- #1 LIMBO
97% matchVery Positive92% of 61,975 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 44.6%, Dark 20%, Atmospheric 9.6%, Puzzle 6.9%, 2D 5.2%
- #2 Goodnight, Lily
96% matchMostly Positive77% of 106 reviews2020
Dev: Something EdgyPub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
Windows
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: 2D Platformer 34.7%, Dark 27.4%, 2D 11.8%, Adventure 10.6%, Platformer 8.5%
- #3 Through the Nightmares
95% matchVery Positive97% of 79 reviews2025
Dev: Sandman Team
Windows
Through the Nightmares is a challenge-driven platformer for anyone who’s ever had a restless night. Run, jump, and change your size to overcome the nightmare’s traps. Face Morpheus. Rescue children from an endless dream.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 28.4%, Precision Platformer 22.6%, Dark 13.3%, 2D Platformer 12.3%, Mystery 7.9%
- #4 Toby: The Secret Mine
96% matchMostly Positive70% of 743 reviews2015
Dev: Lukas Navratil
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A challenging puzzle platformer inspired by games like Limbo and Badland.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 28.1%, Dark 24%, Atmospheric 13.5%, Adventure 9.5%, 2D 8.6%
- #5 Creepy Tale
94% matchVery Positive86% of 2,970 reviews2020
Dev: Creepy Brothers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.6 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 24.8%, Dark 16%, 2D Platformer 14.4%, Thriller 14.2%, Atmospheric 7.8%
- #6 INSIDE
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 75,704 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: Puzzle Platformer 25.9%, Dark 19.4%, 2D Platformer 14.9%, Minimalist 14.8%, Atmospheric 10.1%
- #7 No Strings Attached
93% matchVery Positive90% of 166 reviews2024
Dev: The Circus FreaksPub: Threehaw Company Ranch
Windows
No Strings Attached is a puzzle platform thriller where you play as Pavo, a newly-sentient puppet, in a struggling circus. Marionette Pavo’s arms to swing, climb, and more to escape your Master’s true intentions.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 39.5%, Dark 17.1%, 2D Platformer 11%, Atmospheric 10.1%, Puzzle 8.8%
- #8 In His Time
91% matchVery Positive86% of 59 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 32.7%, Dark 19.3%, 2D Platformer 13.4%, Atmospheric 10.5%, 2D 8.4%
- #9 Grimind
92% matchMixed64% of 292 reviews2014
Dev: Paweł MogiłaPub: Forever Entertainment S. A.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Grimind is a 2D, physics based, adventure, platform game in horror/creepy theme. Grimind casts you into forgotten caves and ancient crypts, without memories. While being there you have to demonstrate great manual skills to pass obstacles and solve non trivial puzzles to get out of scary environment and additionally discover what are you...
Why similar: Platformer 27.5%, Atmospheric 24.6%, Adventure 22.2%, 2D 16.2%, Physics 5.2%
- #10 OVIVO
91% matchVery Positive90% of 468 reviews2017
Dev: IzHard
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
OVIVO is a minimalistic platformer with unusual mechanics where everything is as simple as black and white. The journey in this metaphoric world is filled with illusions and hidden messages.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 25.8%, Dark 21.7%, Minimalist 18.9%, Atmospheric 9.5%, 2D 6%
- #11 Shelley Manor
90% matchMostly Positive79% of 106 reviews2024
Dev: Tiny Terrors StudioPub: ESAT
Windows
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: Thriller 53.5%, Dark 19.2%, Puzzle 11.3%, Adventure 7.9%, Atmospheric 7.8%
- #12 qomp
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 536 reviews2021
Dev: Stuffed WombatPub: Atari
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 68%
You are the Ball. Escape.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 32%, Puzzle Platformer 17.7%, 2D Platformer 16.7%, Dark 10.6%, Atmospheric 8.6%
- #13 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 33.9%, 2D Platformer 23.4%, Atmospheric 9.8%, Puzzle 9.5%, 2D 7.6%
- #14 sun-rise.exe
87% matchVery Positive91% of 64 reviews2023
Dev: louis morel
Windows
Adventure through bizarre and intricately made levels in this 2D platformer game.
Why similar: Abstract 31.7%, 2D Platformer 19.2%, Dark 18%, Atmospheric 9.8%, Adventure 5.9%
- #15 Keep the Lights On
86% matchVery Positive90% of 51 reviews2023
Dev: Light the Lantern Studios
Windows
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: Atmospheric 20.2%, Mystery 19.7%, Adventure 16.8%, 2D 14.8%, Platformer 11.4%
- #16 This Child Of Mine
88% matchMixed62% of 107 reviews2018
Dev: BeetleFish Studios
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 18%
A short 2.5D adventure platformer developed over the course of 3 months by a 3 person team. Travel along with a woman and her child surviving during an alien invasion. Inspired by classic sci-fi, this quiet, melancholy journey will show the depths a mother will go to protect her child, if she can survive...
Why similar: Adventure 55.9%, Platformer 36.2%, Indie 7.9%
- #17 Step Lightly
84% matchVery Positive92% of 98 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 54.7%, Dark 12.1%, Linear 9.2%, Atmospheric 7.2%, Platformer 6.9%
- #18 The Old Tree
84% matchVery Positive90% of 3,316 reviews2015
Dev: Red Dwarf Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 12 minMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 11%
The Old Tree is a short free-to-play cinematic puzzle game about a newborn alien baby. Witness this microscopic entity's first moments of life and help it emerge from its underground lair and ascend towards an unknown destination.
Why similar: Adventure 27.7%, Puzzle 26.8%, Atmospheric 25.9%, 2D 14.8%, Indie 3.3%
- #19 Little Nightmares
82% matchVery Positive95% of 116,515 reviews2017
Dev: Tarsier StudiosPub: BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 10.4 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 35.3%, Dark 26.8%, Atmospheric 17.5%, Puzzle 8.2%, Adventure 7%
- #20 World of One
86% matchMostly Positive70% of 97 reviews2017
Dev: Grimwood Team
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
You are about to get on a journey around small planet-like worlds as if you were in the Little Prince's world. However, these ones are filled with monsters that are striving to kill you, deadly traps and riddles, which require you to be quick-witted and attentive.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 20%, Dark 17.9%, Abstract 17%, 2D Platformer 14.6%, Minimalist 10.3%
- #21 The Little Red Lie
83% matchVery Positive93% of 587 reviews2021
Dev: Tired Moon StudiosPub: Milpitians
Windows
2D side scrolling, adventure, horror game where you avoid monsters and solve puzzles.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 44.8%, 2D Platformer 29.4%, Puzzle 10.9%, Platformer 7.2%, Atmospheric 5.3%
- #22 Fugaz
81% matchVery Positive100% of 56 reviews2026
Dev: Spheanix
Windows
Play a flute to solve puzzles and unlock secrets, looking for an exit of a dark place before the darkness consumes everything. In this dark immersive horror puzzle game, knowledge is key to put the pieces together. No music experience required.
Why similar: Dark 24.1%, Mystery 18%, Atmospheric 17.8%, Puzzle 12.5%, Minimalist 9.6%
- #23 OddPlanet
85% matchMixed53% of 155 reviews2016
Dev: Indievision
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 34%
OddPlanet is a side-scrolling adventure game inspired by Limbo and Oddworld.
Why similar: Adventure 89.7%, Indie 10.3%
- #24 Monolight
81% matchVery Positive88% of 368 reviews2020
Dev: bit paradigm
Windows
MONOLIGHT is 2D plat-former puzzle adventure game. Using tiny lantern, go through the maze.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 37.9%, 2D Platformer 26%, Adventure 14.1%, Puzzle 9.8%, 2D 9.7%
- #25 Monochroma
82% matchMostly Positive74% of 725 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 31.7%, Puzzle 13.5%, Atmospheric 13%, Adventure 11.6%, Platformer 10.9%
- #26 KnightLight
79% matchVery Positive95% of 120 reviews2024
Dev: LuminosityPub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
Windows
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 38.5%, 2D Platformer 27.2%, 2D 8.2%, Puzzle 7.5%, Linear 7%
- #27 Project Liminal 2
78% matchVery Positive82% of 70 reviews2026
Dev: AquaHeaven StudiosPub: TXC
Windows
Explore terrifying liminal spaces. Horror walking simulator with reality-bending platforming and supernatural threats. Get lost between dimensions.
Why similar: Minimalist 26.3%, Dark 18.4%, Adventure 16.6%, Puzzle 15.1%, Atmospheric 12.3%
- #28 Beyond The Darkness
78% matchVery Positive87% of 105 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 32.5%, Dark 23.8%, Atmospheric 13%, Mystery 12.4%, Puzzle 7.1%
- #29 Mik - Legacy
80% matchMixed70% of 63 reviews2021
Dev: Stefaaan06
Windows · Mac · Linux
Mik-Legacy is a short atmospheric parkour game that takes you through a linear experience inside a forgotten facility.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 39%, Dark 27.2%, Atmospheric 11.9%, Platformer 6.4%, Linear 6.3%
- #30 Mimic Search
76% matchVery Positive89% of 1,040 reviews2024
Dev: Gemezl
Windows
Mimic Search is a short indie horror game, in which you take the role of a police officer investigating a recent mimic attack.
Why similar: Thriller 44%, Dark 23.2%, Atmospheric 14.6%, Linear 5.9%, Adventure 5.8%
- #31 Hypogea
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 839 reviews2025
Dev: Charlie Wagner
Windows
Escape from a mysterious underground megastructure in this short atmospheric 3d-platformer.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 32.5%, Atmospheric 20.8%, Mystery 20.8%, Adventure 13.2%, Linear 6.3%
- #32 Sheepy: A Short Adventure
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 23,948 reviews2024
Dev: MrSuicideSheep
Windows
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 32.5%, Mystery 18.6%, Atmospheric 15%, 2D 11%, Adventure 8%
- #33 Fear in Hospital
79% matchMixed48% of 521 reviews2019
Dev: IO Games
Windows
Fear in Hospital is a short survivor horror in hospital where you should find a occult path to escape alive!
Why similar: Thriller 45.5%, Dark 25.3%, Atmospheric 13.6%, Puzzle 8.2%, Adventure 6.3%
- #34 Escape the Underground
77% matchVery Positive88% of 112 reviews2021
Dev: Joseph EnglishPub: Sleepy Vampire Games
Windows · Mac
At the bottom of a massive underground dump, a sentient pile of sludge is born. After finding a discarded book that shows photographs of the surface, they decide to make the journey upward to see the outside world.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 39.1%, 2D Platformer 23.1%, Dark 14.2%, Adventure 9.4%, Platformer 6.9%
- #35 Ex Vitro
75% matchVery Positive94% of 153 reviews2024
Dev: Evolver Dynamics
Windows
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: 2D Platformer 36%, Dark 20.6%, 2D 13.9%, Atmospheric 13.7%, Platformer 9.7%
- #36 Black Sheep
77% matchMixed53% of 795 reviews2022
Dev: 完蛋了的国王Pub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Black Sheep" is a 2D story-driven adventure game, you will play a high school student who explores the flooded school ruins, trace the shadow of the past, and unveil the evil those buried in the bottom of the river to see the light of day.
Why similar: Thriller 40.8%, Puzzle Platformer 20.9%, Mystery 15.7%, Adventure 8.3%, 2D 7.6%
- #37 Double Shoulders
76% matchMixed46% of 1,335 reviews2025
Dev: Double Shoulders TeamPub: Rubika Supinfogame
Windows
Double Shoulders is a two player action-adventure game. You take control of Lois and Sam, two kids trying to escape from a strange place filled with dangers and challenges. You'll have to work together to get out of this place alive.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 50.2%, Dark 16.4%, Atmospheric 11.9%, Adventure 11.7%, Platformer 7.1%
- #38 RATUZ
74% matchVery Positive88% of 372 reviews2022
Dev: Bad Coffee Games
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%
After a science experiment gets out of control, you need to survive and escape this dark prison that hides weird secrets. The game is a cinematic platform of terror and stealth, inspired by INSIDE, Another World, Blackthorne and Prince of Persia.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 33.6%, 2D Platformer 21.9%, Mystery 13.1%, Atmospheric 11.6%, Linear 7.3%
- #39 Little Luna
73% matchVery Positive95% of 55 reviews2025
Dev: Possumo
Windows · Mac
Little Luna is an engaging puzzle-platformer where every step is a race against time! Help little moth to escape the dark and dangerous cave!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 38%, Puzzle Platformer 31.4%, Puzzle 7.5%, Linear 6.6%, Atmospheric 5.6%
- #40 INMOST
72% matchVery Positive91% of 7,360 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: Thriller 26.8%, Puzzle Platformer 20.4%, Dark 15.4%, 2D Platformer 9.1%, Atmospheric 8.4%
- #41 DOMINO The Little One
73% matchVery Positive82% of 143 reviews2023
Dev: LÖRNPub: Beko
Windows
DOMINO: The Little One, a hand-drawn 2D adventure game, invites you to traverse a realm where the perils of global warming and ecological catastrophe manifest as monstrous entities, and the only weapon at your disposal is your wit and will to make a change.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 28.6%, Abstract 24.6%, 2D Platformer 18.8%, Atmospheric 7.5%, 2D 7.5%
- #42 Unleaving
72% matchVery Positive90% of 58 reviews2024
Dev: orangutan matter
Windows · Mac
When everything seems hopeless a child is awakened by the whispers of the last leaf, drawn into an imaginary world. Unleaving invites the player into a narrative-driven puzzle platformer where each challenge unfolds within a hand-painted landscape, exploring perception and meaning
Why similar: Dark 23.8%, 2D Platformer 17%, Puzzle Platformer 16.5%, Atmospheric 12.1%, 2D 6.8%
- #43 The NADI Project
75% matchMixed67% of 470 reviews2016
Dev: Monkeys Tales Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 43%
The NADI Project it is a free-to-play, first person graphic adventure, in which you will face various obstacles to escape from your destiny.
Why similar: Mystery 33.2%, Adventure 29.4%, Dark 17.7%, Atmospheric 9.9%, Puzzle 7.1%
- #44 BABBDI
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 8,594 reviews2022
Dev: Sirius LemaitrePub: Lemaitre Bros
Windows · Mac · Linux
Find your way out of BABBDI. A short, first person exploration experience.
Why similar: Atmospheric 81.4%, Adventure 15.3%, Singleplayer 2.2%, Indie 1.1%
- #45 Andarin Weppes: Pre-Dementia
70% matchVery Positive93% of 192 reviews2024
Dev: MötivPub: Next in Game
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 24%
Andarin Weppes is a first person puzzle experience of a man with ever advancing dementia...
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 25.8%, Abstract 23.9%, Thriller 10.7%, Atmospheric 9.9%, Dark 8.9%
- #46 The Children of Clay
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 3,945 reviews2025
Dev: Balazs Ronyai
Windows · Linux
The Children of Clay is a short stop motion archeology horror game, where you have to study an ancient artefact and discover its dark secret.
Why similar: Dark 25.8%, Atmospheric 23.6%, Puzzle 13.2%, Mystery 12.9%, 2D 11.1%
- #47 A Void Hope
70% matchVery Positive92% of 78 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 23.6%, 2D Platformer 19%, Dark 16.3%, Atmospheric 16.2%, Adventure 6.4%
- #48 Entangled
71% 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: 2D Platformer 32%, Atmospheric 14.9%, Puzzle 12.4%, 2D 9.7%, Mystery 8.3%
- #49 Plokoth
71% matchMixed68% of 341 reviews2021
Dev: Team Plokoth
Windows
Plokoth is an atmospheric 2D platforming game set in a mysterious jungle.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 28.6%, Dark 21.7%, Atmospheric 16.7%, 2D 9.2%, Platformer 8.6%
- #50 Soulless: Ray Of Hope
71% matchMostly Positive73% of 331 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: Precision Platformer 34.6%, Puzzle Platformer 26.8%, 2D Platformer 16.8%, Puzzle 6.3%, Linear 5.6%
- #51 BREAKER: INITIATING
68% matchMixed68% of 76 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 36.4%, Dark 27.2%, Atmospheric 13.1%, Puzzle 7.1%, Platformer 5.8%
- #52 Classified Stories: Color Out of Space
70% matchMixed67% of 135 reviews2022
Dev: RVL Games
Windows
A short, free, horror adventure game set in our days, inspired by Lovecraft novel: The Colour Out of Space.
Why similar: Atmospheric 34.5%, Adventure 33%, Puzzle 29.8%, Indie 1.4%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #53 My Sticker Book
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,410 reviews2022
Dev: ElementSu
Windows
"I can't sleep." A cute and possibly just a little bit scary puzzle platformer game. Move stickers to the right positions in order to get rid of the monsters and complete the sticker book.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 33.3%, Atmospheric 24.2%, Puzzle 17.4%, 2D 13.6%, Adventure 8%
- #54 Unanswered
65% matchVery Positive96% of 91 reviews2026
Dev: WhiteRoot Studio
Windows
You wake up in a strange place, not knowing who you are, where you are, or how you got here. Trapped in an environment that twists to break your sanity, your only way out is to delve into the unknown and face the horrors of a past your mind is trying to hide.
Why similar: Thriller 32.2%, Dark 21.6%, Mystery 17.8%, Adventure 14.3%, Puzzle 10.9%
- #55 In The Shadows
69% 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: Puzzle Platformer 34.7%, 2D Platformer 16.5%, Atmospheric 11.6%, Mystery 9.8%, 2D 8.4%
- #56 LUNA
67% matchVery Positive83% of 325 reviews2020
Dev: SimplePub: PsychoFlux Entertainment
Windows
Play as a little girl named 'Luna', and survive from the dark being while discovering the secrets behind her. The more you traverse on her memory, the more you will discover dark truths that lie deep inside.
Why similar: Thriller 38.9%, Dark 18.5%, Mystery 14.2%, 2D 10.6%, Puzzle 10.3%
- #57 Space Expedition
66% matchVery Positive93% of 191 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 33.5%, 2D Platformer 27%, Atmospheric 15.1%, 2D 9.8%, Adventure 5.3%
- #58 Poppy Playtime
63% matchVery Positive88% of 141,722 reviews2021
Dev: Mob Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 52%
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: Thriller 28.6%, Dark 26.5%, Mystery 16.3%, Puzzle 12.4%, Atmospheric 8.8%
- #59 SORE
69% matchMixed66% of 352 reviews2017
Dev: Bazitov Mikhail
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 31%
Mystical puzzle quest game in a gloomy minimalism style will tell you a story of a person who's got himself into a camera, and from which there is no way out it seems. Experimental gameplay diluted with a pinch of a philosophy, that's what SORE is.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 28.1%, Minimalist 24.3%, Atmospheric 15.6%, Puzzle 10%, Linear 8.7%
- #60 Night Reverie: Prologue
67% matchVery Positive92% of 281 reviews2020
Dev: Somber Pixel
Windows
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: 2D 25.2%, Mystery 23.2%, Puzzle 22.6%, Atmospheric 20.1%, Adventure 7.4%