- #1 HUMANITY
97% matchVery Positive94% of 490 reviews2023
Dev: tha ltd.Pub: Enhance
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 70%
A unique blend of puzzle-solving and action-platforming. Play a lone Shiba Inu charged with commanding massive, marching crowds to the goal in Story Mode, or browse a wide array of user-made levels crafted via the in-game Stage Creator!
Why similar: Puzzle 100%
Why You'll Like It: A sophisticated puzzle game centered entirely around guiding large groups of people through complex, obstacle-filled environments.
- #2 Tinykin
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 4,059 reviews2022
Dev: SplashteamPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Catch hundreds of tinykin and use their unique powers to bring Milo back to his home planet and back to normal size!
Why similar: Puzzle 100%
Why You'll Like It: Features a delightful mechanic of gathering and directing small creatures to help you solve environmental puzzles in a vibrant world.
- #3 Isle of Ewe
96% matchVery Positive86% of 687 reviews2020
Dev: Miles Peter HatcliffPub: No Ewe Productions
Windows
Embark on an adventure and command your flock to bring your fluffy friends back home. The mysterious disappearance of Ramsey sparks your journey as you must collect, throw and bounce from sheep to sheep to bring him back home safely.
Why similar: Puzzle 100%
Why You'll Like It: A direct thematic match that focuses on herding sheep through 3D platforming puzzles.
- #4 The Last Campfire
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 18,750 reviews2021
Dev: Hello Games
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
The Last Campfire is an adventure, a story of a lost ember trapped in a puzzling place, searching for meaning and a way home.
Why similar: Puzzle 100%
Why You'll Like It: A whimsical, story-rich puzzle adventure that captures the same gentle, atmospheric tone as Shepherd of Light.
- #5 Unravel
94% 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 100%
Why You'll Like It: A physics-based puzzle platformer that focuses on navigating delicate environments with a character who must carefully manage their surroundings.
- #6 Monolight
94% matchVery Positive88% of 368 reviews2020
Dev: bit paradigm
Windows
MONOLIGHT is 2D plat-former puzzle adventure game. Using tiny lantern, go through the maze.
Why similar: Puzzle 100%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, indie puzzle-platformer that emphasizes environmental navigation and simple, effective mechanics.
- #7 Toki Tori
93% matchVery Positive88% of 2,122 reviews2010
Dev: Two TribesPub: Two Tribes Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 47%
The gameplay in Toki Tori is a blend of two genres. While it looks like a platform game, it's a puzzle game at heart. To progress through the game, the player must pick up each egg in a level using a set number of tools.
Why similar: Puzzle 100%
Why You'll Like It: A classic puzzle-platformer that requires careful planning and the use of specific abilities to guide characters safely to their goal.
- #8 Archaica: The Path of Light
92% matchVery Positive93% of 266 reviews2017
Dev: Two Mammoths
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Archaica is an atmospheric puzzler with lasers and mirrors, that introduces a mystical and ancient world, full of challenging puzzles. In this game, we become the Light Bearer who is sent on a quest to walk the legendary Path of Light and save the world from impending disaster.
Why similar: Puzzle 100%
Why You'll Like It: A visually stunning puzzle game centered on manipulating light beams to solve complex environmental challenges.
- #9 Guiding Light
91% matchVery Positive85% of 162 reviews2020
Dev: Corner Office Games
Windows
Guiding Light is a co-op game in which you and a friend need to rescue stranded aliens from all kinds of sticky situations. One player is an alien who goes down to the planet to execute the rescue operation, while the other pilots the UFO to help guide the alien on the ground.
Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer that shares similar light-based mechanics and a focus on navigating through dark, mysterious environments.
- #10 Thomas Was Alone
91% 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 You'll Like It: A minimalist narrative puzzle-platformer where you guide unique characters with different abilities through environmental challenges.
- #11 The Gardens Between
90% matchVery Positive94% of 2,728 reviews2018
Dev: The Voxel Agents
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 69%
The Gardens Between is a surreal puzzle adventure that follows best friends, Arina and Frendt, as they fall into a mysterious world of beautiful garden islands. Manipulate time to solve puzzles and discover the secrets of each island.
Why similar: Puzzle 100%
Why You'll Like It: A beautiful, time-manipulation puzzle game that focuses on guiding two friends through surreal, dreamlike islands.
- #12 SOLITUNE
89% matchMostly Positive77% of 141 reviews2017
Dev: Rat King Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
SOLITUNE is a very short game about escapism. You become a shepherd and collect your flock on the way out of your old life. Solve a puzzle in every room to earn a sheep to find your way out.
Why You'll Like It: A surreal, indie puzzle adventure that prioritizes atmosphere and unique, artistic visuals.
- #13 illum
87% matchVery Positive94% of 109 reviews2023
Dev: Elsa LiuPub: USC Games
Windows · Mac
Embark on a heartwarming journey with your little light friend to solve puzzles and bring light to the mystical realm of Illum.
Why similar: Puzzle 100%
Why You'll Like It: A cute, exploration-heavy puzzle game that encourages non-linear navigation through its environment.
- #14 Ashi: Lake of Light
89% matchVery Positive94% of 50 reviews2018
Dev: Nick Cellini
Windows · Mac
Find the true path through the night and into the sunrise in Ashi: Lake of Light. Use floating candles to guide the path of a solitary firefly through a twilight world in this gentle and meditative puzzle game.
Why similar: Puzzle 100%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, minimalist puzzle game that focuses on light and shadow to create a relaxing experience.
- #15 Woodways
88% matchVery Positive96% of 156 reviews2018
Dev: Sen Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 36 minMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 35%
A puzzle game in which you guide quirky animals through portals in the woods. But watch your step, they all move at once!
Why similar: Puzzle 100%
Why You'll Like It: A cute, turn-based sokoban-style puzzle game that requires careful planning to navigate small, grid-based spaces.
- #16 World of Goo
86% matchVery Positive94% of 6,476 reviews2008
Dev: 2D BOYPub: 2D BOY
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 67%
World of Goo is a multiple award winning physics based puzzle / construction game made entirely by two guys.
Why similar: Puzzle 100%
Why You'll Like It: A physics-based puzzle game where you must guide living creatures to safety by building structures with their bodies.
- #17 MouseVentures
85% matchVery Positive96% of 128 reviews2024
Dev: DigiPen Europe-BilbaoPub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
Windows
A puzzle game where you control Pipo, a stuffed mouse. He will enter two storybooks to help the characters inside while use magnetism and light to solve the puzzles that stand in their way.
Why similar: Puzzle 100%
Why You'll Like It: A cute, third-person puzzle platformer that features charming character-based navigation.
- #18 Eos
86% matchMostly Positive80% of 84 reviews2021
Dev: The Bonsai TavernPub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
Windows
Eos is a first-person, 3D puzzle game in which you take control of a little girl who ventures into a tower. Confronted with a voice who seems to know an awful lot about her, he puts forth a series of trials to teach her about the past she never knew.
Why similar: Puzzle 100%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person puzzle game that focuses on linear, story-driven exploration within a contained environment.
- #19 Hue
84% 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 100%
Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer where you manipulate the color of the world to solve environmental puzzles and reach new areas.
- #20 Logic Light
84% matchVery Positive97% of 103 reviews2022
Dev: Hardcoffee Game Studio
Windows · Linux
A minimalist puzzle experience to restore the electricity of the houses after a blackout
Why similar: Puzzle 100%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, isometric puzzle game that focuses on light-based logic and clean, simple design.
- #21 Botanicula
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 6,554 reviews2012
Dev: Amanita Design
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Humor-filled indie adventure game created by the makers of Machinarium and Samorost.
Why similar: Puzzle 100%
Why You'll Like It: A whimsical, point-and-click puzzle adventure that features a charming cast of creatures and organic environmental puzzles.
- #22 A Short Hike
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 21,505 reviews2019
Dev: adamgryu
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.
Why You'll Like It: A low-stakes, whimsical exploration game that captures the same gentle, indie charm found in Shepherd of Light.
- #23 Grow Home
81% matchVery Positive92% of 5,564 reviews2015
Dev: Reflections, a Ubisoft StudioPub: Infogrames
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 You'll Like It: A cute, exploration-focused game that emphasizes climbing and navigating vertical environments with a unique, physics-based feel.
- #24 Light Maze
81% matchVery Positive99% of 159 reviews2022
Dev: catgrease
Windows
A simple casual game where you light up floor tiles in a level in order to go to the next level.
Why similar: Puzzle 100%
Why You'll Like It: An arcade-style puzzle game that challenges players to navigate light through increasingly complex mazes.
- #25 Fur the Game
82% matchVery Positive91% of 158 reviews2019
Dev: Fur Dev Team
Windows
Fur the Game is a small first-person puzzle game where you explore an exciting world inhabited by adorable creatures called Furs! Rescue these creatures and throw them around to solve puzzles!
Why similar: Puzzle 100%
Why You'll Like It: An indie puzzle adventure that features a cute aesthetic and light platforming elements.
- #26 Ian's Eyes
82% matchMixed60% of 123 reviews2016
Dev: Sindie GamesPub: SOEDESCO Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
First days at school are usually tough, but they can be even tougher if you’re helping a blind 8-year-old boy named Ian who doesn't know the terrifying dangers that lurk around in every hallway. You play as North, Ian’s lifelong canine companion. Can you help him escape alive?
Why similar: Puzzle 100%
Why You'll Like It: A unique indie puzzle adventure that focuses on navigating environments with a specific, limited perspective.
- #27 Sheep
77% matchVery Positive97% of 67 reviews2025
Dev: Minds Eye ProductionsPub: Strategy First
Windows
In this Lemmings-inspired game, your goal is to herd sheep across 28 hazard-filled levels so they can be rescued by their educated alien cousins. You herd four breeds of sheep and have to protect them from the evil mr. Pear.
Why similar: Puzzle 100%
- #28 Knytt Underground
79% matchVery Positive84% of 482 reviews2013
Dev: Nifflas' GamesPub: Ripstone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 68%
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: Puzzle 100%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric exploration game that focuses on navigating vast, beautiful environments with a sense of wonder.
- #29 Orpheus's Dream
79% matchMostly Positive71% of 238 reviews2019
Dev: Orpheus's Dream Team
Windows
Orpheus’s Dream is a 3D isometric-inspired puzzle game with storytelling elements. Explore an amnesiac’s family house and recover lost memories of him and his cat.
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, indie puzzle adventure that emphasizes a relaxing, dreamlike experience.
- #30 Wired
78% matchVery Positive93% of 110 reviews2018
Dev: University of Cambridge Engineering Department
Windows · Mac
Wire up electrical circuits and make your way through a derelict building to keep your appointment with a mysterious professor who lives at the top.
Why You'll Like It: An educational puzzle-platformer that uses simple mechanics to teach logic through environmental interaction.
- #31 The Legend of Lumina
75% matchVery Positive98% of 118 reviews2024
Dev: Wizbane
Windows · Linux
A block pushing puzzle game with metroidvania style progression, set in a serene forest world.
Why similar: Puzzle 100%
- #32 Liminus: The Silent Guard
77% matchVery Positive87% of 52 reviews2022
Dev: BYU AnimationPub: BYU Center for Animation
Windows
Souls on their perilous journey through the afterlife are left defenseless against the hungry darkness without the protective guidance of the Shepherds. Locate your flock, protect them from wolves, and guide them safely back home with your array of abilities and powers in Liminus: The Silent Guard.
- #33 Owlone in the Woods
76% matchVery Positive95% of 147 reviews2022
Dev: Kasper TC
Windows
Help an owl find its chicks after losing them - and the ability to fly - in a thunderstorm. In this short 2D platformer you slowly recover your ability to navigate the dangers of the forest as you bring your chicks back to your hollow one by one.
- #34 Turn on the light - Jigsaw
74% matchVery Positive95% of 129 reviews2023
Dev: Thedox Games
Windows · Linux
A minimalist game about connecting circuits, solving jigsaw puzzles and mind-bending recursive circuits.
Why similar: Puzzle 100%
- #35 Sheepy: A Short Adventure
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 21,875 reviews2024
Dev: MrSuicideSheep
Windows
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
- #36 KnightLight
73% matchVery Positive95% of 117 reviews2024
Dev: LuminosityPub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
Windows
A 2D puzzle-platformer where you light your way through the darkness. Play as the Light, exploring an abandoned civilization where you find a suit of armor that seems to have magical properties. Suit up using the powers of the suit to channel your light magic to see what this strange place hides.
Why similar: Puzzle 100%
- #37 Project Oasis
74% matchVery Positive92% of 211 reviews2020
Dev: 大以巴狼艾斯Pub: 上海翎迹网络科技有限公司
Windows
Be the light.
Why similar: Puzzle 100%
- #38 Sheep Game
76% matchVery Positive81% of 57 reviews2018
Dev: David Lewis
Windows · Mac
Sheep Game is a couch based multiplayer game best played with two or more people. Go grab your friends and challenge them to some fast and frenzied sheep herding.
- #39 Chicken Labyrinth Puzzles
75% matchMixed68% of 228 reviews2018
Dev: ZemunBREPub: SA Industry
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Guide the lost chicken through mazes and solve puzzles to get home.
- #40 Island Marauder
73% matchVery Positive81% of 182 reviews2019
Dev: MSOL
Windows
Indie Puzzle Game
- #41 Light Bearers
71% matchVery Positive89% of 1,202 reviews2018
Dev: FAT BOMB STUDIOS, LLC
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Light Bearers is a multiplayer asymmetrical hide and seek game that pits a sinister shadow against cute light bears!
- #42 Bring You Home
67% matchVery Positive97% of 157 reviews2025
Dev: Alike Studio
Windows · Mac
You don't control the hero, but the level ITSELF! In this puzzle adventure, change and rearrange pieces of every level to find the right path. All to guide Polo through crazy worlds and rescue his kidnapped alien pet...
- #43 Adapta Solva Legacy
69% matchVery Positive97% of 90 reviews2024
Dev: Ares BrazeltonPub: Hogeschool West-Vlaanderen
Windows
Adapta Solva is a short puzzle platformer adventure. Play as an Adaptarian to absorb elements from magical shrines to solve puzzles and overcome obstacles. Uncover the truth behind your creation in a world laid to ruin by an unknown cause.
Why similar: Puzzle 100%
- #44 Sigils of Elohim
70% matchVery Positive91% of 1,192 reviews2014
Dev: CroteamPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 45%
Sigils of Elohim is a free mini-game prelude to Croteam’s upcoming first-person puzzler The Talos Principle that challenges players to solve dozens of challenging sigil puzzles under the watchful eye of Elohim.
Why similar: Puzzle 100%
- #45 Light & Shadow
68% matchVery Positive93% of 177 reviews2022
Dev: Flawed Designs
Windows · Mac
When a star falls in a nearby forest, it spurs Po onto a quest to find that light and bring it into their life. Light & Shadow is a shadow puppet platformer where you face your anxieties, push past depression, and seek moments of joy in a grey world. Finding your way isn't always easy, keep going!
- #46 The Raintime
71% matchMostly Positive70% of 54 reviews2020
Dev: socah developmentPub: socah
Windows · Mac · Linux
Delve into a troubled student's mind as his grip on reality unravels . . .
- #47 The Flaws of Gravity
72% matchMixed62% of 237 reviews2017
Dev: Absorbed Studios
Windows
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: Puzzle 100%
- #48 Shadow Hunter
73% matchMixed64% of 73 reviews2015
Dev: Jeff Trier
Windows
Shadow Hunter is a casual deductive puzzle game with RPG elements. Explore areas filled with turn-based random encounters and events, veiled under horror filled darkness. With your food supply running low, and wit and a little luck your only tools... tread carefully as every step can be your last.
- #49 Game Of Puzzles: Animals
70% matchVery Positive94% of 130 reviews2019
Dev: Snkl Studio
Windows
A puzzle game in which you have to assemble a single image from individual pieces.
Why similar: Puzzle 100%
- #50 Sheepherds!
64% matchVery Positive98% of 324 reviews2025
Dev: Ultimo DiscoPub: Yahaha Games
Windows
Sheepherds! is a cozy co-op party game for 1–4 players, where you and your sheepdog buddies guide colorful flocks through beautiful landscapes to collect their wool. There's no time limit: bark, run, and play together — or take on challenges to win even more rewards!
- #51 Paws and Soul: First Step
71% matchMixed59% of 81 reviews2020
Dev: ELECTROSTALIN ENTERTAINMENTPub: Games Operators
Windows
Paws and Soul: First Step is a story introduction to Paws and Soul. Adventure game about reincarnation. Turn yourself into a wolf, explore mysterious forest and reveal every secret of your past life!
- #52 Visibility
72% matchMixed61% of 93 reviews2015
Dev: Zeritum
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Visibility is a platformer that is completely dark until you place your lights. Each level has a limited set of lights which you must strategically place around the level in order to illuminate your path to the exit.
- #53 Spark and The Digital Daydream
69% matchVery Positive93% of 71 reviews2019
Dev: Luminescence Interactive
Windows · Mac
Spark and The Digital Daydream is a story-based puzzle-platformer where puzzles are intertwined with live-action video and an original soundtrack. Follow Spark, a video game character lost in the world of his creator's computer, as he searches for a way to save his game and something even greater than himself.
- #54 Hopeguard
65% matchVery Positive80% of 61 reviews2025
Dev: Hopesquad StudioPub: UQAT - Création et nouveaux médias
Windows
Hopeguard is a third-person dark fantasy game about loss and acceptance. You have been chosen to eliminate the Dragon Queen, but the confrontation will not go as expected. Journey through caves, ruins, and forests to solve environmental puzzles and fulfill your quest -but with a new perspective.
Why similar: Puzzle 100%
- #55 LIGHT: Black Cat & Amnesia Girl
67% matchVery Positive86% of 70 reviews2022
Dev: Daylight Studio
Windows
"Light" is a 3D adventure puzzle game, in which you play as a cat. You will help a little girl who has lost her memory escape by leading her through four-level mazes with different style.
Why similar: Puzzle 100%
- #56 Lighton
68% matchVery Positive92% of 59 reviews2020
Dev: Waidy AndradePub: Cronostase
Windows
A challeging puzzle game. The only goal, is to turn on the lights.
Why similar: Puzzle 100%
- #57 Way of Rhea
65% matchVery Positive98% of 54 reviews2024
Dev: Games by Mason LLC
Windows · Linux
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 100%
- #58 Puzzle Box Palace
67% matchVery Positive86% of 122 reviews2021
Dev: SMU Guildhall
Windows
Puzzle Box Palace is an escape room style puzzle game where you are pulled into your grandfather's magical puzzle box. Solve puzzles, manipulate the puzzle box, and jump across furniture as you look for a way out.
Why similar: Puzzle 100%
- #59 In My Bubble •°
62% matchVery Positive95% of 77 reviews2026
Dev: Juicy HousePub: Jungle Game Lab
Windows
In My Bubble is a 3D action-adventure platformer featuring a child in a cute earflap hat on a quest to save the sheep of the dream world. Explore a world overtaken by darkness, rescue corrupted sheep, and restore the lost morning using the power of bubbles!
