- #1 Cloudbuilt
97% matchVery Positive87% of 949 reviews2014
Dev: Coilworks
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Rocket parkour your way through dizzying obstacles and lethal robot hazards, in this 3rd person action platformer with over 40 levels, and even more community levels.
Why similar: Parkour 44.9%, 3D Platformer 13.4%, Level Editor 11.4%, Female Protagonist 9.9%, Platformer 9%
Why You'll Like It: The original title in the series, offering a similar focus on speed, precision, and verticality in a stylized environment.
- #2 Downward: Enhanced Edition
96% matchMostly Positive71% of 566 reviews2017
Dev: Caracal GamesPub: Plug In Digital
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Downward is a first-person open-world parkour based platform adventure set in the medieval ruins of a post-apocalyptic planet Earth. Make your way through breath-taking landscapes, face ancient guardians and unravel the deep mystery that lies behind the disappearance of humanity.
Why similar: Parkour 54.2%, First-Person 11.8%, Platformer 7.4%, 3D Platformer 6.4%, Adventure 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on first-person traversal and parkour in a mysterious, open-world environment.
- #3 Neon White
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 20,663 reviews2022
Dev: Angel MatrixPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 21.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Neon White is a single-player speedrunning FPS where you can sacrifice your guns for godlike parkour moves.
Why similar: Parkour 48.3%, 3D Platformer 16.1%, Platformer 10.6%, First-Person 10.1%, Action 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: Blends high-speed parkour with first-person action, rewarding players for finding the most efficient movement paths.
- #4 Mirror's Edge™
95% matchVery Positive88% of 39,310 reviews2009
Dev: DICEPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%
In a city where information is heavily monitored, couriers called Runners transport sensitive data. In this seemingly utopian paradise, a crime has been committed, & you are being hunted. You are a Runner called Faith and this innovative first-person action-adventure is your story.
Why similar: Parkour 51%, 3D Platformer 10.3%, First-Person 9.8%, Female Protagonist 9.3%, Platformer 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: The definitive first-person parkour experience that set the standard for fluid, momentum-based movement.
- #5 Valley
94% matchVery Positive91% of 6,698 reviews2016
Dev: Blue Isle StudiosPub: Blue Isle Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Explore the vast and beautiful world of Valley using the power of the L.E.A.F. suit: a fierce exoskeleton that grants exceptional speed and agility along with the phenomenal ability to manipulate the life and death of all living things.
Why similar: Parkour 46.7%, First-Person 15.5%, Adventure 8.1%, 3D Platformer 7.1%, Walking Simulator 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: First-person exploration with a focus on parkour-like movement and speed-enhancing mechanics.
- #6 Spectrolite
93% matchVery Positive90% of 52 reviews2021
Dev: Noel Hetei
Windows
Spectrolite is a challenging first-person platformer set in futuristic environments. Combine parkouring with powerful abilities, test your skills in fast paced timed challenges, and follow the call of a mysterious specter while traveling through a ruined world.
Why similar: Parkour 52.7%, First-Person 14.7%, 3D Platformer 9.3%, Runner 7.7%, Platformer 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: Precision first-person platforming that focuses on speed and atmospheric, abstract level design.
- #7 DeadCore
91% matchVery Positive85% of 2,045 reviews2014
Dev: 5 Bits Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 47%
DeadCore is a Platformer-FPS blending exploration and speedrun. Become immersed in a futuristic and dreamlike adventure which will see you climb a huge Tower born from the void and truly put your capabilities to the test. Will you be able to reveal the secrets that lie beneath this fog-ridden world?
Why similar: Parkour 43.3%, Platformer 17%, 3D Platformer 11.7%, First-Person 10.4%, Action 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: Challenging first-person platforming set in a surreal, abstract world that tests your movement skills.
- #8 Refunct
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 17,462 reviews2015
Dev: Dominique Grieshofer
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Refunct is a peaceful, short first-person platformer about restoring a vibrant world.
Why similar: Parkour 49.2%, 3D Platformer 15%, First-Person 9%, Puzzle Platformer 8.2%, Platformer 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A short, atmospheric first-person platformer focused on fluid movement and environmental restoration.
- #9 Ghostrunner
89% matchVery Positive91% of 66,694 reviews2020
Dev: One More LevelPub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 17.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Ghostrunner offers a unique single-player experience: fast-paced, violent combat, and an original setting that blends science fiction with post-apocalyptic themes. It tells the story of a world that has already ended and its inhabitants who fight to survive.
Why similar: First-Person 54.9%, Action 26.4%, Adventure 11%, Singleplayer 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: Fast-paced, first-person parkour-based combat that requires constant movement to survive.
- #10 Red Trigger
90% matchVery Positive89% of 2,025 reviews2016
Dev: Bold Spirit Game Studio
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 29%
Red Trigger is an FPS Puzzle game inspired by Portal, Antichamber and more. Use a gun that can expand or retract red blocks. The catch? You can only expand three blocks at a time - so you need to manage your energy wisely.
Why similar: Parkour 39.6%, 3D Platformer 13.5%, Female Protagonist 11%, Puzzle Platformer 10.3%, First-Person 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person puzzle-platformer where you manipulate the environment to create paths, mirroring Lemma's core mechanic.
- #11 Severed Steel
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 10,200 reviews2021
Dev: Greylock Studio
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%
An intense single-player FPS featuring a stylish movement system, completely destructible levels, and an acclaimed OST.
Why similar: Parkour 38.4%, Voxel 31.7% ★, Female Protagonist 9.9%, First-Person 8.6%, Action 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: Fast-paced first-person action with a heavy emphasis on parkour, stunts, and environmental interaction.
- #12 Superliminal
87% matchVery Positive95% of 33,950 reviews2020
Dev: Pillow Castle
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Perception is reality. In this mind-bending first-person puzzler, you escape a surreal dream world through solving impossible puzzles using the ambiguity of depth and perspective.
Why similar: Surreal 27.7%, First-Person 23.9%, Puzzle Platformer 13.8%, Puzzle 13.7%, Psychological Horror 10%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal, first-person perspective-based puzzle game that shares the abstract, dreamlike feel of Lemma.
- #13 Pseudoregalia
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 18,813 reviews2023
Dev: rittzler
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Deep within the realm of sleep, Sybil finds herself pulled to a distorted castle. Grow strong, and unlock new abilities to build up a deep movement system, fight enemies, find secrets, and free the weary soul of Castle Sansa, in this retro-inspired 3D Platformer Metroidvania.
Why similar: Parkour 43.9%, 3D Platformer 18.7%, Female Protagonist 13.4%, Surreal 9.2%, Platformer 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: While third-person, it captures the same focus on fluid, momentum-based movement and exploration in a surreal world.
- #14 A Story About My Uncle
88% matchVery Positive92% of 29,238 reviews2014
Dev: Gone North GamesPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
A Story About My Uncle is a first person platforming adventure game about a boy who searches for his lost uncle, and ends up in a world he couldn’t imagine existed. The movement is a crucial part of the games core gameplay – focusing on swinging through the world with a grappling hook that gives the player a wonderful sense of speed and...
Why similar: Adventure 52.3%, Parkour 27.1%, First-Person 7.4%, Platformer 3.8%, 3D Platformer 3.5%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person platformer centered on unique grappling mechanics that allow for fluid, aerial traversal.
- #15 Cyber Hook
86% matchVery Positive95% of 4,183 reviews2020
Dev: Blazing StickPub: Graffiti Games
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Speed through a gorgeous retrowave world using parkour skills and a grappling hook to scale and ride walls in this fast-paced, 3D platformer. Blast enemies, manipulate time and abuse physics to avoid falling to your death.
Why similar: Parkour 50.5%, 3D Platformer 16.4%, First-Person 12.4%, Platformer 9.4%, Action 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: High-speed parkour with a grappling hook in a neon, abstract environment that emphasizes flow.
- #16 Skybound
85% matchVery Positive91% of 80 reviews2025
Dev: Half Home GamesPub: DADIU
Windows
Skybound is a 3D exploration platformer focused on fun, fluid movement mechanics, parkour and environmental puzzle solving.
Why similar: Parkour 37.7%, Runner 12.6%, Platformer 10.5%, Puzzle Platformer 10.3%, Female Protagonist 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: A casual platformer that emphasizes exploration and movement in a stylized, low-poly aesthetic.
- #17 Mirror's Edge™ Catalyst
84% matchMostly Positive80% of 16,517 reviews2020
Dev: DICEPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Mirror's Edge™ Catalyst raises the action-adventure bar through fluid, first person action and immerses players in Faith's story as she fights for freedom.
Why similar: Parkour 42.2%, 3D Platformer 9.9%, Female Protagonist 9.7%, Runner 9.2%, First-Person 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: The open-world successor to the original parkour classic, offering more freedom in how you navigate the city.
- #18 Matter
84% matchVery Positive89% of 175 reviews2018
Dev: Uki Uki Lab
Windows · Mac
Dive into a mystical world where gravity crumbles and landscapes transform. Matter is a dreamlike platformer, a contemplative and abstract journey. Explore a strange universe in 30 minutes of serene parkour, where matter and sound harmonize with your actions. A unique sensory experience awaits!
Why similar: Parkour 45.1%, Surreal 11.6%, First-Person 10.7%, Puzzle Platformer 9.8%, Platformer 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: Atmospheric exploration with a focus on stylized, abstract environments and a sense of discovery.
- #19 Clustertruck
82% matchVery Positive94% of 18,490 reviews2016
Dev: LandfallPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Clustertruck is a chaotic physics based truckformer. Jump your way through insane levels in a game of "the floor is lava" on top of speeding trucks driven by terrible drivers.
Why similar: Parkour 64.4%, 3D Platformer 10.7%, First-Person 10.6%, Action 4.6%, Level Editor 3%
Why You'll Like It: Physics-based first-person platforming that requires constant, frantic movement across moving objects.
- #20 Etherborn
83% matchMostly Positive73% of 451 reviews2019
Dev: Altered MatterPub: Akupara Games
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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: 3D Platformer 16.5%, Puzzle Platformer 14.9%, Beautiful 14.4% ★, Platformer 12.2%, Female Protagonist 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: Surreal, gravity-defying platforming that shares the abstract, dreamlike quality of the seed game.
- #21 Verlet Swing
82% matchVery Positive88% of 712 reviews2018
Dev: Flamebait Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 42 minMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Verlet Swing brings you energetic swinging in a world that would be best described as a fever dream. Swing fast, don't crash and reach the goal as fast as possible!
Why similar: 3D Platformer 26.5%, Level Editor 19.7%, Action 16.3%, Surreal 14.9%, Indie 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: A physics-based swinging game that emphasizes momentum, speed, and rhythmic movement.
- #22 Solar Ash
81% matchVery Positive90% of 1,499 reviews2022
Dev: Heart MachinePub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
From the creators of the award-winning Hyper Light Drifter comes the high-speed and gravity-bending world of Solar Ash.
Why similar: 3D Platformer 36.2%, Platformer 25.6%, Adventure 15.3%, Action 15%, Atmospheric 7%
Why You'll Like It: Surreal, movement-focused platforming that emphasizes speed, flow, and large-scale traversal.
- #23 Brush Burial
80% matchVery Positive88% of 287 reviews2023
Dev: Knife Demon Software
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 1.4 hrs≥1hr: 42%
A lo-fidelity First Person Snatcher inspired by the immersive sims of yesteryear. Play as Fennel, a knife-wielding swamp devil with an eye for gold and a penchant for violence. Use your tail to toy with your prey: grab and fling objects, climb impossible heights, and knock your enemies off balance.
Why similar: Parkour 45.6%, Surreal 15.9%, Female Protagonist 11.6%, First-Person 10.6%, Platformer 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: Surreal, atmospheric exploration that captures a similar sense of isolation and mystery in its world design.
- #24 VHOLUME
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,371 reviews2026
Dev: Nathan GrangePub: IronEqual
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 54%
VHOLUME is a melancholic first-person parkour adventure set in a dystopian brutalist city where bureaucracy turns a simple task into an odyssey.
Why similar: Parkour 48.4%, 3D Platformer 11.5%, First-Person 11.3%, Runner 9.8%, Platformer 6.8%
- #25 Titanfall® 2
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 285,471 reviews2020
Dev: Respawn EntertainmentPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 24.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
Why similar: Parkour 72.4%, First-Person 16%, Action 8.3%, Singleplayer 3.4%
Why You'll Like It: Features some of the best first-person movement and parkour mechanics in modern gaming, particularly in its campaign.
- #26 LOST EMBER
79% matchVery Positive88% of 5,178 reviews2019
Dev: Mooneye Studios
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Explore the remains of a fallen world from fascinating perspectives! Slip into the role of different animals to uncover the fate of an ancient world. Dive into deep waters, fly at lofty heights, dig underground as a mole or even climb steep cliffs with a mountain goat, there are lots of ways of getting around.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.2%, Female Protagonist 29%, Adventure 12.8%, Atmospheric 11.5%, Action 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: Exploration-focused game with a focus on fluid movement and environmental interaction in a beautiful world.
- #27 Rising Islands
81% matchMixed60% of 113 reviews2016
Dev: Lone Hero Studios
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Rising Islands is an adventure game where you’ll have to combine fast-paced action with quick thinking. Jump, shift, grind, dash and wallrun through a fantastic world that is fraying at the edges. New challenges await around every corner.
Why similar: Parkour 42.5%, 3D Platformer 12.7%, Female Protagonist 11.4%, Platformer 10.9%, Adventure 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A 3D platformer that focuses on environmental manipulation and traversal through floating islands.
- #28 Hover
78% matchMostly Positive80% of 2,165 reviews2017
Dev: Midgar StudioPub: Nacon
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 45%
Experience the thrills of a fast-paced single and multiplayer Parkour game. Join the Rebellion and deride the security forces of an anti-leisure tyranny. Rise up to the many challenges of a futuristic Open World. Assemble your team, enhance your gear and perform incredible tricks and combos.
Why similar: Parkour 50.6%, 3D Platformer 14.4%, Platformer 10.5%, Adventure 6.1%, First-Person 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: A parkour-focused game with a vibrant, futuristic aesthetic and an emphasis on open-world traversal.
- #29 Luna Sky
79% matchMixed60% of 229 reviews2015
Dev: Vovoid Media Technologies ABPub: KISS ltd
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Momentum-driven old school platformer with modern graphics & physics with a focus on exploration. Offers precision and on later levels a lot of speed. Each world brings new abilities & gameplay
Why similar: Female Protagonist 33%, Adventure 23.9%, Action 21.6%, Indie 15.8%, Singleplayer 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: An indie adventure that features platforming elements and a similar surreal, atmospheric tone.
- #30 Yerba Buena
74% matchVery Positive86% of 56 reviews2026
Dev: Mad About PandasPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Dive into a surreal 1970s gameworld and save San Francisco from a sinister threat. Play as Barb, and use the Oscillator to capture and reapply the physical traits of objects to solve mind-bending environmental platforming puzzles.
Why similar: Surreal 15%, 3D Platformer 14.8%, First-Person 13.9%, Female Protagonist 13.8%, Puzzle Platformer 12.7%
- #31 Qbeh-1: The Atlas Cube
77% matchVery Positive88% of 724 reviews2014
Dev: Liquid FlowerPub: Digital Tribe
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 95%
A serene first-person puzzle platformer set across strikingly beautiful worlds. Place and remove cubes to solve handcrafted puzzles, discover hidden secrets, and lose yourself in an atmosphere unlike anything else. Includes a full level editor and Steam Workshop support.
Why similar: Parkour 21.3%, Level Editor 11.3%, First-Person 11.2%, Puzzle Platformer 9.7%, 3D Platformer 9.5%
- #32 NaissanceE
76% matchVery Positive84% of 4,402 reviews2014
Dev: Limasse Five
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 44%
NaissanceE is an obscure and magical first person exploration game, a philosophical trip and an artistic experience. The adventure takes place in a primitive mysterious structure and the game mainly consists to explore and feel the deep and strong ambiance of this atemporal world.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 15%, Surreal 14.7%, First-Person 14.3%, Parkour 9.6%, Beautiful 7.1% ★
- #33 Vectromirror 0™
75% matchVery Positive86% of 463 reviews2020
Dev: The Vectromirror InitiativePub: Burnout Game Ventures
Windows
Become the Test Subject and attempt to complete a challenging experiment to awaken emotional responses in your Artificial Intelligence. Jump, wall-run, and parkour your way through the free-to-play prequel to the upcoming game.
Why similar: Parkour 39.6%, 3D Platformer 9.6%, Beautiful 8.8% ★, Platformer 7.4%, Runner 7.3%
- #34 Curyeux
73% matchVery Positive94% of 130 reviews2025
Dev: Campus ADN 2024-2025Pub: Campus ADN
Windows
Dive into the mind of Lucienne, a tormented painter. Leap through emotional memories, solve puzzles where shapes deceive and emotion leads the way. A dreamlike platformer where each painting brings you one step closer to yourself.
Why similar: Surreal 22%, 3D Platformer 21.3%, Female Protagonist 16.3%, Puzzle Platformer 11.8%, Platformer 9.9%
- #35 MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition
76% matchMixed65% of 1,425 reviews2014
Dev: Pantumaca BarcelonaPub: Talking About Media
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
MIND: Path to Thalamus is a First Person Puzzler that throws you into a fantastic and surreal environment. You will bend the natural elements to your will in order to progress in this emotive, mindbending tale. Now also in Virtual Reality!
Why similar: Surreal 19.5%, Walking Simulator 19.4%, First-Person 13.5%, Adventure 10%, Puzzle 9.3%
- #36 Gorge
74% matchVery Positive89% of 88 reviews2021
Dev: Boaz Leshman
Windows
Gorge is a first-person puzzle-platformer, where you use telekinesis and wall-running to solve challenging interconnected obstacle courses.
Why similar: Parkour 40.1%, 3D Platformer 14.3%, Puzzle Platformer 12%, First-Person 11.7%, Platformer 8.4%
- #37 Grey Area
73% matchVery Positive88% of 52 reviews2023
Dev: Electric Prune Juice
Windows
A tough platformer following a girl diving over the heads of terrifying creatures and bouncing off walls to traverse a mysterious, unsettling world that's so much bigger than her: the "world between all worlds"
Why similar: Platformer 30%, Surreal 24.5%, Action 17.4%, Female Protagonist 16.7%, Atmospheric 8.5%
- #38 LOST EMBER - VR Edition
75% matchMixed47% of 109 reviews2022
Dev: Mooneye Studios
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 24%
Explore the remains of a fallen world from fascinating perspectives! Slip into the role of different animals to uncover the fate of an ancient world. Dive into deep waters, fly at lofty heights, dig underground as a mole, climb steep cliffs with a mountain goat, and many more!
Why similar: VR 33.7%, Walking Simulator 27.3%, Female Protagonist 27.2%, Atmospheric 4.8%, Adventure 4.8%
- #39 EQI
72% matchVery Positive87% of 238 reviews2021
Dev: Chopin et al.Pub: Hyperstrange
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 55%
EQI is a trippy first-person arcade game with spatial puzzles, and a synthwave soul. You find yourself in a digital world that twists and changes around you, challenging your senses, focus, and reflexes. Interface with the great mystery and transcend.
Why similar: Parkour 38.6%, First-Person 13.4%, Surreal 12.7%, 3D Platformer 10.8%, Platformer 8%
- #40 JETRUNNER
69% matchVery Positive96% of 138 reviews2025
Dev: Riddlebit SoftwarePub: Curveball Games
Windows
JETRUNNER is a parkour FPS, with cel shaded, comic like visuals, and a gameplay loop that can be best described as Trackmania meets Titanfall. Rich, expressive movement, and tight gunplay is what JETRUNNER is all about.
Why similar: Parkour 38.6%, 3D Platformer 12.5%, Female Protagonist 11.7%, First-Person 10.2%, Runner 9.1%
- #41 Master Reboot
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 700 reviews2013
Dev: Wales Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Imagine a world where death is no longer final, where precious memories are saved to enjoy forever, where your soul is immortal. Master Reboot is a haunting first-person sci-fi adventure.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 15.9%, Surreal 15.4%, First-Person 12.1%, Female Protagonist 11.9%, Psychological Horror 11.4%
- #42 Inertia
72% matchVery Positive83% of 712 reviews2017
Dev: Loneminded
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Inertia is a first-person platformer with free-running aspects. Inspired by various other free-running and movement based games/game-modes.
Why similar: Parkour 33.2%, Level Editor 21.5%, 3D Platformer 14.9%, Beautiful 8.4% ★, Runner 7.3%
- #43 SATORI
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 50 reviews2021
Dev: EMOTION THEORY
Windows
SATORI is a flow-inducing first-person platformer -- wall-run, air-dash, grapple-swing, and rail-grind through infinitely generated open worlds and experience the freedom of meditative free-running.
Why similar: Parkour 59.8%, First-Person 15.5%, 3D Platformer 14.8%, Platformer 9.9%
- #44 BETON BRUTAL
68% matchVery Positive94% of 1,292 reviews2023
Dev: Jan Malitschek
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Climb a massive overgrown concrete tower while constantly at risk of falling and losing precious progress. BETON BRUTAL offers a fluid and responsive first person parkour experience through tranquil brutalist architecture.
Why similar: Parkour 60%, 3D Platformer 19.7%, Platformer 7.7%, Psychological Horror 5.4%, Atmospheric 4.3%
- #45 Into the Dangerous World I Leapt
70% matchVery Positive80% of 60 reviews2021
Dev: Infant Ambivalence ProjectPub: Harry Hedman
Windows
Follow Idony on a journey to find her brother Edus in a strange factory where the walls between dimensions are thin.
Why similar: Surreal 25.3%, Female Protagonist 18%, Platformer 17.3%, First-Person 16.1%, Puzzle 9.5%
- #46 Lingo
68% matchVery Positive94% of 819 reviews2021
Dev: Brenton Wildes
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 30.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Lingo is a first person word puzzle game with a large, abstract world to explore. With its epiphany-driven gameplay and impossible geometry, Lingo provides a unique and nonlinear experience.
Why similar: First-Person 28.6%, Surreal 28.4%, Puzzle 15%, Indie 9.3%, Adventure 7.4%
- #47 Desert Parkour
71% matchMixed60% of 53 reviews2021
Dev: Prince Game Studio
Windows
Desert Parkour is a first-person 3D platformer game, where player progress through levels using parkour skills and by throwing a rope with a grappling hook.
Why similar: Parkour 51.8%, 3D Platformer 19.2%, First-Person 12.8%, Platformer 7.2%, Action 6.1%
- #48 Lorn's Lure
67% matchVery Positive86% of 2,823 reviews2024
Dev: Rubeki Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
An android is led through a vast structure by a glitch in his visual system. Lorn's Lure is an atmospheric narrative first-person platformer with novel climb-anything mechanics and modernized retro 3D graphics.
Why similar: Parkour 56.3%, 3D Platformer 16.1%, Platformer 8.2%, First-Person 6.8%, Adventure 4.7%
- #49 Valkyrie Saga
66% matchVery Positive92% of 290 reviews2026
Dev: Public Void
Windows
Join Roll the Valkyrie as she subverts fate in a retro indie platformer taking after PSX classics. Climb, dash, jump, and glide your way up a falling sky island, to stop it from destroying the world below.
Why similar: Parkour 43.3%, 3D Platformer 14.3%, Level Editor 12.9%, Female Protagonist 8.6%, Platformer 8.4%
- #50 Monument Valley
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 8,796 reviews2022
Dev: ustwo games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Embark on a journey of forgiveness through impossible environments and illusionary puzzles. Experience this meditative and calming puzzle game by manipulating monuments and creating evolving paths to explore new, surreal, and mysterious worlds.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 28.7%, Puzzle 18.5%, Puzzle Platformer 17.1%, Adventure 16%, Beautiful 8.5% ★
- #51 Glass Wings
69% matchVery Positive82% of 71 reviews2023
Dev: Violet Angel Interactive
Windows
Glass Wings is a fast paced third-person parkour platformer. Explore a stunning minimalist world in a series of linear courses in which your only objective is to complete the level. No combat, no story - just run.
Why similar: Parkour 42.8%, 3D Platformer 12.7%, Runner 11.4%, Female Protagonist 10.8%, Platformer 7.6%
- #52 Fantastic Contraption
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 272 reviews2016
Dev: Northway Games
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 52%
A surreal building game for VR. Create life-sized contraptions as tall as you can reach, then send them whirling, flinging, and trundling off to solve puzzles on the other side of a floating island. There are no right or wrong solutions, so bring your creativity.
Why similar: VR 25.1%, Level Editor 20.8%, First-Person 15.2%, Puzzle Platformer 15.2%, Puzzle 8.2%
- #53 FORM
69% matchVery Positive91% of 982 reviews2017
Dev: Charm Games
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Enter a surreal adventure where puzzles are built from dreams and memories. Solve the mystery behind an ancient artifact. Advance through a world that transforms around you. Transcend this existence.
Why similar: VR 27.5%, Surreal 22.4%, First-Person 17.6%, Adventure 9.1%, Atmospheric 7.6%
- #54 Celestial Hacker Girl Jessica
70% matchVery Positive98% of 50 reviews2018
Dev: girl software
Windows · Mac
A surreal 3D platformer about a marble girl named Jessica. Roll around, explore the multiverse, hack computers, dodge lasers, and eat cake!
Why similar: Action 55.6%, Indie 44.4%
- #55 BAIONLENJA
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 517 reviews2025
Dev: BAION
Windows
First-Person Adventure that focuses on Source-Engine inspired movement physics. Explore an impossibly huge research facility using physics-breaking abilities granted by a mysterious fossil monolith. Evolve to reach new areas and fight strange machines roaming the laboratories.
Why similar: Parkour 49.4%, 3D Platformer 17.7%, First-Person 16.1%, Platformer 10%, Atmospheric 4.8%
- #56 Frame of Mind
67% matchVery Positive94% of 941 reviews2021
Dev: [SAMPLE TEXT] Studios ltd
Windows
In Frame of Mind, you are placed in a world where logic is escaping you. Each area of the game defies reason, requiring you to think outside the box in order to solve the illogical and escape madness.
Why similar: 3D Platformer 19.5%, Surreal 15%, Puzzle Platformer 14.8%, Walking Simulator 14.6%, First-Person 13.6%
- #57 Fractured Horizon
67% matchVery Positive96% of 99 reviews2024
Dev: Rune van der LeiPub: Hogeschool West-Vlaanderen
Windows
Fractured Horizon is a fast-paced parkour game, where you use Gravity Fields to traverse through a shattered world. Manipulate gravity, leap between the platforms and overcome obstacles in this speedrunning 3D platformer.
Why similar: 3D Platformer 25.8%, Runner 21.2%, First-Person 18.1%, Platformer 17.8%, Adventure 11.4%
- #58 Exertus
68% matchVery Positive85% of 306 reviews2019
Dev: Loneminded
Windows · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Through use of the fluid movement set and dynamic level elements, players have the simple aim of getting from point A to point B, either by using the beaten path or the off-path environment within semi-linear levels.
Why similar: Parkour 43.7%, 3D Platformer 13.9%, First-Person 11.1%, Beautiful 10.7% ★, Platformer 9.2%