Games Like Max: The Curse of Brotherhood

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 29.1%, Platformer 24.8%, Puzzle 18.8%, Adventure 17.8%, Action 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: This cinematic puzzle-platformer features a charming protagonist and physics-based environmental puzzles that feel very similar to the gameplay loop of Max.

Storybook characters discover a three-dimensional world outside the pages of their book and must jump between 2D & 3D realms to save their friends in this charming action-adventure.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 64.9%, Adventure 30.4%, 2D 3%, Singleplayer 1.7%

Why You'll Like It: This adventure masterfully blends 2D and 3D perspectives with creative puzzle-solving, much like the 2.5D world of Max.

With amazing new abilities, re-visit a land full of wonder on a new adventure in LostWinds 2: Winter of the Melodias - sequel to the award-winning ‘LostWinds’.

Why similar: Adventure 33.2%, Platformer 29.8%, Puzzle Platformer 28.8%, Puzzle 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: The game centers on manipulating the environment using elemental powers, mirroring the creative control players have in Max.

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: Adventure 51.8%, Puzzle 25.7%, Platformer 16.4%, Action 3.3%, Singleplayer 2.8%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the emotional core of a sibling-focused journey through a fantastical world, emphasizing unique cooperative-style movement.

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 38%, Platformer 30.1%, Adventure 13.8%, Puzzle 13.8%, 2D 1.7%

Why You'll Like It: The game features a unique mechanic where players paint the environment to change its properties, echoing the magic marker gameplay.

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

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 58.3%, Platformer 21.7%, Puzzle 10.5%, Adventure 6.6%, 2D 1.3%

Why You'll Like It: A classic cinematic puzzle-platformer that relies on environmental interaction and clever physics to progress through a hostile world.

When Blobolonia is threatened by an evil Emperor, the blob comes to Earth looking for help. Instead, he finds a young boy. Help the blob dethrone the evil Emperor that's terrorizing Blobolonia and establish a friendship with the blob that will last a lifetime.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 46.2%, Platformer 21.5%, Adventure 18.3%, Puzzle 11.2%, 2D 2.1%

Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes creative interaction with a companion to solve environmental puzzles, capturing a similar sense of discovery.

A delightful, playground platformer for all ages that follows Lucky, the ever-optimistic, energetic, and lovable hero, on his quest to find his inner strength and help his sister rescue the Book of Ages from Jinx. Jinx is the scheming and mysterious villain trying to reshape the world, but for what reason?

Why similar: Platformer 42.6%, Adventure 40.6%, Action 14.2%, Singleplayer 2.7%

Why You'll Like It: A lighthearted, family-friendly platformer that captures the same sense of adventure and exploration found in Max's journey.

Three Heroes make their way through dangers untold in a fairytale world, featuring physics-based puzzles, beautiful sights and online co-op.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 47.8%, Platformer 27.5%, Adventure 10.3%, Puzzle 9.5%, Action 4%

Why You'll Like It: This title excels at physics-based environmental puzzles and platforming, offering a beautiful, high-fantasy aesthetic.

“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.

Why similar: Platformer 60.7%, Adventure 20.9%, Puzzle 8.6%, Action 5.1%, Singleplayer 2.5%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a similarly polished, cinematic platforming experience with a strong emphasis on atmosphere and fluid movement.

A legendary series returns with a grand new adventure! Enjoy a colorful action-adventure game made alongside Ryuichi Nishizawa, creator of the original Wonder Boy in Monster World series.

Why similar: Platformer 51.2%, Adventure 31.8%, Action 11.7%, 2D 3.1%, Singleplayer 2.1%

Why You'll Like It: This action-adventure platformer uses transformation mechanics to solve puzzles and traverse, providing a deep and rewarding experience.

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 49.1%, Platformer 18%, Adventure 15.8%, Puzzle 13.4%, Singleplayer 2.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game provides a high-production cinematic puzzle-platforming experience with a focus on navigating dangerous, oversized environments.

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: Platformer 34.8%, Puzzle Platformer 30.9%, Adventure 18.3%, Puzzle 15.4%, Singleplayer 0.6%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric puzzle-platformer that emphasizes the relationship between two brothers in a dark, industrial world.

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

Why similar: Platformer 38.7%, Adventure 25.9%, Puzzle 17.5%, Puzzle Platformer 16.5%, Singleplayer 0.7%

Why You'll Like It: A character-driven puzzle-platformer that requires creative use of different abilities to navigate a mysterious environment.

Explore an exciting world, face off with fast-food themed foes, and reunite Dadish with his missing children in this challenging platforming adventure.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 53%, Platformer 25%, Adventure 14.3%, Action 6.2%, 2D 0.8%

Why You'll Like It: A charming and challenging 2D platformer that focuses on tight controls and creative level design.

Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams is a blistering hardcore platformer with contrasting worlds.

Why similar: Platformer 61.3%, Adventure 22.2%, Action 9%, 2D 4.6%, Singleplayer 2.8%

Why You'll Like It: It features dynamic world-shifting mechanics that require quick platforming reflexes and puzzle-solving, similar to the 2.5D transitions in Max.

An epic open-world puzzle Metroidbrainia that respects your intelligence! Knowledge is your superpower. Use creatures as tools to determine your own path.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 46.9%, Platformer 25.6%, Adventure 11.8%, Puzzle 11.8%, 2D 2.2%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses entirely on environmental interaction and puzzle-solving without traditional combat, mirroring the non-violent puzzle focus of Max.

The quirky Raposa and your drawn hero return in Drawn to Life: Two Realms, the next installment in the beloved franchise! Uncover the mystery of the Shadow and save Mike and his friends.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 39.1%, Platformer 25.7%, Adventure 19.4%, Puzzle 13.3%, 2D 1.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game features creative drawing-based mechanics that allow players to influence the world and its inhabitants directly.

This is the original version of Braid from 2009, which may not work well on newer systems. For an updated version of the game with nicer graphics, more levels and a large amount of developer commentary, see Braid, Anniversary Edition.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 63.7%, Platformer 21.9%, Puzzle 11.9%, 2D 1%, Adventure 0.8%

Why You'll Like It: A seminal puzzle-platformer that uses time manipulation to solve environmental challenges, requiring the same creative thinking as Max's marker.

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

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 42.3%, Platformer 25%, Puzzle 15.8%, Adventure 14.2%, 2D 1.6%

Why You'll Like It: This puzzle-platformer uses color-based environmental manipulation to overcome obstacles, offering a clever and satisfying gameplay experience.

Truffle Trouble is a unique game featuring Pax, the hero of Mushroom Men, that combines classic platforming action with imaginative puzzle-solving as you must move, stack, and use objects to create new paths to jump and clamber on, all while the besotted Truffle Princess draws ever closer.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 41.1%, Platformer 40.6%, Puzzle 9.6%, Action 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: An action-platformer that uses physics-based puzzle-solving in a unique, small-scale world.

"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: Puzzle Platformer 43.1%, Platformer 27.7%, Adventure 20.6%, Action 7.4%, Singleplayer 1.2%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based platformer where you restore power to a city, focusing on environmental interaction and exploration.

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 Platformer 40%, Platformer 36.4%, Puzzle 16.9%, Adventure 4.1%, Action 1.2%

Why You'll Like It: A clever puzzle-platformer where you use your own corpses to solve environmental hazards, adding a unique twist to the genre.

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: Platformer 42.6%, Puzzle Platformer 29.6%, Puzzle 15%, Adventure 6.8%, Action 2.7%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based puzzle-platformer that focuses on magnetism and electricity to navigate complex, hand-drawn environments.

Splasher is a fun and challenging 2D Platformer filled with humor and surprises. Armed with a paint cannon, you’ll face the dangers of the Inkorp mega-factory in order to save your companions, the Splashers, and put an end to the Machiavellian projects of the evil boss, Le Docteur.

Why similar: Platformer 79.3%, Action 16.8%, 2D 2.9%, Singleplayer 1.1%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced action-platformer that uses liquid-based mechanics to traverse, offering a more intense take on environmental interaction.

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 46.7%, Platformer 26.7%, Puzzle 11.1%, Adventure 9%, Action 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: A cooperative puzzle-platformer that uses dark humor and character sacrifice to overcome complex environmental obstacles.

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 56.1%, Platformer 27.6%, Puzzle 14.3%, 2D 2%

Why You'll Like It: This game features dual-character environmental puzzles that require players to manipulate the world around them to progress.

Run, climb and glide your way through a dark Nordic forest and explore its living, breathing ecosystem filled with secrets and mystical creatures. Become Fe and discover a world that you will never want to leave.

Why similar: Puzzle 43.8%, Adventure 28.3%, Action 23.4%, Singleplayer 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: A cinematic adventure focused on exploration and interacting with the environment through song, capturing a similar sense of wonder.

He’s a dad and a radish, and he’s back in his biggest adventure yet! Help reunite Dadish with his missing kids in this charming and challenging platforming adventure.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 44.8%, Platformer 30.9%, Adventure 16.1%, Action 6.7%, 2D 0.9%

Jetpack through the prehistoric world in this Stone-Fiction adventure platformer. Enjoy challenging boss fights, flying over pitfalls, smashing through walls, knocking out enemies, and manipulating objects as you halt the alien threat once and for all.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 50%, Platformer 33.6%, Puzzle 13%, 2D 2.1%, Singleplayer 1.4%

Why You'll Like It: A side-scrolling action-adventure platformer that features a jetpack mechanic for creative movement and puzzle-solving.

Embark on a magical journey in Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed! Shape your adventure with the stroke of a brush and transform Wasteland as Mickey Mouse in this beautifully recreated 3D platformer.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 55.9%, Platformer 27.8%, Puzzle 13.8%, Singleplayer 2.4%

A new Dadventure! Help Dadish rescue his children once more, in his most fun and challenging adventure yet.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 49.7%, Platformer 28.5%, Adventure 13.4%, Action 5.6%, 2D 2.2%

The legendary game is now on Steam! Can you prove that you are a good player, go through a difficult path and save your brother? This challenge is not for wimps!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 31.9%, Adventure 26.3%, Platformer 23.7%, Action 11.9%, 2D 5.3%

McPixel 3 is a mind-blowing save-the-day adventure that sees the titular wanna-be hero avert one disaster after another at every turn using unconventional yet entertaining methods of mayhem.

Why similar: Adventure 53%, Puzzle 34.3%, 2D 9%, Singleplayer 3.6%

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 64.4%, Puzzle 17.5%, Platformer 15%, Adventure 2.4%, Singleplayer 0.8%

Sneak and smash your way through this fiendishly addictive comedy-puzzle-adventure

Why similar: Adventure 59.2%, Puzzle 40.8%

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: Puzzle Platformer 45.4%, Platformer 28.1%, Adventure 13.5%, Puzzle 11.1%, Singleplayer 1.9%

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: Puzzle Platformer 46%, Platformer 25.2%, Adventure 12.5%, Puzzle 12.4%, 2D 2.4%

The Beggar’s Ride is a unique and innovative Platform Puzzle Adventure Game where the player can manipulate the environment to solve puzzles in a deep and intriguing story of discovery.

Why similar: Platformer 38.5%, Puzzle Platformer 27.2%, Adventure 18.6%, Puzzle 12.5%, Singleplayer 2.2%

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: Puzzle Platformer 49.5%, Platformer 34.4%, Puzzle 9.7%, Action 6.5%

Shell City is plunged into a state of emergency after coming under attack from the devastating forces of PHANTOM. As the National Army struggle to contain the terrifying war machines, they call upon the only thing that stands between Shell City’s obliteration and its salvation; the peanut chompin’, villain stompin’, TEMBO THE BADASS...

Why similar: Platformer 58%, Adventure 27.2%, Action 10.5%, 2D 2.7%, Singleplayer 1.7%

Unleash your summoning powers to defeat the Cyclops Lord! Along with four unusual companions, you must journey through a dangerous land to save your mother from a terrible curse. A challenging adventure awaits!

Why similar: Platformer 57.3%, Adventure 30.4%, Action 9.7%, Singleplayer 2.6%

He's a dad AND a radish. Dadish's kids are missing and he needs your help to find them! Explore an exciting world, face off with fast-food themed foes, and reunite Dadish with his missing children in this challenging 3D platforming adventure.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 54.5%, Platformer 32.1%, Adventure 8.2%, Action 4.9%, Singleplayer 0.3%

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: Adventure 83%, Puzzle 17%

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

Why similar: Platformer 75.5%, Action 10.9%, Adventure 7.4%, 2D 4.1%, Singleplayer 2.1%

A Pixel Story is a devious 2D puzzle platformer that charts the evolution of video games. You must use your Magical Teleportation Hat to explore 6 increasingly detailed zones on your quest to reach the core of The System to stop the evil OS and save the world.

Why similar: Adventure 71.8%, Action 28.2%

Welcome to BattleBlock Theater! You’ve got no where to go but up...on stage. Play single player or co-op to free your friends and save Hatty Hattington! Jump, solve and battle your way through a mysterious theater inhabited by highly technological felines.

Why similar: Platformer 38.9%, Puzzle Platformer 35%, Puzzle 9.8%, Adventure 9.1%, Action 3.9%

Light up the world! As Plug, you are charged with restoring the expansive Amp-Tree-System, and thwarting an enigmatic intruder.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 54%, Platformer 24.9%, Puzzle 10.4%, Adventure 9%, 2D 1%

Bounce, vault, and fight your way through a whimsical world with the help of your loyal companion. Eat snacks, collect artifacts, and travel the world to stop Bonnie and her boney band of troublemakers!

Why similar: Platformer 59.5%, Adventure 23.1%, Action 9.9%, 2D 4.3%, Singleplayer 3.1%

GARBANZO QUEST! The crazy bullet-heck platformer where your main weapon is your own spit! Bring a friend! Hand-crafted challenges, secrets, and branching paths galore!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 49%, Platformer 44%, Action 5.2%, 2D 1.8%

Annihilate an evil penguin regime in this cinematic platform adventure game offering full solo and co-op campaigns.

Why similar: Platformer 47.7%, Adventure 20.3%, Puzzle 17.9%, Action 8.2%, 2D 3.6%

Escape Goat is a puzzle platformer where you take control of a goat, who has been imprisoned for witchcraft, and overcome traps and obstacles to escape the Prison of Agnus. Fear not, for with your supreme agility, sturdy horns, and the help of a magic mouse friend, you can turn the tables on foes and use the environment to your advantage.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 56.4%, Platformer 26.4%, Puzzle 13.2%, Action 3.1%, 2D 0.9%

Step into a cinematic adventure as Darwin, a brilliant octopus trapped in a mysterious industrial world. Use his unique abilities - swimming, wall-climbing, shooting ink, camouflage, and more - to overcome traps and escape.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 37.1%, Platformer 27.3%, Adventure 15.3%, Puzzle 12.3%, Action 6.5%

Unleash the power of the brush in an all new adventure. Join Mickey and Oswald in an epic battle to save the magical world of Wasteland and change it forever. Interact with your favorite characters like never before in the most heroic adventure yet.

Why similar: Platformer 45.8%, Adventure 23%, Puzzle 19.4%, Action 8.8%, Singleplayer 3%

Embark on an adventure to rescue Charlie’s family from the nefarious industrialist known only as the 'Baron.'

Why similar: Adventure 49.4%, Puzzle 47.8%, Singleplayer 2.8%

Inspired by classics from long ago, help a toy named felix find his owner when a mysterious event takes over the planet

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 39.9%, Platformer 30.2%, Adventure 15.9%, Puzzle 14%

Embark on an epic, hand-animated, ‘ratoidvania’ adventure, where your crew has been turned into rats by a pirate witch! Explore a rich non-linear world, enjoy fun action platforming, face challenging bosses, and unlock unique abilities - either alone or in local co-op!

Why similar: Platformer 81.8%, Action 18.2%

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 47.4%, Platformer 24.6%, Puzzle 12.4%, Adventure 12.3%, 2D 1.9%

Join brave sir Lootalot on his epic quest in this little Zelda-lite adventure. Explore and fight your way through the dangerous dungeons filled with traps, puzzles and magical artifacts. And, of course, show the evil bosses who is the real boss here.

Why similar: Adventure 43.9%, Puzzle 28.7%, Action 17.6%, 2D 5.9%, Singleplayer 4%