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Games Like Four Sided Fantasy

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Puzzle, Indie, Singleplayer, Platformer.

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A game about the limits of your screen. Four Sided Fantasy is a seamless experience where you wrap the screen to solve mind-bending puzzles. Play as a man and woman who attempt to find each other throughout four seasons in a year, constantly separated by the boundaries of the screen.

Reviews: Very Positive — 82% — of 448 reviews
Released: 2016-08-30
Developer: Ludo Land
Publisher: Serenity Forge
Genres: Indie
Platforms: Windows, Mac
Median playtime: 1.4 hrs
Mean playtime: 3.1 hrs
Players ≥ 1 hr: 57%

Overview

Four Sided Fantasy is a unique puzzle-platformer that challenges your perception of screen boundaries and spatial logic. These recommendations prioritize games that feature meta-puzzles, non-Euclidean geometry, and clever mechanics that force you to rethink how you interact with the game world.

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    97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 637 reviews2016
    Dev: PortponkyPub: Shambles Software
    Windows · Mac · Linux
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    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 Platformer 36%, Difficult 16.6%, Puzzle 13.9%, Great Soundtrack 12.9%, Indie 12.1%

    Why You'll Like It: It utilizes a room-in-room mechanic that forces players to navigate space in a way that feels very similar to the boundary-breaking puzzles of the seed game.

  2. #2 FEZ
    96% matchVery Positive93% of 16,036 reviews2013
    Dev: Polytron CorporationPub: Trapdoor
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 56%

    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: Platformer 27.5%, Great Soundtrack 19.8%, Puzzle 17.2%, Puzzle Platformer 15%, Indie 13.3%

    Why You'll Like It: The perspective-shifting mechanic provides a similar sense of discovery and spatial manipulation as the screen-wrapping in Four Sided Fantasy.

  3. #3 Patrick's Parabox
    95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 5,385 reviews2022
    Dev: Patrick Traynor
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 5.3 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: Minimalist 33.3%, Puzzle 25%, Difficult 19.7%, Indie 10%, 2D 8.5%

    Why You'll Like It: This game features recursive, mind-bending spatial puzzles that share the same sense of meta-logic found in screen-wrapping mechanics.

  4. #4 Closure
    96% 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: Puzzle Platformer 24.6%, Platformer 21.1%, Puzzle 15.4%, Surreal 14.9%, Indie 10.4%

    Why You'll Like It: It features a surreal, atmospheric puzzle-platforming experience where light and shadow define the playable boundaries of the world.

  5. #5 The Floor is Jelly
    94% matchVery Positive84% of 434 reviews2014
    Dev: Auren Snyder
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 36 minMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 42%

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    Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 50.4%, Platformer 15%, Indie 10.8%, Great Soundtrack 10.5%, Physics 7.2%

    Why You'll Like It: A surreal and physics-heavy platformer that shares the minimalist, atmospheric, and experimental nature of the seed game.

  6. #6 The Pedestrian
    93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 5,862 reviews2020
    Dev: Skookum Arts
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 66%

    I can see the signs in my sleep now, always guiding me closer. Will this really work? Have we almost achieved the impossible?

    Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 37.1%, Surreal 17%, Platformer 13.9%, Minimalist 12.8%, Puzzle 10.5%

    Why You'll Like It: This game masterfully integrates 2D platforming within a 3D world, treating screen boundaries as physical objects to be manipulated.

  7. #7 Semblance
    94% matchVery Positive85% of 398 reviews2018
    Dev: NyamakopPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 52%

    Semblance is an innovative platformer with deformable terrain, set in a beautiful minimalist world. It’s a game that asks, what if you could deform and reshape the world itself? Semblance takes the idea of a ‘platform’ in a platformer and turns it on its head.

    Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 31.4%, Great Soundtrack 15%, Minimalist 13.3%, Platformer 12.5%, Indie 9.7%

    Why You'll Like It: This game allows you to deform the world itself to solve puzzles, offering a similarly tactile approach to platforming challenges.

  8. #8 Antichamber
    92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 17,576 reviews2013
    Dev: Alexander BrucePub: Demruth
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    Antichamber is a mind-bending psychological exploration game where nothing can be taken for granted. Discover an Escher-like world where hallways wrap around upon each other, spaces reconfigure themselves, and accomplishing the impossible may just be the only way forward.

    Why similar: Surreal 35.9%, Puzzle 27.1%, Indie 12%, Minimalist 7.1%, Difficult 6.2%

    Why You'll Like It: It is the gold standard for non-Euclidean geometry and mind-bending spatial puzzles that defy traditional game rules.

  9. #9 Hue
    91% matchVery Positive92% of 11,146 reviews2016
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 50%

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    Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 36%, Great Soundtrack 15.9%, Platformer 14.8%, Puzzle 12.8%, Indie 11.4%

    Why You'll Like It: It uses color-based world manipulation to change the environment, providing a similar puzzle-platforming feel to the seed game.

  10. #10 Manifold Garden
    91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 8,118 reviews2020
    Dev: William Chyr Studio
    Windows
    Median: 3.6 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 Platformer 28.2%, Surreal 22.6%, Minimalist 13.5%, Difficult 11.4%, Puzzle 10.7%

    Why You'll Like It: This game features non-Euclidean architecture and gravity-shifting mechanics that create a profound sense of spatial disorientation.

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    90% 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: Great Soundtrack 27.6%, Platformer 25.3%, Difficult 19.9%, Indie 11.8%, 2D 5.5%

    Why You'll Like It: This classic platformer features screen-wrapping and gravity-flipping mechanics that directly mirror the spatial challenges of the seed game.

  12. #12 Superliminal
    88% matchVery Positive95% of 32,646 reviews2020
    Dev: Pillow Castle
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.1 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: Surreal 26.8%, Puzzle Platformer 25.9%, Physics 15.9%, Puzzle 14.6%, Minimalist 12.2%

    Why You'll Like It: It focuses on forced perspective and boundary manipulation, making it a perfect match for those who enjoy questioning the limits of their environment.

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    89% matchMostly Positive73% of 444 reviews2019
    Dev: Altered MatterPub: Akupara Games
    Windows
    Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%

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    Windows
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    87% matchVery Positive85% of 79 reviews2018
    Dev: Fishing Cactus
    Windows
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 97%

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    Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 33.8%, Great Soundtrack 16.4%, Indie 11.9%, Platformer 10.8%, Difficult 7.4%

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    Windows · Mac · Linux
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    Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 34.4%, Platformer 13.8%, Difficult 13.7%, Puzzle 8.5%, Indie 7.6%

    Why You'll Like It: A gravity-based puzzle-platformer that matches the atmospheric and introspective tone of the seed game.

  17. #17 Nihilumbra
    86% matchVery Positive88% of 2,981 reviews2013
    Dev: BeautiFun Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%

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    Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 30.1%, Platformer 17.1%, Indie 11.5%, Great Soundtrack 10.9%, Puzzle 10.8%

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  18. #18 Seasons after Fall
    84% matchVery Positive81% of 3,134 reviews2016
    Dev: Swing Swing SubmarinePub: Focus Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%

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    Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 30.3%, Great Soundtrack 19.7%, Platformer 18.7%, Indie 9.5%, Atmospheric 5.9%

    Why You'll Like It: It features environmental puzzle-solving tied to changing seasons, offering a similarly atmospheric and artistic journey.

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    85% matchVery Positive83% of 652 reviews2013
    Dev: I-Illusions
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%

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    Why similar: Great Soundtrack 26.5%, Platformer 23.9%, Indie 19.4%, Difficult 10.9%, Puzzle 9.8%

    Why You'll Like It: A physics-based platformer that emphasizes momentum and atmospheric flow over traditional combat or platforming.

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    84% matchVery Positive89% of 169 reviews2019
    Dev: Nicolás RecabarrenPub: Nonsense Arts
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 36 minMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 38%

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    Why similar: Indie 32.2%, Great Soundtrack 29.3%, Puzzle 25.6%, 2D 9.9%, Singleplayer 3%

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  21. #21 Thomas Was Alone
    82% matchVery Positive94% of 9,347 reviews2012
    Dev: Bithell Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 57%

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    Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 35.7%, Platformer 17.7%, Minimalist 13.8%, Physics 11%, Indie 7.2%

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    82% matchVery Positive89% of 1,019 reviews2011
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
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    79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 23,702 reviews2019
    Dev: Hempuli Oy
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%

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    Why similar: Difficult 27.9%, Puzzle 27%, Indie 14.2%, Great Soundtrack 12.1%, Minimalist 6.3%

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    79% matchVery Positive93% of 444 reviews2022
    Dev: Mads & FriendsPub: Bedtime Digital Games
    Windows
    Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 66%

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    Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 27.4%, Minimalist 17.5%, Indie 16.2%, Puzzle 12.5%, Platformer 7.8%

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    78% matchVery Positive93% of 95 reviews2023
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    Windows

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    Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 57.1%, Platformer 22.2%, Atmospheric 6.3%, Indie 6%, Adventure 3.2%

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    81% matchVery Positive83% of 2,430 reviews2012
    Dev: Might and Delight
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 30 minMean: 29.4 hrs≥1hr: 32%

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    80% matchVery Positive81% of 1,275 reviews2019
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    Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 44.7%, Difficult 16.6%, Platformer 15.8%, Puzzle 11.3%, Atmospheric 6.7%

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  29. #29 Airhead
    78% matchVery Positive88% of 60 reviews2024
    Dev: OctatoPub: HandyGames
    Windows

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    Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 24.5%, Surreal 14.7%, Indie 13.1%, Great Soundtrack 9.1%, Difficult 7.9%

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    81% matchVery Positive86% of 56 reviews2015
    Dev: Faris Mohammed
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 48%

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    Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 41.3%, Platformer 20.7%, Indie 17.2%, Puzzle 13.5%, 2D 7.3%

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    74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 18,750 reviews2021
    Dev: Hello Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%

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    73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 8,203 reviews2022
    Dev: ustwo games
    Windows
    Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%

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    77% matchVery Positive85% of 506 reviews2014
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    75% matchVery Positive92% of 62 reviews2022
    Dev: Delil Timurtaş
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    73% matchVery Positive92% of 2,126 reviews2021
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    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%

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    75% matchVery Positive83% of 427 reviews2020
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    Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%

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    73% matchVery Positive98% of 54 reviews2024
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    76% matchVery Positive87% of 62 reviews2017
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    74% matchVery Positive83% of 419 reviews2021
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    77% matchMixed55% of 259 reviews2015
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    67% matchVery Positive97% of 139 reviews2025
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    71% matchMostly Positive77% of 989 reviews2018
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    70% matchVery Positive92% of 235 reviews2018
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    71% matchVery Positive83% of 1,295 reviews2016
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    The Bridge is a logic puzzle game that forces you to reevaluate your preconceptions of physics and perspective. It is Isaac Newton meets M. C. Escher. Manipulate gravity to redefine the ceiling as the floor while venturing through impossible architectures.

    Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 32%, Surreal 20.5%, Physics 12.9%, Puzzle 8.2%, Difficult 6.3%

  49. #49 Midnight
    71% matchMostly Positive75% of 79 reviews2016
    Dev: Petite Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    Precision puzzle platformer. Launch a square fairy through 56 deadly levels using only your mouse.

    Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 31.4%, Physics 13.8%, Difficult 13%, Platformer 9.4%, Atmospheric 5.7%

  50. #50 MO:Astray
    67% matchVery Positive92% of 5,025 reviews2019
    Dev: Archpray Inc.Pub: Rayark International Limited
    Windows
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    MO: Astray is a pixel art, side-scrolling, action-platformer. Lead MO through mind-bending puzzles using special abilities. Bizarre enemies, threatening traps and ingenious level designs await.

    Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 38.1%, Platformer 13.6%, Great Soundtrack 13.5%, Indie 11.3%, Difficult 6.5%

  51. #51 Seeders
    72% matchMixed56% of 64 reviews2015
    Dev: Bigosaur
    Windows
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    A puzzle platformer with funky physics and mind boggling puzzles requiring out-of-the-box thinking and persistence. Only a few players were able to complete the game. Can you handle it?

    Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 32.1%, Indie 14%, Difficult 13.1%, Great Soundtrack 11.6%, Platformer 9.7%

  52. #52 Through the Mirror
    70% matchVery Positive82% of 115 reviews2017
    Dev: Cleiton OliveiraPub: Volens Nolens Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 97%

    A hard, mind bending platformer based on imagination and quick reflexes.

    Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 34.4%, Minimalist 14%, Platformer 12.3%, Difficult 12%, Indie 9.9%

  53. #53 Orbyss
    62% matchVery Positive99% of 90 reviews2025
    Dev: Misty Whale
    Windows

    In this logic based puzzle game, switch between Orbs to solve puzzles and light up your world. Play co-op with yourself, freeze time, fly drones, play with sound… and overcome the evil shadow interfering with your quest.

    Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 33.4%, Surreal 13.9%, Physics 13.7%, Puzzle 10.6%, Platformer 9.5%

  54. #54 Lost Words: Beyond the Page
    66% matchVery Positive95% of 823 reviews2021
    Dev: Sketchbook DevelopmentsPub: Sketchbook Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    A short, fully voiced, story-first adventure across two worlds. Rearrange words into platforms in Izzy’s diary, then wield word magic to shape your path in the fantasy she writes. Gentle puzzles, watercolour wonder, and a bittersweet story of family, loss, and healing.

    Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 46.8%, Platformer 17.8%, Puzzle 12.6%, Atmospheric 9.4%, 2D 6.5%

  55. #55 Teslagrad
    69% 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 23.9%, Puzzle Platformer 23.3%, Puzzle 11.6%, Difficult 8.8%, Indie 8.4%

  56. #56 A Fold Apart
    67% matchMostly Positive79% of 120 reviews2020
    Dev: Lightning Rod Games
    Windows

    A puzzle game that explores the emotional rollercoaster of a long-distance relationship — in a world of folding paper! Flip, fold, unfold and rotate paper puzzles to help a couple navigate the complexities of living apart.

    Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 58.1%, Platformer 24.2%, Puzzle 17.6%

  57. #57 Unleaving
    64% matchVery Positive90% of 58 reviews2024
    Dev: orangutan matter
    Windows · Mac

    When everything seems hopeless a child is awakened by the whispers of the last leaf, drawn into an imaginary world. Unleaving invites the player into a narrative-driven puzzle platformer where each challenge unfolds within a hand-painted landscape, exploring perception and meaning

    Why similar: Surreal 23.9%, Puzzle Platformer 19%, Physics 13.3%, Platformer 12.6%, Puzzle 8.4%

  58. #58 Another Perspective
    68% matchVery Positive88% of 322 reviews2014
    Dev: SaraJS
    Windows
    Median: 36 minMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 41%

    Another Perspective is a puzzle platformer following the very confusing adventure of someone looking for something. Swap minds to see the world in different ways! Where one mind sees a bottomless pit, another might not. Where one sees a locked door, another sees a key. To change perspective is to change reality!

    Why similar: Platformer 25.6%, Puzzle Platformer 24.9%, Indie 24.4%, Puzzle 13.3%, Adventure 7.7%

  59. #59 Islands of Insight
    63% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,163 reviews2024
    Dev: Lunarch StudiosPub: Behaviour Interactive Inc.
    Windows
    Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 18.3 hrs≥1hr: 59%

    Seek out and solve 10,000+ puzzles at your own pace across this sublime puzzle game.

    Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 63%, Puzzle 16.9%, Atmospheric 11.5%, Adventure 4.9%, Singleplayer 3.7%

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