Games Like DYO

Shift Happens is a cooperative platformer for two. You and a friend shift your mass, throw each other and puzzle your way through four stages of stylized imaginary worlds. Including the occasional backstabbing and taunting. Play with a friend on a couch, online or even special singleplayer levels.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 27.3%, Puzzle Platformer 18.2%, Co-op 17.2%, Local Multiplayer 15.3%, Platformer 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game features the most similar core mechanic of manipulating character mass and screen space to solve cooperative puzzles.

Degrees of Separation is a puzzle platformer where cooperation is built into every move. Two contrasting souls, Ember and Rime, fall in love, but are separated by an enigmatic force, and must use their powers to progress through a spectacular world of fantasy and adventure.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 36%, Puzzle Platformer 24.2%, Co-op 18.8%, Platformer 12.2%, Puzzle 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: Players control two characters with opposing environmental powers that must be used in tandem to navigate complex platforming sections.

ibb & obb is a two player cooperative game set in a puzzle filled world where gravity goes both up and down. You can only succeed by working closely together. Find a friend for some true local co-op couch fun or match up online.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 30.4%, Co-op 28.4%, Platformer 10.3%, Puzzle 9%, Puzzle Platformer 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A gravity-defying cooperative platformer that relies on momentum and physics to help your partner navigate through portals.

When you cut ties to the past, new bonds form. Build relationships with other Yarnys in local co-op or as a single player, fostering friendship and support as you journey together.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 32%, Co-op 30%, Multiplayer 10.2%, Local Multiplayer 8.5%, Puzzle 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: The tether mechanic forces players to work together to swing, pull, and platform through beautiful, physics-based environments.

Embark on the craziest journey of your life in It Takes Two. Invite a friend to join for free with Friend’s Pass and work together across a huge variety of gleefully disruptive gameplay challenges. Winner of GAME OF THE YEAR at the Game Awards 2021.

Why similar: Co-op 30.4%, Local Co-Op 30%, Multiplayer 11.5%, Local Multiplayer 9.6%, Puzzle Platformer 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for cooperative gameplay, offering a wide variety of inventive mechanics that require constant communication and shared problem-solving.

DERU - The Art of Cooperation is a cooperative puzzle game that mixes eye catching abstract art with mind bending puzzles to a unique gaming experience.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 39.7%, Co-op 21.9%, Local Multiplayer 20.7%, Puzzle 11.1%, Indie 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: This minimalist puzzle game requires perfect synchronization and spatial awareness to navigate obstacles, mirroring the focused co-op feel of DYO.

Biped is a coop action adventure game with a strong focus on moment-to-moment collaboration between 2 players.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 27.4%, Puzzle Platformer 20.5%, Co-op 17.8%, Platformer 12.3%, Multiplayer 9%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the physical coordination of two robots, requiring precise movement and timing to overcome challenging platforming obstacles.

PICO PARK is a cooperative local/online multiplay action puzzle game for 2-8 players.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 24.3%, Puzzle Platformer 19.1%, Co-op 16%, Local Multiplayer 14.6%, Multiplayer 13.7%

Why You'll Like It: A chaotic and fun cooperative puzzle-platformer that demands total synchronization to solve levels and reach the goal.

Heave Ho is a riotous multiplayer party game for up to four players in couch co-op and versus play, or online with Steam Remote Play. Reach out, get a grip, and swing to victory — or meet your messy end!

Why similar: Local Co-Op 31.5%, Co-op 22.7%, Local Multiplayer 19.7%, Multiplayer 12.4%, Platformer 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based cooperative game where players must swing and grab each other to navigate across gaps, emphasizing hilarious and challenging teamwork.

The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 34.9%, Co-op 27%, Platformer 23%, Puzzle 15.1%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive cooperative puzzle game that utilizes spatial manipulation and portal mechanics to challenge your logic and coordination.

Grab your best bud for help in this new co-op challenge to help two adorable penguins, Bread and Fred, reach the top of the snowy summit. Time your jumps, cling to walls and swing across gaps to see how far you can make it before you tumble all the way back down the mountain.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 36.6%, Co-op 27.6%, Local Multiplayer 16.2%, Platformer 11%, Multiplayer 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: A high-stakes cooperative platformer where players are tethered together, making every jump a test of trust and timing.

Puzzle platformer where you control both the cat and the toast, based on the famous "Buttered Cat Paradox". The game features 200+ levels, 70+ skins, plus boss fights and mini-games!

Why similar: Local Co-Op 25.5%, Puzzle Platformer 23.6%, Local Multiplayer 16.6%, Platformer 12.1%, Puzzle 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based puzzle-platformer where you manipulate the unique properties of cats to solve spatial challenges.

Human Fall Flat is a hilarious, light-hearted platformer set in floating dreamscapes that can be played solo or with up to 8 players online. Free new levels keep its vibrant community rewarded.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 25.7%, Co-op 25%, Local Co-Op 15.4%, Multiplayer 11.5%, Puzzle 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: Uses loose, physics-based controls to turn simple platforming into a hilarious cooperative puzzle-solving experience.

You and your friend are trapped in a mystical world. As time ebbs away you must solve increasingly complex puzzles to escape. Cooperation is key as neither of you have the full picture! Play on two devices, local or remotely, all you need is a voice connection.

Why similar: Co-op 34.3%, Puzzle 19.3%, Local Co-Op 18.8%, Local Multiplayer 13%, Multiplayer 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: An asymmetric puzzle game where players must share information across two screens to solve mysteries, capturing the cooperative spirit of DYO.

Embark on a journey to give his majesty the ride of his afterlife. Guide a chariot containing the King's remains through underground caves using physics-based mechanics such as pushing, pulling, riding and swinging.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 26.6%, Local Multiplayer 16.1%, Puzzle Platformer 15.4%, Co-op 13.6%, Platformer 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: Players must work together to maneuver a heavy chariot through platforming levels using physics-based mechanics and momentum.

Puzzling Action for One or Two Players.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 24%, Puzzle Platformer 21.5%, Co-op 17.3%, Local Multiplayer 16%, Platformer 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging cooperative puzzle-platformer that requires precise movement and strategic use of character abilities.

Kinduo is a local cooperative game where two elemental friends overcome obstacles to return to their island, push boxes, use electricity to connect objects, break ice blocks, blow things up and more in this cute and colorful co-op game!

Why similar: Local Co-Op 31.8%, Puzzle Platformer 22.1%, Co-op 15.9%, Local Multiplayer 14.7%, Platformer 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: A cute, pixel-art cooperative platformer where players must use elemental abilities to help each other progress.

Meet Bleep and Bloop as they help each other overcome all the challenges that stand in their way. A light-hearted and playful puzzle game about working together.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 41.6%, Local Multiplayer 28.2%, Indie 16.5%, Puzzle 13.6%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist cooperative puzzle-platformer that focuses on simple, clean mechanics to challenge your logic.

The two adventurers Handy and Dandy have caused a dimensional tear which is now separating them and the entire cave where they have to solve platforming puzzles to reunite again in this 2D co-op game.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 41.8%, Co-op 21.9%, Puzzle Platformer 18.5%, Indie 17.9%

Why You'll Like It: A cooperative puzzle-platformer that focuses on simple, accessible mechanics for two players to enjoy together.

Play an early version of the first level for free! Work together to solve the puzzles and escape a desert island in this multiplayer co-op adventure. Success requires more than just you and your partner thinking alike - you'll have to communicate and stay In Sink to overcome the challenges ahead.

Why similar: Co-op 32.7%, Multiplayer 29.4%, Puzzle 29.3%, Indie 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: An asymmetric cooperative puzzle game that requires players to observe and communicate to solve complex room-based challenges.

KeyWe is a cute, co-operative postal puzzler starring Jeff and Debra, two small kiwi birds working in a whimsical post office. They must jump, flap, peck and butt-slam their way across an interactive landscape of levers, bells and buttons to get those messages delivered on time!

Why similar: Local Co-Op 23.3%, Puzzle Platformer 21%, Co-op 19.2%, Local Multiplayer 12.9%, Platformer 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: A cooperative puzzle game where players must coordinate their actions to operate a post office, requiring constant communication and planning.

Grab a friend and get squishy! Putty Pals is the ultimate co-op platformer, challenging two players to work together and overcome puzzles in a bright and beautiful world.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 33.4%, Local Multiplayer 23.7%, Platformer 13.1%, Puzzle Platformer 11.8%, Multiplayer 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: A colorful cooperative platformer that emphasizes character-specific abilities to overcome obstacles together.

A Way Out is an exclusively co-op adventure where you play the role of one of two prisoners making their daring escape from prison.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 48.1%, Co-op 39.3%, Multiplayer 11.6%, Indie 1%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven cooperative experience that forces players to coordinate their actions in split-screen to progress through various puzzle scenarios.

Lost in a frozen wasteland and split up from your partner inside an abandoned castle, the only possession you have left is a walkie-talkie with a familiar voice on the other end. Can the two of you find your way out in time?

Why similar: Co-op 50.3%, Multiplayer 22.2%, Puzzle 21.4%, Indie 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: An asymmetric cooperative puzzle game that relies heavily on communication and perspective to navigate escape-room style environments.

It takes two to save the world in this cooperative spy adventure. Pair up with a friend as Agent or Hacker—with only your voices to connect you—and work together to bring a hi-tech global menace to its knees. Now with a FREE CONTENT UPDATE!

Why similar: Co-op 47.2%, Puzzle 31.8%, Multiplayer 21%

Why You'll Like It: An asymmetric cooperative spy game where one player acts as the agent and the other as the hacker, requiring constant information exchange.

Grab a buddy for this chaotic couch co-op delight. Use various tools and equipment to assemble the most efficient conveyor belts to keep the goods flowing! Best played in 2-player couch coop.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 25.2%, Puzzle Platformer 23.1%, Local Multiplayer 16.1%, Co-op 14.4%, Multiplayer 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: A cooperative puzzle-platformer that adds a time-management layer to the coordination required to solve levels.

Guide two brothers on an epic fairy tale journey from visionary Swedish film director, Josef Fares and top-tier developer Starbreeze Studios. Control both brothers at once as you experience co-op play in single player mode, like never before.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 33%, Puzzle 26.5%, Indie 18.5%, Platformer 12.2%, Multiplayer 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: While single-player, the control scheme requires you to manage two characters simultaneously, mimicking the cooperative coordination found in DYO.

One player navigates. One player creates. Linebound is a 2D asymmetric co-op puzzle platformer where one player navigates the world while the other draws platforms in real time. Progress is only possible through communication.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 38%, Puzzle Platformer 17.2%, Platformer 13.5%, Co-op 8.8%, Local Multiplayer 8.4%

Sujefa is co-op puzzle platformer where two players can play as Rock, Paper or Scissors. Work together to solve puzzles and reach the end. Play online or locally on a shared screen.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 22.7%, Co-op 17.8%, Puzzle Platformer 14.6%, Platformer 14%, Local Multiplayer 10.5%

A mind-bending puzzle platformer where you can switch between 2D and 3D at will!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 54%, Puzzle 23.6%, Indie 22.5%

Why You'll Like It: A perspective-based puzzle-platformer that forces players to think about their environment in 3D space to solve puzzles.

Take on the hard yet fair world of Bloody Trapland. Jump, slide, dash and dodge your way through the many deadly levels. Find secrets, solve puzzles, unlock mysteries and unravel the story. Go at it alone or bring your friends along for a co-op experience like no other. 1-4 players online and/or splitscreen.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 25.1%, Co-op 21.3%, Local Multiplayer 17.4%, Puzzle Platformer 16.4%, Platformer 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, difficult cooperative platformer that demands high levels of skill and teamwork to survive.

PICO PARK is back with all new levels! Play with 2-8 players locally or online in this co-op action-puzzle game!

Why similar: Local Co-Op 23%, Co-op 21.2%, Local Multiplayer 20.4%, Platformer 13.5%, Multiplayer 13.2%

Experience the epic journey of Nuna and Fox as they search for the source of an eternal blizzard that threatens the survival of everything they have ever known.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 37.3%, Platformer 15.9%, Local Multiplayer 12.5%, Puzzle Platformer 11.9%, Co-op 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: A cooperative platformer that requires players to switch between two characters with unique abilities to solve environmental puzzles.

Xion Leak is a fast-paced, two-player, cooperative platformer. Get in sync and set the fastest times to win trophies! Run fast, work together, and avoid the countless dangers that the mysterious Foreman has placed in your path.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 27.3%, Local Multiplayer 22.3%, Co-op 15.9%, Puzzle Platformer 13.8%, Platformer 11.5%

Past Synergy is a 2 player co-op game that tests you and your friend's synergy. Divide the ability and roles between you and your friend to overcome the obstacles in a cave.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 27.2%, Local Co-Op 18.3%, Platformer 17.7%, Puzzle 11.6%, Co-op 11.4%

Experience an innovative co-op adventure where two players have to work together. Engage in collaborative puzzle solving and dynamic combat with each player having unique abilities. Delve into a psychological narrative that explores the essence of humanity.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 28.5%, Platformer 18.3%, Local Co-Op 16.8%, Co-op 13.4%, Puzzle 12%

Beavers be Dammed is a two player local co-op game in which two beavers perform heists under time pressure to steal wood from a sawmill under crazy circumstances!

Why similar: Local Co-Op 40.7%, Co-op 32.7%, Multiplayer 21.5%, Indie 5.1%

Limbs is a one to two player dexterity game where you take control over the limbs of a string puppet. Immerse yourself in a handcrafted world where moving each limb individually makes for challenging but rewarding and hilarious gameplay.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 25.4%, Local Multiplayer 23.7%, Puzzle Platformer 21.2%, Puzzle 11.3%, Co-op 7.8%

Alchemy Frogs is a local co-op puzzle platformer game with a 3D, isometric camera, in which Frog & Toad traverse a poisoned swamp to look for a cure that will help them save their family from being turned to stone. Frog & Toad will mix their potions to unleash powerful magical effects.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 37.9%, Puzzle Platformer 28.2%, Platformer 14.3%, Puzzle 8.9%, Indie 5.8%

Blind Trust is a two-player, cooperative game where the deaf leads the blind on a fantasy island. Navigate using only 3D sound as the blind Oracle, or lead the Oracle with magical sound beacons as the deaf Soldier. Work together to fight monsters, solve puzzles, and reach your ultimate goal.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 35.3%, Co-op 32.4%, Multiplayer 17.4%, Indie 7.5%, Puzzle 7.4%

The Two of Us is a 2D Co-op Platformer that has a strong emphasis on working together. You will be greeted with various puzzle levels where you must work in conjunction with your friend to navigate the level.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 43.5%, Platformer 25.6%, Puzzle 17.4%, Multiplayer 9.5%, Indie 4%

With BADLAND: Game of the Year Edition, experience the multi-award-winning action adventure like never before - redesigned for Steam.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 31.9%, Co-op 13.4%, Platformer 12.5%, Puzzle Platformer 11.7%, Multiplayer 9.2%

Two Cubes is an Online Co-Op platformer where players can only touch their colour! The game requires 2 players who own the game to play!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 41.4%, Platformer 22%, Co-op 15.5%, Multiplayer 9.7%, Puzzle 6.5%

All Hands on Deck is a co-op puzzle platformer game. Use Rock, Paper, Scissors and various items together to solve puzzles, traverse through playful worlds and save plushies. Everyone can share the same experience! Just swap items and you're good to go. How handy is that!

Why similar: Local Co-Op 24.7%, Puzzle Platformer 16.6%, Local Multiplayer 16.5%, Co-op 14.9%, Platformer 9.7%

Come with Me is a two-player cooperative game set in a puzzle filled magical world. Solve puzzles together by using your special abilities and collect memories to uncover the mystery of the world around you.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 31.4%, Puzzle Platformer 21.8%, Co-op 20.3%, Platformer 12.9%, Puzzle 7.8%

Create, Play, Share! Doodler is a puzzle platformer with a powerful map editor and workshop support that allows you to create levels to share with the world!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 52.8%, Platformer 28.2%, Indie 19.1%

a hostile interpretation of the immersive sim, where nothing is planned, and everything works

Why similar: Local Co-Op 23.9%, Co-op 19.5%, Puzzle Platformer 17.4%, Local Multiplayer 14.2%, Platformer 9.7%

Help, step on, or sabotage your friend! In this 2-player only puzzle platformer, perfect chemistry is the only way through. Think your friendship can handle it?

Why similar: Platformer 51.1%, Co-op 37.6%, Indie 11.2%

A cosmic turbulence caused the 2D Platformer and the Top-Down Puzzler dimensions to merge! Switch between Toodee and Topdee and their unique perspectives to overcome hard-as-nails challenges, solve mind-melting puzzles and defeat huge bosses.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 31.8%, Puzzle Platformer 23.4%, Local Multiplayer 15.9%, Platformer 12.8%, Puzzle 11%

Between dreams and nightmares, “Koloro” tells the tale of a young pink hair girl named Kora who embarks on a quest to find her missing sister through a stunning Puzzle-Platformer crafted by Sköll Studio.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 27.6%, Puzzle Platformer 20.4%, Local Multiplayer 17.3%, Co-op 15.6%, Platformer 12%

Invite a friend to explore the strange, yet beautiful world of darkness and light in Shadow Puppeteer, an award-winning, local co-op adventure.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 31.9%, Puzzle Platformer 19.6%, Co-op 19.1%, Platformer 14.8%, Puzzle 8.3%

Fast, party platform game for up to 4 players. Finish levels as quick as possible. Collect nuts using movable objects.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 24.8%, Platformer 21.9%, Local Multiplayer 20.4%, Multiplayer 15.8%, Indie 10.3%

CO-OP is a 2.5D puzzle-platformer. You control two robots; R3D, who can absorb all the light sources around him, and BLU3, who converts that energy into an explosive power. They find themselves in what seems like a recycling facility, with drones analyzing their every move...

Why similar: Co-op 49%, Puzzle Platformer 29.7%, Indie 21.2%

Inspired by the classics, UniDuni is a lighthearted puzzle platformer adventure which celebrates the bonds of friendship. Invite a friend to work together across hand-crafted levels or challenge yourself and prove your skills!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 23.9%, Local Multiplayer 22%, Local Co-Op 19.7%, Co-op 18.7%, Puzzle 8.2%

Bloody Trapland is a fast-paced multiplayer platformer where the levels are filled with dozens of dangerous traps and tricky jumps that stand in your way! Play co-op with your friends or take on the challenges on your own. With support for up to 4 players at once, local and/or online.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 37.3%, Local Multiplayer 17.9%, Puzzle Platformer 17.5%, Platformer 10.9%, Multiplayer 10.3%

BiblioMania is a multiplayer 2D platformer where you are a clerk in a cursed library. Work with (or triumph over) up to 3 friends while taking in and renting out books to many clients. But beware the events that happen at the library, they can change everything.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 35.8%, Local Multiplayer 22.7%, Platformer 13.4%, Co-op 12.4%, Multiplayer 9.5%

Two minds. Two perspectives. One solution. Step into a cooperative puzzle experience where you and your partner see different sides of the same world. Communicate, connect the clues, uncover the truth.

Why similar: Co-op 48.8%, Multiplayer 25.9%, Puzzle 25.3%

An atmospheric platformer with puzzle elements and split screen, where the player takes control of two characters at once. Immerse yourself in the ethnic world of two heroes, solve puzzles and overcome obstacles together, explore the fairy forest and other locations, help each other.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 39.2%, Puzzle Platformer 34.2%, Platformer 19.1%, Indie 4.1%, Co-op 3.4%