- #1 INSIDE
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 74,668 reviews2016
Dev: Playdead
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 36.1%, Puzzle 26.4%, Atmospheric 13.9%, Adventure 13.5%, Indie 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: Created by the same lead designer, it shares the same wordless, atmospheric, and highly polished puzzle-platforming DNA.
- #2 Outer Wilds
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 103,774 reviews2020
Dev: Mobius DigitalPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 16.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 16.3%, Exploration 16.1%, Beautiful 15.9% ★, Space 15.8%, Great Soundtrack 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the same sense of cosmic mystery and non-linear discovery through environmental interaction.
- #3 Patrick's Parabox
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 5,580 reviews2022
Dev: Patrick Traynor
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 83.3%, Indie 9.3%, Singleplayer 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: Its recursive, world-within-a-world puzzle mechanics are the closest gameplay parallel to the core loop of COCOON.
- #4 Chants of Sennaar
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 31,493 reviews2023
Dev: RundiscPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
In this award-winning puzzle adventure game, play as the Traveler on a quest to reunite the Peoples of the Tower. Observe, listen, and decipher ancient languages in a fascinating universe inspired by the Myth of Babel.
Why similar: Puzzle 42.5%, Adventure 14.1%, Stylized 8.9%, Puzzle Platformer 8.1%, Atmospheric 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a similarly elegant, wordless puzzle experience that rewards observation and logical deduction.
- #5 Viewfinder
94% matchVery Positive94% of 12,396 reviews2023
Dev: Sad Owl StudiosPub: Thunderful Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 30.6%, Puzzle 24.1%, Exploration 12.2%, Adventure 10.3%, Stylized 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: Its perspective-shifting mechanics challenge spatial reasoning in a way that feels deeply connected to COCOON's world-leaping.
- #6 Manifold Garden
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 8,320 reviews2020
Dev: William Chyr Studio
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 31.1%, Puzzle Platformer 28.1%, Exploration 15.1%, Atmospheric 10.4%, Adventure 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: The surreal, non-Euclidean geometry and focus on spatial manipulation mirror the mind-bending nature of COCOON.
- #7 ANIMAL WELL
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 24,075 reviews2024
Dev: Billy BassoPub: Bigmode
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Explore a dense, interconnected labyrinth, and unravel its many secrets. Collect items to manipulate your environment in surprising and meaningful ways. Encounter beautiful and unsettling creatures, as you attempt to survive what lurks in the dark. There is more than what you see.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 31.6%, Puzzle 26.6%, Exploration 18.1%, Atmospheric 9.5%, Adventure 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: This metroidvania-style game is dense with interconnected, environmental puzzles that reward deep exploration.
- #8 The Witness
93% matchVery Positive84% of 20,898 reviews2016
Dev: Thekla, Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 77%
You wake up, alone, on a strange island full of puzzles that will challenge and surprise you.
Why similar: Puzzle 51.6%, Exploration 18.7%, Atmospheric 8.6%, Adventure 7.4%, Beautiful 4.3% ★
Why You'll Like It: It features deep, environment-based puzzle logic that encourages players to learn the rules of the world through observation.
- #9 LIMBO
92% matchVery Positive92% of 61,286 reviews2011
Dev: Playdead
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Uncertain of his sister's fate, a boy enters LIMBO
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 48.4%, Puzzle 24.8%, Atmospheric 10.2%, Adventure 8%, Indie 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: This foundational title from the same lead designer establishes the atmospheric, minimalist puzzle-platforming style that COCOON evolves.
- #10 TUNIC
91% matchVery Positive91% of 17,588 reviews2022
Dev: TUNIC TeamPub: Finji
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Explore a land filled with lost legends, ancient powers, and ferocious monsters in TUNIC, an isometric action game about a small fox on a big adventure.
Why similar: Puzzle 36.1%, Exploration 25.1%, Stylized 11.6%, Atmospheric 8.7%, Isometric 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes discovery and hidden mechanics, encouraging players to piece together the world's secrets without explicit guidance.
- #11 Jusant
90% matchVery Positive93% of 6,656 reviews2023
Dev: DON'T NOD
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Enjoy meditative vibes in Jusant, an action-puzzle climbing game. Scale an immeasurably tall tower and ascend to new heights alongside your watery companion. Master your climbing tools, find your way up through diverse biomes, and piece together the tower’s past.
Why similar: Puzzle 32.8%, Exploration 21.9%, Adventure 17.5%, Atmospheric 17.1%, Indie 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: A meditative, atmospheric exploration game that focuses on the tactile experience of navigating a mysterious, vertical world.
- #12 The Unfinished Swan
89% matchVery Positive83% of 1,971 reviews2020
Dev: Giant SparrowPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
From the creators of What Remains of Edith Finch. Enter the surreal world of The Unfinished Swan and explore a mysterious, hidden kingdom by splatting paint to reveal the world around you.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 25%, Puzzle 23.3%, Exploration 14.2%, Adventure 11.8%, Beautiful 8.7% ★
Why You'll Like It: It uses a minimalist, discovery-based approach to exploration that feels very similar to the atmospheric tone of COCOON.
- #13 Gorogoa
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 20,260 reviews2017
Dev: Buried SignalPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 38.9%, Beautiful 23.4% ★, Stylized 9.3%, Atmospheric 7.6%, Adventure 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: Its recursive, visual puzzle-solving mechanics feel like a living painting that mirrors the layered world structure of COCOON.
- #14 Journey
88% matchVery Positive94% of 37,830 reviews2020
Dev: thatgamecompanyPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Explore the ancient, mysterious world of Journey as you soar above ruins and glide across sands to discover its secrets.
Why similar: Beautiful 39% ★, Exploration 12.9%, Adventure 12.5%, Atmospheric 12.2%, Great Soundtrack 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: A quintessential wordless adventure that focuses on atmospheric exploration and emotional resonance.
- #15 Moncage
87% matchVery Positive92% of 5,522 reviews2021
Dev: OptillusionPub: XD
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Moncage is a unique puzzle adventure game where you explore a fascinating world trapped inside a mysterious cube. With each face displaying a unique scene, you’ll have to leverage the illusions and discover the hidden links to solve the puzzle.
Why similar: Puzzle 34.4%, Adventure 13.7%, Puzzle Platformer 13.6%, Exploration 8.4%, Atmospheric 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: The game centers on a recursive, perspective-based puzzle box that requires players to find connections between different scenes.
- #16 The Talos Principle 2
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 13,150 reviews2023
Dev: CroteamPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 27.7 hrsMean: 34.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
The Talos Principle 2 is a thought-provoking first-person puzzle experience that greatly expands on the first game's philosophical themes and stunning environments with increasingly mind-bending challenges.
Why similar: Puzzle 33.4%, Puzzle Platformer 31.7%, Exploration 15.2%, 3D 7.7%, Sci-fi 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: It offers high-concept, philosophical puzzle design within beautiful, expansive environments.
- #17 Baba Is You
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 24,218 reviews2019
Dev: Hempuli Oy
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 74.6%, Indie 11.1%, Great Soundtrack 7.7%, Singleplayer 5%, Atmospheric 1.6%
Why You'll Like It: It features innovative, rule-bending puzzle mechanics that force players to rethink how they interact with the game world.
- #18 The Swapper
86% matchVery Positive94% of 7,549 reviews2013
Dev: Olli Harjola, Otto Hantula, Tom Jubert, Carlo CastellanoPub: Facepalm Games
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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 34.2%, Puzzle Platformer 16.6%, Space 13.7%, Atmospheric 10.7%, Sci-fi 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, sci-fi puzzle-platformer that uses a unique cloning mechanic to solve complex spatial challenges.
- #19 Superliminal
84% matchVery Positive95% of 33,369 reviews2020
Dev: Pillow Castle
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Perception is reality. In this mind-bending first-person puzzler, you escape a surreal dream world through solving impossible puzzles using the ambiguity of depth and perspective.
Why similar: Puzzle 38.5%, Puzzle Platformer 23.4%, Exploration 12.5%, Stylized 11.2%, Adventure 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: The perspective-based puzzles provide a similar sense of wonder and spatial manipulation as seen in COCOON.
- #20 Maquette
84% matchMostly Positive70% of 663 reviews2021
Dev: Graceful DecayPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Maquette is a first-person recursive puzzle game that takes you into a world where every building, plant, and object are simultaneously tiny and staggeringly huge.
Why similar: Puzzle 21.3%, Puzzle Platformer 18.6%, Beautiful 15.7% ★, Adventure 13.4%, Stylized 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: Its recursive, scale-based puzzle mechanics create a world where the environment itself is a puzzle to be manipulated.
- #21 Exo One
82% matchVery Positive90% of 5,195 reviews2021
Dev: ExbleativePub: Future Friends Games
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 68%
A strange signal... an alien craft... an interplanetary, gravity-defying journey through space and time.
Why similar: Space 24.4%, Exploration 21.2%, Atmospheric 17.8%, Adventure 16.1%, 3D 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: It provides an atmospheric, physics-based exploration experience across alien landscapes that feels both lonely and grand.
- #22 I Am Dead
82% matchVery Positive82% of 452 reviews2020
Dev: Hollow PondsPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
I Am Dead is a charming puzzle adventure game from the creators of Hohokum and Wilmot’s Warehouse about exploring the afterlife.
Why similar: Adventure 24.8%, Puzzle 19.3%, Beautiful 14.1% ★, Indie 10.9%, Exploration 10%
Why You'll Like It: An exploration-based puzzle game that focuses on uncovering secrets by peering into the internal structures of objects.
- #23 The Sojourn
83% matchMostly Positive73% of 220 reviews2020
Dev: Shifting TidesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
The Sojourn is a first-person puzzle game set in an immersive colour-drenched world of light and darkness. Think your way through dozens of puzzles as you traverse parallel worlds, awaken mysterious artifacts and overcome challenging obstacles on an unforgettable journey.
Why similar: Puzzle 21.1%, Puzzle Platformer 18.7%, Stylized 13.1%, Adventure 9.6%, Atmospheric 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person, atmospheric puzzle game that uses light-and-shadow mechanics to reveal hidden paths.
- #24 A Monster's Expedition
81% matchVery Positive95% of 1,647 reviews2020
Dev: Draknek & Friends
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 74%
An adorable and relaxing open world puzzle adventure for monsters who love to learn about humans!
Why similar: Puzzle 37.4%, Exploration 19.8%, Adventure 16.7%, Atmospheric 11.8%, 3D 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world puzzle game that rewards curiosity and exploration with clever, interconnected environmental challenges.
- #25 FEZ
81% matchVery Positive93% of 16,159 reviews2013
Dev: Polytron CorporationPub: Trapdoor
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 57%
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: Puzzle 36.4%, Exploration 14.5%, Puzzle Platformer 11.1%, Great Soundtrack 9.9%, Beautiful 9.1% ★
Why You'll Like It: The perspective-shifting exploration reveals hidden layers of the world, much like the world-leaping mechanics in COCOON.
- #26 Carto
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 9,264 reviews2020
Dev: Sunhead GamesPub: Balor Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Carto is a charming adventure game wrapped around a unique, world-altering puzzle mechanic. Use this power to explore mysterious lands, help a quirky cast of characters, and guide Carto on her journey back to her family.
Why similar: Puzzle 30.3%, Exploration 17.5%, Stylized 16.1%, Adventure 13.1%, Atmospheric 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: The world-manipulation mechanics allow you to rearrange the map, echoing the world-leaping feel of COCOON.
- #27 Öoo
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 6,170 reviews2025
Dev: NamaTakahashi
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A Bomb Caterpillar's Big Adventure! "Öoo" is a charming yet mysterious exploration puzzle platformer where you discover creative ways to use bombs!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 38.7%, Puzzle 27.1%, Exploration 17%, Adventure 7.6%, Linear 6.6%
- #28 RiME
80% matchVery Positive90% of 5,178 reviews2017
Dev: Tequila WorksPub: Grey Box
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A land of discovery stretches out before you. Explore the beautiful, rugged world of RiME. Armed with your wits and a will to overcome—and the guidance of a helpful fox—you must explore the enigmatic island, reach the tower's peak, and unlock its closely guarded secrets.
Why similar: Puzzle 32.3%, Exploration 18.7%, Adventure 17%, Atmospheric 13.5%, Great Soundtrack 12.3%
Why You'll Like It: A beautiful, atmospheric adventure that relies on environmental puzzles and wordless storytelling to guide the player.
- #29 Monument Valley 3
77% matchVery Positive93% of 2,092 reviews2025
Dev: ustwo games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 37.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Set sail for a world-changing adventure as you guide Noor in their quest through a series of mind-bending illusions and atmospheric puzzles. Can you unlock the secrets of the mysterious world – and the meaning behind the Sacred Light?
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 26.3%, Puzzle 25.7%, Exploration 14.3%, Atmospheric 12.3%, Isometric 7.2%
- #30 INMOST
78% matchVery Positive91% of 7,270 reviews2020
Dev: Hidden Layer GamesPub: Chucklefish
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Escape the depths of an otherworldly labyrinth in this cinematic puzzle platformer. Explore a hauntingly beautiful world, with three playable characters, in one dark, interconnected story.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 30.2%, Puzzle 17%, Exploration 16.7%, Adventure 14.1%, Atmospheric 12.1%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, story-driven puzzle-platformer with a dark, evocative aesthetic that emphasizes environmental interaction.
- #31 Filament
78% matchVery Positive85% of 757 reviews2020
Dev: Beard EnvyPub: Kasedo Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Solve challenging cable-based puzzles and uncover what really happened to the crew of The Alabaster. Now with Hint System (for those ultra tricky puzzles).
Why similar: Puzzle 42.6%, Beautiful 20.3% ★, Space 11%, Sci-fi 9%, Indie 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A challenging, sci-fi puzzle game that requires deep focus and logical thinking to unravel its mysteries.
- #32 Unravel
77% matchVery Positive91% of 5,491 reviews2020
Dev: Coldwood InteractivePub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 32.6%, Puzzle Platformer 17.7%, Adventure 15.8%, Beautiful 13.5% ★, Atmospheric 11.1%
- #33 The Last Campfire
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 19,698 reviews2021
Dev: Hello Games
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The Last Campfire is an adventure, a story of a lost ember trapped in a puzzling place, searching for meaning and a way home.
Why similar: Puzzle 33.7%, Puzzle Platformer 22.7%, Adventure 15.2%, Atmospheric 12.3%, 3D 6.2%
- #34 Etherborn
79% matchMostly Positive73% of 447 reviews2019
Dev: Altered MatterPub: Akupara Games
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Delve into an environmental puzzle platformer built on exploring and understanding gravity-shifting structures. You are a voiceless being that has just been born into a world where a bodiless voice awaits your arrival. Go forth and seek your purpose.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 24.1%, Puzzle 19.7%, Beautiful 13.3% ★, Great Soundtrack 10.4%, Adventure 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: This gravity-defying, atmospheric puzzle-platformer uses unique spatial mechanics to navigate beautiful, abstract worlds.
- #35 Omno
76% matchVery Positive92% of 2,755 reviews2021
Dev: Studio InkyfoxPub: Future Friends Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 66%
A single-player journey of discovery through an ancient world of wonders, created by solo developer Jonas Manke.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 26.1%, Puzzle 20.2%, Exploration 13.8%, Stylized 11.9%, Adventure 11.3%
- #36 FAR: Changing Tides
73% matchVery Positive92% of 5,534 reviews2022
Dev: OkomotivePub: Frontier Foundry
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%
An atmospheric vehicle adventure that follows the emotional journey of a boy and his ship as he embarks on a voyage to find a new home.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 32.6%, Puzzle 22.7%, Stylized 14.7%, Atmospheric 13.3%, Adventure 11.8%
- #37 Monument Valley
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 8,500 reviews2022
Dev: ustwo games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 31.5%, Puzzle Platformer 17.5%, Exploration 14.1%, Adventure 13.5%, 3D 6.2%
- #38 Pid
75% matchVery Positive83% of 2,431 reviews2012
Dev: Might and Delight
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 29.8 hrs≥1hr: 32%
You are stranded on a strange and peculiar planet. It’s time to embark on your journey and find your way home! Explore a gravity defying and challenging platformer with striking visuals and a captivating story that transports you to a world beyond ours.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 44.5%, Puzzle 18%, Adventure 17.8%, Indie 9.3%, Great Soundtrack 4.7%
- #39 Ori and the Will of the Wisps
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 144,768 reviews2020
Dev: Moon Studios GmbHPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 24.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Play the critically acclaimed masterpiece. Embark on a new journey in a vast, exotic world where you’ll encounter towering enemies and challenging puzzles on your quest to unravel Ori’s destiny.
Why similar: Beautiful 43.1% ★, Great Soundtrack 12.5%, Puzzle 11.6%, Adventure 9.7%, Exploration 9.3%
- #40 ETHEREAL
73% matchVery Positive89% of 170 reviews2019
Dev: Nicolás RecabarrenPub: Nonsense Arts
Windows · Mac
Median: 36 minMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 38%
A profound experience that carries players into an unknown and mysterious world surrounded by carefully designed puzzles...
Why similar: Puzzle 58.8%, Indie 21%, Great Soundtrack 15.8%, Singleplayer 4.4%
- #41 Niko: Through The Dream
74% matchMostly Positive73% of 230 reviews2015
Dev: Studio Paint
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Niko is a spiritual journey through the dreams, where adventure, puzzles and mysteries come together in an oneiric and minimalist world. Dare to dream!
Why similar: Puzzle 30.3%, Adventure 26.1%, Puzzle Platformer 23.6%, Indie 10.2%, Atmospheric 7.6%
- #42 Neva
68% matchVery Positive94% of 10,090 reviews2024
Dev: Nomada StudioPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Experience the moving tale of a young woman and her lifelong bond with a magnificent wolf as they embark on a thrilling adventure through a rapidly dying world.
Why similar: Beautiful 26.8% ★, Puzzle 18.7%, Adventure 16.6%, Puzzle Platformer 15.2%, Atmospheric 11.8%
- #43 Venineth
72% matchVery Positive81% of 265 reviews2020
Dev: Venineth TeamPub: mort-art
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Venineth is a single-player game focusing on unraveling the mysteries of ancient alien technology, somewhere in the universe via exploration, platforming, and puzzle-solving, in a dangerous, distant worlds.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 16.9%, Adventure 16.2%, Puzzle 12.7%, Futuristic 10%, Space 8.9%
- #44 Toran
71% matchVery Positive94% of 250 reviews2019
Dev: Really Interactive
Windows
In this sci-fi puzzle adventure "short game" you are a scientist, stranded on a distant moon during an expedition to investigate alien remains. After finding a strange platform, what seemed to be a one way trip might turn into an intergalactic odyssey.
Why similar: Adventure 18.2%, Beautiful 18.1% ★, Puzzle 14.1%, Futuristic 11.1%, Indie 10.5%
- #45 Somerville
71% matchMostly Positive70% of 1,859 reviews2022
Dev: Jumpship
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%
In the wake of catastrophe find the means to make your family whole again.
Why similar: Puzzle 31.6%, Atmospheric 18.5%, Adventure 17.1%, Beautiful 10.9% ★, 3D 7.2%
- #46 Hypogea
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 751 reviews2025
Dev: Charlie Wagner
Windows
Escape from a mysterious underground megastructure in this short atmospheric 3d-platformer.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 30.4%, Adventure 29.3%, Atmospheric 19.1%, 3D 7.1%, Linear 5.8%
- #47 Lorelei and the Laser Eyes
66% matchVery Positive94% of 3,105 reviews2024
Dev: SimogoPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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: Puzzle 39.5%, Adventure 18.7%, Exploration 15.3%, Stylized 14.2%, 3D 6%
- #48 Genesis Noir
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,236 reviews2021
Dev: Feral Cat DenPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 54%
A noir adventure spanning time and space. When a love triangle between cosmic beings becomes a bitter confrontation, you'll witness a gunshot fired by a jealous god—otherwise known as The Big Bang. Jump into the expanding universe and search for a way to destroy creation and save your love.
Why similar: Puzzle 17.9%, Beautiful 12.6% ★, Stylized 12.1%, Space 11.7%, Exploration 11.1%
- #49 CUBOTS The Origins
71% matchMixed69% of 54 reviews2017
Dev: Street Lamp Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Be a part of an adventurous journey in Cubots: The Origins. Explore and survive in beautiful, atmospheric environments!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 26.1%, Puzzle 22.4%, Exploration 13.5%, Adventure 10.7%, Atmospheric 10.6%
- #50 Matter
70% matchVery Positive89% of 175 reviews2018
Dev: Uki Uki Lab
Windows · Mac
Dive into a mystical world where gravity crumbles and landscapes transform. Matter is a dreamlike platformer, a contemplative and abstract journey. Explore a strange universe in 30 minutes of serene parkour, where matter and sound harmonize with your actions. A unique sensory experience awaits!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 23.2%, Stylized 17.6%, Exploration 16.3%, Adventure 13.8%, Atmospheric 13%
- #51 Waveform
70% matchVery Positive83% of 2,140 reviews2012
Dev: Eden Industries
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Navigate the beauty and hazards of the solar system while riding a wave of light through 100+ levels in this innovative action-puzzle game!
Why similar: Puzzle 34.9%, Indie 17.8%, Space 15.7%, Great Soundtrack 14.3%, Adventure 7.1%
- #52 The Art of Reflection
64% matchVery Positive97% of 150 reviews2025
Dev: Hydrozoa
Windows
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 32.7%, Puzzle 24.4%, Exploration 14.2%, Atmospheric 7.5%, Adventure 6.2%
- #53 MirrorMoon EP
72% matchMixed58% of 602 reviews2013
Dev: Santa Ragione
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
MirrorMoon EP is a game about mystery and exploration set in outer space. These space travels begin on a red planet and its unique moon and extend across galaxies. The single player part of MirrorMoon EP blends adventure and exploration with navigation-based puzzle solving.
Why similar: Puzzle 24%, Exploration 16.8%, Space 14.4%, Beautiful 12.1% ★, Adventure 10.8%
- #54 Hue
67% matchVery Positive92% of 11,268 reviews2016
Dev: Fiddlesticks GamesPub: Curve Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Hue is a vibrant, award-winning puzzle-adventure, where you alter the world by changing its background colour.
Why similar: Puzzle 33.3%, Puzzle Platformer 31.3%, Adventure 15.4%, Great Soundtrack 9.5%, Indie 8.2%
- #55 Fe
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 925 reviews2020
Dev: ZoinkPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Run, climb and glide your way through a dark Nordic forest and explore its living, breathing ecosystem filled with secrets and mystical creatures. Become Fe and discover a world that you will never want to leave.
Why similar: Puzzle 41.1%, Beautiful 14.8% ★, Atmospheric 14.2%, Adventure 13.6%, Sci-fi 6.7%
- #56 Areia: Pathway to Dawn
68% matchVery Positive84% of 63 reviews2020
Dev: Gilp Studio
Windows
Create your own paths combining the different elements available in this uniquely crafted world. Immerse yourself in a relaxing experience where your actions shape not only your surroundings but also your fate.
Why similar: Beautiful 20% ★, Puzzle Platformer 17%, Adventure 16.7%, Puzzle 13.1%, Exploration 10%
- #57 Recursed
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 652 reviews2016
Dev: PortponkyPub: Shambles Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 37.4%, Puzzle Platformer 33.5%, Adventure 11.6%, Indie 9.3%, Great Soundtrack 8.2%
- #58 Monument Valley 2
64% matchVery Positive93% of 4,058 reviews2022
Dev: ustwo games
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 13.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 28.3%, Puzzle 27.9%, Exploration 15%, Atmospheric 9.8%, 3D 8%
- #59 Construct: Escape the System
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 172 reviews2016
Dev: Oliver BoycePub: Immanitas Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 96%
„First person platforming gameplay at its very best!“ Construct: Escape the System is a sci-fi themed first person platformer that sees you trapped in a computer system, trying to escape. Explore the system and discover the 8 empowering 'ability orbs'.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 19.1%, Adventure 17.6%, Puzzle 14.4%, Stylized 13.4%, Indie 8.8%
