Games Like Another Perspective

Challenge perception, redefine reality, and reshape the world around you with an instant camera. Viewfinder is a new single player game offering gamers hours of interesting and fun experiences while uncovering the mysteries left behind.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 29.4%, Platformer 27.2%, Puzzle 23.8%, Adventure 19.6%

Why You'll Like It: It utilizes a unique perspective-based mechanic where you can bring photographs into reality to alter the environment.

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 30.9%, Platformer 27.2%, Indie 15.6%, Puzzle Platformer 14.7%, Adventure 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game features a core mechanic of creating and swapping between clones to solve complex puzzles in a surreal environment.

Perception is reality. In this mind-bending first-person puzzler, you escape a surreal dream world through solving impossible puzzles using the ambiguity of depth and perspective.

Why similar: Puzzle 46.8%, Puzzle Platformer 28.1%, Adventure 25.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on forced perspective, where the size and placement of objects change based on your point of view.

Antichamber is a mind-bending psychological exploration game where nothing can be taken for granted. Discover an Escher-like world where hallways wrap around upon each other, spaces reconfigure themselves, and accomplishing the impossible may just be the only way forward.

Why similar: Puzzle 56.9%, Indie 28.3%, Adventure 12.7%, Platformer 2.1%

Why You'll Like It: It features non-Euclidean geometry and spatial puzzles that constantly defy your expectations of how space works.

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 44.1%, Puzzle 21.7%, Indie 18.9%, Adventure 7.4%, Puzzle Platformer 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: A classic puzzle-platformer that requires rotating a 2D world within a 3D space to reveal hidden paths.

And Yet It Moves is a puzzle-platformer, set in a unique world, made of ripped paper. Within the paper-collage you can jump, run and last but certainly not least: rotate the world. Learn how to apply the physical consequences of rotation to master the many tricky situations you may encounter.

Why similar: Platformer 53.8%, Indie 21.1%, Puzzle 17.9%, 2D 4.1%, Puzzle Platformer 3.1%

Why You'll Like It: You must rotate the entire game world to manipulate gravity and navigate through challenging platforming sections.

In Where is my Heart? you play the story of a family of forest spirits. The family lives comfortably in a tree in the woods until one day they lose their home and thus embark on a great adventure. Their journey will take them through the mushroom caves and even deeper down to the lifeless crystal pools and back up into the mountains.

Why similar: Platformer 26.4%, Indie 23.8%, Adventure 21.2%, Puzzle 16.2%, Puzzle Platformer 12.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game uses a unique perspective-layering mechanic where levels are split into multiple panels that you must navigate simultaneously.

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 44%, Indie 36.2%, Puzzle Platformer 16.3%, 2D 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: The gameplay revolves around swapping between the worlds of the living and the dead to solve environmental puzzles.

Hue is a vibrant, award-winning puzzle-adventure, where you alter the world by changing its background colour.

Why similar: Platformer 26.6%, Indie 18.2%, Puzzle 18.2%, Puzzle Platformer 17.3%, Adventure 16.6%

Why You'll Like It: You change the color of the world to make obstacles disappear or appear, fundamentally altering how you perceive the level.

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: Indie 41.3%, Platformer 25.3%, Puzzle Platformer 18.3%, Puzzle 15.1%

Why You'll Like It: This platformer requires you to switch between two different versions of the same level to reach the exit.

Light up the world! As Plug, you are charged with restoring the expansive Amp-Tree-System, and thwarting an enigmatic intruder.

Why similar: Platformer 30.8%, Puzzle Platformer 25.1%, Indie 15.8%, Puzzle 14.1%, Adventure 12%

Why You'll Like It: A unique puzzle-platformer where you must light up rooms to reveal platforms and navigate the dark.

Rediscover gravity and explore an Escher-esque world of impossible architecture. Witness infinity in first-person and master its rules to solve physics-defying puzzles. Cultivate a garden to open new paths forward, where an eternal expanse awaits.

Why similar: Puzzle 33.9%, Puzzle Platformer 30%, Adventure 18.3%, Indie 17.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game features gravity manipulation and infinite, repeating architecture that challenges your sense of direction.

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 32.9%, Adventure 20.8%, Indie 20.5%, Puzzle 15.9%, Puzzle Platformer 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: You use a camera to capture objects in the world and place them elsewhere to solve environmental puzzles.

Parallax is a first-person puzzle game with two overlapping worlds. Weave back and forth between black and white as you try to be in the right place, in the right dimension, at the right time. Use switches, boosters and gravity to help you reach the exit. Can you conquer every mind-bending level?

Why similar: Indie 41.3%, Puzzle 35.2%, Puzzle Platformer 23.5%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person puzzle-platformer that relies on shifting between dimensions to navigate the environment.

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 33.4%, Platformer 30.7%, Puzzle 18.2%, Indie 13.8%, 2D 2.6%

Why You'll Like It: A seminal indie puzzle-platformer that uses time manipulation to solve intricate spatial and logic puzzles.

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 52.3%, Indie 47.7%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D puzzle-platformer that emphasizes quick thinking and spatial navigation in a minimalist style.

Traverse mirrors as if they were natural extensions of space to solve puzzles and uncover secrets. Reshape your perspective to perform gravity-shifting acrobatics as you jungle-gym through a sprawling environment. You'll never look in a mirror the same way again.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 35%, Puzzle 26.6%, Platformer 14%, Adventure 13.1%, Indie 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal puzzle-platformer that uses reflection and perspective as its primary mechanics for progression.

Portal™ is a new single player game from Valve. Set in the mysterious Aperture Science Laboratories, Portal has been called one of the most innovative new games on the horizon and will offer gamers hours of unique gameplay.

Why similar: Puzzle 40.6%, Puzzle Platformer 36.9%, Platformer 16.3%, Adventure 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive spatial puzzle-platformer that forces players to think in terms of connected portals rather than linear paths.

Gorogoa is an elegant evolution of the puzzle genre, told through a beautifully hand-drawn story designed and illustrated by Jason Roberts. Winner of Debut Game at the 2018 BAFTA Games Awards, as well as Best Mobile Game and the Innovation Award at the GDC 2018 Choice Awards.

Why similar: Puzzle 54.2%, Indie 23.7%, Adventure 17%, 2D 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: A beautiful puzzle game where you manipulate panels to align perspectives and reveal new connections between scenes.

Wenjia is a 2D platform game with puzzle-solving elements. Players can freely travel between two realms (the material world and the energy world), each of them with different challenges and obstacles. Players must utilize both realms’ mechanisms to reach their final goal.

Why similar: Platformer 29.8%, Puzzle Platformer 18.8%, Indie 15.8%, Puzzle 15.4%, Adventure 15.3%

Why You'll Like It: It features a dimension-shifting mechanic that allows you to traverse between two distinct worlds to overcome obstacles.

Another Tomorrow is a first-person point and click game. Trapped without your memories you’ll explore abandoned apartments, airfields, temples, and underground facilities to search for clues, solve puzzles, and unlock secrets to answer the question; who are you?

Why similar: Adventure 50%, Puzzle 30.1%, Indie 13.8%, 2D 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric puzzle game that requires careful observation and perspective to uncover hidden secrets.

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: Platformer 49%, Puzzle Platformer 26.5%, Indie 17.8%, 2D 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: While more narrative-focused, it shares the minimalist 2D platforming charm and clever puzzle design found in Another Perspective.

Baba Is You is a puzzle game where the rules you have to follow are present as blocks you can interact with. By manipulating them, you can change how the game works, repurpose things you find in the levels and cause surprising interactions!

Why similar: Puzzle 59%, Indie 34.8%, 2D 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game allows you to change the rules of the world itself by pushing blocks, offering a deep level of logic-based puzzle solving.

A 3d puzzle platformer that takes you along a journey of wisdom, through the 64 unique worlds that draw inspiration and teachings from the I Ching [Book of Changes], one of the oldest oracles in human history.

Why similar: Platformer 33.9%, Puzzle 20.7%, Puzzle Platformer 20%, Adventure 17.7%, Indie 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: It centers on logic and perspective-based movement to solve puzzles within a 3D platforming space.

Islands sometimes appear out of the blue in the clouds. The mysterious Pocket Kingdom is one of them. Wander around its districts, solve puzzles and listen to the weird stories told by the locals. Unveiling the place's mysteries depends on it. So does getting out of it.

Why similar: Adventure 42.1%, Indie 39.4%, Puzzle 18.5%

Why You'll Like It: A pixel-art puzzle-platformer that uses screen-wrapping and perspective to create complex, self-contained puzzles.

Jump through boiling lava; run from perilous traps and saw blades; glide and climb through catacombs; fall into the abyss and overcome gravity. And don't forget to switch to a parallel dimension in time, because it’s Alteric!

Why similar: Platformer 33.6%, Adventure 25.6%, Indie 25.4%, Puzzle 11%, 2D 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist platformer that demands precision and spatial awareness to navigate shifting environments.

A hard, mind bending platformer based on imagination and quick reflexes.

Why similar: Platformer 31.6%, Puzzle Platformer 23.6%, Indie 22.6%, Puzzle 18.4%, 2D 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer that plays with the concept of mirrors and reflection to create challenging level designs.

2D puzzle platforming adventure with a heavy story about life and psychology told without words.

Why similar: Adventure 32.2%, Indie 30.6%, Puzzle Platformer 30%, 2D 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D indie puzzle-platformer that focuses on atmospheric exploration and clever environmental manipulation.

Andarin Weppes is a first person puzzle experience of a man with ever advancing dementia...

Why similar: Platformer 35.3%, Puzzle Platformer 25.1%, Puzzle 19.9%, Adventure 19.7%

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 39.6%, Puzzle Platformer 36.9%, Indie 23.5%

Upside Down will immerse you in an incredible adventure. Sharpen your reflexes for this fast-paced, precise puzzle-platformer.

Why similar: Indie 65.2%, Platformer 14.6%, Adventure 13.7%, Puzzle Platformer 5.1%, 2D 1.4%

Why You'll Like It: This platformer challenges your orientation by frequently flipping the gravity and perspective of the level.

Andarin Weppes is a first person puzzle experience of a man with ever advancing dementia...

Why similar: Platformer 32.5%, Puzzle Platformer 21.8%, Puzzle 17.6%, Adventure 16.4%, Indie 11.7%

A mind-bending puzzle platformer where you can switch between 2D and 3D at will!

Why similar: Indie 39.2%, Puzzle Platformer 32.1%, Puzzle 28.7%

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: Platformer 34%, Indie 25.2%, Puzzle Platformer 18.2%, Puzzle 17.6%, 2D 5%

"The Path Home" is a 2D pixel-art puzzle game where you explore a strange world with a girl. Use panels to "flip" black and white tiles and reshape the puzzle world. The girl always searches for the "shortest path to the goal," but avoiding fake goals and reuniting her with the crow is up to you.

Why similar: Puzzle 41.1%, Adventure 25.5%, Indie 21.8%, 2D 11.6%

The Multi-Medium is a visually unique 2D puzzle platform adventure in which you play as an interdimensional explorer lost in the multiverse. Travel to diverse worlds, each drawn or painted by hand in a different medium and style, in search of your place in the cosmos.

Why similar: Platformer 35%, Puzzle Platformer 23.2%, Adventure 19%, Puzzle 17.5%, 2D 5.2%

A puzzle game with challenging puzzles, but forgiving mechanics. Master the use of your color changing staff to solve mind bending puzzles, unlock new areas, and help out your friends. Undo any mistake with the press of a button.

Why similar: Puzzle 26.8%, Puzzle Platformer 26.5%, Adventure 22.8%, Platformer 11%, Indie 8.7%

Liminal is a mind-bending puzzle game where every door is a change in perspective and destination.

Why similar: Puzzle 46.1%, Adventure 29.4%, Indie 24.5%

This is a platform puzzle game related to our "WATCH" vision.

Why similar: Platformer 33.5%, Puzzle Platformer 22%, Puzzle 16.9%, Indie 14%, Adventure 13.6%

Explore this unique world of infographics: All the bar charts, line diagrams and pie charts react to what you are doing. Metrico+ is a combination of exploration, skill, experimentation, but most of all: thinking outside of the box. Are you smart enough to solve all the mysteries?

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 24.4%, Platformer 23.9%, Puzzle 19%, Adventure 16.5%, Indie 16.2%

Take control of Hodge the cat in a brand new, stand-alone prequel story in Another Sight - Hodge's Journey. Tackle new platforming challenges using Hodge's nimble feline skills to solve puzzles and misteries as he travels between the world of dreams and the world of the real.

Why similar: Platformer 26.2%, Adventure 23.6%, Indie 22.2%, Puzzle Platformer 19.2%, Puzzle 8.8%

Ilamentia is an experimental abstract puzzler where you must first discover the level mechanics before solving them. Delve into mysterious mind-bending levels that each have unique mechanics to explore that will test the limits of every facet of your cognitive faculties.

Why similar: Puzzle 54.1%, Indie 45.9%

In Frame of Mind, you are placed in a world where logic is escaping you. Each area of the game defies reason, requiring you to think outside the box in order to solve the illogical and escape madness.

Why similar: Platformer 47.7%, Puzzle Platformer 32.2%, Puzzle 20.1%

Explore a mystical, ever-changing dungeon in this isometric puzzle-adventure game. Master self-transmutation abilities and solve increasingly complex challenges as you uncover the secrets of your past.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 35.8%, Puzzle 29.4%, Adventure 20.3%, 2D 8.8%, Indie 5.7%

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: Platformer 37.2%, Puzzle 20.8%, Puzzle Platformer 19.5%, Adventure 13.9%, Indie 8.6%

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: Platformer 31.6%, Indie 18.8%, Puzzle 15.8%, Adventure 15.6%, Puzzle Platformer 14.9%

A single player metroidvania 3D game with cooperative gameplay. Find out what's going on by taking control of distinct characters and change between them whenever you want. An unique mix of 3rd person shooter and challenging puzzles!

Why similar: Adventure 52.3%, Indie 47.7%

The game has two realities, and in order to pass the level, you must move between them. Reality is not identical, objects and their position in different variations of the same room is different. You have to find a way out using these differences.

Why similar: Indie 39.2%, Adventure 37.4%, Puzzle 23.5%

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: Indie 41.9%, Adventure 41%, Puzzle 17.2%

A bombastic puzzle platformer about worlds turned inside out. Shift dimensions at the push of a button, solve brain-twisting logistical riddles, and race through the wilds of the multiverse in a bleakly hilarious (and hilariously bleak) story where everything you know can turn on a dime.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 41%, Adventure 31.2%, Puzzle 27.9%

MONOLIGHT is 2D plat-former puzzle adventure game. Using tiny lantern, go through the maze.

Why similar: Adventure 31.7%, Indie 29.8%, Puzzle Platformer 18.2%, Puzzle 16.1%, 2D 4.3%

A platform puzzle paint adventure about breaking rules, being upside down and thinking outside the box.

Why similar: Platformer 45.6%, Puzzle Platformer 32.9%, Puzzle 21.5%

You don't control the hero, but the level ITSELF! In this puzzle adventure, change and rearrange pieces of every level to find the right path. All to guide Polo through crazy worlds and rescue his kidnapped alien pet...

Why similar: Adventure 51.1%, Indie 46%, 2D 2.9%

A cosmic turbulence caused the 2D Platformer and the Top-Down Puzzler dimensions to merge! Switch between Toodee and Topdee and their unique perspectives to overcome hard-as-nails challenges, solve mind-melting puzzles and defeat huge bosses.

Why similar: Platformer 29.4%, Puzzle Platformer 20.6%, Puzzle 19.7%, Indie 13.2%, Adventure 12.4%

A puzzle game where the rooms are items and the items are rooms. Get to the goal by moving, rearranging and duplicating rooms and altering the structure of the world.

Why similar: Puzzle 27.2%, Indie 26.7%, Puzzle Platformer 23.8%, Adventure 16.3%, 2D 6%

A Void Hope takes you on an atmospheric narrative adventure to find a cure for a collapsed city. Follow the story of a tormented couple as they try to decipher reality from nightmares and evade the shadowy threats lurking in the dark.

Why similar: Adventure 26.3%, Platformer 25.6%, Puzzle Platformer 20.6%, Puzzle 13.8%, Indie 10.6%

Once human, now frog. Begin this unexpected journey into the land of the unknown in-search of a cure for your froggy state. Explore the world around you while helping others in need as you find new ingredients and potions to help you on your path.

Why similar: Platformer 37.6%, Puzzle Platformer 22.9%, Adventure 20.2%, Puzzle 19.2%

Battle your way through a twisted graffiti world where your prowess in puzzle solving makes the difference between life & death!

Why similar: Platformer 40.5%, Adventure 31.6%, Indie 27.9%

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: Platformer 33.9%, Indie 27.1%, Adventure 21.4%, Puzzle Platformer 17.6%