- #1 Switchball HD
97% matchVery Positive85% of 187 reviews2021
Dev: Atomic Elbow
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Transform the Marble ball with metal, electric and lighter-than-air properties to solve 3D puzzles based on real-world physics in the quickest time. More than 30 challenging levels!
Why similar: Puzzle 29.4%, Arcade 22.2%, Casual 21.6%, Platformer 14.5%, Indie 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: A classic physics-based puzzle-platformer where you manipulate a ball through complex environments using various material properties.
- #2 Marble It Up! Ultra
96% matchVery Positive93% of 1,113 reviews2018
Dev: BlueteakPub: Alvios, Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Roll, bounce, boost, and blast your way to victory in Marble It Up! Ultra - the ultimate marble platformer. Chase the records of your friends and the world's best players through a vast campaign - or face them head-on in thrilling multiplayer mayhem. Get ready to roll!
Why similar: Arcade 26.5%, Platformer 25%, Casual 20.8%, Puzzle 12%, Action 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive modern marble-rolling game, featuring polished physics and intricate level design that perfectly mirrors the core appeal of Marble Mayhem.
- #3 Spectraball
96% matchMostly Positive77% of 500 reviews2008
Dev: Shorebound Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Spectraball combines elements of platforming, puzzle solving, addictive gameplay, and stunning visuals to deliver an experience that sets a new standard for the genre. In addition, Spectraball utilizes Steamworks, offering full support for achievements and stat tracking.
Why similar: Casual 43.9%, Puzzle 29.4%, Indie 26.7%
Why You'll Like It: This title focuses heavily on 3D marble platforming and precision movement, making it a direct thematic sibling to the seed game.
- #4 Mind Spheres
95% matchMostly Positive77% of 817 reviews2016
Dev: Microblast GamesPub: SA Industry
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Inspired by two not so different worlds, Mind Spheres brings you an exclusive and awesome experience. A physics puzzle with minigolf + pinball unique mashup. Figure out puzzles in order to proceed to the next level.
Why similar: Puzzle 43.5%, Casual 27.3%, Platformer 10.9%, Indie 8.3%, 2D 3.9%
Why You'll Like It: Combines precision platforming with physics-based marble movement to create a challenging and rewarding puzzle experience.
- #5 Ball at Work: The Ultimate Speedrun Platformer!
94% matchVery Positive85% of 425 reviews2020
Dev: Famous Dogg Studios
Windows · Mac
Experience the thrill of the high-flying antics of the Crazy Ball as it bounces around the dysfunctional office. With unique and challenging gameplay that is easy to grasp, outrageous physics and plenty of fun content, this is one wacky office that you’d never want to leave!
Why similar: Difficult 27.8%, Puzzle 21.6%, Platformer 14.3%, Arcade 12.4%, Casual 11%
Why You'll Like It: A high-difficulty ball-based platformer that emphasizes speed and precise movement mechanics.
- #6 Defy Gravity Extended
94% matchVery Positive86% of 8,545 reviews2016
Dev: Paul FischPub: Fish Factory Games
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Defy Gravity is an action platformer that is a mix between classic platforming and gravity based puzzle solving.
Why similar: Platformer 32.9%, Puzzle 19.3%, Difficult 16.5%, Indie 12%, Casual 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: A physics-based puzzle-platformer that uses gravity-bending mechanics to create challenging navigation puzzles.
- #7 Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania
91% matchVery Positive83% of 1,572 reviews2021
Dev: Ryu Ga Gotoku StudioPub: SEGA
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Go Bananas with your favorite monkey gang in the ultimate Super Monkey Ball adventure!
Why similar: Difficult 40.4%, Platformer 30.2%, Arcade 13.7%, Action 11.4%, Singleplayer 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for ball-rolling platforming, offering a high skill ceiling and physics-based challenges that require immense control.
- #8 Unmechanical
93% matchVery Positive92% of 473 reviews2012
Dev: Talawa GamesPub: Teotl Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 58%
A carefully created world with unique environments and an engrossing atmosphere, Unmechanical offers over 30 unique puzzles of exploration and adventure!
Why similar: Puzzle 44.8%, Casual 24.2%, Indie 20.9%, Platformer 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: Features physics-based puzzle-solving and a distinct sense of weight and movement that fans of Marble Mayhem will appreciate.
- #9 Ball laB
90% matchMixed65% of 873 reviews2018
Dev: Viktor Yurchuk
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 23%
Ball laB is a hardcore platformer with minimalist graphics.
Why similar: Difficult 25.5%, Puzzle 19.5%, Casual 12.8%, Platformer 12.7%, Arcade 12.4%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist precision platformer that requires the same level of focus and rhythmic movement as the seed game.
- #10 Super Magbot
88% matchVery Positive84% of 401 reviews2021
Dev: Astral PixelPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 37%
A precise 2D platformer with a twist. NO JUMPING. Master your magnetic powers to beat each level with speed and skill. Enjoy classic 16-bit gaming vibes, tackle challenging achievements and compete for global leaderboard supremacy along the way.
Why similar: Difficult 35.7%, Indie 22.5%, Puzzle 14.6%, Platformer 12.6%, Action 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: A unique precision platformer that replaces traditional jumping with magnetic physics, offering a fresh but equally difficult challenge.
- #11 Escape Goat 2
89% matchVery Positive95% of 452 reviews2014
Dev: MagicalTimeBeanPub: Double Fine Presents
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 95%
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: Puzzle 35.3%, Platformer 23.7%, Indie 18.2%, Casual 14.1%, Action 3.9%
Why You'll Like It: A tight, challenging puzzle-platformer that rewards clever thinking and precise execution.
- #12 Inside The Gear
89% matchMostly Negative40% of 140 reviews2014
Dev: Mykhail Konokh
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
A physics puzzle game like no other! You are inside the big old machine. There are rusty gears and shafts all around you, along with interactive objects such as planks and cubes. Use each object and place the wheel on the platform – easy!
Why similar: Casual 30.8%, Puzzle 28.8%, Indie 19.5%, Difficult 18.8%, Singleplayer 2.1%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric physics-based puzzle game that emphasizes careful movement and environmental interaction.
- #13 gravilon
87% matchMixed59% of 1,254 reviews2015
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
An inventive, thought-provoking puzzle platformer. Use powerups in each environment, and your own inherent gravity-bending powers, to complete each level. The more you play, the more story details you'll uncover.
Why similar: Puzzle 24.3%, Indie 21.3%, Platformer 19.9%, Difficult 19.3%, Casual 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist physics-based platformer that focuses on gravity manipulation and precise movement.
- #14 Waveform
86% matchVery Positive83% of 2,137 reviews2012
Dev: Eden Industries
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Navigate the beauty and hazards of the solar system while riding a wave of light through 100+ levels in this innovative action-puzzle game!
Why similar: Indie 26.3%, Puzzle 25.9%, Difficult 16.9%, Casual 12.3%, Arcade 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: A unique physics-based puzzle game where you control a wave of light, requiring careful timing and trajectory management.
- #15 YAPP: Yet Another Puzzle Platformer
85% matchVery Positive87% of 62 reviews2017
Dev: Artless Games
Windows
A challenging puzzle platformer in which you clone and teleport.
Why similar: Difficult 31.5%, Puzzle 20.7%, Casual 16.5%, Platformer 15.2%, Indie 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: A challenging 2D puzzle-platformer that shares the same 'difficult but fair' design philosophy as the seed game.
- #16 BEEP
86% matchVery Positive85% of 4,704 reviews2011
Dev: Big Fat Alien
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 69%
A combination of platforming with a gravity gun, BEEP is an amazing physics-platformer. Despite its friendly art style, this is a hardcore platformer in the truest sense.
Why similar: Platformer 25.1%, Indie 24.3%, Puzzle 21.5%, 2D 9.4%, Difficult 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A physics-based platformer that blends exploration with puzzle-solving in a charming, sci-fi setting.
- #17 LIT: Bend the Light
82% matchVery Positive94% of 315 reviews2020
Dev: Copperglass
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Light, darkness and remarkable puzzles! Bend the light to your will in this award winning physics-based puzzle game. Feel like a renaissance engineer, build your own solutions to light puzzles, feel your brain grow and all of that within the beautiful and mysterious world of LIT.
Why similar: Casual 42.1%, Indie 28.3%, Puzzle 13%, Difficult 12.5%, 2D 2.8%
Why You'll Like It: A physics-based puzzle game that requires careful manipulation of light and objects to progress.
- #18 Marble Skies
83% matchVery Positive83% of 325 reviews2019
Dev: [untitledDev]
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Marble Skies is a fast paced 3D-platformer where you control your marble through various levels and try to get the best time for each one. Complete all the levels in your own time, or challenge your friends to get on top of the leaderboards!
Why similar: Puzzle 25.1%, Casual 18.4%, Platformer 17.8%, Arcade 17.4%, Indie 12.5%
Why You'll Like It: A dedicated marble-rolling game that focuses on physics-based platforming and time-trial challenges.
- #19 Airscape - The Fall of Gravity
84% matchVery Positive82% of 2,660 reviews2015
Dev: Cross-ProductPub: Senpai Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Airscape is a fast-paced, ultra-challenging 60 level action platformer. You play a deep-sea octopus, kidnapped by a mechanical alien race. Jump, dodge, and swim through a skybound environment full of floating islands, water formations, and robotic terrors.
Why similar: Difficult 27.1%, Puzzle 17.1%, Casual 13.5%, Platformer 13.3%, Arcade 12%
Why You'll Like It: A difficult gravity-based platformer that demands quick reflexes and precise spatial awareness.
- #20 Marble's Marbles
71% matchVery Positive96% of 124 reviews2026
Dev: James OliverPub: Destined
Windows · Mac · Linux
A love letter to the classic marble games. Help Marble find his lost marbles and roll through physics-powered worlds packed with wild challenges and quirky contraptions.
Why similar: Arcade 33.7%, Puzzle 29.8%, Platformer 19.3%, Action 14.8%, Singleplayer 2.4%
- #21 Ultimate Solid
84% matchMostly Positive73% of 67 reviews2016
Dev: What The Fantastic Games GroupPub: Night Steed Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%
The great arcade challenge in physics based platform world. Join the hardcore journey of 200 levels with puzzle elements and claim the title of Ultimate Solid!
Why similar: Difficult 29.8%, Puzzle 24.5%, Indie 24.4%, Arcade 11.4%, Action 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A physics-based action-adventure game that incorporates puzzle elements and challenging platforming segments.
- #22 VVVVVV
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,401 reviews2010
Dev: Terry Cavanagh
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 66%
VVVVVV is a platform game all about exploring one simple mechanical idea - what if you reversed gravity instead of jumping?
Why similar: Difficult 39.3%, Platformer 26.7%, Indie 16.6%, 2D 6.9%, Puzzle 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: A high-difficulty platformer that uses gravity-flipping mechanics to create complex, puzzle-like navigation challenges.
- #23 N++ (NPLUSPLUS)
81% matchVery Positive94% of 3,463 reviews2016
Dev: Metanet Software Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
N++ is a fast-paced, momentum-based platformer about darting around obstacles, narrowly evading enemies and collecting gold in a beautiful minimalist landscape.
Why similar: Difficult 44.9%, Arcade 16%, Platformer 15.7%, Indie 13%, Action 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: The ultimate test of precision platforming, offering thousands of levels that require absolute mastery of momentum and physics.
- #24 Atomic Reconstruction
81% matchMostly Positive77% of 60 reviews2016
Dev: Teawork Dev
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Atomic Reconstruction is a atmospheric Puzzle game, where you have to use the power of fusion and fission to create and modify specific atoms or groups of atoms.
Why similar: Casual 40%, Indie 27.7%, Puzzle 23.7%, 2D 5.7%, Singleplayer 2.9%
Why You'll Like It: A relaxing yet challenging physics-based puzzle game that focuses on structure and stability.
- #25 Super Meat Boy
79% matchVery Positive94% of 36,925 reviews2010
Dev: Team Meat
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 77%
The infamous, tough-as-nails platformer comes to Steam with a playable Head Crab character (Steam-exclusive)!
Why similar: Difficult 46.3%, Platformer 27.7%, Indie 14.8%, 2D 7.2%, Singleplayer 2.8%
Why You'll Like It: The benchmark for difficult precision platformers, demanding the same level of persistence and muscle memory as Marble Mayhem.
- #26 Super Puzzle Platformer Deluxe
80% matchVery Positive90% of 505 reviews2013
Dev: Andrew Morrish
Windows · Mac
Median: 54 minMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 47%
The title says it all. Take one part falling block puzzle game, combine one part old-school platformer, add a couple thousand pixels, blend and serve. Why match colored blocks when you can just shoot the hell out of them? Your goal is to survive as long as you can. From celebrated indie developer Andrew Morrish and Adult Swim Games.
Why similar: Casual 22.9%, Puzzle 20.6%, Indie 19.6%, Platformer 15%, Difficult 14.5%
Why You'll Like It: An action-packed puzzle-platformer that forces players to think and move quickly under pressure.
- #27 Intergalactic Bubbles
79% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,192 reviews2015
Dev: Hellscape Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Blast your way through space in this innovative 3D bubble puzzler! Bounce, bobble, swing, and explode bubbles across the universe. Intergalactic Bubbles advances the classic match-3 genre into the 21st century with stellar graphics, 3D action, and upgrades.
Why similar: Puzzle 35.2%, Casual 34.4%, Indie 16.8%, Arcade 10.5%, Singleplayer 3%
Why You'll Like It: An arcade-style physics puzzle game that emphasizes trajectory and precision aiming.
- #28 Y2ROLL
66% matchVery Positive98% of 81 reviews2025
Dev: MenacingMecha
Windows · Linux
Y2ROLL is an N64-style minimalistic physics-based arcade-style marble rolling game that will take you back to the turn of the millennium.
Why similar: Arcade 43.3%, Difficult 20.7%, Indie 19.7%, Action 13.8%, Singleplayer 2.5%
- #29 hocus
78% matchVery Positive91% of 790 reviews2015
Dev: Yunus Ayyildiz
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
perspective illusion puzzle based on M.C. Escher drawings and impossible shapes
Why similar: Puzzle 27.1%, Indie 24.7%, Casual 23.3%, Difficult 18.3%, 2D 4.1%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist perspective-based puzzle game that requires careful spatial reasoning to navigate complex 3D structures.
- #30 GemBreak
78% matchMostly Positive73% of 123 reviews2016
Dev: Ballista Studios IVS
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 96%
GemBreak is an action-packed physics puzzle game on steroids, with great speed and action/tactical -oriented gameplay.
Why similar: Casual 48.1%, Puzzle 21.3%, Arcade 14.6%, Action 10.2%, 2D 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced arcade game that uses physics-based mechanics to create challenging puzzle-action scenarios.
- #31 Out There Somewhere
76% matchVery Positive93% of 6,916 reviews2016
Dev: MiniBossPub: Senpai Industrial Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%
You play an explorer stranded on a dangerous alien planet. Low on fuel, your only hope for escape is to find the planet’s core in this incredibly clever action-puzzle-platformer.
Why similar: Platformer 27.5%, Puzzle 27.1%, Difficult 14.4%, Indie 13.9%, 2D 7.3%
- #32 Through the Mirror
77% matchVery Positive82% of 115 reviews2017
Dev: Cleiton OliveiraPub: Volens Nolens Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 97%
A hard, mind bending platformer based on imagination and quick reflexes.
Why similar: Casual 19.8%, Difficult 19.8%, Puzzle 18.9%, Indie 11.7%, Platformer 10.9%
- #33 The Howler
77% matchMostly Positive78% of 2,099 reviews2014
Dev: Antanas Marcelionis
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Use gravity, tension, and wind currents to get your hot air balloon to its destination, dropping off cargo on your way, in this ultra-challenging physics-based game. All art used in the Howler was meticulously created by classically-trained experienced painters.
Why similar: Casual 25.3%, Puzzle 23.3%, Indie 21.1%, Difficult 12.1%, Platformer 6%
- #34 Gun Rocket
76% matchMostly Positive75% of 819 reviews2016
Dev: Space Wedgie, LLC
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
If you are not prepared for a challenge - turn back now. Gun Rocket is a 2D physics puzzler that is not for the feint of heart or the stiff of fingers. In search of adventure, you have been caught by holes in space and time. Can you escape?
Why similar: Casual 29.4%, Difficult 28.1%, Indie 24.5%, Puzzle 18%
- #35 Aesthetic Melody
75% matchVery Positive90% of 78 reviews2017
Dev: Adam DeLease
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Sit back and enjoy 30 minutes of original electronic and vaporwave music in this challenging platformer, push forward to unlock Time Trial mode and a second playable character who completely changes the gameplay.
Why similar: Difficult 41.3%, Platformer 20.1%, Casual 17.4%, 2D 8.8%, Action 5.1%
- #36 Polarity
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 4,680 reviews2016
Dev: Bluebutton Games
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Polarity takes it to the next level, demanding all of your wits and reflexes. Full-featured local co-op campaign.
Why similar: Puzzle 66.9%, Indie 17.3%, Platformer 8.1%, Action 4%, Singleplayer 3.6%
- #37 World of Goo
74% matchVery Positive94% of 6,476 reviews2008
Dev: 2D BOYPub: 2D BOY
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 67%
World of Goo is a multiple award winning physics based puzzle / construction game made entirely by two guys.
Why similar: Puzzle 50.6%, Indie 17.9%, Casual 13.6%, Difficult 8.2%, 2D 5.6%
- #38 Tinboy
75% matchMixed62% of 514 reviews2015
Dev: Interactive Stone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Tinboy is a puzzle-platformer, with a massive difficulty level.
Why similar: Difficult 29%, Puzzle 23.2%, Platformer 14.3%, Casual 13%, Indie 7.7%
- #39 Ballex²: The Hanging Gardens
59% matchVery Positive96% of 196 reviews2025
Dev: Mushreb Games
Windows
Ballex² is an indie high-altitude rolling game focused on physics and skillful control. Here, you will take control of nine unique spheres to conquer breathtaking aerial wonders and experience an unprecedented challenge that combines physics-based puzzles with demanding controls.
Why similar: Casual 55.3%, Puzzle 32.7%, Indie 6.1%, Singleplayer 5.9%
- #40 Playback Loop
62% matchVery Positive95% of 93 reviews2024
Dev: MapPack
Windows
Carefully capture tracks of your actions, then play them back to solve puzzles with the aid of your recorded ghosts. Immerse yourself in a cerebral first-person puzzle platformer, where strategically thinking several steps ahead is the key to success.
Why similar: Difficult 39.8%, Puzzle 22.3%, Casual 13.5%, Indie 12.4%, Platformer 6.4%
- #41 aMAZE Untouchable
73% matchMixed57% of 114 reviews2018
Dev: Blender Games
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 46%
aMAZE Untouchable is a straightforward and surprisingly-difficult celebration of the simple beauty of the maze with calm soundtrack.
Why similar: Difficult 35.9%, Puzzle 29.2%, Casual 13%, Indie 10.1%, 2D 8.3%
- #42 Fabric
72% matchVery Positive86% of 123 reviews2016
Dev: Torreng Labs
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Fabric is a first person puzzle game in which you bend spacetime to solve challenging puzzles and complete glitchy-themed voxel based levels.
Why similar: Puzzle 51.8%, Difficult 27%, Indie 21.2%
- #43 The Floor is Jelly
73% matchVery Positive84% of 434 reviews2014
Dev: Auren Snyder
Windows · Mac
Median: 36 minMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 42%
The Floor is Jelly is a game that answers the question: what if everything you touched was made of jello?
Why similar: Platformer 36.3%, Indie 34.8%, Puzzle 23.3%, 2D 5.6%
- #44 Heavenly Bodies
63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 4,263 reviews2021
Dev: 2pt Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Wrangle the hands and arms of a 1970s space cosmonaut and push, pull and twist your way through an increasingly precarious range of physically simulated stellar scenarios, where without gravity, nothing is still, nothing is secure, and nothing is simple.
Why similar: Difficult 46.4%, Puzzle 34.4%, Indie 10.1%, Action 4.9%, Singleplayer 4.2%
- #45 Hyposphere
72% matchMixed69% of 325 reviews2016
Dev: Atum SoftwarePub: Sometimes You
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Hyposphere is not simply a classic "marble" platformer, it may also be the most beautiful, thanks to the power of the Unreal Engine 4, as well as the most difficult.
Why similar: Indie 55.6%, Casual 44.4%
- #46 Zup! X
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 6,751 reviews2018
Dev: Quiet River
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 17.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Minimal physical puzzle with explosions
Why similar: Puzzle 36.7%, Casual 23%, Difficult 15.9%, Indie 13.2%, 2D 8.1%
- #47 ETHEREAL
68% matchVery Positive89% of 169 reviews2019
Dev: Nicolás RecabarrenPub: Nonsense Arts
Windows · Mac
Median: 36 minMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 38%
A profound experience that carries players into an unknown and mysterious world surrounded by carefully designed puzzles...
Why similar: Puzzle 50.5%, Indie 35.9%, 2D 9.8%, Singleplayer 3.8%
- #48 Filament
67% matchVery Positive85% of 752 reviews2020
Dev: Beard EnvyPub: Kasedo Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Solve challenging cable-based puzzles and uncover what really happened to the crew of The Alabaster. Now with Hint System (for those ultra tricky puzzles).
Why similar: Difficult 43.6%, Puzzle 34.9%, Indie 13.9%, Casual 4.6%, 2D 1.8%
- #49 FlippUp
55% matchVery Positive87% of 62 reviews2025
Dev: Try Again Entertainment
Windows · Linux
You've activated an old Pinball machine- but with a twist. No points to score, just a mysterious mission to reach the top. We recommend you to try the demo before buying to avoid quick refunds- FlippTechINC.
Why similar: Difficult 42.1%, Platformer 16.9%, Arcade 15.7%, Indie 12.9%, 2D 5.8%
- #50 Hack And Climb
54% matchVery Positive98% of 58 reviews2026
Dev: Kodachi Games
Windows
Be the weapon! Swing like an axe, thrust like a spear, and soar like an arrow in this physics-based platformer. Flip, throw, and carve your path to the peak! Rage burns, revenge awaits... Are you up to the challenge?
Why similar: Difficult 53.1%, Casual 17.2%, Platformer 15.9%, 2D 9.3%, Singleplayer 4.4%
- #51 NightSky
71% matchVery Positive89% of 1,019 reviews2011
Dev: Nicalis, Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 31%
Nominated as a IGF Seamus McNally Finalist, NightSky is an ambient action-puzzle game that offers a gameplay experience unlike any other—cerebral challenges fill uniquely designed picturesque worlds. The player must maneuver a sphere by using realistic physics to advance; each of these worlds is broken into different areas.
Why similar: Puzzle 31.8%, Platformer 22.6%, Casual 21.4%, Indie 19.6%, 2D 3.3%
- #52 Vitrum
73% matchMixed40% of 82 reviews2014
Dev: 9heads Game Studios
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Vitrum is a 3D, first person, puzzle/platform game with more than 45 stages, stage editor and community's shared stages. The game uses physics and powerful crystals to challenge the player to find your way out of each stage.
Why similar: Casual 32.5%, Puzzle 29.9%, Indie 27.1%, Action 10.6%
- #53 Airhead
60% matchVery Positive88% of 60 reviews2024
Dev: OctatoPub: HandyGames
Windows
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: Indie 28.4%, Puzzle 24.8%, Difficult 23.9%, Platformer 11.4%, Action 9%
- #54 Great Permutator
71% matchVery Positive86% of 148 reviews2014
Dev: Ripatti Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Great Permutator is a puzzle. Hard and tricky. One in which you will have to build a complex system of conveyors and various devices so that the colored boxes can travel across the factory and arrive at right places and in right order. If you are into clever engineering puzzles, this game is for you.
Why similar: Difficult 39.2%, Puzzle 35%, 2D 8%, Indie 7.7%, Casual 6%
- #55 Piece by Piece
52% matchVery Positive100% of 142 reviews2026
Dev: Neon Polygons
Windows · Mac
Piece by Piece is a literal puzzle platformer where each level is fragmented into puzzle pieces. Clear each puzzle by connecting and unconnecting each piece to make your way through each of our 100 handcrafted levels. Discover new themes and mechanics along the way!
Why similar: Difficult 31.5%, Puzzle 27.8%, Casual 13.3%, Platformer 10.3%, Indie 8.8%
- #56 Starsphere
70% matchVery Positive85% of 52 reviews2015
Dev: Julia GamesPub: Slamert Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Starsphere is a challenging platformer. Jump and move together with Starsphere in ocean of dynamics and action. Incredibly difficult levels, bonuses, achievements, and of course rhythmic Starsphere music will give you a lot of fun (pain) to play.
Why similar: Casual 59.8%, Indie 40.2%
- #57 Antichamber
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 17,576 reviews2013
Dev: Alexander BrucePub: Demruth
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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 66.6%, Indie 16.7%, Difficult 12%, Singleplayer 3.9%, Platformer 0.8%
- #58 Liquid Pinball
70% matchMixed68% of 114 reviews2016
Dev: RunServer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%
In this colorful game you need to tilt the field to move liquids to exits, dying them to different colors and even splitting apart. Game has fascinatingly realistic liquid physics and graphics setting the tone, Liquid Pinball challenges players to conquer 60 levels in 5 scenarios of varying difficulty.
Why similar: Casual 42.4%, Indie 28.5%, Puzzle 24.9%, Singleplayer 4.2%