Games Like Parallax

Antichamber is a mind-bending psychological exploration game where nothing can be taken for granted. Discover an Escher-like world where hallways wrap around upon each other, spaces reconfigure themselves, and accomplishing the impossible may just be the only way forward.

Why similar: Puzzle 53.1%, First-Person 31.9%, Indie 15%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the same abstract, mind-bending, and non-Euclidean approach to first-person puzzle design.

Rediscover gravity and explore an Escher-esque world of impossible architecture. Witness infinity in first-person and master its rules to solve physics-defying puzzles. Cultivate a garden to open new paths forward, where an eternal expanse awaits.

Why similar: Puzzle 32.8%, Puzzle Platformer 30.5%, First-Person 26.9%, Indie 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: It mirrors the gravity-defying, impossible geometry and surreal atmosphere found in Parallax.

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 41.6%, First-Person 32.2%, Puzzle Platformer 26.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses heavily on perspective-based puzzles where changing your viewpoint alters the physical world.

The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 38.1%, Puzzle 32%, First-Person 29.9%

Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for first-person puzzle-platforming, featuring complex spatial mechanics and environmental manipulation.

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 39.7%, Puzzle 30.6%, First-Person 29.7%

Why You'll Like It: It utilizes a similar mechanic of manipulating the environment through perspective to solve complex spatial puzzles.

Find and rescue your uncle by using his newest invention to work your way through a crazy complex mansion as you switch between dimensions and solve puzzles!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 44.5%, Puzzle 33.6%, First-Person 21.8%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person puzzle-platformer that relies on shifting physical properties of the environment to progress.

The Sojourn is a first-person puzzle game set in an immersive colour-drenched world of light and darkness. Think your way through dozens of puzzles as you traverse parallel worlds, awaken mysterious artifacts and overcome challenging obstacles on an unforgettable journey.

Why similar: Puzzle 30.6%, First-Person 28.1%, Puzzle Platformer 27.8%, Indie 13.6%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, first-person puzzle-platformer that explicitly uses dimension-shifting mechanics.

Fabric is a first person puzzle game in which you bend spacetime to solve challenging puzzles and complete glitchy-themed voxel based levels.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 32.4%, First-Person 27.6%, Puzzle 27.4%, Indie 12.7%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person puzzle-platformer that shares a similar minimalist aesthetic and focus on movement-based challenges.

The Talos Principle is a first-person puzzle game in the tradition of philosophical science fiction. Made by Croteam and written by Tom Jubert (FTL, The Swapper) and Jonas Kyratzes (The Sea Will Claim Everything).

Why similar: Puzzle 62.3%, First-Person 31.6%, Indie 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: Offers deep, first-person puzzle-solving with environmental mechanics that reward logical thinking.

A mind-bending puzzle platformer where you can switch between 2D and 3D at will!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 39.8%, Puzzle 33.9%, Indie 26.3%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on shifting perspectives to solve platforming challenges in a 3D space.

Maquette is a first-person recursive puzzle game that takes you into a world where every building, plant, and object are simultaneously tiny and staggeringly huge.

Why similar: Puzzle 29.5%, Puzzle Platformer 26.3%, First-Person 25.3%, Indie 18.9%

Why You'll Like It: Uses recursive, perspective-based puzzle-solving where the environment interacts with itself at different scales.

Perspective is an experimental platformer. The player avatar moves in a 2D space that transforms when the player changes perspective in 3D space. The player needs to use this mechanic navigate the 2D avatar to a goal in order to progress from level to level.

Why similar: Puzzle 43.2%, Puzzle Platformer 42.2%, Indie 14.6%

Why You'll Like It: Uses camera perspective to navigate between 2D and 3D environments, much like the dimension-switching in Parallax.

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 40.4%, Puzzle Platformer 37.1%, Indie 22.5%

Why You'll Like It: Features complex, room-based puzzle-platforming with recursive mechanics that challenge your spatial reasoning.

Q.U.B.E. 2 is the sequel to the hit first-person puzzle game Q.U.B.E. You are Amelia Cross, a stranded archaeologist who has awoken among the ruins of an ancient alien landscape. With the distant help of another survivor you must solve the puzzles of this mysterious world and find a way back home.

Why similar: Puzzle 40.3%, Indie 29.6%, First-Person 22.5%, Puzzle Platformer 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: Features first-person spatial manipulation and platforming that feels very similar to the core loop of Parallax.

Relicta is a first-person physics-based puzzle game where you need to creatively combine magnetism and gravity to unravel the secrets of Chandra Base.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 42.4%, Puzzle 28.9%, First-Person 28.7%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based puzzle game that requires manipulating gravity and magnetism to navigate complex environments.

Faraday Protocol is a first person puzzle game that will test your wits and intelligence. Use the Bia-Tool, an ancient pistol-like relic of an alien civilization, to solve puzzles by bending energy and manipulating enigmatic machinery.

Why similar: Puzzle 35.7%, First-Person 33.8%, Puzzle Platformer 21.2%, Indie 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on first-person exploration and logic-based puzzle solving within a mysterious, minimalist setting.

Traverse mirrors as if they were natural extensions of space to solve puzzles and uncover secrets. Reshape your perspective to perform gravity-shifting acrobatics as you jungle-gym through a sprawling environment. You'll never look in a mirror the same way again.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 38%, First-Person 27.7%, Puzzle 27.6%, Indie 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, first-person puzzle-platformer that explores themes of reflection and spatial logic.

Induction is an abstract puzzle game about time travel and paradoxes. As you master its logic, Induction will rewire how you think about cause and effect.

Why similar: Puzzle 59.6%, Indie 40.4%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist puzzle game centered around time-manipulation mechanics that require careful planning.

Revisitor is a first person puzzle-platformer game set in a futuristic virtual space. Use two different types of teleportation to both navigate and solve a series of increasingly challenging missions.

Why similar: Puzzle 37.1%, First-Person 30.1%, Puzzle Platformer 24.4%, Indie 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person puzzle-platformer with sci-fi themes that emphasizes precise movement and logic.

A first-person puzzle game. Simply walk to the door.

Why similar: Puzzle 36.5%, First-Person 25%, Puzzle Platformer 21.6%, Indie 16.9%

Why You'll Like It: An abstract, minimalist first-person puzzle experience that focuses on spatial disorientation.

The Turing Test is a challenging first-person puzzle game set on Jupiter’s moon, Europa. You are Ava Turing, an engineer for the International Space Agency (ISA) sent to discover the cause behind the disappearance of the ground crew stationed there.

Why similar: Puzzle 57.1%, First-Person 40.1%, Indie 2.8%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person logic puzzle game that emphasizes environmental manipulation and spatial awareness.

Another Perspective is a puzzle platformer following the very confusing adventure of someone looking for something. Swap minds to see the world in different ways! Where one mind sees a bottomless pit, another might not. Where one sees a locked door, another sees a key. To change perspective is to change reality!

Why similar: Indie 41.3%, Puzzle 35.2%, Puzzle Platformer 23.5%

Why You'll Like It: Explores similar themes of shifting viewpoints and identity within a puzzle-platforming framework.

Polarity takes it to the next level, demanding all of your wits and reflexes. Full-featured local co-op campaign.

Why similar: Puzzle 52.6%, First-Person 32%, Indie 15.4%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person puzzle game involving color-coded polarity mechanics that dictate movement and interaction.

Gorge is a first-person puzzle-platformer, where you use telekinesis and wall-running to solve challenging interconnected obstacle courses.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 38.3%, First-Person 26.7%, Puzzle 26.1%, Indie 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: Combines first-person parkour with puzzle-platforming elements in a challenging, minimalist environment.

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 32.4%, Puzzle Platformer 31.7%, First-Person 28.3%, Indie 7.6%

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: Puzzle 52.3%, Indie 28.4%, Puzzle Platformer 19.3%

Why You'll Like It: Features shadow-based dimension shifting and puzzle-platforming that mirrors the dual-world concept.

Inspired by Stephen King’s book - “The Dark Tower”, Alter World is a 2D platformer with interesting gameplay mechanics. Player can pass on an alternative universe anytime and use an alternative realms to move to another level. Levels are unique, with puzzles. player will have to react quickly and assess when to move between the Worlds.

Why similar: Indie 40.6%, Puzzle Platformer 33.2%, Puzzle 26.2%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging puzzle-platformer that relies on dimension-switching mechanics to navigate obstacles.

A time-bending puzzle game about working with - and against - your past selves. Subvert the rules of time travel, dodge paradoxes, and find a way to escape the loop.

Why similar: Puzzle 67.8%, Indie 32.2%

Gravitas is a short first-person puzzle platforming game that transports you to the Gallery of Refined Gravity. Manipulate gravity and the gallery itself to prove yourself a pupil worthy of the Curator’s masterwork.

Why similar: Puzzle 33.4%, Puzzle Platformer 33%, First-Person 22.3%, Indie 11.3%

A first-person puzzler where shadows kill you. Watch your step or be swallowed by the darkness.

Why similar: Puzzle 31.1%, Indie 29.1%, First-Person 25.2%, Puzzle Platformer 14.6%

Magrunner: Dark Pulse is an action-puzzle game in which technology confronts the Cthulhu Mythos, penned by H.P. Lovecraft. Equipped with your Magtech glove, you must harness the ability to magnetically polarize and manipulate objects in the environment to survive and surpass challenging puzzles.

Why similar: Puzzle 57.2%, First-Person 27%, Indie 15.8%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person puzzle game utilizing gravity and magnetism mechanics to navigate dangerous environments.

Enter the lost world of Kairo. Explore vast abandoned monuments. Bring strange and ancient machinery back to life. Slowly uncover the true purpose of Kairo and fulfil a great destiny.Kairo is an atmospheric 3D exploration and puzzle solving game.

Why similar: Puzzle 50.7%, First-Person 30.1%, Indie 19.2%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, atmospheric first-person puzzle exploration game that focuses on discovery and spatial logic.

Pneuma: Breath of Life forces you to think outside the box through a narrated story of self-discovery, whilst exploring the ontological mystery of the breath of life. Features award winning voice actor 'Jay Britton' as Pneuma.

Why similar: Puzzle 42.4%, First-Person 33.4%, Indie 24.2%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person puzzle game where your perspective and observation directly influence the world around you.

Q.U.B.E: Director's Cut is the definitive version of the brain-twisting first-person puzzler. Using special high-tech gloves to manipulate cubes in the environment, the player solves an array of conundrums - from physics-based challenges; to 3D jigsaws; to platform-based trials.

Why similar: Puzzle 50.8%, First-Person 32.5%, Indie 16.7%

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 52.6%, Puzzle 47.4%

Gravity Error is an indie 2D puzzle/platformer about changing gravity. Guide Force in his quest seeking emotional stableness in a set of levels and avoid being crushed. Solve the puzzles in multiple creative ways.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 37.4%, Puzzle 34.5%, Indie 28.1%

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 40%, First-Person 23.8%, Puzzle 22.2%, Indie 14%

Blink into a world of after-images, where you can walk on light. Solve puzzles by manipulating lights and blinking between worlds. Explore hand drawn landscapes while uncovering the secrets behind this strange power.

Why similar: Indie 100%

The Flaws of Gravity is a first-person puzzle game where you change the direction of gravity to solve puzzles and uncover secrets in a labyrinth.

Why similar: Indie 58.1%, Puzzle 41.9%

The game has two realities, and in order to pass the level, you must move between them. Reality is not identical, objects and their position in different variations of the same room is different. You have to find a way out using these differences.

Why similar: Puzzle 51.3%, Indie 48.7%

A mind-bending recursive puzzle game about boxes within boxes within boxes within boxes. Learn to use infinity to your advantage as you explore a deep and elegant system.

Why similar: Puzzle 79.7%, Indie 20.3%

boxlife is a tiny first person metroidvania, where you gain abilities, find secrets and escape from the box

Why similar: First-Person 54.8%, Indie 45.2%

Particulars is a game with a unique combination of arcade-action and puzzle gameplay, set in the mysterious world of subatomic particles.

Why similar: Puzzle 52.3%, Indie 47.7%

As an inmate of a government-controlled Correctional Facility in the year 2275, you have the right to prove yourself worthy of being part of Society again. Show your skills in logical thinking by solving puzzles of varying size, type and difficulty in this first-Person puzzle game, and redeem your freedom!

Why similar: Puzzle 35.4%, First-Person 33.1%, Puzzle Platformer 16.3%, Indie 15.1%

If you see a ledge, it means that it is needed for something. A three-dimensional puzzle platformer about the change of gravity in three axes. Walk on the walls and hang from the ceiling. Do whatever you want. The main thing is to get out of here.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 34.4%, Puzzle 31.1%, First-Person 27.3%, Indie 7.1%

A challenging puzzle platformer in which you clone and teleport.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 53.6%, Puzzle 32.9%, Indie 13.5%

Vertigo Void is a challenging 3D puzzle-platformer which demands a keen eye and sharp memory. As a lone astronaut, walk up walls, jump across the void of space (or fall in) and teleport your way to safety or else face the Sun's wrath.

Why similar: Indie 100%

Backworlds is a multi-dimensional puzzle platform game in which you explore by painting. Solve environmental conundrums by using each world’s physical properties to your advantage, and use your own creativity to craft original solutions to the game’s puzzles.

Why similar: Indie 49.8%, Puzzle Platformer 28.1%, Puzzle 22.2%

Find a way through the towers and dungeons of TRI by solving puzzles, climbing impossible ascents and reflecting light-rays. The mystical TRI will let you create your own paths in this strange world – just try not to lose your mind when you're falling upside down!

Why similar: Puzzle 38.5%, First-Person 31.9%, Indie 19.1%, Puzzle Platformer 10.6%

Eron is a 2D platform game that allows the player to actively switch between two parallel realms. The player will have to depend upon this power to finish each level.

Why similar: Indie 100%

Impulsion is a fast-paced first-person platformer designed to play with your nerves and reflexes! Make your way through 25 levels of increasing difficulty by manipulating physics to your advantage, shooting force fields to slow down or speed yourself up and the environment!

Why similar: Indie 31.5%, Puzzle Platformer 25.7%, First-Person 25.1%, Puzzle 17.6%

Skala is a puzzle game about changing the scale of the world.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 52.2%, Puzzle 37.8%, Indie 10%

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 39.1%, First-Person 31.4%, Puzzle 29.6%

A frantic adventure platformer - control twin sisters at the same time as they navigate intense, hand-crafted parallel worlds!

Why similar: Indie 100%

Treeker: The Lost Glasses is a first-person adventure game, with puzzles and platform elements. Use the glasses to see hidden things that will help you solve the challenges. This package includes both the classic and the remake versions of the game.

Why similar: First-Person 39.5%, Indie 32.8%, Puzzle 27.7%

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 54%, Indie 36.3%, Puzzle Platformer 9.8%

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 49%, Indie 26%, Puzzle 24.9%

A bombastic puzzle platformer about worlds turned inside out. Shift dimensions at the push of a button, solve brain-twisting logistical riddles, and race through the wilds of the multiverse in a bleakly hilarious (and hilariously bleak) story where everything you know can turn on a dime.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 60.6%, Puzzle 39.4%

Andarin Weppes is a first person puzzle experience of a man with ever advancing dementia...

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 43.2%, Puzzle 32.7%, First-Person 24.1%

Andarin Weppes is a first person puzzle experience of a man with ever advancing dementia...

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 37%, Puzzle 28.5%, First-Person 23.8%, Indie 10.7%