- #1 Thomas Was Alone
97% matchVery Positive94% of 9,361 reviews2012
Dev: Bithell Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 57%
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: Puzzle Platformer 30.2%, Platformer 24.1%, 2D Platformer 21%, 2D 6.8%, Casual 4.2%
Why You'll Like It: Like the seed game, this title combines simple platforming mechanics with a strong sense of personality and narrative charm.
- #2 Baba Is You
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 24,029 reviews2019
Dev: Hempuli Oy
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 37.3%, Logic 15.5%, Difficult 13.8%, Indie 7.3%, 2D 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game shares the core appeal of manipulating the rules of the world through block-based logic and creative experimentation.
- #3 ElecHead
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,335 reviews2021
Dev: NamaTakahashi
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 35.3%, Platformer 20%, Puzzle 13.7%, 2D Platformer 8.7%, Robots 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game features tight, clever platforming mechanics centered on electricity that feel very similar to the seed game's mechanical focus.
- #4 Tetrobot and Co.
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 513 reviews2013
Dev: Swing Swing Submarine
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Tetrobot is the world's most popular and reliable robot, but he's not perfect. That's why I, Maya, have built him a microscopic little brother, Psychobot.Help me guide Psy through Tetrobot's cogs and circuits: by swallowing blocks of matter and spitting them out, we can repair anything.
Why similar: Puzzle 53.6%, Robots 17.8%, Casual 14.9%, Indie 13.7%
Why You'll Like It: It is a direct thematic match, focusing on a small robot navigating levels through block-based puzzle mechanics.
- #5 Stuffo the Puzzle Bot
94% matchVery Positive99% of 178 reviews2023
Dev: Hapatus Ltd
Windows
A laid-back but smart puzzle game. Stuffo is the last remaining puzzle bot stuck in a world filled with bite-sized brain-teasers. Help Stuffo to solve the mind-bending puzzles by using various blocks to climb, push and teleport your way to the exit.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 37.7%, Puzzle 15.6%, Robots 13.9%, Logic 13.8%, 2D 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: This title focuses on block-pushing and robot-themed puzzles that mirror the core gameplay loop of the seed game.
- #6 Toki Tori 2+
94% matchVery Positive85% of 1,089 reviews2013
Dev: Two Tribes
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Toki Tori 2+ may look cute, but it’s a challenging puzzle adventure game. Whistle and stomp are the only moves you need to solve increasingly complex puzzles, as you go anywhere, anytime on a lush forest island!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 29.8%, Platformer 18.8%, Puzzle 11.7%, Level Editor 9.1%, 2D 6%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a deep, interconnected puzzle-platforming experience that relies on understanding environmental mechanics rather than traditional combat.
- #7 Mekabolt
93% matchVery Positive87% of 182 reviews2019
Dev: SomepxPub: Ratalaika Games S.L.
Windows
Use your trusty Mekabolt device to manipulate robots, solve a variety of puzzling levels and obtain batteries to fix the robots!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 25.8%, 2D Platformer 16.9%, Platformer 16.1%, Puzzle 10.5%, Robots 8%
Why You'll Like It: A challenging puzzle-platformer where you use a robot to manipulate the environment, much like the mechanics in the seed game.
- #8 The Swapper
92% matchVery Positive94% of 7,539 reviews2013
Dev: Olli Harjola, Otto Hantula, Tom Jubert, Carlo CastellanoPub: Facepalm Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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 32%, Puzzle Platformer 28.7%, Platformer 22.9%, Indie 5.4%, 2D 3.9%
Why You'll Like It: This atmospheric game features clever cloning mechanics that require the same type of spatial reasoning as the seed game's block manipulation.
- #9 FEZ
91% matchVery Positive93% of 16,126 reviews2013
Dev: Polytron CorporationPub: Trapdoor
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 57%
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 41.1%, Puzzle 25%, Puzzle Platformer 13.9%, Indie 7.2%, Singleplayer 3.1%
Why You'll Like It: It masterfully blends 2D platforming with perspective-shifting puzzles that challenge how you view the game world.
- #10 Braid
91% matchVery Positive93% of 9,924 reviews2009
Dev: Number None
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 61%
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 42.4%, 2D Platformer 17.6%, Platformer 16.8%, Puzzle 12.3%, Indie 3.1%
Why You'll Like It: A classic puzzle-platformer that uses time manipulation to create complex, rewarding puzzles similar to the block-based challenges in the seed game.
- #11 World of Goo
89% matchVery Positive94% of 6,512 reviews2008
Dev: 2D BOYPub: 2D BOY
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 67%
World of Goo is a multiple award winning physics based puzzle / construction game made entirely by two guys.
Why similar: Puzzle 45.2%, Funny 10.9%, Indie 10.6%, 2D 8.9%, Singleplayer 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: This physics-based puzzle game shares the seed game's focus on building and manipulating structures to reach a goal.
- #12 Snapshot
90% matchMostly Positive73% of 261 reviews2012
Dev: Retro Affect
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 27%
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 32.3%, Puzzle Platformer 22.5%, Puzzle 19.2%, Casual 9%, Indie 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: It uses a unique camera mechanic to solve puzzles, emphasizing the same environmental interaction found in the seed game.
- #13 Stealth Bastard Deluxe
89% matchVery Positive89% of 1,214 reviews2012
Dev: Curve StudiosPub: Curve Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Armed with only your wits and a pair of Stealthing Goggles, it’s your job to sneak your way through a deadly facility that’s determined to extinguish your fragile little life.
Why similar: Platformer 45.4%, Puzzle 22.2%, Puzzle Platformer 10.4%, Indie 7.7%, 2D 5%
Why You'll Like It: It provides fast-paced, puzzle-heavy platforming that rewards precision and clever movement.
- #14 Human Resource Machine
88% matchVery Positive94% of 4,642 reviews2015
Dev: Tomorrow Corporation
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Program little office workers to solve puzzles. Be a good employee! The machines are coming... for your job. From the creators of World of Goo and Little Inferno.
Why similar: Puzzle 43.3%, Casual 11.9%, Funny 11.4%, Indie 11.1%, Logic 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: While more logic-focused, it captures the same satisfaction of building and executing a solution through small, modular components.
- #15 Mind Over Magnet
86% matchVery Positive89% of 1,332 reviews2024
Dev: Game Maker's Toolkit
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 68%
An attractive puzzle platformer where you use magnetism to escape a factory. Meet a cast of magnet characters and work together to solve logical conundrums.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 27.2%, Platformer 14.7%, 2D Platformer 14.4%, Robots 11.5%, Puzzle 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: It uses magnetism to create unique platforming puzzles that feel fresh while remaining familiar to fans of the genre.
- #16 Button Button Up!
87% matchVery Positive95% of 180 reviews2019
Dev: Centrosphere GamesPub: Kunpan Games
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
"Button Button Up!" is a platformer party game. Players need to use limited resources to help their partner passing different laser obstacles. The bros are going share their weal and woe to complete a fantastic adventure by the lead of Mr. Bunny.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 24.5%, 2D Platformer 17.3%, Platformer 14.5%, Funny 12.4%, Puzzle 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: This puzzle-platformer uses button-based movement mechanics that require careful planning and execution.
- #17 Robot Detour
85% matchVery Positive99% of 191 reviews2024
Dev: Nozomu Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
А fun and innovative puzzle game about a wired robot who delivers batteries to his wireless friends.
Why similar: Puzzle 17.1%, Robots 16.6%, Funny 14.5%, Logic 14.2%, 2D 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: A robot-themed puzzle game that emphasizes logic and environmental navigation.
- #18 Gelu
86% matchVery Positive81% of 140 reviews2017
Dev: NedoStudio
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 27%
2D Pixel platformer about a cute character named Gelu. He can create and destroy his copies made of ice, limited number of times. With the help of ice copies he can climb on platform, pass the obstacles and pass the levels. Help Gelu to pass hard levels.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 26.1%, Platformer 19.6%, 2D Platformer 14.7%, Puzzle 12%, Casual 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: A casual, block-based platformer that captures the simple, satisfying loop of the seed game.
- #19 Patrick's Parabox
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 5,475 reviews2022
Dev: Patrick Traynor
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
A mind-bending recursive puzzle game about boxes within boxes within boxes within boxes. Learn to use infinity to your advantage as you explore a deep and elegant system.
Why similar: Puzzle 34.6%, Logic 24.7%, 2D 10.4%, Difficult 9.9%, Singleplayer 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: It features recursive, mind-bending puzzles that push the boundaries of spatial logic in a way that fans of the seed game will appreciate.
- #20 Snakebird
84% matchVery Positive93% of 1,238 reviews2015
Dev: Noumenon Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Do you like puzzles, fruit and the notion of crossing a snake with a bird for no good reason? If the answer to at least one of those questions is yes, then Snakebird might be the game for you. Solve your way through this headscratcher of a puzzle game and help the snakebirds sate their hunger.
Why similar: Puzzle 45.3%, Difficult 22.9%, Cute 10.7%, Indie 8.5%, Colorful 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers highly challenging spatial puzzles that require the same level of planning as the seed game's block placement.
- #21 Max: The Curse of Brotherhood
83% matchVery Positive95% of 1,636 reviews2014
Dev: Press PlayPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Max: The Curse of Brotherhood is a cinematic adventure filled with action-packed platforming and creative puzzle-solving. Armed with only a Magic Marker, Max must confront evil at every turn in a hostile and fantastical world in order to save his kid brother, Felix. Join Max on his great adventure!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 46.7%, Platformer 28.7%, Puzzle 13.5%, Adventure 6.8%, 2D 2.3%
Why You'll Like It: It features creative environmental manipulation tools that make for a very similar puzzle-platforming experience.
- #22 Gravity Error
84% matchVery Positive86% of 56 reviews2015
Dev: Faris Mohammed
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 48%
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: Puzzle Platformer 35.5%, Platformer 28.7%, Puzzle 18.3%, 2D 8.8%, Indie 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: It introduces gravity-shifting mechanics to traditional platforming, creating puzzles that require a shift in perspective.
- #23 Beam
82% matchVery Positive89% of 61 reviews2020
Dev: Binary ImpactPub: CobraTekku Games
Windows
BEAM is a challenging precision platformer with puzzle elements in which you need to manipulate various light beams and tightly maneuver MARBLE in order to save both your lives.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 26.6%, 2D Platformer 14.1%, Funny 14%, Platformer 14%, Puzzle 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: This physics-based puzzle-platformer requires precise movement and environmental understanding to progress.
- #24 Helheim Hassle
81% matchVery Positive91% of 429 reviews2020
Dev: Perfectly ParanormalPub: Yogscast Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Helheim Hassle is a narrative adventure game with puzzle platforming elements. Play as Bjørn, a pacifist Viking that can detach and combine limbs at will to solve challenging puzzles and get out of uncomfortable situations involving desperate Norse Gods, Goblins, Dragons, and angry skeletons.
Why similar: Funny 23%, Indie 21.3%, 2D Platformer 20.3%, Adventure 19.9%, Puzzle 15.4%
Why You'll Like It: A humorous puzzle-platformer that features unique limb-swapping mechanics to solve environmental challenges.
- #25 Crayon Physics Deluxe
81% matchVery Positive86% of 1,155 reviews2009
Dev: Kloonigames
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 1.6 hrs≥1hr: 28%
Crayon Physics Deluxe is a 2D physics puzzle / sandbox game, in which you get to experience what it would be like if your drawings would be magically transformed into real physical objects. Solve puzzles with your artistic vision and creative use of physics.
Why similar: Puzzle 41.3%, Casual 15%, Indie 11.1%, 2D 8.3%, Hand-drawn 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: It allows for creative, physics-based problem solving that feels like a natural extension of the seed game's block-building mechanics.
- #26 Trine Enchanted Edition
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 15,837 reviews2009
Dev: Frozenbyte
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Three Heroes make their way through dangers untold in a fairytale world of great castles and strange machinery, featuring physics-based puzzles, beautiful sights and online co-op.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 45%, Platformer 30.1%, Puzzle 13.1%, Adventure 3.4%, Indie 3.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game combines physics-based environmental puzzles with platforming, offering a similar sense of discovery and mechanical depth.
- #27 Heart Star
79% matchVery Positive96% of 82 reviews2020
Dev: Adventure Islands
Windows · Mac
Heart Star is an adorable puzzle platformer where you guide two little friends through two parallel worlds. Swap between the worlds to solve unique puzzles. Overcome all obstacles with the power of teamwork!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 23%, Casual 17.9%, Platformer 15.9%, Indie 12.6%, Puzzle 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on dual-character puzzle-platforming that requires coordination and logical thinking.
- #28 Tales of the Tiny Planet
80% matchVery Positive84% of 57 reviews2017
Dev: Pixelsplit
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Tales of the Tiny Planet tells the story of a separated group of planet friends who want to reunite. You have to assist them against the dangers of time and space.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 18.8%, Platformer 14.3%, 2D Platformer 14.1%, Puzzle 12.4%, Indie 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game features physics-based environmental puzzles that feel like a polished take on the seed game's core loop.
- #29 Tiny Robots Recharged
78% matchMostly Positive78% of 103 reviews2021
Dev: Big Loop StudiosPub: Snapbreak
Windows
It was all fun and games until the bad guy took your friends. It's not their fault he built his super-secret laboratory next to the park.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 34.5%, Puzzle 18.1%, Funny 15.2%, Robots 11.1%, Logic 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: This title offers a series of robot-themed puzzles that reward careful observation and logic.
- #30 Machinarium
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 19,746 reviews2009
Dev: Amanita Design
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Machinarium is the award-winning independent adventure game developed by the makers of Samorost series, Botanicula and CHUCHEL. Help Josef the robot save his girlfriend Berta kidnapped by the Black Cap Brotherhood gang!
Why similar: Hand-drawn 30.9%, Robots 19.3%, Puzzle 19.2%, 2D 8.5%, Cute 6.3%
- #31 Escape Goat
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 702 reviews2013
Dev: MagicalTimeBean
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Escape Goat is a puzzle platformer where you take control of a goat, who has been imprisoned for witchcraft, and overcome traps and obstacles to escape the Prison of Agnus. Fear not, for with your supreme agility, sturdy horns, and the help of a magic mouse friend, you can turn the tables on foes and use the environment to your advantage.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 44.4%, Platformer 23.9%, Puzzle 16.1%, Level Editor 5.9%, Indie 4.7%
- #32 Pets at Work
76% matchVery Positive94% of 149 reviews2022
Dev: Nibb Games
Windows
Some pets got lost from their owners in an office and now need to work together, using boxes, mats, buttons, climb on shelves and tables or just make a mess trying to find them in this colorful local co-op game!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 32.5%, 2D Platformer 16.4%, Platformer 14.9%, Puzzle 9.3%, 2D 6.6%
- #33 Quadrata
76% matchVery Positive93% of 210 reviews2022
Dev: Mindlabor
Windows · Mac · Linux
Quadrata is a minimalist logic puzzle where you control two different characters with the same keys on either side and collect diamonds with a limited number of moves to finish.
Why similar: Puzzle 23%, Logic 19.6%, Level Editor 14.1%, 2D 8.6%, Difficult 8.3%
- #34 Puzzle Bots
78% matchMostly Positive77% of 169 reviews2010
Dev: Ivy GamesPub: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 42%
There’s a big secret at Dr. Hugo’s Factory for Making Robots. When the inventors aren’t looking, their tiny robots go on big adventures. They never expected to stumble onto a plot so diabolical it threatened their very existence. With lasers.
Why similar: Puzzle 56.5%, Adventure 23.9%, Indie 19.6%
Why You'll Like It: A charming adventure game that uses robot abilities to solve puzzles, capturing the same indie spirit as the seed game.
- #35 Chippy & Noppo
75% matchVery Positive91% of 58 reviews2023
Dev: peakvoxPub: O-TWO inc.
Windows
Chippy is good in low places and Noppo is good at jumping. It is an action puzzle where two guys work together to make a toy with a theme! What kind of toys are those two really good friends going to make,and what kind of future are they going to make?
Why similar: Puzzle 36.7%, Puzzle Platformer 25.7%, Casual 14.4%, Cute 14.1%, Singleplayer 6.7%
- #36 Romino's Adventure
75% matchVery Positive94% of 54 reviews2021
Dev: InterDan
Windows · Linux
A blocky puzzle platformer adventure.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 40.4%, 2D Platformer 22.7%, Platformer 13.7%, Puzzle 9.4%, 2D 4.2%
- #37 Squeakers
74% matchVery Positive93% of 59 reviews2018
Dev: Boar-in-gamesPub: Ordinary Pine Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Water is flooding the world. Build your own way to climb higher and higher. Maybe there is a chance of survival after all. Give yourself a try! Help those boars reach the highest level.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 26.5%, Platformer 19.8%, Funny 13.9%, Puzzle 12.9%, 2D 7.5%
- #38 Low Oxygen
72% matchVery Positive89% of 303 reviews2023
Dev: Alex-Stefan Neagu
Windows · Linux
Explore an abandoned facility on the planet you've crashlanded, solving puzzles with strange plants along the way.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 22.4%, Platformer 17.9%, 2D Platformer 16.5%, Puzzle 11.2%, Funny 9.7%
- #39 BattleBlock Theater®
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 72,594 reviews2014
Dev: The Behemoth
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 20.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Welcome to BattleBlock Theater! You’ve got no where to go but up...on stage. Play single player or co-op to free your friends and save Hatty Hattington! Jump, solve and battle your way through a mysterious theater inhabited by highly technological felines.
Why similar: Platformer 21.3%, Funny 19.2%, Puzzle Platformer 16.6%, 2D Platformer 11.7%, Level Editor 11%
- #40 Stacking
73% matchVery Positive89% of 1,835 reviews2012
Dev: Double Fine Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Embark on an adventure to rescue Charlie’s family from the nefarious industrialist known only as the 'Baron.'
Why similar: Puzzle 53.3%, Adventure 14.6%, Funny 10.3%, Indie 9.8%, Singleplayer 6.6%
- #41 Patch me if you can
69% matchVery Positive99% of 236 reviews2025
Dev: Ah Shot ChuPub: Jungle Game Lab
Windows
Patch me if you can is a puzzle adventure where you dive into a game world and manipulate objects however you want. Equip blocks to shrink boulders, move the sun, and thwart Lord's conspiracy. This broken world needs your 'patch'!
Why similar: Funny 28%, Puzzle 23.9%, 2D 11.9%, Cute 9.6%, Casual 8.5%
- #42 Botanicula
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 6,611 reviews2012
Dev: Amanita Design
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Humor-filled indie adventure game created by the makers of Machinarium and Samorost.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 25.6%, Funny 24.5%, Puzzle 15%, 2D 7.7%, Cute 6.9%
- #43 Bleep Bloop
73% matchVery Positive88% of 60 reviews2019
Dev: Ludipe & FriendsPub: Zerouno Games
Windows
Meet Bleep and Bloop as they help each other overcome all the challenges that stand in their way. A light-hearted and playful puzzle game about working together.
Why similar: Puzzle 41.8%, Casual 34.1%, Indie 24.1%
- #44 Manufactoria 2022
71% matchVery Positive96% of 71 reviews2022
Dev: PleasingFungus Games
Windows · Mac
Manufactoria 2022 is a constructive puzzle game about pushing robots around. (It's okay, they don't complain.) Use simple parts to engineer solutions to open-ended problems, then rebuild 'em better! Take a company from your backyard to the soaring heights of success! How hard could it be?
Why similar: Funny 24.2%, Puzzle 21.8%, Robots 21.7%, Logic 18.1%, Colorful 5.8%
- #45 Time in Time
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 123 reviews2017
Dev: ErayTek
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Time in Time is a side scroller puzzle-platformer game where you control everything with timers..
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 28.2%, Platformer 18.5%, Puzzle 10.7%, Robots 8.3%, Difficult 7%
- #46 Star Stuff
68% matchVery Positive99% of 182 reviews2024
Dev: Ánimo Games Studio
Windows · Mac
Star Stuff is a deceptively cute programming puzzle game. Program and work alongside bots to tackle the most important (and undoubtedly safest) task in the galaxy: fixing a star factory. Ready for your first day on the job?
Why similar: Puzzle 27.2%, Logic 22.2%, Difficult 12.6%, Casual 9.9%, Cute 7.9%
- #47 CO-OP : Decrypted
74% matchMixed43% of 67 reviews2015
Dev: Pixelz Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 31%
CO-OP is a 2.5D puzzle-platformer. You control two robots; R3D, who can absorb all the light sources around him, and BLU3, who converts that energy into an explosive power. They find themselves in what seems like a recycling facility, with drones analyzing their every move...
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 55.6%, Indie 20.5%, Adventure 13.2%, Casual 10.7%
- #48 Hatup
70% matchVery Positive92% of 59 reviews2022
Dev: Naoka StudioPub: Naoka Games
Windows
In Hatup you'll have the mission to go through different challenges with your hat that will allow you to progress through the game's stages. Using different mechanics you will face many challenges and with different levels of difficulty.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 21.5%, Platformer 17.4%, 2D Platformer 15.3%, Puzzle 10.9%, Funny 9.2%
- #49 Sugar Cube: Bittersweet Factory
72% matchMostly Positive72% of 202 reviews2012
Dev: Turtle Cream
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%
A cube of sugar escapes the factories to avoid the fate of being a cookie!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 28.3%, Platformer 21%, 2D Platformer 11.7%, Puzzle 8.5%, 2D 6.3%
- #50 Misc. A Tiny Tale
66% matchVery Positive98% of 122 reviews2025
Dev: Tinyware Games
Windows
Meet Buddy and Bag Boy – two tiny robots with big hearts and an even bigger mission: spreading joy! After a mysterious explosion rains golden cogs and trash from the sky, it’s their job to collect, clean, and help each village while uncovering the secret behind the blast.
Why similar: Platformer 36.3%, Robots 21.6%, Cute 9.4%, Casual 7.8%, Indie 7.4%
- #51 Rules & Rodents
67% matchVery Positive100% of 54 reviews2025
Dev: Gravy Crew Games
Windows
A puzzling adventure where you abuse the Rules set by your Rat captors! 📜🐀 Manipulate enemies and environments with the commanding power of Rules to escape!
Why similar: Puzzle 37.4%, 2D 16.7%, Logic 13.4%, Cute 13.2%, Adventure 8.3%
- #52 Escape Goat 2
69% matchVery Positive95% of 455 reviews2014
Dev: MagicalTimeBeanPub: Double Fine Presents
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Escape Goat 2 is a puzzle platformer game where you use machinery, the environment, and a friendly mouse to progress through a dungeon.
Why similar: Platformer 40.5%, Puzzle 25%, Puzzle Platformer 13.7%, Indie 8.5%, Casual 6%
- #53 Felix The Toy
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 53 reviews2021
Dev: XYX GamesPub: Tero Lunkka
Windows
Inspired by classics from long ago, help a toy named felix find his owner when a mysterious event takes over the planet
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 28.8%, Platformer 25.2%, Puzzle 15.7%, Funny 11.6%, Casual 7.2%
- #54 The Last Cube
67% matchVery Positive97% of 147 reviews2022
Dev: Improx Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Cube puzzler and an epic adventure. Stamp stickers to the sides of your cube to imbue each surface with unique powers, which are vital to solving puzzles and finding secrets.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 31.6%, Puzzle 14.3%, Robots 12.7%, Logic 11.3%, Difficult 8%
- #55 Tangled Up!
70% matchMixed66% of 59 reviews2016
Dev: 2Pi Interactivee Pvt. Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
“Tangled Up” is the story of two electric charges "Positive Charge" & "Negative Charge" who are paired by an electric string. One day the string that bonds them together gets tangled up! and they’re unable to unite!
Why similar: Funny 22.9%, Puzzle 21.4%, Puzzle Platformer 17.3%, Casual 10.6%, Strategy 6.9%
- #56 Tiny and Big: Grandpa's Leftovers
67% matchVery Positive92% of 4,143 reviews2012
Dev: Black Pants Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%
You are Tiny, a nerdy inventor, who tries to reclaim his most beloved possession - Grandpa's underpants!
Why similar: Platformer 41.9%, Puzzle 24.3%, Indie 14.4%, Funny 11.9%, Adventure 4.8%
- #57 Robot Rescue Revolution
70% matchMixed68% of 63 reviews2014
Dev: Teyon
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Dodge flamers breathing scorching fires and deactivate paralyzing Tesla machines as you guide wacky robots trapped in treacherous labyrinths to the exit! Plan each escape with precision as every single robot shares linked controls hindering a simple escape plan, even for the creators of the game!
Why similar: Puzzle 44.6%, Casual 29.6%, Indie 25.8%
- #58 Handy Dandy
66% matchVery Positive96% of 372 reviews2020
Dev: Yellow Boot Games
Windows · Mac
The two adventurers Handy and Dandy have caused a dimensional tear which is now separating them and the entire cave where they have to solve platforming puzzles to reunite again in this 2D co-op game.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 51.8%, Indie 26%, Adventure 22.3%
- #59 Block Shop
63% matchVery Positive99% of 69 reviews2025
Dev: Foolbox Studio
Windows
Block shop is an automation puzzle game in which basic blocks are transformed and combined to create increasingly complex blocks.
Why similar: Puzzle 31.8%, Logic 17%, Strategy 14.1%, Casual 9.5%, Difficult 8.9%