Games Like From the Shadows

In The Shadows is a puzzle platformer where lights scare away shadows monsters that transform into everyday objects you can use to your own advantage. Confront your fears, solve puzzles, find secrets!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 19.5%, Side Scroller 14.6%, 2.5D 13.4%, Platformer 11.2%, 2D Platformer 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the core theme of using light and shadow to manipulate the environment and solve puzzles.

Play with shadows using your imagination to solve brain twisting platforming puzzles as you unfold a journey of loss, nostalgia and acceptance.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 20.7%, Side Scroller 18%, 2D Platformer 12.4%, Platformer 11.7%, Puzzle 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: This title focuses heavily on shadow-based puzzle mechanics that directly mirror the gameplay loop of the seed game.

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: Puzzle Platformer 27.1%, Platformer 22.7%, 2.5D 16%, Puzzle 13.2%, Adventure 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A cooperative puzzle-platformer where players control both a boy and his shadow to navigate obstacles.

CONTRAST is a puzzle/platform game where you can move between a fantastic 3D world and a mysterious shadowy universe in 2D in the blink of an eye. Delve into a dreamlike and surreal 1920s world, inspired by the performance art world of vaudeville and film noir, and cradled by a smooth and sultry jazz ambiance.

Why similar: Platformer 34.2%, Puzzle 24.7%, Puzzle Platformer 15.4%, Adventure 12.9%, Atmospheric 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game is the definitive experience for light and shadow manipulation mechanics within a 3D puzzle-platformer setting.

Tandem : A Tale of Shadows redefines the puzzle platformer genre with a unique gameplay and exceptional aesthetics. Help Emma and the teddy bear Fenton solve the mystery of the disappearance of the famous magician Thomas Kane.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 28%, Platformer 16.3%, 2D Platformer 11.8%, Puzzle 11.3%, Stylized 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: It features a unique dual-perspective mechanic where players switch between top-down and side-scrolling views to manipulate light and shadow.

Assemble your team of three from seven unlikely adventurers, then descend into the mysterious depths to explore The Cave!

Why similar: Platformer 25.3%, Puzzle 16.5%, Adventure 12.8%, Comedy 12.7%, Puzzle Platformer 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: A character-driven cooperative puzzle-platformer set in a mysterious, sprawling environment that rewards exploration.

SCHiM is a game about jumping from shadow to shadow in a relaxing and lively environment. This 3D platformer takes elements of light, shadow & animation and adds them directly to the gameplay, delivering an experience that you will only find in SCHiM.

Why similar: Collectathon 25.1%, Puzzle Platformer 20.9%, Exploration 10%, Puzzle 8.9%, Stylized 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game centers entirely on the mechanic of jumping between shadows, capturing the essence of shadow-based movement.

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: Puzzle 28.6%, Puzzle Platformer 28.3%, Platformer 15.5%, Adventure 12%, Exploration 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for cooperative puzzle-platforming, offering diverse mechanics and a strong focus on shared problem-solving.

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: Puzzle Platformer 23.1%, Side Scroller 18.5%, 2D Platformer 15.5%, Platformer 13%, Puzzle 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: A cooperative puzzle-platformer where two characters control opposing elemental forces to overcome environmental challenges.

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 26.7%, 2.5D 13.6%, Side Scroller 12.1%, 2D Platformer 11.3%, Platformer 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced cooperative puzzle-platformer that relies on character-swapping mechanics to navigate complex levels.

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: Puzzle 29.7%, Puzzle Platformer 16.3%, Platformer 15.9%, Family Friendly 11.6%, Adventure 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: A beautiful cooperative platformer where two characters are tethered together, requiring constant coordination to solve environmental puzzles.

A comical puzzle platformer where you must die to progress. The bodies you leave behind are your only tools to solve puzzles on your quest to find the Cup of Life.

Why similar: Dark Humor 22.1%, Platformer 16.1%, Puzzle Platformer 15.6%, Comedy 11.4%, Puzzle 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: A creative puzzle-platformer where sacrificing characters is a core mechanic to solve environmental puzzles.

Uncertain of his sister's fate, a boy enters LIMBO

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 44.4%, Platformer 18.7%, Puzzle 13.1%, Atmospheric 7.5%, Side Scroller 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric 2D puzzle-platformer that uses high-contrast lighting and shadow to create a haunting, puzzle-rich environment.

Hunted and alone, a boy finds himself drawn into the center of a dark project. INSIDE is a dark, narrative-driven platformer combining intense action with challenging puzzles. It has been critically acclaimed for its moody art style, ambient soundtrack and unsettling atmosphere.

Why similar: 2.5D 25.4%, Puzzle Platformer 23.5%, 2D Platformer 14.5%, Platformer 14.3%, Puzzle 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: From the creators of Limbo, this game excels at atmospheric puzzle-platforming with a heavy emphasis on shadow and silhouette.

When a star falls in a nearby forest, it spurs Po onto a quest to find that light and bring it into their life. Light & Shadow is a shadow puppet platformer where you face your anxieties, push past depression, and seek moments of joy in a grey world. Finding your way isn't always easy, keep going!

Why similar: Collectathon 29.5%, Side Scroller 26.4%, 2D Platformer 16.7%, Platformer 13.4%, Stylized 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: A side-scrolling platformer that incorporates rhythm and light-based puzzles into its core gameplay.

A 2D puzzle-platformer where you light your way through the darkness. Play as the Light, exploring an abandoned civilization where you find a suit of armor that seems to have magical properties. Suit up using the powers of the suit to channel your light magic to see what this strange place hides.

Why similar: Side Scroller 21.9%, Puzzle Platformer 20.1%, 2D Platformer 15.1%, Exploration 12.1%, Platformer 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: A side-scrolling puzzle-platformer that uses light sources to reveal hidden paths and interact with the world.

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

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 36.5%, Cartoony 22.1%, Puzzle 17.3%, Family Friendly 15.3%, Adventure 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based cooperative puzzle-platformer that requires precise coordination and teamwork to navigate challenging terrain.

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 30.5%, 2D Platformer 21.9%, Platformer 19.9%, Puzzle 14.1%, Colorful 7%

Why You'll Like It: A cooperative puzzle-platformer designed specifically for two players to solve environmental challenges together.

Hue is a vibrant, award-winning puzzle-adventure, where you alter the world by changing its background colour.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 28.4%, Platformer 18.5%, Puzzle 16.8%, Side Scroller 10.3%, Adventure 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer that uses color-shifting mechanics to manipulate the environment, similar to how light is used in the seed game.

Explore a mystical, ever-changing dungeon in this isometric puzzle-adventure game. Master self-transmutation abilities and solve increasingly complex challenges as you uncover the secrets of your past.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 38.9%, Exploration 18.1%, Puzzle 18%, 2D 8.7%, Adventure 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: An isometric puzzle-platformer that utilizes shadow manipulation to navigate through mysterious, dark environments.

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: Platformer 26.9%, Puzzle Platformer 18.2%, Side Scroller 15%, Atmospheric 11.3%, Puzzle 10%

Why You'll Like It: A cooperative puzzle-platformer that emphasizes atmosphere and teamwork in a unique, folklore-inspired setting.

Your party finds themselves trapped in a Dungeon-themed Castle. Solve puzzles, crack riddles, dodge traps and discover hidden secrets in your adventure to Escape from Skull Dungeon!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 38.5%, Hidden Object 26.1%, Puzzle 18.4%, Adventure 9.2%, Atmospheric 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: A cooperative puzzle-platformer that emphasizes teamwork to overcome traps and environmental hazards.

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

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 26.6%, Dark Humor 24.7%, Platformer 19.4%, Puzzle 13.2%, Comedy 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive cooperative puzzle game that emphasizes spatial reasoning and environmental manipulation.

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: Adventure 29.1%, Atmospheric 27.8%, Puzzle 27.5%, Platformer 12.1%, Casual 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: A unique cooperative puzzle-platformer that requires controlling two characters simultaneously to navigate a fantasy world.

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 17.5%, Platformer 15%, Puzzle Platformer 14.3%, Comedy 11.1%, Adventure 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: A whimsical puzzle-platformer that features creative environmental interactions and a lighthearted, casual tone.

“Keepers of the Trees” is a couch co-op puzzle platformer that gives you the power to control nature. Along with a friend, you will test your platforming mettle, work together to solve puzzles by growing special plants, and explore a lush, fantasy forest world.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 20.6%, Side Scroller 18.4%, Platformer 16.3%, Puzzle 13.7%, Adventure 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A casual, cooperative puzzle-platformer that focuses on exploration and light environmental problem-solving.

Immerse yourself in a contrasted emotional journey with delicate visuals! Songs from the Iron Sea is a poetic platformer set in a whimsical aquatic universe. Guided by a kind entity, embody a creature lost in a metal nightmare and escape the foreman's gaze to regain your freedom.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 17.6%, Side Scroller 15%, Hidden Object 14.5%, Platformer 12%, Puzzle 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer that blends exploration with environmental challenges in a unique, atmospheric setting.

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 18.7%, 2.5D 16.8%, Side Scroller 16.6%, Platformer 13.4%, Puzzle 9.1%

Home Darkness - Escape, is a classic Hidden Object game, you will combine items, resolve puzzle, and find treasure!

Why similar: Adventure 28.2%, Casual 25.5%, Puzzle 25.2%, Atmospheric 11.1%, 2D 10%

Why You'll Like It: A casual puzzle-platformer that focuses on navigating dark, mysterious environments through logical progression.

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: Puzzle Platformer 25.9%, Platformer 16.9%, Cartoony 13.4%, Comedy 10.8%, Puzzle 10.6%

A collectathon 3D platform game where you explore the world to find all hidden collectibles, solving secrets, puzzles and find new outfits to customize our cute hero. Special abilities will blow your mind controlling chaos and order. Recover the pieces to defeat the terrible Tattooed Tatus.

Why similar: Collectathon 26%, Hidden Object 19.6%, Platformer 11.3%, Exploration 9.2%, Puzzle 8.8%

Unknowz is a cooperative platformer where two pirates, one alive, the other undead, must combine their unique abilities to solve puzzles, avoid traps, and escape from a skeleton-infested island. Work together... or sink!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 33.7%, Platformer 20.3%, Exploration 15.2%, Stylized 12.9%, 3D 6.9%

In To Be Headed Or Not To Be, you and a friend will have to use your heads, both figuratively and literally, to solve enigmas and challenges in order to escape the mansion.

Why similar: Puzzle 27.1%, Exploration 21.4%, Family Friendly 18.6%, Adventure 14%, 3D 12.3%

A mysterious adventure at the old manor begins. Become a detective and solve the vanishing of the elusive Mister X. Uncover the secrets of the manor and its inhabitants. Find hidden objects, solve challenging puzzles and explore all the corners of the estate.

Why similar: Hidden Object 43.5%, Puzzle 17.8%, Casual 13.8%, Stylized 10.3%, Adventure 8.2%

Treasure Hunters: Prologue is a free version of 'Treasure Hunters', an intense, co-op treasure-hunting game set in mysterious dungeons filled with puzzles, platforms, and deadly creatures, where your goal is to find and steal the most valuable treasures

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 33.4%, Platformer 20%, Puzzle 13.2%, Exploration 11.7%, Adventure 7.8%

TVs is a single player platformer game combining intense action with challenging puzzles, focuses on a journey of a tv character called “u” who needs to drive his way on strange events in strange world to solve mysterious puzzles of his life till he finds the truth.

Why similar: Hidden Object 16.2%, Puzzle Platformer 15.4%, 2.5D 14.2%, Side Scroller 13.9%, Platformer 11.3%

Find your way through a puzzle filled manor while barely dodging human-eating monsters. You wake up in a dark room with one objective: escape those sharpened teeth. However, you should not worry; you will meet friends along the way.

Why similar: Puzzle 32.9%, Exploration 23.6%, Adventure 16.7%, Stylized 10.6%, Atmospheric 9.2%

From the depths of hell, climb chained to your friends through diverse worlds. Solo or co-op, try to reach the summit and discover what awaits you there...

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 37.3%, Platformer 28%, Exploration 14.3%, Adventure 11.2%, Casual 9.1%

Join Sebastian Harrington, an archeology student, on a quest to find his missing professor. Explore ancient temple ruins, solve puzzles, and uncover hidden secrets in the Temple of Shadows.

Why similar: Puzzle 33.6%, Atmospheric 23.8%, Exploration 22.1%, Adventure 20.5%

A cozy horror, “self-coop”, adventure about two unlikely souls who forge a forbidden bond and journey together to find the sun. Explore eerie yet charming Tim Burton-esque levels, switch between two unique characters, and solve brain-teasing puzzles.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 23.9%, 2D Platformer 16.1%, Puzzle 11.8%, Cartoony 9.8%, Colorful 8.6%

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: Side Scroller 43.3%, Puzzle Platformer 32.6%, Adventure 16.2%, Casual 7.9%

Treasure Hunters is an intense CO-OP treasure-hunting game for up to 4 players, set in mysterious dungeons filled with puzzles, platforms, and deadly creatures, where your goal is to find and steal the most valuable treasures in the world.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 39%, Platformer 20.4%, Puzzle 13.5%, Exploration 12.2%, Adventure 8%

Shadow Brawlers is a local party game in which players control cute, agile ninjas that hide in the shadows. Surprise your opponents by appearing suddenly from the background; attack and disappear.

Why similar: Platformer 31.1%, Comedy 20%, Family Friendly 14.5%, Casual 12.3%, Atmospheric 11.8%

Asymmetric multiplayer meets atmospheric horror

Why similar: Atmospheric 22.3%, Puzzle 19.4%, Adventure 18.9%, Casual 18.8%, Exploration 13.8%

Ascend through the twisted levels of the Backrooms using physics-based object manipulation to overcome obstacles, solve mind-bending puzzles, and uncover unsettling secrets. Play solo or team up in online co-op with up to 4 players as you climb higher, think smarter, and survive the unknown.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 31.2%, Platformer 24.7%, Puzzle 16.5%, Adventure 10.3%, Casual 9.3%

Spark & Kling is a couch co-op puzzle platformer where the player will take the role of either Spark, the electric bug, or Kling the metal gel blob. They are trapped in a Homemade lab by a Mad Scientist and the players will have to overcome obstacles and work together to escape.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 30.2%, Puzzle 15.6%, Stylized 11%, Adventure 9.3%, Family Friendly 9.1%

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: Hidden Object 29.6%, Puzzle 20.2%, Exploration 13.6%, Colorful 11.8%, Adventure 9%

Two souls, one destiny. Embark on a co-op adventure through a forgotten land, where teamwork and wit are the only way to navigate the wonders and dangers of a magical cave.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 29.1%, Platformer 20.6%, Puzzle 14.5%, Exploration 12.8%, Adventure 8.3%

"The Cursed Hour" is a cooperative survival horror game where players explore a haunted mansion to find cursed relics and exorcise the supernatural. With every wrong move, the ghost gets more aggressive, forcing players to work together before fear and darkness consume them.

Why similar: Hidden Object 40.8%, Puzzle 19.8%, Exploration 18.5%, Casual 10.5%, 3D 10.4%

Explore the mysterious operating system Crossʀoad OS. Adventure through its decaying programs, solve puzzles, collect items and meet strange creatures.

Why similar: Hidden Object 19.2%, Cartoony 18.1%, Family Friendly 12.3%, Stylized 12.2%, Puzzle 9.5%

Lumin's Path is an atmospheric 3D platformer using light and darkness to impact the world in mysterious ways.

Why similar: Adventure 51.3%, Casual 48.7%

Chromatic Conundrum is a first person puzzle game where you manipulate light. Combine different colors and form shadows to illuminate your way through an enigmatic world.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 26.5%, Platformer 21.6%, Puzzle 16%, Stylized 9.3%, Atmospheric 8.8%

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 23.3%, Side Scroller 21.3%, Platformer 16.8%, 2D Platformer 16.4%, Puzzle 11.4%

Invite a friend online and embark on a puzzle-platformer adventure exploring the bond between an animator and his puppet. Work together to clear obstacles across the sprawling sets of a stop-motion animation workshop and find out to what lengths the power of imagination can take you.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 32.5%, Platformer 17.4%, Puzzle 13.6%, Stylized 8.7%, Adventure 8.1%

That One Otter Game is a mischievous co-op adventure where two young otters take on a wild rite of passage to prove their worth. Complete silly park challenges to fill up your stamp card—catch a panicked penguin, race a hyped-up zebra, or haul a stolen radio to a mountaintop.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 19.4%, Hidden Object 18%, Platformer 13.9%, Puzzle 9.9%, Exploration 8.3%

Sneak Out is a free to play multiplayer game full of mischief and fun for up to six players. Enter the Haunted Castle and prepare to hunt, hide, or prank 'em all, causing all kinds of hilarious mayhem while trying to win the deadly game of hide and seek!

Why similar: Cartoony 28.2%, Family Friendly 19.8%, Colorful 15.7%, 3D 13.8%, Adventure 12.2%

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: Puzzle Platformer 53%, Adventure 47%

Light Bearers 2 is a fast paced hide and seek, asymmetrical multiplayer horror game. A Shadow is trying to corrupt all Light Bears. The Light Bears must use their movement and cunning. To keep each other from becoming corrupted by darkness.

Why similar: Platformer 47.4%, 3D 17%, Stylized 9.7%, Colorful 9.6%, Casual 9.3%

Fifo’s Night is a 3D puzzle-platformer set in and around an enchanted, sprawling mansion. Explore elaborate rooms within, find hidden collectibles, fight a variety of monsters, and solve puzzles in an exciting game for all audiences.

Why similar: Platformer 52.3%, 3D 17.4%, Casual 16.8%, Adventure 13.5%

A puzzle platformer with a new twist on co-op and single player gameplay. Solve puzzles, platforming challenges, and encounter dangerous monsters and traps that require you to KILL and resurrect your brother to advance! Death is just part of the adventure.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 26.4%, Side Scroller 25.5%, Platformer 17.1%, Comedy 10.7%, Puzzle 10.3%