- #1 Super Magbot
97% matchVery Positive84% of 407 reviews2021
Dev: Astral PixelPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 4.7 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: Puzzle Platformer 29.5%, 2D Platformer 17%, Platformer 12.9%, Puzzle 7.3%, Indie 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game shares the core magnetic attraction and repulsion mechanics used to navigate challenging platforming environments.
- #2 Magnibox
96% matchVery Positive96% of 55 reviews2019
Dev: Joseph Gribbin
Windows · Mac
A puzzle game about magnets designed for human brains.
Why similar: Puzzle 58%, Indie 42%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist puzzle game that focuses entirely on magnetic interactions to solve spatial logic puzzles.
- #3 ElecHead
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,335 reviews2021
Dev: NamaTakahashi
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 33.1%, Platformer 14.2%, Puzzle 11.5%, Robots 11.1%, Linear 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A clever puzzle-platformer where you use your character's electrical properties to activate objects and solve logic puzzles.
- #4 Stuffo the Puzzle Bot
95% matchVery Positive99% of 178 reviews2023
Dev: Hapatus Ltd
Windows
A laid-back but smart puzzle game. Stuffo is the last remaining puzzle bot stuck in a world filled with bite-sized brain-teasers. Help Stuffo to solve the mind-bending puzzles by using various blocks to climb, push and teleport your way to the exit.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 28.3%, Robots 22.6%, Logic 16.5%, Puzzle 10.5%, Sci-fi 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: A robot-themed puzzle game that requires careful planning and logical movement to navigate through grid-based levels.
- #5 Teslagrad
94% matchVery Positive84% of 2,464 reviews2013
Dev: Rain Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 32.4%, Puzzle Platformer 25.8%, Puzzle 18.1%, Side Scroller 6.8%, 2D 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric 2D platformer that relies heavily on electromagnetic mechanics and physics-based puzzles.
- #6 Mekabolt
94% matchVery Positive87% of 182 reviews2019
Dev: SomepxPub: Ratalaika Games S.L.
Windows
Use your trusty Mekabolt device to manipulate robots, solve a variety of puzzling levels and obtain batteries to fix the robots!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 28.2%, Robots 19%, 2D Platformer 15.2%, Platformer 13.3%, Puzzle 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: Features a robot protagonist using a zap-gun to manipulate other robots and environmental elements to progress.
- #7 Magnetic: Cage Closed
93% matchMixed67% of 343 reviews2015
Dev: Guru GamesPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Magnetic: Cage Closed is a first person puzzle game where the player manipulates magnetic forces to accomplish their goals. The mechanics are focused around a single tool: The Magnet Gun which allows you to create electromagnetic fields with either positive or negative charges.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 60.2%, Puzzle 25.1%, Adventure 7.4%, Indie 5.6%, Singleplayer 1.8%
Why You'll Like It: Features a similar focus on using magnetic poles to manipulate objects and navigate through complex factory-like levels.
- #8 Hue
91% matchVery Positive92% of 11,223 reviews2016
Dev: Fiddlesticks GamesPub: Curve Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Hue is a vibrant, award-winning puzzle-adventure, where you alter the world by changing its background colour.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 33.5%, Platformer 16.8%, Puzzle 16.7%, Adventure 7.3%, Side Scroller 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer that uses color-shifting mechanics to alter the environment, similar to how magnetism alters the world in the seed game.
- #9 Unmechanical
91% matchVery Positive92% of 475 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 45.3%, Platformer 21%, Adventure 20.3%, Indie 13.4%
Why You'll Like It: A physics-based puzzle game featuring a small robot that uses a tractor beam to interact with the environment.
- #10 Magnetic By Nature
92% matchMixed69% of 84 reviews2014
Dev: Team Tripleslash
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Experience a fast-paced, single-player adventure mixing fluid motion, split-second decision making, stylized machine-age visuals, and a dynamic soundscape.
Why similar: Platformer 57.2%, Adventure 26.2%, Indie 16.6%
Why You'll Like It: A platformer that centers on magnetic forces to pull the player toward surfaces and navigate hazardous environments.
- #11 The Last Cube
90% matchVery Positive97% of 147 reviews2022
Dev: Improx Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Cube puzzler and an epic adventure. Stamp stickers to the sides of your cube to imbue each surface with unique powers, which are vital to solving puzzles and finding secrets.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 26.5%, Robots 23%, Logic 14.9%, Puzzle 10.7%, Sci-fi 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A 3D puzzle-platformer that focuses on unique mechanics and logical manipulation of the environment.
- #12 Haiku, the Robot
89% matchVery Positive90% of 3,452 reviews2022
Dev: Mister Morris Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Delve into the depths of a mechanical world in this cute, adventure-exploration game. Explore and fight in a land full of corrupt robots and machinery. All while seeking answers to the mysteries around you.
Why similar: Robots 35.2%, 2D Platformer 17.5%, Platformer 16.5%, Side Scroller 12.1%, Adventure 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: An exploration-heavy platformer that captures the same robotic aesthetic and sense of discovery found in Mind Over Magnet.
- #13 Thomas Was Alone
88% matchVery Positive94% of 9,361 reviews2012
Dev: Bithell Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Guide a group of rectangles through 120 levels, using their different skills together to overcome a series of obstacles in each environment. Discover the human-made story of the first sentient artificial intelligences with Danny Wallace’s BAFTA-winning narration.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 25%, Platformer 15.1%, 2D Platformer 14.3%, Side Scroller 11.1%, Sci-fi 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven platformer where different characters with unique abilities must work together to overcome obstacles.
- #14 Blocks That Matter
89% matchMostly Positive78% of 785 reviews2011
Dev: Swing Swing Submarine
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 73%
When indie game developers Alexey and Markus are in trouble, their only hope comes from their creation.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 27.2%, Platformer 14.7%, 2D Platformer 14.4%, Robots 11.5%, Puzzle 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer where you collect and place blocks to create paths, emphasizing logical spatial reasoning.
- #15 MainFrames
86% matchVery Positive88% of 184 reviews2025
Dev: AssoupiPub: The Arcade Crew
Windows
MainFrames invites you to meet Floppy and to browse a clever and charming platformer that plays out entirely within the windows and desktop of a PC monitor. You won’t want to press the escape key on this cozy outing!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 30.2%, Platformer 17%, 2D Platformer 16.2%, Puzzle 12.2%, Adventure 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer that explores the internal logic of a computer system with a focus on physics and movement.
- #16 Planet of the Eyes
87% matchVery Positive84% of 591 reviews2015
Dev: Cococucumber
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
An atmospheric narrative-platformer about a service robot stranded on a mysterious planet, Planet of the Eyes features a stunning visual mix of puzzle and platforming challenges, an original musical score, and fully voiced audio logs left by another survivor. Explore the mystery of an unknown world.
Why similar: Robots 23.1%, Puzzle Platformer 21.6%, Platformer 16.4%, Puzzle 13%, Sci-fi 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: A cinematic puzzle-platformer featuring a robot in a mysterious, dangerous world that emphasizes environmental storytelling.
- #17 Robot Detour
84% matchVery Positive99% of 191 reviews2024
Dev: Nozomu Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
А fun and innovative puzzle game about a wired robot who delivers batteries to his wireless friends.
Why similar: Robots 31.4%, Logic 19.7%, Puzzle 13.3%, Cartoony 9.8%, Linear 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: A cute, logic-based puzzle game that requires guiding robots through obstacles using environmental triggers.
- #18 VVVVVV
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,449 reviews2010
Dev: Terry Cavanagh
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.5 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: Platformer 32.3%, 2D Platformer 30.3%, Pixel Graphics 12%, 2D 6.5%, Indie 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: A gravity-flipping platformer that requires precise movement and logical thinking to navigate dangerous trap-filled rooms.
- #19 Toki Tori 2+
86% matchVery Positive85% of 1,089 reviews2013
Dev: Two Tribes
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Toki Tori 2+ may look cute, but it’s a challenging puzzle adventure game. Whistle and stomp are the only moves you need to solve increasingly complex puzzles, as you go anywhere, anytime on a lush forest island!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 34.9%, Platformer 16.7%, Side Scroller 14.5%, Puzzle 12.2%, Adventure 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: A logic-heavy platformer that relies on environmental interactions rather than traditional combat to solve puzzles.
- #20 Portal 2
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 459,758 reviews2011
Dev: Valve
Windows · Linux
Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 29.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 42.8%, Platformer 24.1%, Puzzle 17.9%, Sci-fi 11.5%, Singleplayer 3.7%
Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for physics-based puzzle games that use unique tools to manipulate space and movement.
- #21 Exographer
84% matchVery Positive95% of 132 reviews2024
Dev: SciFunGamesPub: Abylight Studios
Windows · Mac
Exographer is an exploration game based on science. Become an explorer, stranded in an alien planet, and discover the secrets of an extinct civilization. Gain new powers to avoid dangers and obstacles in your journey, and use your camera to reveal particles and hidden clues.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 27.1%, 2D Platformer 17.8%, Platformer 13.3%, Puzzle 11.6%, Sci-fi 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: An exploration-focused platformer that uses scientific tools and puzzle-solving to uncover secrets in a mysterious world.
- #22 Magicube
82% matchVery Positive99% of 202 reviews2023
Dev: nebu soku
Windows
A magical puzzle platformer made with PICO-8. Be thinky to get the legendary treasure.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 43.8%, Logic 23.1%, Puzzle 21.1%, 2D 7.3%, Indie 2.8%
Why You'll Like It: A challenging 2D puzzle game that focuses on logical block manipulation and spatial awareness.
- #23 IN-VERT: Definitive Edition
82% matchMostly Positive80% of 108 reviews2018
Dev: TERNOX
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
This is a short hardcore enthralling puzzle-platform game about a lonely robot, which tries to find his master. To go all the way you'll have to look for the master in two dimensions at the same time. Parallel world module will help to overcome any obstacles!
Why similar: Robots 23.3%, Puzzle Platformer 18.1%, Platformer 13.7%, 2D Platformer 13.7%, Puzzle 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A difficult puzzle-platformer that requires precise timing and logical thinking to navigate through inverted environments.
- #24 Q.U.B.E. 2
81% matchVery Positive84% of 1,730 reviews2018
Dev: Toxic GamesPub: Trapped Nerve Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 33.7%, Adventure 24.3%, Indie 13.7%, Sci-fi 13.1%, Puzzle Platformer 12.4%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person puzzle game that utilizes environmental manipulation tools to solve increasingly complex logic puzzles.
- #25 Gravity Ghost
81% matchVery Positive97% of 306 reviews2015
Dev: Ivy Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Gravity Ghost is a physics game with a twist. Run, jump, and soar around planets, using gravity to glide through the air. Explore a shattered galaxy and rescue its survivors, armed with powerups and mysterious terraforming powers. Meet the 7 magical guardians and best their challenges. There's no killing, no dying, and no way to fail.
Why similar: Indie 36.5%, Adventure 32.3%, Puzzle 31.2%
Why You'll Like It: A physics-based game that focuses on orbital mechanics and gravity-defying movement through beautiful environments.
- #26 Promenade
78% matchVery Positive95% of 873 reviews2024
Dev: Holy Cap
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Go on an adventure in a world packed with secrets helped by your friend, a poulp with many abilities. Explore, solve puzzles, wander across dungeons, blast through races and much more in this cute game inspired by the best 3D platformers
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 29.3%, Platformer 18.3%, 2D Platformer 13.5%, Puzzle 11.5%, Cartoony 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A collectathon platformer that emphasizes creative movement and puzzle-solving to progress through its world.
- #27 The Swapper
79% matchVery Positive94% of 7,539 reviews2013
Dev: Olli Harjola, Otto Hantula, Tom Jubert, Carlo CastellanoPub: Facepalm Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%
What if someone knew your mind better than you did? The Swapper is an award-winning, narrative driven puzzle game set in the furthest reaches of space.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 25.6%, Puzzle 25.5%, Sci-fi 18.5%, Platformer 15.5%, Indie 4.1%
Why You'll Like It: A atmospheric puzzle game that uses cloning and gravity-based mechanics to solve intricate environmental puzzles.
- #28 Togges
80% matchMixed69% of 208 reviews2022
Dev: Regular StudioPub: Thunderful Publishing
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Togges is a charming and colourful 3D Puzzle-Platformer. Go on adventures, stack adorable living blocks and solve puzzles around the Cosmos to save the Galaxy from the threats of the Void.
Why similar: Puzzle 21.6%, Puzzle Platformer 19.8%, Platformer 19.8%, Cartoony 16.3%, Colorful 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: A colorful 3D puzzle-platformer where you place and stack objects to reach new areas and solve environmental puzzles.
- #29 Heart Star
79% matchVery Positive96% of 82 reviews2020
Dev: Adventure Islands
Windows · Mac
Heart Star is an adorable puzzle platformer where you guide two little friends through two parallel worlds. Swap between the worlds to solve unique puzzles. Overcome all obstacles with the power of teamwork!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 28.4%, Platformer 14.9%, Indie 13.4%, Adventure 12.2%, Side Scroller 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: A charming puzzle-platformer that requires switching between two characters to manipulate the environment and reach the goal.
- #30 Öoo
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 5,955 reviews2025
Dev: NamaTakahashi
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A Bomb Caterpillar's Big Adventure! "Öoo" is a charming yet mysterious exploration puzzle platformer where you discover creative ways to use bombs!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 34.7%, 2D Platformer 17.2%, Platformer 14%, Puzzle 11.8%, Linear 8.8%
- #31 The Electrifying Incident: A Monster Mini-Expedition
76% matchVery Positive95% of 189 reviews2025
Dev: Draknek and Friends
Windows · Mac
An adorable bite-sized adventure from the creators of A Monster’s Expedition - explore the facility, avoid the live electricity, and repair the malfunctioning reactor.
Why similar: Puzzle 31.6%, Sci-fi 28.8%, Cartoony 24%, Colorful 12.2%, Linear 3.5%
- #32 Low Oxygen
77% matchVery Positive89% of 303 reviews2023
Dev: Alex-Stefan Neagu
Windows · Linux
Explore an abandoned facility on the planet you've crashlanded, solving puzzles with strange plants along the way.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 24%, Platformer 14.6%, 2D Platformer 14.5%, Puzzle 10.7%, Side Scroller 9.8%
- #33 Shift Happens
78% matchMostly Positive78% of 4,337 reviews2017
Dev: Klonk GamesPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Shift Happens is a cooperative platformer for two. You and a friend shift your mass, throw each other and puzzle your way through four stages of stylized imaginary worlds. Including the occasional backstabbing and taunting. Play with a friend on a couch, online or even special singleplayer levels.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 40.8%, 2D Platformer 14%, Puzzle 12.9%, Platformer 12.4%, Side Scroller 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A co-op focused puzzle-platformer that requires players to manipulate their size and weight to solve environmental challenges.
- #34 The Multi-Medium
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 550 reviews2023
Dev: Micah Boursier
Windows · Mac · Linux
The Multi-Medium is a visually unique 2D puzzle platform adventure in which you play as an interdimensional explorer lost in the multiverse. Travel to diverse worlds, each drawn or painted by hand in a different medium and style, in search of your place in the cosmos.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 25%, 2D Platformer 13.1%, Platformer 12.3%, Side Scroller 9.5%, Puzzle 9%
- #35 Romino's Adventure
77% matchVery Positive94% of 54 reviews2021
Dev: InterDan
Windows · Linux
A blocky puzzle platformer adventure.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 34.3%, 2D Platformer 15.9%, Side Scroller 12.7%, Platformer 8.8%, Linear 7.3%
- #36 Super Puzzled Cat
74% matchVery Positive98% of 197 reviews2025
Dev: Penguin Mug Games
Windows
Help Puzzled Cat use jetpacks, portals, bombs, gum, and more to conquer treacherous platforming stages. Play your own way using save states to explore a world full of challenges and secrets - but can you find the way through? Travel through time and space and reach enlightenment.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 30.5%, 2D Platformer 15.2%, Platformer 12.1%, Puzzle 8.9%, Side Scroller 7.8%
- #37 Brave Escape
71% matchVery Positive99% of 169 reviews2025
Dev: Hit Start Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Embark on a thrilling co-op adventure in 'Brave Escape,' a challenging platformer demanding teamwork to conquer perilous traps and treacherous terrain.
Why similar: Robots 23.5%, Puzzle Platformer 21.8%, 2D Platformer 12.6%, Platformer 10.7%, Sci-fi 8%
- #38 Gravity Error
76% matchVery Positive86% of 56 reviews2015
Dev: Faris Mohammed
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Gravity Error is an indie 2D puzzle/platformer about changing gravity. Guide Force in his quest seeking emotional stableness in a set of levels and avoid being crushed. Solve the puzzles in multiple creative ways.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 40.3%, Platformer 24.7%, Puzzle 18.5%, Indie 8.5%, 2D 8.1%
- #39 Out of Line
73% matchVery Positive90% of 238 reviews2021
Dev: Nerd MonkeysPub: Hatinh Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 22.9 hrs≥1hr: 65%
A unique adventure game filled with beautiful puzzles all hand-drawn in an original 2D style . Out of Line follows the adventures of San in a quest to escape the Factory that was once home. Dive into a story set in a mysterious world that is revealed through multiple chapters.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 35.4%, 2D Platformer 18.7%, Platformer 14.9%, Puzzle 12.2%, 2D 4.8%
- #40 BZZZT
70% matchVery Positive94% of 1,143 reviews2023
Dev: KO.DLLPub: CINEMAX GAMES
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Become a tiny ZX8000 robot and begin your journey through a beautiful, pixel-art world inspired by games iconic to the platformer genre. Follow a cute story, upgrade your skills, beat challenging levels, and compete with other players for the fastest speedrun!
Why similar: Robots 34.5%, 2D Platformer 22.5%, Platformer 17.2%, Colorful 7.1%, 2D 6.8%
- #41 Sokobond Express
72% matchVery Positive89% of 101 reviews2024
Dev: José HernándezPub: Draknek & Friends
Windows · Mac · Linux
Sokobond Express is a beautifully minimalist puzzle game that combines chemical bonds and puzzling pathfinding in novel ways.
Why similar: Logic 45.6%, Puzzle 30.4%, 2D 10.9%, Indie 6.2%, Singleplayer 4%
- #42 Simulation world
73% matchVery Positive86% of 56 reviews2021
Dev: 007berd
Windows
Simulation World - This is a puzzle, story and open world. Feel the vanilla atmosphere as you progress through the puzzles. Rescue the simulation from a virus that wants to destroy the computer world
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 27%, 2D Platformer 13.5%, Platformer 13%, Puzzle 11.5%, Side Scroller 9.7%
- #43 Time in Time
74% matchMostly Positive75% of 123 reviews2017
Dev: ErayTek
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Time in Time is a side scroller puzzle-platformer game where you control everything with timers..
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 29.3%, Robots 18.7%, Platformer 14.6%, Side Scroller 10%, Puzzle 10%
- #44 Way of Rhea
71% matchVery Positive98% of 54 reviews2024
Dev: Games by Mason LLC
Windows · Linux
A puzzle game with challenging puzzles, but forgiving mechanics. Master the use of your color changing staff to solve mind bending puzzles, unlock new areas, and help out your friends. Undo any mistake with the press of a button.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 29.5%, Logic 21.9%, Puzzle 14.2%, Side Scroller 11.1%, Colorful 6.2%
- #45 Rules & Rodents
70% matchVery Positive100% of 54 reviews2025
Dev: Gravy Crew Games
Windows
A puzzling adventure where you abuse the Rules set by your Rat captors! 📜🐀 Manipulate enemies and environments with the commanding power of Rules to escape!
Why similar: Puzzle 27.5%, Cartoony 18.3%, Logic 17.5%, 2D 11%, Adventure 10.9%
- #46 Overloop
71% matchVery Positive94% of 247 reviews2022
Dev: Charge GamesPub: Digerati
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 72%
A puzzle-platformer set in a dystopian world where the invention of a cloning device has messed things up, big time. Armed with a clone gun and a mighty fine mustache, the chore of saving THE WHOLE OF CIVILIZATION rests on your shoulders. Don’t blow it.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 25.3%, 2D Platformer 13.3%, Platformer 12.5%, Puzzle 11.4%, Side Scroller 10.1%
- #47 Toodee and Topdee
70% matchVery Positive93% of 859 reviews2021
Dev: dietzribi
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A cosmic turbulence caused the 2D Platformer and the Top-Down Puzzler dimensions to merge! Switch between Toodee and Topdee and their unique perspectives to overcome hard-as-nails challenges, solve mind-melting puzzles and defeat huge bosses.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 27.2%, 2D Platformer 14.1%, Platformer 12.7%, Puzzle 12.3%, Side Scroller 10.4%
- #48 Unusual and not safe experiments
69% matchVery Positive89% of 94 reviews2025
Dev: Galactic Geckon
Windows
Unusual and NOT Safe Experiments is an action-puzzle game where you control a robot trying to escape from an abandoned complex, overcoming traps and solving puzzles.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 40.1%, Robots 23.4%, Logic 16.8%, Puzzle 13.7%, Pixel Graphics 4.5%
- #49 A Small Robot Story
72% matchVery Positive86% of 50 reviews2017
Dev: bc likes youPub: MAGIC Spell Studios
Windows
A Small Robot Story is an adventure-platformer where you play as Rae, a small robot who activates and has no idea why. So you need to set out and find out what's up! With a heavy emphasis on story, A Small Robot Story will take you through forests, factories, caves, laboratories, and more.
Why similar: Robots 43.8%, Platformer 25.1%, Adventure 12.1%, 2D 7.8%, Pixel Graphics 6.6%
- #50 Chromatic Conundrum
66% matchVery Positive98% of 302 reviews2026
Dev: Digs
Windows
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 31.2%, Platformer 19.6%, Puzzle 15.9%, Sci-fi 12.4%, Linear 7.3%
- #51 MO:Astray
68% matchVery Positive92% of 5,040 reviews2019
Dev: Archpray Inc.Pub: Rayark International Limited
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
MO: Astray is a pixel art, side-scrolling, action-platformer. Lead MO through mind-bending puzzles using special abilities. Bizarre enemies, threatening traps and ingenious level designs await.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 36.9%, Platformer 16.1%, Sci-fi 10.9%, Adventure 8.3%, Pixel Graphics 6.8%
- #52 Vibrant Venture
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 662 reviews2020
Dev: Semag Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Vibrant Venture is a singleplayer 2D adventure platformer game featuring a quirky cast of characters! The game features four playable characters with multiple unique abilities that can be combined for extremely versatile, fluid and fun movement!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 27%, 2D Platformer 15.9%, Platformer 15.8%, Side Scroller 12.2%, Cartoony 8.7%
- #53 CO-OP : Decrypted
73% matchMixed43% of 67 reviews2015
Dev: Pixelz Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 31%
CO-OP is a 2.5D puzzle-platformer. You control two robots; R3D, who can absorb all the light sources around him, and BLU3, who converts that energy into an explosive power. They find themselves in what seems like a recycling facility, with drones analyzing their every move...
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 35.8%, Side Scroller 21.6%, Sci-fi 17.6%, Adventure 13.6%, Indie 11.4%
- #54 Hatup
69% matchVery Positive92% of 59 reviews2022
Dev: Naoka StudioPub: Naoka Games
Windows
In Hatup you'll have the mission to go through different challenges with your hat that will allow you to progress through the game's stages. Using different mechanics you will face many challenges and with different levels of difficulty.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 23.7%, Platformer 14.6%, 2D Platformer 13.9%, Side Scroller 11.2%, Puzzle 10.7%
- #55 bobo robot
69% matchVery Positive89% of 79 reviews2020
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
A wacky metroidvania. ⚡ Meet weird characters, unlock new abilities and complete a mysterious mission . . .
Why similar: Adventure 57.4%, Indie 35.6%, Colorful 7%
- #56 Mr. Mat Hematic
68% matchVery Positive82% of 77 reviews2023
Dev: Shahmuradov Games
Windows · Mac
Mr. Mat Hematic is a short, fun, 2D platformer puzzle game where you must use given mathematical operations to alter the environment so you can move around. To complete a level, you need to reach the black door.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 31.2%, 2D Platformer 16.8%, Logic 13.7%, Puzzle 9.9%, Linear 9.9%
- #57 Teslagrad Remastered
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 251 reviews2023
Dev: Rain GamesPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Return to the indie classic Teslagrad, recharged to provide the ultimate electromagnetic experience! Escape a tyrant king, master the art of Teslamancy, and uncover the secrets buried deep within the Tesla Tower in this puzzle-platforming adventure!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 27%, Platformer 15.8%, Puzzle 12.3%, 2D Platformer 12.2%, Side Scroller 8.6%
- #58 Colored Effects
66% matchVery Positive95% of 62 reviews2023
Dev: TACSOU
Windows · Linux
Colored Effects is a puzzle platformer game where you use different abilities to advance through levels. Each color grants a unique ability. Switch between the colors and their effects to collect gems, defeat bosses, and solve fun puzzles.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 29%, Logic 17.4%, 2D Platformer 15%, Platformer 11.3%, Puzzle 11%
- #59 Wakey Wakey
65% matchVery Positive99% of 75 reviews2025
Dev: Moon Jam Games LLC
Windows
Wakey Wakey is a Puzzle Platformer with a unique world-bending twist. Navigate your everchanging bedroom, take control of new household objects, and overcome surprising obstacles to help this sleepy guy get a good night's rest.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 29.9%, 2D Platformer 16.7%, Platformer 15.2%, Puzzle 11.6%, Linear 10.2%
- #60 Bytebond
64% matchVery Positive93% of 80 reviews2025
Dev: DVD UnicornsPub: Anshar Publishing
Windows · Mac
Split Fiction meets Portal! Bytebond is an electrifying online & couch co-op puzzle game that challenges you to regain control over an infected CPU. Dive into the heart of a PC with your friend and become the ultimate Antivirus Special Forces duo.
Why similar: Robots 25.9%, Logic 22.1%, Platformer 17.1%, Puzzle 13.9%, Sci-fi 12.4%