Games Like Magnetic: Cage Closed

Magrunner: Dark Pulse is an action-puzzle game in which technology confronts the Cthulhu Mythos, penned by H.P. Lovecraft. Equipped with your Magtech glove, you must harness the ability to magnetically polarize and manipulate objects in the environment to survive and surpass challenging puzzles.

Why similar: Puzzle 47.7%, First-Person 13.6%, Action 12.8%, Adventure 12.4%, Indie 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game shares the exact core mechanic of using magnetic polarity to manipulate objects and solve physics-based puzzles in a first-person perspective.

Relicta is a first-person physics-based puzzle game where you need to creatively combine magnetism and gravity to unravel the secrets of Chandra Base.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 46.6%, Puzzle 18.4%, First-Person 11%, Female Protagonist 10%, Action 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: It features complex physics-based puzzle-solving centered around magnetism and gravity manipulation in a sci-fi setting.

The Turing Test is a challenging first-person puzzle game set on Jupiter’s moon, Europa. You are Ava Turing, an engineer for the International Space Agency (ISA) sent to discover the cause behind the disappearance of the ground crew stationed there.

Why similar: Puzzle 46.1%, First-Person 19.8%, Female Protagonist 16.4%, Adventure 7.5%, Story Rich 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: A high-quality first-person puzzle game that focuses on using a specialized tool to interact with environmental energy and logic systems.

Portal™ is a new single player game from Valve. Set in the mysterious Aperture Science Laboratories, Portal has been called one of the most innovative new games on the horizon and will offer gamers hours of unique gameplay.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 47.7%, Puzzle 29%, First-Person 10.4%, Female Protagonist 5.8%, Action 2.6%

Why You'll Like It: The quintessential first-person physics puzzle game that established the genre's standard for tool-based environmental interaction.

Think in reverse. Outsmart the impossible. A mind-bending first-person adventure where you solve ingenious and complex puzzles by rewinding objects through time.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 34.5%, Puzzle 26%, First-Person 14.4%, Female Protagonist 11%, Adventure 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: Features a unique time-manipulation tool used to solve intricate physics puzzles in a sterile, sci-fi facility.

Faraday Protocol is a first person puzzle game that will test your wits and intelligence. Use the Bia-Tool, an ancient pistol-like relic of an alien civilization, to solve puzzles by bending energy and manipulating enigmatic machinery.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 34%, Puzzle 33.1%, First-Person 19%, Adventure 7.1%, Indie 5%

Why You'll Like It: Players utilize an ancient artifact to manipulate energy and solve logic puzzles within a mysterious, atmospheric environment.

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: Puzzle Platformer 44.3%, Puzzle 19.7%, First-Person 10.9%, Female Protagonist 9.9%, Action 6%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced first-person puzzle-platformer that uses a gun to expand and contract red blocks, requiring quick thinking and physics awareness.

The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 43.3%, Puzzle 21.1%, First-Person 11.9%, Female Protagonist 10.2%, Action 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: Expands on the original with more complex physics interactions and a deeper narrative, essential for any fan of first-person puzzle games.

Q.U.B.E. 2 is the sequel to the hit first-person puzzle game Q.U.B.E. You are Amelia Cross, a stranded archaeologist who has awoken among the ruins of an ancient alien landscape. With the distant help of another survivor you must solve the puzzles of this mysterious world and find a way back home.

Why similar: Puzzle 29.7%, Action 15%, Adventure 14.9%, Indie 12.4%, First-Person 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: A polished first-person puzzle game that relies on manipulating the environment using a specialized glove-based tool.

In Hourglass you can create a time-clone of yourself to solve challenging puzzles. You will play as Aywa, a young adventurer who is traveling to Egypt to find her missing father - an archeologist, who never returned from his latest expedition.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 45.2%, Puzzle 22.3%, First-Person 12.1%, Female Protagonist 9.4%, Adventure 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person puzzle game centered on time-manipulation mechanics that force players to think about physics and causality.

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 60.9%, Puzzle 26.6%, First-Person 10.4%, Adventure 1.2%, Singleplayer 0.9%

Why You'll Like It: Developed by the creator of Portal, this game tasks players with manipulating physics properties like weight and time to progress.

Chromatic Conundrum is a first person puzzle game where you manipulate light. Combine different colors and form shadows to illuminate your way through an enigmatic world.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 46.6%, Puzzle 27.6%, First-Person 14.6%, Adventure 6.1%, Indie 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi first-person puzzle game that requires players to navigate atmospheric environments using color-coded logic.

The Talos Principle is a first-person puzzle game in the tradition of philosophical science fiction. Made by Croteam and written by Tom Jubert (FTL, The Swapper) and Jonas Kyratzes (The Sea Will Claim Everything).

Why similar: Puzzle 60.7%, First-Person 18.6%, Story Rich 7.1%, Adventure 5.2%, Indie 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: A philosophical first-person puzzle game that requires using various tools and light-refraction mechanics to bypass complex security systems.

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 26.5%, Puzzle 24.9%, Thriller 16.3%, First-Person 11.5%, Psychological Horror 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on perspective-based physics puzzles that challenge the player's perception of space and object size.

Experience a fast-paced, single-player adventure mixing fluid motion, split-second decision making, stylized machine-age visuals, and a dynamic soundscape.

Why similar: Action 37.8%, Adventure 32.1%, Indie 30.1%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based platformer that utilizes magnetic attraction and repulsion as its primary movement and puzzle-solving mechanic.

SECTOR ZERO is a short, physics-based dark sci-fi puzzle adventure where you play as a fragment of an ancient hive-mind entity, awakened by mining operations deep within Asteroid 2031 XT.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 49.5%, Puzzle 21.3%, First-Person 15.8%, Story Rich 6%, Adventure 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person adventure that relies on physics-based interactions and environmental storytelling within a sci-fi facility.

Antichamber is a mind-bending psychological exploration game where nothing can be taken for granted. Discover an Escher-like world where hallways wrap around upon each other, spaces reconfigure themselves, and accomplishing the impossible may just be the only way forward.

Why similar: Puzzle 60.9%, First-Person 22.2%, Indie 10%, Adventure 4.5%, Singleplayer 2.4%

Why You'll Like It: A mind-bending first-person puzzle game that uses non-Euclidean geometry to challenge traditional logic and physics.

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 42%, Puzzle Platformer 41.1%, Indie 10.4%, Horror 4.9%, Singleplayer 1.6%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal puzzle-platformer where the player must manipulate light and shadow to define the physical boundaries of the world.

Neverout is a 'Escape Room' game with quantum physic and reality bending. Packed with dozens of levels, difficult puzzles, eerie atmosphere and unreal immersion. Every action creates reaction. Nothing is certain, but one thing is known - every lock has a key. And in Neverout, the key - is YOU.

Why similar: Puzzle 31.7%, Horror 14.2%, First-Person 13.4%, Adventure 12.1%, Female Protagonist 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: A grid-based puzzle game that forces players to navigate shifting, claustrophobic environments where gravity can change.

Challenge perception, redefine reality, and reshape the world around you with an instant camera. Viewfinder is a new single player game offering gamers hours of interesting and fun experiences while uncovering the mysteries left behind.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 51.6%, Puzzle 22.9%, First-Person 13.5%, Adventure 6.3%, Story Rich 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: An innovative puzzle game where players manipulate the environment by placing 2D images into the 3D world, altering physics and geometry.

Rediscover gravity and explore an Escher-esque world of impossible architecture. Witness infinity in first-person and master its rules to solve physics-defying puzzles. Cultivate a garden to open new paths forward, where an eternal expanse awaits.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 45.7%, Puzzle 28.5%, First-Person 14.1%, Adventure 5.1%, Indie 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: Features gravity-shifting mechanics that allow players to walk on walls and ceilings to solve complex, large-scale puzzles.

The Initiate is a mystery puzzle game. You awake in a house full of traps and puzzles - This is your trial; complete it, or die!

Why similar: Puzzle 26.7%, Adventure 17%, Indie 15.7%, Horror 13%, Action 12.5%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric puzzle-adventure that emphasizes environmental investigation and logic-based problem solving.

Carefuly crafted puzzles in a challenging 3D plaformer take the player on a surrealistic journey through a maze of feelings. In Face It, abstract concepts are shaped into gameplay: darker emotions are monsters and traps, while brighter concepts are the powers you need to beat the levels.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 39.2%, Puzzle 20.9%, Action 12.1%, Adventure 11.4%, Indie 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: A 3D platformer that incorporates puzzle elements and atmospheric exploration to convey its thematic narrative.

Access Denied: Escape is a puzzle game where you have to hack data vaults and interact with various devices to escape.

Why similar: Puzzle 49.7%, First-Person 26.3%, Adventure 12.8%, Indie 6.5%, Singleplayer 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the 'escape room' style of puzzle-solving that requires interacting with various mechanical panels and logic gates.

CRUSH DEPTH is first-person sci-fi horror game set at the bottom of the ocean. A salvage operation that would set you up for life goes sideways when you realize you're not alone down there. You'll solve puzzles and run from danger as you uncover the mysterious fate of Eclipse Station.

Why similar: Puzzle 30.4%, Horror 17.9%, First-Person 16.1%, Female Protagonist 14.5%, Action 8.3%

Scholar's Mate is an immersive first-person horror Escape Room experience that puts you in the shoes of Judith, a young woman who wakes up in the gloomy facilities of a psychiatric hospital.

Why similar: Puzzle 25.2%, Thriller 16.2%, Horror 14.2%, First-Person 12.5%, Female Protagonist 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: A tense escape-room puzzle game that emphasizes environmental observation and solving intricate mechanical locks.

Pneuma: Breath of Life forces you to think outside the box through a narrated story of self-discovery, whilst exploring the ontological mystery of the breath of life. Features award winning voice actor 'Jay Britton' as Pneuma.

Why similar: Puzzle 45.7%, First-Person 21.8%, Adventure 17.4%, Indie 15.1%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person environmental puzzle game that focuses on observation and manipulating the world through the player's perspective.

Sorry We're Closed is an eccentric story-driven survival horror game about demons, angels and what happens when both sides collide. A mix of classic fixed-camera exploration and arcade-style shooting where Michelle must use her Third Eye to see between worlds, uncover secrets and solve puzzles.

Why similar: Puzzle 27.4%, Female Protagonist 17.9%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Horror 13.6%, Indie 8.7%

Embark on a journey of anomalies and repetition in "Prison Loop," a captivating indie puzzle game. Trapped in a mysterious temporal loop within a high-security prison, your objective is to observe anomalies throughout the environment.

Why similar: Puzzle 30.4%, First-Person 18.4%, Horror 16.4%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Action 9.6%

An elaborate puzzle challenge combined with an unconventional story.

Why similar: Adventure 22.9%, Indie 21.9%, Puzzle 21.5%, Female Protagonist 19.4%, First-Person 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, indie puzzle-adventure that focuses on navigating dream-like environments through point-and-click logic.

Dr. Herman, your sci-fi journey begins. Armed only with your mind and the Manipulator that operates with different types of energy, you'll have to pass through portals, visit parallel worlds, and solve physics-based puzzles.

Why similar: Puzzle 28.3%, Thriller 25.1%, First-Person 15.6%, Horror 12.7%, Adventure 8.9%

Never Again - Horror/first-person Quest. The main essence of the game is research locations and puzzles, plunging in the dramatic story of a little girl suffering from asthma.

Why similar: Puzzle 25.8%, Horror 15.3%, First-Person 13.6%, Female Protagonist 13.3%, Psychological Horror 11.3%

A story-driven horror puzzle game where the player takes on the role of a resentful ghost, possessing others in order to search for her own corpse.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 36.6%, Story Rich 25%, Puzzle 10%, Adventure 9%, Indie 8.1%

NeuraGun is a third-person science fiction puzzle game. The player will have to go through a maze of mysteries that will lead him out of the tangled scientific complex.

Why similar: Puzzle 52.9%, Adventure 20.3%, Female Protagonist 17.3%, Story Rich 5.8%, Singleplayer 1.9%

There’s no way out for Alex Young who wakes up to find herself locked in a strange mansion filled with puzzles, traps, and cameras following her every move. Whether she and her companions live or die, and find the truth behind their abduction, is up to you in this first-person mystery thriller.

Why similar: Puzzle 19.7%, Thriller 19.1%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, First-Person 11.4%, Horror 11.3%

In this immersive sci-fi thriller, you will experience the atmosphere of classic 3D games as you solve puzzles, follow an intriguing non-linear storyline, and engage in battles with monsters.

Why similar: Puzzle 33.3%, First-Person 21.6%, Psychological Horror 16%, Horror 13.3%, Story Rich 8.4%

"INHUMAN" is an independent horror game. The story takes place in the conspiracy of an ancient clan, and the protagonist is in a psychedelic state and can't even distinguish herself. With further exploration and confrontation with all kinds of ghosts, the puzzle will be solved step by step...

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 21.9%, Thriller 17.2%, Puzzle 16%, Horror 9.7%, First-Person 9%

Causal Loop is a narrative puzzler that blends mind-bending mechanics with a rich sci-fi story about time, consequence, and survival. Solve intricate puzzles by using the signature “echo” mechanic to record, replay, and interact with up to three versions of your past self. Can you break the loop?

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 46.8%, Puzzle 20.9%, First-Person 12.1%, Action 6.9%, Adventure 6.6%

A VR puzzle game with sci-fi and escape room elements: control time, solve challenges, fight enemies, and explore worlds across different timelines.

Why similar: Puzzle 57.2%, Action 14.6%, Adventure 11.7%, Indie 6.5%, First-Person 3.6%

Survive a macabre world conjured up by the tortured memories of Angelica.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 21.9%, Adventure 16.2%, Horror 15.5%, Indie 14.5%, First-Person 14.2%

Nevrosa is an escape room game with horror and action elements, where you are trying to find your way out of laboratory through solving puzzles while being locked in with a strange creature. Mystical machines, old family curse and various endings depending on your ways of play.

Why similar: Puzzle 25.9%, Horror 20.6%, Action 14.8%, Adventure 14%, Indie 12.6%

Travel through an overgrown megastructure, and discover what lies beyond it. Metal Garden is a short, atmospheric singleplayer FPS game.

Why similar: First-Person 24.9%, Puzzle 24.2%, Action 17.6%, Adventure 15%, Indie 12.3%

Dark Matter is a 2.5D side-scrolling survival horror game, set in a derelict spaceship besieged by a sinister alien presence, and infested with deadly parasites. As the Ensign, you must explore fetid hallways and abandoned facilities, scavenging for parts and blueprints, expanding your arsenal to up to four deadly weapons and freely...

Why similar: Action 36.6%, Indie 28.9%, Female Protagonist 18%, Horror 16.4%

Q.U.B.E: Director's Cut is the definitive version of the brain-twisting first-person puzzler. Using special high-tech gloves to manipulate cubes in the environment, the player solves an array of conundrums - from physics-based challenges; to 3D jigsaws; to platform-based trials.

Why similar: Puzzle 51%, First-Person 19.7%, Indie 9.7%, Action 8.8%, Adventure 8.6%

A journey begins... A treacherous tower... Unravel its mysteries!Discover the secrets kept in the long abandoned Tesla Tower!Magnetism and other electromagnetic powers will help you explore a non-linear world of beautiful hand-drawn environments, in a steampunk-inspired vision of old Europe.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 42.9%, Puzzle 34.9%, Indie 9.2%, Action 5.8%, Adventure 5.2%

Experience the mysterious, timeless world of Toren, the first adventure game from Brazilian indie developer Swordtales. You are Moonchild, destined to climb the tower (known as Toren) on a hauntingly solitary journey to find your purpose.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 44%, Female Protagonist 15.8%, Adventure 11.9%, Puzzle 11.6%, Indie 10.2%

Explore your decaying mind in this story driven retro survival horror FPS. Manage scarce resources, solve puzzles, and fight your way back to the living.

Why similar: Puzzle 28.8%, Horror 16.3%, First-Person 16.1%, Psychological Horror 8.4%, Female Protagonist 8.4%

Abducted with only four hours to live… Learn about your captor, use your knowledge to escape, end the cycle.

Why similar: Puzzle 28.8%, Thriller 28.3%, Horror 12.5%, Female Protagonist 10.1%, First-Person 9.2%

Venineth is a single-player game focusing on unraveling the mysteries of ancient alien technology, somewhere in the universe via exploration, platforming, and puzzle-solving, in a dangerous, distant worlds.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 39.7%, Puzzle 16.8%, Action 14.7%, Adventure 13.8%, Indie 13.2%

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: Indie 34.5%, Horror 26.5%, Adventure 24.4%, Action 14.6%

Magnetized is a minimal action game, let's active the power of magnets and escape from the the pixel maze!

Why similar: Indie 100%

Step into the mind of Rosaline in this psychological horror FPS. Face her fears, engage in intense combat, and help her find peace. Solve puzzles to unlock her psyche's secrets and progress by completing quests

Why similar: Puzzle 32%, First-Person 17.8%, Horror 16.2%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Action 9.3%

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: Puzzle Platformer 42.1%, Puzzle 19%, First-Person 11.5%, Female Protagonist 9.6%, Adventure 5.9%

Luna Abyss is a single player story driven action-adventure with fluid platforming and bullet hell combat. Follow the journey of Fawkes, a prisoner of Luna caught between a cryptic prophecy and their prison sentence.

Why similar: First-Person 28.3%, Horror 23.6%, Action 17.5%, Adventure 13.8%, Story Rich 12.1%

Magnus Positive Phototaxis is an atmospheric journey through a mysterious world of characters, traces and symbols. The task of the player is to solve the puzzles, using proper combinations of objects, finding them in the environment around him.

Why similar: Puzzle 39%, Horror 24.5%, Thriller 17.4%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Adventure 4.3%