Games Like OneShift

Hue is a vibrant, award-winning puzzle-adventure, where you alter the world by changing its background colour.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 33.7%, Great Soundtrack 22%, Puzzle 21.5%, Indie 9.6%, Adventure 9%

Why You'll Like It: Features a color-shifting mechanic that alters the environment, mirroring the world-shifting complexity of OneShift.

A puzzle game where the rooms are items and the items are rooms. Get to the goal by moving, rearranging and duplicating rooms and altering the structure of the world.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 29.8%, Puzzle 20.7%, Great Soundtrack 15.9%, Difficult 12.9%, Indie 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A deeply cerebral puzzle-platformer where you enter rooms within rooms, requiring complex spatial reasoning.

Semblance is an innovative platformer with deformable terrain, set in a beautiful minimalist world. It’s a game that asks, what if you could deform and reshape the world itself? Semblance takes the idea of a ‘platform’ in a platformer and turns it on its head.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 24.3%, Great Soundtrack 17.2%, Puzzle 11.6%, Casual 11%, Family Friendly 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: A unique puzzle-platformer where you can deform the world itself to overcome obstacles.

A game about the limits of your screen. Four Sided Fantasy is a seamless experience where you wrap the screen to solve mind-bending puzzles. Play as a man and woman who attempt to find each other throughout four seasons in a year, constantly separated by the boundaries of the screen.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 35.4%, Great Soundtrack 14.9%, Puzzle 11.5%, Physics 11.3%, Indie 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: Utilizes a screen-wrapping mechanic that shifts the world in ways similar to the spatial puzzles in OneShift.

This is the original version of Braid from 2009, which may not work well on newer systems. For an updated version of the game with nicer graphics, more levels and a large amount of developer commentary, see Braid, Anniversary Edition.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 54.9%, Puzzle 18.2%, Great Soundtrack 11.4%, Indie 6.2%, Difficult 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: A classic puzzle-platformer that centers entirely on time manipulation mechanics to solve complex logic puzzles.

What if someone knew your mind better than you did? The Swapper is an award-winning, narrative driven puzzle game set in the furthest reaches of space.

Why similar: Puzzle 25.3%, Sci-fi 20.1%, Puzzle Platformer 19.8%, Great Soundtrack 11.3%, Atmospheric 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: Offers an atmospheric, puzzle-heavy experience where you manipulate clones to navigate and solve environmental challenges.

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 31.8%, Puzzle 16%, Sci-fi 13.5%, Difficult 12.8%, Atmospheric 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: A 3D puzzle-platformer that centers on cube-based mechanics and environmental manipulation.

Portal™ is a new single player game from Valve. Set in the mysterious Aperture Science Laboratories, Portal has been called one of the most innovative new games on the horizon and will offer gamers hours of unique gameplay.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 40.2%, Puzzle 26.9%, Sci-fi 13.8%, Physics 8.9%, Action 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive physics-based puzzle-platformer that relies on spatial manipulation to navigate challenging test chambers.

Perception is reality. In this mind-bending first-person puzzler, you escape a surreal dream world through solving impossible puzzles using the ambiguity of depth and perspective.

Why similar: Puzzle 31.5%, Puzzle Platformer 31%, Physics 26.6%, Adventure 7.7%, Singleplayer 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on perspective-shifting puzzles that change the size and nature of objects in your environment.

Challenge perception, redefine reality, and reshape the world around you with an instant camera. Viewfinder is a new single player game offering gamers hours of interesting and fun experiences while uncovering the mysteries left behind.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 36.1%, Physics 18.1%, Puzzle 17.7%, Stylized 9.7%, Atmospheric 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: Allows you to shift the world by placing photographs into the environment, creating a highly innovative spatial puzzle experience.

Linelight is an elegant puzzle game set in a world of lines.

Why similar: Puzzle 26.7%, Casual 20%, Great Soundtrack 19.7%, Indie 12%, Action 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist puzzle-platformer that relies on timing and spatial awareness to navigate dangerous paths.

QBEH-1 is an atmospheric 1st-person puzzle platformer that takes players on a quest through a series of divergent worlds. Each world is filled with new puzzles that require special cubes to solve as well as fun secrets to uncover. Includes a LEVEL EDITOR and STEAM WORKSHOP support!

Why similar: Puzzle 31%, Great Soundtrack 23.4%, Casual 13.3%, Atmospheric 11%, Indie 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, cube-based puzzle game that emphasizes exploration and spatial logic.

In this logic based puzzle game, switch between Orbs to solve puzzles and light up your world. Play co-op with yourself, freeze time, fly drones, play with sound… and overcome the evil shadow interfering with your quest.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 28.3%, Puzzle 16.3%, Physics 16.2%, Sci-fi 12.6%, Atmospheric 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: An abstract puzzle-platformer that utilizes time-manipulation and physics to navigate complex levels.

Time Loader is a story-driven puzzle-platformer with tiny robots, alternate realities, nostalgic music, and primitive tech from the 90s!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 32.1%, Physics 18.1%, Sci-fi 16.6%, Casual 9.9%, Simulation 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer that uses time-travel mechanics to alter the environment and solve narrative-driven puzzles.

Nominated as a IGF Seamus McNally Finalist, NightSky is an ambient action-puzzle game that offers a gameplay experience unlike any other—cerebral challenges fill uniquely designed picturesque worlds. The player must maneuver a sphere by using realistic physics to advance; each of these worlds is broken into different areas.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 43.2%, Physics 15.7%, Puzzle 14.2%, Casual 9.5%, Indie 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, physics-based puzzle-platformer that focuses on momentum and environmental interaction.

Defy Gravity is an action platformer that is a mix between classic platforming and gravity based puzzle solving.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 53.5%, Puzzle 9.6%, Great Soundtrack 8.8%, Sci-fi 5.5%, Difficult 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced puzzle-platformer that uses gravity-shifting mechanics to navigate obstacles.

A platform-adventure game about time travelling, puzzle solving and a friendship between an Old Inventor and a Snail.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 57.1%, Puzzle 19%, Adventure 13.6%, Indie 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: Combines puzzle-platforming with time manipulation to solve environmental challenges in a stylized world.

CONTRAST is a puzzle/platform game where you can move between a fantastic 3D world and a mysterious shadowy universe in 2D in the blink of an eye. Delve into a dreamlike and surreal 1920s world, inspired by the performance art world of vaudeville and film noir, and cradled by a smooth and sultry jazz ambiance.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 26.1%, Puzzle 23.9%, Puzzle Platformer 13.9%, Adventure 10.8%, Atmospheric 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: Features a shadow-shifting mechanic that allows you to move between 2D and 3D planes to solve puzzles.

Adventures of different characters with their unique atmosphere and puzzles.

Why similar: Puzzle 25.1%, Atmospheric 15%, Indie 11.1%, Relaxing 10.2%, Physics 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric 2D puzzle-platformer that focuses on navigating through shifting dimensions.

Timeworks is a time-traveling 3D puzzle platformer with a bouncy cartoon style. Work along past versions of yourself to solve puzzles, create unique Items, and fill out your quotas for your mysterious employers.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 47.2%, Puzzle 22.8%, Sci-fi 11.1%, Casual 10%, Action 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person puzzle-platformer that uses time-travel mechanics to manipulate the environment.

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 36.5%, Puzzle Platformer 32.4%, Great Soundtrack 12.7%, Indie 12.3%, Atmospheric 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: A unique puzzle-platformer where only what is illuminated by light exists, requiring careful manipulation of the environment.

Freeze time and manipulate the world with endless possibilities: build the solution YOU want where nothing is scripted and levels can be solved in multiple ways. When Super Meat Boy meets Braid, you may die repeatedly and enjoy it!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 62.3%, Puzzle 15.9%, Indie 10.9%, Action 6.6%, Adventure 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: Incorporates time-manipulation and physics-based puzzles into a classic platforming structure.

A challenging puzzle platformer in which you clone and teleport.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 33.1%, Physics 13.7%, Difficult 13%, Puzzle 13%, Great Soundtrack 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: A straightforward but challenging 2D puzzle-platformer that tests your platforming and logic skills.

Sumoman is an adventure puzzle platformer with advanced physics, destructible objects and the ability to reverse time. Solve various physical puzzles, trying to keep the unstable Sumoman on his feet in challenging environments.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 29.1%, Puzzle 14.1%, Difficult 11.5%, Family Friendly 9.6%, Casual 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based platformer that forces you to manage your character's balance and weight to solve puzzles.

A journey begins... A treacherous tower... Unravel its mysteries!Discover the secrets kept in the long abandoned Tesla Tower!Magnetism and other electromagnetic powers will help you explore a non-linear world of beautiful hand-drawn environments, in a steampunk-inspired vision of old Europe.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 24.8%, Puzzle 22.2%, Physics 10.8%, Great Soundtrack 9.9%, Difficult 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based puzzle-platformer that uses magnetism and electricity to create complex traversal challenges.

Guide a group of rectangles through 120 levels, using their different skills together to overcome a series of obstacles in each environment. Discover the human-made story of the first sentient artificial intelligences with Danny Wallace’s BAFTA-winning narration.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 31.8%, Sci-fi 17.2%, Physics 13.7%, Family Friendly 11.6%, Atmospheric 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist puzzle-platformer that uses distinct character abilities to solve environmental puzzles.

AtmaSphere is roll-a-ball game set in a medieval world which is full of dangerous traps and uncertain paths! Roll all you want, but don't fall off! Collect all diamonds to impress Ballerina, and get Ballard safely to her house!

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 15.9%, Casual 13.8%, Physics 12.5%, Puzzle 9.9%, Difficult 8.8%

Shift Quantum is a brain-busting platformer using a unique mechanic called SHIFTING, a way to twist your environment and invert space around you. Bend your mind to reach the exit of each level and unveil the secrets of a strange program. Extend the experience, create and share your own levels.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 26%, Great Soundtrack 18.7%, Sci-fi 8.9%, Stylized 8.5%, Indie 8.2%

Colored Effects is a puzzle platformer game where you use different abilities to advance through levels. Each color grants a unique ability. Switch between the colors and their effects to collect gems, defeat bosses, and solve fun puzzles.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 35.2%, Puzzle 17.1%, Physics 16.7%, Family Friendly 12.1%, Action 6.6%

Seek out and solve 10,000+ puzzles at your own pace across this sublime puzzle game.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 36.6%, Puzzle 17.6%, Casual 10.6%, Atmospheric 10.4%, Relaxing 8.3%

Antiflux is a challenging but fun puzzle platformer with upgrades, building complexity over time.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 30.6%, Action 20.3%, Puzzle 19.3%, Sci-fi 16.3%, Indie 11%

An inventive, thought-provoking puzzle platformer. Use powerups in each environment, and your own inherent gravity-bending powers, to complete each level. The more you play, the more story details you'll uncover.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 25%, Puzzle 24.5%, Indie 19%, Difficult 12.8%, Adventure 9.8%

Carefully capture tracks of your actions, then play them back to solve puzzles with the aid of your recorded ghosts. Immerse yourself in a cerebral first-person puzzle platformer, where strategically thinking several steps ahead is the key to success.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 33.5%, Physics 14.4%, Difficult 14%, Puzzle 11.9%, Casual 7.2%

Nomori is a mind-bending adventure game where you control time and space to journey through a shattered spirit world. Take shortcuts through portals, rotate your perspective, and control the flow of time to move forward, whichever way that is.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 33.4%, Physics 19%, Puzzle 16.4%, Family Friendly 7.9%, Relaxing 7.3%

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 26%, Puzzle 17%, Physics 15.3%, Sci-fi 14.5%, Stylized 9.1%

A VR puzzle game with sci-fi and escape room elements: control time, solve challenges, fight enemies, and explore worlds across different timelines.

Why similar: Puzzle 35.5%, Family Friendly 15.7%, Casual 13.2%, Action 12.5%, Adventure 10%

a game about walking/jumping between plane surfaces to collect all red squares

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 24.9%, Puzzle 17.6%, Casual 13.6%, Physics 11.8%, Simulation 9%

Bitcoin Сollector: spinners attack is a colorful game in which you must avoid traps, evade spinners and collect bitcoin's, changing gravity and teleporting at your own discretion.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 24.9%, Puzzle 12.1%, Difficult 10.2%, Stylized 9.3%, Physics 8.4%

Fractured Horizon is a fast-paced parkour game, where you use Gravity Fields to traverse through a shattered world. Manipulate gravity, leap between the platforms and overcome obstacles in this speedrunning 3D platformer.

Why similar: Casual 19.7%, Stylized 19%, Family Friendly 16%, Adventure 13.7%, Atmospheric 11.3%

Venineth is a single-player game focusing on unraveling the mysteries of ancient alien technology, somewhere in the universe via exploration, platforming, and puzzle-solving, in a dangerous, distant worlds.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 17.3%, Great Soundtrack 13.9%, Physics 10.3%, Action 9.8%, Sci-fi 9.5%

A physics puzzle game like no other! You are inside the big old machine. There are rusty gears and shafts all around you, along with interactive objects such as planks and cubes. Use each object and place the wheel on the platform – easy!

Why similar: Casual 22.2%, Puzzle 20.9%, Physics 17.9%, Indie 12.5%, Family Friendly 9%

Be a part of an adventurous journey in Cubots: The Origins. Explore and survive in beautiful, atmospheric environments!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 25%, Puzzle 13.4%, Isometric 12.4%, Family Friendly 11.2%, Physics 9.3%

Relaxing puzzle platformer.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 31.5%, Puzzle 16.5%, Casual 13.5%, Physics 9.7%, Family Friendly 9.7%

A completely self-contained portable version of one of the highest user-rated games. Built on an entirely new engine with new UI, support for Steam Deck, & more. Features world-bending puzzles, intriguing denizens, surreal environments, and a captivating story about the truth of the game's reality.

Why similar: Puzzle 31.2%, Great Soundtrack 24.7%, Casual 11.8%, Indie 11%, Atmospheric 10.1%

In ROTA gravity bends beneath your feet! Move blocks and twist gravity to solve puzzles. Collect all 50 gems and explore 8 vibrant worlds!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 40.9%, Puzzle 21.3%, Family Friendly 10.3%, Atmospheric 10.1%, Relaxing 7.9%

In the future, giant city-states have emerged, separated from each other by indestructible barriers. Most professions have been taken over by machines. People work mainly as mechanics, programmers or operators.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 22.1%, Physics 12.9%, Sci-fi 12.1%, Puzzle 11.4%, Casual 10.6%

Rewind time and manipulate gravity in order to solve parkour puzzles in this exciting new 2D platformer.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 33.3%, Puzzle 14.4%, Casual 13.1%, Difficult 13.1%, Physics 9.1%

Unravel is a physics-based puzzle platformer. Yarny, a character made from a single thread of yarn, must embark on a larger than life adventure.

Why similar: Puzzle 21%, Puzzle Platformer 18.3%, Family Friendly 15%, Action 10.5%, Great Soundtrack 10.2%

A carefully created world with unique environments and an engrossing atmosphere, Unmechanical offers over 30 unique puzzles of exploration and adventure!

Why similar: Puzzle 33.7%, Physics 19.8%, Casual 18.1%, Adventure 14.4%, Indie 13.9%

OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 42.8%, Puzzle 20.1%, Atmospheric 12.6%, Indie 9.3%, Adventure 7.5%

Manipulate time to your will at any moment to solve challenges, avoid deadly traps and make it to the end of this strange journey.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 27.2%, Indie 19.5%, Adventure 18.7%, Family Friendly 14.3%, Atmospheric 12.3%

And Yet It Moves is a puzzle-platformer, set in a unique world, made of ripped paper. Within the paper-collage you can jump, run and last but certainly not least: rotate the world. Learn how to apply the physical consequences of rotation to master the many tricky situations you may encounter.

Why similar: Puzzle 41%, Indie 21.6%, Casual 16.2%, Puzzle Platformer 11.6%, Action 6.1%

Bounce the box in outer space. Blow bombs, break the ice, collect orbs, activate sensors and more! The game starts easy and slowly grows in difficulty to the real challenge. When you want a clever brain teaser for 5-20 min session - this is the best choice.

Why similar: Puzzle 24.6%, Sci-fi 23.3%, Casual 17.2%, Adventure 10.7%, Atmospheric 9.5%

"ChronoRecorder" is a 3D puzzle game. Players can manipulate time and gravity. And you have to use that ability to solve problems. You might think this game is difficult if you don't use your brain.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 45.3%, Puzzle 19.7%, Casual 16.5%, Sci-fi 12.6%, Indie 4.2%

Immerse yourself in the multidimensional universe of Desordre. Solve intricate puzzles, push the boundaries of 4-dimensional thinking. Get ready for a unique experience where reflection takes on a whole new dimension. Created by one-man development studio SHK Interactive using Unreal Engine.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 23.4%, Physics 16.9%, Puzzle 15.3%, Sci-fi 12.7%, Casual 8.7%

Meet Lumote, the squishiest bioluminescent creature, in this beautiful 3D puzzle platformer. Take control of the world’s inhabitants on a quest into the Great Depths to seize control from the Mastermote.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 24.5%, Great Soundtrack 15.7%, Puzzle 10.5%, Casual 10.1%, Family Friendly 8.3%