Games Like Braid, Anniversary Edition

Enter a macabre and comical silent world filled with mischief, time travel and delicious pie. Includes Steam Achievements, Cloud, and Leaderboards!

Why similar: Time Manipulation 38.2% ★, Platformer 21.7%, Puzzle Platformer 20.1%, Puzzle 15.4%, 2D 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: Like Braid, this game centers entirely on manipulating time and recording your own actions to solve complex puzzles.

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 45.5%, Puzzle 28.8%, Puzzle Platformer 17.5%, 2D 3.1%, Casual 2.7%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the same sense of wonder and perspective-shifting puzzle design that made Braid a genre-defining indie classic.

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 44.2%, Logic 25.3%, Programming 20.7% ★, 2D 7.7%, Casual 1.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers the same level of deep, logic-based satisfaction that Braid players crave when solving its most difficult stages.

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 39.4%, Puzzle 15.5%, Action-Adventure 14.4%, Platformer 13.8%, Colorful 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: The game features mind-bending perspective mechanics that challenge your reality in a way that feels spiritually aligned with Braid's time manipulation.

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 32.2%, Puzzle Platformer 31.2%, Platformer 22.2%, Atmospheric 8.1%, 2D 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: It features a similarly atmospheric, philosophical tone combined with unique mechanics that force you to rethink spatial puzzles.

The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 34.7%, Platformer 22.8%, Puzzle 15%, Action-Adventure 14.9%, Action 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: As the gold standard for puzzle-platformers, it offers the same tight integration of mechanics and narrative progression.

Hunted and alone, a boy finds himself drawn into the center of a dark project. INSIDE is a dark, narrative-driven platformer combining intense action with challenging puzzles. It has been critically acclaimed for its moody art style, ambient soundtrack and unsettling atmosphere.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 30.7%, 2D Platformer 18.8%, Platformer 16.7%, Action-Adventure 12.3%, Puzzle 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game provides a haunting, atmospheric 2D platforming experience that relies on environmental storytelling much like Braid.

Induction is an abstract puzzle game about time travel and paradoxes. As you master its logic, Induction will rewire how you think about cause and effect.

Why similar: Time Travel 64.3% ★, Puzzle 35.7%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist puzzle game that focuses heavily on time-travel paradoxes and causality, directly appealing to fans of Braid's core mechanic.

The world has been swallowed into the grey void of time and space. The only key to the winding puzzle - a time-controling pocket-watch - lies in the hands of a clockmaker Father. The watch creates a mysterious barrier between the Father and his estranged Daughter.

Why similar: Time Manipulation 29.5% ★, Puzzle Platformer 17.9%, Time Travel 8.5% ★, Hand-drawn 8.1%, Cartoony 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: It utilizes a unique time-manipulation system where you control the flow of time for different characters to solve narrative-driven puzzles.

Uncertain of his sister's fate, a boy enters LIMBO

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 53.4%, Platformer 20.3%, Puzzle 13.7%, 2D 4.7%, Atmospheric 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its minimalist, high-contrast art style and focus on physics-based puzzles mirror the somber, thoughtful tone of Braid.

Think in reverse. Outsmart the impossible. A mind-bending first-person adventure where you solve ingenious and complex puzzles by rewinding objects through time.

Why similar: Time Manipulation 46.6% ★, Puzzle Platformer 20.9%, Puzzle 14%, Platformer 11%, Atmospheric 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: This title features a central time-rewind mechanic used to solve environmental puzzles, closely mimicking the gameplay loop of Braid.

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 Platformer 51.6%, Puzzle 28.6%, Colorful 10.5%, Atmospheric 7.6%, Adventure 1.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a surreal, abstract puzzle experience that forces you to perceive space in entirely new ways.

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 Platformer 55.5%, Puzzle 31.1%, 2D 11.5%, Adventure 1.9%

Why You'll Like It: A highly inventive logic puzzle game where you enter rooms within rooms, offering a depth of complexity that Braid fans will appreciate.

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 42.2%, Hand-drawn 30.7%, Cartoony 7%, 2D 6.7%, Atmospheric 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: This is a beautiful, artistic puzzle game that requires you to manipulate panels to change the narrative, echoing Braid's artistic depth.

A platform-adventure game about time travelling, puzzle solving and a friendship between an Old Inventor and a Snail.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 37.5%, Time Manipulation 22.8% ★, Platformer 16%, Time Travel 10.3% ★, Puzzle 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: It features a time-manipulation mechanic that allows you to switch between past and future versions of the world to solve puzzles.

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Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 42.8%, Platformer 21.5%, Puzzle 15.3%, 2D Platformer 10.6%, Action 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: A brilliant, compact puzzle-platformer that relies on clever mechanics and environmental interaction rather than complex controls.

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: Time Manipulation 26.5% ★, Puzzle Platformer 19.5%, 2D Platformer 12.6%, Platformer 11.4%, Hand-drawn 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a fluid, ethereal puzzle-platforming experience with a focus on precision and timing.

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

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 36.9%, Platformer 22.2%, Puzzle 19.5%, Colorful 7.6%, 2D 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game uses color-shifting mechanics to alter the environment, providing a similar puzzle-platforming challenge to Braid.

Named Game of the Year 2019 by Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer, and The Guardian, Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop.

Why similar: Puzzle 62.4%, Atmospheric 24.5%, Adventure 6.7%, Action 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: While a different genre, its core loop of time-based discovery and uncovering a deep, hidden mystery resonates with Braid's narrative structure.

Return to the indie classic Teslagrad, recharged to provide the ultimate electromagnetic experience! Escape a tyrant king, master the art of Teslamancy, and uncover the secrets buried deep within the Tesla Tower in this puzzle-platforming adventure!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 24.8%, Platformer 16.9%, 2D Platformer 13.6%, Action-Adventure 12%, Puzzle 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game blends puzzle-solving with platforming using magnetism mechanics, providing a similar sense of discovery.

A unique adventure game filled with beautiful puzzles all hand-drawn in an original 2D style . Out of Line follows the adventures of San in a quest to escape the Factory that was once home. Dive into a story set in a mysterious world that is revealed through multiple chapters.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 25.2%, 2D Platformer 16.1%, Platformer 12.4%, Hand-drawn 11.8%, Puzzle 9%

Why You'll Like It: A hand-drawn, atmospheric puzzle-platformer that emphasizes visual storytelling and clever environmental interaction.

It's a Wrap! is a challenging puzzle game about making movies in 1980s Hollywood. Figure out the perfect timing of props, actors, and special effects as the Director. Then jump into the scene as the movie's star in a traditional 2D platformer.

Why similar: Time Manipulation 30% ★, Puzzle Platformer 18.2%, 2D Platformer 10.4%, Platformer 9.4%, Logic 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer that incorporates time-manipulation as a core mechanic to synchronize events on a film set.

The Talos Principle is a first-person puzzle game in the tradition of philosophical science fiction. Made by Croteam and written by Tom Jubert (FTL, The Swapper) and Jonas Kyratzes (The Sea Will Claim Everything).

Why similar: Puzzle 79.9%, Atmospheric 14.4%, Action 3.6%, Adventure 2.1%

Why You'll Like It: It combines complex, logic-heavy puzzles with deep philosophical questions about existence and humanity.

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 31.4%, Platformer 22.1%, 2D Platformer 21.7%, Colorful 6.5%, 2D 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: It uses simple platforming mechanics to tell a surprisingly deep and emotional story, much like the narrative layers found in Braid.

Unravel is a physics-based puzzle platformer. Yarny, a character made from a single thread of yarn, must embark on a larger than life adventure.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 24.1%, Puzzle 22.3%, Platformer 20.3%, Action 9.7%, Colorful 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on physics-based puzzles and emotional storytelling, capturing a similar sense of melancholy and wonder.

CONTRAST is a puzzle/platform game where you can move between a fantastic 3D world and a mysterious shadowy universe in 2D in the blink of an eye. Delve into a dreamlike and surreal 1920s world, inspired by the performance art world of vaudeville and film noir, and cradled by a smooth and sultry jazz ambiance.

Why similar: Platformer 40.3%, Puzzle 27.7%, Puzzle Platformer 20.7%, Atmospheric 7.5%, Adventure 2.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game features a unique shadow-shifting mechanic that creates a distinct, artistic puzzle-platforming experience.

The best-selling Trine series returns to the magic of 2.5D! Join three iconic heroes as they set off on a quest through fantastical fairytale landscapes to save the world from the Nightmare Prince’s shadows.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 43.8%, Platformer 18.5%, Action-Adventure 15.9%, Puzzle 12.3%, Action 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D puzzle-platformer that emphasizes physics-based problem solving and beautiful, vibrant art design.

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 Platformer 53.7%, Puzzle 29%, Platformer 9.1%, Action 3.1%, Physics 2.7%

Why You'll Like It: The original game that redefined the puzzle-platformer genre with its innovative spatial mechanics.

An epic open-world puzzle Metroidbrainia that respects your intelligence! Knowledge is your superpower. Use creatures as tools to determine your own path.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 41.7%, Platformer 23.2%, Puzzle 15%, 2D 7.5%, Colorful 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in puzzle-platformer design that teaches you mechanics through observation rather than explicit tutorials.

Help Puzzled Cat use jetpacks, portals, bombs, gum, and more to conquer treacherous platforming stages. Play your own way using save states to explore a world full of challenges and secrets - but can you find the way through? Travel through time and space and reach enlightenment.

Why similar: Time Manipulation 34% ★, Puzzle Platformer 21.9%, 2D Platformer 13.1%, Platformer 10%, Puzzle 6.6%

Timeworks is a time-traveling 3D puzzle platformer with a bouncy cartoon style. Work along past versions of yourself to solve puzzles, create unique Items, and fill out your quotas for your mysterious employers.

Why similar: Time Manipulation 24.2% ★, Time Travel 21.9% ★, Puzzle Platformer 19.4%, Platformer 10.1%, Puzzle 7.5%

World of Goo is a multiple award winning physics based puzzle / construction game made entirely by two guys.

Why similar: Puzzle 61%, Physics 14.7%, 2D 11.7%, Casual 8.5%, Atmospheric 4%

Why You'll Like It: A classic indie puzzle game that relies on physics and creative problem-solving to progress through its charming world.

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 30.5%, 2D Platformer 16.2%, Platformer 14.6%, Puzzle 11.2%, Logic 10.3%

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%, Time Manipulation 24.2% ★, 2D Platformer 13.8%, Platformer 11.7%, Puzzle 8.9%

Leap Year is a clumsy platformer about knowledge and discovery. Explore a compact, hand drawn world filled with hidden paths. Understand the game’s secrets to reach new areas and collect all the pages of your calendar.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 27.7%, 2D Platformer 19.1%, Platformer 14.9%, Puzzle 10.1%, Hand-drawn 9.8%

Causal Loop is a narrative puzzler that blends mind-bending mechanics with a rich sci-fi story about time, consequence, and survival. Solve intricate puzzles by using the signature “echo” mechanic to record, replay, and interact with up to three versions of your past self. Can you break the loop?

Why similar: Time Manipulation 25.3% ★, Puzzle Platformer 21.6%, Platformer 13.1%, Logic 9.5%, Action-Adventure 9.2%

Uncover a story of intrigue, betrayal, and a civilization teetering on the brink of collapse as you solve intricate puzzles to unlock the secrets of Riven. Built from the ground-up and expanded from the award-winning original game released in 1997.

Why similar: Puzzle 35.7%, Logic 26.9%, Emotional 16.2%, Atmospheric 10.5%, Casual 7.3%

Rewind time and manipulate gravity in order to solve parkour puzzles in this exciting new 2D platformer.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 25.8%, Time Manipulation 24.7% ★, Platformer 13.8%, 2D Platformer 11.8%, Puzzle 9%

Entirely rebuilt from the ground up, Q.U.B.E. 10th Anniversary is the ultimate celebration of the decade-old original, bringing refined visuals, completely redesigned and revised gameplay sections, and a whole new chapter to the award-winning, brain-twisting first-person puzzler.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 29.9%, Platformer 16.1%, Logic 14.6%, Action-Adventure 12.4%, Puzzle 12.2%

Welcome to Myst: a starkly beautiful island, eerily tinged with mystery and shrouded in intrigue. Built from the ground up to play in 2D & VR, explore Myst in a whole new dimension! Journey to the Ages, unravel puzzles, and be a part of the surrealistic adventure that will become your own.

Why similar: Puzzle 78.6%, Adventure 8.5%, Atmospheric 6.7%, Casual 6.2%

Colored Effects is a puzzle platformer game where you use different abilities to advance through levels. Each color grants a unique ability. Switch between the colors and their effects to collect gems, defeat bosses, and solve fun puzzles.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 25.9%, 2D Platformer 16.3%, Logic 12.5%, Platformer 11.8%, Action-Adventure 10.5%

Try this year’s must-play indie smash-hit for free, with Evergate Ki’s Awakening. Take on seven unique levels in this haunting precision puzzle-platformer, set in a stunning hand-drawn vision of the Afterlife, with an original score recorded by a live orchestra.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 27.7%, 2D Platformer 17.1%, Time Manipulation 11.5% ★, Hand-drawn 9.5%, Platformer 8.9%

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 47.2%, Puzzle 17.6%, Logic 15.7%, Platformer 7.2%, Colorful 7.1%

Carefully capture tracks of your actions, then play them back to solve puzzles with the aid of your recorded ghosts. Immerse yourself in a cerebral first-person puzzle platformer, where strategically thinking several steps ahead is the key to success.

Why similar: Time Manipulation 47% ★, Puzzle Platformer 29.8%, Puzzle 8.5%, Platformer 5.7%, Action 3.4%

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 28.5% ★, Puzzle Platformer 17.9%, Platformer 16%, Cartoony 8.8%, Action-Adventure 8.4%

MotionRec is a recording puzzle action game where you progress through stages by recording and playing back your own movements.

Why similar: Time Manipulation 35.4% ★, Puzzle Platformer 21.3%, 2D Platformer 14.8%, Action-Adventure 9.3%, Puzzle 8.4%

The legendary game. One of the best action-puzzle games in the world!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 26.7%, Puzzle 11.5%, 2D Platformer 11.1%, Platformer 10.3%, Logic 9.9%

Perceive the future in this time-loop metroidvania.

Why similar: Time Manipulation 31.4% ★, Time Travel 24.6% ★, 2D Platformer 14.9%, Platformer 12.9%, Action-Adventure 8.9%

Freeze time and manipulate the world with endless possibilities: build the solution YOU want where nothing is scripted and levels can be solved in multiple ways. When Super Meat Boy meets Braid, you may die repeatedly and enjoy it!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 56.1%, Platformer 27.5%, Puzzle 11.6%, Action 4.2%, Adventure 0.7%

VVVVVV is a platform game all about exploring one simple mechanical idea - what if you reversed gravity instead of jumping?

Why similar: Platformer 42.3%, 2D Platformer 41.5%, 2D 8.2%, Action 3.8%, Puzzle 3.6%

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: Time Manipulation 38.2% ★, Time Travel 20% ★, 2D Platformer 17.9%, Platformer 14.8%, 2D 4.9%

The Bridge is a logic puzzle game that forces you to reevaluate your preconceptions of physics and perspective. It is Isaac Newton meets M. C. Escher. Manipulate gravity to redefine the ceiling as the floor while venturing through impossible architectures.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 32.3%, Hand-drawn 15.5%, Puzzle 12%, Logic 10.6%, Platformer 8.5%

A challenging puzzle platformer in which you clone and teleport.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 33.6%, 2D Platformer 24.8%, Platformer 18.1%, Puzzle 10.6%, 2D 5.5%

Imagine you could move mountains - literally! With realistic physics, Norse runes, rotating platforms and a lot of gray cells you'll help Munin, Odin's messenger in her very own 2D-adventure, to reclaim her power on a journey through Yggdrasil.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 38.6%, Platformer 19.1%, Puzzle 13.1%, 2D Platformer 9.9%, Casual 5.3%

In Chronoquartz, every move matters! You have 10 turns per loop: explore, solve puzzles, and use your past knowledge to progress. Strategy, critical thinking, and time management will be your allies in this unique temporal adventure. Will you succeed in saving time?

Why similar: Time Travel 41.5% ★, Puzzle 24.1%, Colorful 11.5%, 2D 10.8%, Atmospheric 5.8%

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 Platformer 34.4%, Logic 20.5%, Puzzle 17.1%, Colorful 9.6%, Platformer 5.5%

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: Time Manipulation 34.7% ★, Puzzle Platformer 21%, Time Travel 20.4% ★, 2D Platformer 12.7%, Puzzle 7%

In this logic based puzzle game, switch between Orbs to solve puzzles and light up your world. Play co-op with yourself, freeze time, fly drones, play with sound… and overcome the evil shadow interfering with your quest.

Why similar: Time Manipulation 40.5% ★, Puzzle Platformer 22.6%, Puzzle 10.5%, Platformer 9.2%, Action-Adventure 6%

Backworlds is a multi-dimensional puzzle platform game in which you explore by painting. Solve environmental conundrums by using each world’s physical properties to your advantage, and use your own creativity to craft original solutions to the game’s puzzles.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 39.6%, Platformer 21%, Logic 16.2%, Puzzle 16.1%, 2D 7.1%