- #1 Stuffo the Puzzle Bot
97% matchVery Positive99% of 172 reviews2023
Dev: Hapatus Ltd
Windows
A laid-back but smart puzzle game. Stuffo is the last remaining puzzle bot stuck in a world filled with bite-sized brain-teasers. Help Stuffo to solve the mind-bending puzzles by using various blocks to climb, push and teleport your way to the exit.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 38.3%, Puzzle 13.8%, Robots 11.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%, Retro 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A charming robot-themed puzzle-platformer that emphasizes logic and environmental manipulation.
- #2 BZZZT
96% matchVery Positive94% of 1,120 reviews2023
Dev: KO.DLLPub: CINEMAX GAMES
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Become a tiny ZX8000 robot and begin your journey through a beautiful, pixel-art world inspired by games iconic to the platformer genre. Follow a cute story, upgrade your skills, beat challenging levels, and compete with other players for the fastest speedrun!
Why similar: Platformer 24.4%, Pixel Graphics 19.3%, Robots 17.3%, 2D Platformer 14.3%, Action 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: Offers high-precision, retro-inspired platforming with a focus on tight controls and fast-paced movement.
- #3 ANIMAL WELL
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 23,519 reviews2024
Dev: Billy BassoPub: Bigmode
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 9.5 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 35.1%, Platformer 16.2%, Puzzle 13.9%, Pixel Graphics 12.6%, Retro 7%
Why You'll Like It: A dense, atmospheric puzzle-platformer that rewards curiosity and clever use of environmental tools.
- #4 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: Platformer 34.1%, Puzzle Platformer 26%, Puzzle 17.7%, Retro 5.5%, Indie 3.8%
Why You'll Like It: Features electricity-based mechanics and physics-driven puzzle-platforming that mirror the core concepts of ElecHead.
- #5 Mekabolt
94% 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 33.7%, Platformer 16.6%, Puzzle 11.9%, 2D Platformer 8.5%, Robots 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on robot-based puzzle-platforming where you must manipulate the environment to progress.
- #6 Full Void
94% 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 35.9%, Pixel Graphics 12.1%, Platformer 11.6%, Linear 9.9%, 2D Platformer 9%
Why You'll Like It: Captures a similar sense of atmospheric, puzzle-heavy platforming with a distinct pixel-art style.
- #7 Super Magbot
93% matchVery Positive84% of 401 reviews2021
Dev: Astral PixelPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 37%
A precise 2D platformer with a twist. NO JUMPING. Master your magnetic powers to beat each level with speed and skill. Enjoy classic 16-bit gaming vibes, tackle challenging achievements and compete for global leaderboard supremacy along the way.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 28.6%, Pixel Graphics 14.3%, Platformer 13%, Retro 8.7%, 2D Platformer 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: A unique puzzle-platformer that uses magnetism mechanics to navigate, requiring precise timing and logic.
- #8 Haiku, the Robot
92% matchVery Positive90% of 3,390 reviews2022
Dev: Mister Morris Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Delve into the depths of a mechanical world in this cute, adventure-exploration game. Explore and fight in a land full of corrupt robots and machinery. All while seeking answers to the mysteries around you.
Why similar: Platformer 23.1%, Robots 17.5%, Pixel Graphics 17.1%, Retro 14.4%, 2D Platformer 11%
Why You'll Like It: Exploration-focused gameplay with a charming robot aesthetic and tight platforming mechanics.
- #9 Gato Roboto
91% matchVery Positive94% of 5,065 reviews2019
Dev: doinksoftPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Pounce inside of your cozy armored mech and set off on a dangerous trek through an alien underworld full of irritable creatures and treacherous obstacles in a valiant effort to save your stranded captain and his crashed spaceship.
Why similar: Platformer 24.2%, Pixel Graphics 22.1%, Retro 17.3%, Action 9.9%, Adventure 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled action-platformer that features a small robot protagonist in a hostile, interconnected world.
- #10 Mind Over Magnet
89% matchVery Positive89% of 1,301 reviews2024
Dev: Game Maker's Toolkit
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 69%
An attractive puzzle platformer where you use magnetism to escape a factory. Meet a cast of magnet characters and work together to solve logical conundrums.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 33%, Platformer 14.1%, Puzzle 11.4%, Robots 11.2%, Linear 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: A physics-based puzzle-platformer that uses magnetic forces to create clever movement challenges.
- #11 1000 Amps
91% matchMostly Positive79% of 342 reviews2012
Dev: Brandon Brizzi
Windows · Mac
Median: 24 minMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Light up the world! As Plug, you are charged with restoring the expansive Amp-Tree-System, and thwarting an enigmatic intruder.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 52.7%, Platformer 22.1%, Puzzle 13.7%, Adventure 4.4%, Indie 4.1%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist platformer centered around electricity and light, sharing the core thematic DNA of ElecHead.
- #12 Airhead
89% matchVery Positive88% of 60 reviews2024
Dev: OctatoPub: HandyGames
Windows
Help a small body save a head-like organism full of air, from a leak that threatens its life. Explore their Metroidvania-style world and overcome challenging environmental puzzles to find the key to the head's survival.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 37.2%, Platformer 13.6%, Puzzle 13.4%, Adventure 12.3%, Action 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: A metroidvania-style puzzle-platformer where managing your character's life-support is a central mechanic.
- #13 Planet of the Eyes
90% matchVery Positive84% of 589 reviews2015
Dev: Cococucumber
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
An atmospheric narrative-platformer about a service robot stranded on a mysterious planet, Planet of the Eyes features a stunning visual mix of puzzle and platforming challenges, an original musical score, and fully voiced audio logs left by another survivor. Explore the mystery of an unknown world.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 25.6%, Platformer 20.3%, Puzzle 15%, Retro 12.2%, Robots 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric puzzle-platformer that blends narrative with environmental challenges in a minimalist setting.
- #14 Moonleap
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 1,331 reviews2023
Dev: guselect
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Explore a world full of mysteries that transform with each jump! Moonleap is a game about a moon boy on his journey to recover shooting stars. Change day to night with your jump and catch all the stars in this challenging puzzle-platformer!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 24.9%, Platformer 13.1%, Linear 12.8%, Retro 9.5%, Puzzle 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist puzzle-platformer that focuses on rhythmic movement and environmental awareness.
- #15 Hue
86% matchVery Positive92% of 11,146 reviews2016
Dev: Fiddlesticks GamesPub: Curve Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Hue is a vibrant, award-winning puzzle-adventure, where you alter the world by changing its background colour.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 40.5%, Platformer 21.2%, Puzzle 19.6%, Adventure 6.7%, Indie 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: Features color-switching mechanics that change the environment, similar to the state-switching puzzles in ElecHead.
- #16 Stealth Inc 2: A Game of Clones
87% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,041 reviews2015
Dev: CarbonPub: Curve Games
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
In Stealth Inc 2, you play the role of a clone escaping a sinister and high-tech testing facility. Stealth Inc 2 tests both your brain and your reflexes over 60 varied levels linked together in a sprawling overworld.
Why similar: Platformer 30.6%, Puzzle Platformer 27.4%, Puzzle 16.2%, Action 8.9%, Adventure 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: Combines high-precision platforming with complex puzzle-solving and a distinct industrial aesthetic.
- #17 VVVVVV
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,401 reviews2010
Dev: Terry Cavanagh
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 66%
VVVVVV is a platform game all about exploring one simple mechanical idea - what if you reversed gravity instead of jumping?
Why similar: Platformer 30.1%, Pixel Graphics 24.1%, Retro 14.5%, 2D Platformer 12.7%, Indie 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on high-precision, gravity-flipping platforming that demands mastery of its core mechanic.
- #18 Closure
86% matchVery Positive85% of 992 reviews2012
Dev: Eyebrow Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
In the dark and mysterious world of Closure, only what you see exists. Manipulate lights to phase objects in and out of reality in this multiple-award-winning puzzle game. Play as a strange spider-like demon who explores the stories of three human characters through beautiful, eerie environments such as a decrepit factory, a murky...
Why similar: Platformer 33.4%, Puzzle Platformer 30.5%, Puzzle 26.2%, Indie 5.2%, 2D 2.7%
Why You'll Like It: A unique puzzle-platformer where light is the primary mechanic for interacting with the world.
- #19 Thomas Was Alone
84% matchVery Positive94% of 9,347 reviews2012
Dev: Bithell Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Guide a group of rectangles through 120 levels, using their different skills together to overcome a series of obstacles in each environment. Discover the human-made story of the first sentient artificial intelligences with Danny Wallace’s BAFTA-winning narration.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 35%, Platformer 22%, Linear 18.2%, 2D Platformer 9.4%, Minimalist 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist platformer that uses simple shapes and clever level design to tell a compelling story.
- #20 N++ (NPLUSPLUS)
84% matchVery Positive94% of 3,463 reviews2016
Dev: Metanet Software Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
N++ is a fast-paced, momentum-based platformer about darting around obstacles, narrowly evading enemies and collecting gold in a beautiful minimalist landscape.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 39.8%, Platformer 19.6%, 2D Platformer 13.9%, Minimalist 12%, Action 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for minimalist, high-precision platforming with hundreds of intricate levels.
- #21 The Swapper
82% matchVery Positive94% of 7,519 reviews2013
Dev: Olli Harjola, Otto Hantula, Tom Jubert, Carlo CastellanoPub: Facepalm Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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 Platformer 33.2%, Puzzle 32.3%, Platformer 21%, Indie 4.3%, Adventure 3.6%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric puzzle-platformer that introduces a unique cloning mechanic for solving spatial puzzles.
- #22 Environmental Station Alpha
83% matchVery Positive83% of 1,601 reviews2015
Dev: Arvi TeikariPub: Hempuli Oy
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Explore an abandoned space station in this retro-themed explorative action platformer.
Why similar: Platformer 30.1%, Pixel Graphics 27.6%, Retro 12.5%, Adventure 8.1%, Action 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: A deep, pixel-art exploration game that features challenging platforming and intricate puzzle elements.
- #23 Portal
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 192,498 reviews2007
Dev: Valve
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 18.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Portal™ is a new single player game from Valve. Set in the mysterious Aperture Science Laboratories, Portal has been called one of the most innovative new games on the horizon and will offer gamers hours of unique gameplay.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 55.8%, Puzzle 28.4%, Platformer 8.4%, Singleplayer 2.9%, Action 2.9%
Why You'll Like It: The definitive mechanics-based puzzle-platformer that challenges the player to think in three dimensions.
- #24 LIMBO
81% matchVery Positive92% of 60,454 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 54.9%, Platformer 18.5%, Puzzle 13.3%, Indie 3.5%, Adventure 3.1%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, atmospheric puzzle-platformer that relies on environmental interaction and physics-based logic.
- #25 Braid
82% matchVery Positive93% of 9,899 reviews2009
Dev: Number None
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 61%
This is the original version of Braid from 2009, which may not work well on newer systems. For an updated version of the game with nicer graphics, more levels and a large amount of developer commentary, see Braid, Anniversary Edition.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 54.6%, Platformer 17.1%, Puzzle 13.8%, 2D Platformer 8.8%, Indie 2.8%
Why You'll Like It: An influential puzzle-platformer that uses time manipulation to create deep, rewarding logic challenges.
- #26 Pikuniku
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,974 reviews2019
Dev: Arnaud De BockPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Pikuniku is an absurdly wonderful puzzle-exploration game that takes place in a strange but playful world where not everything is as happy as it seems. Help peculiar characters overcome struggles, uncover a deep state conspiracy, and start a little revolution in this delightful dystopian adventure!
Why similar: Puzzle 23.3%, Puzzle Platformer 23.1%, Platformer 19.5%, Adventure 8.5%, Cute 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist and charming platformer that emphasizes exploration and light puzzle-solving.
- #27 Öoo
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 5,680 reviews2025
Dev: NamaTakahashi
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 30.9%, Platformer 12.9%, Linear 11.6%, Puzzle 10.3%, Pixel Graphics 7.4%
- #28 Unravel
79% matchVery Positive91% of 5,395 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 Platformer 27.3%, Puzzle 23.9%, Platformer 21%, Action 10.1%, Adventure 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A physics-based puzzle-platformer where you use yarn to traverse and interact with the environment.
- #29 Shift Happens
79% matchMostly Positive78% of 4,302 reviews2017
Dev: Klonk GamesPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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: Puzzle Platformer 49.7%, Platformer 15.7%, Puzzle 15.4%, 2D Platformer 8.1%, Action 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer centered on switching states to overcome obstacles, requiring both logic and timing.
- #30 Grow Home
78% matchVery Positive92% of 5,564 reviews2015
Dev: Reflections, a Ubisoft StudioPub: Infogrames
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Experience the freedom of unbounded climbing as you take control of BUD, a procedurally animated robot on a quest to save his planet. Create your own path through an alien world as you control and ride a giant plant on a vertical journey to the stars.
Why similar: Robots 40.6%, Platformer 20.9%, Adventure 16.8%, Cute 9.8%, Singleplayer 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: An exploration-focused platformer with unique climbing mechanics that reward creative movement.
- #31 MotionRec
74% 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 27.7%, Linear 14%, Puzzle 10.4%, Retro 10.2%, Robots 10%
- #32 Fowl Damage
75% matchVery Positive93% of 149 reviews2024
Dev: May GardensPub: Red Nexus Games Inc.
Windows
Fowl Damage is an atmospheric puzzle platformer where your default jump provides enough fall damage to destroy you! Carefully manage your jumps and falls as you adventure through this chilling, beautiful, and occasionally cute world.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 33.1%, Platformer 16.4%, Puzzle 11.8%, 2D Platformer 8.8%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%
- #33 Romino's Adventure
77% matchVery Positive94% of 54 reviews2021
Dev: InterDan
Windows · Linux
A blocky puzzle platformer adventure.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 38.1%, Linear 11.9%, Pixel Graphics 10.2%, Platformer 10.2%, 2D Platformer 8.3%
- #34 Secret Agent HD
76% matchVery Positive99% of 176 reviews2021
Dev: Emberheart GamesPub: Apogee Entertainment
Windows · Linux
Return to the remote island classic world of rewards and traps in the HD remake of Secret Agent! Guide 006 through puzzles & arcade challenges of your favorite missions, then uncover the whole new Episode loaded with all new puzzles, enemies, challenges, hazards & help 006 finally defeat DVS!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 35.6%, Platformer 15.9%, Puzzle 9.4%, Action 7%, Retro 6.3%
- #35 A Boy and His Blob
78% matchMixed69% of 553 reviews2016
Dev: Abstraction GamesPub: Ziggurat
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
When Blobolonia is threatened by an evil Emperor, the blob comes to Earth looking for help. Instead, he finds a young boy. Help the blob dethrone the evil Emperor that's terrorizing Blobolonia and establish a friendship with the blob that will last a lifetime.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 46.6%, Platformer 19.8%, Puzzle 15.2%, Adventure 9.2%, Cute 4%
Why You'll Like It: A classic puzzle-platformer that focuses on using various transformations to solve environmental puzzles.
- #36 The Electrifying Incident: A Monster Mini-Expedition
73% matchVery Positive95% of 185 reviews2025
Dev: Draknek and Friends
Windows · Mac
An adorable bite-sized adventure from the creators of A Monster’s Expedition - explore the facility, avoid the live electricity, and repair the malfunctioning reactor.
Why similar: Puzzle 54.8%, Minimalist 22.8%, Cute 13.2%, Linear 9.1%
- #37 Elec Dude
74% matchVery Positive97% of 116 reviews2022
Dev: MisteryJay89
Windows
Collect all Energy in each Level and face Dr. Dark Glass.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 23%, Puzzle 18.7%, Pixel Graphics 18.2%, Minimalist 11.3%, Linear 8.8%
- #38 IN-VERT: Definitive Edition
76% matchVery Positive80% of 106 reviews2018
Dev: TERNOX
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
This is a short hardcore enthralling puzzle-platform game about a lonely robot, which tries to find his master. To go all the way you'll have to look for the master in two dimensions at the same time. Parallel world module will help to overcome any obstacles!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 19.6%, Platformer 15.4%, Retro 10.6%, Robots 9.3%, Puzzle 9.2%
- #39 One Gun Guy
75% matchMixed69% of 916 reviews2022
Dev: Ritual GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 30%
One Gun Guy is a straight forward no nonsense action platformer, one giant level littered with player upgrades, hazards to tackle, enemies to destroy, a boss to kill, and multiple difficulty settings.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 23.8%, Platformer 15.3%, Retro 11.8%, Pixel Graphics 10.2%, Linear 8.5%
- #40 lost bits
73% matchVery Positive99% of 72 reviews2023
Dev: Studio Mabbit
Windows · Mac · Linux
A 2.5D retro platformer where you join M1L0 on his quest for the Great Legume.
Why similar: Robots 15.4%, Platformer 14.9%, Retro 14.4%, 2D Platformer 14.1%, Action 10.2%
- #41 Squared Adventure
72% matchVery Positive93% of 71 reviews2024
Dev: Crazy Potato Game Studio
Windows
Embark on a journey through tunnels, caves and ancient temples, solving puzzles and fighting all kinds of hostile creatures. Be smart - avoid traps and think carefully. They say it doesn't hurt ;)
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 24.8%, Retro 13.1%, Pixel Graphics 13%, Puzzle 12.8%, Platformer 12.3%
- #42 Unusual and not safe experiments
72% matchVery Positive89% of 94 reviews2025
Dev: Galactic Geckon
Windows
Unusual and NOT Safe Experiments is an action-puzzle game where you control a robot trying to escape from an abandoned complex, overcoming traps and solving puzzles.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 49.2%, Puzzle 16.3%, Pixel Graphics 12.6%, Robots 10.6%, Action 9.5%
- #43 Gravity Circuit
70% matchVery Positive94% of 3,462 reviews2023
Dev: Domesticated Ant GamesPub: PID Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Gravity Circuit is a flashy action packed 2D platformer in the spirit of console classics. Follow Kai, a lone operative war hero who harnesses the mysterious powers of the Gravity Circuit, on an adventure in a futuristic world inhabited by sentient robots.
Why similar: Platformer 26.6%, Pixel Graphics 16.5%, Robots 15.1%, Retro 12.7%, 2D Platformer 9.9%
- #44 Robot Detour
70% matchVery Positive99% of 191 reviews2024
Dev: Nozomu Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
А fun and innovative puzzle game about a wired robot who delivers batteries to his wireless friends.
Why similar: Linear 22.1%, Puzzle 21.3%, Robots 19%, Minimalist 11.4%, Cute 6.6%
- #45 Retro Machina
71% 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 32.9%, Platformer 17.7%, Robots 13.4%, Puzzle 12.8%, Action 7.6%
- #46 Inner silence
73% matchMixed68% of 190 reviews2017
Dev: Volens Nolens Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Inner silence - cheerful 2D platformer puzzle game
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 23.8%, Platformer 18.2%, Action 13.7%, Pixel Graphics 10%, Puzzle 9.7%
- #47 bobo robot
71% matchVery Positive89% of 79 reviews2020
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
A wacky metroidvania. ⚡ Meet weird characters, unlock new abilities and complete a mysterious mission . . .
Why similar: Action 39.2%, Adventure 34.3%, Indie 22.7%, Cute 3.9%
- #48 Ninja Ming: Wu
68% matchVery Positive100% of 65 reviews2024
Dev: 1 Poss Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
A mini 2D puzzle platformer with double teleport mechanic. Brainstorming is as important as hands-on experience. Thinking clearly before taking action can make it easier; If you are confident in your operation, you can engage in simple thinking.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 29.1%, Platformer 13.6%, Linear 10.6%, Puzzle 10.2%, Retro 9.5%
- #49 Adventures of Pip
71% matchVery Positive87% of 275 reviews2015
Dev: Tic Toc Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Play as the ultimate digital underdog in the Adventures of Pip,an action-platformer with a fresh gameplay twist inside a retro 32-bit world. Alas, Pip is an unlikely 1-pixel hero yet has the unique ability to absorb the pixels of his defeated enemies to evolve into three different forms.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 27%, Platformer 24%, Retro 14.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%, Puzzle 7.8%
- #50 -SPROUT-
69% matchVery Positive97% of 93 reviews2020
Dev: Sparkee Software, LLC
Windows
-SPROUT- is a mini precision-platformer built for speed-running. Run, jump and dash your way through 100 levels across five unique lands, and restore your world to its former glory.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 29.8%, Platformer 13.7%, Pixel Graphics 10%, Linear 8.5%, 2D Platformer 7.8%
- #51 Dadish
68% matchVery Positive93% of 271 reviews2021
Dev: Thomas K. Young
Windows
Explore an exciting world, face off with fast-food themed foes, and reunite Dadish with his missing children in this challenging platforming adventure.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 38%, Platformer 16.3%, Retro 14.2%, Pixel Graphics 6.8%, Action 6.4%
- #52 Spark the Electric Jester
68% matchVery Positive92% of 1,467 reviews2017
Dev: Feperd Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Spark the electric jester is an action/platformer video game heavily based on best classics from the 16-bit era from both sides of the aisle.
Why similar: Platformer 40.3%, Pixel Graphics 17.1%, Retro 15.9%, Action 11.6%, 2D 5.1%
- #53 Grapple Dog
67% matchVery Positive87% of 852 reviews2022
Dev: Medallion GamesPub: Super Rare Originals
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Jump, Swing and Zip your way through colourful worlds and exciting challenges in this unique 2D action-platformer! Master the power of the Grapple on your adventure to save the world!
Why similar: Platformer 29.2%, 2D Platformer 17.1%, Pixel Graphics 14.5%, Retro 9.9%, Action 8.1%
- #54 Hypogea
63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 687 reviews2025
Dev: Charlie Wagner
Windows
Escape from a mysterious underground megastructure in this short atmospheric 3d-platformer.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 31%, Robots 16.8%, Platformer 15.3%, Linear 13.2%, Adventure 10.4%
- #55 Blocks That Matter
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 782 reviews2011
Dev: Swing Swing Submarine
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 73%
When indie game developers Alexey and Markus are in trouble, their only hope comes from their creation.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 35.2%, Platformer 19.9%, Puzzle 13.7%, 2D Platformer 8.7%, Robots 5.5%
- #56 Snapshot
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 259 reviews2012
Dev: Retro Affect
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 27%
Snapshot is the tale of a lone robot lost in an abandoned world. Armed with only his trusty camera, Pic sets forth on his great adventure. A camera might not seem like enough for a puzzle platforming adventure, but this camera is different from most: It has the ability to capture and remove from the world the very objects that it...
Why similar: Platformer 32%, Puzzle Platformer 28.3%, Puzzle 20.9%, Adventure 10.2%, Indie 7.1%
- #57 Trash Quest
66% matchVery Positive93% of 121 reviews2021
Dev: Francis Vace
Windows
Trash Quest is a compact metroidvania with a single spawn point, run and gun action and tight platforming. Navigate an interwoven maze of rooms through this space station, destroying robots, collecting power ups and unlocking shortcuts.
Why similar: Retro 20.1%, Platformer 15.4%, 2D Platformer 15.2%, Pixel Graphics 12.8%, Minimalist 9.3%
- #58 Super Blasting Boy
69% matchMixed70% of 69 reviews2018
Dev: BekkerDev Studio
Windows
Super Blasting Boy is a logical platform platformer made in the best traditions of retro games of the late 80's and 90's.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 22.5%, Platformer 16.7%, Action 9.8%, Retro 9.5%, Adventure 8.6%
- #59 Leap Year
62% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,974 reviews2024
Dev: Daniel Linssen
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Leap Year is a clumsy platformer about knowledge and discovery. Explore a compact, hand drawn world filled with hidden paths. Understand the game’s secrets to reach new areas and collect all the pages of your calendar.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 34.7%, Platformer 16.6%, Puzzle 12%, 2D Platformer 9.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%
- #60 Master Key
63% matchVery Positive92% of 262 reviews2024
Dev: Achromi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Master Key is a top-down adventure game with a strong focus on item-based exploration and secrets. Embark on a journey to discover what that key could be used for and meet colorful characters!
Why similar: Retro 27.5%, Pixel Graphics 23.2%, Minimalist 16%, Action 7.6%, Adventure 7.6%