- #1 Project Nasu
97% matchPositive97% of 31 reviews2023
Dev: Goofy GoosePub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
Windows
A 2D action and puzzle platformer where you play as a lab experiment trying to escape an evil scientist's laboratory. Fire projectiles that propel you backward to evade and fend off threats. Solve puzzles to escape the facility and save Nasu.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 26.1%, 2D Platformer 25.8%, Platformer 13.9%, Puzzle 10.3%, Linear 7.8%
- #2 Dui
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Azilla Studio
Windows
Help Dui find his way home in this challenging puzzle-adventure. Fight bosses, discover new abilities, and learn more about this quirky character on your journey home.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 25.4%, 2D Platformer 21.9%, Platformer 14.2%, Puzzle 10%, Linear 8.7%
- #3 Tricky Castle
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team Tricky
Windows
Tricky Castle is a 2d puzzle-platformer with mind-bending, out-of-the-box puzzles. Use creative thinking to solve unconventional challenges and escape a castle full of devious traps.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 32.9%, 2D Platformer 23.9%, Platformer 16.1%, Puzzle 12%, Linear 11.7%
- #4 Opposite Day 2
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: John ButlerPub: johnbutlergames
Windows
You shouldn't play Opposite Day 2. It isn't a mindunbending unplatformer game with tons of unhidden secrets and uncollectables. You'll definitely hate it, so please don't subtract this game to your wishlist.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 29%, 2D Platformer 27.5%, Platformer 14.6%, Puzzle 10.9%, Minimalist 7.6%
- #5 Slime King
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: davi medrado
Windows
Run away with the crown in Slime King. A 2D puzzle platformer where splitting and regrouping is the only way to the exit. Split into up to three parts to manipulate the environment and jump through lethal, instant-death challenges. Split, die, learn, repeat.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 32.5%, 2D Platformer 23.9%, Platformer 15.9%, Puzzle 9.4%, Action 6.7%
- #6 Bob the Elementalist
94% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: 9RatonesPub: Ratalaika Games S.L.
Windows · Linux
The magical power of the elements is our last hope for survival! Master the four elements if you want to survive.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 29.1%, 2D Platformer 27.6%, Platformer 14.8%, Puzzle 11%, Action 7.4%
- #7 Booox
93% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: QZ Studios
Windows · Mac
"Booox" is a platform puzzle game where players control multiple characters simultaneously, coordinating their actions to solve challenges.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 27.3%, Puzzle Platformer 22.4%, Minimalist 12.2%, Puzzle 11.6%, Platformer 10.7%
- #8 Mimicry
92% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2020
Dev: Anxiety Monster
Windows · Mac
Mimicry is a minimalist 2D puzzle-platformer where you control 2 characters at once in 100 levels. However, one character's controls are inverted, so each level feels like a puzzle.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 33.6%, 2D Platformer 21%, Minimalist 13.5%, Platformer 9.9%, Action 9.3%
- #9 Silence-Dream
91% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: PuzzleIdea
Windows
《Silence Dream》is a indie puzzle game. you could take on the role of musican, change or retain different abilities and take it into difference scence, gradually uncovering the man's past.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 30%, 2D Platformer 23.9%, Puzzle 13.1%, Platformer 11.5%, Linear 9.6%
- #10 Pixel
91% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2022
Dev: Jorge David Muffareg Junior
Windows
Pixel is a minimalist platformer + puzzle game! Control a being that aims to reach somewhere... always jumping, dodging, avoiding and tricking obstacles that seem not to let you proceed. Died? Just try one more time =D
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 31.1%, Platformer 16.1%, 2D Platformer 14.2%, Minimalist 11%, Puzzle 10.3%
- #11 Ghost Teen Escape from Limbo
90% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Derik D.FPub: Eastasiasoft Limited
Windows
Make use of your newfound ghostly abilities to make your way back to the world of the living!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 30.3%, 2D Platformer 22.3%, Platformer 14.8%, Puzzle 9.4%, Minimalist 7.2%
- #12 Super Cave Boy
89% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: Team CREA.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Prepare to test your wits, agility, and problem-solving skills as you navigate through a series of meticulously crafted one-screen puzzle stages.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 30.3%, 2D Platformer 22.8%, Platformer 14.8%, Puzzle 9.5%, Minimalist 7.1%
- #13 Box to the Box
89% matchPositive100% of 17 reviews2022
Dev: Derin
Windows · Mac · Linux
The box follows after the box after the box after the box after the box after the box after the box after the box after the box after the box after the box after the box after the box after the box after the box.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 29.4%, 2D Platformer 27.8%, Platformer 15.4%, Puzzle 11.4%, Minimalist 7%
- #14 NUI
87% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2020
Dev: DavidPixel
Windows · Mac
NUI is a minimalist puzzle-platformer about farewell where health is linked to your sword.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 30.4%, 2D Platformer 19.4%, Platformer 15.5%, Minimalist 11.2%, Action 7.5%
- #15 Homebound
88% matchNo user reviews2021
Dev: Nicholas Angle
Windows · Linux
Homebound is a 2D platformer all about a journey home. Collect and use powers you find along the way to find your way home.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 29.5%, 2D Platformer 28.2%, Platformer 15.1%, Puzzle 11.2%, Linear 7.2%
- #16 PPP
86% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2023
Dev: STREPH Studio
Windows · Linux
PPP is a 2D puzzle platformer game where you solve your way out. There are 20 different enjoyable levels where each of them offers unique experience.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 30.6%, 2D Platformer 29%, Platformer 10.9%, Puzzle 9.8%, Minimalist 9.1%
- #17 Carminia
86% matchNo user reviews2021
Dev: Karpopper
Windows
A 2d puzzle game with different mechanics for each world. Swap minds with enemies, destroy terrain with explosions, create clones and summon gusts of wind to solve puzzles.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 28.4%, 2D Platformer 25.8%, Platformer 20.9%, Puzzle 13.3%, Action 6.3%
- #18 Follow like a shadow
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 一个普通的方块
Windows
Two characters, one player! 'Follow like a shadow' is a minimalist two-character puzzle game. The player controls both the black and white shadows simultaneously — move one, and the other automatically mirrors the movement.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 30.1%, 2D Platformer 28.6%, Platformer 15.2%, Puzzle 11.3%, Minimalist 6.2%
- #19 Crate Escape
85% matchNo user reviews2023
Dev: SmallBonez
Windows
Crate Escape is a simple 2D platformer where you help a disembodied skull navigate strange dungeons using crates to solve puzzles. See how fast you can beat each of the 50 levels and collect all the golden crates hidden within them.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 32%, 2D Platformer 30.4%, Platformer 12%, Action 7.8%, Linear 7%
- #20 MAP GAME: Or Something
84% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2020
Dev: Aaronixio
Windows
An action platformer game that involves drawing maps and working your way through challenging puzzles and encounters.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 21.3%, 2D Platformer 21.2%, Platformer 15.9%, Puzzle 11.8%, Action 11.3%
- #21 LenscraftCube 相机方块
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: StellarDreamerL
Windows
LenscraftCube is a 2D platform puzzle game where players take on the role of a cube that must navigate through levels while being constrained by the boundaries of other camera cubes.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 32%, 2D Platformer 30.5%, Platformer 16%, Puzzle 12%, 2D 4.9%
- #22 Get Trolled
83% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2022
Dev: Mr iLyn.Pub: Mr iLyn. - Gamedev
Windows
Can you beat all the levels while getting trolled or do you quit ?
Why similar: 2D Platformer 22.1%, Puzzle Platformer 21.4%, Platformer 18.7%, Action 12.9%, Puzzle 11.8%
- #23 Invertinator
81% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: froggyrs
Windows
Invertinator is a platform game about inverting space and flipping gravity.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 31.4%, Platformer 20.5%, Linear 14.3%, Puzzle Platformer 13.3%, Action 6.8%
- #24 The Zamazingo
81% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: yusuf vuran
Windows · Mac
A dark, atmospheric, puzzle-filled indie adventure platformer. It is black and white. Discover secrets hidden around you and try to survive in this limbo.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 33.5%, 2D Platformer 31.9%, Platformer 16.9%, Puzzle 12.6%, 2D 5.1%
- #25 Press D to Die
82% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2022
Dev: Mayo Bandits
Windows
The path to victory has to be paved with corpses, but who said they can't be your own? In this quick to finish puzzle-platformer, they can be!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 24.7%, 2D Platformer 24.2%, Platformer 21%, Puzzle 12.6%, Minimalist 7.3%
- #26 Gordianaut
80% matchMostly Positive76% of 25 reviews2022
Dev: Jack Lance
Windows
A very short puzzle platformer set on an alien planet centered around a moving-platform mechanic.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 35.5%, 2D Platformer 22.5%, Platformer 19.3%, Puzzle 16.6%, 2D 4.2%
- #27 Fail Fail Succeed
78% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: Martin ZettermanPub: The Notlanders
Windows
Logic driven puzzle platformer set in an uncomfortable dream world, where failures let you pave the way through a deadly environment. Fail, reflect and uncover the way out, while finding quiet comfort in your dog along the way.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 30.4%, 2D Platformer 28.7%, Platformer 15.5%, Puzzle 11.4%, Minimalist 8.5%
- #28 Wave Leads You...
79% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: powder
Windows
A simple 2D action puzzle game that conveys waves to lead you to the goal. Make full use of scaffolding blocks that can be shaken like waves to reach the goal.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 36.1%, 2D Platformer 26.3%, Platformer 12.2%, Puzzle 11%, Action 10.1%
- #29 Origins of Merlin: Muscles and Magic
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Catcomb StudioPub: Reef Entertainment
Windows
A puzzle platformer set in the days of yore, when King Arthur was just a boy. Play as a young Merlin on a quest to climb up a treacherous tower to reach Excalibur, the legendary sword on the top floor, and save the kingdom!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 36.8%, 2D Platformer 35.7%, Platformer 19.9%, 2D 6%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #30 Pointdexter
77% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Usu Games
Windows
Tiles will copy your moves. Use pencils to draw bridges and get to the next page!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 33.2%, 2D Platformer 31.7%, Platformer 16.6%, Puzzle 12.4%, 2D 5%
- #31 Synthetic Hopes
76% matchPositive100% of 16 reviews2025
Dev: Groovy Snail Studios
Windows
Synthetic Hopes is a puzzle game with original and systemic mechanics sparkled with a few platforming action sequences. You are an enslaved android with a shot at freedom in a dystopian cyberpunk setting. Learn the ways of the world and maybe you'll have a chance to break the cycle!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 34.3%, 2D Platformer 22.8%, Platformer 17.8%, Puzzle 12.8%, 2D 5.7%
- #32 Ceilless
78% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2021
Dev: Derin
Windows · Mac · Linux
Spin world and push the box into the crystal. Then make your way like magic!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 21.8%, 2D Platformer 21.5%, Platformer 16.4%, Puzzle 12.4%, Action 11%
- #33 CatFatherJump
74% matchPositive97% of 33 reviews2025
Dev: 整个烂活
Windows
This is a frame-by-frame platformer. In an abstract, childlike world, command the CatFather and make frame-level adjustments to ensure he safely reaches the next paper tube and returns to his cat tree. Help the CatFather ascend to the peak of Huff-and-Puff Summit!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 29.5%, 2D Platformer 22%, Platformer 13.8%, Puzzle 10.1%, Linear 6.7%
- #34 ElecHead
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,335 reviews2021
Dev: NamaTakahashi
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
⚡+🤖+🧩
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 34.4%, Platformer 16.6%, Puzzle 12.2%, Linear 12%, 2D Platformer 10.4%
- #35 Held By The Sky
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Quietly Upward Studio
Windows
Held By the Sky is a 2D-platformer where players can roam within a grid-based terrain while simultaneously dealing with falling blocks. This game features experimental mechanics that combine genres to create a new experience.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 24.1%, 2D Platformer 21.6%, Platformer 17.5%, Puzzle 11.3%, Action 10.6%
- #36 Penelope
77% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2020
Dev: Emanation
Windows
Navigate and manipulate your dreams in this challenging puzzle. Rescue all of Penelope's stuffed animal friends before you run out of warm milk. Can you outwit the dastardly Emily Watterson and get back the toy she stole from you?
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 36.1%, 2D Platformer 27.5%, Platformer 17.8%, Puzzle 17.3%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #37 Lulu Way
76% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2022
Dev: One Eyed Deer
Windows
Lulu the little astronaut is trapped in space. Help Lulu escape eternal limbo by jumping from one block to another, solving uniquely crafted puzzles is the only way!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 32.1%, 2D Platformer 19.1%, Platformer 13.1%, Puzzle 10.7%, Minimalist 9.8%
- #38 Recoil
74% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Liberula Games
Windows
Recoil is a minimalist 2D Platformer where you can only move by shooting. Find ways to escape the prison by solving puzzles and blasting (or sparing) enemies while collecting all the gems! But beware, The Wardens are watching...
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 31.3%, 2D Platformer 29.7%, Platformer 17.1%, Action 9%, Minimalist 6.5%
- #39 Station Zeta
73% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Porch Weather Games
Windows
Run, jump, shoot, and think your way to safety in this retro-inspired 2D puzzle-platformer. Station Zeta is out of control, and you'll have to deal with crazed robots, terribly designed station machinery, and blatant safety hazards as you try to make your escape across 35 levels.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 35%, 2D Platformer 25.6%, Platformer 15.7%, Puzzle 9.9%, Action 9.8%
- #40 GameBuilder Puzzle Platformer
72% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Jignaben Shah
Windows
GameBuilder Puzzle Platformer is a grid-based puzzle platformer where you place missing tiles to build a safe path, collect every coin, and reach the goal. Use gravity flips, levers, portals, cloning, and dimension switching to solve clever platforming puzzles.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 32.2%, 2D Platformer 20.8%, Platformer 15.8%, Puzzle 11.6%, Family Friendly 5.7%
- #41 Find Me
73% matchPositive88% of 17 reviews2020
Dev: Girls Make Games
Windows · Mac
A lost shadow seeks to be reunited with her human girl, while searching for memories and avoiding the dangerous city lights. Find Me is a 2D puzzle platformer set in a beautiful, surreal cityscape.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 32.9%, 2D Platformer 31.4%, Platformer 17.5%, Puzzle 8%, 2D 5.3%
- #42 revvver
73% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Naparil
Windows
Create a path by reversing the desired area.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 38.5%, 2D Platformer 27.6%, Platformer 16.5%, Puzzle 12.4%, 2D 3.9%
- #43 TesserActive
71% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Attic Space Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Discover the secrets hidden within the Aacmotzz Research Facility. Solve puzzles, avoid obstacles, and retrieve the research data to learn what happened to the scientists who worked in the Facility and what they created.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 26.6%, 2D Platformer 24%, Platformer 19.7%, Puzzle 12.6%, Action 12.2%
- #44 Wadar: a dimension altering reality
71% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Patrickbutsmart
Windows
Wadar is a 2d platformer designed to make you think about solutions to problems that utilise unique gameplay mechanics.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 32%, 2D Platformer 30.5%, Platformer 17.4%, Action 8.2%, Family Friendly 6.1%
- #45 Halberta
72% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: NEETNectar
Windows
In Halberta, you must jump and rotate your way to the exits. Will you be able to escape?
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 35.1%, 2D Platformer 14.3%, Minimalist 14.1%, Linear 11%, Platformer 8.4%
- #46 ➕1️⃣
70% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: plus_one
Windows
A puzzle platformer about changing states.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 32.3%, 2D Platformer 23.6%, Platformer 16%, Puzzle 12%, Minimalist 5.6%
- #47 Duck Block
71% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Watata
Windows
A new type of puzzle 2D platformer! Make the blocks materialize and guide the duck to the goal!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 36.4%, 2D Platformer 26.6%, Platformer 16.2%, Puzzle 12%, Action 4.4%
- #48 Switcheroo
70% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Whitetail Games
Windows
A kangaroo named Jade escapes from an evil mad scientist who's obsessed with color! Along the way, she'll hop past vibrant obstacles, kick pesky robots out of the way, and use her new color-switching powers to solve the lab's mysterious puzzles.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 28.5%, 2D Platformer 25.5%, Platformer 15.4%, Puzzle 11%, Linear 9.9%
- #49 Emuls: Oil & Water
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LokoPonto
Windows
Meet EMULS: Oil & Water — a platforming puzzle game where you play as a classic green-and-yellow kitchen sponge! Soak up oil or water, squirt them off to create conditional platforms. Experiment freely, make mistakes, and enjoy the messy fun of figuring it all out.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 26.9%, 2D Platformer 24.3%, Platformer 19.9%, Puzzle 12.7%, Linear 5.9%
- #50 Nine to Never
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BowsZtarPub: Skull Queens Games
Windows
Routine is safe. Predictable. Comfortable. But what if that comfort hides something… dangerous? In this game, your job isn’t just to work. Will you stay where it’s safe, or risk everything to uncover what’s beyond?
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 34%, 2D Platformer 25.9%, Platformer 16%, Puzzle 11.9%, Minimalist 6.7%
- #51 Puzzles in Otter Space
67% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: Dominic Louey
Windows
Don your spacesuit to teleport and super-jump your way through 90 brain-teasing platform puzzles.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 31.9%, 2D Platformer 30%, Platformer 16.3%, Puzzle 12%, 2D 5%
- #52 Mouse Dreams
69% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2023
Dev: Damien Allan
Windows
This fun puzzle platformer may seem simple - get the cheese then escape to the exit - but the challenge grows with each level, and even seasoned puzzle gamers will be stumped by the tricky puzzles in Mouse Dreams.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 26.6%, 2D Platformer 24%, Platformer 19.7%, Puzzle 12.6%, Action 12.2%
- #53 D.O.T
68% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: v38armageddon
Windows · Linux
D.O.T - Master puzzles, platform as a circle!
Why similar: 2D Platformer 31.3%, Platformer 23.2%, Minimalist 15.6%, Puzzle Platformer 14.7%, 2D 7%
- #54 Servo
67% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Steven Delrue
Windows · Mac
Take control of Servo — a high-speed drone. Chain boosts & switch gravity. Ricochet with precision and use momentum to survive in a chaotic world.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 25.7%, 2D Platformer 22%, Platformer 13%, Puzzle 9.8%, Linear 9.3%
- #55 Over & Under
68% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: Alexander CronstedtPub: Ecavo AB
Windows
Jump and stick your way through tons of levels chock full of increasing difficulty, unique mechanics, and minimalistic intrigue. Get to the next level, fail, try again, fail again, try again, and finally reach the next checkpoint-- twelve times. It all makes you wonder... what's in store at the end?
Why similar: 2D Platformer 36.7%, Platformer 20.6%, Minimalist 14.6%, Action 9.8%, Linear 9.2%
- #56 Blow & Fly
68% matchPositive100% of 16 reviews2022
Dev: Kiepska Spółka
Windows
As a blowfish, traverse the world by rolling along the floor and propelling yourself through the air. Avoid the hazards and try to reach a vessel with water, which is vital for your survival.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 26.9%, 2D Platformer 23.1%, Platformer 15.4%, Puzzle 10.7%, Linear 9.4%
- #57 SubDivide
69% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2020
Dev: Julian Heuser
Windows · Linux
Divide the world in this puzzle-platformer to venture into the unknown.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 32.7%, 2D Platformer 25.3%, Platformer 15.9%, Puzzle 10.4%, Linear 10.2%
- #58 Ball Drop
67% matchMostly Positive75% of 24 reviews2023
Dev: Puffin Forest
Windows
Ball Drop is a puzzle platformer game. The ball rolls down using gravity and you must use the mouse to move platforms to guide the ball to the goal line. The objects in the game rotate following the mouse and you can use them to solve puzzles and navigate around hazards.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 29.2%, Puzzle Platformer 28.7%, Platformer 11.8%, Action 9.3%, Minimalist 7.9%
- #59 Cooperate with Yourself
66% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: beikoma
Windows
This game is a 2D platformer where a single player controls up to six characters. In other words, it's a game that lets you experience a multiplayer co-op game all by yourself. Work together, use each other as stepping stones when needed, and clear all 16 levels!
Why similar: 2D Platformer 39.3%, Puzzle Platformer 22.6%, Platformer 18.4%, Action 10.6%, 2D 6.7%
- #60 Platform Gun
66% matchPositive92% of 36 reviews2023
Dev: Branno
Windows · Linux
A sci-fi puzzle platformer using the platform gun
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 37.2%, 2D Platformer 23.5%, Platformer 11.4%, Action 9.2%, Puzzle 7.5%