- #1 Secrets of the Temple
97% 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: Puzzle Platformer 43.2%, Adventure 29.6%, Puzzle 24.4%, Indie 2.8%
- #2 Island Marauder
96% matchVery Positive81% of 183 reviews2019
Dev: MSOL
Windows
Indie Puzzle Game
Why similar: Adventure 52%, Indie 48%
- #3 Floodcore
94% 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: Puzzle Platformer 43%, Puzzle 24.8%, Adventure 21.8%, Indie 10.4%
- #4 Wyv and Keep: The Temple of the Lost Idol
96% matchVery Positive82% of 96 reviews2014
Dev: A Jolly Corpse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Command treasure hunters Wyv and Keep through an ancient Amazonian temple in search of the Lost Idol! Use quick reflexes and teamwork to conquer a gauntlet of 60 fiendish puzzles and deadly traps. Unlock the secrets of the mystical Xu'hutl pygmies and their terrifying overlord, the great Quetzecola.
Why similar: Adventure 40.9%, Indie 37.2%, Puzzle 21.9%
- #5 7
95% matchMostly Positive79% of 241 reviews2018
Dev: Zac
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 20.2 hrs≥1hr: 54%
7 is a puzzle platformer, literally, by the numbers.
Why similar: Adventure 54.3%, Indie 45.7%
- #6 La Rana
94% matchVery Positive95% of 453 reviews2019
Dev: Frog Paw StudiosPub: SMU Guildhall
Windows
In La Rana, players explore the lost Rain Temple of Rana. Play as a small spirit frog who is the temple's last remaining caretaker. Traverse its grand chambers and winding passages to restore its former power and revive your fellow frog spirits along the way.
Why similar: Adventure 41.3%, Indie 40.3%, Puzzle 18.4%
- #7 Cartesian
93% 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 55.3%, Indie 44.7%
- #8 Squared Adventure
91% matchVery Positive93% of 74 reviews2024
Dev: Crazy Potato Game Studio
Windows
Embark on a journey through tunnels, caves and ancient temples, solving puzzles and fighting all kinds of hostile creatures. Be smart - avoid traps and think carefully. They say it doesn't hurt ;)
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 54.9%, Puzzle 32.1%, Indie 13%
- #9 Soulcaster
91% matchVery Positive92% of 74 reviews2020
Dev: StarBytePub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
Windows
Escape an ancient temple by utilizing its arcane artifacts in an intriguing 2D puzzle plat-former.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 78.9%, Puzzle 21.1%
- #10 Diamond Dan
92% matchMostly Positive73% of 60 reviews2010
Dev: Grendel Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 18 minMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 32%
Dragged into Archeology by his uncle, Dan decides to take matters into his own hands. He discovers ancient temples with long lost treasures and menacing traps. Dan follows the clues found in the temples which leads him on a trip across the world, bringing him ever closer to making a sensational discovery.
Why similar: Adventure 52.3%, Indie 47.7%
- #11 Eye of the Temple
89% matchVery Positive93% of 423 reviews2021
Dev: Rune Skovbo Johansen
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 1.3 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Embark on a VR adventure to explore a vast and treacherous temple and uncover the ancient legend of the Eye. Keep your balance as you step between moving blocks, dodging hazardous traps and solving environmental puzzles with just your torch and whip in hand.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 41.4%, Puzzle 29.9%, Adventure 28.7%
- #12 Echoed World
90% matchMostly Positive76% of 559 reviews2017
Dev: Team DOTS
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 26%
Experience the epic journey of Algiz, the architect of life, as he seeks to retrieve his stolen power. But not only has his power been stolen. The whole world he designed is on a brink of destruction.
Why similar: Adventure 60.9%, Indie 39.1%
- #13 Deep the Game
87% matchMostly Positive77% of 946 reviews2020
Dev: Goricina ProductionsPub: Goricina Entertainment
Windows
Welcome to the Deep: Pixelart platformer indie game located deep inside caves. You are a cave explorer who accidentally falls in a pit which leads to a big cave system. After some exploration, you find remains of an old civilization that used to live there and decide to explore it a little further.
Why similar: Adventure 57.8%, Indie 42.2%
- #14 The Treasures of Montezuma 5
89% matchMixed70% of 207 reviews2016
Dev: WellorePub: ESDigital Games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 96%
A thrilling gem-matching adventure awaits those who dare to explore the jungle of the Aztecs, where untold treasure lies hidden deep within an ancient temple!
- #15 Gecko Gods
82% matchVery Positive96% of 476 reviews2026
Dev: InresinPub: Super Rare Originals
Windows
Explore a forgotten land in Gecko Gods, a puzzle-adventure as a tiny gecko. Climb walls, solve ancient puzzles and uncover a lost civilisation in a world full of hidden paths, quiet secrets and natural wonder.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 46.9%, Adventure 25.6%, Indie 15.4%, Puzzle 12.2%
- #16 Aierlon
86% matchMostly Positive72% of 87 reviews2022
Dev: Shadow Path StudiosPub: Marist College
Windows
Invoke the Gods as you navigate an Ancient Temple in this thrilling First Person Puzzle Platformer
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 70.5%, Puzzle 29.5%
- #17 Gems of the Aztecs
86% matchMostly Positive72% of 209 reviews2016
Dev: WellorePub: 8Floor
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 98%
A dangerous journey into the ruins of an ancient city await our hero. Help him find the treasure in Gems of the Aztecs!
Why similar: Puzzle 47.4%, Adventure 42.6%, Indie 10%
- #18 Cursed Gem
84% matchVery Positive91% of 65 reviews2020
Dev: AikonCWDPub: Vega Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Help Oliver in this retro-pixel and challenging platformer. Explore a cursed cave, full of traps, secrets and diamonds. Complete all levels, get the biggest diamond for your girlfriend and break the curse that is dooming you.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 51.2%, Adventure 27.6%, Indie 21.1%
- #19 Guayota
82% matchVery Positive95% of 57 reviews2024
Dev: Team DelusionPub: Dear Villagers
Windows
Unveil the darkest secrets of Saint Brendan’s Island, the paradise on Earth, in this 3D Puzzle-Adventure game. Only equipped with a torch, walk through ancient gods’ temples and solve their enigmas.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 56.6%, Puzzle 23.7%, Adventure 14.1%, Indie 5.6%
- #20 Temple of Shadows
81% matchMostly Positive75% of 68 reviews2024
Dev: DRB Studios
Windows
Join Sebastian Harrington, an archeology student, on a quest to find his missing professor. Explore ancient temple ruins, solve puzzles, and uncover hidden secrets in the Temple of Shadows.
Why similar: Adventure 52.9%, Puzzle 47.1%
- #21 Spark and The Digital Daydream
84% 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 53.3%, Indie 46.7%
- #22 Adventures Of Fluzz
85% matchMixed53% of 77 reviews2016
Dev: TopArcadeAppsPub: Volens Nolens Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Four exciting worlds, twenty levels of platform action and puzzle. Four amazing mini games to discover. Great rewards await to those who venture and defeat the might and ruthless King Hong.
Why similar: Adventure 55.3%, Indie 44.7%
- #23 Trikaya
81% matchVery Positive85% of 356 reviews2021
Dev: SMU Guildhall
Windows
Trikaya is an atmospheric first-person puzzle game where the player explores a long-forgotten temple and pieces together a mighty and mysterious artifact to master Wind, Earth, and Fire magic to solve puzzles and uncover the intriguing history of the extraordinary artifact.
Why similar: Puzzle 47.4%, Adventure 31.6%, Indie 21%
- #24 The Mysterious Cities of Gold
83% matchMostly Positive73% of 120 reviews2013
Dev: Neko Entertainment
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Play Esteban, Zia and Tao through numerous tricky levels full of puzzles, traps and infiltration phases in a wide variety of diverse gorgeous settings. Explore every nook and cranny of China, and escape Zarès’ hostile men, searching for the local City of Gold.
Why similar: Adventure 56.2%, Indie 43.8%
- #25 Eldritchvania
78% matchVery Positive85% of 134 reviews2024
Dev: DeathCount Games
Windows
Explore unearthly ruins, solve arcane riddles and pick up your sword against the indescribable horrors that lurk amidst the forgotten depths of our world. Beware the creeping grip of madness as you uncover secrets not meant for the eyes of men!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 55.8%, Puzzle 22.3%, Adventure 21.9%
- #26 Omno: Prologue
78% matchVery Positive98% of 274 reviews2020
Dev: Jonas MankePub: Future Friends Games
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 15%
A standalone mini-adventure introducing you to the world of Omno, an upcoming single player journey of discovery through an ancient world of wonders, where the power of a lost civilisation will carry you through forests, deserts and tundras - even to the clouds
Why similar: Adventure 33.1%, Puzzle Platformer 31.6%, Puzzle 21.6%, Indie 13.7%
- #27 Puzzle Box Palace
79% 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 39.3%, Puzzle 31.5%, Indie 29.1%
- #28 Journey To The Center Of The Earth
79% 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 57.2%, Adventure 42.8%
- #29 Monolight
77% 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 32.2%, Adventure 28.9%, Indie 24%, Puzzle 15%
- #30 Dusty
75% matchMostly Positive77% of 64 reviews2024
Dev: El Palo GamesPub: U-tad
Windows
Dusty is a third-person puzzle game focused on explore beautiful environments. Join archaeologist Dusty on his search for a mysterious civilization. Explore equipped with your extensible cane and notebook to resolve the past, the ways of the civilization and his technology of light.
Why similar: Adventure 45%, Puzzle 29.6%, Indie 25.4%
- #31 Lost in the tomb
80% matchMixed57% of 56 reviews2017
Dev: SokolabPub: Paper Pirates
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 37%
An adventurer lost in the crypt of the ancient Egyptian pyramids. He needs to go through many dungeons to get to the surface.
Why similar: Adventure 56.3%, Indie 43.7%
- #32 Adapta Solva Legacy
74% matchVery Positive97% of 92 reviews2024
Dev: Ares BrazeltonPub: Hogeschool West-Vlaanderen
Windows
Adapta Solva is a short puzzle platformer adventure. Play as an Adaptarian to absorb elements from magical shrines to solve puzzles and overcome obstacles. Uncover the truth behind your creation in a world laid to ruin by an unknown cause.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 64.8%, Puzzle 35.2%
- #33 Way To Yaatra
76% 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 46.7%, Indie 38.4%, Puzzle Platformer 15%
- #34 Hiiro
77% matchVery Positive86% of 311 reviews2016
Dev: Jon TiburziPub: Sometimes You
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Hiiro is a 2D platform game focused on ambient exploration and puzzle solving. Discover a grand world filled with mysterious artifacts and forgotten ruins. Become immersed in relaxing gameplay and meditative music. Remain observant as you unravel an explanation for your solitude.
Why similar: Adventure 59.4%, Puzzle Platformer 19.6%, Indie 10.9%, Puzzle 10.1%
- #35 Isoland
75% matchVery Positive91% of 314 reviews2018
Dev: Cotton GamePub: Lilith Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
The objective of the game is to explore a small island in the Atlantic Ocean, and uncover its secrets
Why similar: Adventure 42.5%, Indie 33%, Puzzle 24.5%
- #36 Aztlan Uncovered: Prologue
72% matchVery Positive90% of 225 reviews2022
Dev: Slappy Inc.
Windows
Explore an archeological site long lost to the ages. Use your time-reversing equipment to reveal the past and discover the secrets amidst the frozen wasteland.
Why similar: Adventure 100%
- #37 Mushroom Heroes
74% 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 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #38 Ties
73% matchVery Positive83% of 115 reviews2020
Dev: Objectif 3D
Windows
Explore an oniric world and discover all its secrets during a dangerous and memorable quest.
Why similar: Adventure 78.3%, Indie 21.7%
- #39 A dead world's dream
76% matchMostly Positive72% of 54 reviews2016
Dev: JoqLePecheur
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 67%
A Dead World's Dream is a challenging retro platformerAs a peaceful alien, explore a harsh world looking for hidden species.Unlocking upgrades and power-ups, travel to even more treacherous places.Carefuly examine your surroundings before jumping toward new dangers and secrets.
Why similar: Adventure 100%
- #40 Where We Went
67% 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: Puzzle Platformer 37.4%, Adventure 29.3%, Puzzle 26%, Indie 7.3%
- #41 Treasure Adventure World
72% matchVery Positive82% of 279 reviews2018
Dev: Robit Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Set sail for adventure with a paper hat on your head and a magical shrinking boat in your pocket, in search of legendary treasures! Solve tricky puzzles, battle formidable foes, piece together clues and dig up secrets to uncover your own shrouded history as you explore this sprawling open world.
Why similar: Adventure 55.9%, Indie 44.1%
- #42 Another Perspective
73% matchVery Positive88% of 322 reviews2014
Dev: SaraJS
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Another Perspective is a puzzle platformer following the very confusing adventure of someone looking for something. Swap minds to see the world in different ways! Where one mind sees a bottomless pit, another might not. Where one sees a locked door, another sees a key. To change perspective is to change reality!
Why similar: Adventure 31.3%, Indie 30.7%, Puzzle Platformer 20.8%, Puzzle 17.2%
- #43 Flightless Classic
71% 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 44.7%, Indie 34.5%, Puzzle 20.8%
- #44 Ninjahtic
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 91 reviews2015
Dev: Blaze Epic
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Ninjahtic is an action/adventure platformer with elements of puzzle-solving and stealth. While it's progression is linear, the open-ended nature of every level requires exploration of an abandoned civilization located atop floating islands.
Why similar: Adventure 54.6%, Indie 45.4%
- #45 Mission Zigloton
70% matchVery Positive94% of 249 reviews2020
Dev: Ben Lega
Windows · Mac · Linux
Help Zigloton steal an old relic on his journey to infiltrate a mysterious planet, in this challenging platformer developped and hand-animated by one person.
Why similar: Adventure 44%, Indie 36.6%, Puzzle Platformer 19.4%
- #46 Bask: The Alchemist Frog
67% matchVery Positive81% of 54 reviews2025
Dev: Skuxx Games
Windows
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: Puzzle Platformer 52.8%, Adventure 24%, Puzzle 23.2%
- #47 Treasure Adventure Game
70% matchVery Positive88% of 52 reviews2021
Dev: Robit Games
Windows
Treasure Adventure Game casts you in the role of a young boy who lands on an island that is a fragment of what was once a continent, destroyed in the war between a demon and a wizard.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 67%, Adventure 22.2%, Indie 10.8%
- #48 TVs: The Awakening
69% matchMostly Positive74% of 66 reviews2022
Dev: Mizrab
Windows · Mac
TVs is a single player platformer game combining intense action with challenging puzzles, focuses on a journey of a tv character called “u” who needs to drive his way on strange events in strange world to solve mysterious puzzles of his life till he finds the truth.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 60.3%, Puzzle 27.8%, Adventure 11.8%
- #49 Stay in the Light
70% matchMixed61% of 57 reviews2021
Dev: Richard Cowgill
Windows
Beyond the known world there is an ancient temple of great wealth. The treasure you seek is there, you are certain of it. Those who go there forfeit their lives. You have been warned.
Why similar: Adventure 69.4%, Indie 30.6%
- #50 Proto Raider
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 110 reviews2015
Dev: Puzzle Lab
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Proto Raider is a single screen auto-running puzzle platformer covered in ASCII beauty. Immerse yourself in this colorful and imaginative world. Ride waterfalls, fly into tornadoes, solve puzzles, and fight monsters to complete quests and collect your treasure!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 52.1%, Indie 47.9%
- #51 Treasure Hunters: Prologue
65% matchMostly Positive70% of 169 reviews2025
Dev: BiaxPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 1.6 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Treasure Hunters: Prologue is a free version of 'Treasure Hunters', an intense, co-op treasure-hunting game set in mysterious dungeons filled with puzzles, platforms, and deadly creatures, where your goal is to find and steal the most valuable treasures
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 56.4%, Adventure 22.8%, Puzzle 20.8%
- #52 Unsung Warriors - Prologue
67% matchVery Positive95% of 1,433 reviews2019
Dev: Osarion
Windows · Mac · Linux
Unsung Warriors is a 2D action-adventure game set in Iron Age inspired Europe. Fight your way past enemies and traps, while exploring the secrets of an ancient crypt.
Why similar: Adventure 59.3%, Indie 40.7%
- #53 The Treasures of Montezuma 3
71% matchMixed66% of 637 reviews2014
Dev: Alawar EntertainmentPub: ESDigital Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Match tokens to unlock incredible riches in The Treasures of Montezuma 3! With Casual and Timed modes to enjoy, 160 levels to beat, and dozens of mind-bending mini-puzzles to solve, you could be in the jungle for months!
Why similar: Adventure 53.2%, Indie 46.8%
- #54 Hargrave
67% matchVery Positive93% of 264 reviews2020
Dev: Disafter Games
Windows
Hargrave finds himself inside the walls of a mysterious labyrinth filled with strange robots. Find the way out, or find what's hidden deep inside.
Why similar: Adventure 64.4%, Indie 35.6%
- #55 Balthazar's Dream
69% matchVery Positive88% of 114 reviews2017
Dev: Psilocybe Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Visit a wonderfully peculiar dog's dream in a heroic attempt to save your owner in this beautiful pixel art puzzle platformer.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 45.8%, Indie 21.8%, Adventure 21%, Puzzle 11.4%
- #56 Archaeogem
64% matchVery Positive86% of 250 reviews2024
Dev: Gagonfe
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Hats up and whips out; the wilderness' mysteries await! Explore lush biomes, use your trusty whip to extract wild flowers' mystic powers, and collect rare gems in this dynamic precision-platformer. Unearth archaeological marvels and become a legend!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 51.9%, Adventure 48.1%
- #57 Ascent DX
62% matchVery Positive99% of 279 reviews2025
Dev: Johan PeitzPub: Apskeppet
Windows · Mac
Crashed on a desolate but mysterious planet you find yourself eye to eye with an ancient civilisation. Explore the planet, find powerful upgrades, and fulfill your destiny.
Why similar: Adventure 66.4%, Indie 33.6%
- #58 Faraway: Puzzle Escape
68% matchMostly Positive71% of 133 reviews2021
Dev: Pine StudioPub: Snapbreak
Windows · Mac · Linux
Faraway is an adventure game, a modern tribute to Myst. In Faraway you're an adventurer exploring ruins of ancient temples full of challenges and mysterious riddles.
Why similar: Adventure 53.2%, Puzzle 46.8%
- #59 Gravitia
63% 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 50.1%, Puzzle 42.7%, Indie 7.2%