- #1 The Watchmaker
97% matchMixed49% of 81 reviews2018
Dev: Micropsia Games SpA
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 35%
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: Puzzle Platformer 39.4%, Steampunk 27.5% ★, Action 12.6%, Adventure 11.8%, Indie 8.7%
- #2 Wells
96% matchMostly Positive76% of 97 reviews2017
Dev: Tower Up Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Play as Wells, a steampunk hero ready to find an amazing variety of weapons, each unique in design and functionality, and get ready to face a plethora of enemies and challenges.
Why similar: Steampunk 69% ★, Action 17.4%, Indie 8.8%, Adventure 4.7%
- #3 Teslagrad
96% matchVery Positive84% of 2,460 reviews2013
Dev: Rain Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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: Steampunk 57.6% ★, Puzzle Platformer 28.1%, Indie 5.8%, Action 4.4%, Adventure 4.1%
- #4 The Last Shot
95% matchVery Positive89% of 126 reviews2023
Dev: Rumata LabPub: Nelset
Windows
An adventurous engineer, a diesel-punk world divided by endless conflict, and a whole lot of colossal guns. Sounds like a good time! With massive war machines threatening your home, will you be the one small cog that brings it all to a halt?
Why similar: Steampunk 52.5% ★, Puzzle Platformer 26.3%, Dystopian 13.9%, Casual 4.3%, Adventure 2.9%
- #5 Clocker
94% matchVery Positive83% of 283 reviews2019
Dev: Wild Kid Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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: Puzzle Platformer 79.5%, Adventure 11%, Indie 9.4%
- #6 Chronology
94% matchVery Positive87% of 986 reviews2014
Dev: Bedtime Digital Games
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A platform-adventure game about time travelling, puzzle solving and a friendship between an Old Inventor and a Snail.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 76.8%, Adventure 14.4%, Indie 8.9%
- #7 Turner
93% 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 55.8%, Action 17.2%, Adventure 15.6%, Indie 11.4%
- #8 Vessel
92% matchVery Positive88% of 821 reviews2012
Dev: Strange Loop GamesPub: IndiePub
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Living liquid machines have overrun a world of unstoppable progress and their inventor must stop the chaos in this game about a man with the power to bring ordinary matter to life!
Why similar: Steampunk 61.5% ★, Puzzle Platformer 19%, Strategy 6.4%, Indie 6.3%, Action 5%
- #9 Timeworks
91% matchVery Positive100% of 52 reviews2024
Dev: Starworks Studios
Windows
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: Puzzle Platformer 81.1%, Action 9.8%, Casual 9.1%
- #10 Time in Time
91% matchMostly Positive74% of 121 reviews2017
Dev: ErayTek
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Time in Time is a side scroller puzzle-platformer game where you control everything with timers..
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 62.7%, Strategy 17.8%, Casual 11.1%, Indie 8.4%
- #11 WATCH / 透视
90% 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 56.3%, Strategy 12.8%, Casual 8.9%, Action 8.1%, Adventure 7.7%
- #12 Time Loader
89% matchVery Positive83% of 534 reviews2021
Dev: FlazmPub: META Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Time Loader is a story-driven puzzle-platformer with tiny robots, alternate realities, nostalgic music, and primitive tech from the 90s!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 68.6%, Adventure 11.6%, Casual 11.3%, Indie 8.6%
- #13 Teslagrad Remastered
88% matchMostly Positive79% of 240 reviews2023
Dev: Rain GamesPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 45%
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: Steampunk 53.4% ★, Puzzle Platformer 29.6%, Action 6.8%, Adventure 6.6%, Indie 3.6%
- #14 The Clockwork Man
89% matchMixed57% of 87 reviews2011
Dev: Total Eclipse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Explore a fantastic vision of the Victorian era in The Clockwork Man, an epic hidden-object game.
Why similar: Casual 61.2%, Indie 38.8%
- #15 Unmechanical
87% matchVery Positive92% of 473 reviews2012
Dev: Talawa GamesPub: Teotl Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 58%
A carefully created world with unique environments and an engrossing atmosphere, Unmechanical offers over 30 unique puzzles of exploration and adventure!
Why similar: Adventure 38.1%, Casual 32.3%, Indie 29.7%
- #16 MotionRec
82% matchVery Positive100% of 360 reviews2025
Dev: HANDSUMPub: PLAYISM
Windows
MotionRec is a recording puzzle action game where you progress through stages by recording and playing back your own movements.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 49.8%, Dystopian 26.3%, Action 8.4%, Casual 7.9%, Adventure 7.6%
- #17 Lair of the Clockwork God
85% matchVery Positive92% of 752 reviews2020
Dev: Size Five Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 51%
A fast-paced Point-and-Click adventure AND an indie platfomer in one! Join adventurer Ben and wannabe indie darling Dan in a race against time to stop all the Apocalypses happening at the same time.
Why similar: Adventure 27.6%, Action 27.1%, Casual 25.6%, Indie 19.8%
- #18 Mechanism
86% matchMixed67% of 166 reviews2018
Dev: Alexander Goodwin
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Mechanism - - an adventure game about a lonely robot. Dive into a depressive steampunk world which has been infected with a strange disease called "Phlegm".
Why similar: Steampunk 78.3% ★, Adventure 12.6%, Indie 9%
- #19 Monochroma
84% matchMostly Positive74% of 724 reviews2014
Dev: Nowhere Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Monochroma is a cinematic puzzle platformer. It’s a game about being a kid, growing up with a little brother that needs your help, facing obstacles and solving unique puzzles in a dystopian 1950's setting.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 47.6%, Dystopian 20.3%, Adventure 17.9%, Indie 14.2%
- #20 Sumoman
84% matchMostly Positive79% of 633 reviews2017
Dev: Tequilabyte Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Sumoman is an adventure puzzle platformer with advanced physics, destructible objects and the ability to reverse time. Solve various physical puzzles, trying to keep the unstable Sumoman on his feet in challenging environments.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 60%, Action 12.3%, Adventure 11.2%, Casual 8.6%, Indie 7.9%
- #21 Clockwork Cleanup
78% matchVery Positive100% of 357 reviews2025
Dev: David Stears
Windows
Clockwork cleanup is a auto-battler game where your actions are dictated by tiles of various shapes placed in a grid. Defeat waves of enemies to save the factory!
Why similar: Steampunk 54.5% ★, Strategy 26%, Casual 13%, Indie 6.5%
- #22 The Mensional
82% matchVery Positive92% of 62 reviews2022
Dev: Delil Timurtaş
Windows · Mac
Adventures of different characters with their unique atmosphere and puzzles.
Why similar: Adventure 27.8%, Indie 26.7%, Puzzle Platformer 24.9%, Action 20.5%
- #23 Minute
81% matchVery Positive88% of 109 reviews2023
Dev: Arcadia StudiosPub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
Windows
A 3D action platformer where you play as a wind-up toy in a Tinkerer's workshop set in the Victorian Age. As a small wind-up toy, you must rely on your wind-up key to embark on an arduous journey. Defeat enemies and uncover a dark secret within the rooms.
Why similar: Steampunk 86.4% ★, Action 8.2%, Adventure 5.3%
- #24 The Beggar's Ride
83% matchMostly Positive80% of 198 reviews2016
Dev: Bad Seed
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
The Beggar’s Ride is a unique and innovative Platform Puzzle Adventure Game where the player can manipulate the environment to solve puzzles in a deep and intriguing story of discovery.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 47.9%, Adventure 20.8%, Casual 15.9%, Indie 15.5%
- #25 Archibald's Adventures
81% matchVery Positive91% of 113 reviews2016
Dev: Rake in Grass
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A paranoid computer issued a lock down on a mad scientist's mansion after his experiments and security robots broke loose, and you are trapped inside! Overcome all the pitfalls of the mansion in this action puzzle game! Test your skills and wit in nearly 200 levels!
Why similar: Action 28.7%, Casual 27.1%, Adventure 24.8%, Indie 19.3%
- #26 TurnOn
80% matchVery Positive83% of 345 reviews2016
Dev: Brainy Studio LLCPub: Xsolla USA Inc
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
"TurnOn" tells the spellbinding tale of a brave alien creature and its striking journey through blackout world, in an incredibly colorful and detailed platformer without platforms.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 47%, Casual 14.5%, Adventure 14.3%, Action 13.9%, Indie 10.3%
- #27 CONVERGENCE: A League of Legends Story™
76% matchVery Positive89% of 1,112 reviews2023
Dev: Double StallionPub: Riot Forge
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Traverse the sprawling city of Zaun as Ekko, a young inventor with a device to manipulate time, in this story-driven action platformer. Collect parts, craft gadgets, and unlock abilities—then rewind time to adapt your approach to every new challenge.
Why similar: Adventure 46.8%, Action 26.9%, Indie 26.3%
- #28 Circa Infinity
79% matchVery Positive93% of 275 reviews2015
Dev: Kenny Sun
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Circa Infinity is a brain-melting circular platformer by Kenny Sun, with a pulse-pounding soundtrack by Jack + Jim Fay.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 50.3%, Action 18.2%, Dystopian 17.3%, Indie 14.2%
- #29 Clockwork Tales: Of Glass and Ink
79% matchVery Positive92% of 1,143 reviews2014
Dev: Artifex Mundi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Unburied secrets burn like wild steam – nothing is what it appears!
Why similar: Steampunk 79.9% ★, Adventure 9.5%, Casual 9.3%, Indie 1.3%
- #30 Retro Machina
77% matchVery Positive87% of 252 reviews2021
Dev: Orbit StudioPub: SuperGG.com
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Retro Machina is a single-player action and exploration game set in a retro-futuristic universe. Experience the journey of a little robot as it solves intricate puzzles and begins unraveling the mysteries of a world long forgotten.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 61.4%, Action 17.1%, Adventure 10.8%, Indie 10.7%
- #31 Mekabolt
78% matchVery Positive88% of 179 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 73.1%, Action 10.2%, Casual 9.3%, Adventure 7.3%
- #32 Braid, Anniversary Edition
72% matchVery Positive93% of 1,697 reviews2024
Dev: Thekla, Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Control the flow of time to solve puzzles in this new version of the indie classic, featuring fully repainted artwork, a new world of puzzles, and seriously in-depth commentary.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 76.7%, Action 11.5%, Casual 9.3%, Adventure 2.5%
- #33 Souls of Chronos
75% matchMostly Positive79% of 165 reviews2023
Dev: FUTU StudioPub: Astrolabe Games
Windows
The Apocalypse shattered a world in disarray. Facing his impending death, a young boy named Sid crossed paths with Torii, a girl who feeds on the energy of time. In the harbour town of Astella, a mysterious adventure is about to unfold along with the investigation of an unusual crime...
Why similar: Steampunk 87% ★, Action 6.7%, Adventure 6.4%
- #34 Chrono Gear: Warden of Time
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 901 reviews2025
Dev: Team Chrono GearPub: holo Indie
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Turn back the clock and fight to repair Time itself in this cinematic action platformer with fast sword combat and time-based powers. You are the Warden of Time, Ouro Kronii - be proud and fight hard!
Why similar: Action 73.2%, Indie 26.8%
- #35 Shift Quantum - A Cyber Noir Puzzle Platformer
76% matchVery Positive85% of 79 reviews2018
Dev: Fishing Cactus
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Shift Quantum is a brain-busting platformer using a unique mechanic called SHIFTING, a way to twist your environment and invert space around you. Bend your mind to reach the exit of each level and unveil the secrets of a strange program. Extend the experience, create and share your own levels.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 57.4%, Dystopian 17.3%, Action 13.8%, Indie 11.5%
- #36 Malediction
75% matchMostly Positive76% of 111 reviews2019
Dev: Desert Beagle StudiosPub: FIEA
Windows
Malediction is a third-person puzzle/platformer that gives the player the ability to control space and time! Use your magic to solve puzzles, navigate through a cursed city, and fight magic clones to reclaim your powers.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 27.3%, Action 20.6%, Casual 19.1%, Adventure 19.1%, Indie 13.9%
- #37 Meet me at NooN
73% matchVery Positive100% of 73 reviews2022
Dev: Pandaroo Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Could time go backwards? Meet me at NooN is a time manipulation turn-based puzzle-platformer with Tenet inspired mechanics. Control two characters, create perfect time loops and solve brain melting time puzzles.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 70.3%, Strategy 18.6%, Casual 11.1%
- #38 Tick Hop
71% matchVery Positive80% of 197 reviews2025
Dev: 小磊又饿又困
Windows
"Tick Hop" is a time-based puzzle platformer where players control the Guardian of Time. Navigate through levels made of time fragments, solving challenges and unlocking the past to restore the future. Manage a dynamic countdown and use time-altering items to overcome obstacles.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 77.3%, Indie 11.8%, Casual 6.8%, Adventure 4.2%
- #39 Tic-Toc-Tower
77% matchMixed61% of 82 reviews2015
Dev: Sneaky MammothPub: SOEDESCO
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Tic-Toc-Tower is an action packed puzzle platforming game in which players have only ten seconds to complete a room! You will be pushed to the limit to reach the end of every level, which also features an additional challenge.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 59.7%, Action 15.3%, Adventure 13.7%, Indie 11.2%
- #40 OneShift
74% matchMostly Positive77% of 989 reviews2018
Dev: Mazen GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 47%
OneShift is a puzzle platformer where the player has the ability to freeze/unfreeze time and shift through worlds to collect blue cubes. But only one world can be active at a time. Later in the game, a world rotating mechanic is unveiled, which makes everything more complex!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 54.8%, Casual 15.3%, Action 11.7%, Adventure 9.9%, Indie 8.3%
- #41 SteamWorld Dig
73% matchVery Positive94% of 10,641 reviews2013
Dev: Image & Form Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
SteamWorld Dig is an action-adventure puzzler with strong Metroidvanian influences set in the SteamWorld Universe. You’ll need to dig deep into the earth, gather resources to upgrade your tools and abilities, take on enemies, solve challenging puzzles and uncover the secrets to save a dying town.
Why similar: Steampunk 80.3% ★, Adventure 7.2%, Indie 5.3%, Action 5.1%, Casual 2.1%
- #42 The Last Clockwinder
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 770 reviews2022
Dev: PontocoPub: Cyan Ventures
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 72%
A VR puzzle-automation game. Create intricate clockwork contraptions out of your own clones and restore life to an ancient tree using automation, a collection of rare plants from across the galaxy and a team of clockwork gardeners.
Why similar: Adventure 100%
- #43 Chronoquartz
67% matchVery Positive99% of 437 reviews2025
Dev: Infinite Stairs
Windows
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: Adventure 39.4%, Casual 38.4%, Indie 22.2%
- #44 Timespinner
71% matchVery Positive86% of 3,099 reviews2018
Dev: Lunar Ray GamesPub: Chucklefish
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: Action 44.7%, Adventure 33.8%, Indie 21.5%
- #45 In His Time
71% matchVery Positive86% of 51 reviews2023
Dev: TearyHand StudioPub: Kodansha
Windows · Mac
Enter the hauntingly beautiful shadow world of In His Time, a 2D puzzle-solving adventure game. There you will meet Olly and join him to solve puzzles throughout each step of his emotional journey of growth and self-discovery.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 72.8%, Adventure 11.4%, Casual 8.4%, Indie 7.3%
- #46 Clockwork Calamity in Mushroom World: What would you do if the time stopped ticking?
72% matchVery Positive94% of 62 reviews2021
Dev: SylviePub: Sylvie & Hubol
Windows · Mac · Linux
A gentle exploration platformer in a vast yet small world where time has stopped, what will happen?
Why similar: Action 38.7%, Adventure 35.2%, Indie 26.1%
- #47 Redactem
73% matchMixed68% of 436 reviews2016
Dev: Elliott JonesPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 16.6 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Rewind time and manipulate gravity in order to solve parkour puzzles in this exciting new 2D platformer.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 54.5%, Strategy 15.5%, Casual 11.5%, Action 10.9%, Indie 7.7%
- #48 Last Vanguard
68% matchVery Positive86% of 91 reviews2025
Dev: Cool Tapir Studios
Windows
Explore a stunning hand-crafted world ravaged by war and ruled by a evil tyrant. Face a wide variety of enemies as you customize your strategy, switch weapons, and unlock powerful abilities
Why similar: Steampunk 41.3% ★, Dystopian 29.1%, Action 13.2%, Adventure 10.5%, Indie 5.9%
- #49 Orten Was The Case
68% matchVery Positive96% of 147 reviews2023
Dev: Woodhill Interactive
Windows · Mac
Orten Was The Case - A free movement puzzle/adventure game where you play as a youngster stuck in a time loop with the simple task of saving the world from literal destruction.
Why similar: Dystopian 72%, Adventure 28%
- #50 Ethan: Meteor Hunter
74% matchMixed62% of 255 reviews2014
Dev: Seaven Studio
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
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 80.2%, Indie 8.9%, Action 6.5%, Adventure 4.3%
- #51 Pages of Time: Prologue
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,877 reviews2022
Dev: Starbeings Studio
Windows
Pages of Time: Prologue is a 2D platformer puzzle game. Play as the witch who controls the magic of time, in a beautiful and magnificent magic academy, utilize the skills of recording and rewinding time, solve all kinds of puzzles, and look forward to the adventure of the future.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 65.8%, Adventure 20.1%, Indie 14.1%
- #52 Vesper: Zero Light Edition
70% matchVery Positive84% of 89 reviews2021
Dev: Cordens Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Thousands of years after the activation of the Vesper Protocol, a small android crosses a fallen world, hunted by merciless machines, to control the power of Light and decide the fate of his race.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 64%, Casual 10.3%, Indie 9.4%, Action 8.8%, Adventure 7.5%
- #53 Full Void
67% matchVery Positive91% of 268 reviews2023
Dev: OutOfTheBit Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
A gripping, retro-inspired 2D cinematic puzzle-platformer set in a dystopian future where AI has taken over humanity. A short game in handcrafted pixel art, to experience in a film-like journey. Play as a young teenager, alone in a run-down world, relying only on your hacking skills to survive.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 53.8%, Dystopian 25.6%, Adventure 7.9%, Action 7.7%, Indie 5%
- #54 Gestalt: Steam & Cinder
66% matchVery Positive80% of 2,037 reviews2024
Dev: Metamorphosis GamesPub: Fireshine Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Inspired by 16 and 32-bit classics, Gestalt: Steam & Cinder fuses tight 2D platforming and exhilarating combat with an engrossing, twist-laden narrative in a stunningly handcrafted steampunk world.
Why similar: Steampunk 79.1% ★, Action 9.1%, Adventure 6.4%, Indie 5.4%
- #55 MONUMENTUM
66% matchVery Positive94% of 54 reviews2025
Dev: Jakob Scott
Windows
Take control of a small rolling square and utilize long dormant mechanisms to ascend to the top. Watch your step!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 55.1%, Adventure 14.3%, Indie 11%, Casual 10%, Action 9.7%
- #56 City of Springs
65% matchVery Positive91% of 55 reviews2025
Dev: The Naked Dev
Windows · Mac · Linux
Design and build drones to take down a corrupt regime and their army of clockwork robots! Sneak and fight your way through the city of Riveton to inspire the people to rise up for their freedom in this steampunk action adventure.
Why similar: Steampunk 57.5% ★, Dystopian 21.5%, Action 10.7%, Adventure 10.3%
- #57 MIO: Memories in Orbit
62% matchVery Positive83% of 2,890 reviews2026
Dev: Douze DixièmesPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Play as android MIO in this mesmerizing metroidvania where you explore the Vessel, an enormous technological ark overgrown with machines gone rogue. Uncover its secrets, enhance MIO's abilities, and save the spaceship and its residents from oblivion.
Why similar: Indie 56.3%, Action 43.7%
- #58 Submachine: Legacy
63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,405 reviews2023
Dev: Mateusz Skutnik
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Submachine is a hand-drawn puzzle adventure game. You find yourself in a vast network of desolate locations containing puzzles, secrets, notes and items to collect to help you along the way. Follow the story of a banished lighthouse keeper to discover his descent into ruins.
Why similar: Steampunk 45.7% ★, Dystopian 32.2%, Adventure 13.8%, Indie 8.4%