- #1 Time Loader
97% matchVery Positive83% of 557 reviews2021
Dev: FlazmPub: META Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Time Loader is a story-driven puzzle-platformer with tiny robots, alternate realities, nostalgic music, and primitive tech from the 90s!
Why similar: 2.5D 18.6%, Time Manipulation 17.9% ★, Puzzle Platformer 14.6%, Precision Platformer 12.2%, Emotional 11%
- #2 Retro Machina
96% matchVery Positive86% of 255 reviews2021
Dev: Orbit StudioPub: SuperGG.com
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Retro Machina is a single-player action and exploration game set in a retro-futuristic universe. Experience the journey of a little robot as it solves intricate puzzles and begins unraveling the mysteries of a world long forgotten.
Why similar: Robots 19.1%, Emotional 18.8%, Puzzle Platformer 18.8%, Dark 12.8%, Platformer 9.8%
- #3 Black The Fall
96% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,824 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 22.3%, Puzzle Platformer 19.3%, Dark 11.6%, Platformer 10.3%, Atmospheric 8%
- #4 MIO: Memories in Orbit
94% matchVery Positive82% of 4,021 reviews2026
Dev: Douze DixièmesPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 11.9 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Play as android MIO in this mesmerizing metroidvania where you explore the Vessel, an enormous technological ark overgrown with machines gone rogue. Uncover its secrets, enhance MIO's abilities, and save the spaceship and its residents from oblivion.
Why similar: Robots 30.1%, Precision Platformer 19.5%, Platformer 19.4%, Atmospheric 14.1%, Sci-fi 11.3%
- #5 Planet of the Eyes
95% 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: Puzzle Platformer 19.5%, Robots 19.2%, Platformer 14.9%, Sci-fi 12.1%, Stylized 9.7%
- #6 Causal Loop
94% matchVery Positive92% of 64 reviews2026
Dev: Mirebound InteractivePub: Headup
Windows
Causal Loop is a narrative puzzler that blends mind-bending mechanics with a rich sci-fi story about time, consequence, and survival. Solve intricate puzzles by using the signature “echo” mechanic to record, replay, and interact with up to three versions of your past self. Can you break the loop?
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 21.1%, Time Manipulation 18.2% ★, Emotional 12.8%, Platformer 11%, Sci-fi 10.3%
- #7 BatteryNote
93% matchVery Positive99% of 210 reviews2025
Dev: 72studioPub: room6
Windows · Mac
BatteryNote is a multi-ending sci-fi adventure visual novel game. You can recharge three robots with limited lifespans, bringing them back to life. Interact with them through conversations or experiment by applying high voltage. How they spend their final moments is entirely up to you.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 24.8%, Robots 23.9%, Emotional 20.1%, Sci-fi 11.1%, Story Rich 9.6%
- #8 INSIDE
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 74,668 reviews2016
Dev: Playdead
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Hunted and alone, a boy finds himself drawn into the center of a dark project. INSIDE is a dark, narrative-driven platformer combining intense action with challenging puzzles. It has been critically acclaimed for its moody art style, ambient soundtrack and unsettling atmosphere.
Why similar: 2.5D 28.9%, Puzzle Platformer 20.3%, Dark 13.6%, Platformer 9.5%, Atmospheric 8.1%
- #9 Monolith
91% matchMostly Positive76% of 346 reviews2023
Dev: Animation Arts
Windows · Linux
A classical science fiction point and click adventure which takes you into a deep story and murky atmosphere, while solving logical puzzles. Accompany Tessa Carter and her talking robot as she finds out about herself and searches for a way to survive.
Why similar: 2.5D 33.1%, Emotional 15.3%, Robots 14.4%, Sci-fi 12.9%, Story Rich 9.1%
- #10 默途 Monobot
91% matchVery Positive91% of 116 reviews2021
Dev: DreamSmith StudioPub: 3DM Games
Windows
Coming online, Mono finds himself alone in a dark, dystopian world overrun with other hostile robots. Guide Mono through his solo journey, unravelling puzzles to uncover the buried secrets of this desolate world. Can you break the infinite cycle and find your true self?
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 23.5%, Artificial Intelligence 21%, Platformer 11.9%, Sci-fi 11.3%, Stylized 9.3%
- #11 In His Time
89% matchVery Positive87% of 54 reviews2023
Dev: TearyHand StudioPub: Kodansha
Windows · Mac
Enter the hauntingly beautiful shadow world of In His Time, a 2D puzzle-solving adventure game. There you will meet Olly and join him to solve puzzles throughout each step of his emotional journey of growth and self-discovery.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 32.3%, Dark 17.1%, Platformer 13.5%, Story Rich 10.9%, Atmospheric 10.6%
- #12 Monochroma
90% matchMostly Positive74% of 724 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: Puzzle Platformer 21.8%, Platformer 21.6%, 2.5D 16.1%, Puzzle 11.2%, Atmospheric 9.1%
- #13 Hypogea
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 751 reviews2025
Dev: Charlie Wagner
Windows
Escape from a mysterious underground megastructure in this short atmospheric 3d-platformer.
Why similar: Robots 32.5%, Puzzle Platformer 24.8%, Atmospheric 16.3%, Platformer 11.4%, Adventure 10.9%
- #14 The Library of Babel
89% matchMostly Positive74% of 86 reviews2023
Dev: Tanuki Game StudioPub: Neon Doctrine
Windows
Join Ludovik in a 2D Stealth Platformer and Graphic Adventure, as he explores the jungles of a futuristic Babylon to discover the secret behind the Library of Babel’s sudden lockdown and the mysteries behind their mythical creators.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 29.8%, Robots 16.6%, Platformer 15.3%, Sci-fi 12.2%, Dark 10.4%
- #15 Beam
88% matchVery Positive89% of 61 reviews2020
Dev: Binary ImpactPub: CobraTekku Games
Windows
BEAM is a challenging precision platformer with puzzle elements in which you need to manipulate various light beams and tightly maneuver MARBLE in order to save both your lives.
Why similar: 2.5D 21.1%, Puzzle Platformer 20.1%, Precision Platformer 18.1%, Sci-fi 10.3%, Platformer 8.1%
- #16 A Small Robot Story
87% matchVery Positive86% of 51 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 49.4%, Platformer 30.9%, Adventure 15.1%, Indie 4.6%
- #17 INMOST
85% matchVery Positive91% of 7,270 reviews2020
Dev: Hidden Layer GamesPub: Chucklefish
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 23.7%, Dark 16%, Emotional 15%, Platformer 11%, Story Rich 10.2%
- #18 Entangled
86% matchVery Positive93% of 57 reviews2022
Dev: P² Studios
Windows
Complete physics-based platformer puzzles as you venture deeper into an abandoned research facility responsible for developing ominously powerful quantum entanglement technology.
Why similar: Sci-fi 24.9%, Platformer 17%, Story Rich 16.8%, Atmospheric 15.2%, Puzzle 14.8%
- #19 Minds Beneath Us
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,817 reviews2024
Dev: BearBoneStudio
Windows
Median: 11.0 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
MINDS BENEATH US is an emotional sci-fi narrative game. Through the eyes of a humble individual, experience a mad world where humans are exploited as computing devices for AI. Listen to the concerns of those you meet and offer guidance. Together, face challenges and confront an uncertain destiny.
Why similar: 2.5D 42.4%, Atmospheric 14.3%, Sci-fi 14.2%, Story Rich 13.5%, Puzzle 7.8%
- #20 Vesper: Zero Light Edition
84% matchVery Positive84% of 89 reviews2021
Dev: Cordens Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Thousands of years after the activation of the Vesper Protocol, a small android crosses a fallen world, hunted by merciless machines, to control the power of Light and decide the fate of his race.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 33.2%, Sci-fi 19.5%, Platformer 17%, Story Rich 11.2%, Puzzle 9.7%
- #21 7th Sector
84% matchMostly Positive74% of 698 reviews2019
Dev: Носков Сергей
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Welcome to the 7th Sector, set in a mysterious cyberpunk world. Immerse yourself on this intricate path, solving different puzzles, facing its dangers and collecting scattered information to discover the story of this world.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 58.5%, Stylized 17.2%, Sci-fi 17.1%, Adventure 5.2%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #22 Somerville
82% matchMostly Positive70% of 1,859 reviews2022
Dev: Jumpship
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%
In the wake of catastrophe find the means to make your family whole again.
Why similar: Emotional 19.8%, 2.5D 19.6%, Dark 14.9%, Atmospheric 11.8%, Story Rich 9.6%
- #23 A Void Hope
81% matchVery Positive93% of 72 reviews2024
Dev: Elden Pixels
Windows · Mac · Linux
A Void Hope takes you on an atmospheric narrative adventure to find a cure for a collapsed city. Follow the story of a tormented couple as they try to decipher reality from nightmares and evade the shadowy threats lurking in the dark.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 29.6%, Atmospheric 20.8%, Dark 18.3%, Platformer 12.6%, Adventure 8.7%
- #24 Rumu
81% matchVery Positive90% of 568 reviews2017
Dev: Robot HousePub: Hammerfall Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Rumu is an intimate, narrative-driven adventure that follows the path into sentience of a robot vacuum cleaner.
Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 22.1%, Robots 19.2%, Emotional 16.3%, Dark 11.2%, Sci-fi 7.9%
- #25 CO-OP : Decrypted
83% 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 43.1%, Sci-fi 29.1%, Adventure 16.5%, Indie 11.2%
- #26 Rumbral
78% matchVery Positive90% of 52 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 34%, Puzzle Platformer 21.6%, Dark 17.1%, Platformer 14.8%, Puzzle 7.8%
- #27 The Fall
80% matchVery Positive88% of 3,701 reviews2014
Dev: Over The Moon
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Take the role of ARID, the artificial intelligence within a high-tech combat suit. The Fall is a unique combination of adventure-game puzzle solving and side-scroller action, all set within a dark and atmospheric story. Get ready for a disturbing journey as you explore the world of The Fall.
Why similar: Sci-fi 25.3%, Robots 17.2%, Atmospheric 12.8%, Story Rich 10.5%, Dark 10.3%
- #28 BREAKER: INITIATING
79% matchMixed68% of 74 reviews2024
Dev: Moloko Games
Windows
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 29.2%, Dark 19.5%, Platformer 13.4%, Stylized 11.9%, Atmospheric 10.7%
- #29 Red Matter
79% matchVery Positive90% of 1,175 reviews2018
Dev: Vertical Robot
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Red Matter is a story-driven VR puzzle adventure game set during a dystopian sci-fi Cold War. Take on the role of Agent Epsilon, an astronaut of the Atlantic Union dispatched to an abandoned Volgravian moon base on a faraway planet. Your mission: to investigate a shady top secret research project.
Why similar: Cold War 55% ★, Sci-fi 12.5%, Atmospheric 9%, Story Rich 8.4%, Puzzle 7.2%
- #30 Mind Over Magnet
76% matchVery Positive89% of 1,380 reviews2024
Dev: Game Maker's Toolkit
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 67%
An attractive puzzle platformer where you use magnetism to escape a factory. Meet a cast of magnet characters and work together to solve logical conundrums.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 32.3%, Robots 27.1%, Platformer 13.4%, Sci-fi 10.1%, Puzzle 8.6%
- #31 no signal
75% matchVery Positive99% of 74 reviews2025
Dev: exodrifter
Windows · Linux
An emotional point-and-click hard sci-fi adventure game about exploring an abandoned space station. Follow messages left by the long-gone staff to learn the outcome of the research team and the secrets they left behind.
Why similar: Emotional 29.2%, Sci-fi 20.7%, Story Rich 15%, Atmospheric 12.8%, Puzzle 12.1%
- #32 A Tale of Paper: Refolded
77% matchMostly Positive74% of 206 reviews2022
Dev: Open House GamesPub: Digerati
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 56%
A Tale of Paper: Refolded is a puzzle-platformer that tells the story of Line, a magical character made of paper who can use origami to change its shape. Transform into a frog, a rocket, a bird and more as Line embarks on an emotional journey to fulfill the dream of its creator.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 29.2%, 2.5D 18.3%, Atmospheric 13.5%, Dark 11.5%, Adventure 10%
- #33 Now I Am There
78% matchVery Positive83% of 53 reviews2019
Dev: Harun Yusuf ŞahinPub: Falcon Production
Windows · Mac
The story begin when the robot, whose experiment was interrupted, begins working again years later in an abandoned laboratory.
Why similar: 2.5D 28.2%, Puzzle Platformer 23.5%, Platformer 13.5%, Adventure 11.7%, Atmospheric 9.5%
- #34 Where We Went
73% matchVery Positive98% of 56 reviews2026
Dev: Oddcube Games
Windows
Where We Went is a narrative driven puzzle game. Step into the role of a mysterious character that can control ancient guardians to solve puzzles. Uncover the story behind your visit to the tomb and the reason for its existence!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 22.6%, Emotional 20.4%, Puzzle 10.3%, Dark 9.8%, Story Rich 9.6%
- #35 Night Lights
77% matchVery Positive83% of 78 reviews2019
Pub: Meridian4
Windows
Night Lights is a relaxing puzzle platformer where you manipulate light and shadow to guide a small robot through a calm, atmospheric world.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 32.7%, Precision Platformer 31.2%, Platformer 16.5%, Story Rich 10.2%, Puzzle 9.4%
- #36 Soulless: Ray Of Hope
76% matchMostly Positive73% of 329 reviews2016
Pub: Meridian4
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Soulless: Ray of Hope is a 2D story-driven platformer focused on atmosphere, exploration, and emotional storytelling in a dark, minimalist world.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 33.1%, Precision Platformer 31.3%, Platformer 16.5%, Story Rich 9.7%, Puzzle 9.4%
- #37 The Uncertain: Last Quiet Day
75% matchMostly Positive76% of 5,898 reviews2016
Dev: ComonGames
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
The Uncertain is an story-driven adventure game set in a post-apocalyptic world. Experience the mysterious vibe of each of carefully explored locations, solve diverse puzzles, make fateful decisions and discuss intriguing matters to find out the whole truth being kept from you.
Why similar: Robots 36.3%, Sci-fi 17.1%, Atmospheric 13.4%, Story Rich 10%, Adventure 9.3%
- #38 Space Expedition
73% matchVery Positive93% of 188 reviews2023
Dev: Mobirate
Windows · Mac
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 24.6%, Emotional 19.5%, Robots 18.5%, Atmospheric 11.4%, Platformer 11.1%
- #39 Primordia
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,409 reviews2012
Dev: Wormwood StudiosPub: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Life has ceased. Man is but a myth. And now, even the machines have begun to fail. Lead Horatio Nullbuilt and his sarcastic sidekick Crispin on a journey through the crumbling world of Primordia, facing malfunctioning robots, ancient secrets, and an implacable, power-hungry foe.
Why similar: Robots 35.6%, Sci-fi 23.6%, Atmospheric 10.5%, Story Rich 9.6%, Adventure 8.8%
- #40 Kulebra and the Souls of Limbo: Closure Edition
70% matchVery Positive99% of 230 reviews2025
Dev: GallaPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Help the cursed souls of Limbo escape their endless time loop in the afterlife. As Kulebra, a newly-deceased snake, witness their grief and guide them toward closure through point-and-click puzzles, light stealth, and empathy-driven boss encounters.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 25% ★, 2.5D 24%, Emotional 15.8%, Stylized 9.1%, Story Rich 7.8%
- #41 In Between
74% matchVery Positive85% of 477 reviews2015
Dev: GentlymadPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 95%
In Between is set inside the mind of a man hit by a cruel twist of fate. Together you are on a journey through the protagonist's head, a world that doesn’t obey the laws of physics.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 23.8%, Dark 13%, Emotional 12.8%, Platformer 11.7%, Precision Platformer 9.3%
- #42 The Last Cube
72% matchVery Positive97% of 149 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 30.3%, Robots 24.3%, Sci-fi 13.7%, Atmospheric 9.7%, Puzzle 9.1%
- #43 Full Void
71% matchVery Positive92% of 273 reviews2023
Dev: OutOfTheBit Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
A gripping, retro-inspired 2D cinematic puzzle-platformer set in a dystopian future where AI has taken over humanity. A short game in handcrafted pixel art, to experience in a film-like journey. Play as a young teenager, alone in a run-down world, relying only on your hacking skills to survive.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 54%, Platformer 16.8%, Adventure 8.3%, Puzzle 7.6%, Story Rich 7%
- #44 Mechanism
74% matchMixed67% of 166 reviews2018
Dev: Alexander Goodwin
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Mechanism - - an adventure game about a lonely robot. Dive into a depressive steampunk world which has been infected with a strange disease called "Phlegm".
Why similar: Robots 34.5%, Dark 14%, Atmospheric 12.5%, Adventure 9.4%, Story Rich 9.2%
- #45 SnowBot
69% matchVery Positive90% of 186 reviews2026
Dev: inoutofit
Windows
Silence, cold, solitude… What lies ahead? A small atmospheric adventure about a robot lost in a frozen wasteland.
Why similar: Robots 44.8%, Atmospheric 22.7%, Adventure 13.7%, Puzzle 9.2%, Indie 6.2%
- #46 BEAUTIFUL DESOLATION
72% matchMostly Positive77% of 689 reviews2020
Dev: THE BROTHERHOOD
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
BEAUTIFUL DESOLATION is an isometric, point & click adventure game set in a post-apocalyptic future. Explore an unscene landscape, solve puzzles, meet new friends and make powerful enemies, mediate conflicts and fight for your life as you unravel the secrets of the desolate world around you.
Why similar: 2.5D 41.9%, Sci-fi 16.6%, Story Rich 13.7%, Atmospheric 13.2%, Puzzle 7.7%
- #47 Au Revoir
68% matchVery Positive95% of 122 reviews2025
Dev: Invisible StudioPub: Nuntius Games
Windows
Play as Tristan and solve puzzles to recover human consciousnesses in the year 2071. Investigate environments, uncover secrets, and make choices that affect the ending. Explore a neon-noir world with a low poly aesthetic inspired by the 90s.
Why similar: Sci-fi 27%, Story Rich 22.6%, Atmospheric 21.4%, Puzzle 14.9%, Adventure 10.1%
- #48 Clocker
70% matchVery Positive83% of 283 reviews2019
Dev: Wild Kid Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
The world has been swallowed into the grey void of time and space. The only key to the winding puzzle - a time-controling pocket-watch - lies in the hands of a clockmaker Father. The watch creates a mysterious barrier between the Father and his estranged Daughter.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 29.6% ★, Puzzle Platformer 24.3%, Emotional 16.1%, Platformer 7.8%, Story Rich 6.6%
- #49 Chromatic Conundrum
66% matchVery Positive98% of 316 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 27.7%, Platformer 17.5%, Sci-fi 15.1%, Atmospheric 12%, Puzzle 10.5%
- #50 Trans Neuronica
68% matchVery Positive90% of 62 reviews2024
Dev: Evidently CubePub: Untold Tales
Windows
Trans Neuronica is a puzzle game that takes the concept of Numberlink and intertwines it with a story about human - AI interactions.The goal of the game is to connect nodes while adhering to the rules imposed by the special limiters, switches and stations that get progressively more challenging.
Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 47.1%, Dark 28.7%, Puzzle 13.6%, Sci-fi 4%, Singleplayer 3.2%
- #51 IN-VERT: Definitive Edition
71% 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 27.6%, Puzzle Platformer 23.4%, Platformer 17.8%, Atmospheric 10.3%, Puzzle 8.4%
- #52 Retropolis 2: Never Say Goodbye
68% matchVery Positive94% of 52 reviews2024
Dev: Peanut Button
Windows
Immerse yourself in the shadows, where danger lurks and every step leads you further to the edge of madness. Navigate the neon-lit streets as robo-detective Philip Log and search for Jenny Montage, the automated femme fatale, in this gritty post-apocalyptic saga.
Why similar: Robots 27.6%, Stylized 17.9%, Sci-fi 17%, Story Rich 11.4%, Puzzle 11.1%
- #53 ElecHead
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,366 reviews2021
Dev: NamaTakahashi
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 45.2%, Platformer 19.5%, Robots 14%, Puzzle 11.7%, Adventure 5.3%
- #54 PONCHO
71% matchMixed65% of 198 reviews2015
Dev: Delve InteractivePub: Rising Star Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 94%
A robot, a poncho and a journey of discovery! Make your way through this wonderful world of pixelated parallax platforming to solve the ultimate puzzle: who is Poncho?
Why similar: 2.5D 34.1%, Robots 18.3%, Puzzle Platformer 17.9%, Platformer 15.2%, Adventure 9.1%
- #55 Genopanic
67% matchMostly Positive77% of 377 reviews2024
Dev: Mobirate
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Genopanic is a pixel-art, Metroidvania-inspired adventure-platformer. Explore corridors of the space station, teeming with secrets and dangers, and engage in boss fights. Solve puzzles and uncover hidden mysteries in the dark atmosphere of a sci-fi research complex. Discover the truth with each step
Why similar: Precision Platformer 34.1%, Platformer 20.3%, Atmospheric 17%, Sci-fi 15.3%, Story Rich 7.1%
- #56 Noir Punk
69% matchVery Positive89% of 71 reviews2021
Dev: Milpitians
Windows
2D sidescrolling adventure narrative game with puzzle solving and platforming elements.
Why similar: Story Rich 37.5%, Puzzle 32.9%, Atmospheric 19.2%, Adventure 9.2%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #57 Stuffo the Puzzle Bot
67% 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 38.5%, Robots 28.2%, Sci-fi 14.7%, Puzzle 10.6%, Adventure 4.8%
- #58 Bionic Bay
65% matchVery Positive85% of 797 reviews2025
Dev: Psychoflow StudioPub: Kepler Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 68%
A scientist uses a unique teleportation instrument to escape an ancient biomechanical world filled with imaginative technology, deadly traps, and hidden secrets.
Why similar: Dark 28.6%, Sci-fi 22.4%, Platformer 21.9%, Atmospheric 17.8%, Adventure 6.8%
- #59 Don't Let Me Fade
65% matchVery Positive99% of 134 reviews2025
Dev: AinkOink
Windows
Don't Let Me Fade is an interactive adventure about memory, identity, and loss. Piece together fragments of a life - even if a simple teddy bear is the last symbol of connection to oneself in a world without time.
Why similar: Emotional 23.1%, Adventure 16.4%, Atmospheric 13.3%, Puzzle Platformer 13.2%, Story Rich 10.6%
- #60 Recompile
69% matchMixed69% of 177 reviews2021
Dev: PhigamesPub: Dear Villagers
Windows
This atmospheric, Metroidvania hacking adventure lets you take control of a semi-sapient program struggling against deletion. In the sprawling 3D world of a Mainframe, Recompile features intense combat, tight 3D platforming, super-powered abilities and an environmental logic-based hacking mechanic.
Why similar: Emotional 27%, Sci-fi 25.2%, Atmospheric 15.6%, Stylized 15.6%, Adventure 9.4%