- #1 OneShift
96% matchMostly Positive77% of 989 reviews2018
Dev: Mazen GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 47%
OneShift is a puzzle platformer where the player has the ability to freeze/unfreeze time and shift through worlds to collect blue cubes. But only one world can be active at a time. Later in the game, a world rotating mechanic is unveiled, which makes everything more complex!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 26%, Great Soundtrack 18.7%, Sci-fi 8.9%, Stylized 8.5%, Indie 8.2%
- #2 Octahedron: Transfixed Edition
95% matchVery Positive90% of 193 reviews2018
Dev: Demimonde
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Surf through a pulsating, underground world on platforms pulled from thin air in this challenging, psychedelic, rhythm-infused action platformer that has you defying gravity to a pumping beat.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 32.2%, Puzzle Platformer 21.1%, Platformer 14.6%, Difficult 9.1%, Indie 7.4%
- #3 Innoquous 5
94% matchVery Positive86% of 81 reviews2016
Dev: Chequered Ink Ltd.
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Innoquous 5 is a huge puzzle-platformer... with a twist! Hit a gravity arrow or jump into a flipper and you can rotate gravity, opening new paths through each of the huge collection of levels!
Why similar: Level Editor 38.8%, Puzzle Platformer 20.8%, Action 11.8%, Platformer 11.3%, Indie 10.8%
- #4 Construct: Escape the System
94% matchMostly Positive75% of 170 reviews2016
Dev: Oliver BoycePub: Immanitas Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 96%
„First person platforming gameplay at its very best!“ Construct: Escape the System is a sci-fi themed first person platformer that sees you trapped in a computer system, trying to escape. Explore the system and discover the 8 empowering 'ability orbs'.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 17.8%, Great Soundtrack 17.3%, Indie 11.8%, Action 11.7%, Platformer 10.8%
- #5 Recursed
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 637 reviews2016
Dev: PortponkyPub: Shambles Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
A puzzle game where the rooms are items and the items are rooms. Get to the goal by moving, rearranging and duplicating rooms and altering the structure of the world.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 35.4%, Great Soundtrack 21.7%, Difficult 15.6%, Indie 14.2%, Puzzle 13%
- #6 The Swapper
92% 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 Platformer 18.5%, Sci-fi 14.3%, Puzzle 12.5%, Great Soundtrack 12.1%, Platformer 10.6%
- #7 Escape Goat 2
91% matchVery Positive95% of 452 reviews2014
Dev: MagicalTimeBeanPub: Double Fine Presents
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Escape Goat 2 is a puzzle platformer game where you use machinery, the environment, and a friendly mouse to progress through a dungeon.
Why similar: Platformer 26.8%, Great Soundtrack 21.9%, Indie 15.8%, Puzzle 13.9%, Puzzle Platformer 11.9%
- #8 MO:Astray
90% 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 27.6%, Great Soundtrack 16.6%, Platformer 11.4%, Indie 9.7%, Action 9.4%
- #9 Circa Infinity
91% matchVery Positive93% of 275 reviews2015
Dev: Kenny Sun
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Circa Infinity is a brain-melting circular platformer by Kenny Sun, with a pulse-pounding soundtrack by Jack + Jim Fay.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 27.1%, Puzzle Platformer 18.9%, Indie 11.1%, Action 10%, Difficult 9.2%
- #10 YAPP: Yet Another Puzzle Platformer
89% matchVery Positive87% of 62 reviews2017
Dev: Artless Games
Windows
A challenging puzzle platformer in which you clone and teleport.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 34.3%, Platformer 15.1%, Difficult 13.7%, Great Soundtrack 13.2%, Minimalist 8.3%
- #11 Defy Gravity Extended
88% matchVery Positive86% of 8,545 reviews2016
Dev: Paul FischPub: Fish Factory Games
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Defy Gravity is an action platformer that is a mix between classic platforming and gravity based puzzle solving.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 46.3%, Platformer 21.6%, Great Soundtrack 8.7%, Indie 6.1%, Difficult 4.8%
- #12 Element4l
89% matchVery Positive83% of 652 reviews2013
Dev: I-Illusions
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Element4l is an immersive and experimental indie platform game, with a strong focus on flow and smooth gameplay, wrapped in an exceptional soundtrack by Mind Tree.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 31.3%, Platformer 19.3%, Indie 16%, Atmospheric 9.5%, Action 9.2%
- #13 Disorder
87% matchMostly Positive72% of 104 reviews2015
Dev: Swagabyte Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
A psychological 2D puzzle platformer. You must switch between two versions of the past: dark & light, positive & negative, hope & despair. Every action is innately tied to this dualistic battle. Traverse a surreal landscape of memory to try and mend a fragile mind.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 24.3%, Great Soundtrack 19%, Platformer 15.9%, Indie 15.3%, Action 14.4%
- #14 Qbeh-1: The Atlas Cube
86% matchVery Positive88% of 716 reviews2014
Dev: Liquid FlowerPub: Digital Tribe
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 95%
QBEH-1 is an atmospheric 1st-person puzzle platformer that takes players on a quest through a series of divergent worlds. Each world is filled with new puzzles that require special cubes to solve as well as fun secrets to uncover. Includes a LEVEL EDITOR and STEAM WORKSHOP support!
Why similar: Level Editor 33%, Great Soundtrack 20.9%, Puzzle 12.7%, Platformer 12.5%, Indie 9.7%
- #15 gravilon
86% matchMixed59% of 1,254 reviews2015
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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: Platformer 23.6%, Great Soundtrack 22.2%, Indie 19.5%, Minimalist 12.3%, Difficult 10.1%
- #16 Through the Mirror
85% matchVery Positive82% of 115 reviews2017
Dev: Cleiton OliveiraPub: Volens Nolens Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 97%
A hard, mind bending platformer based on imagination and quick reflexes.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 31.2%, Platformer 13%, Action 11.7%, Indie 10.7%, Difficult 10.4%
- #17 Super Magbot
82% matchVery Positive84% of 401 reviews2021
Dev: Astral PixelPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 37%
A precise 2D platformer with a twist. NO JUMPING. Master your magnetic powers to beat each level with speed and skill. Enjoy classic 16-bit gaming vibes, tackle challenging achievements and compete for global leaderboard supremacy along the way.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 25.3%, Indie 14.4%, Great Soundtrack 14.1%, Difficult 13.1%, Platformer 10.5%
- #18 Antiflux
84% matchVery Positive86% of 50 reviews2016
Dev: UAA Software
Windows
Antiflux is a challenging but fun puzzle platformer with upgrades, building complexity over time.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 32.5%, Action 24.2%, Indie 15.4%, Sci-fi 13.1%, Puzzle 10.8%
- #19 Mighty Switch Force! Hyper Drive Edition
84% matchVery Positive92% of 249 reviews2015
Dev: WayForward
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Enter the mechanical shape-shifting, dimension switching world of the award winning, high octane action-puzzle-platformer Mighty Switch Force! Hyper Drive Edition, and blow crime away.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 38%, Puzzle Platformer 29.2%, Platformer 13%, Action 9.8%, Indie 8.2%
- #20 7th Sector
83% matchMostly Positive74% of 688 reviews2019
Dev: Носков Сергей
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Welcome to the 7th Sector, set in a mysterious cyberpunk world. Immerse yourself on this intricate path, solving different puzzles, facing its dangers and collecting scattered information to discover the story of this world.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 42%, Philosophical 18%, Noir 11.2%, Stylized 10.2%, Sci-fi 9.5%
- #21 Etherborn
82% 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: Great Soundtrack 24.8%, Puzzle Platformer 22.8%, Philosophical 14.5%, Platformer 10.3%, Atmospheric 6.9%
- #22 Semblance
81% matchVery Positive85% of 398 reviews2018
Dev: NyamakopPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Semblance is an innovative platformer with deformable terrain, set in a beautiful minimalist world. It’s a game that asks, what if you could deform and reshape the world itself? Semblance takes the idea of a ‘platform’ in a platformer and turns it on its head.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 26.8%, Great Soundtrack 21.8%, Platformer 12.4%, Indie 9.9%, Minimalist 7.3%
- #23 Impulsion
80% matchVery Positive87% of 315 reviews2018
Dev: Driving Force GamesPub: Dear Villagers
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 43%
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: Great Soundtrack 17.7%, Puzzle Platformer 17%, Action 14.1%, Indie 13.7%, Sci-fi 12.3%
- #24 Antichamber
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 17,576 reviews2013
Dev: Alexander BrucePub: Demruth
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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 37.9%, Indie 21%, Great Soundtrack 9.8%, Difficult 8.7%, Minimalist 6.7%
- #25 Klang
81% matchMostly Positive70% of 127 reviews2016
Dev: TinimationsPub: Snow Cannon Games
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Klang is an innovative take on traditional rhythm games that pushes the genre beyond pressing buttons to tempo into a world of fast-paced exploration, platforming and combat.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 27.8%, Platformer 21.7%, Difficult 17.7%, Action 11.1%, Atmospheric 9.7%
- #26 Fabric
79% matchVery Positive86% of 123 reviews2016
Dev: Torreng Labs
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Fabric is a first person puzzle game in which you bend spacetime to solve challenging puzzles and complete glitchy-themed voxel based levels.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 33.2%, Great Soundtrack 31%, Sci-fi 11.5%, Puzzle 9.5%, Indie 8.6%
- #27 ION Shift
73% matchVery Positive92% of 148 reviews2024
Dev: Electro Soul Games
Windows
ION Shift delivers fast, high-stakes gameplay with precision controls and a unique sandbox-style approach to combat arenas. The campaign progressively challenges the player through evolving level design, tight mechanics, and a focus on player-driven mastery.
Why similar: Difficult 29.5%, Sci-fi 26.3%, Action 15.5%, Platformer 14.2%, Indie 11.3%
- #28 The Art of Reflection
72% matchVery Positive97% of 139 reviews2025
Dev: Hydrozoa
Windows
Traverse mirrors as if they were natural extensions of space to solve puzzles and uncover secrets. Reshape your perspective to perform gravity-shifting acrobatics as you jungle-gym through a sprawling environment. You'll never look in a mirror the same way again.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 44.1%, Logic 14.1%, Puzzle 10.8%, Minimalist 8.8%, Atmospheric 8.3%
- #29 Q.U.B.E: Director's Cut
78% matchVery Positive82% of 1,904 reviews2014
Dev: Toxic Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 53%
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 27.5%, Sci-fi 18.7%, Indie 17.8%, Action 14%, Platformer 10.7%
- #30 Color Symphony 2
78% matchVery Positive88% of 69 reviews2015
Dev: REMIMORY
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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 28.4%, Platformer 15.9%, Indie 11.9%, Action 11.5%, Difficult 8.6%
- #31 Tiles
77% matchVery Positive82% of 55 reviews2017
Dev: Romans I XVI Gaming
Windows · Mac · Linux
Tiles is a unique action-puzzle game that will both convolute your mind and burn your finger tips!
Why similar: Level Editor 31.9%, Puzzle Platformer 16.8%, Indie 14.3%, Platformer 10%, Difficult 8.1%
- #32 Q - A Neon Platformer
75% matchVery Positive90% of 50 reviews2020
Dev: Manatea Entertainment
Windows
Jump into a neon-filled platformer world as Q and overcome a gauntlet of tricky platform challenges.
Why similar: Platformer 28.5%, Difficult 19%, Stylized 15%, Sci-fi 12.9%, Minimalist 11.8%
- #33 Escape Goat
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 702 reviews2013
Dev: MagicalTimeBean
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Escape Goat is a puzzle platformer where you take control of a goat, who has been imprisoned for witchcraft, and overcome traps and obstacles to escape the Prison of Agnus. Fear not, for with your supreme agility, sturdy horns, and the help of a magic mouse friend, you can turn the tables on foes and use the environment to your advantage.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 36.4%, Level Editor 18.9%, Platformer 14.1%, Great Soundtrack 9.7%, Puzzle 8%
- #34 The Last Cube
72% matchVery Positive97% of 144 reviews2022
Dev: Improx Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Cube puzzler and an epic adventure. Stamp stickers to the sides of your cube to imbue each surface with unique powers, which are vital to solving puzzles and finding secrets.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 32.4%, Logic 13.5%, Difficult 13.3%, Sci-fi 10.5%, Puzzle 8.6%
- #35 Gravity Error
76% matchVery Positive86% of 56 reviews2015
Dev: Faris Mohammed
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Gravity Error is an indie 2D puzzle/platformer about changing gravity. Guide Force in his quest seeking emotional stableness in a set of levels and avoid being crushed. Solve the puzzles in multiple creative ways.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 41.9%, Platformer 24.3%, Indie 20.8%, Puzzle 13%
- #36 Super Blasting Boy
76% matchMixed70% of 69 reviews2018
Dev: BekkerDev Studio
Windows
Super Blasting Boy is a logical platform platformer made in the best traditions of retro games of the late 80's and 90's.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 18.1%, Puzzle Platformer 17.3%, Action 13.2%, Indie 13%, Platformer 11.8%
- #37 Youropa
74% matchVery Positive87% of 694 reviews2018
Dev: frecle
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 47%
A platform puzzle paint adventure about breaking rules, being upside down and thinking outside the box.
Why similar: Level Editor 45.6%, Puzzle Platformer 33.2%, Platformer 14.3%, Puzzle 7%
- #38 Seeders
77% matchMixed56% of 64 reviews2015
Dev: Bigosaur
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 Platformer 27.8%, Great Soundtrack 17.1%, Indie 14.4%, Difficult 10.8%, Platformer 9.8%
- #39 VVVVVV
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,401 reviews2010
Dev: Terry Cavanagh
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 66%
VVVVVV is a platform game all about exploring one simple mechanical idea - what if you reversed gravity instead of jumping?
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 36.7%, Platformer 22.9%, Difficult 14.8%, Indie 10.9%, Sci-fi 4.1%
- #40 Ingression
69% matchVery Positive85% of 100 reviews2024
Dev: Espale StudiosPub: Ravenage Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Ingression is an unforgiving & mind-bending precision platformer where you'll think and platform with seamless portals. Travel to the future to save the past from a tremendous time paradox.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 30.1%, Platformer 19.8%, Difficult 17.2%, Sci-fi 11.7%, Action 8.9%
- #41 Ethan: Meteor Hunter
74% matchMixed62% of 255 reviews2014
Dev: Seaven Studio
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Freeze time and manipulate the world with endless possibilities: build the solution YOU want where nothing is scripted and levels can be solved in multiple ways. When Super Meat Boy meets Braid, you may die repeatedly and enjoy it!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 51.6%, Platformer 20.5%, Indie 11.9%, Puzzle 7%, Action 6.1%
- #42 Hyper Box
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 108 reviews2016
Dev: Pixelated CupcakePub: Conglomerate 5
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
In Hyper Box you try to beat a bunch of platform levels in less than 30 seconds each by using the box rotation to your advantage, this is meant to be a very challenging yet rewarding experience as you improve at the game.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 28.4%, Platformer 17.3%, Difficult 14.7%, Action 9.9%, Minimalist 8.8%
- #43 BLACKHOLE
71% matchVery Positive85% of 1,063 reviews2015
Dev: FiolaSoft StudioPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
BLACKHOLE is an award-winning hardcore platformer with over 15 hours of story-driven sci-fi comedy and gravity-twisting puzzles. Complete Edition out now!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 28.7%, Great Soundtrack 20.7%, Difficult 12.5%, Platformer 9.7%, Action 7.5%
- #44 Axiom Verge
70% matchVery Positive90% of 6,442 reviews2015
Dev: Thomas Happ Games LLC
Windows · Linux
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Explore and uncover the mystery of a surreal alien world by blasting aliens and glitching your environment in this intense retro side-scrolling action/adventure.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 35.6%, Platformer 19.4%, Sci-fi 12.2%, Indie 11.1%, Action 9.2%
- #45 Chromatic Conundrum
63% matchVery Positive98% of 277 reviews2026
Dev: Digs
Windows
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 28.8%, Platformer 17.1%, Sci-fi 12.2%, Puzzle 9.9%, Atmospheric 9.8%
- #46 Orbyss
64% matchVery Positive99% of 90 reviews2025
Dev: Misty Whale
Windows
In this logic based puzzle game, switch between Orbs to solve puzzles and light up your world. Play co-op with yourself, freeze time, fly drones, play with sound… and overcome the evil shadow interfering with your quest.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 38.2%, Sci-fi 13%, Platformer 12.7%, Puzzle 11.6%, Atmospheric 10.5%
- #47 Four Sided Fantasy
71% matchVery Positive82% of 448 reviews2016
Dev: Ludo LandPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 57%
A game about the limits of your screen. Four Sided Fantasy is a seamless experience where you wrap the screen to solve mind-bending puzzles. Play as a man and woman who attempt to find each other throughout four seasons in a year, constantly separated by the boundaries of the screen.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 33.8%, Great Soundtrack 16.4%, Indie 11.9%, Platformer 10.8%, Difficult 7.4%
- #48 On Rusty Trails
71% matchVery Positive87% of 266 reviews2016
Dev: Black Pants Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Conformity is everything in this lightning-fast platformer - get ready to shift your friendships each and every second!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 24.1%, 2.5D 14.1%, Platformer 11.7%, Difficult 11.1%, Noir 8%
- #49 Halver
66% matchVery Positive96% of 92 reviews2024
Dev: Gologames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Halve the blocks into two equal parts and solve the unique puzzles in a game with a blueprint visual style and meditative music
Why similar: Level Editor 26.8%, Puzzle Platformer 23.8%, Logic 11.1%, Platformer 6.8%, Difficult 6.3%
- #50 Venineth
69% 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 21.2%, Great Soundtrack 19.6%, Indie 13.9%, Action 13.4%, Sci-fi 8.9%
- #51 DeadCore
70% matchVery Positive85% of 2,040 reviews2014
Dev: 5 Bits Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 47%
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: Platformer 24.3%, Great Soundtrack 23.8%, Difficult 12.2%, Action 11.3%, Sci-fi 9.6%
- #52 Time Loader
67% matchVery Positive83% of 534 reviews2021
Dev: FlazmPub: META Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Time Loader is a story-driven puzzle-platformer with tiny robots, alternate realities, nostalgic music, and primitive tech from the 90s!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 36.8%, Platformer 18%, Logic 17.3%, Sci-fi 14.5%, Indie 9.6%
- #53 The Mensional
67% matchVery Positive92% of 62 reviews2022
Dev: Delil Timurtaş
Windows · Mac
Adventures of different characters with their unique atmosphere and puzzles.
Why similar: Platformer 24.5%, Atmospheric 16.1%, Indie 15.3%, Puzzle 13.9%, Action 8.3%
- #54 Monochroma
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 724 reviews2014
Dev: Nowhere Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Monochroma is a cinematic puzzle platformer. It’s a game about being a kid, growing up with a little brother that needs your help, facing obstacles and solving unique puzzles in a dystopian 1950's setting.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 21.8%, Platformer 20.4%, Indie 13.5%, Dystopian 11.6%, Puzzle 10.2%
- #55 DESORDRE : A Puzzle Game Adventure
66% matchMostly Positive74% of 99 reviews2023
Dev: SHK Interactive
Windows
Immerse yourself in the multidimensional universe of Desordre. Solve intricate puzzles, push the boundaries of 4-dimensional thinking. Get ready for a unique experience where reflection takes on a whole new dimension. Created by one-man development studio SHK Interactive using Unreal Engine.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 28.9%, Platformer 14.1%, Sci-fi 12%, Action 10.4%, Puzzle 10%
- #56 The Colorful Creature
65% matchVery Positive96% of 52 reviews2023
Dev: Infiland
Windows · Linux
The Colorful Creature is difficult platformer with puzzle color mechanics. Play over 350 levels with diverse gameplay that have many items and hazards, in-game level editor, local multiplayer, endless run, customizable skins & hats, steam workshop and more!
Why similar: Level Editor 36.7%, Puzzle Platformer 19.3%, Difficult 11.4%, 2.5D 10%, Platformer 9.8%
- #57 Hue
66% 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 32.3%, Great Soundtrack 24.3%, Platformer 15.4%, Indie 12.2%, Puzzle 10.9%
- #58 REVOLVER360 RE:ACTOR
68% matchVery Positive90% of 398 reviews2014
Dev: Cross EagletPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The world really does revolve around you in this mind-bending shooter where changing your perspective could save your life.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 24.6%, 2.5D 16.3%, Action 11.7%, Difficult 11.7%, Indie 11.2%