Games Like Hellevator

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: Puzzle Platformer 48%, Platformer 34.2%, Physics 6.7%, Adventure 3.1%, 2D 2.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game shares the core mechanic of using your own death as a tool to solve puzzles and progress through levels.

Helheim Hassle is a narrative adventure game with puzzle platforming elements. Play as Bjørn, a pacifist Viking that can detach and combine limbs at will to solve challenging puzzles and get out of uncomfortable situations involving desperate Norse Gods, Goblins, Dragons, and angry skeletons.

Why similar: Adventure 47.6%, 2D Platformer 31.9%, Indie 20.5%

Why You'll Like It: A humorous puzzle-platformer set in the afterlife that features creative limb-based mechanics similar to the puzzle-solving nature of Hellevator.

Get ready to rage with your friends in this co-op precise platforming adventure! You're stuck in Hell. You can only jump upwards and all you have to do is escape … it can't be that hard, right?!

Why similar: Platformer 43.4%, 2D 17.9%, Adventure 17.9%, Atmospheric 12.5%, Indie 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging precision platformer that leans into the hell-themed aesthetic and high-difficulty gameplay.

Rising Hell is a vertical platformer rogue-lite filled with adrenaline-pumping action and tons of heavy gothic metal shreds. Climb out from the ever-changing hell while you fight hordes of blood-lusting demons.

Why similar: Demons 31.6%, Gore 23.4%, Platformer 17.8%, 2D Platformer 17.3%, 2D 7%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced platformer that captures the same hellish aesthetic and vertical progression found in Hellevator.

Experience rage-inducing precision platforming as a recently deceased soccer player damned to Inferno! Kick your sibling's soul out of Hell for your chance at redemption!

Why similar: 2D Platformer 28.7%, Physics 22.3%, Platformer 22.1%, Dark Fantasy 14.4%, Adventure 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: This precision platformer focuses on climbing out of hell, requiring careful movement and physics management.

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 44%, Platformer 23.8%, Atmospheric 12.9%, Adventure 6.1%, 2D 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: A atmospheric puzzle-platformer where you must sacrifice clones of yourself to navigate dangerous environments.

Puns, and puzzles. Horrible puns and devious puzzles actually, along with several incorporeal entities are what makes Ghostory a pixel art puzzle adventure brimming with humour and intrigue. Take on the role of a cursed traveler, master your ghostly form, find a cure, and escape a perilous cave system.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 53.6%, Platformer 20.5%, 2D 9.5%, Adventure 8.9%, Indie 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer that requires clever use of character-shifting mechanics to navigate through challenging levels.

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

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 59.7%, Platformer 17.3%, Atmospheric 5.7%, 2D 4.9%, Adventure 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, atmospheric puzzle-platformer that features frequent, gruesome deaths as part of the trial-and-error gameplay.

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: Puzzle Platformer 40.2%, 2D Platformer 23.6%, Platformer 16.8%, Atmospheric 7%, Adventure 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: From the creators of Limbo, this game offers a similarly dark, puzzle-heavy platforming experience with a focus on environmental storytelling.

Grimind is a 2D, physics based, adventure, platform game in horror/creepy theme. Grimind casts you into forgotten caves and ancient crypts, without memories. While being there you have to demonstrate great manual skills to pass obstacles and solve non trivial puzzles to get out of scary environment and additionally discover what are you...

Why similar: Platformer 47.8%, Adventure 15.3%, Indie 11%, Physics 10.8%, 2D 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based puzzle-platformer that emphasizes dark atmosphere and environmental manipulation.

This is a very short game. Has an average level of difficulty. If you do not know what to do, then try to complete this game in less than 2310 seconds.

Why similar: Demons 51.6%, 2D Platformer 24.5%, Platformer 15.3%, 2D 5.4%, Singleplayer 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: A hell-themed platformer that emphasizes parkour and quick reflexes to survive.

The characters of Let Me Die (inside) have fallen into despair head over heels, so they want to leave this world and end their lives. Your duty is to fulfil their wish. In every level, the player is expected to find a way to die, but before that, he has to complete the death wishes of the character.

Why similar: Gore 32%, Atmospheric 22.8%, Adventure 21%, 2D 12.6%, Singleplayer 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, philosophical puzzle game that focuses on the theme of death and atmospheric exploration.

Love is Hell. In this precision platformer based on the 5 stages of grief, navigate the bowels of Hell and escape the torment of love.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 29.4%, Demons 22.2%, 2D Platformer 20%, Platformer 14.9%, 2D 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: A precision platformer that focuses on difficult, side-scrolling challenges similar to the platforming in Hellevator.

The infamous, tough-as-nails platformer comes to Steam with a playable Head Crab character (Steam-exclusive)!

Why similar: 2D Platformer 39.2%, Platformer 36.3%, 2D 8.7%, Gore 8.3%, Indie 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: While more action-oriented, it shares the high-frequency death and precision platforming requirements of Hellevator.

A puzzle platform game, with both stealth and parkour elements. Use your wits, cunning and agility to escape this deadly prison. Take the stealthy approach, progressing slowly, hiding and staying out of sight. Or utilise your athleticism to wall jump, ledge grab and speed run your way to freedom.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 51.6%, Platformer 14.2%, Adventure 9.8%, 2D 9.6%, Atmospheric 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer that features pixel-art graphics and a focus on overcoming difficult, trap-filled rooms.

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 55.2%, 2D Platformer 21.8%, Platformer 14.9%, 2D 3.3%, Indie 2.5%

Why You'll Like It: A classic puzzle-platformer that uses time manipulation to solve complex environmental challenges.

Down to hell is a dynamic slasher in which lone swordsman must face the hordes of hellish demons. Moreover Down to Hell will give you truly Heavy F’N Metal experience.

Why similar: Demons 42.4%, Gore 23.5%, Platformer 10.8%, Adventure 5.6%, 2D 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, action-heavy platformer that captures the infernal aesthetic and violent tone of the seed game.

Dark Roll is a FREE single player game, in which the player goes through a series of uniquely designed levels. Your agility will be tested along with your logic. Each level is planned to provide a different challenge.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 35.8%, Platformer 22.8%, Physics 16.4%, Dark Fantasy 13.7%, Adventure 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based platformer that emphasizes difficult, trap-filled levels and a dark, minimalist aesthetic.

Explore an abandoned facility on the planet you've crashlanded, solving puzzles with strange plants along the way.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 35.7%, 2D Platformer 25%, Platformer 19.4%, Adventure 8.3%, 2D 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: A casual puzzle-platformer that requires careful navigation and environmental awareness to survive.

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 36.1%, Platformer 23.9%, Adventure 14.1%, Atmospheric 10.6%, 2D Platformer 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based puzzle-platformer where you use yarn to traverse environments and solve environmental obstacles.

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 33.3%, 2D Platformer 22%, Platformer 18%, Physics 9.8%, 2D 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist puzzle-platformer that focuses on character abilities and physics to navigate through levels.

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 60.9%, Physics 25.5%, Adventure 10.9%, Indie 1.8%, Singleplayer 0.9%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based puzzle game where clumsy movement and environmental interaction are key to solving levels.

Gravity Error is an indie 2D puzzle/platformer about changing gravity. Guide Force in his quest seeking emotional stableness in a set of levels and avoid being crushed. Solve the puzzles in multiple creative ways.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 52.4%, Platformer 28.7%, 2D 11%, Indie 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer that uses gravity manipulation as a core mechanic to solve environmental challenges.

Three Heroes make their way through dangers untold in a fairytale world of great castles and strange machinery, featuring physics-based puzzles, beautiful sights and online co-op.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 47.7%, Platformer 21.6%, Physics 18.6%, Adventure 5.6%, Indie 2.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game utilizes physics-based puzzles and platforming with a dark, fantasy-themed aesthetic.

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 70.8%, Physics 10.7%, Platformer 9.1%, Singleplayer 3.7%, Atmospheric 3%

Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for physics-based puzzle games that require creative thinking to overcome lethal obstacles.

Melt your brain with this twisted take on the platform genre!

Why similar: 2D Platformer 50.3%, Platformer 31.5%, 2D 12.1%, Singleplayer 3%, Indie 3%

Why You'll Like It: A difficult side-scrolling platformer that tests your precision and patience in every level.

Cast into an ancient crypt, survive the horrors that dwell below, and ascend from despair with your unexpected companion in this short 2D puzzle platformer. Take risks to evade the petrifying gaze from beyond the dark.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 34.5%, 2D Platformer 24.3%, Platformer 19.7%, Adventure 8.1%, 2D 5.4%

You've died and landed in purgatory, your options? Unending suffering or finding a way back to your world.

Why similar: 2D Platformer 45.2%, Platformer 34.2%, 2D 11.8%, Indie 5.5%, Singleplayer 3.4%

You don't know who you are, where you are and why you are here, you know just thing, you want to survive and get out of HELL!

Why similar: Platformer 57.3%, Adventure 28.6%, Indie 14.1%

Why You'll Like It: An indie action-adventure game that shares the hell-themed setting and violent, dark atmosphere.

Welcome to the first layer of hell! Climb out from the ever-changing abyss while you fight hordes of blood-lusting demons in this vertical platformer rogue-lite.

Why similar: Gore 43.4%, Demons 32.4%, Indie 11.2%, 2D 6%, Atmospheric 4.5%

Adventure through bizarre and intricately made levels in this 2D platformer game.

Why similar: 2D Platformer 40.1%, Platformer 29.7%, Adventure 12.5%, Atmospheric 9%, 2D 5.2%

Complete physics-based platformer puzzles as you venture deeper into an abandoned research facility responsible for developing ominously powerful quantum entanglement technology.

Why similar: 2D Platformer 34.8%, Physics 22.8%, Platformer 16.3%, Adventure 7.8%, 2D 7.4%

Escape an ancient temple by utilizing its arcane artifacts in an intriguing 2D puzzle plat-former.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 41.9%, 2D Platformer 31.7%, Platformer 18.3%, 2D 6.7%, Singleplayer 1.4%

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: Adventure 62.9%, Atmospheric 27.1%, Singleplayer 10%

A short but sweet game about an Angel on a Bloody Bullet-hell mission to kill Satan! Dash, Double Dash, Grapple & Blast your way through Hell to fulfill your Holy Mission. Will you be able to kill Satan? Or will you fail to master your abilities and DIE in this BLOODY HELL?

Why similar: Demons 48.5%, Gore 30.2%, 2D 6.8%, Adventure 6%, Indie 4.4%

No Strings Attached is a puzzle platform thriller where you play as Pavo, a newly-sentient puppet, in a struggling circus. Marionette Pavo’s arms to swing, climb, and more to escape your Master’s true intentions.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 49.5%, Platformer 20.2%, 2D Platformer 14%, Adventure 8.7%, Atmospheric 5.7%

You awaken to whispers of an ancient cult and their unholy rite. As the veil to the dead unravels, explore, solve puzzles, and escape - before you become part of the ritual.

Why similar: Gore 42.2%, Atmospheric 23.6%, Adventure 19.7%, Indie 8.3%, Singleplayer 6.1%

A post-apocalyptic 3D platformer combining puzzles with intense action. You play as El, a robot escaping from a dreadful facility and exploring the ruins of civilization.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 56.2%, Platformer 22.9%, Atmospheric 9%, Adventure 7.5%, Physics 4.4%

A crazy action-adventure platformer... In Hell.

Why similar: Platformer 57.1%, Gore 19.1%, 2D 14.5%, Adventure 4.5%, Singleplayer 3.9%

EX VITRO is a dark sci-fi 2D platformer where you delve into the ruins of a military research facility and discover the horrors within. Whether machine, creature, or something else entirely, you’ll face the violent legacy of the last survivors of humanity.

Why similar: 2D Platformer 43.4%, Platformer 29.5%, 2D 11.7%, Adventure 7.4%, Atmospheric 7.3%

A highly stylized horror adventure game set in the depths of an ancient dungeon. With torch in hand, explore and find a way to escape before falling prey to the unspeakable horror that lurks within.

Why similar: Demons 71.7%, Dark Fantasy 28.3%

After Death is a platform / exploration game in a dark and hostile world. With the help from lost souls, you will have to find a way to open a gate which seems to be the only exit from this mysterious world infected by monsters.

Why similar: 2D Platformer 28.4%, Platformer 25.6%, Adventure 20.1%, 2D 13.4%, Indie 9.4%

Lost in the abyssal depths of limbo, you are a tortured soul who is trapped between life and death, stuck in a dungeon whose puzzles will test you as you strive to go into the afterlife.

Why similar: Adventure 68.8%, Indie 31.2%

Skull Hotel is a horror game where you clean hotel rooms while creatures hide, waiting to kill you.

Why similar: Demons 82.1%, Atmospheric 8.7%, Singleplayer 5.5%, Indie 3.7%

Andarin Weppes is a first person puzzle experience of a man with ever advancing dementia...

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 52.5%, Platformer 21.6%, Adventure 9%, Atmospheric 9%, Physics 5.3%

After a science experiment gets out of control, you need to survive and escape this dark prison that hides weird secrets. The game is a cinematic platform of terror and stealth, inspired by INSIDE, Another World, Blackthorne and Prince of Persia.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 40.8%, 2D Platformer 27.1%, Platformer 13.8%, Atmospheric 6.3%, 2D 5.9%

From the creators of Hero Siege, Squishy the Suicidal Pig is a puzzle platformer with a counterintuitive goal where you play as Squishy, a pig wearing a yellow sweater who's trying to reach his parents in animal heaven by completing his deal with the devil.You asked for a challenge, now you have it!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 47.6%, Platformer 29.6%, Gore 6.9%, Adventure 6%, Indie 5.3%

Possess the living, aid the dead and flip between the worlds of Flipping Death - a puzzling adventure platformer where you find yourself filling in for Death. Maybe your new powers will help you solve the mystery of your own demise?

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 50.1%, Adventure 29.6%, Indie 12.1%, 2D 8.1%

Unravel the dark secrets hidden throughout this stirring puzzle platformer about a tormented nobleman confronting the traumas of his past. Use an innovative mirror mechanic to solve challenging puzzle rooms and defeat towering bosses as you strive to piece together the ugly truth.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 37.3%, 2D Platformer 25%, Platformer 17%, 2D 6.9%, Atmospheric 5%

An ex-minister ventures through the frozen depths of Hell in search of his kidnapped daughter.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 44.2%, Platformer 19.3%, Adventure 13%, Atmospheric 9.5%, Indie 6.4%

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 53.1%, Platformer 29%, Adventure 12.8%, Gore 5.1%

Your party enters a deep and dark dungeon… but sacrifices must be made! Control 3 different heroes and use their special abilities to solve tricky puzzles by sacrificing your teammates!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 48.6%, Platformer 17.7%, Adventure 15.4%, 2D 7.9%, Indie 7.4%

Find a way out.

Why similar: Atmospheric 54.5%, Indie 26.3%, Singleplayer 19.1%

Skeleton Hell is a cooperative horror game where you and your friends must work together to find your missing organs and reclaim your humanity. Using your skeletal form, you can solve puzzles and collaborate with each other to escape, while avoiding the dangers that lurk within!

Why similar: Adventure 89.8%, Singleplayer 5.4%, Indie 4.8%

Face the grim reaper at 3 frames per second.

Why similar: Demons 57.5%, Platformer 12.1%, Atmospheric 9.4%, 2D 8.5%, Adventure 6.1%

Something is going on in the elevator of your new home.

Why similar: Adventure 64.9%, Indie 21.2%, Singleplayer 13.8%

The train is the only escape.

Why similar: Gore 51.1%, Adventure 24.5%, Indie 13.1%, Atmospheric 11.3%

Explore terrifying liminal spaces. Horror walking simulator with reality-bending platforming and supernatural threats. Get lost between dimensions.

Why similar: Platformer 53.2%, Adventure 32.4%, Atmospheric 10.6%, Indie 3.8%