journey
70% matchVery Positive85% of 340 reviews2018
Dev: CatfishboxPub: Hook Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 42 minMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 47%
A cat who's hungry for good food and excitement.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 27.9%, Adventure 24.9%, Indie 19.2%, Stylized 16.6%, Puzzle 11.4%
- #45 Mars: War Logs
72% matchMostly Positive75% of 2,986 reviews2013
Dev: SpidersPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
An Intense Cyberpunk Rpg On the Red Planet! Mars War Logs takes you to Mars, nearly a century after the cataclysm that threw the planet and its colonists into chaos. Water has become the most precious resource on the arid red planet, with a few companies fighting a perpetual war for its control.
Why similar: Mars 74.5% ★, Sci-fi 20.6%, Adventure 5%
- #46 Flightless Classic
70% matchVery Positive90% of 375 reviews2017
Dev: Bristol Street Studios
Windows
Flightless is a tile-based puzzle adventure game. Navigate your way through a series of floating islands, each presenting a curious puzzle. A minimalist art style and calming piano soundtrack complement senses of wonder and discovery.
Why similar: Adventure 45.8%, Indie 32.9%, Puzzle 21.3%
- #47 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 54.5%, Puzzle 30.8%, Indie 14.7%
- #48 Shiftomino
60% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: aramaa
Windows · Mac · Linux
"Shift" to move, Shiftomino! Shiftomino is a puzzle platformer where you advance through stages by moving from block to block.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 50.2%, Adventure 24.1%, Puzzle 19%, Indie 6.7%
- #49 Doge to the Moon
68% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2021
Dev: The Wilburnness
Windows
Doge to the Moon is an endless runner game based on the WSB and Dogecoin stock market saga. Help Doge as he rocks out to a great soundtrack flying through space while avoiding asteroids, comets, and other out of this world obstacles as you try to get Doge to the Moon and BEYOND! MUCH WOW, included.
Why similar: Mars 74.3% ★, Adventure 9.9%, Sci-fi 9.6%, Indie 6.2%
- #50 Ninja Forest Maze
62% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2023
Dev: 송코딩
Windows
Help me test the ninja of the cat tribe. Move the blocks on the screen to create a path. You can move the block by scrolling the mouse. If an emergency quest occurs in the middle, you must use it to create a path. If you click on an empty space without a photo, the quest window will disappear.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 37.1%, Puzzle 23.8%, Adventure 21.5%, Indie 17.7%
- #51 Night & Day
69% match5 user reviews40% of 5 reviews2019
Dev: Genexsin
Windows
The personifications of Night and Day learn to get along. Discover each other’s unique skills to help both Night & Day come to realize that new paths will open up if they work together.
Why similar: Adventure 32.2%, Puzzle Platformer 29%, Indie 25%, Puzzle 13.8%
- #52 The Last Solver
66% matchNo user reviews2023
Dev: TLS Group
Windows
Solving puzzles is all you need to save humanity.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 41.5%, Adventure 31.4%, Puzzle 19.7%, Indie 7.5%
- #53 Golem
70% matchMixed67% of 33 reviews2018
Dev: Longbow Games
Windows
A heart-warming adventure about a young girl and a shape-shifting golem who must navigate the ruins of an ancient tower to solve its challenging puzzles and re-activate its long-dormant machines.
Why similar: Adventure 45%, Indie 33.8%, Puzzle 21.2%
- #54 Light Borrower
69% matchPositive83% of 12 reviews2018
Dev: Jon Pulsipher
Windows · Mac
Join Rachel as she faces the Cleansing, a coming-of-age ritual that will determine whether she joins the last survivors of the end of the world or is banished above ground.
Why similar: Adventure 40.3%, Indie 31.8%, Puzzle 28%
- #55 Chronon
70% match5 user reviews20% of 5 reviews2018
Dev: HronosGame
Windows
Chronon is a puzzle game in the first person.
Why similar: Adventure 42.4%, Indie 31.8%, Puzzle 25.8%
- #56 Small Radios Big Televisions
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 378 reviews2016
Dev: Fire Face Corporation
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Explore the inner workings of deserted factories in search of data cassettes that contain boundless virtual worlds. Collect more tapes and explore more worlds and you'll soon discover new methods of traversal and control that will take you farther than you'd ever expect.
Why similar: Adventure 43.6%, Indie 33.8%, Puzzle 22.5%
- #57 Escape again
68% match9 user reviews56% of 9 reviews2019
Dev: Martin Flothmann
Windows
Escape again is a puzzle game which is inspired by Live Escape Games as well as "Escape Room" video games. In this game you solve different types of puzzles and riddles in order to move forward and find your way out.
Why similar: Adventure 47%, Indie 35.3%, Puzzle 17.8%
- #58 Find Pixel
70% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2017
Dev: Denis Mikheikin
Windows
Remember the games where you had to find objects, now it's all in three-dimensional space, with nice graphics, and an unusual storyline. Help the ghost find the items that he needs, while interacting with the outside world!
Why similar: Adventure 42.6%, Indie 33.5%, Puzzle 23.8%