- #1 8Doors: Arum's Afterlife Adventure
97% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,577 reviews2021
Dev: Rootless StudioPub: NEOWIZ
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
8Doors is a story-driven Metroidvania-style action platformer heavily influenced by Korean folktales. Play as ‘Arum’, a brave girl that has entered the realm of the afterlife in search of her father’s soul and guide her through the '8 Doors of Purgatory' to solve the mysteries that lie deep within.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.1%, Platformer 15.4%, Adventure 13%, Side Scroller 9.1%, Female Protagonist 7%
- #2 Iconoclasts
96% matchVery Positive86% of 4,950 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 20.7%, Female Protagonist 14.8%, Puzzle Platformer 12.6%, Pixel Graphics 10.4%, Platformer 9.5%
- #3 Alwa's Awakening
96% matchVery Positive80% of 923 reviews2017
Dev: Elden Pixels
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 28.4%, Platformer 14.5%, Female Protagonist 12%, Pixel Graphics 11.5%, Adventure 8.7%
- #4 YesterMorrow
95% matchMixed68% of 65 reviews2020
Dev: Bitmap GalaxyPub: Blowfish Studios
Windows
YesterMorrow is a single-player time travelling 2D platformer, mixing action sequences with puzzle elements. Follow the engaging story of Yui, who travels back into the past to save her family and the remnants of a world now trapped in Never-ending Night.
Why similar: Adventure 20.4%, Platformer 17.5%, Pixel Graphics 13.1%, Indie 10.4%, Puzzle Platformer 9.8%
- #5 Etherborn
94% matchMostly Positive73% of 445 reviews2019
Dev: Altered MatterPub: Akupara Games
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Delve into an environmental puzzle platformer built on exploring and understanding gravity-shifting structures. You are a voiceless being that has just been born into a world where a bodiless voice awaits your arrival. Go forth and seek your purpose.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 29.6%, Great Soundtrack 22.9%, Platformer 18.4%, Adventure 11.1%, Female Protagonist 10%
- #6 Romino's Adventure
94% matchVery Positive94% of 54 reviews2021
Dev: InterDan
Windows · Linux
A blocky puzzle platformer adventure.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 26.1%, Side Scroller 16.1%, Female Protagonist 13.1%, 2D Platformer 12.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.5%
- #7 Timespinner
93% matchVery Positive86% of 3,123 reviews2018
Dev: Lunar Ray GamesPub: Chucklefish
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Travel back in time to change fate itself, in this beautifully crafted story-driven adventure, inspired by classic 90s action-platformers. Join timekeeper Lunais on her quest for revenge against the empire that killed her family, using time-bending powers to explore a vast, connected world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 17.1%, Time Manipulation 17% ★, Female Protagonist 11.8%, Side Scroller 11.5%, Platformer 10.2%
- #8 Celeste
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 140,994 reviews2018
Dev: Maddy Makes Games Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 26.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Help Madeline survive her inner demons on her journey to the top of Celeste Mountain, in this super-tight platformer from the creators of TowerFall. Brave hundreds of hand-crafted challenges, uncover devious secrets, and piece together the mystery of the mountain.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 19.5%, Great Soundtrack 14.5%, Platformer 11.9%, Female Protagonist 10.1%, 2D Platformer 9.6%
- #9 Ingression
91% matchVery Positive84% of 102 reviews2024
Dev: Espale StudiosPub: Ravenage Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Ingression is an unforgiving & mind-bending precision platformer where you'll think and platform with seamless portals. Travel to the future to save the past from a tremendous time paradox.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 18.3%, Puzzle Platformer 14%, Platformer 12.7%, Female Protagonist 12.1%, 2D Platformer 10.7%
- #10 Röki
91% matchVery Positive89% of 3,154 reviews2020
Dev: Polygon TreehousePub: United Label
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Röki is a stunning adventure set in the snowcapped wilderness. As Tove, you must explore an uncharted world of hidden legends and forgotten monsters. Solve puzzles, collect curiosities, and uncover a tale of tragic loss, as you chart your path to redemption.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 27.5%, Emotional 21.3%, Story Rich 15.9%, Adventure 15.2%, Indie 6.2%
- #11 TetherGeist
88% matchVery Positive98% of 213 reviews2026
Dev: O. and Co. Games
Windows
TetherGeist is a challenging precision platformer that rewards practice and perseverance. Guide Mae and her axolotl spirit, Bao, on a wholesome coming-of-age pilgrimage while mastering Astral Projection, a tether that links Mae to her spirit and is the source of her strength.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 19.1%, Female Protagonist 13%, Side Scroller 11.9%, Platformer 11%, 2D Platformer 10.3%
- #12 Awita: Journey of Hope
89% matchMostly Positive75% of 92 reviews2025
Dev: ant_game_projects
Windows · Linux
Awita: Journey of Hope is a captivating side-scrolling metroidvania game that follows the remarkable journey of a courageous girl determined to rescue her village from the clutches of a devastating epidemic.
Why similar: Metroidvania 22.2%, Side Scroller 13.9%, Female Protagonist 13.6%, 2D Platformer 12.8%, Platformer 11.9%
- #13 Evergate
90% matchVery Positive94% of 193 reviews2020
Dev: Stone Lantern GamesPub: PQube
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Evergate is a haunting 2D puzzle-platformer set in a stunning hand-drawn vision of the Afterlife with an original score recorded by a live orchestra. Navigate 85 challenging stages and unleash the extraordinary powers of the genre-defining 'Soulflame' to help a lost soul reincarnate on earth!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 19%, Time Manipulation 18.7% ★, Female Protagonist 12.5%, Platformer 12.5%, 2D Platformer 10.8%
- #14 Timelie
89% matchVery Positive94% of 2,510 reviews2020
Dev: Urnique Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Timelie is a stealth puzzle adventure, where you control time like a media player. Perceive future events to plan your escape strategy from the past, sneak an enemy, and manipulate time through this companionship journey of a mysterious cat and a little girl with a precognitive power.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 34.5% ★, Puzzle Platformer 28.6%, Female Protagonist 20.6%, Adventure 8.6%, Indie 4.6%
- #15 MO:Astray
87% matchVery Positive92% of 5,040 reviews2019
Dev: Archpray Inc.Pub: Rayark International Limited
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
MO: Astray is a pixel art, side-scrolling, action-platformer. Lead MO through mind-bending puzzles using special abilities. Bizarre enemies, threatening traps and ingenious level designs await.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 24.8%, Platformer 14.2%, Pixel Graphics 14%, Adventure 11.1%, Great Soundtrack 10.6%
- #16 Alwa's Legacy
86% matchVery Positive87% of 625 reviews2020
Dev: Elden Pixels
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Alwa’s Legacy is a modern retro game full of dangerous dungeons, mystic items and ancient secrets. Upgrade your magic and choose your own path in this non-linear adventure game brimming with exploration.
Why similar: Metroidvania 20.4%, Puzzle Platformer 18.7%, Female Protagonist 12.4%, Platformer 12.4%, 2D Platformer 11.6%
- #17 GRIS
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 94,608 reviews2018
Dev: Nomada StudioPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 26.5%, Female Protagonist 23.5%, Platformer 14%, Puzzle Platformer 12.9%, Adventure 8.2%
- #18 Neva
81% matchVery Positive94% of 9,904 reviews2024
Dev: Nomada StudioPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Experience the moving tale of a young woman and her lifelong bond with a magnificent wolf as they embark on a thrilling adventure through a rapidly dying world.
Why similar: Platformer 19.3%, Female Protagonist 14.1%, Adventure 14%, Puzzle Platformer 13.7%, Emotional 12.6%
- #19 The Way
86% matchVery Positive83% of 1,302 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 23.6%, Platformer 16.6%, Adventure 15.2%, Pixel Graphics 14%, Side Scroller 8%
- #20 Jubilee
83% matchVery Positive96% of 103 reviews2021
Dev: finalbossblues
Windows
Challenging precision platformer based on tight, fluid movement. Open map layout with multiple routes. Collect gems and save animals.
Why similar: Metroidvania 19.9%, Precision Platformer 18.9%, Platformer 18.5%, 2D Platformer 14.7%, Female Protagonist 10.7%
- #21 Taimumari: Definitive Edition
85% matchMostly Positive78% of 308 reviews2015
Dev: TERNOX
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Retro-style platform game in keeping with the best traditions of games of our childhood! Take control of the Himari, the young female wizard travelling across various ages to settle the balance in time across the whole world!
Why similar: Time Manipulation 23.5% ★, Female Protagonist 15%, Platformer 12.6%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%, 2D Platformer 8.8%
- #22 Even the Ocean
84% matchVery Positive86% of 281 reviews2016
Dev: Melos Han-TaniPub: Analgesic Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A story-rich 2D platformer where you'll delve into dangerous power plants and massive creatures, while uncovering the truth of your world. Explore towns and cities, and help a world thrown out of balance!
Why similar: 2D Platformer 18.1%, Female Protagonist 15.2%, Platformer 12.3%, Story Rich 10.9%, Adventure 10%
- #23 Arietta of Spirits
82% matchVery Positive86% of 694 reviews2021
Dev: Third Spirit Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Arietta of Spirits is a story-driven action-adventure game, with easy to approach game mechanics. Follow Arietta on her journey to unveil the mysteries of the Spirit Realm and immerse yourself in a story filled with emotion and surprising turns.
Why similar: Emotional 21.8%, Female Protagonist 21.4%, Pixel Graphics 18.4%, Story Rich 15.3%, Adventure 13.7%
- #24 Battle Princess Madelyn
82% matchMostly Positive73% of 156 reviews2018
Dev: Causal Bit Games Inc.Pub: Monster Bath Studios Inc.
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Battle Princess Madelyn is a game that follows the journey of a young knight in training, Madelyn, and her ghostly pet dog, Fritzy. Join them as they set out on a journey to save her kingdom and her family from the clutches of an evil wizard!
Why similar: Female Protagonist 17.7%, Metroidvania 17.5%, Platformer 15%, Pixel Graphics 11%, Great Soundtrack 10.5%
- #25 With My Past
78% matchVery Positive95% of 348 reviews2024
Dev: Imagine Wings StudioPub: Edigger
Windows
"How should I face my past in my ever-changing life? "Collaborating with the shadow of the past to unravel allegorical puzzles, confront inner struggles, and explore the path of self-growth.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 27.2%, Female Protagonist 18.6%, Platformer 13.4%, Side Scroller 12.2%, Pixel Graphics 11.9%
- #26 Carto
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 9,210 reviews2020
Dev: Sunhead GamesPub: Balor Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Carto is a charming adventure game wrapped around a unique, world-altering puzzle mechanic. Use this power to explore mysterious lands, help a quirky cast of characters, and guide Carto on her journey back to her family.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 38.7%, Story Rich 21.2%, Adventure 20.2%, Indie 13.8%, Singleplayer 6.1%
- #27 Ever Forward
81% matchVery Positive82% of 284 reviews2020
Dev: Pathea Games
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 58%
A girl trapped in a strange world somewhere between reality and imagination. Help her find her way in this adventure puzzle game.
Why similar: Adventure 37.8%, Female Protagonist 20.3%, Indie 19%, Great Soundtrack 8.1%, Platformer 7.5%
- #28 SAOMI
79% matchVery Positive93% of 75 reviews2022
Dev: Naoka StudioPub: Naoka Games
Windows
Saomi is a little adventurer who likes challenges and exploring new places. In this adventure, Saomi sets out in search of a very rare diamond that was lost in an old family treasure.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 14%, Precision Platformer 13.6%, Metroidvania 12.7%, Platformer 11.5%, 2D Platformer 9.4%
- #29 Planet of Lana
76% matchVery Positive93% of 9,699 reviews2023
Dev: WishfullyPub: Thunderful Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
In a world torn between nature’s grace and cold machine invasion, one girl and her companion must rely on their bond to survive and protect what they hold dear. Their story of hope, loss, and love will stay with you long after the journey ends.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 20.8%, Female Protagonist 15.1%, Platformer 13.4%, 2D Platformer 12.2%, Side Scroller 12%
- #30 Yissa Deep Realms
80% matchVery Positive91% of 74 reviews2017
Dev: PixelGreeds
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Hardcore action platformer with multiple endings that depend on your choices.
Why similar: Platformer 17%, Female Protagonist 16.3%, Side Scroller 16.2%, Great Soundtrack 11.2%, 2D Platformer 9.1%
- #31 Hourglass
77% matchVery Positive90% of 392 reviews2021
Dev: Cyberwave
Windows
In Hourglass you can create a time-clone of yourself to solve challenging puzzles. You will play as Aywa, a young adventurer who is traveling to Egypt to find her missing father - an archeologist, who never returned from his latest expedition.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 36.1%, Female Protagonist 22.8%, Time Manipulation 22.7% ★, Adventure 11.5%, Indie 4.3%
- #32 Pages of Time: Prologue
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,907 reviews2022
Dev: Starbeings Studio
Windows
Pages of Time: Prologue is a 2D platformer puzzle game. Play as the witch who controls the magic of time, in a beautiful and magnificent magic academy, utilize the skills of recording and rewinding time, solve all kinds of puzzles, and look forward to the adventure of the future.
Why similar: Metroidvania 18.5%, Puzzle Platformer 17.7%, 2D Platformer 17.1%, Platformer 12.5%, Adventure 11.2%
- #33 Vision Soft Reset
78% matchVery Positive89% of 155 reviews2019
Dev: Seafloor Games LLC
Windows
Perceive the future in this time-loop metroidvania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 21.1%, Time Manipulation 19.9% ★, Platformer 12.7%, Female Protagonist 12.2%, 2D Platformer 11.4%
- #34 Mai: Child of Ages
73% matchVery Positive93% of 265 reviews2025
Dev: Chubby Pixel
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 21.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Travel through time and help Mai and her Grandfather uncover the mysteries of the world after the Last Great War. Explore the connections between ancient eras and dystopian futures in an adventure that blends thrilling combat with precision platforming.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 24.4% ★, Metroidvania 21.5%, Puzzle Platformer 20.8%, Female Protagonist 14.3%, Adventure 9.2%
- #35 Freedom Planet 2
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,697 reviews2022
Dev: GalaxyTrail
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The fast paced platforming of Freedom Planet returns! Become a full-time cartoon heroine and use abilities and items suited to your play style to explore the world of Avalice and defend its animal citizens!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 16%, Platformer 15.9%, Female Protagonist 15.6%, Side Scroller 15.6%, Pixel Graphics 10.2%
- #36 Aspire: Ina's Tale
74% matchVery Positive83% of 427 reviews2021
Dev: Wondernaut StudioPub: Untold Tales
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Set out on a mystical adventure of self-discovery against the backdrop of fantastical landscapes of The Tower. Meet its dwellers and unravel their stories. Manipulate spirits to solve puzzles, and lead Ina on her path to freedom.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 27.9%, Female Protagonist 20.5%, Platformer 16.8%, 2D Platformer 11.6%, Adventure 9.1%
- #37 Oscuro Blossom's Glow
71% matchVery Positive95% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: Hongoneon
Windows
Join Selene in a charming platforming and puzzle adventure, where her ability to absorb and emit light from various flowers is key to activating mechanisms, overcoming obstacles, and navigating through environments that adjust depending on how you wield the light.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 36%, Platformer 27.1%, Adventure 14.8%, Female Protagonist 10.5%, Story Rich 4.5%
- #38 Ariana and the Elder Codex
70% matchVery Positive82% of 109 reviews2026
Dev: Idea FactoryPub: Idea Factory International, Inc.
Windows
Ariana must restore the Codices and unravel the Library's hidden truths...
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.3%, Platformer 21.6%, 2D Platformer 13.5%, Adventure 12.7%, Female Protagonist 8.4%
- #39 Phoenotopia: Awakening
73% matchVery Positive83% of 2,820 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: Metroidvania 23.5%, Puzzle Platformer 20.8%, Platformer 17.6%, Adventure 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%
- #40 Chronicles of Teddy
77% matchMixed69% of 333 reviews2015
Dev: StorybirdPub: LookAtMyGame
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Chronicles of Teddy : Harmony of Exidus is a 2D Adventure / Action game with a Pixel Art Retro finish. Help Tarant in a quest, in which you will have to fight, use your sense of direction and hearing to accomplish your mission.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.3%, Female Protagonist 20.6%, Platformer 12.6%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%, Adventure 8.7%
- #41 TOHU
73% matchVery Positive84% of 718 reviews2021
Dev: Fireart Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Experience a brand new adventure game set amongst a world of weird and wonderful fish planets. Explore beautiful environments, solve intricate puzzles and discover the truth about a mysterious little girl and her mechanical alter-ego, Cubus.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 39.9%, Emotional 19.5%, Story Rich 18.4%, Adventure 13.3%, Indie 5%
- #42 Arise: A Simple Story
71% matchVery Positive92% of 3,047 reviews2020
Dev: Piccolo StudioPub: Untold Tales
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Embark on an emotional journey of losing the love of one's life. Manipulate time, solve puzzles, reshape surroundings as you push forward into the bittersweet recollections of a past life. This is a story about happiness and hardship, joy and sorrow. A story that all of us will one day experience.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 29.6% ★, Puzzle Platformer 22.4%, Platformer 14.5%, Emotional 13.5%, Story Rich 8.5%
- #43 Lost Words: Beyond the Page
71% matchVery Positive95% of 827 reviews2021
Dev: Sketchbook DevelopmentsPub: Sketchbook Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%
A short, fully voiced, story-first adventure across two worlds. Rearrange words into platforms in Izzy’s diary, then wield word magic to shape your path in the fantasy she writes. Gentle puzzles, watercolour wonder, and a bittersweet story of family, loss, and healing.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 20.1%, Side Scroller 14.7%, Female Protagonist 13.8%, Platformer 13.2%, 2D Platformer 12.2%
- #44 LOVE ETERNAL
66% matchVery Positive97% of 369 reviews2026
Dev: brlkaPub: Ysbryd Games
Windows
Wander a castle built of bitter memories in LOVE ETERNAL, a psychological horror platformer with devious trials and an unsettling, experimental narrative. Find a way out - or live in Shelter forever more.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 19.6%, Puzzle Platformer 15.5%, Female Protagonist 14.5%, Platformer 11.7%, 2D Platformer 9.3%
- #45 Chrono Gear: Warden of Time
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 930 reviews2025
Dev: Team Chrono GearPub: holo Indie
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Turn back the clock and fight to repair Time itself in this cinematic action platformer with fast sword combat and time-based powers. You are the Warden of Time, Ouro Kronii - be proud and fight hard!
Why similar: Time Manipulation 27.6% ★, Female Protagonist 17.4%, 2D Platformer 15.6%, Platformer 10.1%, Pixel Graphics 9.5%
- #46 The Forest Quartet
69% matchVery Positive94% of 453 reviews2022
Dev: Mads & FriendsPub: Bedtime Digital Games
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 67%
The Forest Quartet is a puzzle adventure about a gone, but not forgotten, lead singer. Play her spirit and travel through 3 acts unique to the members of her band for a final farewell concert. Face their emotions, solve puzzles and fight the corruption plaguing their souls.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 36.3%, Story Rich 20.6%, Emotional 16.5%, Adventure 10.5%, Indie 10%
- #47 Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure
67% matchVery Positive92% of 386 reviews2024
Dev: Furniture & Mattress LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Find your way in a world of breezy, thoughtful puzzles, along a charming journey of self-discovery.
Why similar: Adventure 34.5%, Female Protagonist 24.8%, Story Rich 19%, RPG 11.7%, Singleplayer 10%
- #48 CrossCode
70% matchVery Positive93% of 17,943 reviews2018
Dev: Radical Fish GamesPub: Deck13
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 42.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A retro-inspired 2D Action RPG set in the distant future. CrossCode combines 16-bit SNES-style graphics with butter-smooth physics, a fast-paced combat system, and engaging puzzle mechanics, served with a gripping sci-fi story.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 23.2%, Pixel Graphics 20.3%, Great Soundtrack 17.9%, RPG 8.2%, Story Rich 7.9%
- #49 A Juggler's Tale
69% matchVery Positive92% of 2,189 reviews2021
Dev: kaleidoscubePub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Lead Abby the string puppet through a bruised, but beautiful fairy tale world in this cinematic adventure. Solve riddles, evade traps and shake off pursuers on the way to find freedom. Can Abby take control of her fate with all the strings attached?
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 24.7%, Female Protagonist 17.1%, Platformer 16.6%, Side Scroller 15.3%, Story Rich 9.5%
- #50 Worldless
66% matchVery Positive95% of 1,593 reviews2023
Dev: Noname StudiosPub: Coatsink
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Worldless is a stylised 2D platformer with a unique combat system and a mind-bending interpretative narrative. Players embark on a journey of self-growth and understanding, pushing the limits of their nature in a newly born and abstract universe.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.2%, Female Protagonist 19.6%, Platformer 19%, 2D Platformer 16.7%, Adventure 6.4%
- #51 Aquaria
72% matchVery Positive88% of 1,516 reviews2008
Dev: Bit Blot, LLC
Windows · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 34%
Aquaria is an award-winning action-adventure game set in a massive underwater world teeming with life and filled with ancient secrets. Join Naija, a lone underwater adventurer, as she travels from hidden caves shrouded in darkness, to beautiful, sunlit oases in search of her past.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.1%, Female Protagonist 21.2%, Great Soundtrack 18.6%, Adventure 8.4%, Indie 5.5%
- #52 OneShot
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 62,700 reviews2016
Dev: Future Cat LLCPub: KOMODO
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 27.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 30%, Pixel Graphics 21.7%, Story Rich 20.4%, Adventure 10.5%, Indie 7.5%
- #53 Sonority
68% matchVery Positive89% of 120 reviews2022
Dev: Hanging Gardens InteractivePub: Application Systems Heidelberg
Windows · Mac · Linux
Sonority is an innovative music puzzle adventure set in a lovingly designed, fascinating world. Play as Esther and discover the rockery, a place full of music and unique puzzle mechanics.
Why similar: Emotional 28.8%, Female Protagonist 26.6%, Story Rich 20.7%, Adventure 14.6%, Indie 5%
- #54 Ary and the Secret of Seasons
70% matchMixed64% of 218 reviews2020
Dev: eXiinPub: Fishing Cactus
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Take control of the seasons and use them to solve puzzles, defeat enemies, and discover the beautiful world of Valdi in this award-winning indie adventure.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 18.9% ★, Metroidvania 17.3%, Puzzle Platformer 17.3%, Platformer 12.9%, Adventure 12.3%
- #55 Distortions
72% matchMixed59% of 215 reviews2018
Dev: Among Giants
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Use the power of music to reawaken long forgotten memories in Distortions, a story-driven journey through a world of unparalleled beauty.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 39.4%, Adventure 26.6%, RPG 15.7%, Indie 11.7%, Action 6.6%
- #56 Anodyne 2: Return to Dust
68% matchVery Positive94% of 809 reviews2019
Dev: Melos Han-TaniPub: Analgesic Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A 3D-2D adventure where you travel a 3D world and explore 2D dungeons inside of its characters' bodies and minds! In an unforgettable, surreal story, travel the world, meet whimsical denizens, and save the world from the dangerous Nano Dust.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 22.1%, Great Soundtrack 17.8%, Pixel Graphics 14.3%, Emotional 13.9%, Story Rich 12.2%
- #57 In His Time
66% matchVery Positive87% of 53 reviews2023
Dev: TearyHand StudioPub: Kodansha
Windows · Mac
Enter the hauntingly beautiful shadow world of In His Time, a 2D puzzle-solving adventure game. There you will meet Olly and join him to solve puzzles throughout each step of his emotional journey of growth and self-discovery.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 35.3%, Platformer 19.2%, 2D Platformer 13.6%, Story Rich 11.9%, Adventure 11.5%
- #58 Forgetmenots
64% matchVery Positive90% of 63 reviews2025
Dev: Forgetful Studios
Windows
Step onto the stage in Forgetmenots, a story-driven puzzle adventure where memories take center stage. Explore a theatrical world that unfolds like a live performance, solving puzzles in a whimsical yet bittersweet journey about loss and remembrance.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 30%, Story Rich 23.6%, Emotional 21%, Side Scroller 19.1%, Indie 4.1%