Games Like Indirection

A kangaroo named Jade escapes from an evil mad scientist who's obsessed with color! Along the way, she'll hop past vibrant obstacles, kick pesky robots out of the way, and use her new color-switching powers to solve the lab's mysterious puzzles.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 19.6%, 2D Platformer 14.9%, Science 13.7% ★, Level Editor 12.9%, Platformer 12.8%

Play as Dr. Proton and Electron in a world of ⚡Electromagnetism⚡, where two must collaborate to solve puzzles and restore their broken world.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 18.2%, Logic 13.6%, 2D Platformer 13.1%, Science 9.2% ★, Sci-fi 8.4%

A slapstick puzzle-platformer where you clone yourself, swap between copies, and use every double to outsmart deadly traps. Escape the facility. Find out who Dave is.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 24.2%, Platformer 13.4%, Science 13.2% ★, 2D Platformer 12.2%, Puzzle 9.6%

THE BYTE is a Platformer with puzzle elements that Takes place in a deep computing machine. Join and merge with other sites, explore the mysterious system!

Why similar: Science 20.6% ★, Puzzle Platformer 14%, Cyberpunk 12.3%, Platformer 10.6%, 2D Platformer 10.3%

Exographer is an exploration game based on science. Become an explorer, stranded in an alien planet, and discover the secrets of an extinct civilization. Gain new powers to avoid dangers and obstacles in your journey, and use your camera to reveal particles and hidden clues.

Why similar: Science 28.4% ★, Puzzle Platformer 16.6%, 2D Platformer 13.7%, Platformer 11.1%, Puzzle 8.1%

RoboBall is a spatial puzzle game based on physics and logical thinking.

Why similar: Science 20.9% ★, Puzzle Platformer 18.3%, Platformer 12.4%, Level Editor 10.4%, Cyberpunk 8.9%

Entangled is a 2D puzzle platformer where you control two quantum-entangled cat's at once. Solve each puzzle by making use of the two cats to escape a space research facility. Guide them through their journey.

Why similar: Level Editor 21.6%, Puzzle Platformer 14.9%, Science 14.7% ★, Platformer 11.5%, 2D Platformer 10.7%

Revive the boulder dash spirit with OxRox, a modern remake of the 2001 classic RoX with updated graphics, improved UI, controller support and Steam integration. Tackle new puzzles, compete on leaderboards, and explore bonus levels in this nostalgic yet fresh adventure.

Why similar: Level Editor 22.3%, Puzzle Platformer 20.9%, Logic 16.3%, Platformer 15.9%, Puzzle 11.4%

Linksider is puzzle platfomer where you can attach different "Side Effects" to the sides of your character. Utilize these effects creatively and you may discover surprising interactions between them to help you solve various puzzles.

Why similar: Level Editor 24.8%, Puzzle Platformer 22.7%, Logic 16.5%, 2D Platformer 9.8%, Puzzle 9.2%

Welcome to ChromaTec’s test lab! You’re here to test our state-of-the-art military-grade color-technology: The ChromaGun (patent pending)! Use it to solve our meticulously designed test chambers by painting the walls and droids. Remember how to mix colors from pre-school? Then you qualify!

Why similar: Science 24.1% ★, Level Editor 17.2%, Puzzle Platformer 15.1%, Logic 10.5%, Puzzle 7%

A 2D pixel-art platform-puzzle game where you are pure energy and control different robots, combining the unique abilities of each to solve puzzles and restore the energy generators.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 24.3%, 2D Platformer 15.2%, Platformer 13.4%, Science 13.2% ★, Puzzle 9%

Help Blub run through this cute platformer to get home to his friends!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 17.9%, Science 17.1% ★, Platformer 15.3%, 2D Platformer 14.1%, Logic 10.9%

Tiles will copy your moves. Use pencils to draw bridges and get to the next page!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 26.5%, 2D Platformer 21.5%, Platformer 16.1%, Logic 12.8%, Puzzle 11%

Synthetic Hopes is a puzzle game with original and systemic mechanics sparkled with a few platforming action sequences. You are an enslaved android with a shot at freedom in a dystopian cyberpunk setting. Learn the ways of the world and maybe you'll have a chance to break the cycle!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 27.4%, Platformer 17.2%, 2D Platformer 15.5%, Puzzle 11.3%, Cyberpunk 9.5%

The Multi-Medium is a visually unique 2D puzzle platform adventure in which you play as an interdimensional explorer lost in the multiverse. Travel to diverse worlds, each drawn or painted by hand in a different medium and style, in search of your place in the cosmos.

Why similar: Science 24.9% ★, Puzzle Platformer 16.4%, Platformer 11%, 2D Platformer 10.7%, Linear 8.1%

Within Lattice is a 2D logic puzzle game where you swap chunks of tiles in a grid to reach the objective.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 23.6%, Logic 23.4%, 2D Platformer 15.4%, Platformer 11.6%, Puzzle 11.3%

Join T.P.S., protect your squad, help rescue pets, and solve crimes!

Why similar: Logic 18.5%, Puzzle Platformer 15.3%, 2D Platformer 13.1%, Platformer 12.3%, Puzzle 10.1%

Tricky Castle is a 2d puzzle-platformer with mind-bending, out-of-the-box puzzles. Use creative thinking to solve unconventional challenges and escape a castle full of devious traps.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 30.1%, 2D Platformer 18.5%, Platformer 17.8%, Linear 14.5%, Puzzle 12.2%

An attractive puzzle platformer where you use magnetism to escape a factory. Meet a cast of magnet characters and work together to solve logical conundrums.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 23.6%, Platformer 13.2%, Logic 13.1%, 2D Platformer 12.9%, Puzzle 9.6%

Layers is a puzzle platformer that has a unique twist. A level is made of up the 2 different layers which can interact with each other in certain ways. Use this interaction to solve the puzzles and get all the characters to the exit doors.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 23.8%, Level Editor 21.6%, 2D Platformer 15.8%, Platformer 14.1%, Logic 12.6%

A 2D puzzle platformer where you use light and shadow to manipulate the world.

Why similar: Level Editor 19%, Puzzle Platformer 16.1%, Platformer 13.5%, 2D Platformer 12%, Logic 11.5%

Themes of Dark and Light is a 2D puzzle platformer where changing the colour theme will alter the environment.

Why similar: Level Editor 30.3%, Puzzle Platformer 25.4%, 2D Platformer 15.7%, Platformer 9.4%, Logic 8.5%

Gravity Escape is a pixel platform puzzle game where the protagonist, K, accidentally acquires a gravity gun that grants him the ability to manipulate gravity. He must find a way to overcome various dangerous traps and enemies to discover how to escape the planet.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 28.3%, Logic 19.2%, 2D Platformer 17.5%, Puzzle 11.7%, Pixel Graphics 6.7%

The future of humankind is at stake. The planet's energy resources have run out and the need to find an alternative energy source has become the main priority, at any cost. Are you willing to accept your fate in this pixel art puzzle-adventure game set in a futuristic dystopic world?

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 19.8%, Logic 16%, Cyberpunk 15.8%, 2D Platformer 14.6%, Platformer 11.3%

Navigate this puzzle platformer using different "tinctures" to manipulate the world around you. Double-jump, air-dash, and wall-jump your way through this alchemopunk world and uncover why the Alchemical Society is trying to have innovation silenced.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 25.9%, 2D Platformer 16.2%, Cyberpunk 11.4%, Platformer 10.4%, Puzzle 9%

Astortion is a minimalistic, atmospheric puzzle-platformer that revolves around gravity. Explore the ruins of the most pivotal research facility on earth, unlock new abilities that mess with spacetime itself, and get to the bottom of what is going on.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 18.2%, Platformer 15.3%, Logic 12.8%, 2D Platformer 12.1%, Sci-fi 9.5%

Solve puzzles by switching between the perspective of an astronaut and their robot. Flip levers to deactivate lasers, send boxes through portals, and much more to get both characters to the exit doors!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 20.6%, 2D Platformer 13.8%, Platformer 13.3%, Logic 11.6%, Linear 10.4%

A malfunctioning cloning machine is causing more and more clones to spread through an underground laboratory. In this flash-inspired puzzle platformer, solve all the trials thrown your way while trying to find a way to escape.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 22%, Science 17.9% ★, 2D Platformer 16.7%, Platformer 13.3%, Puzzle 9.1%

Historically inaccurate first-person puzzle game. Explore the ancient secrets of the Great Library and navigate through mystical mazes. Manipulate and combine the powers of Force, Energy and Matter to ascend a tower with challenges that rise along with your altitude.

Why similar: Science 31.9% ★, Logic 15.3%, Puzzle Platformer 10.9%, Platformer 10.1%, Puzzle 9.3%

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

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 20.3%, Platformer 16.7%, 2D Platformer 15.3%, Puzzle 10.3%, Logic 8.5%

The quirky Raposa and your drawn hero return in Drawn to Life: Two Realms, the next installment in the beloved franchise! Uncover the mystery of the Shadow and save Mike and his friends.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 22.2%, Platformer 17.3%, 2D Platformer 17.1%, Level Editor 15.3%, Puzzle 11.9%

《Silence Dream》is a indie puzzle game. you could take on the role of musican, change or retain different abilities and take it into difference scence, gradually uncovering the man's past.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 27.5%, 2D Platformer 18.6%, Puzzle 13.3%, Platformer 12.8%, Linear 11.9%

The scientist becomes the subject as the boundaries of quantum mechanics shatter and a cat with poor grammar skills dictates the rules. Where all classic methods fail, being in two places at the same time is Alexander Schrödinger’s only hope of staying alive.

Why similar: Science 22.4% ★, Puzzle Platformer 17.3%, Platformer 11.1%, 2D Platformer 11.1%, Linear 9.2%

A sci-fi cosmic adventure with puzzle platform elements

Why similar: Science 24.6% ★, Puzzle Platformer 14%, Platformer 11.7%, 2D Platformer 10.1%, Sci-fi 8.9%

Play every character simultaneously and reunite them in mind boggling 100 levels

Why similar: Level Editor 27%, Puzzle Platformer 19.2%, 2D Platformer 10.8%, Logic 10%, Platformer 9.1%

Mr. Mat Hematic is a short, fun, 2D platformer puzzle game where you must use given mathematical operations to alter the environment so you can move around. To complete a level, you need to reach the black door.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 23%, 2D Platformer 15.5%, Level Editor 15.4%, Logic 13.4%, Linear 11.9%

WARNING: This game requires you to think for yourself! Ziode Shadow is a 2D platform/puzzle game about a hungover planet explorer, and his unwanted bot companion. He must utilize many different objects, and manipulate his surroundings, enabling both him, and his support pod to navigate the terrain.

Why similar: Science 22.7% ★, Puzzle Platformer 15.8%, 2D Platformer 13.9%, Platformer 12.1%, Sci-fi 8.8%

Fractals is a two-player co-op puzzle platformer where players complete puzzles and challenges using innovative mechanics. Work together to solve physics-based puzzles and go through platforming challenges.

Why similar: Level Editor 17.9%, Puzzle Platformer 17.2%, Platformer 16.7%, 2D Platformer 14.3%, Logic 10.9%

Morphbound is a puzzle adventure where you control experimental “Shapez”. Master the unique abilities of each form. Shift, roll, and manipulate the environment to survive tests. Face the relentless, sarcastic commentary of BISCUIT, the lab's AI. Prove you're NOT just another failed experiment.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 24.9%, 2D Platformer 16.2%, Sci-fi 12.9%, Platformer 12.4%, Puzzle 9.5%

A dark, atmospheric, puzzle-filled indie adventure platformer. It is black and white. Discover secrets hidden around you and try to survive in this limbo.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 29.8%, 2D Platformer 24%, Platformer 18.1%, Puzzle 12.4%, Atmospheric 5.8%

Tired to Fall is a puzzle-platformer where you collect, launch, and transform buddy-leaves into platforms to help a little leaf climb back to its tree. Jump, glide and solve puzzles in an undergrowth packed with spiky chestnuts, acorns, and cannon-mushrooms!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 20.8%, 2D Platformer 15.6%, Platformer 14.3%, Logic 12.7%, Linear 10%

A Trippy Puzzle-Platformer That Literally Plays with Color

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 33.7%, 2D Platformer 16.2%, Puzzle 11.2%, Logic 10.8%, Linear 10.5%

A platform game in which you have to reveal the hidden image of each level by shooting colored bubbles at numbered walls.

Why similar: Level Editor 25.9%, Puzzle Platformer 21.1%, 2D Platformer 14.5%, Platformer 14%, Logic 9.2%

Yeah Jam Fury tests your speed and ingenuity in over 40 levels of smiling face blocks. Utilize all three of your egos to create blocks, scale walls, and destroy everything in the way of your righteous fruit!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 22.7%, Level Editor 20.2%, Platformer 15.2%, 2D Platformer 13%, Logic 12.8%

A fun retro puzzle-platformer game in which you explore ancient ruins with a unique gameplay. By switching the void and solid blocks, build your way to the end of the levels.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 27.6%, 2D Platformer 17.2%, Level Editor 14.3%, Platformer 13.6%, Logic 8.9%

Backpack Boy is off on one of his treks when he discovers a peculiar flashlight that changes the world around him. Explore a seemingly abandoned structure in this puzzle platformer built around mode-swapping.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 25.8%, Platformer 17.1%, Linear 12.8%, Logic 12.6%, Puzzle 11%

You are a robot skateboard and you must reach the exit! Grind rails matching the color of your wheels, avoid bombs and pools of acid, and get to the exit using precision and momentum.

Why similar: Science 25.4% ★, Level Editor 18.4%, Puzzle Platformer 17.6%, Platformer 12.2%, 2D Platformer 11.4%

Prepare to test your wits, agility, and problem-solving skills as you navigate through a series of meticulously crafted one-screen puzzle stages.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 28.5%, 2D Platformer 18.2%, Platformer 16.8%, Logic 9.9%, Puzzle 9.9%

Change the gravity to help the little mouse explorer HomeNaut on his journey to reach the legendary cheese in this puzzle platformer

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 24.4%, Logic 19.3%, 2D Platformer 15.7%, Platformer 15.3%, Puzzle 10.5%

Zeltrus is a fresh take on the puzzle-platformer genre about Obis, a young boy who finds himself trapped in the basement of a building. Help Obis complete challenges, uncover secrets and put an end to this with only his grenades to protect him.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 29.3%, 2D Platformer 23.7%, Sci-fi 12.7%, Platformer 10.7%, Pixel Graphics 6.9%

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 24.6%, Platformer 21.3%, 2D Platformer 18.7%, Puzzle 13.1%, Atmospheric 6.2%

Astrovity's challenging gravity-based movement system allows you to change the gravity in the room! Take in your surroundings and see how gravity can get you through each level by manipulating objects, doors and blocks around you!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 22.6%, 2D Platformer 16.4%, Platformer 15.7%, Linear 11%, Puzzle 8.9%

This is a challenging leisure puzzle game. Players need to make all the balls reach the target point in a limited time, so as to stop the countdown of the time bomb.

Why similar: Level Editor 27%, Puzzle Platformer 26.7%, Platformer 20.7%, Logic 19.1%, 2D 5.4%

Introducing Fields XY a puzzle platformer featuring 3 unique characters, all interacting at once to complete levels both simple and complex.

Why similar: Level Editor 36.7%, Puzzle Platformer 22.5%, Platformer 19%, Puzzle 11%, Pixel Graphics 5.6%

UNBOXING is a puzzle-platformer where death is your key. Die, revive, and solve tricky puzzles using your companion box to return back to life. Will you find the cause of this endless cycle? Will you break free?

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 26.2%, Platformer 16.4%, Linear 13.5%, 2D Platformer 13.4%, Puzzle 11%

In Platform Control you can control both your player character and the platforms he has to jump on to get to the trophy and complete the level. Unlock more and more unique platforms as you progress through the levels and sharpen your problem solving skills!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 26.4%, Logic 20.9%, Platformer 13.5%, Puzzle 12.4%, 2D Platformer 12.2%

Logic Driven Puzzle Platformer set in an uncomfortable dream world, where failures let you pave the way through a deadly environment. Fail, reflect and uncover the way out, while finding quiet comfort in your dog along the way.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 27.4%, 2D Platformer 21.9%, Platformer 16.9%, Puzzle 11.4%, Logic 7.8%

Lulu the little astronaut is trapped in space. Help Lulu escape eternal limbo by jumping from one block to another, solving uniquely crafted puzzles is the only way!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 28.3%, Logic 18.8%, 2D Platformer 14.3%, Platformer 14%, Puzzle 10.4%

Dice Up is a puzzle platformer where you eat food to gain powers. Eat a large block of food to get a single use strong effect, or dice your food up into smaller pieces to gain a weaker effect that you can use multiple times. Determine how to dice up each food to reach the exit.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 22.4%, 2D Platformer 14.8%, Platformer 13.9%, Logic 9.6%, Linear 8.6%

Tasked with finding humanity a new home, a lonely astronaut braves a desolate planet while making a fluffy friend along the way. homebound is a short 2D puzzle platformer that explores the feeling of home.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 22.5%, Platformer 20.6%, 2D Platformer 17.7%, Puzzle 11.8%, Linear 6.7%