- #1 Almightree: The Last Dreamer
97% matchMostly Positive77% of 173 reviews2015
Dev: ChocoartsPub: Digital Tribe
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
The world is shattering and you are the only hope to restore the balance. A thrilling and challenging 3D puzzle platformer game, Almightree: The Last Dreamer has you racing through a crumbling world to find your way to awaken the life giving Almightree.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 34%, Action 22.7%, Strategy 21.2%, Puzzle 16.2%, Indie 6%
- #2 Dual Cat: Max
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Seal Unicorn Games
Windows
Join Max, the brave and clever cat, on a puzzle-platformer adventure to save his best friend, Erwin
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 39.4%, Strategy 23%, Action 19.4%, Puzzle 16.2%, Indie 2.1%
- #3 Antiflux
96% matchVery Positive86% of 50 reviews2016
Dev: UAA Software
Windows
Antiflux is a challenging but fun puzzle platformer with upgrades, building complexity over time.
Why similar: Action 37.9%, Puzzle Platformer 33%, Puzzle 19.7%, Indie 6.4%, Singleplayer 3%
- #4 Yeah Jam Fury: U, Me, Everybody!
94% matchPositive100% of 31 reviews2017
Dev: World Entertainment StudiosPub: McLeodGaming
Windows · Mac · Linux
GET THE MANGO! Yeah Jam Fury tests your speed and ingenuity in over 100 levels of smiling face blocks. Utilize all three of your egos to create blocks, scale walls, and destroy everything in the way of your righteous fruit.
Why similar: Strategy 30.4%, Action 26.4%, Puzzle Platformer 26.1%, Puzzle 8.9%, Indie 6.5%
- #5 Pempe
95% matchNo user reviews2023
Dev: Kubili
Windows
Pempe is a new single player game from Kubili. A combination puzzle/action game. In each level, the player roams through a labyrinth filled with obstacles.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 30.4%, Strategy 25.3%, Action 24.9%, Puzzle 15.8%, Indie 2%
- #6 DotLine
94% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2018
Dev: The Selenite Forge
Windows · Mac · Linux
DotLine is a challenging minimalist puzzle game. Click on puzzle elements to drive the ball to the exit without falling into the void. Completing the game will require fast thinking and reaction !
Why similar: Action 34.8%, Strategy 33.7%, Puzzle 23.5%, Indie 8%
- #7 東方凸凹遊戯
92% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: 電話帳の右端Pub: Tooru Akagi
Windows
A Touhou Project fan-made puzzle game -- Use your puzzle skills and special abilities to battle!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 33.5%, Action 26.8%, Strategy 18.7%, Puzzle 17.8%, Indie 2%
- #8 GLR10X10
93% matchNo user reviews2023
Dev: mobran
Windows
This is a brand new pure puzzle in the style of LoadRunner. There are no more enemies, the direction of gravity changes when you touch an arrow, the concept of time disappears, and you can think as much as you want. Enjoy a puzzle game like never before.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 31.2%, Action 26%, Strategy 24.9%, Puzzle 16.6%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #9 WATCH / 透视
91% matchVery Positive86% of 59 reviews2020
Dev: MicractivePub: 电钮组
Windows
This is a platform puzzle game related to our "WATCH" vision.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 44.2%, Puzzle 19.5%, Strategy 16.9%, Action 14.4%, Indie 4.1%
- #10 Me and (My) Cat's Castle X
90% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2020
Dev: KAJINOYU
Windows
Stuff your cheeks with onigiri and make friends with even more friends! In "Me and (My) Cat's Castle X", you control a character who transforms by stuffing their cheeks with onigiri. Take on the challenge of the "Cat's Castle" in this platformer!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 51.6%, Puzzle 23.1%, Action 17.4%, Indie 4%, Singleplayer 3.9%
- #11 Panco's Journey
89% matchPositive83% of 12 reviews2018
Dev: SunkenFish
Windows
Incarnate Panco, a white little cat, on his journey to save all Elemalia's residents, trapped in their own home due to a terrible tempest. Control up to three different natural elements and interact with your environment to progress through puzzles and grab the coins dispersed around the world!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 43.1%, Strategy 29.4%, Puzzle 20.5%, Indie 7%
- #12 Korvae in space
89% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2017
Dev: David J Ozsvath
Windows
Solve puzzles and shoot enemies in this fun little indie game.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 50.1%, Action 39.9%, Indie 10.1%
- #13 JamG
88% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2015
Dev: Ernő Király
Windows
Control an ever-changing ball along a narrow winding course suspended in midair. Solve your way through challenging levels jam-packed with obstacles, traps and mazes.
Why similar: Action 39.8%, Puzzle Platformer 33.9%, Puzzle 16.2%, Indie 10.1%
- #14 Marudachi
86% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Niko Salocin
Windows
Marudachi is an action puzzle game that uses different Maru's abilities to let Maru get into the place they can't go on their own.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 27.1%, Action 26.8%, Strategy 26.2%, Puzzle 15.5%, Indie 3.2%
- #15 Mr. Robot
87% matchVery Positive82% of 97 reviews2008
Dev: Moonpod
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 45%
Asimov is a lowly service mechanoid aboard the interstellar colony ship Eidolon. Carrying hundreds of frozen human colonists to a new world. When the Eidolon's computer brain malfunctions, it falls to Asimov to undertake a perilous journey through the bowels of the massive ship to save his robot friends and the precious human cargo. Mr.
Why similar: Strategy 36.6%, Action 32.6%, Puzzle 21.1%, Indie 9.7%
- #16 Surface Labyrinth KURUMABU
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Hiroyuki SasayamaPub: KUMAZASA
Windows · Mac
Neo-2D Action Puzzle Game !
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 42.7%, Action 33%, Puzzle 22.2%, Singleplayer 2.1%
- #17 The Land of Eyas
85% matchVery Positive86% of 69 reviews2016
Dev: Happy Square ProductionsPub: Rising Star Games
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Lost with no memory of where he is or how he got there, lead Eyas – a boy in a cat suit – on a quest to get home. But how do you know which way to go when you can’t tell which is up and which is down?
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 47.1%, Action 41.9%, Indie 10.9%
- #18 Gumstein: The Awakening
84% matchMostly Positive75% of 12 reviews2019
Dev: PAIN Games
Windows
Solve puzzles and evade hazards using several interesting abilities such as sticking to walls, splitting, and launching your other half through multiple levels on your quest to find Ruby
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 44.5%, Action 44.3%, Indie 11.2%
- #19 Manipulated
84% matchPositive87% of 45 reviews2017
Dev: Wolfray Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Warning! This game does require an ability to think.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 46.5%, Puzzle 23.9%, Action 17.9%, Indie 11.7%
- #20 Death in the Night
82% matchMostly Positive79% of 19 reviews2022
Dev: Studio2760
Windows
A puzzle platformer with deadly dangers.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 50.9%, Action 23.6%, Puzzle 21%, Indie 2.6%, Singleplayer 2%
- #21 Shiftomino
83% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: aramaa
Windows · Mac · Linux
"Shift" to move, Shiftomino! Shiftomino is a puzzle platformer where you advance through stages by moving from block to block.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 49.6%, Action 25.6%, Puzzle 20.6%, Indie 2.3%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #22 Supaplex
81% matchVery Positive95% of 284 reviews2018
Dev: InArcade
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
The legendary game. One of the best action-puzzle games in the world!
Why similar: Action 39.4%, Puzzle Platformer 27%, Puzzle 24.5%, Indie 9.1%
- #23 Duality
82% matchPositive85% of 13 reviews2018
Dev: Essency StudiosPub: Winning Streak Entertainment
Windows
Explore the silent story of Duality, a world in which reality has been split into two dimensions. Each level has been beautifully designed with extreme challenge in mind. Will you be able to uncover the secrets that each new challenge holds?
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 53.6%, Strategy 35.8%, Indie 8.3%, Singleplayer 2.3%
- #24 Riddle Tower
78% matchVery Positive95% of 76 reviews2024
Dev: George Tavoularis
Windows
Riddle Tower is all about solving a wide variety of riddles, including classic riddles, math brain teasers, and rebuses. The main story features riddles inspired by two classic games from my childhood, Notpron and GodTower, known for being some of the toughest riddle games of their time.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 44.2%, Puzzle 25.8%, Strategy 24.1%, Singleplayer 3.1%, Indie 2.8%
- #25 Luna
80% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2017
Dev: Lushboy Studios
Windows · Mac
Luna is a physics-based, gravity-twisting, 2D platforming mind-bender.
Why similar: Action 47.5%, Puzzle Platformer 40.5%, Indie 12%
- #26 Gravity Well
79% matchPositive100% of 14 reviews2018
Dev: Black Engine Games
Windows
On a derelict research space station, you'll find yourself solving puzzles to complete a high value contract, but in the end, will the job be worth it?
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 40.4%, Action 32.2%, Puzzle 19.3%, Indie 8.1%
- #27 Apple Jack 1&2
79% matchPositive95% of 19 reviews2017
Dev: My Owl Software
Windows
When a little man with an apple for a head loses his dog, it marks the beginning of a grand platforming adventure deep into the heart of...Wales?
Why similar: Action 48.1%, Puzzle Platformer 39.7%, Indie 12.2%
- #28 Perspective
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,387 reviews2019
Dev: WiddershinsPub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
Windows
Perspective is an experimental platformer. The player avatar moves in a 2D space that transforms when the player changes perspective in 3D space. The player needs to use this mechanic navigate the 2D avatar to a goal in order to progress from level to level.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 58.5%, Puzzle 36.1%, Indie 5.4%
- #29 Genius Greedy Mouse
77% matchVery Positive83% of 113 reviews2016
Dev: Space Fractal
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 96%
GENIUS GREEDY MOUSE is a clay based puzzle game featuring a host of fun and challenging levels.
Why similar: Puzzle 31.6%, Strategy 19%, Action 18.6%, Puzzle Platformer 16.5%, Stylized 8.2%
- #30 Deadline
74% matchNo user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Tyler Black
Windows
Deadline plunges you into the heart of indie horror with a spine-chilling themes. Explore three haunting levels—a sterile Lab, The Creepy Carnival, and a haunting school—each dragging you deeper. Outlast and extend your DEADLINE. Struggle for a high score, but can you survive long enough to escape?
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 39.4%, Strategy 33.6%, Puzzle 20.4%, Indie 4.6%, Singleplayer 2%
- #31 Unusual and not safe experiments
73% matchVery Positive89% of 94 reviews2025
Dev: Galactic Geckon
Windows
Unusual and NOT Safe Experiments is an action-puzzle game where you control a robot trying to escape from an abandoned complex, overcoming traps and solving puzzles.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 50.7%, Action 26.4%, Puzzle 20.9%, Singleplayer 2%
- #32 Arcane's Watch
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Black Fire Studios
Windows
After Returning to your hometown in search of your missing father, you find that the town has been abandoned, search for clues around the town to find your father, but be careful, you aren't the only one there
Why similar: Action 27.9%, Puzzle Platformer 27.7%, Strategy 27.3%, Puzzle 16%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #33 Magnetic: Cage Closed
77% matchMixed67% of 342 reviews2015
Dev: Guru GamesPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Magnetic: Cage Closed is a first person puzzle game where the player manipulates magnetic forces to accomplish their goals. The mechanics are focused around a single tool: The Magnet Gun which allows you to create electromagnetic fields with either positive or negative charges.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 51.6%, Puzzle 26%, Action 16.2%, Indie 4.6%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #34 Pirates of Justice
73% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Strong Bow Games
Windows
Pirates of Justice is a strategic puzzle game where players help pirates destroy corrupt Marine buildings by placing objects to guide a bomb ball to its target. Use your wits to bring down the Marine's stronghold and rise through the pirate ranks.
Why similar: Action 27.9%, Strategy 26.6%, Puzzle Platformer 25%, Puzzle 15.2%, Indie 3.8%
- #35 Corridor Geodesic
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Liz MiyunaPub: Neverway Studio
Windows · Linux
Corridor Geodesic is a steampunk style puzzle game all about collapsing and expanding the level around you to descend deeper into an ominous facility.
Why similar: Action 27.2%, Puzzle Platformer 25.2%, Strategy 19.2%, Puzzle 16.9%, Stylized 10.6%
- #36 Don't Die!
75% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2017
Dev: Michael CoxPub: Templarius Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Prepare for a challenge of wits, reflex, and strategy, and make sure that you Don't Die!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 38.8%, Strategy 34.5%, Puzzle 18.5%, Indie 8.2%
- #37 The Wave Story
72% matchPositive89% of 19 reviews2021
Dev: Z4Z
Windows
A totally mysterious and enigmatic game, can you discover the end of this story?
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 48.7%, Strategy 25.5%, Puzzle 20%, Indie 4.1%, Singleplayer 1.8%
- #38 I and Me
71% matchVery Positive96% of 364 reviews2016
Dev: Wish Fang
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
If there were another me, Observing myself from the perspective of a spectator, How would I regard another me?
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 36.7%, Action 30.6%, Puzzle 24.1%, Indie 8.7%
- #39 revvver
71% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Naparil
Windows
Create a path by reversing the desired area.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 50.3%, Strategy 26.1%, Puzzle 19.1%, Indie 2.5%, Singleplayer 2%
- #40 Caracoland
73% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2018
Dev: Rodrigo BezziPub: Rosasoft
Windows
Caracoland - The Quest for the Golden Shell
Why similar: Action 40.4%, Puzzle Platformer 34.4%, Puzzle 14.9%, Indie 10.2%
- #41 Starlaxis Supernova Edition
74% matchMixed60% of 62 reviews2015
Dev: Spiderwork Games
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Prepare yourself for mind-blowing puzzle strategy in new dimensions! You think Starlaxis is just a small puzzle game? THINK AGAIN! Master breath-taking challenges, win seemingly impossible boss fights, complete multiple missions goals, overcome dozens of enemies, and last but not least: Save EARTH!
Why similar: Strategy 39.6%, Action 34.7%, Puzzle 16.9%, Indie 8.8%
- #42 VLAK
66% matchVery Positive98% of 128 reviews2025
Dev: Jiří Křek
Windows · Mac · Linux
The task in this 2D game is to control the train and collect various objects with it, which will be attached to the train in the form of a wagon. After hitting a wall or wagon, the level is reset. After collecting all the objects, just go through the gate to the next level.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 38.1%, Strategy 23.7%, Puzzle 19.1%, Action 17.5%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #43 Shape Tunnel
70% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: 3DI LLC
Windows
Welcome to Shape Tunnel: A Dimensional Challenge! Prepare for a mind-bending journey through twisting tunnels and geometric puzzles. Match your shape to the ever-changing tunnel by deftly rotating the shapes. Precision and quick thinking are your allies. Conquer this challenge!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 48.4%, Puzzle 26.7%, Action 21.8%, Singleplayer 3.1%
- #44 Mighty Switch Force! Collection
70% matchVery Positive88% of 156 reviews2019
Dev: WayForward
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Switch up the fun with four games in one! As cybernetic peacekeeper Officer Patricia Wagon, you'll use your platforming skills, puzzle-solving abilities, and level-altering Siren Helmet to catch criminals, extinguish infernos, and smash enemies. Four-player co-op and versus modes included!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 33.7%, Action 31.3%, Strategy 27.8%, Indie 7.1%
- #45 LOOP LOOP ROOM
69% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: desunoyaPub: Sekai Project
Windows
This is a simple puzzle platformer game filled with a variety of gimmicks. There is no story! Do your best and gobble up the stars in each stage♪
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 50.1%, Action 29.8%, Puzzle 13.8%, Singleplayer 3.5%, Indie 2.8%
- #46 Alien Cube
70% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: OinTau Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Alien Cube is a futuristic puzzle adventure game full of traps! Help Logan find his way out of the HYPERCUBE!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 37.5%, Action 25.6%, Puzzle 19.2%, Survival 15.8%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #47 Cubetractor
71% matchMostly Positive74% of 480 reviews2013
Dev: Ludochip
Windows · Mac
Median: 12 minMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 19%
WINNER: IGF China award for BEST GAME!Cubetractor is a neo-retroesque action-strategy-puzzle hybrid where you defeat enemies through an unconventional cube-pulling, turret-buildling mechanic. The game carries elements of a reverse tower defence and a grounded bullet-hell dodger to deliver a unique gameplay experience presented in a...
Why similar: Strategy 40.1%, Action 32.9%, Puzzle 16.7%, Indie 10.3%
- #48 Turner
69% matchVery Positive91% of 87 reviews2016
Dev: Bean Boy Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Turner is a 2D platformer puzzle game set in an insane asylum where you take the role of Turner, a man with a troubled past and an unstable state of mind. Complete over 500 levels by rotating the world around you.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 42.1%, Action 29.3%, Puzzle 21.3%, Indie 7.3%
- #49 Your Heart
67% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: ZynGms
Windows
Puzzle game with a little story. The rules are simple! Clear the stage by absorbing the three colored orbs into the pedestals of each color. Gradually, various gimmicks are added, and the difficulty increases. By the way... who are you, and why are you solving these puzzles?
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 40.2%, Strategy 34.4%, Puzzle 20.8%, Indie 2.5%, Singleplayer 2%
- #50 The Last Tree
69% matchMostly Positive73% of 51 reviews2017
Dev: Dalibor KamnjanacPub: Back To Basics Gaming
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 70%
The year is 2092 and the last tree on Earth, Ungrodo, is being hunted. But he has a special ability - TIME SLOWS DOWN WHEN HE MOVES. Also, Ungrodo is pretty good at puzzles. Would you save him?
Why similar: Action 41.9%, Puzzle Platformer 31.6%, Puzzle 13.7%, Indie 9.7%, Singleplayer 3.1%
- #51 AntiPodal
68% matchPositive88% of 32 reviews2019
Dev: Lily DehaudtPub: lilGames
Windows · Mac
Trapped in a strange parallel world, face ruthless challenges using wit and skill. Run, jump and swap your way out of tricky situations in this super-tight action puzzle platformer. Will you be able to find and rescue your poor lost chicken?
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 59.3%, Action 40.7%
- #52 BlockLock
72% matchNo user reviews2020
Dev: Oddball Games
Windows · Mac
BlockLock is a third-person 3D puzzle game unlike any other! You take the role of an android, tasked with returning the blocks to their matching home tiles. Walk up to a block, grab it and push it. Sounds simple? It's anything but! You'll need to think ahead or you may box yourself in!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 50.5%, Puzzle 29.6%, Strategy 13.5%, Singleplayer 3.2%, Indie 3.2%
- #53 GravityBot
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CyberWolves Studio
Windows
In this Sci-Fi Physics-Based Puzzle Game, you control a little robot with a big power. Use your power of changing gravity to stop the space pirates and return all the stolen goods to their owners.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 41.9%, Action 34.4%, Puzzle 21.8%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #54 S-COPTER: Trials of Quick Fingers and Logic
68% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2018
Dev: Noble Fox Games
Windows
S-COPTER is a combination of an arcade game, a platformer and a bit of a puzzle game, viewed from a 2D perspective. The player’s goal is to transport all the passengers on a level to their respective landing sites.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 40.5%, Action 32.1%, Puzzle 19.3%, Indie 8.1%
- #55 Warped Continuity
66% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Xufactor
Windows
The game incorporates the mechanics of the famous "slider" puzzle. The character is on one screen, and the player must move the screens around and move the character from screen to screen to get to the door.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 38.8%, Strategy 36.2%, Puzzle 20.2%, Indie 2.7%, Singleplayer 2.1%
- #56 Pure Balance: Equilibrium
63% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Aremix
Windows
A minimalist physics-based puzzle game focused on balance and precision. Carefully place and align objects to maintain stability and complete short, challenging levels designed for relaxing yet skill-based gameplay.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 35.1%, Strategy 31.5%, Puzzle 21.7%, Stylized 8.7%, Indie 3%
- #57 Ball Drop
65% matchMostly Positive75% of 24 reviews2023
Dev: Puffin Forest
Windows
Ball Drop is a puzzle platformer game. The ball rolls down using gravity and you must use the mouse to move platforms to guide the ball to the goal line. The objects in the game rotate following the mouse and you can use them to solve puzzles and navigate around hazards.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 37.4%, Strategy 27.5%, Action 22.2%, Puzzle 11.6%, Singleplayer 1.2%