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 41.7%, Local Co-Op 26%, Puzzle 8.1%, Multiplayer 6.9%, Online Co-Op 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: Players are physically tethered together, forcing them to use momentum and shared movement to navigate environmental puzzles.

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

Why similar: Co-op 22.7%, Local Co-Op 20.4%, Online Co-Op 15.7%, Platformer 8.3%, Puzzle 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on synchronized movement and physics-based puzzles that demand precise control and constant communication.

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 27.2%, Co-op 24.3%, Online Co-Op 18.2%, Platformer 8.3%, Puzzle 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: Features elemental and gravity-based mechanics that mirror the world-altering puzzles found in ibb & obb.

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

Why similar: Co-op 44.3%, Platformer 20%, Puzzle 17.1%, Puzzle Platformer 14.1%, Action 2.5%

Why You'll Like It: The co-op campaign is the gold standard for physics-based puzzle platforming that requires deep coordination and spatial awareness.

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 26.1%, Local Co-Op 24.1%, Online Co-Op 18.3%, Puzzle Platformer 6.8%, Puzzle 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: Weight-based and switching mechanics mirror the gravity-flipping gameplay and require constant cooperation.

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

Why similar: Local Co-Op 35.3%, Co-op 35%, Puzzle 12.6%, Local Multiplayer 4.3%, Difficult 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based puzzle game that requires high levels of communication and careful coordination to avoid deadly traps.

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

Why similar: Online Co-Op 22.9%, Co-op 22.3%, Local Co-Op 19.8%, Multiplayer 9.2%, Puzzle Platformer 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: Demands extreme coordination and timing for platforming challenges that are impossible to solve alone.

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 29.6%, Co-op 26%, Platformer 10.6%, Puzzle 7.9%, Puzzle Platformer 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: Physics-based movement and cooperation are central to the experience as you navigate a chariot through treacherous terrain.

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 32%, Local Co-Op 26.7%, Online Co-Op 20.5%, Puzzle Platformer 8.3%, Puzzle 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: Requires two players to control a single entity, creating a shared physical fate similar to the bond in ibb & obb.

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 40%, Local Co-Op 23.1%, Online Co-Op 14.7%, Multiplayer 7.3%, Puzzle 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: The premier cooperative puzzle-platformer that constantly introduces new mechanics requiring perfect player synergy.

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

Why similar: Co-op 25.2%, Local Co-Op 17.9%, Platformer 13.4%, Online Co-Op 13.4%, Puzzle Platformer 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: Physics-based puzzle platforming that rewards players for combining their distinct character abilities to overcome obstacles.

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 28.9%, Local Co-Op 20.6%, Online Co-Op 13.7%, Puzzle Platformer 7.8%, Platformer 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: Requires intense communication to solve complex puzzles under pressure in a cute, cooperative setting.

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 30.6%, Online Co-Op 29%, Local Co-Op 10.7%, Puzzle Platformer 7.7%, Multiplayer 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: A unique puzzle experience that forces players to see the world differently, requiring constant verbal synchronization.

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 36.9%, Local Co-Op 27.5%, Online Co-Op 18.4%, Multiplayer 7.1%, Adventure 3%

Why You'll Like It: A beautiful, non-verbal co-op puzzle platformer that relies on the unique abilities of two distinct characters.

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 34%, Local Co-Op 26.3%, Online Co-Op 12.3%, Platformer 7.1%, Multiplayer 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: Demands precise platforming and tethered cooperation, emphasizing the difficulty of moving as a pair.

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 30%, Local Co-Op 17.1%, Puzzle 10.9%, Multiplayer 8.1%, Platformer 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: Whimsical puzzle-platforming with a cute, minimalist aesthetic that feels very similar to ibb & obb.

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 41.9%, Local Co-Op 15.1%, Puzzle 12.9%, Puzzle Platformer 10.6%, Multiplayer 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: Physics-based movement that relies on clumsy but rewarding cooperation to solve environmental puzzles.

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 31.2%, Local Co-Op 18.2%, Online Co-Op 12.9%, Platformer 12.1%, Multiplayer 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: Platforming challenges that reward cooperative play and creative use of the environment.

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 38.3%, Online Co-Op 21.6%, Puzzle 14.9%, Local Co-Op 12.3%, Multiplayer 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: Requires players to share information across different screens to solve interconnected puzzles.

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 38.8%, Local Co-Op 31.6%, Multiplayer 10.2%, Platformer 6.5%, Local Multiplayer 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: Physics-based platforming that emphasizes the hilarity of shared failure and the necessity of working together.

Lost in a frozen wasteland and split up from your partner inside an abandoned castle, the only possession you have left is a walkie-talkie with a familiar voice on the other end. Can the two of you find your way out in time?

Why similar: Co-op 49.2%, Online Co-Op 21.2%, Puzzle 14.4%, Multiplayer 10.5%, Adventure 2.3%

Why You'll Like It: A pure communication-based puzzle game where players must describe their surroundings to solve puzzles together.

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 36.6%, Co-op 33.7%, Puzzle 15.7%, Multiplayer 7.2%, Family Friendly 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: Asymmetric co-op that requires constant verbal synchronization to complete high-stakes missions.

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 48.9%, Online Co-Op 20.1%, Platformer 11.5%, Puzzle Platformer 7.9%, Multiplayer 7%

Why You'll Like It: Demands extreme coordination while physically linked to your partner, making every jump a shared risk.

The best-selling Trine series returns to the magic of 2.5D! Join three iconic heroes as they set off on a quest through fantastical fairytale landscapes to save the world from the Nightmare Prince’s shadows.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 25.2%, Co-op 21%, Online Co-Op 18.3%, Puzzle Platformer 8%, Platformer 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: Refined physics-based puzzle platforming with a focus on co-op synergy and character-specific interactions.

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 26.5%, Local Co-Op 23.1%, Online Co-Op 17.9%, Platformer 11.7%, Multiplayer 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: Physics-based platforming that relies on chaotic, shared movement to navigate difficult levels.

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 38.8%, Co-op 16.6%, Platformer 15%, Puzzle 7.1%, Puzzle Platformer 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: Atmospheric puzzle-platforming designed specifically for two players to navigate a harsh environment.

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 21.3%, Local Co-Op 17%, Platformer 9%, Multiplayer 8.1%

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 30.4%, Co-op 28.4%, Platformer 10.3%, Puzzle 9%, Puzzle Platformer 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A split-screen puzzle platformer where players manipulate the screen itself to create paths for each other.

"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 42.3%, Co-op 32.7%, Puzzle 11.5%, Indie 3.9%, Adventure 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: Cooperative puzzle-solving using unique character abilities that must be used in tandem.

Welcome to Escape Academy. Train to become the ultimate Escapist. Solve Puzzles. Hack Servers. Meet the Faculty. Brew the perfect cup of tea. Escape Rooms in single player or co-op with a friend - local or online!

Why similar: Local Co-Op 27.6%, Co-op 26.8%, Online Co-Op 22.7%, Puzzle 11.5%, Multiplayer 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on collaborative puzzle-solving in a structured environment that rewards logical thinking.

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 13.5%, Multiplayer 7.1%, Cute 6.9%, Local Multiplayer 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: Cute, physics-based platforming that requires constant cooperation to navigate color-coded obstacles.

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 25.3%, Local Co-Op 24.7%, Online Co-Op 17.3%, Platformer 9.6%, Puzzle 8.9%

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: Local Co-Op 24.7%, Co-op 20%, Platformer 13.9%, Puzzle Platformer 10.8%, Puzzle 8.2%

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 30.1%, Local Co-Op 27.9%, Online Co-Op 21.5%, Multiplayer 7.8%, Local Multiplayer 4%

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

Why similar: Co-op 32.9%, Local Co-Op 20.1%, Online Co-Op 12.8%, Platformer 12%, Multiplayer 6.1%

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 42.8%, Co-op 31.8%, Multiplayer 9.5%, Local Multiplayer 5.1%, Indie 3.1%

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 31.9%, Online Co-Op 23.9%, Platformer 8.4%, Multiplayer 7.3%, Puzzle Platformer 6.3%

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 40.6%, Local Co-Op 26.6%, Online Co-Op 18.1%, Multiplayer 4.7%, Local Multiplayer 2.6%

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 47.6%, Online Co-Op 21.5%, Puzzle 14.5%, Local Co-Op 7.7%, Multiplayer 5.8%

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 25.5%, Local Co-Op 21.9%, Platformer 12.1%, Puzzle 9.7%, Great Soundtrack 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 32.2%, Online Co-Op 24.4%, Co-op 24.4%, Multiplayer 9.1%, Local Multiplayer 2.2%

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 22.5%, Platformer 11.1%, Multiplayer 7.4%, Puzzle 6.7%

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 25.9%, Local Co-Op 23.4%, Online Co-Op 18.1%, Platformer 8.7%, Puzzle Platformer 6.9%

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 38.4%, Online Co-Op 17.3%, Platformer 15%, Multiplayer 13.3%, Local Multiplayer 4.9%

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 25.1%, Local Co-Op 22.2%, Online Co-Op 18%, Puzzle 7.9%, Puzzle Platformer 7.3%

Puzzling Action for One or Two Players.

Why similar: Co-op 30.4%, Local Co-Op 24.7%, Platformer 10.7%, Puzzle 9.4%, Puzzle Platformer 9.4%

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 15.9%, Platformer 12.9%, Puzzle 9.3%, Puzzle Platformer 7.7%

"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 25.9%, Online Co-Op 25%, Puzzle Platformer 17.3%, Cute 10%, Adventure 5.7%

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 28.6%, Online Co-Op 20%, Local Co-Op 19.7%, Platformer 8.1%, Multiplayer 5.5%

Work together to solve puzzles and escape a desert island in this stylized multiplayer co-op adventure. Success requires more than just you and your partner thinking alike - you'll have to communicate and stay In Sink to overcome the challenges ahead.

Why similar: Co-op 37.2%, Online Co-Op 28.6%, Puzzle 12.9%, Multiplayer 9.4%, Family Friendly 4.7%

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 33.5%, Local Co-Op 33.1%, Multiplayer 7.2%, Indie 5.4%, Local Multiplayer 4.9%

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 32.8%, Local Co-Op 32%, Platformer 8%, Multiplayer 7.9%, Puzzle 7%

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 44.1%, Co-op 17.4%, Platformer 16.5%, Difficult 8.4%, Multiplayer 3.5%

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 29.9%, Platformer 11.1%, Puzzle Platformer 10.2%, Puzzle 4.7%

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 23.7%, Online Co-Op 22%, Local Co-Op 17.7%, Platformer 9.9%, Puzzle 9.1%

Team up as two quirky construction workers in this fun 2-player co-op platformer! Carry a fragile glass window through colorful levels filled with challenges. Communicate and coordinate to dodge obstacles and solve puzzles. Can you finish the job without breaking the glass?

Why similar: Co-op 37.6%, Online Co-Op 23.6%, Platformer 12.2%, Puzzle Platformer 9.8%, Multiplayer 9%

Fling to the Finish is a cooperative racing game where teammates are tethered together by a stretchy elastic rope. Get up close and personal with your partner to maneuver two characters bouncing, rolling, and flinging their way to the finish line!

Why similar: Local Co-Op 32.4%, Online Co-Op 25.9%, Platformer 12.1%, Multiplayer 8.9%, Cute 5.4%

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 33.1%, Local Co-Op 15.1%, Online Co-Op 13.5%, Platformer 11.9%, Puzzle Platformer 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 30.8%, Local Co-Op 30.1%, Platformer 12.6%, Puzzle 9.2%, Puzzle Platformer 7.8%

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 45.3%, Online Co-Op 25.8%, Puzzle 13.6%, Multiplayer 7.3%, Cute 3.9%