Games Like Hue

Figment is an action-adventure game that invites you to explore a unique surreal universe filled with music, humor and multi layered narrative. Join Dusty and his ever-optimistic friend, Piper, on an adventure through the different sides of the mind seeking to restore the courage that's been lost.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 34.1%, Puzzle 23.8%, Adventure 13.7%, Indie 11.2%, Colorful 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: Shares a vibrant, musical, and artistic approach to puzzle-adventure gameplay.

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 23.5%, Great Soundtrack 17.5%, Platformer 14%, Puzzle 12.3%, Indie 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer where you deform the world itself to progress, matching Hue's focus on changing the environment.

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 25.8%, Narration 19.7%, Platformer 19%, Side Scroller 9.9%, Colorful 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven puzzle-platformer that uses minimalist design to tell an emotional story similar to Hue.

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 33.3%, Platformer 18.5%, Puzzle 18.5%, Side Scroller 11%, Colorful 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: Features creative perspective-shifting puzzles that challenge your spatial awareness in a 2D environment.

Discover the beautiful world of Nihilumbra and join Born on his adventure to find himself whilst trying to escape from his inevitable curse. Born was created from the absolute nothingness: The Void. But somehow he separates himself from the black emptiness and appears in the world.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 21.2%, Platformer 17.9%, Puzzle 15%, Great Soundtrack 11.9%, Narration 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: Features a dark, atmospheric world where you manipulate the environment with different colors to gain abilities.

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 23.8%, Puzzle Platformer 18.9%, Platformer 17%, Great Soundtrack 11.1%, Adventure 11%

Why You'll Like It: A beautiful, physics-based puzzle-platformer that relies on environmental interaction and emotional storytelling.

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 43.6%, Platformer 16%, Puzzle 15.8%, Great Soundtrack 9.5%, Indie 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: A genre-defining puzzle-platformer that uses time manipulation mechanics to challenge your logic just as Hue uses color.

A top-down adventure game in a coloring book world full of vibrant characters. Use painting powers to explore, solve puzzles, make friends, and draw on anything! From creators on Wandersong + Celeste.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 30.5%, Indie 18.7%, Adventure 18.2%, Puzzle 12.9%, Colorful 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on color and painting the world to solve puzzles and explore.

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 23%, Great Soundtrack 22%, Puzzle 21%, Puzzle Platformer 11.1%, Adventure 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: Uses light and shadow manipulation to navigate the world, echoing Hue's core mechanic of environmental alteration.

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 27.9%, Puzzle 23%, Great Soundtrack 21%, Puzzle Platformer 10.2%, Indie 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: A masterpiece of perspective-shifting puzzles that rewards exploration and lateral thinking.

Seasons After Fall is a 2D platform-puzzler game that will let you dive into a captivating universe and explore a land governed by magic and nature.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 21.6%, Puzzle Platformer 21.4%, Platformer 19.6%, Adventure 9%, Puzzle 8%

Why You'll Like It: Uses environmental manipulation—specifically changing seasons—to alter the world and solve puzzles.

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 29.5%, Puzzle Platformer 21.1%, Platformer 15.5%, Great Soundtrack 12.6%, Indie 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric puzzle-platformer that uses cloning mechanics to solve complex spatial challenges.

Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 36.9%, Platformer 14%, Puzzle Platformer 13.9%, Indie 8.6%, Puzzle 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: An emotionally resonant platformer with a stunning art style that emphasizes atmospheric puzzle solving.

A puzzle game with challenging puzzles, but forgiving mechanics. Master the use of your color changing staff to solve mind bending puzzles, unlock new areas, and help out your friends. Undo any mistake with the press of a button.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 32.2%, Puzzle 21.7%, Colorful 10.9%, Side Scroller 10.5%, Adventure 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A logic-heavy puzzle game that uses color-based mechanics to gate progress and challenge the player.

Transform the world of Hob! A new action-adventure from Runic Games, the award-winning studio behind Torchlight I and II. It's your chance. Make it home.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 22.1%, Platformer 18.4%, Puzzle 16.7%, Adventure 13.3%, Metroidvania 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: An adventure game that features world-shifting mechanics that physically alter the landscape.

A unique adventure game filled with beautiful puzzles all hand-drawn in an original 2D style . Out of Line follows the adventures of San in a quest to escape the Factory that was once home. Dive into a story set in a mysterious world that is revealed through multiple chapters.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 34.1%, Platformer 17.5%, Puzzle 16.5%, Colorful 7.3%, Adventure 6%

Why You'll Like It: A hand-drawn puzzle-platformer that focuses on environmental interaction and narrative depth.

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 32.4%, Puzzle 24.7%, Great Soundtrack 18.1%, Indie 11.8%, Adventure 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: A recursive puzzle game that forces you to think about space and logic in ways similar to Hue.

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 27.7%, Puzzle 26.8%, Puzzle Platformer 21.7%, Indie 9.9%, Great Soundtrack 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: Uses light and shadow to reveal platforms, mirroring Hue's mechanic of making objects visible or invisible.

Dive into the wondrous world of the Inops! The 2D puzzle based side scrolling adventure of dark and light. Battle the fire breathing demons and rescue the scattered Inops.

Why similar: Adventure 27.6%, Indie 25.3%, Puzzle Platformer 16.1%, Great Soundtrack 14%, Side Scroller 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer that focuses on controlling multiple characters to solve environmental challenges.

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

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 40.9%, Platformer 28%, Puzzle 24%, Story Rich 3.7%, Singleplayer 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive puzzle-platformer that shares Hue's focus on clever, logic-based progression.

Gorogoa is an elegant evolution of the puzzle genre, told through a beautifully hand-drawn story designed and illustrated by Jason Roberts. Winner of Debut Game at the 2018 BAFTA Games Awards, as well as Best Mobile Game and the Innovation Award at the GDC 2018 Choice Awards.

Why similar: Puzzle 51.3%, Great Soundtrack 17.7%, Indie 10.9%, Adventure 7.9%, 2D 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: A unique visual puzzle game that requires manipulating layers and perspectives to reveal the path forward.

DYE is a challenging precision platformer where you help Hue rescue Pigments and defeat the nefarious Necrolights in order to restore color to the world! Jump, wall jump and float your way through 4 unique worlds with hundreds of challenges ranging from beginner to advanced level.

Why similar: Platformer 24.3%, Great Soundtrack 20.8%, Indie 14.4%, Adventure 14.1%, Colorful 12.2%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, colorful platformer that emphasizes precision and environmental navigation.

Challenge perception, redefine reality, and reshape the world around you with an instant camera. Viewfinder is a new single player game offering gamers hours of interesting and fun experiences while uncovering the mysteries left behind.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 32.9%, Narration 19.6%, Puzzle 17.7%, Platformer 12.1%, Adventure 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: A perspective-based puzzle game that allows you to alter the environment by placing photos into the world.

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 31.8%, Platformer 24.2%, Puzzle 22.7%, Colorful 7.8%, Adventure 7.4%

Amphora is a peculiar puzzle game that mixes story elements and physics. Amphora presents you with an unfamiliar world with a striking visual style inspired by all the shadow theatre traditions and colors of the world.

Why similar: Puzzle 28.6%, Great Soundtrack 27.6%, Indie 12.8%, Adventure 12.2%, Colorful 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, atmospheric puzzle game that encourages creative thinking to solve its challenges.

Welcome to the Museum! Machinika Museum is a mystery game where you discover beautiful and mysterious machines of extra-terrestrial origins in an atmospheric galaxy-spanning 3D puzzle game. Will you be able to understand their stories and discover what happened to their previous owner?

Why similar: Puzzle 38%, Narration 28.9%, Adventure 13.4%, Indie 13%, Story Rich 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: A tactile puzzle game that emphasizes observation and interaction with complex mechanical objects.

You are stranded on a strange and peculiar planet. It’s time to embark on your journey and find your way home! Explore a gravity defying and challenging platformer with striking visuals and a captivating story that transports you to a world beyond ours.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 36.1%, Platformer 21.4%, Puzzle 10%, Indie 9.9%, Adventure 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: A charming puzzle-platformer that uses gravity-defying mechanics to navigate complex levels.

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 39.9%, Puzzle 17.7%, Platformer 14.7%, Side Scroller 7.1%, Indie 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer centered on swapping between characters to overcome environmental obstacles.

Create your own paths combining the different elements available in this uniquely crafted world. Immerse yourself in a relaxing experience where your actions shape not only your surroundings but also your fate.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 23.2%, Great Soundtrack 23.1%, Adventure 14.7%, Indie 13.1%, Puzzle 12.2%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric exploration game that focuses on emotional narrative and environmental puzzles.

SLUDGE LIFE is a first-person / open-world / vandalism-centric stroll through a polluted island full of cranky idiots and a vibe so thick you can taste it.

Why similar: Adventure 50.5%, Indie 49.5%

VVVVVV is a platform game all about exploring one simple mechanical idea - what if you reversed gravity instead of jumping?

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 35.9%, Platformer 31.5%, Indie 10.6%, 2D Platformer 6.5%, 2D 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: A gravity-shifting platformer that challenges your reflexes and spatial logic in a 2D space.

"TurnOn" tells the spellbinding tale of a brave alien creature and its striking journey through blackout world, in an incredibly colorful and detailed platformer without platforms.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 24.2%, Great Soundtrack 18.1%, Platformer 16.5%, Adventure 10.8%, Indie 10%

Why You'll Like It: A unique platformer where you play as a spark of electricity, focusing on lighting up a dark world.

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 35.4%, Platformer 20.1%, Puzzle 17.6%, Adventure 8.5%, Indie 7.9%

A single-player journey of discovery through an ancient world of wonders, created by solo developer Jonas Manke.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 32.7%, Platformer 20.1%, Puzzle 17.2%, Colorful 9.4%, Adventure 9%

In this award-winning puzzle adventure game, play as the Traveler on a quest to reunite the Peoples of the Tower. Observe, listen, and decipher ancient languages in a fascinating universe inspired by the Myth of Babel.

Why similar: Puzzle 37.3%, Great Soundtrack 14.9%, Adventure 12.3%, Puzzle Platformer 11.2%, Colorful 11%

Colored Effects is a puzzle platformer game where you use different abilities to advance through levels. Each color grants a unique ability. Switch between the colors and their effects to collect gems, defeat bosses, and solve fun puzzles.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 36.3%, Puzzle 19.3%, Platformer 17.2%, Colorful 7.1%, Side Scroller 6.7%

A nonviolent musical 3D Platformer The land of Groovy Hue was once bursting with music and color until the Great Slumber. Take control of Newt, a new tone in this musical land. Awakening this sleeping, silent world is Newt's rite of passage. Restore music, life, and color to the your world!

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 19.7%, Platformer 18.5%, Adventure 17.1%, Indie 16.4%, Puzzle 13.7%

Color Symphony 2 is a puzzle action platformer that utilizes the ambiguity of color. Try to eliminate obstacles or find new paths by using color!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 31.1%, Platformer 22.3%, Puzzle 16.1%, Indie 11.8%, Side Scroller 10.1%

Linelight is an elegant puzzle game set in a world of lines.

Why similar: Puzzle 37.7%, Great Soundtrack 26.7%, Indie 18.4%, Adventure 13.1%, Casual 4.1%

In Ynglet, you jump, dash, slide, bounce and float your way through an abstract, effervescent sky. Melt into the reactive, dynamic soundtrack, while beautiful colors make every moment a visual treat.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 35.7%, Platformer 18%, Puzzle 16.2%, Colorful 10%, Adventure 6.1%

Hoa is a beautiful puzzle-platforming game that features breathtaking hand-painted art, lovely music, and a peaceful, relaxing atmosphere.

Why similar: Platformer 31.3%, Puzzle Platformer 23.1%, Adventure 14.3%, 2D Platformer 12.5%, Indie 12%

The Last Campfire is an adventure, a story of a lost ember trapped in a puzzling place, searching for meaning and a way home.

Why similar: Puzzle 26.1%, Puzzle Platformer 25.9%, Narration 21.7%, Adventure 11.2%, Indie 8.8%

Blink into a world of after-images, where you can walk on light. Solve puzzles by manipulating lights and blinking between worlds. Explore hand drawn landscapes while uncovering the secrets behind this strange power.

Why similar: Adventure 52.5%, Indie 47.5%

OneShift is a puzzle platformer where the player has the ability to freeze/unfreeze time and shift through worlds to collect blue cubes. But only one world can be active at a time. Later in the game, a world rotating mechanic is unveiled, which makes everything more complex!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 33.7%, Great Soundtrack 22%, Puzzle 21.5%, Indie 9.6%, Adventure 9%

Control the flow of time to solve puzzles in this new version of the indie classic, featuring fully repainted artwork, a new world of puzzles, and seriously in-depth commentary.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 30.6%, Narration 18%, Platformer 17.8%, Puzzle 15.8%, Colorful 6.3%

The Sojourn is a first-person puzzle game set in an immersive colour-drenched world of light and darkness. Think your way through dozens of puzzles as you traverse parallel worlds, awaken mysterious artifacts and overcome challenging obstacles on an unforgettable journey.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 26.7%, Great Soundtrack 21.9%, Puzzle 20.5%, Colorful 9.9%, Adventure 8.8%

Smash skeletons, defeat dragons, and battle giant golems in Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep: A Wonderlands One-Shot Adventure. Experience the acclaimed 2013 quest that started it all in this standalone campaign jam-packed with fantasy, fun, and mountains of magical loot!

Why similar: Adventure 69.9%, Story Rich 22.5%, Singleplayer 7.6%

An inventive, thought-provoking puzzle platformer. Use powerups in each environment, and your own inherent gravity-bending powers, to complete each level. The more you play, the more story details you'll uncover.

Why similar: Platformer 28.5%, Puzzle 19.5%, Great Soundtrack 19.1%, Indie 16.6%, Adventure 8.3%

A musical platforming adventure with an emotional story. Play as a silly bard and use music to interact with everything on a journey around the world. Along the way you'll explore, solve puzzles, and meet a huge cast of characters!

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 36.3%, Platformer 14.8%, Adventure 13.5%, Colorful 11.2%, Indie 10.4%

Spectrum is a platformer set in an abstract world of stylized shapes and bright colors. Escape from 80 levels spread in 8 mysterious environments.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 33.1%, Platformer 26.4%, Adventure 18%, Indie 16.3%, Side Scroller 6.2%

Humanity is enslaved by an AI… which is awesome, because we’re on the right side of the conflict. Exploit puny humans to extract power and build your own empire!

Why similar: Indie 36.4%, Great Soundtrack 30.4%, 2D 24.5%, Singleplayer 8.7%

Delve into an environmental puzzle platformer built on exploring and understanding gravity-shifting structures. You are a voiceless being that has just been born into a world where a bodiless voice awaits your arrival. Go forth and seek your purpose.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 25.3%, Great Soundtrack 25.1%, Platformer 14.6%, Puzzle 14.1%, Adventure 6.8%

“Ori and the Blind Forest” tells the tale of a young orphan destined for heroics, through a visually stunning Action-Platformer crafted by Moon Studios.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 35.8%, Platformer 23.4%, Metroidvania 14.3%, Adventure 7.1%, Puzzle 6.1%

Maquette is a first-person recursive puzzle game that takes you into a world where every building, plant, and object are simultaneously tiny and staggeringly huge.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 29.1%, Puzzle 22.8%, Great Soundtrack 13.9%, Adventure 13.5%, Indie 12.5%

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 31.4%, Great Soundtrack 17.3%, Platformer 16.7%, Adventure 10.1%, Indie 10%

All of the color has been wiped from Huey's world! Run, jump, dash, swipe, and pogo your way through this hand-drawn platformer to restore color to the land.

Why similar: Platformer 41.7%, Adventure 20.1%, Colorful 11.6%, Side Scroller 11.4%, Indie 7.1%

Catch a wave in this smooth sound-surfing platformer: Let ethereal tunes carry you fluidly through serene abstract landscapes, tune into soothing sound spheres and revel in a meditative journey of life.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 25.1%, Puzzle 24.4%, Platformer 19.3%, Colorful 8.8%, Adventure 8.7%

A profound experience that carries players into an unknown and mysterious world surrounded by carefully designed puzzles...

Why similar: Puzzle 34.7%, Great Soundtrack 31.4%, Indie 23.8%, 2D 7.5%, Singleplayer 2.5%

Warhammer 40,000: Gladius – Relics of War brings you to a world of terror and violence. Four factions will engage in a brutal war for dominance over the planet’s resources. In the first turn-based 4X strategy game set in Warhammer 40,000 you will lead one of four unique factions.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 89.1%, Singleplayer 10.9%