Games Like Camera Obscura

Help Madeline survive her inner demons on her journey to the top of Celeste Mountain, in this super-tight platformer from the creators of TowerFall. Brave hundreds of hand-crafted challenges, uncover devious secrets, and piece together the mystery of the mountain.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 32.4%, Platformer 19.7%, Pixel Graphics 16%, Female Protagonist 8.6%, Difficult 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in precision platforming that features a compelling female protagonist and a beautiful, emotive soundtrack.

Join renegade mechanic Robin and uncover the secrets of a dying planet. Explore a big world filled with intricate puzzles, interesting characters and menacing bosses in a beautiful platform adventure that tells a personal story about faith, purpose and the challenge of helping people.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 20.3%, Platformer 18%, Great Soundtrack 17.4%, Female Protagonist 14.6%, Indie 7%

Why You'll Like It: Features a strong female protagonist and high-quality pixel art, blending action-platforming with deep environmental storytelling.

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 34.5%, Great Soundtrack 25.3%, Pixel Graphics 15.8%, Indie 7.6%, Puzzle 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: Like Camera Obscura, this game centers on shifting perspectives and manipulating the environment to solve complex puzzles.

Use your magic staff and progress through a large interconnected world where you'll solve puzzles, fight enemies and defeat bosses in order to help free the land of Alwa. Explore and uncover the secrets by using your platforming skills in this challenging and charming 8-bit adventure game.

Why similar: Platformer 26.2%, Pixel Graphics 21.5%, Great Soundtrack 14.8%, Female Protagonist 11.2%, Indie 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: A charming pixel-art adventure that emphasizes exploration and platforming challenges in a cohesive, atmospheric world.

In a bizarre universe where the oppressed are on the brink of oblivion, Dandara has awoken to reshape the world.

Why similar: Platformer 24.4%, Great Soundtrack 17.8%, Pixel Graphics 16.3%, Indie 13.1%, Female Protagonist 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a unique movement system that challenges traditional platforming conventions, much like the mechanics found in Camera Obscura.

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: Platformer 33.3%, Puzzle Platformer 21.3%, Great Soundtrack 19.3%, Puzzle 8.8%, Indie 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: This iconic puzzle-platformer uses unique time-manipulation mechanics to challenge your perception of the game world.

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

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 28.8%, Platformer 25.8%, Pixel Graphics 23.3%, Difficult 6.4%, Indie 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: A high-difficulty precision platformer that shares a retro aesthetic and a focus on tight, screen-based movement.

A journey begins... A treacherous tower... Unravel its mysteries!Discover the secrets kept in the long abandoned Tesla Tower!Magnetism and other electromagnetic powers will help you explore a non-linear world of beautiful hand-drawn environments, in a steampunk-inspired vision of old Europe.

Why similar: Platformer 45.7%, Great Soundtrack 12.3%, Puzzle 7.8%, Indie 7.3%, Puzzle Platformer 7%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer that uses physics-based mechanics and electromagnetism to create clever, non-combat obstacles.

Pounce inside of your cozy armored mech and set off on a dangerous trek through an alien underworld full of irritable creatures and treacherous obstacles in a valiant effort to save your stranded captain and his crashed spaceship.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 27.6%, Platformer 26.9%, Indie 10.9%, Adventure 8.8%, Action 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A compact, pixel-art action-platformer that delivers a polished experience with a focus on exploration and movement.

Discover the beautiful world of Nihilumbra and join Born on his adventure to find himself whilst trying to escape from his inevitable curse. Born was created from the absolute nothingness: The Void. But somehow he separates himself from the black emptiness and appears in the world.

Why similar: Platformer 32.7%, Great Soundtrack 21.2%, Indie 10%, Puzzle Platformer 9.1%, Adventure 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric puzzle-platformer where you manipulate the environment to overcome obstacles, mirroring the puzzle-heavy nature of the seed game.

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: Platformer 24.6%, Level Editor 21.1%, Pixel Graphics 12.7%, Great Soundtrack 11.8%, Puzzle Platformer 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: A clever puzzle-platformer that rewards precise movement and logical thinking within its retro-styled levels.

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: Great Soundtrack 25.9%, Pixel Graphics 12.1%, Puzzle Platformer 11.2%, Indie 10.9%, Difficult 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: A deep, logic-driven puzzle-platformer that forces players to think outside the box to manipulate their surroundings.

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: Platformer 30.1%, Great Soundtrack 23.8%, Puzzle 15.1%, Puzzle Platformer 9.6%, Indie 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric puzzle-platformer that focuses on cloning mechanics to navigate and solve environmental challenges.

Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight is the fourth installment in the beloved Momodora series of 2D platformers. Unleash ravaging combos against a variety of formidable monsters and deftly dodge your way through a cursed land to seek audience with the Queen and dispel the evil that threatens all life.

Why similar: Platformer 29.2%, Pixel Graphics 22.2%, Female Protagonist 16.7%, Anime 11.7%, Difficult 10%

Why You'll Like It: A beautifully animated action-platformer featuring a female lead and tight, responsive combat mechanics.

You play an explorer stranded on a dangerous alien planet. Low on fuel, your only hope for escape is to find the planet’s core in this incredibly clever action-puzzle-platformer.

Why similar: Platformer 28.4%, Great Soundtrack 22.8%, Pixel Graphics 15.6%, Indie 4.9%, Adventure 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: A short, punchy pixel-art platformer that focuses on clever teleportation mechanics and exploration.

MO: Astray is a pixel art, side-scrolling, action-platformer. Lead MO through mind-bending puzzles using special abilities. Bizarre enemies, threatening traps and ingenious level designs await.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 20.8%, Great Soundtrack 20.5%, Platformer 20.3%, Puzzle Platformer 9%, Adventure 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: A unique action-adventure game with a distinct pixel-art style and creative, physics-based movement mechanics.

Ageless is a story driven puzzle platformer where you must alter the age of animals and plant life around you to progress. Play as Kiara, a young girl who braves through heartache and loss as she journeys across a mysterious world to discovers its secrets and herself.

Why similar: Platformer 21.2%, Great Soundtrack 16.8%, Pixel Graphics 15.7%, Female Protagonist 12.4%, Adventure 9%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer featuring a female protagonist and a unique mechanic that allows you to manipulate the age of objects.

YesterMorrow is a single-player time travelling 2D platformer, mixing action sequences with puzzle elements. Follow the engaging story of Yui, who travels back into the past to save her family and the remnants of a world now trapped in Never-ending Night.

Why similar: Platformer 26.7%, Pixel Graphics 20.7%, Adventure 15.4%, Indie 14%, Action 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: An action-adventure platformer that utilizes time-travel mechanics to solve puzzles and navigate its world.

The infamous, tough-as-nails platformer comes to Steam with a playable Head Crab character (Steam-exclusive)!

Why similar: Platformer 35.2%, Great Soundtrack 22.7%, Pixel Graphics 18.6%, Difficult 9.9%, Indie 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive precision platformer for those who enjoy the high-stakes, trial-and-error gameplay found in Camera Obscura.

Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove is the complete Shovel Knight collection, containing all 5 games in the epic saga! Dig, blast, slash, and bash your way through a fantastical, 8-bit inspired world of pixel-perfect platforming, memorable characters, and world-class action-adventure gameplay.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 31.4%, Platformer 29%, Pixel Graphics 17.3%, Indie 4.6%, Retro 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: A gold standard for modern pixel-art platformers, offering tight controls and a nostalgic yet fresh adventure.

Play as a fearsome knight on a journey filled with challenges. Use a variety of abilities and powerups to take down enemies in an abandoned, torn by war castle.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 26.9%, Platformer 21.8%, Adventure 14.3%, Pixel Graphics 13.3%, Indie 13.2%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric 2D platformer that focuses on exploration and navigating dangerous, dark environments.

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 46.9%, Adventure 15.5%, Indie 15%, Puzzle 10%, Puzzle Platformer 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer that literally uses a camera mechanic to capture and move objects, directly echoing the theme of the seed game.

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: Great Soundtrack 44%, Platformer 17.1%, Female Protagonist 15%, Indie 6.7%, Adventure 5%

Why You'll Like It: A visually stunning puzzle-platformer that prioritizes emotional atmosphere and environmental navigation over combat.

Make your way on foot, on a hoverbike, up skyscrapers, and down bottomless pits, as you exterminate a threat of unknown origin!

Why similar: Platformer 37.5%, Female Protagonist 19.2%, Pixel Graphics 13.5%, Indie 10%, Action 9%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-inspired action-platformer that emphasizes fast-paced movement and precise jumping skills.

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: Platformer 57.5%, Puzzle Platformer 18.3%, Indie 10.7%, 2D 7.5%, Singleplayer 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist puzzle-platformer that uses simple shapes and excellent narration to create a surprisingly deep atmosphere.

Wings of Vi is a challenging 2D platformer in which the player controls the angel Vi, tasked with defeating the Demon Lord Jeh’oul after he is freed from captivity. While inspired by masochistic retro platformers, Wings of Vi aims to cut out arbitrary difficulty in favor of skill based gameplay.

Why similar: Platformer 27.4%, Great Soundtrack 19.3%, Female Protagonist 12.2%, Difficult 10.3%, Pixel Graphics 8%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging, high-intensity precision platformer featuring a female protagonist and demanding boss encounters.

Explore an abandoned space station in this retro-themed explorative action platformer.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 25.7%, Platformer 25%, Great Soundtrack 20.3%, Adventure 7%, Indie 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging pixel-art exploration game that rewards players for mastering movement and uncovering hidden secrets.

Defy Gravity is an action platformer that is a mix between classic platforming and gravity based puzzle solving.

Why similar: Platformer 45.1%, Puzzle Platformer 17.7%, Great Soundtrack 12.7%, Indie 5.7%, Female Protagonist 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer that uses gravity-manipulation mechanics to create unique navigation challenges.

Lens Adventure is an action puzzle game where you play as Talia, a Magic Academy graduate student. Use the camera's time-space magic to solve puzzles: create platforms by photographing objects and use time magic to undo mistakes. Can you return to the academy before the dorm lights go out?

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 42.7%, Action 20.5%, Female Protagonist 18%, Adventure 8.1%, Indie 7.2%

Visit a wonderfully peculiar dog's dream in a heroic attempt to save your owner in this beautiful pixel art puzzle platformer.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 28.5%, Pixel Graphics 17%, Platformer 15.4%, Puzzle Platformer 7.8%, Indie 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: A charming indie puzzle-platformer that blends exploration with light action elements in a pixelated world.

Hardcore action platformer with multiple endings that depend on your choices.

Why similar: Platformer 23.4%, Great Soundtrack 20.9%, Pixel Graphics 12.1%, Female Protagonist 11.6%, Anime 8.5%

Battle Princess Madelyn is a game that follows the journey of a young knight in training, Madelyn, and her ghostly pet dog, Fritzy. Join them as they set out on a journey to save her kingdom and her family from the clutches of an evil wizard!

Why similar: Platformer 20.7%, Great Soundtrack 19.6%, Pixel Graphics 15.7%, Female Protagonist 12.7%, Indie 7.8%

Join Pixel as he quests through gaming history, teleporting across the most iconic video game systems of generations past. He’ll have to jump, dodge and play smart if he wants to survive all the traps, puzzles and enemies waiting to take him down at every turn.

Why similar: Platformer 32.5%, Great Soundtrack 26.8%, Pixel Graphics 18.7%, Indie 7.5%, Retro 5.9%

A great unknown danger is approaching Roah's home planet. Follow Roah as she explores the world and encountering all of its different factions, uncovering the mystery of what is draining the planets lifeforce.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 18.8%, Platformer 18.3%, Female Protagonist 15.4%, Anime 9.9%, Adventure 8.9%

Play as Shiranui Flare in this retro action platformer, wielding her dual pistols, as you explore the world on a quest to save your friends!

Why similar: Platformer 29.6%, Pixel Graphics 21%, Anime 10.8%, Adventure 8.6%, Female Protagonist 7.6%

Nixxsz Castle is a precision platform and rage inducing game. Inspired by games from previous generations, Nixxsz Castle has a very hard gameplay experience for those with patience and skill.

Why similar: Platformer 18.4%, Pixel Graphics 15.1%, Anime 12.6%, Female Protagonist 9.3%, Difficult 9%

A pseudo 8-bit action platformer taking a bit of inspiration from film-noir and samurai dramas, iaidoka_interlude applies a few parkour and fighting game influences to mix up familiarity with a little uniquity.

Why similar: Platformer 27.5%, Pixel Graphics 18.6%, Indie 12.4%, Action 10.5%, Female Protagonist 10.4%

Discover all the secrets of two completely different worlds.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 27.2%, Great Soundtrack 18%, Difficult 15.6%, Female Protagonist 10.5%, Adventure 8.3%

Rusted Moss is a twin-stick shooter metroidvania where you sling around the map with your grapple, blasting your way through witches and rusted machine monstrosities alike. This wasteland once harboring mankind has since fallen, and Fae long forgotten now knock on humanity's door...

Why similar: Platformer 38.1%, Pixel Graphics 17.9%, Female Protagonist 12.3%, Difficult 7.8%, Adventure 6.2%

In order to retrieve the lost memories, Sekibanki has a big adventure in the world of dreams! Use your "head" to fight your way through a stage full of various mechanisms. It's a 2D visual action puzzle game with a new sensation!

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 28.9%, Female Protagonist 15.8%, Action 13.5%, Anime 13.4%, Puzzle 10.3%

A retro-inspired 2D Action RPG set in the distant future. CrossCode combines 16-bit SNES-style graphics with butter-smooth physics, a fast-paced combat system, and engaging puzzle mechanics, served with a gripping sci-fi story.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 28.1%, Pixel Graphics 24.4%, Female Protagonist 14%, Anime 6.6%, Puzzle 5.5%

An inventive, thought-provoking puzzle platformer. Use powerups in each environment, and your own inherent gravity-bending powers, to complete each level. The more you play, the more story details you'll uncover.

Why similar: Platformer 34.3%, Great Soundtrack 22.4%, Indie 12.6%, Strategy 6.8%, Adventure 6.4%

Join Selene in a charming platforming and puzzle adventure, where her ability to absorb and emit light from various flowers is key to activating mechanisms, overcoming obstacles, and navigating through environments that adjust depending on how you wield the light.

Why similar: Platformer 41.7%, Puzzle Platformer 14%, Adventure 11.3%, Puzzle 9%, Female Protagonist 8.4%

-A magical world beautifully depicted through in-game graphics. -Diverse levels that provide a fair challenge. -Additional bonuses that reward those who replay the game. -3 difficulty modes.

Why similar: Platformer 21.3%, Pixel Graphics 15.3%, Great Soundtrack 12.4%, Female Protagonist 12.2%, Anime 9.7%

Journey to another planet and discover its secrets in order to bring your loved one back to life. Experience an adventure, inspired by old school classics like Another World, Heart of Darkness and Flashback.

Why similar: Platformer 26.6%, Pixel Graphics 23.2%, Adventure 12%, Puzzle Platformer 9.6%, Indie 8.5%

You find yourself trapped in a mysterious tower – one that transforms its very structure every 24 hours, where you must surpass countless poor fallen souls and make your way to the heretofore unseen top!

Why similar: Platformer 34%, Female Protagonist 18.2%, Pixel Graphics 15.2%, Difficult 11.8%, Anime 10.9%

Squirbs is a challenging puzzle-platformer in which you control two cute blue Squirbs simultaneously with one set of controls. Looking for an awesomely difficult game? That's Squirbs.

Why similar: Platformer 35.8%, Anime 15.3%, Indie 12.2%, Adventure 11.7%, Action 8.2%

Embark on a grand adventure in Phoenotopia! An action-adventure puzzle platformer inspired by the great classics. Meet charming townsfolk, brave the dungeons, and thwart evil in your quest to save your family.

Why similar: Platformer 35.7%, Pixel Graphics 18.9%, Adventure 11%, Puzzle Platformer 10.8%, Action 7.8%

Hikikomori No Chuunibyou is a pseudo 8-bit platform-adventure game with beat-em-up, puzzle, and stealth elements. With its storytelling directing the player through open-ended levels, progression through each stage requires usage of parkour-like abilities and martial-arts techniques.

Why similar: Platformer 32.4%, Pixel Graphics 21.4%, Adventure 14.7%, Indie 13.1%, Action 11.7%

Dispersio is a retro-style action platformer. As you progress through the game, you will have to use and combine special abilities, such as dashing, wall-jumping and more. There's even a hard mode for hardcore players.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 31.3%, Platformer 22.9%, Pixel Graphics 13.4%, Adventure 12.6%, Indie 11.6%

To restore the Village's light, the Girl heads to the Tower.

Why similar: Adventure 38.9%, Indie 36.1%, Action 11.9%, Puzzle 8.1%, 2D 5%

Set out on a mystical adventure of self-discovery against the backdrop of fantastical landscapes of The Tower. Meet its dwellers and unravel their stories. Manipulate spirits to solve puzzles, and lead Ina on her path to freedom.

Why similar: Platformer 34%, Female Protagonist 21.6%, Puzzle Platformer 14.3%, Adventure 9.1%, Puzzle 6.8%

Tower Song is a challenging turn-based RPG that rewards clever planning and decisive tactics in unrepeatable battles. Eldritch tower-borne beasts threaten to breach reality and overrun the capital of Qadam. Lead your chosen Mana Knight in this tightly plotted quest to push back the darkness.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 39%, Female Protagonist 31.8%, Difficult 20.5%, 2D 8.7%

A teenager who has lost her sight and a mysterious cat team up in a surreal fantasy adventure into the unexpected, weaving a tale that brings together some of the world’s greatest minds: Monet, Tesla, Edison and other historical cultural icons.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 27.1%, Platformer 21.8%, Female Protagonist 13.5%, Adventure 8.9%, Indie 7.7%

The stage is set. Imagine an old baroque manor, perhaps a hotel or a museum, somewhere in central Europe. A woman wanders in search of answers.

Why similar: Adventure 26.7%, Puzzle 23.7%, Female Protagonist 22.4%, Action 12.6%, Indie 11.7%

Step into the shoes of Freudia Neuwahl, a cool and collected young woman on a mission to save her best friend from an Imperial witch hunt. "Rosenkreuzstilette Freudenstachel" is the sequel to "Rosenkreuzstilette", a level-based 2D side scrolling action game for PC.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 24.7%, Platformer 19.2%, Anime 11.2%, Female Protagonist 11%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%

A tough platformer following a girl diving over the heads of terrifying creatures and bouncing off walls to traverse a mysterious, unsettling world that's so much bigger than her: the "world between all worlds"

Why similar: Platformer 42.4%, Pixel Graphics 24.6%, Female Protagonist 10.4%, Action 9.5%, 2D 5.5%

You find yourself in a room you know nothing of. As you examine the objects around you, your awareness rises and the room slowly comes into focus. Can you find your way out?

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 20.5%, Pixel Graphics 20.2%, Female Protagonist 14.3%, Anime 12.3%, Adventure 10%

REDO! is a game about a girl trying to find another human in a dystopian world overrun by biomachines. It's a lonely and evocative game about exploring the unknown and overcoming obstacles to see what is left.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 27.5%, Female Protagonist 23.1%, Adventure 15.8%, Action 12.4%, Difficult 9.7%