Games Like ibb & obb

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: Co-op 41.3%, Local Co-Op 26.5%, Puzzle 8.2%, Multiplayer 6.8%, Online Co-Op 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: Like ibb and obb, this features charming physics-based platforming built fundamentally around a close physical connection between two players.

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: Co-op 39.8%, Local Co-Op 23.4%, Online Co-Op 14.5%, Multiplayer 7.3%, Puzzle 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: Both games offer brilliantly designed, strictly two-player cooperative campaigns packed with imaginative mechanics and seamless teamwork.

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: Co-op 25.9%, Local Co-Op 24.3%, Online Co-Op 18.1%, Puzzle Platformer 6.9%, Puzzle 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game mirrors ibb and obb's core focus on dual-character physics manipulation and cooperative puzzle-solving.

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

Why similar: Co-op 22.5%, Local Co-Op 20.5%, Online Co-Op 15.5%, Platformer 8.4%, Puzzle 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: You will find a similar emphasis on precise, synchronized movement and delightful cooperative problem-solving in a vibrant world.

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: Local Co-Op 27.5%, Co-op 24.1%, Online Co-Op 17.9%, Platformer 8.5%, Puzzle 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: This atmospheric puzzle-platformer shares ibb and obb's clever use of environmental dualities to shape cooperative progression.

Death Squared is a co-op puzzle game about cooperation, communication, and robot explosions. You should buy it!

Why similar: Local Co-Op 35.5%, Co-op 34.7%, Puzzle 12.6%, Difficult 4.3%, Local Multiplayer 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: Both titles require meticulous communication and spatial reasoning to guide two distinct entities through tightly constructed puzzle chambers.

Three heroes make their way through a fairytale world of forgotten ruins, scheming goblins and impossible contraptions. Play alone and switch between wizard, knight and thief at will, or bring up to two friends, in online or local co-op.

Why similar: Co-op 24.1%, Local Co-Op 23.8%, Online Co-Op 17.5%, Platformer 11.3%, Puzzle Platformer 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a similarly magical cooperative puzzle-platforming experience where multiple unique abilities must combine to overcome obstacles.

You and your friend are trapped in a mystical world. As time ebbs away you must solve increasingly complex puzzles to escape. Cooperation is key as neither of you have the full picture! Play on two devices, local or remotely, all you need is a voice connection.

Why similar: Co-op 38.2%, Online Co-Op 21.3%, Puzzle 15.2%, Local Co-Op 12.3%, Multiplayer 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: Both games excel at requiring two players to share distinct perspectives of the same reality to solve interconnected puzzles.

KeyWe is a cute, co-operative postal puzzler starring Jeff and Debra, two small kiwi birds working in a whimsical post office. They must jump, flap, peck and butt-slam their way across an interactive landscape of levers, bells and buttons to get those messages delivered on time!

Why similar: Co-op 28.8%, Local Co-Op 20.7%, Online Co-Op 13.4%, Puzzle Platformer 7.9%, Platformer 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: It demands the same rigorous coordination and frantic problem-solving as you manage shared objectives with a partner.

PICO PARK is a cooperative local/online multiplay action puzzle game for 2-8 players.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 22.5%, Co-op 22.3%, Local Co-Op 19.9%, Multiplayer 9.2%, Puzzle Platformer 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: Like ibb and obb, it distills cooperative platforming down to pure, screen-sharing communication challenges.

Embark on a journey to give his majesty the ride of his afterlife. Guide a chariot containing the King's remains through underground caves using physics-based mechanics such as pushing, pulling, riding and swinging.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 29.7%, Co-op 25.7%, Platformer 10.7%, Puzzle 8%, Puzzle Platformer 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: This physics-based co-op platformer shares ibb and obb's heavy emphasis on momentum, positioning, and protecting your partner.

Grab your best bud for help in this new co-op challenge to help two adorable penguins, Bread and Fred, reach the top of the snowy summit. Time your jumps, cling to walls and swing across gaps to see how far you can make it before you tumble all the way back down the mountain.

Why similar: Co-op 33.8%, Local Co-Op 26.6%, Online Co-Op 12.1%, Platformer 7.2%, Multiplayer 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: This punishing yet rewarding cooperative platformer tests your literal connection to your partner in a similar fashion.

A physics-based puzzle platformer in breathtaking 2.5D. A haunted prince's nightmares are leaking into the waking world — chase him down as wizard, knight and thief, solving puzzles of fire, water, light, magnets, electricity and more. Play solo or with up to three friends, online or in local co-op.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 26.2%, Co-op 25.1%, Online Co-Op 19.2%, Platformer 8.6%, Puzzle Platformer 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: It continues the tradition of magical physics puzzles and cooperative platform exploration.

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

Why similar: Co-op 44%, Platformer 20.2%, Puzzle 17.2%, Puzzle Platformer 14.2%, Action 2.5%

Why You'll Like It: The legendary cooperative campaign matches ibb and obb's genius for mind-bending spatial puzzles requiring flawless communication.

In PHOGS! you play as a duo of dogs on a captivating, puzzle-filled adventure. Linked by a stretchy belly, you’ll need to bark, bite and bounce your way through obstacles set across the themed worlds of Food, Sleep and Play, in co-op or single-player.

Why similar: Co-op 31.9%, Local Co-Op 27%, Online Co-Op 20.2%, Puzzle Platformer 8.5%, Puzzle 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: You share a whimsical cooperative journey where physical tethering and synchronized stretching mirror ibb and obb's bond.

Blanc is an artistic cooperative adventure that follows the journey of a wolf cub and a fawn stranded in a vast, snowy wilderness. They must come together in an unlikely partnership to find their families.

Why similar: Co-op 36.8%, Local Co-Op 27.8%, Online Co-Op 18.2%, Multiplayer 7.1%, Adventure 3%

Why You'll Like It: This wordless, beautifully animated cooperative adventure captures the same gentle, trusting cooperative spirit as ibb and obb.

The Past Within is the new co-op experience from Rusty Lake! Play together with someone you deem trustworthy: one in The Past, the other in The Future. Observe and communicate what you see around you. Solve the puzzles and uncover Albert Vanderboom’s plan.

Why similar: Co-op 47.9%, Online Co-Op 21.1%, Puzzle 14.7%, Local Co-Op 7.8%, Multiplayer 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: This strictly two-player co-op puzzle game captures the same mandatory communication loop seen in ibb and obb.

BOKURA is a two-player puzzle adventure game. Play as two boys who ran away from their homes and work together to take yourselves somewhere far, far away. Relive the friendship of your childhood through the journey of two boys.

Why similar: Co-op 30.5%, Online Co-Op 28.8%, Local Co-Op 10.7%, Puzzle Platformer 7.8%, Multiplayer 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: This puzzle adventure plays with your shared perspectives to create a uniquely cooperative challenge.

Partner up with your friend online and set sail for an unforgettable puzzle adventure in this bite-sized standalone We Were Here experience. Work together to overcome brain-teasing challenges and make fun memories, using your best communication, teamwork and trust skills.

Why similar: Co-op 45.5%, Online Co-Op 25.5%, Puzzle 13.7%, Multiplayer 7.3%, Cute 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: A bite-sized cooperative puzzle experience focused purely on testing how well you and a friend communicate.

"Tiny Brains" is a cooperative action puzzler that follows four super-powered lab animals in their attempt to escape a mad scientist's experiments. In this joyously chaotic multiplayer game, the four "Tiny Brains" must combine their unique physics-based powers to navigate through a trick-ridden maze.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 42.5%, Co-op 32.4%, Puzzle 11.5%, Indie 3.9%, Adventure 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: Both titles feature frantic physics-based puzzle gameplay centered around distinct character abilities working in unison.

Welcome to BattleBlock Theater! You’ve got no where to go but up...on stage. Play single player or co-op to free your friends and save Hatty Hattington! Jump, solve and battle your way through a mysterious theater inhabited by highly technological felines.

Why similar: Co-op 31%, Local Co-Op 18.3%, Online Co-Op 12.7%, Platformer 12.2%, Multiplayer 6%

Why You'll Like It: A fantastic cooperative platformer with whimsical aesthetics and clever level design.

It takes two to save the world in this cooperative spy adventure. Pair up with a friend as Agent or Hacker—with only your voices to connect you—and work together to bring a hi-tech global menace to its knees. Now with a FREE CONTENT UPDATE!

Why similar: Online Co-Op 36.5%, Co-op 33.8%, Puzzle 15.8%, Multiplayer 7.2%, Family Friendly 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers an asymmetric cooperative experience where two players must constantly talk to bridge their separate worlds.

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: Co-op 41.7%, Local Co-Op 15.2%, Puzzle 12.9%, Puzzle Platformer 10.7%, Multiplayer 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its bouncy, physics-driven world offers a similarly chaotic yet cooperative platforming playground.

PICO PARK is back with all new levels! Play with 2-8 players locally or online in this co-op action-puzzle game!

Why similar: Co-op 26.7%, Online Co-Op 20.9%, Local Co-Op 17.3%, Platformer 9.1%, Multiplayer 8%

Why You'll Like It: Extends the pure multiplayer puzzle-platforming formula of the original with new mechanics.

Ultimate Chicken Horse is a party platformer game where you build the level as you play, placing traps and hazards to screw your friends over, but trying not to screw yourself.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 38.6%, Online Co-Op 17%, Platformer 15.2%, Multiplayer 13.2%, Local Multiplayer 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: While more competitive, it shares the clever platform-building and shared puzzle-layout mindset.

You both awaken imprisoned inside the sinister Castle Rock - were you betrayed, or simply not that clever? Find out in the greatest co-op puzzle adventure in the We Were Here Series! Do you and your partner have what it takes to face the dark forces of this realm or will you be trapped… forever?

Why similar: Co-op 39.9%, Online Co-Op 33%, Puzzle 15.5%, Multiplayer 8.5%, Adventure 2.3%

Why You'll Like It: This puzzle adventure relies entirely on verbal synchronization and distinct viewpoint sharing, much like ibb and obb.

Overcooked is a chaotic couch co-op cooking game for one to four players. Working as a team, you and your fellow chefs must prepare, cook and serve up a variety of tasty orders before the baying customers storm out in a huff.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 43.1%, Co-op 31.5%, Multiplayer 9.5%, Local Multiplayer 5.1%, Indie 3.1%

Why You'll Like It: It tests your communication and synchronized workflow under pressure in a similar vein to strict co-op games.

Bound together by the magical artifact Trine, a wizard, a knight and a thief journey through a fairytale world of great castles and strange machinery. Solve puzzles, overcome obstacles and battle the undead! Play solo or in 1–3 player online or local co-op.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 26.6%, Co-op 26.2%, Online Co-Op 19.3%, Platformer 10.2%, Puzzle Platformer 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: The foundational fantasy puzzle-platformer relies on combining character strengths like ibb and obb.

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: Co-op 29.7%, Local Co-Op 17.2%, Puzzle 10.9%, Multiplayer 8%, Platformer 7.5%

Unrailed! is a co-op multiplayer game where you have to work together with your friends to build a train track across endless procedurally generated worlds. Master random encounters with its inhabitants, upgrade your train and keep it from derailing!

Why similar: Co-op 29.9%, Local Co-Op 28.4%, Online Co-Op 21.3%, Multiplayer 7.8%, Local Multiplayer 4%

As your final hour approaches, a large structure looms up in the distance, towering above the relentless storm. Discover the truth behind this dark castle in a communication-based, cooperative puzzle adventure.

Why similar: Co-op 40.3%, Online Co-Op 31.4%, Puzzle 14.2%, Multiplayer 8.6%, Adventure 2.5%

Why You'll Like It: Another strong entry in the co-op puzzle genre that demands deep collaboration and clear communication.

Heave Ho is a riotous multiplayer party game for up to four players in couch co-op and versus play, or online with Steam Remote Play. Reach out, get a grip, and swing to victory — or meet your messy end!

Why similar: Co-op 38.6%, Local Co-Op 31.7%, Multiplayer 10.1%, Platformer 6.6%, Local Multiplayer 4.8%

The Trine heroes in full 3D. Explore a fairytale world of breathtaking sceneries and enchanting creatures, solving puzzles as wizard, knight and thief, alone or together in online or local co-op.

Why similar: Co-op 26.8%, Local Co-Op 25.4%, Online Co-Op 18.6%, Platformer 9.1%, Puzzle Platformer 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: Translates the cooperative physics and puzzle-platforming formula into three dimensions.

Split Fiction meets Portal! Bytebond is an electrifying online & couch co-op puzzle game that challenges you to regain control over an infected CPU. Dive into the heart of a PC with your friend and become the ultimate Antivirus Special Forces duo.

Why similar: Co-op 25.1%, Local Co-Op 24.9%, Online Co-Op 17%, Platformer 9.8%, Puzzle 9%

Embrace mind-blowing moments as you’re pulled deep into the many worlds of Split Fiction, a boundary-pushing co-op adventure.

Why similar: Co-op 40.4%, Local Co-Op 26.8%, Online Co-Op 18.1%, Multiplayer 4.6%, Puzzle Platformer 2.6%

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: Local Co-Op 38.7%, Co-op 16.3%, Platformer 15.2%, Puzzle 7.1%, Puzzle Platformer 5.3%

"There's something I can't tell you..." Explore new frontiers of co-op gaming in BOKURA: planet, a puzzle adventure game that you can only play with two players. Take on the role of a spaceship's exploration crew and try to escape from the red planet you crash-landed on.

Why similar: Co-op 26%, Online Co-Op 24.8%, Puzzle Platformer 17.4%, Cute 10%, Adventure 5.7%

Play as an exiled 'wum' looking for a new home in this bizarre but charming world, filled with strange creatures, puzzles, monsters and political chaos.

Why similar: Co-op 25.2%, Local Co-Op 22%, Platformer 12.2%, Puzzle 9.7%, Great Soundtrack 6.8%

A co-op climbing game about two stuck-together toys on an escape mission from their evil owner.

Why similar: Co-op 32.8%, Local Co-Op 20.2%, Online Co-Op 12.6%, Platformer 12.2%, Multiplayer 6.1%

Grab a friend and get squishy! Putty Pals is the ultimate co-op platformer, challenging two players to work together and overcome puzzles in a bright and beautiful world.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 37.9%, Platformer 13.6%, Multiplayer 7%, Cute 6.9%, Local Multiplayer 6.6%

DYO is a mind-bending cooperative platformer for one or two players where you can hop between two halves of a split screen.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 30.5%, Co-op 28.1%, Platformer 10.4%, Puzzle 9.1%, Puzzle Platformer 8.6%

Moving Out is a ridiculous physics-based moving simulator that brings new meaning to "couch co-op"! Are you ready for an exciting career in furniture? As a newly certified Furniture Arrangement & Relocation Technician, you’ll take on moving jobs all across the busy town of Packmore.

Why similar: Co-op 33.7%, Local Co-Op 33.1%, Multiplayer 7%, Indie 5.4%, Local Multiplayer 4.9%

A cooperative puzzle-platformer! Join a cute spider and bee on a thrilling adventure! Solve puzzles together, enjoy fun PvP minigames, and face epic boss battles!

Why similar: Co-op 29.7%, Local Co-Op 28.6%, Platformer 10.3%, Puzzle Platformer 7.6%, Multiplayer 5.8%

Bloody Trapland is a fast-paced multiplayer platformer where the levels are filled with dozens of dangerous traps and tricky jumps that stand in your way! Play co-op with your friends or take on the challenges on your own. With support for up to 4 players at once, local and/or online.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 32.1%, Online Co-Op 23.5%, Platformer 8.5%, Multiplayer 7.2%, Puzzle Platformer 6.4%

A physics-based co-op platformer about a guy in a rabbit costume! Team up with a friend or three (local or online) to beat levels, find hidden carrots and race against the clock. Experience bunny madness. Embrace carrot chaos. Become Super Bunny Man.

Why similar: Co-op 26.3%, Local Co-Op 23.4%, Online Co-Op 17.6%, Platformer 11.8%, Multiplayer 6.8%

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: Co-op 25.8%, Local Co-Op 23.6%, Online Co-Op 17.8%, Platformer 8.8%, Puzzle Platformer 6.9%

One player navigates. One player creates. Linebound is a 2D asymmetric co-op puzzle platformer where one player navigates the world while the other draws platforms in real time. Progress is only possible through communication.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 40.2%, Co-op 15.7%, Platformer 13.1%, Puzzle 9.3%, Puzzle Platformer 7.7%

Puzzling Action for One or Two Players.

Why similar: Co-op 30.1%, Local Co-Op 24.8%, Platformer 10.8%, Puzzle Platformer 9.4%, Puzzle 9.4%

Biped 2 is a coop action adventure game with a strong focus on moment-to-moment collaboration alone or between 2 or 4 players.

Why similar: Co-op 24.9%, Local Co-Op 22.4%, Online Co-Op 17.8%, Puzzle 7.9%, Puzzle Platformer 7.4%

With BADLAND: Game of the Year Edition, experience the multi-award-winning action adventure like never before - redesigned for Steam.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 31.3%, Co-op 22.3%, Platformer 11.2%, Multiplayer 7.4%, Puzzle 6.7%

Overcooked returns with a brand-new helping of chaotic cooking action! Journey back to the Onion Kingdom and assemble your team of chefs in classic couch co-op or online play for up to four players. Hold onto your aprons… it’s time to save the world again!

Why similar: Local Co-Op 32.6%, Co-op 24.3%, Online Co-Op 24%, Multiplayer 9%, Local Multiplayer 2.2%

Take on the hard yet fair world of Bloody Trapland. Jump, slide, dash and dodge your way through the many deadly levels. Find secrets, solve puzzles, unlock mysteries and unravel the story. Go at it alone or bring your friends along for a co-op experience like no other. 1-4 players online and/or splitscreen.

Why similar: Co-op 28.5%, Local Co-Op 19.9%, Online Co-Op 19.7%, Platformer 8.2%, Puzzle Platformer 5.5%

Sujefa is co-op puzzle platformer where two players can play as Rock, Paper or Scissors. Work together to solve puzzles and reach the end. Play online or locally on a shared screen.

Why similar: Co-op 23.6%, Online Co-Op 21.7%, Local Co-Op 17.8%, Platformer 10%, Puzzle 9.2%

A precision co-op platformer where the only obstacle is falling. Bring a friend along and work together as you face the brutal challenges that await you both on this climb! Can you both make it Two the Top?

Why similar: Online Co-Op 43.6%, Co-op 17.3%, Platformer 16.8%, Difficult 8.6%, Multiplayer 3.5%

Pile Up! ticks all the right boxes as a family-friendly cooperative 3D platformer! Jump up, slide down, play together and carry the load!

Why similar: Co-op 32.5%, Local Co-Op 32.2%, Platformer 8.1%, Multiplayer 7.8%, Puzzle 7.1%

Venture together with your friends on an unknown planet. Use color switching, match-3 shooting, and artifact powers to overcome challenges and keep advancing. What lies ahead of you is an adventure filled with wonder, hope, and much more to discover!

Why similar: Co-op 37.8%, Local Co-Op 16.5%, Platformer 13.7%, Puzzle 11.4%, Online Co-Op 10.8%

Kinduo is a local cooperative game where two elemental friends overcome obstacles to return to their island, push boxes, use electricity to connect objects, break ice blocks, blow things up and more in this cute and colorful co-op game!

Why similar: Local Co-Op 34.9%, Co-op 29.6%, Platformer 11.2%, Puzzle Platformer 10.3%, Puzzle 4.7%

Climb up from the depths of Hell. Scale various worlds solo or chained together with your friends in the 1-4 player platforming sensation.

Why similar: Co-op 49%, Online Co-Op 19.8%, Platformer 11.5%, Puzzle Platformer 8.1%, Multiplayer 7%

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: Co-op 30.5%, Local Co-Op 30.1%, Platformer 12.7%, Puzzle 9.3%, Puzzle Platformer 7.8%

As highly qualified goose parents, work together to bring your little egg home safely. Every crack makes it harder to control, every mistake more hilarious. A co-op physics game for 2 or 4 players about teamwork, clumsiness and honking. HONK!

Why similar: Co-op 32.8%, Local Co-Op 15.2%, Online Co-Op 13.3%, Platformer 12%, Puzzle Platformer 7.2%