- #1 Dual Cat: Max
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Seal Unicorn Games
Windows
Join Max, the brave and clever cat, on a puzzle-platformer adventure to save his best friend, Erwin
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 39.4%, Strategy 28.3%, Puzzle 14.8%, Adventure 12.7%, Indie 4.9%
- #2 Time-Skip
97% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2018
Dev: GamingVNetwork
Windows
A fast-paced first person puzzle game. Use teleportation, create platforms while manipulating time to reach the next level.
Why similar: Strategy 31%, Puzzle Platformer 25.7%, Adventure 17.7%, Indie 13.3%, Puzzle 12.3%
- #3 Baezult
96% matchMostly Positive79% of 81 reviews2016
Dev: Atapki
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 13.7 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Baezult is a puzzle/action platformer set in a lost temple hidden for thousands of years behind a waterfall. You play as a brave explorer looking to find riches beyond his wildest dreams. But be careful, the people of the temple have protected their wealth very well.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 38.7%, Adventure 24.4%, Indie 20%, Puzzle 16.9%
- #4 Baezult 2
94% matchPositive82% of 28 reviews2017
Dev: Atapki
Windows
Baezult 2 is a puzzle platformer that takes place around the ancient temples of Baezult, lost for generations but rediscovered, hidden behind the waterfalls of a reclusive jungle island. It's a single player game and the sequel to Baezult.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 43.1%, Adventure 28.4%, Puzzle 18.8%, Indie 9.7%
- #5 Almightree: The Last Dreamer
94% matchMostly Positive77% of 173 reviews2015
Dev: ChocoartsPub: Digital Tribe
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
The world is shattering and you are the only hope to restore the balance. A thrilling and challenging 3D puzzle platformer game, Almightree: The Last Dreamer has you racing through a crumbling world to find your way to awaken the life giving Almightree.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 38.3%, Strategy 29.3%, Puzzle 16.7%, Indie 15.7%
- #6 Duality
93% matchPositive85% of 13 reviews2018
Dev: Essency StudiosPub: Winning Streak Entertainment
Windows
Explore the silent story of Duality, a world in which reality has been split into two dimensions. Each level has been beautifully designed with extreme challenge in mind. Will you be able to uncover the secrets that each new challenge holds?
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 45.8%, Strategy 37.6%, Indie 16.7%
- #7 Gripper's Adventure
92% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2018
Dev: Gripper's Studio
Windows · Mac
Over 40 challenging puzzles. Can you get to the treasure that lies at the end. Help Gripper get to the end of each room by collecting all the keys. Gameplay that eases you into new mechanics, that will eventually combine for more difficult puzzles.
Why similar: Strategy 41.7%, Adventure 23.9%, Indie 17.9%, Puzzle 16.6%
- #8 Umiro
91% matchMostly Positive80% of 174 reviews2018
Dev: Diceroll StudiosPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Huey and Satura find themselves lost in the colorless world of Umiro with no memory of their past or how they arrived in this mysterious place. Draw your way through beautiful puzzles and guide Huey and Satura as they restore color to Umiro.
Why similar: Strategy 41.2%, Adventure 24.7%, Indie 17.7%, Puzzle 16.4%
- #9 Walk The Light
89% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2016
Dev: Anti Crunch Studios
Windows · Mac
A unique puzzle game where you control a mysterious light source to help Charlie escape the caverns he's been trapped in. Use an assortment of light shapes to tackle each puzzle set before you! Overcome traps and pits to reach the exit of each stage! Available on Mac and Windows.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 39.2%, Adventure 23.7%, Indie 18.6%, Puzzle 18.5%
- #10 Etherian
88% matchPositive82% of 11 reviews2018
Dev: Simulacrum Interactive
Windows
Traverse the fractured scapes to test your skills, uncover the stories of the ancients, or explore the mystical world around you in search of secrets.
Why similar: Adventure 30.8%, Puzzle Platformer 30.2%, Indie 23.1%, Puzzle 15.8%
- #11 Don't Die!
89% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2017
Dev: Michael CoxPub: Templarius Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Prepare for a challenge of wits, reflex, and strategy, and make sure that you Don't Die!
Why similar: Strategy 36.1%, Puzzle Platformer 33.1%, Indie 16.3%, Puzzle 14.4%
- #12 Precision of insight
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mtalks Games
Windows
2D puzzle platformer with a lot of puzzles that will push your intelligence and problem-solving skills to the limit.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 54.5%, Puzzle 21.6%, Adventure 14.7%, Indie 9.2%
- #13 Deadline
80% matchNo user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Tyler Black
Windows
Deadline plunges you into the heart of indie horror with a spine-chilling themes. Explore three haunting levels—a sterile Lab, The Creepy Carnival, and a haunting school—each dragging you deeper. Outlast and extend your DEADLINE. Struggle for a high score, but can you survive long enough to escape?
Why similar: Strategy 37.5%, Puzzle Platformer 35.7%, Puzzle 16.9%, Indie 9.8%
- #14 Dumb Little Creatures
87% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2019
Dev: Mismatch Studio
Windows · Mac
Help a group of innocent creatures avoid all deadly hazards and get back home safely.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 27.4%, Strategy 27.2%, Adventure 18%, Puzzle 15.2%, Indie 12.3%
- #15 Captive
86% matchMixed50% of 18 reviews2020
Dev: KennexPub: Kennex Software
Windows
You wake up in a bright, but mysterious room. You don't know what is happening or how you got there.
Why similar: Strategy 45.6%, Adventure 31%, Puzzle 15.4%, Indie 8%
- #16 WATCH / 透视
85% matchVery Positive86% of 59 reviews2020
Dev: MicractivePub: 电钮组
Windows
This is a platform puzzle game related to our "WATCH" vision.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 42.6%, Strategy 20.1%, Puzzle 17.2%, Adventure 10.9%, Indie 9.2%
- #17 Incredible Mandy
86% matchVery Positive92% of 126 reviews2018
Dev: Dotoyou Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Following a tragic event, two siblings lost their memory of each other. Summon up your light sword and traverse eight distinct levels packed with puzzles and boss fight to uncover the truth between the brother and sister.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 38%, Adventure 23.3%, Indie 22.2%, Puzzle 16.6%
- #18 Dungeon Runner
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jonathan Öhrström
Windows · Mac · Linux
Dungeon Runner is a 2D platformer with a high quality modern-retro design. The game is based on surviving several levels and passing them. Levels are set into chapters. Each chapter provides more difficult levels.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 28.3%, Strategy 27.5%, Adventure 17.4%, Indie 13.9%, Puzzle 12.9%
- #19 Hyss
84% matchPositive97% of 29 reviews2018
Dev: Sunscale Studios
Windows
Angry fairies, a kidnapped herd of cows and a devastated cow queen. Play as Vilde and Grusa, throw Ms. Cowknight and solve the fairies’ tricky puzzles to save the kidnapped cows. Hyss is a lighthearted puzzle adventure with focus on platforming, puzzle solving and throwing cows.
Why similar: Adventure 36%, Indie 27%, Puzzle Platformer 25.7%, Puzzle 11.2%
- #20 Psycho Squirrels
84% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2018
Dev: Intangible GamesPub: Independent
Windows · Mac
Navigate squirrels and collect enough acorns before winter arrives.
Why similar: Strategy 42.8%, Puzzle Platformer 27.3%, Indie 19%, Puzzle 10.8%
- #21 The Blackbird of Amor
82% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2020
Dev: BCETracks
Windows
When there is an unsolved mystery, Stein can't let it go, he must pursue it till the end. In Amor there is a certain woman that interests him, she is rumored to have eternal youth. To solve the mystery of this woman he must tear heaven from earth. His journey will take him far beyond the world he has known.
Why similar: Strategy 46.6%, Adventure 26.7%, Indie 20.4%, Puzzle 6.4%
- #22 Where's Home?
82% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2020
Dev: RollingStarStudios
Windows
"Where's Home?" Playing as Pumo the little robot and his companion friend Buggie; you're on a mission to find a new way home, as your aircraft mysteriously malfunctioned. Find creative ways to hide and sneak around, use your abilities to put pieces together and get Pumo back home!
Why similar: Strategy 48.2%, Adventure 27.6%, Indie 20.8%, Puzzle 3.4%
- #23 Gotta Get Going: Steam Smugglers VR
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Black Alligator SL
Windows
In Steam Smugglers, you will be member of a band of thieves that want to return the social class balance by stealing the world's most valuable jewel, owned by one of the richest families in the country.
Why similar: Strategy 49.9%, Adventure 28.6%, Indie 21.4%
- #24 Cubrick
81% matchPositive96% of 24 reviews2017
Dev: 热泉 RedSpring
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
There is nothing in the Cubrick.
Why similar: Strategy 41.2%, Puzzle Platformer 39.4%, Indie 19.4%
- #25 Labirinto 2
79% matchMixed59% of 32 reviews2020
Dev: Iriya72
Windows
Labirinto this is a simple game in which you need to get square to the other end of the maze.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 43.3%, Strategy 21.8%, Puzzle 17.9%, Adventure 10.3%, Indie 6.7%
- #26 TheMovingMaze
79% matchPositive85% of 13 reviews2019
Dev: Wuzi
Windows
A traditional maze awaits you, and you'll enjoy the old days
Why similar: Strategy 48.7%, Adventure 29.3%, Indie 22%
- #27 Abyss
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TBDPub: SIG Publishing
Windows
Abyss is an arcade-adventure game telling the story of a teenager who sets off on a dangerous and obstacle-filled journey. Take part in this thrilling adventure, explore 21 different levels, from the gloomy streets of Łódź to the infernal dungeons.
Why similar: Strategy 49.9%, Adventure 28.6%, Indie 21.4%
- #28 Doors & Rooms
77% matchMostly Positive78% of 23 reviews2019
Dev: Gameday Inc.
Windows
Best of escape games! Just open the doors and escape!
Why similar: Strategy 48.1%, Adventure 30.3%, Indie 21.7%
- #29 Bird of Light
78% matchPositive87% of 23 reviews2016
Dev: Roach Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 99%
Bird of Light is an action-strategy platformer with a twist. Place bridge tiles to create paths through levels in the sky, then run through avoiding obstacles in your path. Leap over vast chasms, collect loot, and discover new lands on your journey.
Why similar: Strategy 41.9%, Adventure 24%, Indie 18.9%, Puzzle 15.2%
- #30 Two For One
77% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2019
Dev: 2Hyper
Windows
Two For One is a game about 2 brothers who have lost their home planet. It's your job to help them, alone or together with someone else, find their home planet! Puzzle your way trough lots of levels to get back home! Push boxes, open doors and jump on your friend's head to solve all kinds of puzzles!
Why similar: Strategy 49.4%, Adventure 28.3%, Indie 22.3%
- #31 Prismatic Maze
76% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2019
Dev: Bad Monkey Love
Windows · Mac
Prismatic Maze is an experimental evolving maze game where maps are alive, grown organically and naturally arranging themselves into hierarchical mazes. Hidden in each map are tools and ingredients to grow more complex mazes and aid to exploration of their patterns and treasures.
Why similar: Strategy 48.4%, Adventure 28.7%, Indie 22.9%
- #32 Displaced
78% matchMixed56% of 216 reviews2017
Dev: GamexyPub: Alawar Casual
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Your mission: lead a group of civilians out of the war-torn country.
Why similar: Strategy 49.2%, Adventure 29%, Indie 21.7%
- #33 游离大陆 Uniland
73% matchVery Positive92% of 63 reviews2019
Dev: Ughorse Studio
Windows
It is a multi-play strategy game made by the combination of turn-based and roguelike. Master clever tactics, awaken strong talent, recruit powerful troops, create grand city-states, and so on, quickly enter the Uniland, lead your troops to unravel the ultimate mystery of this chaotic continent.
Why similar: Strategy 49.9%, Adventure 28.6%, Indie 21.4%
- #34 Mad Crown
74% matchVery Positive80% of 148 reviews2018
Dev: S-Game
Windows
Mad Crown is a roguelike RPG set in a post-apocalyptic dieselpunk world. As an explorer, you are in search of the legendary crown. Make use of limited resources and meticulous tactics to battle an eerie enemy through the procedurally generated dungeons of a mutated world.
Why similar: Strategy 49.9%, Adventure 28.6%, Indie 21.4%
- #35 Riddle Tower
65% matchVery Positive95% of 76 reviews2024
Dev: George Tavoularis
Windows
Riddle Tower is all about solving a wide variety of riddles, including classic riddles, math brain teasers, and rebuses. The main story features riddles inspired by two classic games from my childhood, Notpron and GodTower, known for being some of the toughest riddle games of their time.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 42.5%, Strategy 28.5%, Puzzle 22.6%, Indie 6.4%
- #36 灵文西游
75% matchMostly Positive74% of 23 reviews2018
Dev: Winturn Games
Windows
《灵文西游》是一款Roguelike和TCG组合玩法的策略卡牌游戏。游戏以中国古典神话故事为背景,选择你的传奇英雄,遭遇随机生成的不同妖魔鬼怪和事件,踏上封神之路!
Why similar: Strategy 49.9%, Adventure 28.6%, Indie 21.4%
- #37 Under The War
75% matchMostly Negative29% of 14 reviews2018
Dev: Lightning Zebra
Windows
Cities are ruled by extremist organizations, and here become closed cages. As a leader of a team, you not only need to find enough materials to make your team survive, but also to be responsible for each of your choices. Under your leadership, can your team escape from the city?
Why similar: Strategy 49.9%, Adventure 28.6%, Indie 21.4%
- #38 Electric Enigma VR
68% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: Alex VR
Windows
An electrifying puzzle game that will test your problem-solving skills and your understanding of physics
Why similar: Strategy 31.5%, Puzzle Platformer 29.1%, Adventure 19.8%, Puzzle 15%, Indie 4.6%
- #39 Alice Must Find The Key To Escape (Hidden Objects)
74% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2018
Dev: Tonee Ltd
Windows · Mac
Alice is locked in here own dream and she needs help to get from her deep level of unconsciousness. While she was taking care of her sick mother in the Garfield's Castle, a bolt strikes from the sky and hit Alice and she falls down in unconsciousness, and that is how her journey begin.
Why similar: Strategy 49.9%, Adventure 28.6%, Indie 21.4%
- #40 Pure Balance: Equilibrium
59% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Aremix
Windows
A minimalist physics-based puzzle game focused on balance and precision. Carefully place and align objects to maintain stability and complete short, challenging levels designed for relaxing yet skill-based gameplay.
Why similar: Strategy 36.2%, Puzzle Platformer 32.8%, Puzzle 18.6%, Indie 6.6%, Adventure 5.8%
- #41 Black Square
66% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Slobodeniuk OleksandrPub: SlobodeniukGames
Windows
Black Square: This game is a vertical labyrinth where players must navigate various paths—some leading to dead ends—to find the correct route and reach the top. The main advice: after jumping, use a crouch to climb higher obstacles. Thank you
Why similar: Strategy 31.2%, Puzzle Platformer 29.7%, Adventure 19.5%, Puzzle 15.2%, Indie 4.4%
- #42 Secrets of Deep Earth Shrine
73% matchMixed67% of 52 reviews2016
Dev: Chronicle Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Dig your own path in this quirky strategy platformer. Use traps to defeat monsters, blow apart your environment, and collect treasure!
Why similar: Strategy 49.9%, Adventure 28.6%, Indie 21.4%
- #43 Monolight
67% 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 36.4%, Adventure 26.4%, Indie 20.4%, Puzzle 16.9%
- #44 Your Heart
62% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: ZynGms
Windows
Puzzle game with a little story. The rules are simple! Clear the stage by absorbing the three colored orbs into the pedestals of each color. Gradually, various gimmicks are added, and the difficulty increases. By the way... who are you, and why are you solving these puzzles?
Why similar: Strategy 39.3%, Puzzle Platformer 37.4%, Puzzle 17.7%, Indie 5.5%
- #45 Safe House
72% matchMostly Negative38% of 34 reviews2018
Dev: Labs Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Slip behind the scenes of a shadowy political conflict and operate a top-secret safe house. Build, upgrade, and run your spy HQ as you shape the course of history … for better or worse!
Why similar: Strategy 49.9%, Adventure 28.6%, Indie 21.4%
- #46 The Rabbit Hole Remastered
71% matchMixed68% of 37 reviews2017
Dev: VRMonkey
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 66%
You find yourself in a strange place, a place full of darkness and mad things. After falling down the rabbit hole, what mysteries lies beyond? Are you ready to escape it? Be fast, be smart and survive this grim reality! Now Remastered!
Why similar: Strategy 48.6%, Adventure 30.5%, Indie 20.9%
- #47 The Legend of Slime
71% match4 user reviews0% of 4 reviews2017
Dev: XiaoLongBao Games
Windows
Become the leader of slime, and play a match three puzzle game!
Why similar: Strategy 49.9%, Adventure 28.6%, Indie 21.4%
- #48 Dark Mystery
71% matchMixed59% of 17 reviews2017
Dev: Yash Future Tech Solutions Pvt Ltd
Windows
Dark Mystery is a Puzzled Platformer Game in which player faces different types of difficulties to find his true love.
Why similar: Strategy 48.6%, Adventure 30.6%, Indie 20.9%
- #49 QB Adventures: How to become a Qnight
57% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Damian Baksalary
Windows
A calm yet clever logic puzzle game where you plan routes, extinguish tiles, and outsmart shifting boards across a variety of biomes. Follow QB as they literally and figuratively walk the path of Lord Square, solving clean, satisfying puzzles wrapped in a light narrative charm.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 38.9%, Adventure 24.2%, Puzzle 18.4%, Strategy 13%, Indie 5.6%
- #50 Horresco Referens
69% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2019
Dev: Spiro Spero Games
Windows · Mac
You are a soldier from an alien race exiled from its native planet. Armed with a deck of cards, your goal is to make sure that your new home never gets colonized by the neighboring civilizations.
Why similar: Strategy 50.9%, Adventure 27.3%, Indie 21.9%
- #51 DROD: The Second Sky
69% matchPositive96% of 45 reviews2016
Dev: Caravel Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
The climactic conclusion to Beethro Budkin's epic DROD adventures! Join Beethro as he races against time and mysterious forces in the Rooted Empire as the dire Grand Event looms near. With a huge amount of novel, quality puzzle content and story, this is the puzzle game to end all puzzle games.
Why similar: Strategy 50.6%, Adventure 27.7%, Indie 21.7%
- #52 The Wave Story
66% matchPositive89% of 19 reviews2021
Dev: Z4Z
Windows
A totally mysterious and enigmatic game, can you discover the end of this story?
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 45.1%, Strategy 29%, Puzzle 16.9%, Indie 8.9%
- #53 Warped Continuity
62% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Xufactor
Windows
The game incorporates the mechanics of the famous "slider" puzzle. The character is on one screen, and the player must move the screens around and move the character from screen to screen to get to the door.
Why similar: Strategy 41.2%, Puzzle Platformer 35.9%, Puzzle 17.1%, Indie 5.8%
- #54 Under Spire 尖塔自走棋
68% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2019
Dev: CoolHeartGame
Windows
Real-time combat, depth strategy. Card formation, explore the maze.
Why similar: Strategy 51.8%, Adventure 27%, Indie 21.2%
- #55 revvver
61% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Naparil
Windows
Create a path by reversing the desired area.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 47.5%, Strategy 30.4%, Puzzle 16.5%, Indie 5.6%
- #56 Mazzy
56% matchPositive81% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: YLGamesPub: Shepherd Games
Windows
Mazzy is a pixel-style casual puzzle game built around the core concept of rotating the level. Rotate the level, collect the items, and reshape the maze to reach the goal. Simple and fun.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 39.7%, Strategy 35.9%, Indie 14%, Puzzle 10.4%