- #1 Skala
97% matchVery Positive89% of 313 reviews2022
Dev: Gustav Almström
Windows · Linux
Skala is a puzzle game about changing the scale of the world.
Why similar: Adventure 72.2%, Indie 27.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game mirrors the minimalist puzzle-platforming focus of 7 with a strong emphasis on logic-based level progression.
- #2 Bliss
96% 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: Adventure 55.5%, Indie 44.5%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the same indie spirit and straightforward puzzle-platformer mechanics found in 7.
- #3 Baezult
96% matchMostly Positive79% of 81 reviews2016
Dev: Atapki
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 13.7 hrs≥1hr: 69%
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: Adventure 54.3%, Indie 45.7%
Why You'll Like It: This title offers a similar blend of minimalist platforming and puzzle-solving in a compact, free-to-play package.
- #4 Blink
95% 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: Adventure 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
Why You'll Like It: A tight, 2D puzzle-platformer that relies on precise movement and clever level design similar to the seed game.
- #5 Find You
94% matchVery Positive93% of 419 reviews2017
Dev: Byting Games
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Play every character simultaneously and reunite them in mind boggling 100 levels
Why similar: Indie 100%
Why You'll Like It: It is a challenging, free-to-play puzzle-platformer that encourages players to think critically about their movement.
- #6 Monolight
94% 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: Adventure 55.8%, Indie 44.2%
Why You'll Like It: It features the same atmospheric, indie puzzle-platformer feel, focusing on navigating 2D environments with simple controls.
- #7 Super Perspective
93% 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: Indie 100%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides a unique perspective-shifting puzzle experience that appeals to fans of unconventional platforming.
- #8 The Itch
92% matchVery Positive90% of 98 reviews2019
Dev: Dane ShermanPub: MAGIC Spell Studios
Windows
The Itch is a 2D platformer centered around using heart rate as a resource to make objects move, grow, and shoot in order to find a doctor who can cure a deadly virus. The path to the doctor is full of obstacles as you traverse cavernous environments filled with plant life and people.
Why similar: Adventure 55%, Indie 45%
Why You'll Like It: A short, free-to-play platformer that shares the experimental and minimalist design philosophy of 7.
- #9 The Flaws of Gravity
91% matchMixed62% of 237 reviews2017
Dev: Absorbed Studios
Windows
The Flaws of Gravity is a first-person puzzle game where you change the direction of gravity to solve puzzles and uncover secrets in a labyrinth.
Why similar: Adventure 53.7%, Indie 46.3%
Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play title that experiments with movement mechanics in a minimalist 2D space.
- #10 Cartesian
91% matchPositive96% of 50 reviews2017
Dev: Mark Radocy
Windows
Cartesian is a unique puzzle-platformer with lasers as its core mechanic. Use lasers to reflect, push, destroy, and more as you search for your lost crew-mates. Dozens of interesting mechanics are introduced through over 70 varied levels.
Why similar: Adventure 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on simple, logic-based movement within an indie adventure framework.
- #11 Flightless Classic
90% 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 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a straightforward puzzle-platforming experience that is accessible and easy to pick up.
- #12 Island Marauder
89% matchVery Positive81% of 183 reviews2019
Dev: MSOL
Windows
Indie Puzzle Game
Why similar: Adventure 53.2%, Indie 46.8%
Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play adventure that incorporates light puzzle elements and platforming in a compact world.
- #13 Zup! 7
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,355 reviews2017
Dev: Quiet River
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Minimal physical puzzle with explosions
Why similar: Indie 100%
Why You'll Like It: While more physics-focused, it shares the same minimalist, level-based structure and rapid-fire puzzle gameplay.
- #14 The Navigator
88% matchVery Positive96% of 227 reviews2018
Dev: Team Navigator
Windows · Mac
The Navigator is a 2D puzzle-platformer where the player assumes control of a young boy travelling the high seas. The mysterious world around him is filled with floating rocks that have various celestial properties, and the player must help the boy align these celestial rocks to lead him on his journey.
Why similar: Adventure 55.8%, Indie 44.2%
Why You'll Like It: This title combines casual exploration with puzzle-platforming elements in a way that feels very similar to the seed game.
- #15 Spark and The Digital Daydream
87% matchVery Positive93% of 71 reviews2019
Dev: Luminescence Interactive
Windows · Mac
Spark and The Digital Daydream is a story-based puzzle-platformer where puzzles are intertwined with live-action video and an original soundtrack. Follow Spark, a video game character lost in the world of his creator's computer, as he searches for a way to save his game and something even greater than himself.
Why similar: Adventure 54.5%, Indie 45.5%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the indie, experimental adventure vibe that makes 7 feel unique.
- #16 7Groves
85% matchMixed67% of 59 reviews2024
Dev: RainySundayAfternoon
Windows · Mac · Linux
A game in which you explore surreal and beautiful forests.
Why similar: Adventure 77.6%, Indie 22.4%
Why You'll Like It: This title emphasizes atmospheric exploration and simple, nature-themed puzzle-platforming.
- #17 Andarin Weppes: Pre-Dementia
82% matchVery Positive93% of 188 reviews2024
Dev: MötivPub: Next in Game
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 24%
Andarin Weppes is a first person puzzle experience of a man with ever advancing dementia...
Why similar: Adventure 100%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a 3D puzzle-platforming experience that maintains an indie, experimental tone.
- #18 Journey To The Center Of The Earth
86% matchMixed69% of 698 reviews2015
Dev: InSayn
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 21.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
You love riddles and to combine logically? You love Jump 'n' Runs? You don't want to fight but you still want a challenge? Then you will love this Journey to the Center of the Earth! Control three adventurers with unique powers at the same time, or guide them individually in this narrative 2D puzzle platformer...
Why similar: Indie 56%, Adventure 44%
Why You'll Like It: A casual platformer that focuses on a linear, adventure-driven progression.
- #19 Visibility
86% matchMixed61% of 93 reviews2015
Dev: Zeritum
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Visibility is a platformer that is completely dark until you place your lights. Each level has a limited set of lights which you must strategically place around the level in order to illuminate your path to the exit.
Why similar: Indie 100%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, free-to-play platformer that relies on simple visual cues to guide the player.
- #20 Electronic Super Joy
84% matchVery Positive90% of 3,293 reviews2013
Dev: Michael Todd GamesPub: 2&30 Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Electronic Super Joy is a brutally hard platformer set in a world of pulse-pounding electronic music. Run, jump, smash & fly your way through 45+ weird & different levels, with low-gravity, world rotation, giant monsters & swarming missiles.
Why similar: Indie 100%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a fast-paced, rhythmic platforming experience that strips away unnecessary fluff to focus on pure gameplay.
- #21 Applewood
84% matchVery Positive97% of 61 reviews2019
Dev: Garrett Thompson
Windows
Discover the true meaning of apples in this charming adventure-platformer.
Why similar: Adventure 100%
Why You'll Like It: It combines cute aesthetics with platforming mechanics in a way that feels approachable and charming.
- #22 Summon The DUDES!
79% matchVery Positive97% of 60 reviews2024
Dev: Inanity Catchers Team
Windows
A quirky 2D puzzle platformer where your most powerful tool is… the DUDES!
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #23 Lumin's Path
82% matchMostly Positive77% of 87 reviews2020
Dev: Buckle Up Games
Windows
Lumin's Path is an atmospheric 3D platformer using light and darkness to impact the world in mysterious ways.
Why similar: Adventure 100%
Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play 3D platformer that focuses on navigating fantasy environments with simple goals.
- #24 Way To Yaatra
80% matchVery Positive94% of 157 reviews2020
Dev: WayToYaatra Company
Windows
Get aboard on a thrilling voyage in search of the truth after the desolation of your village, using spears to climb a huge mountain while you walk the way to Yaatra.
Why similar: Adventure 56.1%, Indie 43.9%
Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play, casual platformer that offers a straightforward journey through various puzzle-filled levels.
- #25 Jacob
83% matchMostly Negative36% of 102 reviews2016
Dev: Duck Duck ZeusPub: Centre For Longitudinal Studies
Windows
Jacob: an evidence-based puzzle
Why similar: Indie 100%
Why You'll Like It: This game mixes casual strategy and puzzle elements within a platforming-adjacent environment.
- #26 The Raintime
81% matchMostly Positive70% of 54 reviews2020
Dev: socah developmentPub: socah
Windows · Mac · Linux
Delve into a troubled student's mind as his grip on reality unravels . . .
Why similar: Adventure 55.7%, Indie 44.3%
Why You'll Like It: It blends adventure and visual novel elements, appealing to those who enjoy the experimental side of indie games.
- #27 Lines X Free
79% matchVery Positive93% of 1,948 reviews2017
Dev: KonstructorsPub: Hook Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Beautiful & relaxing Numberlink puzzles.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #28 Three Twenty One
81% matchMixed48% of 52 reviews2017
Dev: B-Side Games
Windows · Mac
3:21 is divided into smaller adventure games that open a dialog with the player and encourage interaction and exploration. Through the player's interactions with these that serve as a timeline of events, they discover what 3:21 is really about and just how real games can get.
Why similar: Adventure 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
Why You'll Like It: A short, free-to-play indie adventure that keeps its mechanics simple and focused.
- #29 Dawn
78% matchVery Positive91% of 870 reviews2017
Dev: Brave Rabbit GamesPub: SMU Guildhall
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Dawn is an atmospheric 3D platformer in which players guide a druidic creature named Ash through a beautiful environment to bring life and light back to a dead tree at the center of the world.
Why similar: Adventure 100%
- #30 MANDAGON
77% matchVery Positive95% of 5,730 reviews2016
Dev: Blind Sky Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 36 minMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 23%
Explore Mandagon, a world inspired by Tibetan theology and philosophy. With a focus on life and death, discover what it means to make a true sacrifice . . .
Why similar: Adventure 54.7%, Indie 45.3%
- #31 sun-rise.exe
75% matchVery Positive90% of 62 reviews2023
Dev: louis morel
Windows
Adventure through bizarre and intricately made levels in this 2D platformer game.
Why similar: Adventure 92.4%, Indie 7.6%
- #32 Gravitia
73% matchVery Positive92% of 168 reviews2024
Dev: VuzzlePub: Jungle Game Lab
Windows
Gravitia is an adventure game about manipulating gravity to escape a unique world full of mystery.
Why similar: Adventure 87.9%, Indie 12.1%
- #33 Kith - Tales from the Fractured Plateaus
78% matchVery Positive80% of 60 reviews2017
Dev: Screwy Lightbulb
Windows · Linux
Kith is free regular mini-adventure series, set on a planet covered in fractured plateaus above a dark and ominous mist.
Why similar: Adventure 58.5%, Indie 41.5%
- #34 FIND ALL 7: Japan
68% matchVery Positive97% of 413 reviews2025
Dev: Very Very LITTLE Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Immerse yourself in an exciting adventure in Find All 7: Japan! You will have to explore the unique scenery of an ancient temple and a colorful summer festival. Look for hidden items and color this mysterious painted world.
Why similar: Adventure 72.2%, Indie 27.8%
- #35 Broccoli Bob
77% matchMixed68% of 108 reviews2017
Dev: Timberwolf StudiosPub: My Way Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
"Broccoli Bob" is an adventure game that combined with puzzle.
Why similar: Indie 63.1%, Adventure 36.9%
- #36 Romino's Adventure
74% matchVery Positive94% of 54 reviews2021
Dev: InterDan
Windows · Linux
A blocky puzzle platformer adventure.
Why similar: Adventure 70.2%, Indie 29.8%
- #37 Figure it Out!
69% matchVery Positive96% of 113 reviews2025
Dev: Two Weeks at Home
Windows
A puzzle game with an eye in it. And it's free. The game, not the eye.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #38 Blink the Bulb
76% matchVery Positive85% of 108 reviews2017
Dev: White Sparkle Games
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Blink the Bulb is a 16-bit platformer composed of massive, holiday-themed realms. Explore six unique worlds, mix and match varied power ups, and stave off the nefarious Holidaemon in this throwback to games of yore.
Why similar: Adventure 61.5%, Indie 38.5%
- #39 The Cursed Tower
76% matchMixed64% of 97 reviews2018
Dev: Mohsin Rizvi
Windows · Mac · Linux
"The Cursed Tower" is a story-driven platformer game where you are a dutiful postal worker. Armed with only a letter opener and graceful jumping skills, you must embark on a quest and fulfill your duty. Along the way, you will encounter many dangers and uncover a dark secret. Do you have what it takes?
Why similar: Adventure 54.6%, Indie 45.4%
- #40 Liminal
75% matchMixed58% of 72 reviews2018
Dev: Suspicious Box
Windows
Liminal is a mind-bending puzzle game where every door is a change in perspective and destination.
Why similar: Adventure 58.7%, Indie 41.3%
- #41 PoPuP
70% matchVery Positive93% of 90 reviews2023
Dev: 번둥천개Pub: 청강문화산업대학교
Windows
Puzzle Flatformer Game Adventures Over Obstacles at a Paper Amusement Park
Why similar: Adventure 80.1%, Indie 19.9%
- #42 Legend of Numbers
74% matchMostly Positive74% of 115 reviews2016
Dev: YFC games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Experience Legend of Numbers, the one of a kind match-3 game that is both new and revolutionary. one that you’ve never seen before!
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #43 Cognizer
73% matchVery Positive93% of 56 reviews2018
Dev: Maniac Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A new puzzle game of wits and recognition.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #44 Cup Of Ethanol
72% matchVery Positive81% of 98 reviews2019
Dev: Eoin Flanagan
Windows
A free platformer game with a bunch of unique enemies and landscapes. Jump your way through 24 different levels to find that delicious pint.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #45 Chocolate makes you happy 7
73% matchMostly Positive80% of 59 reviews2018
Dev: Blender Games
Windows
Casual colorful physical puzzle with sweets, jumpers, teleports, accelerators, reverse gravity, traps, treadmills, lazors and explosions.
Why similar: Adventure 100%
- #46 The Hardest Game Ever
67% matchMostly Positive77% of 361 reviews2023
Dev: AIAdev
Windows
An insanely difficult precision platformer
Why similar: Adventure 69.1%, Indie 30.9%
- #47 AV-17
72% matchMostly Positive80% of 79 reviews2018
Dev: WANZUNGDEV
Windows · Linux
AV-17 is a FREE 2D action platformer inspired by information technology and BUBBLE BOBBLE!!
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #48 Mushroom Heroes
70% matchVery Positive86% of 159 reviews2018
Dev: Serkan Bakar
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 39%
A puzzle platform adventure, with inspiration going all the way back to SNES and 8-bit classics. The game is inspired from ‘90s classics like Lost Vikings.
Why similar: Adventure 59.4%, Indie 40.6%
- #49 Floodcore
64% matchVery Positive96% of 217 reviews2024
Dev: Floodcore Team
Windows
Floodcore is a puzzle adventure game in which you explore an ancient civilization in a flooded world, and discover a mysterious power to overcome the temple's challenges.
Why similar: Adventure 68.8%, Indie 31.2%
- #50 Seconds to Square
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 67 reviews2017
Dev: Fast Fall Studios
Windows · Mac
Seconds to Square is a momentum-based action-platformer where players draw boxes to manipulate time.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #51 7th Sector
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 697 reviews2019
Dev: Носков Сергей
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Welcome to the 7th Sector, set in a mysterious cyberpunk world. Immerse yourself on this intricate path, solving different puzzles, facing its dangers and collecting scattered information to discover the story of this world.
Why similar: Adventure 100%
- #52 Where We Went
62% matchVery Positive98% of 53 reviews2026
Dev: Oddcube Games
Windows
Where We Went is a narrative driven puzzle game. Step into the role of a mysterious character that can control ancient guardians to solve puzzles. Uncover the story behind your visit to the tomb and the reason for its existence!
Why similar: Adventure 80.8%, Indie 19.2%
- #53 Shutter
66% matchVery Positive89% of 117 reviews2023
Dev: Team ScoopPub: Artfx School of Digital Arts
Windows
In Shutter you play as Keith, a new employee that has arrived at the mysterious research center L.I.E. (Learn, Investigate and Exploit). Explore and solve puzzles with a camera that modifies objects using perspective. All in a space-age inspired setting.
Why similar: Adventure 63.1%, Indie 36.9%
- #54 3Buttons
71% matchMixed60% of 69 reviews2018
Dev: John SegerstedtPub: Indie
Windows · Mac · Linux
3Buttons is a short free-to-play platformer where you will only need three buttons to play! Choose between three different geometrical shapes; Sphere, Capsule, and the dreaded Cube. There are three different campaigns, in each you can submit your High Score for the global leaderboards! Good luck.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #55 SORE
71% matchMixed66% of 349 reviews2017
Dev: Bazitov Mikhail
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 31%
Mystical puzzle quest game in a gloomy minimalism style will tell you a story of a person who's got himself into a camera, and from which there is no way out it seems. Experimental gameplay diluted with a pinch of a philosophy, that's what SORE is.
Why similar: Indie 52.2%, Adventure 47.8%
- #56 Puzzlement
69% matchVery Positive92% of 235 reviews2018
Dev: Yunus Ayyildiz
Windows · Mac
Median: 54 minMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 46%
a game about walking/jumping between plane surfaces to collect all red squares
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #57 words from pluto...
60% matchVery Positive98% of 62 reviews2026
Dev: ThatMegalosaurus
Windows
An experimental platformer where words are tied to movement. Guide Pluto up the strange mountain and figure out what secrets are held within.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #58 You Have 10 Seconds
68% matchVery Positive89% of 1,357 reviews2016
Dev: tamationgames
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 18%
You Have 10 Seconds is a fast paced arcade style platformer game with over 40 levels.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #59 Secrets of the Temple
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 61 reviews2022
Dev: Matt CusworthPub: Rhinocorp Games
Windows
Secrets of the Temple is a single player puzzle platformer adventure game. Traverse the Pharaoh's labyrinthian temple and locate and collect the Eye of Ra before it's too late!
Why similar: Adventure 91.8%, Indie 8.2%
- #60 Puzzle Box Palace
67% matchVery Positive86% of 123 reviews2021
Dev: SMU Guildhall
Windows
Puzzle Box Palace is an escape room style puzzle game where you are pulled into your grandfather's magical puzzle box. Solve puzzles, manipulate the puzzle box, and jump across furniture as you look for a way out.
Why similar: Adventure 58.7%, Indie 41.3%
