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 38.3% ★, Platformer 21.5%, Puzzle Platformer 20.1%, Puzzle 15.4%, 2D 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: Features a core time-manipulation mechanic where you record and play back actions to solve puzzles, mirroring Braid's central theme.

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 45.3%, Puzzle 28.9%, Puzzle Platformer 17.4%, 2D 3.2%, Casual 2.8%

Why You'll Like It: Like Braid, this game uses a unique perspective-shifting mechanic to turn a 2D platformer into a deep, world-bending puzzle experience.

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 43.7%, Logic 25.2%, Programming 21.2% ★, 2D 7.8%, Casual 1.4%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a similarly high level of intellectual satisfaction through logic-based puzzles that force you to rewrite the rules of the game world.

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Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 42.8%, Platformer 21.3%, Puzzle 15.3%, 2D Platformer 10.7%, Action 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in minimalist, clever puzzle-platforming that rewards experimentation and logical thinking just like Braid.

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

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 30.6%, Narration 18%, Platformer 17.8%, Puzzle 15.8%, Colorful 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: Utilizes a color-shifting mechanic to alter the environment, providing a similar sense of discovery and logic-based progression.

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 55.3%, Puzzle 31.1%, 2D 11.8%, Adventure 1.9%

Why You'll Like It: A mind-bending puzzle-platformer that explores recursive spatial logic, challenging the player in ways reminiscent of Braid's harder levels.

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 21.9%, Atmospheric 8.2%, 2D 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric puzzle-platformer that introduces a unique cloning mechanic that requires deep spatial and temporal planning.

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

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 53.9%, Platformer 20.2%, Puzzle 13.8%, 2D 4.8%, Atmospheric 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: Captures the same somber, artistic atmosphere and tight 2D puzzle-platforming gameplay found in the classic indie era.

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 30.5%, 2D Platformer 18.9%, Platformer 16.5%, Action-Adventure 12.4%, Puzzle 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: A brilliant 2D puzzle-platformer that uses environmental storytelling and physics-based puzzles to create a haunting, cohesive experience.

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: Narration 24.7%, Puzzle Platformer 24.4%, Platformer 17.1%, 2D Platformer 17.1%, Colorful 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on narrative-driven platforming where the mechanics of each character are essential to solving environmental puzzles.

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 19.4%, 2D Platformer 12.6%, Platformer 11.3%, Hand-drawn 8%

Why You'll Like It: Features a soul-flame mechanic that allows for precise, time-sensitive movement and puzzle-solving in a 2D space.

Katana ZERO is a stylish neo-noir, action-platformer featuring breakneck action and instant-death combat. Slash, dash, and manipulate time to unravel your past in a beautifully brutal acrobatic display.

Why similar: Time Manipulation 37.2% ★, 2D Platformer 24.3%, Platformer 24.2%, Action 8.1%, 2D 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: While more action-oriented, it features a core time-manipulation mechanic that requires planning and precision similar to Braid's combat puzzles.

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 22.9% ★, Platformer 15.9%, Time Travel 10.3% ★, Puzzle 10.1%

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

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 41%, Logic 40.6%, 2D 12.5%, Casual 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: A recursive puzzle game that pushes the boundaries of logic and space, appealing to players who enjoy the brain-teasing nature of Braid.

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 29.7% ★, Puzzle Platformer 18%, Time Travel 8.5% ★, Hand-drawn 8.2%, Cartoony 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer centered entirely around time-manipulation, allowing you to influence the world by controlling the flow of time for different characters.

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 23.8%, Puzzle 22.1%, Platformer 20.4%, Action 9.6%, Colorful 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based puzzle-platformer that emphasizes environmental interaction and emotional storytelling.

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%, 2D Platformer 16.1%, Platformer 12.2%, Hand-drawn 11.9%, Puzzle 9%

Why You'll Like It: A hand-drawn puzzle-platformer that emphasizes environmental puzzles and a distinct, artistic visual style.

An adorable and relaxing open world puzzle adventure for monsters who love to learn about humans!

Why similar: Puzzle 43.2%, Cartoony 30.4%, Casual 11.3%, Atmospheric 11.2%, Adventure 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: A non-linear, clever logic puzzle game that rewards curiosity and experimentation with its world design.

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 34.2% ★, Puzzle Platformer 21.5%, 2D Platformer 13.2%, Platformer 10%, Puzzle 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging 2D puzzle-platformer that tests your reflexes and logic in a series of increasingly difficult levels.

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%, Hand-drawn 30.8%, Cartoony 6.8%, 2D 6.8%, Atmospheric 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: An artistic, perspective-shifting puzzle game that feels like a beautiful, interactive painting, much like the aesthetic of Braid.

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 46.6%, Platformer 27.4%, Puzzle 12.5%, Action 7.5%, 2D 1.8%

Why You'll Like It: Combines physics-based puzzles with platforming, allowing players to use different character abilities to solve complex environmental challenges.

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

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 35.9%, Platformer 23.4%, Puzzle 15.5%, Action-Adventure 15.5%, Action 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for logic-based puzzle design, offering a narrative-rich experience that challenges spatial reasoning.

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 37.5%, Platformer 22.3%, Puzzle 15%, Colorful 7.9%, 2D 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A metroidvania-style puzzle-platformer that relies on player knowledge and environmental interaction rather than traditional power-ups.

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 51.5%, Puzzle 28.5%, Colorful 10.6%, Atmospheric 7.8%, Adventure 1.6%

Why You'll Like It: An abstract, first-person puzzle game that plays with gravity and infinite architecture to challenge your spatial perception.

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, abstract puzzle game that explores the paradoxes of time travel and causality.

Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 22.2%, Platformer 21.2%, Hand-drawn 18.3%, Atmospheric 12.1%, Puzzle 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: An artistic 2D platformer that focuses on emotional resonance and environmental puzzles rather than combat.

Perceive the future in this time-loop metroidvania.

Why similar: Time Manipulation 31.4% ★, Time Travel 24.5% ★, 2D Platformer 15%, Platformer 12.8%, Action-Adventure 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: A time-loop metroidvania that requires players to manage their limited time while exploring and solving puzzles.

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 56.2%, Platformer 27.4%, Puzzle 11.6%, Action 4.2%, Adventure 0.7%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer that incorporates a time-freezing mechanic to navigate obstacles and solve environmental riddles.

Catherine: a tale of love, betrayal, and the terror of commitment. Experience the mature action-adventure-puzzle game unlike any other from the makers of the Persona series, now enhanced for PC in all its Classic glory. Is love over? Climb to the top or die trying.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 60.7%, Puzzle 37.6%, Adventure 1.7%

Why You'll Like It: A unique block-pushing puzzle-platformer that blends high-stakes gameplay with a deep, mature narrative.

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 21.8% ★, Puzzle Platformer 19.3%, Platformer 10.1%, Puzzle 7.5%

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 27.5%, 2D Platformer 19.1%, Platformer 14.7%, Puzzle 10.1%, Hand-drawn 10%

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

Why similar: Puzzle 71%, 2D 14%, Casual 10.2%, Atmospheric 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based puzzle game that requires creative thinking and structural planning to navigate complex environments.

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 30.4%, 2D Platformer 16.2%, Platformer 14.5%, Puzzle 11.2%, Logic 10.4%

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 33.2%, Time Manipulation 24.3% ★, 2D Platformer 13.9%, Platformer 11.6%, Puzzle 8.9%

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 26.5% ★, Puzzle Platformer 16%, Narration 11.7%, 2D Platformer 9.2%, Platformer 8.2%

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 30.8%, Narration 24.3%, Puzzle 12.2%, Action-Adventure 11.7%, Platformer 10.8%

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 35.1%, Logic 26.9%, Emotional 16.7%, Atmospheric 10.5%, Casual 7.4%

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 24.7%, Platformer 16.7%, 2D Platformer 13.6%, Action-Adventure 12%, Puzzle 11.6%

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 31%, Platformer 16.7%, Logic 15.3%, Action-Adventure 13%, Puzzle 12.7%

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 21.1%, 2D Platformer 14.8%, Action-Adventure 9.3%, Puzzle 8.4%

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 78.4%, Adventure 8.6%, Atmospheric 6.7%, Casual 6.3%

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

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 26.1%, Time Manipulation 25.1% ★, Platformer 13.9%, 2D Platformer 12%, Puzzle 9.1%

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 27.5%, 2D Platformer 17.2%, Time Manipulation 11.5% ★, Hand-drawn 9.6%, Platformer 8.9%

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 48.1% ★, Puzzle Platformer 21.3%, Puzzle 14.3%, Platformer 11.3%, Atmospheric 3.8%

Embark on a journey of forgiveness through impossible environments and illusionary puzzles. Experience this meditative and calming puzzle game by manipulating monuments and creating evolving paths to explore new, surreal, and mysterious worlds.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 36.2%, Puzzle 32.7%, Emotional 15.4%, Casual 9.6%, Atmospheric 3.3%

Time Loader is a story-driven puzzle-platformer with tiny robots, alternate realities, nostalgic music, and primitive tech from the 90s!

Why similar: Time Manipulation 39.3% ★, Puzzle Platformer 23.6%, Platformer 14.1%, Logic 11.6%, Emotional 7.4%

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 33.4%, Hand-drawn 16.3%, Puzzle 12.5%, Logic 11.1%, Platformer 8.7%

The Gardens Between is a surreal puzzle adventure that follows best friends, Arina and Frendt, as they fall into a mysterious world of beautiful garden islands. Manipulate time to solve puzzles and discover the secrets of each island.

Why similar: Time Manipulation 47.7% ★, Time Travel 19.5% ★, Logic 11.1%, Emotional 9%, Puzzle 8.9%

An award-winning platform adventure game where you hunt down the cunning thief who stole his gold. Beautifully hand-crafted levels bring the story of Leo to life, offering a journey full of challenges. Revisit this classic adventure as it celebrates its tenth anniversary.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 28.4%, Platformer 17%, 2D Platformer 13.5%, Puzzle 10.5%, Cartoony 8.2%

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 48.4% ★, Puzzle Platformer 30.7%, Puzzle 8.8%, Platformer 5.8%, Action 3.5%

Find your way in a world of breezy, thoughtful puzzles, along a charming journey of self-discovery.

Why similar: Puzzle 41.1%, Colorful 22.6%, 2D 19.8%, Atmospheric 12.2%, Adventure 4.4%

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 20.9%, Time Travel 20.3% ★, 2D Platformer 12.7%, Puzzle 7%

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 35.1%, Logic 21.1%, Puzzle 17.5%, Colorful 9.9%, Platformer 5.5%

The Watchmaker is an action adventure set in a strange steampunk world of giant clock mechanisms, where time has gone mad. Join Alexander, a clock tower keeper, on his quest to restore time to its natural rhythm!

Why similar: Time Manipulation 33.9% ★, Puzzle Platformer 27.6%, Platformer 15.5%, Puzzle 13.1%, Action 8.1%

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 30.7% ★, Puzzle Platformer 20.3%, Platformer 13.4%, Puzzle 9.9%, Action-Adventure 9.7%

A 3D adventure combining precise platforming action with environmental puzzles. Purify the corrupted Primal Gate and restore the flow of time to a shattered world.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 31.8%, Platformer 17.6%, Hand-drawn 15.4%, Puzzle 11.9%, Emotional 9.5%

Discover illusionary pathways and delightful puzzles as you learn the secrets of The Sacred Geometry. Follow the heart warming story of Ro in her journey through motherhood. Rediscover independence through manipulating monuments and evolving paths to explore new, surreal, and mysterious worlds.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 43.2%, Puzzle 21.3%, Emotional 11.7%, Action 8.7%, Casual 8.2%

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 27.2%, 2D Platformer 17.9%, Platformer 14.9%, Action-Adventure 10.5%, Puzzle 10.3%

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 100%