Games Like LIMBO

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 34.2%, Dark 14.1%, Platformer 12.6%, Puzzle 8.5%, Horror 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: It is the closest match to LIMBO on Steam, delivering the same wordless cinematic puzzle-platforming with even more oppressive atmosphere and inventive environmental hazards.

Take on the role of Six, a lone child lost in a massive metal vessel known as the Maw, surrounded by dangerous, distorted versions of adults. You’ll need to do your best to escape in one piece or your fate will be worse than you ever dared dream.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 35.8%, Dark 15%, Horror 12.6%, Atmospheric 9.6%, Puzzle 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its child-in-peril perspective, trap-filled progression, and creepy environmental storytelling make it a natural step after LIMBO.

Monochroma is a cinematic puzzle platformer. It’s a game about being a kid, growing up with a little brother that needs your help, facing obstacles and solving unique puzzles in a dystopian 1950's setting.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 29.4%, Platformer 22.7%, Puzzle 14.2%, Indie 8.2%, Atmospheric 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: This bleak 2D puzzle-platformer mirrors LIMBO's monochrome presentation, fragile-boy protagonist, and silent journey through a grim industrial world.

Little Nightmares II is the second game in a series that has thrilled and captivated millions of players worldwide since 2017. Now it’s your turn to try to survive this critically acclaimed entry in the most charming horror series ever made.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 23.4%, Dark 18.7%, Horror 16.3%, Puzzle 13.5%, Atmospheric 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: It expands on the first game's eerie platforming and environmental puzzles while keeping the same vulnerable-child horror energy LIMBO fans tend to love.

DARQ tells the story of Lloyd, a boy who finds himself in the middle of a lucid nightmare. Unable to wake up, Lloyd has to face his fears and decipher the meaning of the dream.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 35.3%, Dark 17.9%, Puzzle 11%, Horror 9.9%, Atmospheric 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: It shares LIMBO's surreal darkness and puzzle-platform rhythm, but twists it into dreamlike horror spaces with shifting environments.

A challenging puzzle platformer inspired by games like Limbo and Badland.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 25.4%, Platformer 15.1%, Dark 11.9%, Puzzle 7%, Indie 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: It is one of the most direct LIMBO-like games on Steam, with silhouette-heavy visuals, traps, and simple but moody platform puzzles.

After decades of toil, an old machinist plots his escape from Communism, through manipulation and scheming. Along the road, he befriends the most unlikely creature, an abandoned robot. Could they solve the puzzles and flee this bleak world together?

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 33%, Platformer 13.8%, Dark 12.2%, Puzzle 9.1%, Atmospheric 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: This dark industrial puzzle-platformer is heavily Playdead-like in its pacing, visual tone, and oppressive, wordless world design.

Discover the beautiful world of Nihilumbra and join Born on his adventure to find himself whilst trying to escape from his inevitable curse. Born was created from the absolute nothingness: The Void. But somehow he separates himself from the black emptiness and appears in the world.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 36.8%, Platformer 20.1%, Puzzle 12.9%, Indie 7.5%, Atmospheric 7%

Why You'll Like It: It combines thoughtful platforming puzzles with a somber atmosphere and minimalist storytelling that should click with LIMBO players.

The wolves are watching! Venture through a captivating but brutal dystopia where our young adventurer Ravengirl will travel through this huge city’s brightest highs and delve to its darkest depths on her perilous journey of discovery and finding her destiny where hope seems in short supply.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 30%, Platformer 15.2%, Dark 12%, Puzzle 11%, Atmospheric 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: Its monochrome visuals, dystopian tone, and cinematic side-scrolling escapes feel strongly inspired by LIMBO and INSIDE.

In a world torn between nature’s grace and cold machine invasion, one girl and her companion must rely on their bond to survive and protect what they hold dear. Their story of hope, loss, and love will stay with you long after the journey ends.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 42.1%, Platformer 16.4%, Puzzle 11.4%, Atmospheric 9%, Side Scroller 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: Although more colorful and hopeful, it delivers a very similar cinematic puzzle-platform structure with a child protagonist and elegant environmental problem-solving.

Created by solo developer Nikola Kostic - Traverse a haunting world set in 1939 Germany in search of a mysterious girl with rabbit ears. Utilize a little bunny in creative ways to solve puzzles. Levitate sheep, use them as torches or wolf bait and make your way through a dangerous land.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 20.3%, Indie 17.7%, Platformer 13%, Dark 12.8%, Puzzle 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its grim fairy-tale atmosphere, child lead, and deadly side-scrolling puzzle-platform design make it very close in feel to LIMBO.

In the dark and mysterious world of Closure, only what you see exists. Manipulate lights to phase objects in and out of reality in this multiple-award-winning puzzle game. Play as a strange spider-like demon who explores the stories of three human characters through beautiful, eerie environments such as a decrepit factory, a murky...

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 28.7%, Platformer 23.7%, Puzzle 17.7%, Dark 8.1%, Indie 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its dark puzzle-platforming is built around light and shadow mechanics, giving it a similarly eerie, abstract, and lethal feel.

OVIVO is a minimalistic platformer with unusual mechanics where everything is as simple as black and white. The journey in this metaphoric world is filled with illusions and hidden messages.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 28.3%, Platformer 13.7%, Dark 13%, Atmospheric 5.6%, Puzzle 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its stark black-and-white presentation and minimalist side-scrolling physics challenges echo LIMBO's visual purity even if it is more abstract.

A girl awakens in a castle void of color and time, affixed with the Curse of Thorns upon her back. After meeting a sleeping giant, the two work together to escape. Help them unravel the mystery of the thorns and the history behind the somber castle.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 61%, Puzzle 12.1%, Horror 10.5%, Atmospheric 7.8%, Adventure 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: This is a dark 2D puzzle-platformer built around a small, vulnerable protagonist exploring a hostile ruined world with minimal exposition.

Grimind is a 2D, physics based, adventure, platform game in horror/creepy theme. Grimind casts you into forgotten caves and ancient crypts, without memories. While being there you have to demonstrate great manual skills to pass obstacles and solve non trivial puzzles to get out of scary environment and additionally discover what are you...

Why similar: Platformer 41%, Indie 15.9%, Horror 12.4%, Atmospheric 8.8%, Adventure 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: This creepy cave-bound platformer leans into claustrophobic horror, environmental hazards, and fragile movement in a very LIMBO-adjacent way.

The ground starts shaking, light bulbs are breaking - and something rather unusual is happening right behind the walls of your very room. Equipped with nothing but wit and courage, you slowly descend into a world inhabited by avian folk and seemingly deadly furniture monsters.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 42.8%, Puzzle 13.3%, Platformer 12.6%, Atmospheric 9.6%, Surreal 9%

Why You'll Like It: This atmospheric puzzle adventure trades horror for surreal tension, but its side-view exploration and environmental riddles fit the same contemplative mood.

A desperate, savage survival experience full of stunning visuals, dynamic creatures, and a haunting soundtrack.

Why similar: Platformer 39.9%, Indie 21.9%, Atmospheric 15.8%, 2D 7.2%, Difficult 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the same sense of being a tiny creature in a hostile natural world, with silhouette-style art and danger around every corner.

Bramble The Mountain King is a grim adventure set in a world inspired by dark, Nordic fables. Explore the beautiful yet dangerous and twisted land of Bramble in your endeavour to rescue your sister. Traverse a wondrous landscape and survive deadly encounters with Bramble's many hideous creatures.

Why similar: Dark 34.2%, Horror 23.9%, Atmospheric 19%, Cinematic 10.5%, Adventure 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: It is more action-heavy than LIMBO, but its child protagonist, disturbing fairy-tale tone, and oppressive journey through a deadly world are a strong thematic match.

In Between is set inside the mind of a man hit by a cruel twist of fate. Together you are on a journey through the protagonist's head, a world that doesn’t obey the laws of physics.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 36.3%, Platformer 14%, Dark 12.2%, Puzzle 8.8%, Atmospheric 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: Its moody 2D puzzle-platforming and gravity-based hazards capture some of the same oppressive trial-and-error appeal.

The Bridge is a logic puzzle game that forces you to reevaluate your preconceptions of physics and perspective. It is Isaac Newton meets M. C. Escher. Manipulate gravity to redefine the ceiling as the floor while venturing through impossible architectures.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 45.6%, Puzzle 11.5%, Surreal 9.3%, Platformer 8%, 2D 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: It scratches the same dark puzzle-platform itch through monochrome art, deadly hazards, and perspective-bending environmental challenges.

In the wake of catastrophe find the means to make your family whole again.

Why similar: Dark 29%, Puzzle 20.7%, Atmospheric 19.7%, Cinematic 8.1%, Indie 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: Made with clear Playdead DNA, it offers quiet cinematic side-scrolling set pieces and a mysterious world that rewards atmosphere over exposition.

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 Platformer 33.9%, Puzzle 23.7%, Platformer 16.1%, Atmospheric 12.2%, Indie 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: It is less platform-focused, yet its lonely sci-fi atmosphere and clever, unsettling environmental puzzles match LIMBO's cerebral side.

Take the role of ARID, the artificial intelligence within a high-tech combat suit. The Fall is a unique combination of adventure-game puzzle solving and side-scroller action, all set within a dark and atmospheric story. Get ready for a disturbing journey as you explore the world of The Fall.

Why similar: Puzzle 19.6%, Atmospheric 16%, Dark 14.8%, Indie 11.4%, Adventure 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: It is more narrative-driven, but its lonely traversal, sparse atmosphere, and methodical puzzle-solving make it a solid tonal follow-up.

Overcome emotional struggles across a touching narrative filled with twists and surprises. Embark on a dream-like journey, with breathtaking artistic direction and the enthralling voice of Hannah Murray (Game of Thrones, Skins).

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 26.3%, Platformer 20.6%, Puzzle 15.6%, Atmospheric 11.6%, Indie 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: It blends platforming, shadow-based puzzles, and a melancholy dreamlike tone that feels spiritually close to LIMBO's understated storytelling.

J.J. scours Memoria Island to find her best friend, who has gone missing during a camping trip. In order to save her best friend, she puts her own body and life on the line, reviving infinitely, as she presses forward. Why did she go missing? What is going on in this world?

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 58.5%, Platformer 13.7%, Horror 9%, Indie 6.6%, Adventure 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its dark side-scrolling puzzle design and disturbing use of death as a mechanic will appeal if you liked LIMBO's macabre experimentation.

Lead Abby the string puppet through a bruised, but beautiful fairy tale world in this cinematic adventure. Solve riddles, evade traps and shake off pursuers on the way to find freedom. Can Abby take control of her fate with all the strings attached?

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 46%, Platformer 18.5%, Atmospheric 10.3%, Side Scroller 6.3%, Indie 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its dark storybook presentation, vulnerable protagonist, and trap-laden side-scrolling progression make it a good lighter-end match for LIMBO fans.

A unique adventure game filled with beautiful puzzles all hand-drawn in an original 2D style . Out of Line follows the adventures of San in a quest to escape the Factory that was once home. Dive into a story set in a mysterious world that is revealed through multiple chapters.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 48.8%, Platformer 16.2%, Puzzle 11.8%, Atmospheric 8.8%, Indie 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: It offers minimalist side-scrolling traversal and environmental puzzle-solving with a lonely, atmospheric presentation reminiscent of LIMBO's quieter stretches.

A zombie outbreak eradicated all hope of returning life back to normal, now only survival lives on. Run, hide and fight your way through the undead as Randall searches for his family in this gorgeous, gritty, destroyed world.

Why similar: Platformer 49.9%, Side Scroller 13.8%, Adventure 13.6%, Atmospheric 9.8%, Action 5%

Why You'll Like It: This cinematic side-scroller shares LIMBO's bleak world and vulnerable movement, though it leans more toward survival than pure puzzles.

The Last Campfire is an adventure, a story of a lost ember trapped in a puzzling place, searching for meaning and a way home.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 39.6%, Puzzle 19.9%, Dark 12.6%, Atmospheric 12.1%, Indie 6.7%

A lonely kid desperately tries to escape his dark world.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 30.7%, Dark 19.7%, Platformer 13.2%, Puzzle 11.7%, Atmospheric 9.1%

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 40.8%, Platformer 20.4%, Puzzle 13.3%, Atmospheric 6.6%, Horror 6.1%

An ex-minister ventures through the frozen depths of Hell in search of his kidnapped daughter.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 32.1%, Dark 16.5%, Platformer 12.4%, Atmospheric 8.4%, Puzzle 8.3%

Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 28%, Atmospheric 20.8%, Platformer 18.1%, Indie 8.6%, Puzzle 8.2%

Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a first person survival horror. A game about immersion, discovery and living through a nightmare. An experience that will chill you to the core.

Why similar: Horror 34.3%, Dark 18.4%, Puzzle 16.2%, Atmospheric 12.7%, Indie 4.9%

Explore terrifying liminal spaces. Horror walking simulator with reality-bending platforming and supernatural threats. Get lost between dimensions.

Why similar: Platformer 31.7%, Puzzle 22.5%, Dark 13.3%, Adventure 11.1%, Atmospheric 8.8%

Guide two brothers on an epic fairy tale journey from visionary Swedish film director, Josef Fares and top-tier developer Starbreeze Studios. Control both brothers at once as you experience co-op play in single player mode, like never before.

Why similar: Atmospheric 30%, Puzzle 25.1%, Adventure 16.6%, Indie 12.3%, Platformer 11.3%

“Ori and the Blind Forest” tells the tale of a young orphan destined for heroics, through a visually stunning action-platformer crafted by Moon Studios for PC.

Why similar: Platformer 28.1%, Puzzle Platformer 24.8%, Atmospheric 16.7%, Puzzle 6.4%, Adventure 5.4%

Creepy quest with the atmosphere of the Brothers Grimm fairy tales. Go through a dangerous adventure filled with puzzles and challenges! Perhaps it is you who will be able to solve all the secrets of forest and save the peaceful creatures?

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 34.6%, Platformer 15.1%, Dark 13.8%, Puzzle 10.3%, Atmospheric 6.6%

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: Puzzle Platformer 32.8%, Puzzle 20.6%, Platformer 19%, Atmospheric 11.7%, Adventure 6.5%

A surreal puzzle platformer that's as beautiful as it is challenging – discover two beings entwined by fate, a girl and her soulmate, left to travel through a hauntingly elegant world...

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 33.2%, Puzzle 13.5%, Surreal 11.9%, Atmospheric 9.8%, Indie 8.8%

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: Puzzle Platformer 41.7%, Puzzle 23.1%, Surreal 13.7%, Physics 6%, Minimalist 4.3%

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 58.4%, Platformer 21.4%, Puzzle 10.5%, Adventure 6.5%, 2D 1.4%

A mysterious invitation leads to the attic of an abandoned house. In the room is a cast-iron safe laced with strange carvings and on top, a note from your distant companion. It promises something ancient and astonishing concealed in the iron chamber - you need only find a way in.

Why similar: Puzzle 56.4%, Atmospheric 15%, Dark 7.6%, Horror 6.8%, Indie 5.7%

💀🧩🕹️ Beyond The Darkness is a horror adventure game with puzzles where you help little girl Milly battle nightmares in the darkness to find her missing family. You will find yourself in bizarre worlds of memories, distorted by fears, and your only weapon will be the light of a small lamp...

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 34.8%, Horror 16.8%, Dark 14%, Platformer 12.7%, Puzzle 8.6%

Among the Sleep: Enhanced Edition is a new and improved version of the award winning first person horror adventure. In the game you play as a small child trapped in a weird nightmare where you go looking for your mom.

Why similar: Horror 41.8%, Atmospheric 16%, Dark 14.4%, Indie 9.6%, Puzzle 8.3%

Anoxemia is a story-driven exploration game that puts you in control of the scientist Dr. Bailey and his operations drone, ATMA. Search the ocean floor as you discover and extract samples from the bowels of the underwater caves. Danger lurks in each passageway.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 33%, Dark 13.4%, Platformer 12.1%, Puzzle 8.6%, Atmospheric 6.6%

When everything seems hopeless a child is awakened by the whispers of the last leaf, drawn into an imaginary world. Unleaving invites the player into a narrative-driven puzzle platformer where each challenge unfolds within a hand-painted landscape, exploring perception and meaning

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 21%, Dark 16.7%, Platformer 13.4%, Puzzle 9.1%, Surreal 8.4%

In Mark of the Ninja, you'll know what it is to truly be a ninja. You must be silent, agile and clever to outwit your opponents in a world of gorgeous scenery and flowing animation. Marked with cursed tattoos giving you heightened senses, every situation presents you with options.

Why similar: Platformer 52.3%, Indie 11.1%, 2D 9.5%, Side Scroller 7.3%, Atmospheric 4.1%

A lone man's journey through a strange world. Dimension switching mechanic - switch between the dimensions to traverse the world and solve puzzles.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 39.6%, Dark 16.1%, Platformer 11%, Puzzle 11%, Atmospheric 7%

Despite only being able to burn for 10 seconds, a little candle journeys into the darkness, with the purpose of seeking light.

Why similar: Platformer 29.4%, Indie 21%, Puzzle 20.6%, Adventure 15.1%, Atmospheric 7.3%

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 41.6%, Horror 15.5%, Atmospheric 15.5%, Surreal 12.4%, 2D 9.2%

Dive into a surreal ocean abyss in an atmospheric puzzle-adventure. Explore dangerous waters, possess sea creatures and solve environmental puzzles to discover what lies deep below the surface…

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 30.8%, Dark 15.6%, Puzzle 11.6%, Horror 8.6%, Atmospheric 8.3%

Escape the depths of an otherworldly labyrinth in this cinematic puzzle platformer. Explore a hauntingly beautiful world, with three playable characters, in one dark, interconnected story.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 36.5%, Dark 15.1%, Platformer 13.1%, Atmospheric 8.1%, Puzzle 6.9%

Color Symphony 2 is a puzzle action platformer that utilizes the ambiguity of color. Try to eliminate obstacles or find new paths by using color!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 32.7%, Platformer 15.2%, Dark 10.4%, Puzzle 8.4%, Atmospheric 6.6%

Adventures of different characters with their unique atmosphere and puzzles.

Why similar: Platformer 21.3%, Puzzle 15%, Dark 12.9%, Atmospheric 11.5%, Indie 7.2%

Hue is a vibrant, award-winning puzzle-adventure, where you alter the world by changing its background colour.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 45.7%, Platformer 18%, Puzzle 15.9%, Indie 7.8%, Adventure 4.8%

Through the Nightmares is a challenge-driven platformer for anyone who’s ever had a restless night. Run, jump, and change your size to overcome the nightmare’s traps. Face Morpheus. Rescue children from an endless dream.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 54%, Dark 13.9%, Surreal 6.3%, Atmospheric 6.1%, Side Scroller 5.7%

2D puzzle platforming adventure with a heavy story about life and psychology told without words.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 72.3%, Indie 11.9%, Adventure 8.5%, 2D 7.3%