Games Like Life Goes On: Done to Death

Your party enters a deep and dark dungeon… but sacrifices must be made! Control 3 different heroes and use their special abilities to solve tricky puzzles by sacrificing your teammates!

Why similar: Dark Humor 28%, Puzzle Platformer 19.6%, Platformer 15.6%, Funny 12.6%, Puzzle 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: You must strategically sacrifice your party members to use their corpses as platforms and tools, perfectly capturing the spirit of the seed game.

A puzzle platformer with a new twist on co-op and single player gameplay. Solve puzzles, platforming challenges, and encounter dangerous monsters and traps that require you to KILL and resurrect your brother to advance! Death is just part of the adventure.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 23.7%, Platformer 23.1%, Comedy 16.3%, Puzzle 12.8%, Fantasy 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game features a core mechanic where you must kill your characters to solve puzzles, mirroring the sacrifice-based gameplay of the seed game.

Possess the living, aid the dead and flip between the worlds of Flipping Death - a puzzling adventure platformer where you find yourself filling in for Death. Maybe your new powers will help you solve the mystery of your own demise?

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 60.3%, Indie 19.5%, Adventure 16.5%, 2D 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: A charming puzzle-platformer with a dark, supernatural theme that emphasizes creative environmental manipulation.

Flick hapless Critters around to get them safely out of each level! Dodge all sorts of lethal goodies like spikes, buzzsaws, and fire, and use a variety of wacky items to pull it off.

Why similar: Dark Humor 32.1%, Platformer 18.1%, Comedy 17.8%, Puzzle 12.8%, Great Soundtrack 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: This title combines a cute aesthetic with dark humor and puzzle-platforming mechanics that reward creative destruction.

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

Why similar: Dark Humor 33.1%, Funny 23%, Family Friendly 20%, Puzzle 18%, Casual 2.6%

Why You'll Like It: This puzzle game focuses on navigating deadly traps where trial-and-error and accidental death are central to understanding the solution.

Helheim Hassle is a narrative adventure game with puzzle platforming elements. Play as Bjørn, a pacifist Viking that can detach and combine limbs at will to solve challenging puzzles and get out of uncomfortable situations involving desperate Norse Gods, Goblins, Dragons, and angry skeletons.

Why similar: Funny 37.6%, Puzzle 25.9%, Indie 20.2%, Adventure 16.3%

Why You'll Like It: A hilarious puzzle-platformer featuring a protagonist who can detach and use his own limbs to solve environmental challenges.

Wealthy, handsome, and... dead? Samuel strikes a deal with Death for one last shot at life, but only if he can survive a day doing everything manually. Blink, breathe, walk, and work - Guide Sam in this darkly humorous and brutally difficult adventure!

Why similar: Dark Humor 59%, Funny 22%, Comedy 8.4%, Physics 3.9%, Indie 2.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game shares a similar dark, slapstick sense of humor where you must manage complex physical tasks that often lead to comical failure.

What if someone knew your mind better than you did? The Swapper is an award-winning, narrative driven puzzle game set in the furthest reaches of space.

Why similar: Puzzle 35.2%, Platformer 25.6%, Puzzle Platformer 21.5%, Great Soundtrack 7.3%, Indie 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: It utilizes a cloning mechanic where you must sacrifice your own clones to progress, offering a more atmospheric take on the sacrifice theme.

Suicide Guy is set in the incredibile and extraordinary dreams of its protagonist. What would you do in order to save the thing you love most? Immerse yourself into his weird dreams and help him to wake up before it's too late.

Why similar: Funny 22.2%, Comedy 19.9%, Dark Humor 17.7%, Puzzle 13.1%, Platformer 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: It centers entirely on the dark-humored premise of finding creative ways to die in order to wake up from a dream.

Assemble your team of three from seven unlikely adventurers, then descend into the mysterious depths to explore The Cave!

Why similar: Platformer 28.6%, Puzzle 17.1%, Comedy 16%, Dark Humor 15.1%, Funny 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: This adventure puzzle-platformer features dark humor and character-specific abilities that require clever navigation of dangerous environments.

Peace, Death! is an arcade simulator with difficulties. In this game you play as the Reaper working for your boss, Death, and send clients to Heaven, Hell, or Purgatory.

Why similar: Dark Humor 34.5%, Funny 31.5%, Comedy 17.3%, Great Soundtrack 6%, Indie 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: A dark-humored simulation game where you act as a reaper, sharing the same morbidly funny tone found in the seed game.

The End Is Nigh is a sprawling adventure platformer where you die a lot, but thats ok because you are probably already dead anyway.

Why similar: Platformer 58.5%, Great Soundtrack 19.7%, Funny 8.3%, Indie 5.3%, Adventure 2.6%

Why You'll Like It: While more focused on precision, it shares the theme of a world filled with constant, unavoidable death and dark, cynical humor.

Reverse the roles & play as a goblin rather than a knight or wizard in this parody dungeon game. Level editor & online sharing - Mario Maker with goblins! Watch your family get blasted by a lvl 100 paladin & embark on an epic quest of revenge, beset on all sides by greedy powerleveling adventurers.

Why similar: Platformer 16.6%, Comedy 16.3%, Funny 13.7%, Family Friendly 13.6%, Puzzle Platformer 12.3%

Why You'll Like It: A fantasy-themed puzzle-platformer that allows you to play as the goblin, offering a humorous reversal of typical hero tropes.

Escape Goat 2 is a puzzle platformer game where you use machinery, the environment, and a friendly mouse to progress through a dungeon.

Why similar: Platformer 43.6%, Puzzle 26.5%, Puzzle Platformer 9.9%, Great Soundtrack 8.9%, Indie 5%

Why You'll Like It: A tight, well-designed puzzle-platformer that emphasizes clever mechanics and environmental awareness.

Roll and be trolled on your journey to the legendary place called Ballhalla. Follow the beat to overcome deadly hazards in sync with the music. Style your balls and marble at awful puns in the roll playing game of the year!

Why similar: Dark Humor 29.6%, Comedy 16.2%, Puzzle Platformer 15.5%, Funny 14.4%, Platformer 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: A rhythm-based puzzle-platformer that uses dark humor and constant hazards to challenge the player.

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: Funny 17.8%, Puzzle 16%, Platformer 15%, Comedy 12.1%, Family Friendly 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: A whimsical and funny puzzle-platformer that focuses on exploration and lighthearted environmental interaction.

A crazy action-adventure platformer... In Hell.

Why similar: Platformer 48.8%, Comedy 21.1%, Funny 17%, Great Soundtrack 4.5%, Action 2.3%

Why You'll Like It: An action-platformer that leans heavily into dark, over-the-top comedy and unique character abilities.

Max: The Curse of Brotherhood is a cinematic adventure filled with action-packed platforming and creative puzzle-solving. Armed with only a Magic Marker, Max must confront evil at every turn in a hostile and fantastical world in order to save his kid brother, Felix. Join Max on his great adventure!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 40%, Platformer 36.4%, Puzzle 16.9%, Adventure 4.1%, Action 1.2%

Why You'll Like It: A creative puzzle-platformer where you use a magic marker to manipulate the world, similar to the environmental puzzle-solving in the seed game.

Uncertain of his sister's fate, a boy enters LIMBO

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 42.8%, Platformer 27.2%, Puzzle 17.4%, Indie 3.3%, Side Scroller 2.4%

Why You'll Like It: A classic dark puzzle-platformer where the environment is designed to kill the player, requiring careful observation to survive.

Hunted and alone, a boy finds himself drawn into the center of a dark project. INSIDE is a dark, narrative-driven platformer combining intense action with challenging puzzles. It has been critically acclaimed for its moody art style, ambient soundtrack and unsettling atmosphere.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 31.4%, Platformer 28.5%, Puzzle 18.2%, 2.5D 11.7%, Indie 3.1%

Why You'll Like It: From the creators of Limbo, this game offers a dark, atmospheric puzzle-platforming experience with a focus on environmental manipulation.

Haunt your way through town in the dead of night! Possess objects to scare people away from a museum, a hospital, a theatre and a cruise ship. Will you be able to scare everyone out and reclaim what has been lost, before the night is over? A side-scrolling action puzzle game starring ghosts!

Why similar: Comedy 21.4%, Funny 21%, Family Friendly 16.8%, Puzzle 13.8%, Great Soundtrack 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: A funny, supernatural game where you use your ghostly powers to interact with the environment to scare people.

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

Why similar: Platformer 20.9%, Puzzle Platformer 19.1%, Family Friendly 14.7%, Funny 13.8%, Great Soundtrack 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A casual platformer that focuses on restoring power to a city, offering a lighthearted puzzle-solving experience.

Guide a group of rectangles through 120 levels, using their different skills together to overcome a series of obstacles in each environment. Discover the human-made story of the first sentient artificial intelligences with Danny Wallace’s BAFTA-winning narration.

Why similar: Platformer 31%, Puzzle Platformer 26.3%, Family Friendly 17.5%, Side Scroller 9.2%, Physics 5%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven puzzle-platformer that uses simple shapes to create a surprisingly deep and humorous experience.

Swap between a gooey creature and her human shell in this body-swapping puzzle adventure. Outsmart enemies, solve clever challenges, and escape a twisted Alchemy Tower.

Why similar: Dark Humor 26%, Platformer 15.4%, Puzzle Platformer 14.5%, Comedy 13.3%, Funny 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: A fantasy-themed puzzle-platformer that features unique character switching and environmental interaction.

An absurd retro-platformer that tests your patience.

Why similar: Dark Humor 28.1%, Platformer 23.1%, Puzzle Platformer 20.6%, Funny 10.5%, Side Scroller 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: An action-platformer that embraces a dark, ironic premise similar to the themes found in the seed game.

On a mysterious remote island, a skull washes up on shore and is reawakened by an enigmatic deity. Dubbed Skully, the newly reanimated being has been summoned to intervene in a war between the deity’s three siblings, whose quarrel jeopardizes the island they call home.

Why similar: Platformer 20.8%, Puzzle Platformer 18.1%, Comedy 14.8%, Puzzle 13.3%, Funny 13.2%

Why You'll Like It: A 3D puzzle-platformer where you control a skull that can transform into different forms to solve environmental puzzles.

From the Shadows is a cooperative puzzle platformer game where players have to work their way through a mysterious mansion by resolving puzzles that revolve around the mechanics of light and shadow.

Why similar: Dark Humor 21.7%, Platformer 16.5%, Puzzle Platformer 15.7%, Comedy 11.3%, Puzzle 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-focused adventure that emphasizes exploration and environmental interaction in a dark setting.

Find and rescue your uncle by using his newest invention to work your way through a crazy complex mansion as you switch between dimensions and solve puzzles!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 35%, Puzzle 21.5%, Comedy 14.2%, Platformer 13.9%, Family Friendly 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person puzzle game that requires manipulating the physics of the environment to progress.

The infamous, tough-as-nails platformer comes to Steam with a playable Head Crab character (Steam-exclusive)!

Why similar: Platformer 60.3%, Great Soundtrack 14.2%, Funny 7.4%, Comedy 6.3%, Indie 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: This title defines the 'die-and-retry' platformer genre, where constant failure is a necessary step toward mastering difficult levels.

Peace, Death! 2 is a midcore turn-based logic game where you send clients to Hell, Heaven, or Purgatory and help members of the Reapers Union as they work towards their great cause!

Why similar: Comedy 24.5%, Dark Humor 22.5%, Funny 17.5%, Puzzle 14.2%, Fantasy 7.7%

Wakey Wakey is a Puzzle Platformer with a unique world-bending twist. Navigate your everchanging bedroom, take control of new household objects, and overcome surprising obstacles to help this sleepy guy get a good night's rest.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 18.2%, Platformer 18%, Comedy 16.2%, Funny 15.1%, Family Friendly 13.1%

A 3d puzzle platformer that takes you along a journey of wisdom, through the 64 unique worlds that draw inspiration and teachings from the I Ching [Book of Changes], one of the oldest oracles in human history.

Why similar: Dark Humor 26.7%, Platformer 16.6%, Puzzle Platformer 15.3%, Comedy 12.7%, Puzzle 12.3%

Why You'll Like It: A logic-based puzzle-platformer that requires careful planning and manipulation of the game world.

Puns, and puzzles. Horrible puns and devious puzzles actually, along with several incorporeal entities are what makes Ghostory a pixel art puzzle adventure brimming with humour and intrigue. Take on the role of a cursed traveler, master your ghostly form, find a cure, and escape a perilous cave system.

Why similar: Dark Humor 29.5%, Puzzle Platformer 18.2%, Platformer 17%, Funny 11.6%, Puzzle 11.1%

Octodad: Dadliest Catch is a game about destruction, deception, and fatherhood. The player controls Octodad, a dapper octopus masquerading as a human, as he goes about his life. Octodad's existence is a constant struggle, as he must master mundane tasks with his unwieldy boneless tentacles while simultaneously keeping his cephalopodan...

Why similar: Comedy 37.9%, Funny 22.6%, Family Friendly 19.5%, Physics 8.1%, Puzzle 4.4%

The Lost Dreams is the new chapter from the Suicide Guy game series: a first person puzzle game set in a world of new crazy dreams. In this adventure you'll have to find a way to wake up from your nightmares.

Why similar: Dark Humor 33.2%, Funny 13%, Comedy 13%, Puzzle Platformer 13%, Platformer 10.7%

A puzzle-platformer set in a dystopian world where the invention of a cloning device has messed things up, big time. Armed with a clone gun and a mighty fine mustache, the chore of saving THE WHOLE OF CIVILIZATION rests on your shoulders. Don’t blow it.

Why similar: Dark Humor 32.9%, Puzzle Platformer 19.7%, Platformer 18.9%, Puzzle 14.5%, Side Scroller 6.2%

Suicide Guy Deluxe Plus is the surreal puzzle game set in the dreams of its protagonist. Will you be able to save the thing you love most and overcome the neverending whirlwind of nightmares? Now in a new shiny edition.

Why similar: Dark Humor 32.6%, Puzzle Platformer 19.2%, Comedy 17.6%, Funny 15.6%, Puzzle 7.6%

Die With Glory is a humor-packed adventure game with a rich, non-linear storyline where your ultimate goal is to die.

Why similar: Dark Humor 32.3%, Comedy 16.8%, Funny 16.5%, Family Friendly 13.4%, Fantasy 11.7%

A sci-fi puzzle-platformer of cataclysmic proportions! Evolve from a tiny captive into a world-eating giant. Use your mutant blob powers to devour the pathetic humans and all of civilization!

Why similar: Platformer 17.8%, Puzzle Platformer 16.6%, Funny 13.2%, Comedy 13.2%, Family Friendly 12.2%

Laugh in the face of death in this hauntingly humorous comedy adventure about a wayward soul trying to make it back to the land of the living. Engage in bullet-hell lite battles, solve puzzles, and communicate with the dead as you navigate this “colorful” world. Death is just the beginning.

Why similar: Comedy 56.3%, Funny 32%, Adventure 4.8%, Singleplayer 3.4%, 2D 3.4%

Enjoy failure as it fuels your success in Lab Rags, where you get to use your ragdoll bodies to solve puzzles!

Why similar: Platformer 22%, Puzzle Platformer 19.9%, Comedy 15.1%, Puzzle 14.5%, Family Friendly 12.9%

Welcome to Purgatory, inc. now under new management! Death by Scrolling is an action game where you kill enemies, collect gold, and avoid the Reaper long enough to pay the Ferrymanʼs exorbitant river-crossing fee to the afterlife.

Why similar: Dark Humor 43.8%, Comedy 15.3%, Platformer 12.4%, Funny 11.9%, Fantasy 11.7%

A bombastic puzzle platformer about worlds turned inside out. Shift dimensions at the push of a button, solve brain-twisting logistical riddles, and race through the wilds of the multiverse in a bleakly hilarious (and hilariously bleak) story where everything you know can turn on a dime.

Why similar: Dark Humor 39.1%, Puzzle Platformer 21%, Comedy 14%, Funny 12.5%, Puzzle 11.1%

Play as Sam, a kid that controls the dead! Defeat your enemies with magic and control their bodies to solve challenging puzzles!

Why similar: Platformer 24.2%, Puzzle Platformer 23.6%, Funny 21%, Puzzle 18.5%, Indie 3.9%

Hands down the most adventurous and handsome hand in the world! You play as a hand on a gripping handventure where you single-handedly face dangerous obstacles and de-feet a handful of evil feet.

Why similar: Platformer 22.4%, Comedy 19.1%, Puzzle Platformer 18.8%, Funny 16.5%, Puzzle 8.4%

A classic platform with a twist: A dynamic soundtrack and funny lyrics that sings the player's actions and responds to what is happening during the adventure.

Why similar: Platformer 19.3%, Funny 17.4%, Puzzle Platformer 17.2%, Family Friendly 12.1%, Comedy 11.6%

Unravel is a physics-based puzzle platformer. Yarny, a character made from a single thread of yarn, must embark on a larger than life adventure.

Why similar: Family Friendly 23.4%, Puzzle 22.6%, Platformer 22.5%, Puzzle Platformer 15.4%, Great Soundtrack 4.8%

Experience the life, and afterlife of Ray LaMorte as you unlock the mystery behind his death in this heart-warming dark comedy action adventure!

Why similar: Funny 35.3%, Platformer 32.6%, 2.5D 12.6%, Great Soundtrack 5.1%, Casual 3.9%

The platformer without a jump button! Master the art of potion propulsion in this fast-paced adventure where strategy, precision, and creativity meet explosive fun.

Why similar: Dark Humor 37.7%, Platformer 22.1%, Funny 18%, Side Scroller 7.9%, Fantasy 7.9%

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: Platformer 24.1%, Puzzle Platformer 21.2%, Puzzle 13.2%, Funny 9.7%, Fantasy 8.6%

A brutally difficult physics-based platformer designed to test your patience, precision, and sanity.

Why similar: Platformer 27.5%, Funny 21.8%, Comedy 18.9%, Puzzle Platformer 12.8%, Puzzle 7.9%

Hellevator is a 2D platformer in hell where the only way to escape is to die. Find creative ways to die in order to solve the puzzles and progress through this infernal hotel.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 48.1%, Platformer 34.6%, Physics 6.5%, Adventure 3.1%, 2D 2.7%

Never Give Up is a hardcore platformer determined to turn you into bloody chunks. Run, jump, and slide your way through ever-changing levels that get harder each time you succeed. You’ll need to try, die, and try again if you want to conquer the game without pressing the Give Up button.

Why similar: Platformer 41.8%, Comedy 17.9%, Great Soundtrack 10.1%, Funny 9.5%, Side Scroller 6.9%

Donut County is a story-based physics puzzle game where you play as an ever-growing hole in the ground. Meet cute characters, steal their trash, and throw them in a hole.

Why similar: Funny 28.6%, Puzzle 18%, Family Friendly 14.1%, Comedy 11.2%, Great Soundtrack 10.3%

Rage in Peace is a story-driven action adventure with elements of surprise and memorization. Unravel the last day of Timmy's life, as he races against time to get back home and fulfill his sole dream of dying peacefully in his pajamas, in the warmth of home, in peace, and with no drama.

Why similar: Dark Humor 41.4%, Comedy 18.9%, Great Soundtrack 15.2%, Funny 15.1%, Indie 3.7%

Reaping souls of the dead and punching a clock might get monotonous but it's honest work for a Crow. The job gets lively when your assigned soul is stolen and you must track down a desperate thief to a realm untouched by death - where creatures grow far past their expiry.

Why similar: Adventure 39.6%, Action 31.6%, Indie 28.9%

Enter a macabre and comical silent world filled with mischief, time travel and delicious pie. Includes Steam Achievements, Cloud, and Leaderboards!

Why similar: Platformer 33.4%, Puzzle 22.4%, Puzzle Platformer 18.5%, Comedy 13.6%, Great Soundtrack 4.4%

A frantic adventure. Welcome to the Upturned Inn: a grand hotel for the dead! You just want to find your room.

Why similar: Comedy 28.2%, Puzzle Platformer 24.8%, Platformer 18.8%, Funny 16.5%, Physics 7.6%

After Death is a platform / exploration game in a dark and hostile world. With the help from lost souls, you will have to find a way to open a gate which seems to be the only exit from this mysterious world infected by monsters.

Why similar: Platformer 35.4%, Great Soundtrack 31.4%, Side Scroller 10.2%, Indie 8%, Adventure 5.9%

RUBATO, an experimental, 2D physics-based take on the collect-a-thon genre!

Why similar: Dark Humor 28.2%, Funny 21.2%, Puzzle Platformer 17.1%, Platformer 13.3%, Puzzle 9.9%