Games Like Schein

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

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 32.1%, Platformer 19.1%, Puzzle 17.1%, Side Scroller 12.7%, Colorful 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: Like Schein, this game revolves around shifting the color of the environment to interact with objects and navigate obstacles.

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: Platformer 35.9%, Puzzle Platformer 28.9%, Puzzle 27.2%, 2D 5.7%, Atmospheric 2.3%

Why You'll Like It: This atmospheric puzzle-platformer uses light and shadow as its core mechanic, requiring players to manipulate light sources to reveal or hide platforms.

Night Lights is a relaxing puzzle platformer where you manipulate light and shadow to guide a small robot through a calm, atmospheric world.

Why similar: Silent Protagonist 25.1% ★, Sokoban 20.3% ★, Precision Platformer 12.9%, Side Scroller 9.4%, Puzzle Platformer 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist puzzle-platformer that relies heavily on light and shadow manipulation to navigate dark, atmospheric levels.

Summon portals to overcome vicious beasts, devious puzzles and fiendish platforming challenges. Master the unique powers of each portal to stop the collapse of reality, while exploring lush, hand-drawn worlds and unraveling a deep narrative full of mysteries.

Why similar: Side Scroller 23.4%, Platformer 19.8%, Precision Platformer 19.5%, Difficult 17.3%, Story Rich 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: Players use portals to shift between different dimensions, creating a similar sense of environmental transformation found in Schein.

Tandem : A Tale of Shadows redefines the puzzle platformer genre with a unique gameplay and exceptional aesthetics. Help Emma and the teddy bear Fenton solve the mystery of the disappearance of the famous magician Thomas Kane.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 30.1%, Platformer 16%, 2D Platformer 13.9%, Puzzle 11%, Action-Adventure 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game blends top-down and side-scrolling perspectives with light and shadow manipulation to solve complex environmental puzzles.

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: Platformer 37.6%, Puzzle 26.8%, Puzzle Platformer 18.6%, Atmospheric 8.7%, Story Rich 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game features a unique mechanic where you shift between a 3D world and 2D shadows on walls, mirroring the light-based puzzle focus of Schein.

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 33.4%, Platformer 17.3%, Side Scroller 14.7%, Difficult 10.9%, Action 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: A highly atmospheric precision-platformer that emphasizes puzzle-solving and movement-based challenges in a dark, alien setting.

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 26%, Puzzle Platformer 24.3%, Platformer 17.5%, Psychological Horror 8.2%, Atmospheric 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: This atmospheric puzzle-platformer focuses on cloning and light-based mechanics to navigate a mysterious, isolated environment.

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 36.7%, Platformer 17.1%, Difficult 15.4%, Puzzle 9.5%, Side Scroller 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game utilizes a unique 'shift' mechanic that flips the world between black and white to reveal new paths and solve puzzles.

Wenjia is a 2D platform game with puzzle-solving elements. Players can freely travel between two realms (the material world and the energy world), each of them with different challenges and obstacles. Players must utilize both realms’ mechanisms to reach their final goal.

Why similar: Side Scroller 17.8%, Puzzle Platformer 17.5%, Difficult 15.2%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Platformer 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game features a dimension-shifting mechanic that allows players to switch between two worlds to bypass obstacles and platforming challenges.

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 29.2%, Puzzle Platformer 19.6%, Puzzle 14.7%, Difficult 14.1%, Side Scroller 12.5%

Why You'll Like It: This puzzle-platformer uses electromagnetic mechanics to navigate complex levels, offering a similar blend of physics and platforming difficulty.

Uncertain of his sister's fate, a boy enters LIMBO

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 46.3%, Platformer 17.8%, Puzzle 12.3%, Side Scroller 7.8%, Difficult 6%

Why You'll Like It: A classic atmospheric puzzle-platformer that shares the dark, silhouette-heavy aesthetic and focus on environmental logic.

Awaken an expansive musical realm in this non-violent and poetic platformer. In Symphonia, you'll use the power of your violin coupled with your platforming skills to gather an orchestra to bring the musical machinery of the world back to life.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 27.6%, Difficult 16.8%, Side Scroller 15.2%, 2D Platformer 13.3%, Platformer 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: This precision-platformer focuses on fluid movement and atmospheric world-building, capturing the challenging nature of Schein.

Inhabit Krog, a mysterious blue creature in a red loincloth, as he traverses a labyrinth of ladders, levers, traps, and monsters. Explore the nooks and crannies of a bizarre and evocative world as you hack and slash your way to victory, leaving a graveyard of grotesque bosses in your wake.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 25.2%, Side Scroller 18.7%, 2D Platformer 16.7%, Difficult 15.2%, Action-Adventure 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-inspired precision-platformer that emphasizes atmospheric exploration and challenging boss encounters.

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 27.2%, 2D Platformer 18.3%, Platformer 15.1%, Action-Adventure 11.8%, Puzzle 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game excels at atmospheric puzzle-platforming with a silent protagonist and a focus on environmental storytelling.

Soulless: Ray of Hope is a 2D story-driven platformer focused on atmosphere, exploration, and emotional storytelling in a dark, minimalist world.

Why similar: Silent Protagonist 22.7% ★, Sokoban 19% ★, Precision Platformer 12.2%, Side Scroller 8.8%, Puzzle Platformer 8%

Why You'll Like It: A precision-platformer that emphasizes dark, atmospheric exploration and challenging puzzle-platforming segments.

Gomez is a 2D creature living in a 2D world. Or is he? When the existence of a mysterious 3rd dimension is revealed to him, Gomez is sent out on a journey that will take him to the very end of time and space. Use your ability to navigate 3D structures from 4 distinct classic 2D perspectives.

Why similar: Platformer 47%, Puzzle 30.3%, Puzzle Platformer 17.6%, 2D 3.3%, Atmospheric 1.9%

Why You'll Like It: The core mechanic of rotating a 2D world in 3D space provides the same sense of perspective-shifting puzzle-solving found in Schein.

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: Precision Platformer 24%, Side Scroller 18.1%, Puzzle Platformer 16.9%, 2D Platformer 12.8%, Platformer 12.2%

Why You'll Like It: While simpler in visuals, this game shares the focus on unique character abilities and environmental puzzle-solving.

Grimind is a 2D, physics based, adventure, platform game in horror/creepy theme. Grimind casts you into forgotten caves and ancient crypts, without memories. While being there you have to demonstrate great manual skills to pass obstacles and solve non trivial puzzles to get out of scary environment and additionally discover what are you...

Why similar: Platformer 48.4%, Side Scroller 33.4%, 2D 6.5%, Atmospheric 6.3%, Action 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game features physics-based puzzle-platforming in a dark, atmospheric environment that feels very similar to Schein.

Help Madeline survive her inner demons on her journey to the top of Celeste Mountain, in this super-tight platformer from the creators of TowerFall. Brave hundreds of hand-crafted challenges, uncover devious secrets, and piece together the mystery of the mountain.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 31.9%, Difficult 19.8%, 2D Platformer 13.5%, Platformer 12.3%, Puzzle Platformer 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game is the gold standard for precision-platforming, offering the same level of mechanical mastery and difficulty as Schein.

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 41.4%, 2D Platformer 18.8%, Platformer 14.8%, Puzzle 11.5%, Difficult 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: A seminal puzzle-platformer that uses time manipulation to solve complex environmental challenges, much like Schein uses light.

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 You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer that uses a teleportation mechanic to navigate levels, requiring precise timing and spatial awareness.

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Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 42.7%, Platformer 21.8%, Puzzle 15.8%, 2D Platformer 11.6%, Action 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: This puzzle-platformer centers on an electrical mechanic where the protagonist interacts with the environment to activate or deactivate machinery.

VVVVVV is a platform game all about exploring one simple mechanical idea - what if you reversed gravity instead of jumping?

Why similar: Precision Platformer 40.4%, 2D Platformer 18.2%, Difficult 17.9%, Platformer 17.3%, 2D 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: A high-difficulty precision-platformer that relies on gravity-flipping mechanics to navigate intricate, puzzle-like levels.

Anoxemia is a story-driven exploration game that puts you in control of the scientist Dr. Bailey and his operations drone, ATMA. Search the ocean floor as you discover and extract samples from the bowels of the underwater caves. Danger lurks in each passageway.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 25.4%, Side Scroller 23.8%, Platformer 14.1%, Action-Adventure 10.5%, Puzzle 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric puzzle-platformer set in an underwater environment that requires careful navigation and puzzle-solving.

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: Puzzle Platformer 24.1%, Platformer 23.6%, Atmospheric 16.2%, Puzzle 10.8%, Story Rich 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on atmospheric puzzle-platforming and emotional storytelling, sharing the artistic focus of Schein.

Three Heroes make their way through dangers untold in a fairytale world of great castles and strange machinery, featuring physics-based puzzles, beautiful sights and online co-op.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 41.6%, Platformer 25%, Fantasy 12.6%, Puzzle 11.6%, Action 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based puzzle-platformer that requires switching between characters with different abilities to overcome environmental obstacles.

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 42.5%, Platformer 24.5%, Difficult 11.9%, Puzzle 8.9%, Side Scroller 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game features gravity-defying mechanics and puzzle-heavy platforming that rewards careful planning and execution.

Explore a mystical, ever-changing dungeon in this isometric puzzle-adventure game. Master self-transmutation abilities and solve increasingly complex challenges as you uncover the secrets of your past.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 40.6%, Puzzle 16.9%, Magic 12.3%, Story Rich 9.5%, 2D 8.4%

The legendary Knytt series continues with Nifflas’ latest creation; Knytt Underground. In this Knytteration; humans have long since abandoned the planet after practically destroying it in a war, five hundred years ago.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 67%, Platformer 25.3%, Puzzle 2.8%, Atmospheric 2.7%, 2D 2.2%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric exploration platformer that emphasizes movement and discovery in a vast, interconnected world.

Stray Savior is a 2D action platformer packed full of lethal traps, precise jumps, and powerful bosses. Venture through the dystopian world with weapons and skills, to prove yourself and forge your own path.

Why similar: Side Scroller 21.1%, 2D Platformer 16.7%, Platformer 14.5%, Action-Adventure 11.9%, Precision Platformer 11.4%

BEAM is a challenging precision platformer with puzzle elements in which you need to manipulate various light beams and tightly maneuver MARBLE in order to save both your lives.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 28.2%, Puzzle Platformer 19.6%, Difficult 15.3%, 2D Platformer 11.3%, Platformer 9.3%

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 36.7%, Platformer 27.3%, Puzzle 20%, Colorful 8.3%, Atmospheric 7.7%

Take control of a small rolling square and utilize long dormant mechanisms to ascend to the top. Watch your step!

Why similar: Precision Platformer 22.9%, Side Scroller 20.6%, Difficult 15.8%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Puzzle Platformer 9.9%

The platformer without a jump button! Master the art of potion propulsion in this fast-paced adventure where strategy, precision, and creativity meet explosive fun.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 24.2%, Side Scroller 17.2%, Difficult 13.9%, 2D Platformer 12.2%, Platformer 9.6%

A top-down action-adventure game as you collect & solve puzzles in order for you to explore & unravel this mysterious world.

Why similar: Action-Adventure 35.7%, Puzzle 21.5%, 2D 17.9%, Action 13%, Atmospheric 11.9%

Explore a dense, interconnected labyrinth, and unravel its many secrets. Collect items to manipulate your environment in surprising and meaningful ways. Encounter beautiful and unsettling creatures, as you attempt to survive what lurks in the dark. There is more than what you see.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 42.2%, Platformer 22.2%, Puzzle 18.4%, 2D 7.1%, Atmospheric 6.3%

A dark tale of survival and conscience, blending platforming, puzzles, and haunting beauty. Journey through surreal lands where every choice shapes the fate of a world on the edge of ruin will you restore the light or embrace the darkness?

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 23.5%, Side Scroller 19.9%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Platformer 13%, Puzzle 9.4%

In this 2d precision platformer with a teleportation twist, play as Ninja Ming and embark on the Path of Trials. Dash through 241 levels using dynamic teleportation and diverse ninjutsu skills. Conquer challenges with style—growing stronger at every turn.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 31.6%, Puzzle Platformer 19.5%, 2D Platformer 15.7%, Platformer 9.8%, Puzzle 6.2%

Color Symphony 2 is a puzzle action platformer that utilizes the ambiguity of color. Try to eliminate obstacles or find new paths by using color!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 23.7%, Side Scroller 21.5%, Platformer 16.6%, Difficult 14.3%, Puzzle 9.4%

A surreal puzzle platformer that's as beautiful as it is challenging – discover two beings entwined by fate, a girl and her soulmate, left to travel through a hauntingly elegant world...

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 52.9%, Puzzle 32.9%, Atmospheric 14.2%

In The Shadows is a puzzle platformer where lights scare away shadows monsters that transform into everyday objects you can use to your own advantage. Confront your fears, solve puzzles, find secrets!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 23.4%, Side Scroller 19.1%, 2D Platformer 13%, Platformer 12.3%, Action-Adventure 9.5%

Unrooted is a vibrant and eye-catching precision platformer with lush environments and a stunning musical score. Take up your courage and squash your fear of heights. Travel upwards to lands no sapling has dared to explore before. But heed with caution, the higher you journey, the more you risk.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 39.3%, 2D Platformer 18.4%, Platformer 13.7%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Colorful 4.4%

Spin jump and solve puzzles.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 24.1%, Side Scroller 19.9%, Puzzle Platformer 18.3%, 2D Platformer 15%, Puzzle 9.5%

Fowl Damage is an atmospheric puzzle platformer where your default jump provides enough fall damage to destroy you! Carefully manage your jumps and falls as you adventure through this chilling, beautiful, and occasionally cute world.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 32.4%, Puzzle Platformer 21.7%, 2D Platformer 16.3%, Platformer 12.2%, Puzzle 8.5%

Adventures of different characters with their unique atmosphere and puzzles.

Why similar: Platformer 33.8%, Puzzle 24.2%, 2D 11.3%, Atmospheric 11%, Puzzle Platformer 7.6%

Unravel the dark secrets hidden throughout this stirring puzzle platformer about a tormented nobleman confronting the traumas of his past. Use an innovative mirror mechanic to solve challenging puzzle rooms and defeat towering bosses as you strive to piece together the ugly truth.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 20.8%, 2D Platformer 16%, Psychedelic 13.8%, Platformer 12.6%, Psychological Horror 12.1%

A challenging puzzle platformer inspired by games like Limbo and Badland.

Why similar: Side Scroller 25.4%, Puzzle Platformer 21%, Platformer 18.8%, Difficult 13.3%, Puzzle 8.8%

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: Puzzle Platformer 30.6%, Platformer 25.2%, Puzzle 16.5%, Difficult 10.7%, 2D 5.6%

Escape the depths of an otherworldly labyrinth in this cinematic puzzle platformer. Explore a hauntingly beautiful world, with three playable characters, in one dark, interconnected story.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 27.8%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Platformer 15.1%, 2D Platformer 14.5%, Story Rich 10.1%

A puzzle game with challenging puzzles, but forgiving mechanics. Master the use of your color changing staff to solve mind bending puzzles, unlock new areas, and help out your friends. Undo any mistake with the press of a button.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 23.4%, Difficult 23.3%, Side Scroller 21.2%, Puzzle 12%, Colorful 7.2%

Kingdom Shell is an atmospheric 2D platformer with a captivating storyline. Explore the local lands to stop the invasion of nightmarish creatures and unravel the mysteries of the Kingdom.

Why similar: Side Scroller 30.2%, 2D Platformer 25.9%, Platformer 11.5%, Story Rich 10.2%, Fantasy 8%

Fell is a 2d Precision Platformer with a retro semi-1-bit aesthetic. Play through multiple unique areas, unlock new color palettes, and use fun movement abilities to conquer levels and make difficult jumps!

Why similar: Precision Platformer 53.9%, 2D Platformer 16.2%, Platformer 12.2%, Action-Adventure 6.2%, Atmospheric 5.9%

Carefuly crafted puzzles in a challenging 3D plaformer take the player on a surrealistic journey through a maze of feelings. In Face It, abstract concepts are shaped into gameplay: darker emotions are monsters and traps, while brighter concepts are the powers you need to beat the levels.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 56.3%, Puzzle 27.7%, Action 16.1%

Explore unearthly ruins, solve arcane riddles and pick up your sword against the indescribable horrors that lurk amidst the forgotten depths of our world. Beware the creeping grip of madness as you uncover secrets not meant for the eyes of men!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 23.3%, Difficult 21.7%, Platformer 15.1%, 2D Platformer 9.5%, Puzzle 9%

Dive into a surreal ocean abyss in an atmospheric puzzle-adventure. Explore dangerous waters, possess sea creatures and solve environmental puzzles to discover what lies deep below the surface…

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 28.6%, Side Scroller 27.3%, Puzzle 16.5%, Psychedelic 16.5%, Atmospheric 7%

Through the Nightmares is a challenge-driven platformer for anyone who’s ever had a restless night. Run, jump, and change your size to overcome the nightmare’s traps. Face Morpheus. Rescue children from an endless dream.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 23.4%, Precision Platformer 21.8%, Side Scroller 16.1%, Difficult 13.5%, 2D Platformer 11.7%

JAD is an atmospheric jumping and puzzle platformer.

Why similar: Side Scroller 29.5%, 2D Platformer 23.5%, Platformer 21.3%, Puzzle 16.1%, 2D 5.7%

Magic Tin Lands is an action-platformer where a small knight travels through a mystical forest to defeat the evil unleashed by a magical monolith.

Why similar: Difficult 28.8%, Side Scroller 16.8%, Puzzle 14.7%, Puzzle Platformer 13%, Action 6.4%