- #1 PLANET ALPHA
97% matchMixed70% of 1,107 reviews2018
Dev: Planet Alpha ApSPub: Team17 Digital Ltd
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
PLANET ALPHA, a beautiful alien world filled with mystery and danger. Pursued by relentless enemies, you must harness the power of night and day as you struggle to survive.
Why similar: Platformer 22.6%, Puzzle Platformer 15.6%, Sci-fi 14.7%, Atmospheric 8%, Space 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a visually striking sci-fi adventure that blends platforming and stealth-based puzzles in a vibrant, alien environment.
- #2 INSIDE
96% 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 27.3%, Platformer 23.5%, Puzzle 16.4%, Atmospheric 9.5%, Adventure 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: This masterpiece perfectly captures the atmospheric, narrative-driven puzzle-platforming style found in Planet of the Eyes.
- #3 Planet of Lana
96% matchVery Positive93% of 8,958 reviews2023
Dev: WishfullyPub: Thunderful Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
In a world torn between nature’s grace and cold machine invasion, one girl and her companion must rely on their bond to survive and protect what they hold dear. Their story of hope, loss, and love will stay with you long after the journey ends.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 21.4%, Platformer 19.5%, Puzzle 13.9%, Sci-fi 12.4%, Action 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a stunning, cinematic journey across an alien planet with a heavy emphasis on puzzle-solving and atmospheric exploration.
- #4 LIMBO
95% 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 37.8%, Platformer 22.5%, Puzzle 15.9%, Atmospheric 7.2%, Indie 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: A foundational puzzle-platformer that shares the same minimalist, haunting atmosphere and environmental storytelling as the seed game.
- #5 The Swapper
94% matchVery Positive94% of 7,519 reviews2013
Dev: Olli Harjola, Otto Hantula, Tom Jubert, Carlo CastellanoPub: Facepalm Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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 22.9%, Sci-fi 19.5%, Platformer 15.1%, Puzzle Platformer 13.6%, Space 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A brilliant sci-fi puzzle-platformer that uses a unique cloning mechanic to solve complex challenges in a lonely, atmospheric setting.
- #6 ElecHead
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,305 reviews2021
Dev: NamaTakahashi
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 25.6%, Platformer 20.3%, Puzzle 15%, Retro 12.2%, Robots 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: A tight, clever puzzle-platformer that focuses on unique electrical mechanics and minimalist design.
- #7 FAR: Lone Sails
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 25,500 reviews2018
Dev: Okomotive
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Traverse a dried-out seabed littered with the remains of a decaying civilization. Keep your unique vessel going, overcome numerous obstacles and withstand the hazardous weather conditions. How far can you make it? What will you find?
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 21.2%, Platformer 20%, Puzzle 16.6%, Atmospheric 11.4%, Adventure 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game captures the feeling of a solitary journey across a desolate landscape, focusing on maintaining your vehicle through environmental puzzles.
- #8 Thomas Was Alone
92% matchVery Positive94% of 9,347 reviews2012
Dev: Bithell Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 57%
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: Platformer 21.6%, Narration 21.6%, Puzzle Platformer 19.4%, Sci-fi 14.8%, Atmospheric 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: Like the seed game, this title uses simple platforming mechanics to tell a surprisingly emotional and narrative-rich story.
- #9 Vesper: Zero Light Edition
91% matchVery Positive84% of 89 reviews2021
Dev: Cordens Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Thousands of years after the activation of the Vesper Protocol, a small android crosses a fallen world, hunted by merciless machines, to control the power of Light and decide the fate of his race.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 17.7%, Platformer 16.6%, Narration 16.2%, Sci-fi 15%, Puzzle 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: This sci-fi puzzle-platformer features a small robot protagonist navigating a mysterious, dark world filled with environmental hazards.
- #10 Unravel
91% matchVery Positive91% of 5,395 reviews2020
Dev: Coldwood InteractivePub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 23.1%, Platformer 20.7%, Puzzle Platformer 15.2%, Action 10.2%, Adventure 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A beautiful, physics-based puzzle-platformer that relies on environmental interaction to progress through a touching narrative.
- #11 Retro Machina
90% matchVery Positive87% of 252 reviews2021
Dev: Orbit StudioPub: SuperGG.com
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Retro Machina is a single-player action and exploration game set in a retro-futuristic universe. Experience the journey of a little robot as it solves intricate puzzles and begins unraveling the mysteries of a world long forgotten.
Why similar: Robots 21.4%, Puzzle Platformer 16.5%, Platformer 15.7%, Puzzle 11.1%, Colorful 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: A singleplayer action-adventure game that features a small robot exploring a ruined world, focusing on puzzle-solving and combat.
- #12 Little Nightmares
88% 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 29.7%, Puzzle 18.7%, Platformer 17.4%, Atmospheric 13.1%, Adventure 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game excels at creating a tense, atmospheric experience through environmental storytelling and clever puzzle-platforming.
- #13 Scrap Garden
89% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,244 reviews2016
Dev: Egidijus BachurPub: Flazm
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Scrap Garden is a charming puzzle platformer about the adventures of Canny, a lonely robot, who awakens in a post-apocalyptic world to find all other robots shut down and seized up. What happened to the City? Why did all robots stop moving? Did anyone survive except him?
Why similar: Robots 32.1%, Adventure 10%, Puzzle Platformer 9.8%, Platformer 9.5%, Action 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: This 3D platformer features a robot protagonist in a post-apocalyptic world, emphasizing exploration and light puzzle-solving.
- #14 Exographer
87% matchVery Positive95% of 130 reviews2024
Dev: SciFunGamesPub: Abylight Studios
Windows · Mac
Exographer is an exploration game based on science. Become an explorer, stranded in an alien planet, and discover the secrets of an extinct civilization. Gain new powers to avoid dangers and obstacles in your journey, and use your camera to reveal particles and hidden clues.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 21.5%, Platformer 19.4%, Puzzle 15.5%, Sci-fi 11.2%, Exploration 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: A science-based exploration game that emphasizes puzzle-solving and platforming in a mysterious, alien environment.
- #15 Lifeless Planet Premier Edition
89% matchMostly Positive77% of 3,588 reviews2014
Dev: Serenity Forge
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 64%
PREMIER EDITION - While seeking life on a distant planet, an astronaut discovers an abandoned Russian town. He suspects his mission is a hoax until a mysterious young woman saves him from a strange and deadly phenomenon...
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 21%, Platformer 18.2%, Sci-fi 15.9%, Puzzle 12.6%, Space 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a strong sense of mystery and exploration on a desolate alien planet, mirroring the discovery-focused gameplay of the seed.
- #16 Machinarium
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 19,289 reviews2009
Dev: Amanita Design
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Machinarium is the award-winning independent adventure game developed by the makers of Samorost series, Botanicula and CHUCHEL. Help Josef the robot save his girlfriend Berta kidnapped by the Black Cap Brotherhood gang!
Why similar: Robots 30.6%, Puzzle 18%, Sci-fi 14.6%, Stylized 12.3%, Atmospheric 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A classic point-and-click puzzle game featuring a charming robot protagonist in a beautifully realized, stylized world.
- #17 Stuffo the Puzzle Bot
85% matchVery Positive99% of 172 reviews2023
Dev: Hapatus Ltd
Windows
A laid-back but smart puzzle game. Stuffo is the last remaining puzzle bot stuck in a world filled with bite-sized brain-teasers. Help Stuffo to solve the mind-bending puzzles by using various blocks to climb, push and teleport your way to the exit.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 24.9%, Robots 23.2%, Puzzle 15.5%, Sci-fi 13.7%, Retro 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A dedicated puzzle-platformer that focuses on logic and movement mechanics within a charming robotic theme.
- #18 The Way
86% matchVery Positive83% of 1,295 reviews2016
Dev: Puzzling DreamPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Journey to another planet and discover its secrets in order to bring your loved one back to life. Experience an adventure, inspired by old school classics like Another World, Heart of Darkness and Flashback.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 19.9%, Platformer 19.7%, Sci-fi 12.1%, Retro 10.8%, Adventure 10%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven platformer that captures a retro sci-fi aesthetic while focusing on environmental puzzles and exploration.
- #19 Waking Mars
84% matchVery Positive89% of 1,195 reviews2012
Dev: Tiger Style
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 49%
In 2097, life is discovered on Mars. When your mission of first contact becomes trapped by a cave-in, you must master the alien ecosystem to survive. Soon you stumble upon more than anyone expected, and with time running out, you will make a decision that determines the fate of a lost planet.
Why similar: Sci-fi 25.7%, Platformer 23.7%, Puzzle 14.6%, Adventure 9.3%, Exploration 8%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi exploration game that tasks players with managing an alien ecosystem through puzzle-like interactions.
- #20 GRIS
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 93,692 reviews2018
Dev: Nomada StudioPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
Why similar: Platformer 23.2%, Atmospheric 18.5%, Puzzle Platformer 15.3%, Puzzle 10.8%, Indie 9%
Why You'll Like It: A visually breathtaking game that focuses on emotional narrative and platforming mechanics without the need for traditional combat.
- #21 Mind Over Magnet
81% matchVery Positive89% of 1,301 reviews2024
Dev: Game Maker's Toolkit
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 69%
An attractive puzzle platformer where you use magnetism to escape a factory. Meet a cast of magnet characters and work together to solve logical conundrums.
Why similar: Robots 23.3%, Puzzle Platformer 21.5%, Platformer 16.3%, Puzzle 13%, Sci-fi 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer that uses magnetic mechanics to navigate levels, featuring a robot protagonist.
- #22 Pid
84% matchVery Positive83% of 2,430 reviews2012
Dev: Might and Delight
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 29.4 hrs≥1hr: 32%
You are stranded on a strange and peculiar planet. It’s time to embark on your journey and find your way home! Explore a gravity defying and challenging platformer with striking visuals and a captivating story that transports you to a world beyond ours.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 34.1%, Platformer 30.6%, Puzzle 11.4%, Adventure 9.5%, Indie 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: A challenging puzzle-platformer that features a unique gravity-manipulation mechanic in a stylized, alien setting.
- #23 Out There Somewhere
82% matchVery Positive93% of 6,916 reviews2016
Dev: MiniBossPub: Senpai Industrial Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%
You play an explorer stranded on a dangerous alien planet. Low on fuel, your only hope for escape is to find the planet’s core in this incredibly clever action-puzzle-platformer.
Why similar: Platformer 29.9%, Puzzle 13.1%, Puzzle Platformer 12.2%, Retro 12%, Sci-fi 10%
Why You'll Like It: A pixel-art platformer that focuses on exploration and teleportation mechanics on a hostile alien planet.
- #24 Teslagrad
83% matchVery Positive84% of 2,460 reviews2013
Dev: Rain Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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: Platformer 35.9%, Puzzle 18.4%, Puzzle Platformer 15.5%, Indie 5.7%, Retro 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer that utilizes electromagnetic physics to navigate a mysterious, steampunk-inspired world.
- #25 The Eternal Cylinder
79% matchVery Positive90% of 1,173 reviews2022
Dev: ACE TeamPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Control a herd of charming creatures called Trebhum and explore an unforgettable alien world filled with exotic lifeforms and surreal environments. Discover dozens of mutations to overcome puzzles, explore new biomes, and survive on a dangerous planet.
Why similar: Narration 23.9%, Puzzle Platformer 19.9%, Platformer 14.1%, Puzzle 10%, Atmospheric 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal exploration game that focuses on survival and puzzle-solving in a bizarre, ever-changing alien world.
- #26 Nihilumbra
81% 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: Platformer 23.6%, Puzzle Platformer 18.5%, Puzzle 15.7%, Narration 14.6%, Indie 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric platformer where you use different colors to change the properties of the world to solve puzzles.
- #27 Hue
79% matchVery Positive92% of 11,146 reviews2016
Dev: Fiddlesticks GamesPub: Curve Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Hue is a vibrant, award-winning puzzle-adventure, where you alter the world by changing its background colour.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 22%, Platformer 20.3%, Puzzle 18.5%, Narration 14.2%, Adventure 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: A vibrant puzzle-platformer that uses color-shifting mechanics to alter the environment and solve navigation challenges.
- #28 Hypogea
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 687 reviews2025
Dev: Charlie Wagner
Windows
Escape from a mysterious underground megastructure in this short atmospheric 3d-platformer.
Why similar: Robots 30.4%, Puzzle Platformer 17.6%, Platformer 15.3%, Adventure 12.1%, Atmospheric 10.4%
- #29 Snapshot
80% matchMostly Positive73% of 259 reviews2012
Dev: Retro Affect
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 27%
Snapshot is the tale of a lone robot lost in an abandoned world. Armed with only his trusty camera, Pic sets forth on his great adventure. A camera might not seem like enough for a puzzle platforming adventure, but this camera is different from most: It has the ability to capture and remove from the world the very objects that it...
Why similar: Platformer 33.6%, Puzzle 21.6%, Puzzle Platformer 16.8%, Adventure 12.5%, Indie 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: A unique puzzle-platformer that uses a camera mechanic to capture and manipulate objects within the game world.
- #30 Venineth
78% matchVery Positive81% of 261 reviews2020
Dev: Venineth TeamPub: mort-art
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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%, Sci-fi 13.5%, Adventure 11.6%, Action 11.5%, Puzzle 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: A 3D platformer that focuses on exploration and movement within a mysterious, atmospheric sci-fi setting.
- #31 MIO: Memories in Orbit
74% matchVery Positive83% of 2,890 reviews2026
Dev: Douze DixièmesPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Play as android MIO in this mesmerizing metroidvania where you explore the Vessel, an enormous technological ark overgrown with machines gone rogue. Uncover its secrets, enhance MIO's abilities, and save the spaceship and its residents from oblivion.
Why similar: Robots 26%, Platformer 24.6%, Sci-fi 11.2%, Atmospheric 8.5%, Exploration 8%
- #32 Polyroll
78% matchVery Positive95% of 94 reviews2019
Dev: Spicy Gyro GamesPub: HOF Studios
Windows
Explore branching levels, fight quirky bosses, and save the day in this retro platformer inspired by the classics!
Why similar: Platformer 22.6%, Retro 19.5%, Puzzle Platformer 11.9%, Atmospheric 9.2%, Action 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A classic-style 2D platformer that emphasizes exploration and action in a colorful, stylized world.
- #33 Space Expedition
76% 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 20.1%, Robots 19.3%, Platformer 16.6%, Atmospheric 8.1%, Exploration 6.8%
- #34 MO:Astray
75% matchVery Positive92% of 5,025 reviews2019
Dev: Archpray Inc.Pub: Rayark International Limited
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
MO: Astray is a pixel art, side-scrolling, action-platformer. Lead MO through mind-bending puzzles using special abilities. Bizarre enemies, threatening traps and ingenious level designs await.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 25.3%, Platformer 20.4%, Sci-fi 14.8%, Action 9%, Adventure 8.8%
- #35 IN-VERT: Definitive Edition
77% matchVery Positive80% of 106 reviews2018
Dev: TERNOX
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
This is a short hardcore enthralling puzzle-platform game about a lonely robot, which tries to find his master. To go all the way you'll have to look for the master in two dimensions at the same time. Parallel world module will help to overcome any obstacles!
Why similar: Robots 19.7%, Platformer 18.2%, Puzzle Platformer 13.1%, Retro 12.3%, Puzzle 10.7%
- #36 Gloomy Eyes
71% matchVery Positive96% of 228 reviews2025
Dev: Atlas VPub: ARTE France
Windows
A cozy horror, “self-coop”, adventure about two unlikely souls who forge a forbidden bond and journey together to find the sun. Explore eerie yet charming Tim Burton-esque levels, switch between two unique characters, and solve brain-teasing puzzles.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 32.3%, Puzzle 22.8%, Atmospheric 11.3%, Colorful 10.6%, Stylized 10.1%
- #37 Poi
75% matchVery Positive91% of 741 reviews2017
Dev: PolyKid
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Poi is a 3D platformer featuring two kids on a grand adventure to unravel the mysteries of the Milky Way Globe. Explore uncharted lands, compete in challenge levels, meet quirky characters and defeat comical creatures on a journey to become a Master Explorer.
Why similar: Platformer 33%, Retro 19.2%, Colorful 9.7%, Exploration 9.1%, Action 9.1%
- #38 PONCHO
77% matchMixed64% of 194 reviews2015
Dev: Delve InteractivePub: Rising Star Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 94%
A robot, a poncho and a journey of discovery! Make your way through this wonderful world of pixelated parallax platforming to solve the ultimate puzzle: who is Poncho?
Why similar: Platformer 20.5%, Robots 17.2%, Retro 13.4%, Puzzle Platformer 13.2%, Adventure 10.3%
- #39 SELINI
71% matchVery Positive96% of 55 reviews2026
Dev: Cymban
Windows
A wordless metroidvania through fog-covered ruins and the remnants of a lost world. Explore, gain new abilities and uncover meaning without guidance or dialogue.
Why similar: Robots 22.4%, Platformer 17.7%, Puzzle Platformer 15.7%, Sci-fi 12.3%, Puzzle 9.4%
- #40 The Multi-Medium
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 534 reviews2023
Dev: Micah Boursier
Windows · Mac · Linux
The Multi-Medium is a visually unique 2D puzzle platform adventure in which you play as an interdimensional explorer lost in the multiverse. Travel to diverse worlds, each drawn or painted by hand in a different medium and style, in search of your place in the cosmos.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 19%, Platformer 17.2%, Sci-fi 12.5%, Puzzle 11.5%, Stylized 11.5%
- #41 homebound
73% matchVery Positive89% of 54 reviews2023
Dev: Justin Yip
Windows · Mac
Tasked with finding humanity a new home, a lonely astronaut braves a desolate planet while making a fluffy friend along the way. homebound is a short 2D puzzle platformer that explores the feeling of home.
Why similar: Platformer 25.7%, Puzzle Platformer 20.7%, Puzzle 16.1%, Retro 9.6%, Sci-fi 8.4%
- #42 Etherborn
74% matchMostly Positive73% of 444 reviews2019
Dev: Altered MatterPub: Akupara Games
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Delve into an environmental puzzle platformer built on exploring and understanding gravity-shifting structures. You are a voiceless being that has just been born into a world where a bodiless voice awaits your arrival. Go forth and seek your purpose.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 25.4%, Platformer 22.1%, Puzzle 17.1%, Atmospheric 8.6%, Adventure 7.4%
- #43 Low Oxygen
72% matchVery Positive89% of 299 reviews2023
Dev: Alex-Stefan Neagu
Windows · Linux
Explore an abandoned facility on the planet you've crashlanded, solving puzzles with strange plants along the way.
Why similar: Platformer 26.4%, Puzzle Platformer 23.6%, Puzzle 17.9%, Adventure 8.9%, Sci-fi 7%
- #44 Europa
70% matchVery Positive87% of 852 reviews2024
Dev: Helder PintoPub: Future Friends Games
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 60%
On the moon Europa, a lush terraformed paradise in Jupiter’s shadow, an android named Zee sets out in search of answers. Run, glide and fly across the landscape, solve mysteries in the ruins of a fallen utopia, and discover the story of the last human alive.
Why similar: Robots 23.9%, Platformer 18.5%, Puzzle 11.7%, Sci-fi 10.8%, Stylized 9.6%
- #45 Bunny Space Odyssey: FlopHop
70% matchVery Positive100% of 51 reviews2025
Dev: AinkOink
Windows · Linux
Embark on a pixel adventure with Ponchee the bunny in "Bunny Space Odyssey: FlopHop". Solve puzzles, protect plants, and uncover deep mysteries with Usagi-01 on an uninhabited planet.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 32.5%, Platformer 16%, Puzzle 14.7%, Space 9.7%, Adventure 8.6%
- #46 Haiku, the Robot
70% matchVery Positive90% of 3,390 reviews2022
Dev: Mister Morris Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Delve into the depths of a mechanical world in this cute, adventure-exploration game. Explore and fight in a land full of corrupt robots and machinery. All while seeking answers to the mysteries around you.
Why similar: Robots 31.8%, Platformer 23.4%, Retro 14.3%, Atmospheric 8.8%, Exploration 8.2%
- #47 CUBOTS The Origins
73% matchMostly Positive71% of 52 reviews2017
Dev: Street Lamp Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Be a part of an adventurous journey in Cubots: The Origins. Explore and survive in beautiful, atmospheric environments!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 32.2%, Puzzle 22.7%, Atmospheric 11.9%, Exploration 9.7%, Adventure 9.2%
- #48 Out of Line
71% matchVery Positive90% of 232 reviews2021
Dev: Nerd MonkeysPub: Hatinh Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 22.9 hrs≥1hr: 65%
A unique adventure game filled with beautiful puzzles all hand-drawn in an original 2D style . Out of Line follows the adventures of San in a quest to escape the Factory that was once home. Dive into a story set in a mysterious world that is revealed through multiple chapters.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 23.9%, Platformer 18.5%, Puzzle 14%, Stylized 11.1%, Atmospheric 7%
- #49 MirrorMoon EP
73% matchMixed58% of 597 reviews2013
Dev: Santa Ragione
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
MirrorMoon EP is a game about mystery and exploration set in outer space. These space travels begin on a red planet and its unique moon and extend across galaxies. The single player part of MirrorMoon EP blends adventure and exploration with navigation-based puzzle solving.
Why similar: Puzzle 24.6%, Sci-fi 18.9%, Space 13%, Exploration 12.1%, Indie 9.7%
- #50 BOKURA: planet
66% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,486 reviews2025
Dev: tokoronyoriPub: Kodansha
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
"There's something I can't tell you..." Explore new frontiers of co-op gaming in BOKURA: planet, a puzzle adventure game that you can only play with two players. Take on the role of a spaceship's exploration crew and try to escape from the red planet you crash-landed on.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 45%, Action 15.9%, Adventure 15.3%, Atmospheric 9.2%, 2D 6.9%
- #51 Moon Mystery
67% matchMixed66% of 685 reviews2024
Dev: CosmoscoutsPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 73%
The Moon's haunted - and when an astronaut loses contact with Earth, the adventure begins in full. Fill up your oxygen, load up the guns, and set out on an interstellar FPS adventure across the stars, filled with puzzles, fights, exploration, and strange secrets of the universe.
Why similar: Robots 22.6%, Narration 16.8%, Sci-fi 14.3%, Puzzle 11.7%, Space 7.7%
- #52 Iconoclasts
67% matchVery Positive86% of 4,919 reviews2018
Dev: Joakim SandbergPub: Bifrost Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Join renegade mechanic Robin and uncover the secrets of a dying planet. Explore a big world filled with intricate puzzles, interesting characters and menacing bosses in a beautiful platform adventure that tells a personal story about faith, purpose and the challenge of helping people.
Why similar: Platformer 24.4%, Puzzle Platformer 23%, Action 10.2%, Adventure 10%, Indie 9.4%
- #53 Öoo
62% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 5,680 reviews2025
Dev: NamaTakahashi
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A Bomb Caterpillar's Big Adventure! "Öoo" is a charming yet mysterious exploration puzzle platformer where you discover creative ways to use bombs!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 30.3%, Platformer 22.3%, Puzzle 17.5%, Exploration 7.8%, Action 5.6%
- #54 Astro Pig
66% matchVery Positive100% of 78 reviews2024
Dev: Garoa Studios
Windows
A 90-s inspired lo-fi adventure puzzle platformer about a piglet astronaut and his intelligent ship.
Why similar: Robots 20.5%, Puzzle Platformer 17.8%, Platformer 14.6%, Puzzle 8.9%, Sci-fi 7.4%
- #55 Event[0]
68% matchVery Positive80% of 2,270 reviews2016
Dev: Ocelot Society
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Event[0] is a sci-fi narrative exploration game where you build a relationship with a lonely spaceship computer to get home to Earth.
Why similar: Sci-fi 27.2%, Narration 18%, Space 13.9%, Atmospheric 12.3%, Adventure 11%
- #56 Growbot
67% matchVery Positive90% of 202 reviews2021
Dev: Wabisabi PlayPub: Application Systems Heidelberg
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
An adventure about a robot saving her home from a dark crystalline force. Set upon a biopunk space station bursting with fantastic plants and aliens.
Why similar: Adventure 24%, Puzzle 23%, Indie 18.6%, Atmospheric 10.8%, Sci-fi 9.6%
- #57 MindSeize
68% matchMostly Positive75% of 305 reviews2020
Dev: Kamina Dimension
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%
MindSeize is a 2D Metroidvania game set in a Sci-Fi-universe. Transfer your mind to a robot and rescue your beloved one!
Why similar: Action 18%, Adventure 16.8%, Platformer 15.9%, Indie 14.3%, Sci-fi 11.6%
- #58 Plazma Being
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 403 reviews2015
Dev: Hedge Knight Games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Take control of Zeb in this puzzle/platformer. He is a small energy based life form from space, known as a Plazma Being. While journeying through space to his home, Zeb was surprised to find that he was being kidnapped by aliens. They took him back to their planet and unceremoniously threw him into captivity.
Why similar: Platformer 31.5%, Puzzle 22.6%, Sci-fi 17.9%, Adventure 10.9%, Action 7.4%