- #1 Ayasa: Shadows of Silence
96% matchMostly Positive73% of 139 reviews2025
Dev: Aya Games
Windows
A dark tale of survival and conscience, blending platforming, puzzles, and haunting beauty. Journey through surreal lands where every choice shapes the fate of a world on the edge of ruin will you restore the light or embrace the darkness?
Why similar: 2.5D 15.6%, Puzzle Platformer 14.8%, Dark Fantasy 12.7%, Stealth 12.7%, Psychological Horror 8%
- #2 Black Roots
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Stybite
Windows
Black Roots is a atmospheric 2.5D horror adventure. Guide a young boy through a stone-frozen village, utilizing an enchanted cap to reveal hidden ghostly paths and solve puzzles while evading terrifying spectral entities.
Why similar: 2.5D 21.3%, Puzzle Platformer 19.3%, Dark Fantasy 13.4%, Platformer 13.2%, Stealth 9.5%
- #3 DOSMIC
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Black Cheeze
Windows
In a world crawling with colossal beings, a boy named Nero sets out on a journey to find the missing girl, Snoa. Use a variety of movement abilities and the surrounding environment to push forward, and at times confront overwhelming horrors, in this cinematic puzzle-platformer, DOSMIC.
Why similar: 2.5D 19.7%, Puzzle Platformer 19.5%, Dark Fantasy 18.7%, Platformer 11.7%, Puzzle 8.7%
- #4 Hide for Cat - all for the best -
93% matchPositive100% of 17 reviews2024
Dev: えいとえいど
Windows
【A talented cat hides "floors and walls"】 This game is a 2D puzzle action game where you aim to clear the world in a world where the terrain changes exactly as you see it by hiding floors and walls so that they are no longer visible.
Why similar: Voxel 35.6% ★, Puzzle Platformer 20.6%, 2D Platformer 14.8%, Stealth 14.4%, Puzzle 9.1%
- #5 In The Shadows
92% matchVery Positive93% of 59 reviews2017
Dev: Colorspace Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
In The Shadows is a puzzle platformer where lights scare away shadows monsters that transform into everyday objects you can use to your own advantage. Confront your fears, solve puzzles, find secrets!
Why similar: Voxel 31.3% ★, Puzzle Platformer 16.3%, 2.5D 13.5%, Psychological 9.1%, Platformer 8%
- #6 Malone In Nightmares
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Who Made This?Pub: Demolish Games S.A.
Windows
Malone is not a brave boy, and there is always a strange, mysterious monster lurking in the shadow of his nightmares. Tonight, Malone will have to face his nightmare. Enter the world of Malone and step into a 2D platform adventure born in the mind of a little boy.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 20.1%, Dark Fantasy 16.8%, Platformer 13%, 2D Platformer 12.8%, Puzzle 10.3%
- #7 Subject: Escape
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Ursavex games
Windows
Escape a mysterious laboratory in a 2.5D puzzle platformer. Solve challenges, navigate experimental rooms, and find your way out.
Why similar: Voxel 29.7% ★, Puzzle Platformer 19.8%, 2.5D 17.8%, Platformer 12.5%, Puzzle 10.9%
- #8 Little Nightmares
90% matchVery Positive95% of 116,669 reviews2017
Dev: Tarsier StudiosPub: BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 68%
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 19.7%, Stealth 12%, Horror 11.4%, 2.5D 10%, Dark 9%
- #9 One Last Breath
89% matchPositive84% of 38 reviews2024
Dev: Moonatic Studios
Windows
The Earth is sick and we are the disease. All hope rests on Gaia, a powerful being born from mother nature’s last breath. Use her abilities to alter the environment, escape from dangerous creatures, solve thoughtful puzzles and survive in this dying world.
Why similar: 2.5D 23.1%, Dark Fantasy 18.8%, Platformer 12.8%, Puzzle Platformer 11.7%, Puzzle 10.6%
- #10 We're Tethered Together
89% matchVery Positive97% of 238 reviews2023
Dev: BunBun Games
Windows
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 23.5%, Platformer 16.3%, 2D Platformer 15.5%, Puzzle 12.9%, Stealth 12.7%
- #11 Infinite Library
88% matchPositive80% of 20 reviews2024
Dev: Breck OrtizPub: Infinite Library
Windows
In this award winning puzzle-platformer you are tasked with saving the Infinite Library from impending doom! Use unique movement and abilities to navigate dangerous puzzles and dispel the darkness before it's too late!
Why similar: 2.5D 21.2%, Puzzle Platformer 21.2%, Dark Fantasy 17.9%, Platformer 14.4%, Puzzle 10.9%
- #12 Ajayu
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Infinity Gears Studios
Windows
Join Alaya on this spiritual adventure, who, with the help of his ability to control his own soul, will have to face dangerous enemies and solve challenging puzzles across the world's driest desert, to find the place where his ancestors rest.
Why similar: 2.5D 20.5%, Puzzle Platformer 20.4%, Platformer 13.8%, 2D Platformer 13.5%, Puzzle 12%
- #13 Rumbral
86% matchVery Positive87% of 61 reviews2026
Dev: OSEA InnovationsPub: Out of Mana
Windows
Rumbral is a dark, puzzle platformer set in a seemingly forgotten world. Find your way in this desolated place while trying to recover your memories and find out who you really are.
Why similar: 2.5D 22.7%, Puzzle Platformer 15.9%, Platformer 12%, Dark Fantasy 10.9%, Puzzle 9.2%
- #14 Daydream: Forgotten Sorrow
86% matchMixed70% of 284 reviews2023
Dev: Frozen LinePub: Ravenage Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Experience the altered memories of a dying man, reliving his entire life as a little boy while lying on his deathbed. Explore the profound depths of his subconscious as you assist Griffin to shed the remains of his miserable life before his impending demise.
Why similar: 2.5D 17.6%, Puzzle Platformer 16.5%, Stealth 12.5%, Platformer 9.1%, Psychological Horror 8.7%
- #15 My Shadow
84% matchMixed54% of 24 reviews2024
Dev: Finley Searle
Windows
Explore the enigmatic world of My Shadow, a 2.5D Horror Puzzle Platformer where reality blurs. As night descends, illusions materialize, luring you into the intricate depths of your own mind. Unravel the mysteries where the boundaries of reality haze and imagination takes control.
Why similar: 2.5D 20.4%, Puzzle Platformer 17.5%, Dark Fantasy 15.2%, Platformer 11.7%, Puzzle 9.2%
- #16 Little Nightmares II
83% matchVery Positive93% of 58,768 reviews2021
Dev: Tarsier StudiosPub: BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment
Windows
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: Horror 13.2%, Puzzle Platformer 11.8%, Puzzle 11.7%, Stealth 11.3%, Psychological Horror 11.1%
- #17 The Guilt and the Shadow
85% matchMostly Positive74% of 58 reviews2015
Dev: oophok
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
"unbearable... this place stinks... i need to get out of here. the boat is waiting for me."
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 24.5%, Puzzle Platformer 19.5%, Psychological 12.9%, Dark 11.3%, Psychological Horror 10.4%
- #18 Mushroam
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SkyPyre Studios
Windows
A 2D puzzle-platformer where you use your powers to place bubbles that launch you through the air to avoid hazards and reach new depths. You play a mushroom bubblemancer, on a journey through dangerous caves and ruins to save your village, in this punchy and kinetic platformer.
Why similar: Voxel 34.3% ★, Puzzle Platformer 18.8%, 2D Platformer 11.9%, Platformer 11.8%, Puzzle 9.4%
- #19 Speff
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CyanSandwich
Windows
Run, jump, and THINK your way through a series of grisly obstacles and diabolical puzzles. 20 Levels across 5 hubs with wonderfully hand drawn environments and characters.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 21.9%, 2.5D 20.6%, Platformer 15.9%, Puzzle 14.6%, 2D Platformer 14.5%
- #20 YUMENIKKI -DREAM DIARY-
81% matchMixed70% of 1,524 reviews2018
Dev: KADOKAWA CORPORATIONPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
As long as I have dreams in my heart, I can never escape. I can never awaken from my dreams. Maybe if I follow the dream just past this doorway, then someday I can wake up again...
Why similar: 2.5D 19.5%, Puzzle Platformer 17.2%, Stealth 14.1%, Psychological Horror 10%, Platformer 9.8%
- #21 FORFEIT
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LossdeadPub: TBD
Windows
Forfeit is inspired by real events that are tried to be hidden; It is a game of thrill, adventure and mystery. In this game, you may find yourself in Nevada's mysterious Area 51 or jump to another dimension. Come on, start the game! This story is yours.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 20.5%, Puzzle Platformer 15.3%, Platformer 12.5%, Stealth 12.1%, Puzzle 11%
- #22 Song of Kings
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Mogo Games
Windows
Song of Kings is a puzzle platformer inspired by Sri Lankan myth. A Yaksha boy, captured by humans, must escape a ruthless king. Guided by his grandfather’s spirit and armed with a magical flute, he uncovers his heritage and fights to return to his people.
Why similar: 2.5D 20.4%, Puzzle Platformer 20%, Stealth 15.5%, Platformer 9.4%, Dark 8.5%
- #23 Northern Lights
81% matchMixed48% of 60 reviews2019
Dev: DimleTeam
Windows
While the Great Stargazer is deeply sleeping, the Celestial Guardians protect the equilibrium of the forgotten world…
Why similar: 2.5D 19.1%, Puzzle Platformer 15.9%, Stealth 14.9%, Psychological Horror 9.7%, Puzzle 7.9%
- #24 Elephantasy
79% matchVery Positive94% of 69 reviews2020
Dev: B. Maksym (Linker)
Windows
After falling from the sky into a miniature world, a tiny Elephant has a big adventure in store for them! Climb, dash, lift, and swim while exploring colorful pixel-art environments in this cute 2D puzzle-platformer! Can you collect all the Gems, reach the Tower in the clouds, and return home?
Why similar: Voxel 30.2% ★, 2.5D 19.7%, Puzzle Platformer 17.3%, 2D Platformer 10.8%, Puzzle 8.8%
- #25 GREENFIELD
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Six Foot Giraffe
Windows · Mac
GREENFIELD is a story driven puzzle-platformer set in a lonely atmospheric world. Embark the surreal depths of a fractured mind and a forgotten island facility in search of answers to a haunting mystery.
Why similar: 2.5D 23.8%, Puzzle Platformer 17.8%, Puzzle 11.6%, Dark 9.7%, Horror 8.8%
- #26 Creepy Tale
78% matchVery Positive86% of 2,984 reviews2020
Dev: Creepy Brothers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 22.8%, Stealth 17.1%, 2D Platformer 12.6%, Platformer 11.6%, Puzzle 10%
- #27 EONA
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: SUPER AC
Windows
Dive into Eona’s dark and strange tale. Survive the castle’s dangers and Melusine, the evil fairy who rules over it for she has waited so long for a soul to torment. Escape this cursed place with your loot, hoping to save your mother.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 19.8%, Stealth 18.1%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, 2.5D 11%, Dark 8.6%
- #28 DARQ: Complete Edition
77% matchVery Positive94% of 4,195 reviews2019
Dev: Unfold Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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: 2.5D 19.6%, Puzzle Platformer 17.4%, Stealth 14.3%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Dark 9.7%
- #29 Emil: A Hero's Journey - Prologue
76% matchPositive83% of 48 reviews2024
Dev: Starkids Studios
Windows
As Nazi forces take his father, equipped only with his imagination and creativity, Emil goes on a journey to find him. Emil: A Hero's Journey is a Cinematic Puzzle-Platformer, combining intense action and creative puzzle solving. inspired by actual testimonies that took place during WW2.
Why similar: 2.5D 26.7%, Puzzle Platformer 21.1%, 2D Platformer 9.1%, Dark 8.6%, Platformer 7.9%
- #30 Morphing
76% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Team Tapioca
Windows
Morphing is a 2D adventure puzzle game where you possess the ability of morphing. This power allows you to transform and acquire the traits of certain objects or creatures. Use this unique skill to overcome challenges and explore the world.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 28.2%, 2D Platformer 18.6%, Stealth 13.9%, Platformer 13.8%, Puzzle 12.3%
- #31 White Shadows
75% matchVery Positive82% of 2,092 reviews2021
Dev: MonokelPub: Thunderful Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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: Dark Fantasy 20.4%, Puzzle Platformer 16.6%, Stealth 13.5%, Platformer 12%, Puzzle 10.5%
- #32 Nevitsky Castle: The bloody legend of Transcarpatia
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: VL4PROD
Windows
A 2.5D platformer set in 17th-century Transcarpathia, where Vatican envoy and hunter Gustav Bertolucci must uncover the dark secrets of Nevitsky Castle and face the infamous Elizabeth Báthory. Classic pixel art meets modern gameplay in this haunting tale of blood and legend.
Why similar: Voxel 29.1% ★, 2.5D 20%, Platformer 13.5%, 2D Platformer 13.2%, Dark Fantasy 12.3%
- #33 Hannah
74% matchPositive94% of 17 reviews2024
Dev: SpaceboyPub: QUByte Interactive
Windows
A surreal 3D platformer about childhood trauma, 80s-inspired horror, and broken memories. Explore, feel, and choose your path across a VHS-styled dreamworld with multiple endings.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 20%, Puzzle Platformer 19%, Psychological 15.7%, Stealth 10.8%, Dark 8%
- #34 Mission Whilkas
73% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: BaMNyX
Windows
Jump, run, laugh, and rage! In Mission Whilkas, test your skills, overcome tricky platforming challenges, and try to complete the game in under two hours while securing the legendary Whilkas cat food recipe.
Why similar: Voxel 39.6% ★, 2.5D 22.5%, Platformer 11.2%, 2D Platformer 8.1%, Psychological Horror 7.8%
- #35 Feartten Noir Story
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LAUNCH APP LTD
Windows
Feartten noir Story - is a 2d platformer with a mysterious horror theme. Go through the cursed depths of hell and try to get out of the nightmare of a boy. Are you ready to go through all the circles of hell to overcome your fears?
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 28.6%, Platformer 14.5%, 2D Platformer 13.1%, Puzzle 12.2%, Dark 11.1%
- #36 The Zamazingo
73% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2025
Dev: yusuf vuran
Windows · Mac
A dark, atmospheric, puzzle-filled indie adventure platformer. It is black and white. Discover secrets hidden around you and try to survive in this limbo.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 32.6%, 2D Platformer 22.8%, Platformer 16.2%, Puzzle 14.3%, Adventure 6.5%
- #37 8874
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Art Games Studio S.A.
Windows
Climatic side scroller where history plot intermingles with Slavic legends, Second World War, and paranormal activity. Solve complex puzzles, do some platforming, interact with various characters, discover their unclear motives, and be a part of the dark and forgotten mystery.
Why similar: 2.5D 21.9%, Puzzle Platformer 20.7%, Platformer 11.7%, 2D Platformer 11%, Puzzle 9.4%
- #38 Mutter
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DeadlyCrow Games
Windows
In the midst of war, a far more personal horror takes root at home. Your mother is becoming a monster. Survive, uncover the truth, and navigate a heartbreaking bond in this unique stop-motion narrative horror adventure.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 17.9%, Stealth 15.8%, Dark Fantasy 15.7%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Dark 8.3%
- #39 Hunger Lane
72% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Tom Ahawk
Windows
A story-driven horror platformer about a boy uncovering the secrets of a quiet city where monsters hunt humans after dark. Will you discover what lies behind the disappearances before it finds you?
Why similar: 2.5D 25.4%, Stealth 23.6%, Horror 11.1%, Atmospheric 7.9%, Platformer 7.6%
- #40 Step Lightly
69% matchVery Positive92% of 112 reviews2026
Dev: Water Leaks Studio
Windows
There’s no place like home - and yours is no home at all. Play as Rosa, a neglected child trying to escape her abusive family. Sneak out, but be ever so quiet. Mom is listening, dad is angry, and your big sister is always watching…
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 24.6%, Stealth 24.5%, 2.5D 15.4%, Horror 11%, Platformer 10%
- #41 Beyond The Darkness
70% matchVery Positive86% of 106 reviews2024
Dev: My Little StudioPub: IndieGO Publishing
Windows
💀🧩🕹️ 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 19.3%, 2.5D 19.3%, Horror 15.1%, Platformer 10%, Psychological Horror 9%
- #42 Black The Fall
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,837 reviews2017
Dev: Sand Sailor StudioPub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: 2.5D 19.5%, Puzzle Platformer 18.1%, Stealth 14%, Platformer 10.7%, Puzzle 8.6%
- #43 Lionel the Dragon
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Big Spec Games
Windows
A dark and Moody 2.5D, story-driven action puzzle game based on a child with a worrying view of the world.
Why similar: 2.5D 25.1%, Puzzle Platformer 22%, Dark 12.3%, Puzzle 11.1%, 2D Platformer 9.2%
- #44 UNDEMON
71% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2021
Dev: WEST SUN
Windows · Mac
Go on a mysterious adventure as a ghost. Various stages that stimulate a sense of challenge are waiting for the ghost Luna. If you want to feel the genre of 2D platformer in the 90s, try it!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 20.2%, Dark Fantasy 15.5%, Stealth 14.8%, 2D Platformer 13%, Platformer 11.3%
- #45 Don't Panik
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SneakFly
Windows
It’s 2.5D voxel and pixel art with real videos in the background. It has an innovative mechanic where the player controls two characters at the same time on a split screen. In both, the gravity is inverted. In this duality, anxiety disorder are reflected.
Why similar: Voxel 37% ★, 2.5D 17.5%, Puzzle Platformer 15%, 2D Platformer 10.6%, Platformer 9.2%
- #46 Monochroma
71% matchMostly Positive74% of 727 reviews2014
Dev: Nowhere Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
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 22.2%, Puzzle Platformer 20.3%, Puzzle 16.9%, 2.5D 13.6%, Adventure 8.5%
- #47 Khemia
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Circonium Studios
Windows
Khemia is a 2D puzzle-platformer with a technological medieval fantasy theme where you play Oti, a little kid who has been turned into a goat. Jump, kick, dash and ram the enemies who will block your path! Climb up the evil alchemist's tower and defeat her to restore the peace.
Why similar: 2.5D 26%, Puzzle Platformer 22.5%, Platformer 14.3%, Puzzle 11%, 2D Platformer 10.3%
- #48 LIMBO
69% matchVery Positive92% of 62,159 reviews2011
Dev: Playdead
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Uncertain of his sister's fate, a boy enters LIMBO
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 41.5%, Platformer 15%, Puzzle 12.5%, Dark 11.2%, Atmospheric 6.5%
- #49 Parasomnia
67% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Yishun Qin
Windows
"Parasomnia" is a 2D pixel-style psychological horror game. Players will delve into the inner world of a child named Sunny who suffers from "night terrors". Through the perspective of Sunny, they will experience the fear and struggles in her subconscious.
Why similar: 2.5D 19.2%, Puzzle Platformer 18.2%, Platformer 14.1%, 2D Platformer 11.8%, Puzzle 10.7%
- #50 glix
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Room Games
Windows
A lonely boy, lost and pursued, is dragged into a corrupted world. Immerse yourself in the dark dystopian world of "glix" with its atmospheric art style and compelling story. Navigate surreal landscapes, solve intricate puzzles, and uncover hidden truths.
Why similar: 2.5D 26.4%, Puzzle Platformer 23.3%, Dark 9.8%, Platformer 7.7%, 2D Platformer 7.4%
- #51 Macrotis: A Mother's Journey
68% matchVery Positive92% of 181 reviews2019
Dev: Proud DinosaursPub: Orsam Information Technologies
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Help Mother Bilby, as she struggles underground to find her children, in this magical indie, 2.5D puzzle-platformer game. Macrotis: A Mother’s Journey is an unforgettable adventure for those who love being challenged.
Why similar: 2.5D 31.9%, Puzzle Platformer 21.1%, Platformer 12.9%, Puzzle 11%, Adventure 9.3%
- #52 Odd Eye
68% match3 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: PlayDay Co., Ltd.
Windows
Two different worlds from different colored eyes.
Why similar: 2.5D 22.9%, Puzzle Platformer 22.4%, 2D Platformer 14%, Platformer 12.5%, Puzzle 10.4%
- #53 Spirits of Baciu
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Horns Level Up Games
Windows · Linux
Spirits of Baciu is the enigmatic adventure of a small, cat-like spirit who suddenly wakes up in the dark forest of Baciu. Help him to find his way through the woods by solving puzzles and confronting the spirits that inhabit this strange place.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 21.7%, 2D Platformer 13.8%, Platformer 13.6%, Dark 11.3%, Dark Fantasy 11%
- #54 Space Tail: Definitive Edition
66% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Enjoy StudioPub: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Space Tail is a 2.5D adventure platformer that follows an emotional, story-driven journey through the cosmos. Play as a brave space-traveling dog exploring mysterious planets, solving puzzles, and forming unique bonds with alien civilizations along the way.
Why similar: 2.5D 20.5%, Puzzle Platformer 18.2%, Platformer 14.8%, 2D Platformer 12.8%, Puzzle 11.2%
- #55 False Calamity
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Daniel Stoop
Windows
False Calamity is a dark, 2d, narrative-driven platformer combining challenging puzzles and intense action. Experience the ominous story and immerse yourself in the unsettling atmosphere set after the supposed calamity of the world.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 27.8%, Platformer 13.3%, Dark 12.5%, Puzzle 11.2%, Dark Fantasy 11.2%
- #56 Ballad of the Magic Wand
65% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: SodaCube Studio
Windows
Become a magic wand and climb your way to the top using spins and jumps. Defeat powerful bosses in this challenging physics-based action platformer focused on precise controls and diverse skills.
Why similar: 2.5D 30%, Dark Fantasy 20.5%, Platformer 16.7%, 2D Platformer 16.4%, Adventure 8.6%