- #1 Aperture
97% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Enigmapulse Games ,LLC
Windows
This is a first-person 3D adventure puzzle game featuring a female protagonist, inspired by modern work stress and related psychological issues. Players dive into the game, using "Aperture" to unravel layers of mystery, and uncover the inner strength and beautiful memories of life deep within.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 32.2%, Psychedelic 18.7%, Linear 13.6%, First-Person 12.1%, Story Rich 8.3%
- #2 The Last Solver
96% matchNo user reviews2023
Dev: TLS Group
Windows
Solving puzzles is all you need to save humanity.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 50.4%, Linear 16.9%, Mystery 14.7%, Adventure 13.3%, Indie 3.2%
- #3 Um Al-Saaf
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Naif alanaziPub: Naif alanazii
Windows
On Filka Island: Explore the abandoned clinic, collect items, solve puzzles, and unlock doors while avoiding Aunt Safa. Can you find the treasure and escape before she catches you?
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 58.5%, First-Person 17.5%, Linear 15.9%, Adventure 4%, Indie 2.8%
- #4 Duplexer
95% matchMixed64% of 14 reviews2016
Dev: Vantage Games
Windows
Duplexer is a challenging single-player puzzle platformer game. The player can push or pull the walls, floor and ceiling around them to overcome many puzzling, platforming and physics based trials.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 69.8%, First-Person 16.2%, Indie 14%
- #5 THE KEY RIDDLE
94% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Ainigma_00
Windows
Exciting riddles and more are ahead of you. Try not to lose yourself in the maze walls. The key riddle is not for those with weak hearts, you enter the village at your own risk. Doors are not doors, the walls are high.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 32.2%, Linear 23.1%, First-Person 22%, Mystery 17.4%, Indie 3.4%
- #6 Caretaker
94% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2025
Dev: FuzzyLogicGames
Windows
Tasked with investigating mysterious disappearances of local children, you are pulled into another world. In this horror/puzzle game, work your way through a mysterious playland dimension using toys to navigate and solve puzzles to uncover secrets. Be careful, something might be waiting for you...
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 38.3%, First-Person 16.3%, Linear 16.2%, Story Rich 10.6%, Mystery 10.1%
- #7 Perspective Protocol
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: hasenbauer
Windows · Linux
Perspective Protocol is a first-person puzzle game where you manipulate perspective to solve puzzles. Switch between 2D and 3D to overcome obstacles and escape the facility of the evil Dr. Gamblebert.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 48.5%, Psychedelic 25%, First-Person 16.8%, Adventure 5.6%, Indie 2.6%
- #8 Winter tramp
92% matchPositive85% of 33 reviews2022
Dev: Max Pedro
Windows
Winter tramp - A story about a tramp who has to overcome many trials, pain and mysteries on his difficult path. The next 40 kilometers are filled with robbers and wild animals.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 50.3%, Simulation 23.2%, Linear 17.2%, Adventure 4.3%, Indie 3.4%
- #9 Right Click To Activate Translator
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Octocat.RI
Windows
Right Click To Activate Translator is a pixel side-scrolling language puzzle game. On your journey to find your missing pet cat "Shiro," you are transported to an otherworldly realm, facing an unfamiliar language and "Octocats." Remember, "Right Click to Open the Translator."
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 49.7%, Linear 13.4%, Simulation 10.8%, Story Rich 10.4%, Drama 8.1%
- #10 Tobla - Divine Path
89% matchVery Positive92% of 219 reviews2024
Dev: Nementic GamesPub: rokaplay
Windows
In Tobla - Divine Path, creative puzzle gameplay, a story inspired by classics like Portal™, and impressive 3D graphics come together. Step into the role of Mort and tackle the challenging puzzles and cynical comments of the cunning goddess Tobla to find your way home.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 52.4%, Linear 19.2%, First-Person 17.7%, Adventure 5.9%, Indie 4%
- #11 Pills4Skills
90% matchVery Positive87% of 54 reviews2016
Dev: Petro Shoferystov
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 94%
FLIP THE WORLD! WALK ON WALLS! HALLUCINATE! EXPAND THE BOUNDARIES OF YOUR MIND! Take a challenge in a weird and unique trippy gravitational puzzle platformer!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 58.2%, Psychedelic 32.5%, Indie 9.3%
- #12 Magnetic: Cage Closed
89% 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 64.9%, First-Person 15.6%, Adventure 6.3%, Story Rich 6%, Indie 5.9%
- #13 INHUMAN
87% matchMixed63% of 111 reviews2023
Dev: Qiutaixu studio
Windows
"INHUMAN" is an independent horror game. The story takes place in the conspiracy of an ancient clan, and the protagonist is in a psychedelic state and can't even distinguish herself. With further exploration and confrontation with all kinds of ghosts, the puzzle will be solved step by step...
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 21%, Psychedelic 19.7%, Drama 14.9%, First-Person 13.2%, Story Rich 11.1%
- #14 Bliss
88% matchMixed60% of 50 reviews2014
Dev: Oruji Productions
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 46%
2D puzzle platforming adventure with a heavy story about life and psychology told without words.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 74.4%, Adventure 14.4%, Indie 11.2%
- #15 Injection
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Big Byte Games
Windows
Injection is a first person puzzle horror game where you find yourself in an experiment you never signed up for, and the only way forward is to inject yourself with a variety of serums that change how you interact with the massive factory you must escape from.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 43.9%, First-Person 16.9%, Linear 14.9%, Adventure 7.7%, Story Rich 7.5%
- #16 MINDMIST
85% matchMostly Positive75% of 32 reviews2021
Dev: Dragon Landing
Windows
MINDMIST is a first-person, story-driven game about exploring the dark side of human history. You will visit the past and witness some of the historical events that represent how we, as humans, are greedy and inclined to fight.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 30.7%, Linear 16.7%, First-Person 13.8%, Story Rich 13.2%, Drama 11.8%
- #17 Everything is Black and White
86% matchPositive82% of 17 reviews2015
Dev: Thomas Gwaltney
Windows
Everything is Black and White is a minimalist puzzle-platformer developed by Thomas Gwaltney.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 82.9%, Indie 17.1%
- #18 Mysterious legend
84% matchNo user reviews2023
Dev: Mysterious
Windows
This is a very adventurous exploration game.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 53.2%, Drama 18.6%, Adventure 14.7%, Story Rich 11.9%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #19 Underponder
84% matchPositive88% of 17 reviews2020
Dev: Kausemus
Windows
Underponder is a first-person puzzle/platformer PC-game with a weird and haunting atmosphere, invoking feelings of being lost and alone while wandering in a strange “mindspace” only known as The Underponder.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 39.6%, Psychedelic 25.8%, First-Person 17.6%, Adventure 15.1%, Singleplayer 1.8%
- #20 Fortune Follow: The Mansion
83% matchMostly Positive73% of 11 reviews2023
Dev: CSF Games Studio
Windows
Fortune Follow is an exciting game that will take you through an atmosphere of terror and suspense as you solve challenging puzzles to advance through each room.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 50.7%, First-Person 16.7%, Linear 16.4%, Mystery 7.2%, Adventure 5.9%
- #21 Croquis
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: minimus
Windows · Mac
Croquis is a first person, 3D puzzle & platformer game. You play as Unit 35, a robot used by scientists to draw the top-down view of buildings on paper, in order to train their AI for an unknown architectural project.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 56.8%, First-Person 17.6%, Linear 8.4%, Adventure 6.6%, Mystery 6.6%
- #22 The Ritual
82% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Brian Benitez
Windows
A exploratory based game in where you find a key to be able to leave the room. Avoid that monster and see clearly.
Why similar: First-Person 26.6%, Linear 25%, Story Rich 15.6%, Mystery 14.4%, Adventure 10.6%
- #23 Albatross program
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Stefano LonatiPub: Air Games Studio
Windows
You wake up on an unknown island, surrounded by mysterious puzzles. Each solution reveals new secrets, bringing you closer to your escape... or your fate.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 52.5%, Linear 16.8%, First-Person 14.2%, Mystery 7.2%, Adventure 6%
- #24 Emotitron
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pedro VictorPub: ZineDriver
Windows
Guide twin spinning orbs through lethal neon mazes in a precision arcade speedrunner with instant restarts and global leaderboards.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 67.8%, Linear 18.4%, Adventure 9%, Indie 3.3%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #25 Climbing Challenges
81% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: Leo Made
Windows
Progress through levels, solve puzzles, uncover mysteries, and overcome challenges that will test your skills, all designed to ensure a fun experience. A first-person adventure, made in Unreal Engine 5. Enjoy!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 38.6%, Linear 14%, First-Person 13.9%, Story Rich 10.4%, Drama 10.1%
- #26 Spectacle: Worlds Unseen
78% matchPositive93% of 27 reviews2025
Dev: Half Past Yellow
Windows
Change your surroundings in the blink of an eye. Wield powerful glasses that let you see and interact with the world in new ways. Spectacle is a surreal first-person puzzle game about observation, spatial reasoning, and lizards.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 29.4%, Psychedelic 27.5%, First-Person 18.3%, Linear 13.6%, Adventure 6.7%
- #27 Silence-Dream
79% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: PuzzleIdea
Windows
《Silence Dream》is a indie puzzle game. you could take on the role of musican, change or retain different abilities and take it into difference scence, gradually uncovering the man's past.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 54.5%, Linear 20.1%, Story Rich 13%, Adventure 6.2%, Indie 3.6%
- #28 DIERY HEAVEN
79% matchMixed57% of 14 reviews2020
Dev: ThroneLab
Windows
A simple parkour game in calm!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 64.4%, First-Person 18.6%, Simulation 15.5%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #29 Maquette
78% matchMostly Positive70% of 651 reviews2021
Dev: Graceful DecayPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.2 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 Platformer 37.5%, First-Person 19.2%, Drama 10.9%, Adventure 9.6%, Mystery 8.3%
- #30 Kalia
77% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Marcinho MangaPub: Manga Games Studio
Windows
Jump, climb, solve puzzles, and explore the ruins of Kalia. An engaging story awaits you, filled with mysteries and challenges. Discover the secrets of this lost world... if you dare!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 47%, Linear 17.8%, Mystery 13.1%, Story Rich 12.5%, Adventure 7.9%
- #31 Puny BOB
77% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2022
Dev: Nikita Morti
Windows
Puny BOB - Explore the bright fantasy world of the Mediterranean kingdom! Meet unusual characters and help them complete their tasks by making difficult decisions. Your journey is unique - these stories tell the story of a simple farmer.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 58.9%, Linear 20.1%, Adventure 15.4%, Indie 3.8%, Singleplayer 1.8%
- #32 The Expedition
75% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: LaymGlitchedPub: Nanodogs Studios
Windows
The Expedition is a psychological action horror game in which a late-night trip into the woods takes a terrifying turn. Solve puzzles, manage your flashlight's battery, and escape creatures while uncovering the dark secrets of an abandoned facility. Can you survive and live to tell the tale?
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 49.4%, First-Person 17.2%, Linear 12.8%, Gore 11.8%, Story Rich 7.8%
- #33 Gravia
76% matchPositive92% of 38 reviews2021
Dev: Dan GoyettePub: Self-published
Windows · Mac
Gravia is a gravity-themed action/puzzle game where you create small "black holes" called Rifts. You'll use this power to destroy obstacles, solve puzzles, move yourself at high speeds, and hopefully not destroy yourself in the process.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 46.7%, Linear 19.5%, First-Person 17.1%, Story Rich 12.8%, Indie 2.7%
- #34 Escape Room VR: Gone Man
76% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2023
Dev: Mastery VR
Windows
ESCAPE ROOM: GONE MAN is a micro horror room escape game. You will be a private detective, travelling back to the 1893 British town, to investigate the truth behind years of unsolved cases. Faced with the mass clues, standing at the crossroads of the cruel truth, what choice will you make?
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 29%, Drama 17.3%, Story Rich 14.3%, Mystery 12%, First-Person 11.3%
- #35 Satisfrustration
74% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Bogan Sorcerer
Windows
Satisfrustration is a trippy first-person puzzle game with directional gravity. Complete satisfying and disorientating puzzles made by The Taskmaster that become more frustratingly difficult to find solutions.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 72.5%, First-Person 21.3%, Indie 3.9%, Singleplayer 2.4%
- #36 Bloba's Adventure
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LogFaerPub: AsID
Windows · Mac · Linux
The game will immerse you in an incredibly exciting story, the main character of which is a very good-natured character named Bloba. One day, walking with his pet Kaklya, Bloba made a decision, the consequences of which turned out to be completely unpredictable, based on this, our adventure begins.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 43.8%, Linear 16.9%, Drama 14.9%, Story Rich 12.2%, Adventure 6.8%
- #37 Whispers Among the Poppies
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rapid Snail
Windows
A hand-drawn narrative journey through the eyes of a child who lives through war and possesses the gift of communicating with the spirit world
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 47.4%, Drama 12.2%, Adventure 12.1%, Gore 11.1%, Mystery 7.3%
- #38 Bad Granny Little Thief
73% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Fog Technologies
Windows · Mac
Bad Granny: Little Thief, a 3D horror survival adventure, you play as Bob, a kid uncovering the dark secrets of his suspicious neighbors. Navigate their eerie homes, solve puzzles, and survive tense FPS encounters. Your choices shape the story, leading to multiple thrilling endings.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 56%, First-Person 15.9%, Adventure 13.9%, Mystery 12.7%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #39 Silicon Path
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Neblue
Windows
Play as a silicon atom guided by a mysterious navigator, silently infiltrating a massive carbon-based lifeform. From lungs to brain, embark on a hardcore microscopic stealth journey. Evade the deadly immune system and collect cognitive fragments. Can you reach the depths of consciousness alive?
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 39%, Story Rich 15%, Linear 14.6%, Drama 12.8%, Mystery 11.6%
- #40 Mass Matter
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Trione
Windows
Mass Matter is a 3D puzzle FPS where you control gravity to navigate and solve challenges. Walk on walls, shift perspectives, and manipulate the environment itself. Explore a surreal virtual world and master gravity to uncover its secrets!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 57.5%, First-Person 20.8%, Adventure 9.5%, Linear 9%, Indie 2.5%
- #41 Laser Boy
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Talecraft
Windows
A laser puzzle game where the real challenge isn’t the lasers—it’s the idiots following you.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 48.7%, First-Person 17.2%, Linear 12.4%, Adventure 11.6%, Story Rich 6.7%
- #42 Anant Shrankhla
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Insanity Crew Games
Windows
Anant Shrankhla is a first-person adventure game about a protagonist who falls into an unending journey through mysterious Indian landmarks and learns about the true purpose of his life.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 39.3%, Linear 17.7%, First-Person 15.1%, Story Rich 13.4%, Mystery 9.5%
- #43 Precision of insight
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mtalks Games
Windows
2D puzzle platformer with a lot of puzzles that will push your intelligence and problem-solving skills to the limit.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 81.4%, Adventure 9.5%, Indie 5.9%, Singleplayer 3.2%
- #44 Tricky Castle
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team Tricky
Windows
Tricky Castle is a 2d puzzle-platformer with mind-bending, out-of-the-box puzzles. Use creative thinking to solve unconventional challenges and escape a castle full of devious traps.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 64%, Linear 26.3%, Adventure 6.4%, Indie 2%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #45 Cube DOA
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DOAPub: DohWah Productions
Windows
Free first person puzzle/platforming experience.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 45.3%, Linear 23.6%, First-Person 18.6%, Indie 10.2%, Singleplayer 2.3%
- #46 The Awakening Program
70% matchPositive100% of 24 reviews2022
Dev: Serio Studio
Windows
A man with an incurable disease is cryogenically frozen until a cure is found. Upon waking, he enters a simulated reality to preserve his brain.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 59.3%, First-Person 21.4%, Mystery 7.7%, Adventure 6.4%, Indie 2.7%
- #47 XanChuchamel
70% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2022
Dev: Narubane
Windows · Linux
XanChuchamel is a puzzle-platformer where you will need skill but also intelligence to overcome each challenge. Xan can catch blocks and place them in different places to access new areas. 50 levels are waiting for you!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 68%, Linear 17.7%, Adventure 8.2%, Indie 3.3%, Singleplayer 2.8%
- #48 Metamorphic
70% matchMixed69% of 36 reviews2016
Dev: Jeremy Slavitz
Windows · Mac · Linux
Darkness. Falling. Light. A metallic, geometric cavern surrounds you. A single source of light beckons you forward, up – towards the only exit.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 43.3%, Simulation 29.7%, First-Person 17.8%, Indie 9.3%
- #49 You Have To Climb Out
67% matchVery Positive96% of 56 reviews2024
Dev: Matt Goode
Windows
A short narrative puzzle experience about a lost frog who has dug too far into the sand during a beach day. Use your trusty shovel to move blocks and create paths for you to continue upward.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 34.7%, Linear 26%, Story Rich 23.4%, Mystery 9.1%, Adventure 2.9%
- #50 CIO
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Q.N gamestudio
Windows
"CIO" is a side-scrolling action adventure puzzle game. What seems like an ordinary day, darkness silently envelops the campus, You play as a pupil "Z", using your wisdom and bravery to solve every puzzle, activate every mechanism, defeat every enemy, and ultimately break free from the dark shroud!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 53.3%, Mystery 15.6%, Adventure 14.1%, Story Rich 12.1%, Indie 3.4%
- #51 Art House
66% matchVery Positive95% of 77 reviews2025
Dev: Turtle Fish StudiosPub: USC Games
Windows · Mac
Art House is a 2D puzzle platformer in which you play as a woman who gets trapped with her children inside the paintings of her recently deceased mother. Navigate through painting rips and use a magical paintbrush to escape and come to terms with your grief.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 60.2%, Drama 13.1%, Story Rich 11.5%, Mystery 8.5%, Adventure 6%
- #52 Parallax
69% matchVery Positive83% of 156 reviews2015
Dev: Toasty Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Parallax is a first-person puzzle game with two overlapping worlds. Weave back and forth between black and white as you try to be in the right place, in the right dimension, at the right time. Use switches, boosters and gravity to help you reach the exit. Can you conquer every mind-bending level?
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 51.9%, First-Person 34.6%, Indie 13.5%
- #53 土界鎮 Tujie Town
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Orizen Games
Windows
A suspenseful 2.5D adventure game where you return to your hometown, use the “Sight” ability to read memories from old objects, investigate clues, evade monsters, and uncover the hidden truth.
Why similar: Drama 33.4%, Mystery 18.9%, Linear 17.9%, Story Rich 17.2%, Adventure 8.7%
- #54 TimeTraveler
69% matchMixed64% of 11 reviews2019
Dev: Bill's Game
Windows · Mac
The unique color lead illustration hand-painted art style, quiet piano music, parallel world game playing method, press the time backward button, go back to the past, and cooperate with the previous self customs clearance, experience a journey and their own.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 82.8%, Adventure 8.7%, Indie 5.6%, Singleplayer 2.8%
- #55 Reincarnation
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Micractive
Windows
It's a first-person platformer puzzle game similar to Portal, with a rich story, a suspenseful atmosphere, and a bit of a thriller.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 48.2%, Mystery 16%, Story Rich 13.6%, First-Person 12.5%, Adventure 7%
- #56 Gravitas
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 7,038 reviews2019
Dev: Galaxy Shark Studios
Windows
Gravitas is a short first-person puzzle platforming game that transports you to the Gallery of Refined Gravity. Manipulate gravity and the gallery itself to prove yourself a pupil worthy of the Curator’s masterwork.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 62.4%, First-Person 22.5%, Adventure 6.4%, Indie 5.9%, Singleplayer 2.8%
- #57 Lazarus Trials: Trial 101
69% matchNo user reviews2020
Dev: Zeitware Studios
Windows
A single player first person sci-fi puzzle platformer, that will teach the basics of playing video games. Trial 101 focuses on navigation through a 3D environment, coordination of movement with camera direction and some logic puzzles to get those neurons firing!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 49.2%, First-Person 25.3%, Linear 13.5%, Simulation 7.2%, Indie 3.1%
- #58 Baezult 2
68% matchPositive82% of 28 reviews2017
Dev: Atapki
Windows
Baezult 2 is a puzzle platformer that takes place around the ancient temples of Baezult, lost for generations but rediscovered, hidden behind the waterfalls of a reclusive jungle island. It's a single player game and the sequel to Baezult.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 72.3%, Adventure 20.6%, Indie 7%
- #59 WATCH / 透视
67% 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 65.9%, Linear 11.4%, Drama 8.3%, Adventure 7.3%, Indie 6.2%