Games Like Love is Dead

I Am Dead is a charming puzzle adventure game from the creators of Hohokum and Wilmot’s Warehouse about exploring the afterlife.

Why similar: Indie 27.8%, Puzzle 26.2%, Great Soundtrack 18.2%, Story Rich 7.5%, Cute 6%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven puzzle game that shares the same whimsical approach to death and the afterlife.

How to Say Goodbye is a beautiful narrative puzzle game inspired by picture books. Reorganize the environment and solve puzzles to help a group of ghosts on their quest to finally move on.

Why similar: Narration 27.1%, Puzzle 23%, Puzzle Platformer 17.3%, Cute 16.8%, Casual 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: An emotional and beautifully designed puzzle game that deals with themes of passing on in a gentle, stylized way.

Felix The Reaper is a challenging and strict 3D puzzle game about bringing humans into deadly situations. You are Felix, the ever-dancing bringer of death, who just so happens to be dangerously in love with Life.

Why similar: Puzzle 31.2%, Indie 28%, Great Soundtrack 24.8%, Casual 7.7%, Story Rich 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: This puzzle game features a charmingly morbid protagonist who must manipulate the environment to cause deaths, matching the dark yet cute tone.

A musical platforming adventure with an emotional story. Play as a silly bard and use music to interact with everything on a journey around the world. Along the way you'll explore, solve puzzles, and meet a huge cast of characters!

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 33.7%, Cute 16.9%, Story Rich 13.5%, Indie 11.7%, Casual 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: A musical adventure game that prioritizes a positive, funny, and emotional narrative experience over complex combat.

A top-down adventure game in a coloring book world full of vibrant characters. Use painting powers to explore, solve puzzles, make friends, and draw on anything! From creators on Wandersong + Celeste.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 25%, Indie 18.6%, Cute 14.2%, Puzzle 13.1%, Story Rich 8%

Why You'll Like It: An indie adventure game that balances deep emotional storytelling with creative puzzle-solving and a charming, hand-drawn aesthetic.

A fungipunk fantasy about love, loss, and holding on, told in the format of a color-based puzzle game. A tale as the bond between parent and child, this lush and bewildering title will have players testing their wits against a variety of challenges, all beautiful and very strange.

Why similar: Puzzle 72.7%, Indie 27.3%

Why You'll Like It: A logic-based puzzle game with a unique, hand-drawn art style that feels both cute and slightly surreal.

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: Puzzle 22.3%, Cute 16.6%, Great Soundtrack 15.7%, Indie 10.2%, Casual 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: A quirky, humorous puzzle-platformer that features a minimalist art style and a lighthearted, absurd sense of fun.

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 24.3%, Narration 20.3%, Cute 15.4%, Puzzle Platformer 14.6%, Story Rich 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-adventure game with a heartfelt narrative and a cute aesthetic that feels spiritually similar to the journey in Love is Dead.

A comical puzzle platformer where you must die to progress. The bodies you leave behind are your only tools to solve puzzles on your quest to find the Cup of Life.

Why similar: Puzzle 35.5%, Puzzle Platformer 26.2%, Great Soundtrack 13%, Family Friendly 11.1%, Indie 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer that uses dark humor and the concept of dying to solve puzzles, mirroring the morbidly funny nature of the seed game.

The Adventure Pals is an epic adventure platformer fueled by imagination, friendship, and the dark side of hot dogs. Your dad has been dadnapped and you, your pet rock, and a tongue-helicoptering giraffe must fight your way through levels filled with platforming, bizarre enemies, and big bosses to save the world!

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 28.6%, Local Co-Op 19.6%, Indie 17%, Cute 16.7%, Family Friendly 9%

Why You'll Like It: A colorful and funny platformer that emphasizes exploration and a lighthearted, whimsical story.

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: Zombies 68.6%, Casual 10.7%, Great Soundtrack 9.8%, Indie 7.7%, Singleplayer 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: An action-strategy game that puts you in the shoes of a zombie leading a horde, blending humor with unique gameplay mechanics.

Heart Star is an adorable puzzle platformer where you guide two little friends through two parallel worlds. Swap between the worlds to solve unique puzzles. Overcome all obstacles with the power of teamwork!

Why similar: Casual 27.9%, Indie 25.9%, Puzzle Platformer 15.9%, Puzzle 12.3%, Cute 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: A cute, singleplayer puzzle-platformer that focuses on switching between two characters to navigate levels.

Inked is a narrative-driven puzzle game set in a world of beautiful ballpoint pen-drawn landscapes. Playing as the Nameless Hero, you will solve intriguing puzzles while searching for your love Aiko.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 27.6%, Puzzle 21.8%, Puzzle Platformer 21.3%, Story Rich 10.7%, Casual 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-driven narrative game with a distinct hand-drawn art style that focuses on a touching story.

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: Puzzle 22.1%, Great Soundtrack 21.1%, Cute 20%, Casual 13%, Indie 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based puzzle game that is incredibly funny and features a quirky, low-stakes narrative about a hole in the ground.

It's a lovely morning in the village and you are a horrible goose.

Why similar: Puzzle 30.9%, Cute 25.2%, Local Co-Op 14.6%, Indie 12.7%, Family Friendly 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A humorous puzzle game where you cause mischief, capturing the same lighthearted and funny spirit found in Love is Dead.

Quite a different zombie game - this time YOU are the zombie! Command your infested comrades, fight your way to freedom and let the zombie kind dominate the world! Oh, and you're able to create your own scenarios!

Why similar: Zombies 39.2%, Puzzle 23.8%, Cute 17.2%, Casual 9.1%, Indie 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down puzzle game where you play as a zombie, focusing on stealth and strategy in a cute, cartoonish world.

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: Puzzle Platformer 30.5%, Puzzle 24.9%, Local Co-Op 20.4%, Story Rich 13.8%, Family Friendly 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer that uses environmental manipulation and character-specific abilities to solve challenges.

Play as an adorable yet trouble-making turnip. Avoid paying taxes, solve plantastic puzzles, harvest crops and battle massive beasts all in a journey to tear down a corrupt vegetable government!

Why similar: Puzzle 30.3%, Cute 21.8%, Story Rich 14.1%, Great Soundtrack 12.9%, Casual 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: A funny, top-down adventure game that combines simple combat with puzzle-solving and a very silly premise.

Baby Dino Adventures is a cute platformer game inspired by classic retro games. You play a lost baby T-Rex, and help him find his parents back. You won't kill anyone. But rather solve puzzles, and make new allies throughout this upcoming adventure. ♥

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 31.8%, Local Co-Op 19.2%, Cute 18.8%, Indie 12.6%, Family Friendly 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A family-friendly puzzle-platformer that is cute, accessible, and focuses on exploration.

You're a detective, and a frog, and it's time to solve a mystery.

Why similar: Cute 32.3%, Great Soundtrack 20.8%, Casual 18.6%, Indie 9.8%, Colorful 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A short, hilarious, and charming narrative game that focuses on dialogue and exploration rather than traditional puzzles.

Carto is a charming adventure game wrapped around a unique, world-altering puzzle mechanic. Use this power to explore mysterious lands, help a quirky cast of characters, and guide Carto on her journey back to her family.

Why similar: Puzzle 29%, Cute 26.4%, Indie 14.2%, Story Rich 13.1%, Family Friendly 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-adventure game where you rearrange pieces of the map to explore the world, featuring a very cute and relaxing tone.

Why Am I Dead At Sea is an adventure game where you solve the mystery of your own murder. As a ghost, you will have to possess people and use them to investigate your surroundings. But in this place no one is who they seem...and everyone has a secret.

Why similar: Indie 53.6%, Story Rich 38.5%, Singleplayer 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: A mystery-adventure game with a unique premise that forces you to interact with ghosts to solve your own murder.

Pat the alligator, a (mostly) harmless and (probably) innocent reptile is at the center of a conspiracy that could bring down the biggest, scariest family in Alligator New York City: his own! Explore the city, meet the Family, and try to save Pat before the clock runs out.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 28.7%, Cute 19.2%, Indie 16.5%, Puzzle 14.7%, LGBTQ+ 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: A funny, hand-drawn point-and-click adventure that is filled with personality and quirky characters.

It's MIDNIGHT, you're DEAD, and got a bad case of THE MUNCHIES. Chew your way through 120 levels of addictive puzzle gameplay, where your only goal is to devour everything but your own wormy self. It's quick, tasty, and hard to resist. Just like a late-night snack.

Why similar: Puzzle 51.5%, Indie 17.8%, Casual 15.8%, Colorful 9.9%, Singleplayer 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: A logic-based puzzle game that features a funny, cartoonish aesthetic and simple, addictive mechanics.

I can see the signs in my sleep now, always guiding me closer. Will this really work? Have we almost achieved the impossible?

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 35.7%, Puzzle 32.8%, Cute 18.1%, Family Friendly 7.2%, Colorful 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: A clever puzzle-platformer that takes place on city signs, offering a unique visual style and satisfying mechanics.

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: Great Soundtrack 45.1%, Puzzle Platformer 12.8%, Indie 12.8%, Puzzle 12.4%, Story Rich 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: An emotional puzzle-platformer that uses its stunning art and music to tell a story without words.

Search for hidden folks in hand-drawn, interactive, miniature landscapes. Unfurl tent flaps, cut through bushes, slam doors, and poke some crocodiles! Rooooaaaarrrr!!!!!

Why similar: Puzzle 34.7%, Casual 18.3%, Cute 15.8%, Indie 15.4%, Family Friendly 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: A charming, hand-drawn hidden-object game that is full of personality and interactive, funny animations.

Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 32.3%, Cute 31%, Indie 16.5%, Casual 10.9%, Family Friendly 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: A relaxing, cute indie game that focuses on exploration and small, meaningful interactions in a beautiful world.

Unknowz is a cooperative platformer where two pirates, one alive, the other undead, must combine their unique abilities to solve puzzles, avoid traps, and escape from a skeleton-infested island. Work together... or sink!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 42.1%, Local Co-Op 27.9%, Narration 25.8%, Colorful 4.2%

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

Why similar: Zombies 32.1%, Puzzle 17.6%, Puzzle Platformer 15.9%, Cute 10.3%, Indie 9.4%

Build relationship with the characters. Your choices might earn you favor from one character, but disdain from another. Use items to solve problems. Confront various endings. Choose one person and face the end with them.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 57%, Story Rich 35.5%, Singleplayer 7.5%

Explore a woollen world where stuffed animals once lived in peace. Search for hidden secrets and customize your character with different animal shapes to solve puzzles. An epic adventure with two very unlikely heroes and a story narrated in rhyme.

Why similar: Narration 23.8%, Casual 14.8%, Story Rich 13.2%, Indie 12.7%, Cute 9.6%

A hilariously terrifying adventure filled with laughs, blood, insanity, and of course... hordes of the undead.

Why similar: Zombies 55.7%, Indie 11.8%, Great Soundtrack 11.6%, Puzzle 9.7%, Story Rich 6.2%

Tales of the Tiny Planet tells the story of a separated group of planet friends who want to reunite. You have to assist them against the dangers of time and space.

Why similar: Indie 18%, Great Soundtrack 16.6%, Puzzle 16.3%, Puzzle Platformer 12%, Cute 11.1%

A cozy horror, “self-coop”, adventure about two unlikely souls who forge a forbidden bond and journey together to find the sun. Explore eerie yet charming Tim Burton-esque levels, switch between two unique characters, and solve brain-teasing puzzles.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 38.2%, Puzzle 36.9%, Casual 15.7%, Colorful 9.2%

Figment is an action-adventure game that invites you to explore a unique surreal universe filled with music, humor and multi layered narrative. Join Dusty and his ever-optimistic friend, Piper, on an adventure through the different sides of the mind seeking to restore the courage that's been lost.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 28%, Puzzle 24.3%, Cute 14.1%, Indie 11.2%, Story Rich 8.5%

Stretch out cute dogs to their food bowls! Easy to learn, difficult to master with deceptively simple puzzles and mechanics.

Why similar: Puzzle 27.6%, Casual 17.2%, Indie 16.4%, Great Soundtrack 14.4%, Cute 12.1%

Casual game for attentiveness

Why similar: Zombies 52%, Puzzle 14%, Indie 9.1%, Casual 8.5%, Cute 6.6%

Demystify the zombie island and break the ancient curse!

Why similar: Zombies 54.9%, Puzzle 21.6%, Casual 14.5%, Story Rich 7.3%, Singleplayer 1.7%

Do the tango to win the heart of your loved one! Each song in this casual RHYTHM game will unveil the story of Luciano and Martita. Influenced by games like OSU and Crypt of the Necrodancer, with a pinch of melodramatic humor, inspired by the best Latin American soap operas!

Why similar: Narration 43.7%, Great Soundtrack 23.6%, Story Rich 18%, Indie 8.5%, Casual 3.3%

Help the cursed souls of Limbo escape their endless time loop in the afterlife. As Kulebra, a newly-deceased snake, witness their grief and guide them toward closure through point-and-click puzzles, light stealth, and empathy-driven boss encounters.

Why similar: Puzzle 36.3%, Cute 21.4%, Story Rich 19.9%, Family Friendly 9.4%, Colorful 9.1%

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: Great Soundtrack 24.7%, Puzzle 17.4%, Puzzle Platformer 14.8%, Cute 14%, Local Co-Op 9.3%

Their faces are the playing pieces. The rules are their emotions!Ridiculously charming puzzles, wrapped around an epic tale of love and danger, topped off with an authentic old-time stringband soundtrack!The goal is to put every one next to their friends.But you can't please everybody all the time.

Why similar: Puzzle 35.1%, Cute 25.5%, Casual 12.3%, Family Friendly 8.6%, Indie 8.5%

Help a small body save a head-like organism full of air, from a leak that threatens its life. Explore their Metroidvania-style world and overcome challenging environmental puzzles to find the key to the head's survival.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 24.7%, Indie 22.8%, Puzzle 21.1%, Great Soundtrack 18.9%, Cute 10.6%

An adorable puzzle game about being a monster and making snowmen.

Why similar: Puzzle 30%, Cute 24.6%, Great Soundtrack 23.4%, Casual 10.3%, Family Friendly 6.3%

Arcade-style physics puzzle game where you kill undead & keep villagers alive. Level challenges offer a variety of weapons with their own physical properties. Choose the right weapon and solve puzzles by exploding crates, magnetizing metal, burning, slicing, dicing and bouncing your balls to victory

Why similar: Zombies 40.2%, Puzzle 33%, Casual 11%, Indie 10.6%, Family Friendly 3.7%

Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.

Why similar: Zombies 58.4%, Great Soundtrack 15%, Puzzle 7%, Casual 6.7%, Cute 5.1%

From the depths of hell, climb chained to your friends through diverse worlds. Solo or co-op, try to reach the summit and discover what awaits you there...

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 69.6%, Casual 30.4%

A story-driven adventure game about a haunted bed & breakfast. A dead & breakfast!

Why similar: Indie 43.2%, Cute 32.6%, Story Rich 24.3%

Test your attention and go on a look for different items with your loved one. Explore the cozy waterways of the town on Valentine's Day and find all the hidden objects to make the black-and-white picture burst into bright colors.

Why similar: Puzzle 34%, Casual 24.5%, Cute 19.1%, Indie 7.6%, Family Friendly 7.3%

Fofiño and Lily are always in pursue of fun, particularly boxes! Help them to move the boxes around in this puzzle adventure! ฅ^•ﻌ•^ฅ

Why similar: Puzzle 38.7%, Local Co-Op 21%, Cute 17.5%, Casual 15%, Family Friendly 6.6%

Control the strings of fate and embark on a grand adventure with Drev and Nieve. A magical, story-driven 2.5D puzzle-platformer where puppeteering mechanics and a whimsical, theater-inspired world intertwine.

Why similar: Narration 26.8%, Puzzle Platformer 21.5%, Puzzle 16.9%, Cute 13.3%, Indie 8.4%

Eternal Hope is a puzzle platformer game that follows the story of Ti’bi – a boy who must embark on a journey of love and hope to find his beloved’s soul.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 31%, Puzzle 26.7%, Story Rich 15%, Indie 12.3%, Great Soundtrack 12.2%

A puzzle game that explores the emotional rollercoaster of a long-distance relationship — in a world of folding paper! Flip, fold, unfold and rotate paper puzzles to help a couple navigate the complexities of living apart.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 24.2%, Puzzle 23.9%, LGBTQ+ 19%, Cute 17.8%, Story Rich 8%

About Love, Hate and the other ones is a puzzle game, in which you influence your surroundings by the force of Hate and the power of Love. Find a way through caves and ice, castles and factories, all by the might of your puzzling!

Why similar: Puzzle 25.8%, Puzzle Platformer 20.2%, Cute 19.2%, Casual 11.6%, Indie 9.3%

«Freezeer» — is a love story puzzle platformer. Kiss your girlfriend but do not freeze her. To do this, you need to melt yourself on the red block. Beware of ice blocks because they can kill you.

Why similar: Casual 31.4%, Puzzle 30.6%, Indie 28.5%, Colorful 6.5%, Singleplayer 3.2%

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: Puzzle 50.8%, Cute 19.1%, Casual 11.5%, Story Rich 11.1%, Indie 7.6%

A surreal post-life adventure

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 27.5%, Indie 17.7%, Puzzle 16.5%, LGBTQ+ 14.2%, Story Rich 11.5%

An Environmental Puzzle Game About Family, Grit, and Survival.Grays roam the land, largely in the absence of human interference. These aren't your typical Zed -- theirs is a very different sort of apocalypse. Animals spontaneously transform into twisted, violent beings. The earth decays, collapsing into a network of abysses.

Why similar: Zombies 50.5%, Puzzle 24.3%, Indie 16.2%, Story Rich 9%