- #1 LIMBO
97% matchVery Positive92% of 60,454 reviews2011
Dev: Playdead
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Uncertain of his sister's fate, a boy enters LIMBO
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 44%, Dark 20.4%, Atmospheric 9.8%, Puzzle 6.8%, 2D 5.4%
- #2 Through the Nightmares
96% matchVery Positive97% of 75 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%, Precision Platformer 22.3%, Dark 13.5%, 2D Platformer 12.2%, Mystery 8.1%
- #3 Goodnight, Lily
96% matchMostly Positive78% of 104 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 34.4%, Dark 27.8%, 2D 12.1%, Adventure 10.4%, Platformer 8.3%
- #4 No Strings Attached
94% matchVery Positive90% of 160 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%, Dark 17.5%, 2D Platformer 11%, Atmospheric 10.4%, Puzzle 8.7%
- #5 Toby: The Secret Mine
95% matchMostly Positive70% of 725 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 27.6%, Dark 24.4%, Atmospheric 13.8%, Adventure 9.3%, 2D 8.8%
- #6 INSIDE
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 73,507 reviews2016
Dev: Playdead
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 25.4%, Dark 19.6%, Minimalist 15%, 2D Platformer 14.8%, Atmospheric 10.3%
- #7 OVIVO
93% matchVery Positive90% of 467 reviews2017
Dev: IzHard
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 12.1 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 25.3%, Dark 22%, Minimalist 19%, Atmospheric 9.6%, 2D 6.2%
- #8 sun-rise.exe
91% matchVery Positive92% of 58 reviews2023
Dev: louis morel
Windows
Adventure through bizarre and intricately made levels in this 2D platformer game.
Why similar: Abstract 31.5%, 2D Platformer 19.1%, Dark 18.3%, Atmospheric 10%, Adventure 5.8%
- #9 We're Tethered Together
91% matchVery Positive98% of 230 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 33.2%, 2D Platformer 23.3%, Atmospheric 10.3%, Puzzle 9.7%, 2D 7.8%
- #10 Grimind
92% matchMixed64% of 289 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 26.8%, Atmospheric 25%, Adventure 21.7%, 2D 16.7%, Physics 5.3%
- #11 Shelley Manor
90% matchMostly Positive79% of 103 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 53.8%, Dark 19.3%, Puzzle 11.1%, Atmospheric 7.8%, Adventure 7.6%
- #12 Keep the Lights On
88% 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 20.5%, Mystery 19.9%, Adventure 16.4%, 2D 15.2%, Platformer 11.1%
- #13 This Child Of Mine
89% matchMixed62% of 105 reviews2018
Dev: BeetleFish Studios
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 3.5 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 55.8%, Platformer 35.9%, Indie 8.3%
- #14 In His Time
87% matchVery Positive86% of 51 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 32.2%, Dark 19.7%, 2D Platformer 13.4%, Atmospheric 10.7%, 2D 8.7%
- #15 World of One
89% matchMostly Positive72% of 95 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 19.7%, Dark 18.2%, Abstract 16.9%, 2D Platformer 14.5%, Minimalist 10.4%
- #16 qomp
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 528 reviews2021
Dev: Stuffed WombatPub: Atari
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 68%
You are the Ball. Escape.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 31.7%, Puzzle Platformer 17.4%, 2D Platformer 16.7%, Dark 10.9%, Atmospheric 8.9%
- #17 Little Nightmares
85% matchVery Positive95% of 115,101 reviews2017
Dev: Tarsier StudiosPub: BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 10.2 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 34.8%, Dark 27.4%, Atmospheric 17.9%, Puzzle 8%, Adventure 6.8%
- #18 Project Liminal 2
83% matchVery Positive96% of 56 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 26.6%, Dark 18.7%, Adventure 16.1%, Puzzle 15%, Atmospheric 12.5%
- #19 The Old Tree
84% matchVery Positive90% of 3,312 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 27.1%, Puzzle 26.4%, Atmospheric 26.3%, 2D 15.2%, Indie 3.3%
- #20 The Little Red Lie
84% matchVery Positive93% of 580 reviews2021
Dev: Tired Moon StudiosPub: Milpitians
Windows
2D side scrolling, adventure, horror game where you avoid monsters and solve puzzles.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 44.5%, 2D Platformer 29.6%, Puzzle 10.9%, Platformer 7.1%, Atmospheric 5.4%
- #21 OddPlanet
86% 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 89.3%, Indie 10.7%
- #22 KnightLight
80% matchVery Positive95% of 117 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 38.2%, 2D Platformer 27.3%, 2D 8.5%, Puzzle 7.5%, Linear 7.1%
- #23 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 37.6%, 2D Platformer 26%, Adventure 13.9%, 2D 10.1%, Puzzle 9.8%
- #24 Monochroma
82% 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 31.3%, Puzzle 13.5%, Atmospheric 13.3%, Adventure 11.4%, Platformer 10.6%
- #25 Beyond The Darkness
79% matchVery Positive89% of 98 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%, Dark 24.2%, Atmospheric 13.3%, Mystery 12.6%, Puzzle 7%
- #26 Mik - Legacy
81% matchMostly Positive75% of 55 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 38.5%, Dark 27.7%, Atmospheric 12.1%, Linear 6.3%, Platformer 6.3%
- #27 Fear in Hospital
82% matchMixed48% of 504 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 45.8%, Dark 25.4%, Atmospheric 13.7%, Puzzle 8%, Adventure 6.1%
- #28 Mimic Search
77% matchVery Positive88% of 966 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 44.2%, Dark 23.3%, Atmospheric 14.7%, Linear 5.8%, Adventure 5.6%
- #29 Black Sheep
79% matchMixed53% of 784 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 41.2%, Puzzle Platformer 20.4%, Mystery 15.8%, Adventure 8.1%, 2D 7.8%
- #30 Escape the Underground
78% matchVery Positive88% of 109 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 38.7%, 2D Platformer 23.1%, Dark 14.5%, Adventure 9.2%, 2D 6.9%
- #31 Double Shoulders
78% matchMixed46% of 1,230 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 49.6%, Dark 16.8%, Atmospheric 12.2%, Adventure 11.7%, Platformer 7%
- #32 Hypogea
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 687 reviews2025
Dev: Charlie Wagner
Windows
Escape from a mysterious underground megastructure in this short atmospheric 3d-platformer.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 31.3%, Atmospheric 21.5%, Mystery 21.4%, Adventure 12.9%, Linear 6.4%
- #33 Ex Vitro
76% matchVery Positive94% of 145 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 35.6%, Dark 20.8%, 2D 14.2%, Atmospheric 13.9%, Platformer 9.4%
- #34 Sheepy: A Short Adventure
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 21,875 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%, Mystery 19%, Atmospheric 15.2%, 2D 11.2%, Adventure 7.7%
- #35 RATUZ
77% matchVery Positive88% of 345 reviews2022
Dev: Bad Coffee Games
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.7 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%, 2D Platformer 21.8%, Mystery 13.3%, Atmospheric 11.8%, Linear 7.3%
- #36 INMOST
75% matchVery Positive91% of 7,185 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 27.4%, Puzzle Platformer 20%, Dark 15.5%, 2D Platformer 9%, Atmospheric 8.4%
- #37 DOMINO The Little One
76% matchVery Positive82% of 135 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 28.3%, Abstract 24.7%, 2D Platformer 18.8%, 2D 7.8%, Atmospheric 7.7%
- #38 Little Luna
74% matchPositive96% of 50 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 37.8%, Puzzle Platformer 31.2%, Puzzle 7.5%, Linear 6.7%, Atmospheric 5.8%
- #39 Andarin Weppes: Pre-Dementia
73% matchVery Positive92% of 184 reviews2024
Dev: MötivPub: Next in Game
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 24%
Andarin Weppes is a first person puzzle experience of a man with ever advancing dementia...
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 25.4%, Abstract 23.9%, Thriller 10.9%, Atmospheric 10.1%, Dark 9.1%
- #40 A Void Hope
73% matchVery Positive94% of 63 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 23.3%, 2D Platformer 18.5%, Dark 16.7%, Atmospheric 16.6%, Adventure 6.3%
- #41 The Children of Clay
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 3,581 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 25.9%, Atmospheric 23.5%, Puzzle 13%, Mystery 13%, 2D 11.4%
- #42 The NADI Project
75% matchMixed67% of 468 reviews2016
Dev: Monkeys Tales Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 3.3 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 33.6%, Adventure 28.7%, Dark 17.9%, Atmospheric 10.1%, Puzzle 7%
- #43 Entangled
72% 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 31.7%, Atmospheric 15.2%, Puzzle 12.2%, 2D 10%, Mystery 8.4%
- #44 Unleaving
71% 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 25.2%, 2D Platformer 17.6%, Puzzle Platformer 16.8%, Atmospheric 12.8%, 2D 7.3%
- #45 BREAKER: INITIATING
70% matchMixed68% of 73 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 35.9%, Dark 27.7%, Atmospheric 13.3%, Puzzle 7.1%, Platformer 5.6%
- #46 In The Shadows
72% 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 34.2%, 2D Platformer 16.5%, Atmospheric 11.9%, Mystery 9.9%, 2D 8.7%
- #47 Creepy Tale
69% matchVery Positive87% of 2,883 reviews2020
Dev: Creepy Brothers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Creepy quest with the atmosphere of the Brothers Grimm fairy tales. Go through a dangerous adventure filled with puzzles and challenges! Perhaps it is you who will be able to solve all the secrets of forest and save the peaceful creatures?
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 27.1%, Dark 20.3%, 2D Platformer 15.8%, Atmospheric 9.9%, Puzzle 7.2%
- #48 Classified Stories: Color Out of Space
71% matchMixed67% of 132 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 35.2%, Adventure 32.4%, Puzzle 29.5%, Indie 1.4%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #49 Soulless: Ray Of Hope
71% matchMostly Positive73% of 326 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 34.5%, Puzzle Platformer 26.6%, 2D Platformer 16.8%, Puzzle 6.3%, Linear 5.7%
- #50 My Sticker Book
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,368 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 32.8%, Atmospheric 24.7%, Puzzle 17.1%, 2D 14%, Adventure 7.8%
- #51 BABBDI
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 7,913 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 2.3%, Indie 1.1%
- #52 Nocturia The Game
67% matchMostly Positive75% of 51 reviews2025
Dev: BrossLab
Windows
Trapped in total darkness, you’re a helpless kid, alone and hunted by something lurking in the shadows. Solve puzzles, navigate shifting rooms, and uncover creepy secrets. Your worst nightmares are real. Can you make it through the night?
Why similar: Thriller 49.3%, Mystery 17.6%, Atmospheric 15.9%, Puzzle 9.6%, Adventure 6.9%
- #53 Closure
70% matchVery Positive85% of 992 reviews2012
Dev: Eyebrow Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
In the dark and mysterious world of Closure, only what you see exists. Manipulate lights to phase objects in and out of reality in this multiple-award-winning puzzle game. Play as a strange spider-like demon who explores the stories of three human characters through beautiful, eerie environments such as a decrepit factory, a murky...
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 34.1%, Puzzle 18.7%, Dark 18.1%, Platformer 12.3%, 2D 9.1%
- #54 Plokoth
69% matchMixed68% of 338 reviews2021
Dev: Team Plokoth
Windows
Plokoth is an atmospheric 2D platforming game set in a mysterious jungle.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 29.2%, Dark 22.6%, Atmospheric 17.4%, 2D 9.8%, Platformer 8.5%
- #55 Space Expedition
67% matchVery Positive93% of 181 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%, 2D Platformer 27%, Atmospheric 15.5%, 2D 10.2%, Adventure 5.2%
- #56 SORE
70% matchMixed67% of 343 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 27.6%, Minimalist 24.5%, Atmospheric 15.8%, Puzzle 9.9%, Linear 8.7%
- #57 Hellevator
67% matchVery Positive92% of 330 reviews2021
Dev: Quasar Games
Windows
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 42.7%, 2D Platformer 24.8%, 2D 9.4%, Atmospheric 7.8%, Adventure 5.8%
- #58 Nihilumbra
68% matchVery Positive88% of 2,981 reviews2013
Dev: BeautiFun Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 38.1%, Atmospheric 13.8%, Puzzle 11.9%, 2D 9.4%, Platformer 9.1%
- #59 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 25.7%, Mystery 23.2%, Puzzle 22.1%, Atmospheric 20.2%, Adventure 7.2%
- #60 In Nightmare
68% matchVery Positive82% of 94 reviews2022
Dev: Magic Fish Games
Windows
In Nightmare is a narrative-driven horror adventure game combining sneak action with diverse puzzles. It follows a young boy in search for the last hope of love who is working out his own salvation by navigating through his fear.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 54.7%, Atmospheric 18.6%, Adventure 10.9%, Dark 10.6%, Puzzle 4.6%