Games Like Polarity

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 60%, First-Person 24.9%, Indie 7.3%, Adventure 2.6%, Singleplayer 2.6%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal first-person puzzle game that challenges your perception of space and geometry.

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 49.4%, First-Person 21.8%, Indie 7%, Sci-fi 5.4%, Adventure 5%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist first-person puzzle game where you manipulate the environment to progress through sci-fi chambers.

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

Why similar: Puzzle 35.1%, First-Person 22.6%, Platformer 10.2%, Co-op 9.2%, FPS 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: Expands on the original with a dedicated, high-quality co-op campaign that mirrors the cooperative focus of Polarity.

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 56.7%, First-Person 23.2%, Sci-fi 6.8%, Platformer 3.4%, Singleplayer 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for first-person puzzle-platforming that heavily utilizes spatial mechanics and physics.

Magnetic: Cage Closed is a first person puzzle game where the player manipulates magnetic forces to accomplish their goals. The mechanics are focused around a single tool: The Magnet Gun which allows you to create electromagnetic fields with either positive or negative charges.

Why similar: Puzzle 55.1%, First-Person 20.5%, Indie 9.4%, Adventure 6.7%, Action 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: Features core magnetic polarity mechanics that directly mirror the attraction and repulsion systems found in Polarity.

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 59.7%, Sci-fi 11.1%, Platformer 7.9%, Indie 7.3%, Great Soundtrack 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: A atmospheric sci-fi puzzle game that uses a unique cloning mechanic to solve complex environmental challenges.

Parallax is a first-person puzzle game with two overlapping worlds. Weave back and forth between black and white as you try to be in the right place, in the right dimension, at the right time. Use switches, boosters and gravity to help you reach the exit. Can you conquer every mind-bending level?

Why similar: Puzzle 52.9%, First-Person 31.9%, Indie 15.2%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person puzzle-platformer that requires shifting between two dimensions to navigate the environment.

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: Puzzle 19.7%, First-Person 19.3%, Indie 15.1%, Action 10.8%, Sci-fi 10%

Why You'll Like It: A high-speed first-person platformer that demands precise reflexes and momentum management.

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 56.7%, First-Person 19.8%, Sci-fi 7%, Great Soundtrack 5.5%, Adventure 2.9%

Why You'll Like It: A deep, philosophical first-person puzzle game that focuses on complex environmental logic and laser-based mechanics.

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 58.6%, First-Person 31%, Adventure 6.1%, Singleplayer 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: A mind-bending first-person puzzle game that uses perspective and forced perspective to solve spatial problems.

ibb & obb is a two player cooperative game set in a puzzle filled world where gravity goes both up and down. You can only succeed by working closely together. Find a friend for some true local co-op couch fun or match up online.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 41.8%, Puzzle 27.1%, Co-op 12.5%, Platformer 5.9%, Indie 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: A cooperative puzzle-platformer that relies on gravity-switching mechanics to help two players navigate levels.

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 46%, First-Person 31%, Platformer 7.9%, Adventure 7.5%, Singleplayer 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: An innovative puzzle game where you manipulate reality by placing photographs into the environment.

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

Why similar: Puzzle 39.6%, Platformer 30%, Indie 12.1%, Great Soundtrack 5.7%, Sci-fi 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced puzzle-platformer that focuses on using gravity beams to launch yourself across levels.

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: Local Co-Op 27.5%, Puzzle 25.8%, Platformer 13.8%, Indie 12.9%, Adventure 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer that uses gravity-defying beams to navigate through a strange, alien world.

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 32%, Indie 17.9%, Great Soundtrack 11.9%, Platformer 11.3%, Action 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: Features a unique world-shifting mechanic that forces you to think in both positive and negative space.

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 51.5%, First-Person 25%, Sci-fi 9.3%, Adventure 4.9%, Great Soundtrack 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven first-person puzzle game set on a space station that focuses on energy manipulation.

A combination of platforming with a gravity gun, BEEP is an amazing physics-platformer. Despite its friendly art style, this is a hardcore platformer in the truest sense.

Why similar: Puzzle 35.5%, Indie 19.5%, Platformer 18.5%, Adventure 10.5%, Singleplayer 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based platformer where you control a small robot using a gravity gun to interact with the environment.

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 57.1%, First-Person 25.6%, Platformer 6.7%, Strategy 5.3%, Singleplayer 2%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based puzzle game where you shift between dimensions to alter the weight and properties of objects.

Splitgate is a free-to-play, fast-paced multiplayer shooter that features player-controlled portals. This sci-fi shooter takes the FPS genre to a new dimension with its portal mechanics, delivering high-flying, multi-dimensional combat.

Why similar: First-Person 30.9%, FPS 20.2%, Multiplayer 14%, Action 9.3%, Sci-fi 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: Combines fast-paced action with portal-based movement mechanics that reward spatial awareness.

Embark on the 19th century's most unreliable spaceship in this 2 player couch co-op adventure. 39 Days to Mars is a unique game designed to be played with a friend, where both players have important roles in the expedition. Solo players are aided by the computer-controlled ship's cat.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 44.7%, Puzzle 29.4%, Co-op 9.6%, Adventure 5.6%, Multiplayer 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: A charming cooperative puzzle game that requires two players to work together to operate complex machinery.

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 87.3%, Indie 12.7%

Why You'll Like It: A clever platformer where you must align your camera perspective to create paths in a 3D world.

Capsized is a fast paced 2D platformer focused on intense action and exploration. As a intrepid space traveler, your ship has crash landed on a mysterious alien planet. You must navigate through the perilous environment and fight off blood-thirsty creatures to save your crewmates and escape with your lives!

Why similar: Local Co-Op 43.5%, Platformer 16.8%, Indie 12.5%, Action 10.4%, Sci-fi 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi platformer that features intense action and physics-based movement in a hostile alien environment.

Human Fall Flat is a hilarious, light-hearted platformer set in floating dreamscapes that can be played solo or with up to 8 players online. Free new levels keep its vibrant community rewarded.

Why similar: Puzzle 36.7%, Local Co-Op 23.4%, Co-op 12.1%, Adventure 6.7%, Multiplayer 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based puzzle game where the clumsy movement is part of the challenge, often played in co-op.

Split Fiction meets Portal! Bytebond is an electrifying online & couch co-op puzzle game that challenges you to regain control over an infected CPU. Dive into the heart of a PC with your friend and become the ultimate Antivirus Special Forces duo.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 38.8%, Puzzle 25.5%, Co-op 7.3%, Platformer 6.8%, Sci-fi 5.8%

Invite a friend to explore the strange, yet beautiful world of darkness and light in Shadow Puppeteer, an award-winning, local co-op adventure.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 42.3%, Puzzle 23.6%, Platformer 8%, Co-op 8%, Indie 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: A cooperative puzzle-platformer where players control a boy and his shadow to solve light-based puzzles.

Experience the freedom of unbounded climbing as you take control of BUD, a procedurally animated robot on a quest to save his planet. Create your own path through an alien world as you control and ride a giant plant on a vertical journey to the stars.

Why similar: Adventure 32.8%, Singleplayer 16.2%, Platformer 15.6%, Indie 12.8%, Sandbox 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: A unique platforming game that focuses on climbing and navigating vertical, procedural environments.

Ether One is a first person adventure that deals with the fragility of the human mind. There are two paths in the world you can choose from. At its core is a story exploration path free from puzzles where you can unfold the story at your own pace.

Why similar: Puzzle 43.6%, First-Person 29.9%, Adventure 12.2%, Indie 11.3%, Atmospheric 1.6%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person puzzle game that focuses on exploration and complex environmental logic puzzles.

Navigate the beauty and hazards of the solar system while riding a wave of light through 100+ levels in this innovative action-puzzle game!

Why similar: Puzzle 44.6%, Indie 22%, Great Soundtrack 10.2%, Strategy 9.1%, Singleplayer 3.5%

Team up and take flight in this sci-fi co-op shooter with fully destructible environments. Soar through dynamic open levels using powerful abilities, master advanced weapons and vehicles, and lay waste to the armies of a hostile colonizing threat - defend your home worlds!

Why similar: Co-op 24.2%, Sci-fi 20.8%, Multiplayer 16.8%, Adventure 15.7%, Action 13.2%

Saviors brings the best bullet hell experience you can find on Steam. Play through 18 challenging stages in this ultimate test of tactics and reflexes.

Why similar: Indie 27.3%, Great Soundtrack 21.7%, Action 20.4%, Strategy 14.5%, Sci-fi 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: Puzzle 41.5%, Indie 17.7%, Platformer 15.1%, Strategy 9.4%, Adventure 7.1%

Grab a friend, grab a gadget, grab a gun and get ready for the most fun you'll ever have in a co-op game!

Why similar: Local Co-Op 32.7%, Puzzle 23.7%, Indie 15.6%, Co-op 12.5%, Action 10.4%

Wrangle the hands and arms of a 1970s space cosmonaut and push, pull and twist your way through an increasingly precarious range of physically simulated stellar scenarios, where without gravity, nothing is still, nothing is secure, and nothing is simple.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 45.8%, Puzzle 27.7%, Co-op 7.5%, Adventure 5.2%, Indie 4%

A deep, tactical shoot'em up. With every takedown, you’ll earn cash and xp to upgrade your ship and unlock new abilities. Online and local co-op. Unique versus mode. Realistic physics and water simulation.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 62.2%, Indie 14.3%, Action 10.5%, Multiplayer 5.6%, Adventure 4.6%

A space game about swinging trash into things and dying.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 42.3%, Indie 21.1%, Action 11.3%, Adventure 10.6%, Great Soundtrack 8.1%

Embrace mind-blowing moments as you’re pulled deep into the many worlds of Split Fiction, a boundary-pushing co-op adventure.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 61%, Co-op 16.6%, Sci-fi 7.4%, Adventure 4.8%, Multiplayer 4.4%

Lodestar sends you and your squad of friends on your own space odyssey. Traverse multiple planets in a journey to get home without losing yourself or your ship to the perils of the unknown! Solve puzzles, gather resources, mine asteroids, and survive... with your own oh-so welcoming AI sidekick!

Why similar: Puzzle 46.5%, Co-op 12.1%, Strategy 11.1%, Sci-fi 10.7%, Multiplayer 8.5%

A puzzle platformer with funky physics and mind boggling puzzles requiring out-of-the-box thinking and persistence. Only a few players were able to complete the game. Can you handle it?

Why similar: Puzzle 28.5%, Local Co-Op 27.9%, Indie 11.5%, Adventure 9.6%, Co-op 6.6%

Embark on a thrilling co-op adventure in 'Brave Escape,' a challenging platformer demanding teamwork to conquer perilous traps and treacherous terrain.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 57.5%, Co-op 11.6%, Platformer 9.9%, Sci-fi 8.7%, Adventure 5.1%

Devilishly difficult but insanely rewarding physics puzzler. Play through 85 levels of diverse and ingenious physics-based challenges.

Why similar: Puzzle 67%, Indie 17%, Platformer 8.2%, Action 4%, Singleplayer 3.8%

Forget everything you’ve learned about combat. Cobalt’s slo-mo mechanic lets you perform moves that other games can’t comprehend. Discover the secrets of a distant colony in a cosmic campaign, take on challenges and rule the leaderboards, or face off against others in local and online multiplayer.

Why similar: Indie 20.1%, Platformer 19.7%, Action 17.7%, Adventure 17.1%, Multiplayer 12.3%

Mirror Layers is a first person social horror game. Cooperate with other players through an in-game social network to solve challenging puzzles.Explore to uncover the mystery behind Apartment 12 and its horrific and distorted mirror reality.

Why similar: Puzzle 41.8%, First-Person 26.7%, Co-op 13.5%, Action 5.4%, Adventure 4.4%

Pivvot is a thrilling game of strategic avoidance that will consistently test and challenge your ability to make quick, impulsive decisions. As the game progresses, you will have to rely on your instincts and problem-solving skills to navigate down the winding path for survival.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 59.8%, Indie 15.9%, Great Soundtrack 12.1%, Action 8.7%, Singleplayer 3.5%

Bloody Trapland is a fast-paced multiplayer platformer where the levels are filled with dozens of dangerous traps and tricky jumps that stand in your way! Play co-op with your friends or take on the challenges on your own. With support for up to 4 players at once, local and/or online.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 58.2%, Puzzle 20.7%, Platformer 6.9%, Multiplayer 5.9%, Adventure 4.7%

Experience epic space battles while piloting a small, fast fighter ship as part of a fleet that lashes out against enemy factions across stunning procedurally generated star systems in Disputed Space.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 40.8%, First-Person 14.9%, Indie 11.6%, Action 9%, Co-op 7.1%

With science as your super power, charge up your coils and zap into action! Tesla Force is a rogue-lite top-down shooter featuring endless procedural gameplay with tentacle splitting action. Play as Tesla, Curie, Lovecraft and Shelley and blast the cosmic horror back into the galactic abyss!

Why similar: Local Co-Op 56.4%, Great Soundtrack 11.3%, Indie 9.1%, Action 7.4%, Sci-fi 6.6%

Time Rift is a fast-paced puzzle-shooter. You’re a hacker-turned-security tester, but your skills will only get you so far - to take down global megacorp VaultCo, you’ll have to manipulate the flow of time!

Why similar: Puzzle 61.7%, Indie 11.2%, Sci-fi 10.6%, Action 6%, Great Soundtrack 5.3%

Shatter is a retro-inspired brick-breaking game that merges familiar action with unique twists and a modern crafted production approach.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 48.5%, Great Soundtrack 18.2%, Indie 13%, Action 7.2%, Co-op 5.4%

Distance is an atmospheric racing platformer. Fusing futuristic arcade racing with parkour, survive a deadly, mysterious, neon-drenched city by jumping, rotating, and flying.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 28.7%, Indie 15%, Multiplayer 13.5%, Sci-fi 11.4%, Platformer 11%

DeadCore Redux is a challenging FPS-platformer set in a futuristic universe. Chain precise jumps, manipulate mechanisms with your SwitchGun, hunt hidden collectibles and new shortcuts, and push your skills to the limit as you climb a colossal Tower born from the void. Will you reach the Summit?

Why similar: Puzzle 29.1%, First-Person 25.4%, Platformer 11.1%, Sci-fi 10.7%, FPS 9.9%

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 62.2%, Sci-fi 11.3%, Platformer 10.5%, Adventure 7.2%, Singleplayer 5.2%

Explore an abandoned space station in this retro-themed explorative action platformer.

Why similar: Platformer 20.7%, Puzzle 16.9%, Indie 16.3%, Adventure 14.5%, Great Soundtrack 11.2%

POLY IMPULSE is a minimalist fast-paced movement FPS where you will have to shoot colorful polyhedrons to impulse yourself through the level. Speedrunning is not an option, only the fastest with godlike aim will get the SS rank.

Why similar: First-Person 33.8%, FPS 18.8%, Platformer 16.9%, Action 14.3%, Indie 10.3%

As Academy Cadet Patricia Wagon, grab your pellet gun and take on brain-twisting puzzles so massive they span the entire screen! 20 all new puzzles and some twisted classics stages, all with a hectic cooperative couch-play option for up to 4 players to keep you and your fellow trainees in stitches!

Why similar: Strategy 41.2%, Indie 34.6%, Action 24.2%

A true test your wits and spatial reasoning. Detour combines highway-building fun with the excitement of a competitive real-time strategy game. Construct a path for your convoy to reach its destination in this incredibly addictive title. With online multiplayer!

Why similar: Puzzle 44.3%, Strategy 25%, Indie 22.7%, Singleplayer 4%, Multiplayer 4%

DeadCore is a Platformer-FPS blending exploration and speedrun. Become immersed in a futuristic and dreamlike adventure which will see you climb a huge Tower born from the void and truly put your capabilities to the test. Will you be able to reveal the secrets that lie beneath this fog-ridden world?

Why similar: Puzzle 26.2%, First-Person 18.9%, Platformer 15.8%, Indie 8.2%, Great Soundtrack 7.3%