Games Like No Strings Attached

Journey through a distorted theatre held together by the fragile mind of a grieving puppet master. With only a needle and thread, traverse through this world and evade twisted and terrifying creations. Shatter the delusion and unravel the truth behind it all.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 20.4%, Exploration 15.7%, Dark 14.5%, Stylized 13.7%, Atmospheric 11.3%

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 34.4%, Platformer 20.6%, Puzzle 11.8%, Atmospheric 9.5%, Horror 8.8%

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 31.1%, Platformer 22%, Puzzle 14.7%, 2D Platformer 10.7%, Adventure 9.2%

Complete physics-based platformer puzzles as you venture deeper into an abandoned research facility responsible for developing ominously powerful quantum entanglement technology.

Why similar: Puzzle 22.2%, Platformer 20.6%, 2D Platformer 17.3%, Atmospheric 10.7%, Adventure 10.1%

Adventure through bizarre and intricately made levels in this 2D platformer game.

Why similar: Platformer 29.4%, Dark 15.8%, 2D Platformer 15.6%, Adventure 12.6%, Stylized 12%

OLI is a short 2D puzzle-platformer game, with a thriller atmosphere. In this game you play as a child who needs to escape from scary monsters while passing through different locations in an inhospitable city. This project is inspired by others games like Limbo and Little Nightmares.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 39%, Dark 17.5%, 2D Platformer 11%, Atmospheric 10.4%, Puzzle 8.7%

Find your way through a puzzle filled manor while barely dodging human-eating monsters. You wake up in a dark room with one objective: escape those sharpened teeth. However, you should not worry; you will meet friends along the way.

Why similar: Puzzle 26.4%, Exploration 23.2%, Dark 14.6%, Adventure 14.5%, Stylized 9.5%

Art House is a 2D puzzle platformer in which you play as a woman who gets trapped with her children inside the paintings of her recently deceased mother. Navigate through painting rips and use a magical paintbrush to escape and come to terms with your grief.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 39.5%, Platformer 18.6%, Puzzle 13.6%, Stylized 9.4%, Adventure 6%

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 31.1%, Platformer 23.9%, Puzzle 15.9%, Adventure 9%, Atmospheric 7.1%

Keep the Lights On is an atmospheric horror game where you step in the shoes of Edmund Rosental, a private detective, who is tasked with investigating an old abbey and the mystery surrounding it. Will he be able to keep the lights on or will he succumb to the darkness

Why similar: Platformer 35.4%, Adventure 21.2%, Horror 14%, Atmospheric 12.8%, Puzzle 10.5%

Space Expedition is a 2D sci-fi platformer where you play as an astronaut who is sent to a space station to collect samples of mysterious dark matter. Space Expedition combines puzzle platforming, pixel art, and atmospheric adventures set in the style of 1980s sci-fi horror films.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 32.6%, Exploration 17.8%, Platformer 16.1%, 2D Platformer 13%, Atmospheric 9.6%

EX VITRO is a dark sci-fi 2D platformer where you delve into the ruins of a military research facility and discover the horrors within. Whether machine, creature, or something else entirely, you’ll face the violent legacy of the last survivors of humanity.

Why similar: Platformer 25.2%, Exploration 22.7%, 2D Platformer 14.6%, Horror 9.8%, Dark 9%

Hellevator is a 2D platformer in hell where the only way to escape is to die. Find creative ways to die in order to solve the puzzles and progress through this infernal hotel.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 49.5%, Platformer 20.2%, 2D Platformer 14%, Adventure 8.7%, Atmospheric 5.7%

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

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 45.1%, Platformer 16.2%, Puzzle 11.3%, Dark 10.8%, Atmospheric 6.3%

THANATOS is a first-person psychological horror mystery game that involves finding clues, solving puzzles, and uncovering secrets to prevent a friend from taking their own life.

Why similar: Exploration 28.5%, Puzzle 27.1%, Adventure 24.5%, Horror 12.5%, Story Rich 5%

Locks is a horror puzzle-platformer set in a puppet show. The game features a new type of puzzle, and the evil doesn't chase the puppet, as it usually does in platformers, it chases you.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 34.2%, Dark 17.6%, Puzzle 16.2%, Horror 11.1%, Atmospheric 9.2%

"No Way Out" is an intense and thrilling survival horror game where players take on the role of a volunteer trapped in a panic-stricken hospital. Players must bravely face their fears, explore various areas of the hospital, and search for a way to escape while uncovering the truth behind the events.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 46.1%, Puzzle 20%, Horror 16.5%, Adventure 6.8%, 3D 3.9%

Escape the depths of an otherworldly labyrinth in this cinematic puzzle platformer. Explore a hauntingly beautiful world, with three playable characters, in one dark, interconnected story.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 26.1%, Exploration 13.5%, Platformer 13.2%, Dark 10.5%, Puzzle 7.2%

Night Reverie: Prologue is the first act of a Puzzle/Adventure game in which a child must solve the mystery behind the distortion of his house. Explore puzzle-filled environments and discover strange creatures as you reach the truth behind of what looks like a bizarre nightmare.

Why similar: Exploration 34.6%, Puzzle 29%, Atmospheric 10.2%, Casual 9.3%, Adventure 7.5%

2D side scrolling, adventure, horror game where you avoid monsters and solve puzzles.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 28.7%, Platformer 14.6%, Exploration 14.5%, Puzzle 11.5%, 2D Platformer 9.3%

"Hold Me Still" is a point-and-click puzzle mystery game where you investigate your friend's disappearance by exploring their house, collecting clues, solving puzzles, and uncovering the truth.

Why similar: Puzzle 27.7%, Exploration 25%, Casual 21.8%, Adventure 19.9%, Story Rich 3.8%

Tasked with finding humanity a new home, a lonely astronaut braves a desolate planet while making a fluffy friend along the way. homebound is a short 2D puzzle platformer that explores the feeling of home.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 31.7%, Platformer 23.7%, Puzzle 14.8%, Casual 11.9%, 2D Platformer 11.2%

Puppet House is a puzzle-adventure horror with escape room elements. A freak ritual creates a killer puppet, murdering anyone who enters the ventriloquist’s mansion. Detective Rick, seeking missing locals, will soon face his greatest horror.

Why similar: Exploration 27.8%, Dark 17.9%, Horror 15.4%, Atmospheric 11.4%, Adventure 9.8%

You must stay alive in this horror/puzzle adventure. Try to survive the vengeful toys waiting for you in the abandoned toy factory. Use your GrabPack to hack electrical circuits or nab anything from afar. Explore the mysterious facility... and don't get caught.

Why similar: Horror 33.1%, Puzzle 27.8%, Dark 19.3%, Atmospheric 7.6%, Adventure 6.5%

Explore an abandoned facility on the planet you've crashlanded, solving puzzles with strange plants along the way.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 31.3%, Platformer 21%, Puzzle 14.2%, 2D Platformer 10.7%, Adventure 9.2%

A post-apocalyptic 3D platformer combining puzzles with intense action. You play as El, a robot escaping from a dreadful facility and exploring the ruins of civilization.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 32.2%, Platformer 16.3%, Dark 12.8%, Stylized 12.5%, Puzzle 10.3%

A challenging 3D platformer with little room for error. Escape a dungeon by jumping to the top, and sacrifice your collectables for items to aid in your ordeal.

Why similar: Platformer 78.7%, Adventure 18%, Singleplayer 3.3%

See how a game created by the very Jigsaw would look like! Use the available objects, outwit tricky illusions and optical puzzles and above all, answer the question – will you dare to Play with Me?

Why similar: Puzzle 26%, Exploration 23.2%, Horror 16.3%, Adventure 14.4%, Story Rich 8.9%

Explore the mystery behind a once-loved and hugely popular children's toy, also known as MUZY, in this terrifying horror adventure game. Several reports detail frightening incidents connected to accidents. Your job is to solve the puzzles and find the cause of these unsettling occurrences.

Why similar: Adventure 23.6%, Puzzle 18.2%, Dark 17.4%, Horror 16.1%, Atmospheric 10.9%

Play as a clothing store worker who is just finishing up her shift and preparing to go home. However, as you make your way towards the exit, the power suddenly goes out, leaving you trapped inside the store.

Why similar: Exploration 30.2%, Dark 22.5%, Adventure 16.7%, Atmospheric 13.2%, Horror 7.5%

In this paranormal point-and-click adventure, a traveling salesman races to stop a string of horrific deaths in a quiet seaside town—before he’s next.

Why similar: Puzzle 23.8%, Dark 22.2%, Horror 16.1%, Atmospheric 13.2%, Adventure 12.6%

Achromatic is a first-person horror puzzle game — Walk around the carnival you have been tasked with repairing and uncover the darker secrets that lie within. Solve puzzles and avoid the carnival workers as you try to escape.

Why similar: Puzzle 50.7%, Horror 35.7%, 3D 10%, Singleplayer 3.5%

In Frame of Mind, you are placed in a world where logic is escaping you. Each area of the game defies reason, requiring you to think outside the box in order to solve the illogical and escape madness.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 34.7%, Platformer 18.7%, Exploration 15.1%, Stylized 10.8%, Puzzle 10.4%

Invite a friend online and embark on a puzzle-platformer adventure exploring the bond between an animator and his puppet. Work together to clear obstacles across the sprawling sets of a stop-motion animation workshop and find out to what lengths the power of imagination can take you.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 39.3%, Platformer 17.9%, Puzzle 14%, Stylized 10%, Adventure 9%

A strange game of hangman with a strange man. Traverse through the darkness, letters, & watchful eyes to save your friend. Decode notes left behind to uncover the message that you never got, but should have had.

Why similar: Dark 36.1%, Puzzle 28.5%, Stylized 16.3%, Horror 13.1%, Casual 4.4%

Gravitia is an adventure game about manipulating gravity to escape a unique world full of mystery.

Why similar: Platformer 27%, Puzzle 24.8%, Exploration 20.9%, Adventure 17.1%, 3D 7%

Explore an oniric world and discover all its secrets during a dangerous and memorable quest.

Why similar: Platformer 36.6%, Exploration 32%, Adventure 24.1%, 3D 4.4%, Singleplayer 3%

“Hello Puppets: Midnight Show” is a stealth horror adventure set in the 1980s on the set of a children’s TV show. You are a master puppet maker whose prized creations--the Handeemen--have come to life and are hunting you. Play hide and seek against advanced AI that forces you to adapt and improvise.

Why similar: Dark 29.5%, Adventure 20.3%, Atmospheric 19.7%, Horror 18.2%, Story Rich 7%

Within a Victorian manor, wake up as Yu, a porcelain doll, modeled to look like The Mother’s perfect daughter. Solve puzzles with the help of a detachable hand, hide from grievous threats, explore the manor, and search for your past to reclaim pieces of your soul and claim your freedom.

Why similar: Exploration 29.5%, Puzzle 22%, Stylized 14.2%, Horror 11.4%, Adventure 9.6%

TVs is a single player platformer game combining intense action with challenging puzzles, focuses on a journey of a tv character called “u” who needs to drive his way on strange events in strange world to solve mysterious puzzles of his life till he finds the truth.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 32.6%, Platformer 20.4%, Exploration 15.9%, Puzzle 13.8%, Stylized 13.7%

A lone clown explores a mysterious home. He meets strange inhabitants on his journey to discover why he exists. Join him, and you may discover a thing or two about yourself.

Why similar: Exploration 30.3%, Adventure 21.7%, Puzzle 17.9%, Horror 10.8%, Casual 10.4%

Andarin Weppes is a first person puzzle experience of a man with ever advancing dementia...

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 34.1%, Platformer 17.4%, Puzzle 13%, Exploration 9.1%, Atmospheric 8.5%

13: Origin is a web of clues that you must follow and not miss, as in most room escape/puzzle games. As you untie each knotted loop, you will realize how long and endless the thread you hold on to the end is.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 41%, Exploration 17.4%, Puzzle 17.3%, Adventure 10.7%, Atmospheric 7%

A Horror Adventure Game with Multiple Endings

Why similar: Horror 29.1%, Adventure 26.4%, Dark 25.3%, 3D 15.3%, Singleplayer 3.9%

On a task to find your sister, you find yourself exploring an old abandoned house. But you soon find out that things are not as they seem.

Why similar: Stylized 18.6%, Exploration 15.2%, Dark 14.8%, Adventure 14.2%, Horror 13%

What The Hack! Is a humoristic, story puzzle game, where you, a computer program, tries to avoid getting destroyed by escaping a facility. Doing so by hacking and hijacking devices in your surroundings.

Why similar: Platformer 26.6%, Puzzle 17.2%, Exploration 16.1%, Stylized 14.7%, Casual 11.9%

A first-person puzzle horror game set in a defunct children's nursery from 2001. Uncover dark secrets, solve mascot-themed puzzles, and survive the twisted games of Stanley—an animatronic who never stopped playing.

Why similar: Puzzle 28.9%, Adventure 20.5%, Casual 15.8%, Horror 13.2%, Atmospheric 11.3%

Play every character simultaneously and reunite them in mind boggling 100 levels

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 43.7%, Platformer 16.9%, Puzzle 13.4%, 2D Platformer 11%, Casual 8.6%

A 2D puzzle-platformer where you light your way through the darkness. Play as the Light, exploring an abandoned civilization where you find a suit of armor that seems to have magical properties. Suit up using the powers of the suit to channel your light magic to see what this strange place hides.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 33.7%, Exploration 21.2%, Platformer 15.1%, 2D Platformer 11.7%, Puzzle 10.7%

An ex-minister ventures through the frozen depths of Hell in search of his kidnapped daughter.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 27.7%, Platformer 15%, Dark 13.8%, Puzzle 10.3%, Adventure 10.3%

You are selected to be part of a circus, open the doors and beat the Clowns, solving the challenges before the clock ends.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 58.6%, Casual 12.6%, Adventure 11.6%, Atmospheric 9.3%, 3D 5.9%

The Master’s Pupil is a hand painted puzzle adventure game set inside Claude Monet's eyeball

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 28.9%, Platformer 14%, Puzzle 13%, Stylized 11.8%, Atmospheric 7.8%

Play through three VHS tapes, uncovering the mystery of a decrepit facility, eluding tormented beasts, and discovering the truth of the chosen one.

Why similar: Puzzle 27.5%, Dark 25%, Horror 20.5%, Adventure 15.9%, Casual 7.6%

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: Puzzle Platformer 36.8%, Platformer 18%, Puzzle 14%, 2D Platformer 8.6%, Atmospheric 8%

Play as a conductor trapped in a haunted and crazy mansion! As a concert begins, a jealous ghost appears and takes possession of your orchestra. To free them, you must explore every corner of the mansion, complete musical challenges, and rebuild your troupe.

Why similar: Adventure 37.3%, Casual 30%, 2D Platformer 29.5%, Singleplayer 3.2%

Serene Asylum is a first-person psychological horror puzzle game. Solve puzzles as you uncover the dark history of the insane asylum and try to escape before you are stuck in game forever. But don't be scared, it's just a game after all, right? Now... if you can read this, you need to wake up!

Why similar: Exploration 43.4%, Puzzle 32.9%, Casual 10.8%, Story Rich 9.9%, Singleplayer 3%

From the depths of hell, climb chained to your friends through diverse worlds. Solo or co-op, try to reach the summit and discover what awaits you there...

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 39.6%, Platformer 25.3%, Exploration 15.9%, Adventure 11%, Casual 8.2%

Escape the dark by navigating through nightmares made reality. Follow the light and find your way home as you are hounded by your worst fears.

Why similar: Platformer 36.4%, 2D Platformer 23%, Dark 19.6%, Adventure 18.4%, Singleplayer 2.7%

A first-person atmospheric horror-puzzle game that focuses on the narrative to tie together the gruesome world with creative puzzles. Explore the mind of a twisted serial killer who wants nothing else than to show his work of art as well as tell his story to the world.

Why similar: Puzzle 22.1%, Atmospheric 16.3%, Adventure 15.7%, Exploration 14.9%, Horror 14.2%

Plokoth is an atmospheric 2D platforming game set in a mysterious jungle.

Why similar: Platformer 28.8%, 2D Platformer 15%, Stylized 14%, Dark 12.2%, Atmospheric 11.5%