Games Like Sideway™ New York

In this Insanely Twisted, 2-D action-adventure game, explore unique environments and battle bizarre creatures.

Why similar: Adventure 59.1%, Indie 40.9%

Why You'll Like It: Features a distinct, highly stylized visual aesthetic and 2D exploration that feels very similar to the graffiti-inspired world of the seed game.

A cosmic turbulence caused the 2D Platformer and the Top-Down Puzzler dimensions to merge! Switch between Toodee and Topdee and their unique perspectives to overcome hard-as-nails challenges, solve mind-melting puzzles and defeat huge bosses.

Why similar: Platformer 55.6%, Adventure 24.1%, Indie 20.3%

Why You'll Like It: It masterfully blends perspective-shifting mechanics with puzzle-platforming, mirroring the unique spatial gameplay of Sideway.

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: Platformer 49.8%, Adventure 27%, Indie 23.1%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a quirky, artistic world filled with gravity-based puzzles and challenging platforming sequences.

A puzzle platformer with a new twist on co-op and single player gameplay. Solve puzzles, platforming challenges, and encounter dangerous monsters and traps that require you to KILL and resurrect your brother to advance! Death is just part of the adventure.

Why similar: Platformer 72.8%, Adventure 27.2%

Why You'll Like It: A difficult co-op puzzle-platformer where players must use death and resurrection mechanics to solve complex environmental puzzles.

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

Why similar: Platformer 62%, Adventure 25.7%, Indie 12.3%

Why You'll Like It: A premier co-op puzzle-platformer that relies on physics and character-specific abilities to navigate beautiful, artistic environments.

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: Platformer 42.5%, Adventure 32.1%, Indie 25.4%

Why You'll Like It: Combines fluid 2D action-platforming with clever puzzle elements in a highly atmospheric and visually unique setting.

When you cut ties to the past, new bonds form. Build relationships with other Yarnys in local co-op or as a single player, fostering friendship and support as you journey together.

Why similar: Platformer 46.8%, Adventure 46.6%, Indie 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on cooperative puzzle-solving and platforming with a strong emphasis on physics and environmental interaction.

Shift Happens is a cooperative platformer for two. You and a friend shift your mass, throw each other and puzzle your way through four stages of stylized imaginary worlds. Including the occasional backstabbing and taunting. Play with a friend on a couch, online or even special singleplayer levels.

Why similar: Platformer 68.7%, Indie 31.3%

Why You'll Like It: A dedicated co-op puzzle-platformer that requires constant communication and coordination to overcome obstacles.

Light up the world! As Plug, you are charged with restoring the expansive Amp-Tree-System, and thwarting an enigmatic intruder.

Why similar: Platformer 55%, Indie 23%, Adventure 22%

Why You'll Like It: A unique puzzle-platformer where the player illuminates the environment to reveal platforms, sharing the visual-discovery theme.

Another Perspective is a puzzle platformer following the very confusing adventure of someone looking for something. Swap minds to see the world in different ways! Where one mind sees a bottomless pit, another might not. Where one sees a locked door, another sees a key. To change perspective is to change reality!

Why similar: Platformer 40.5%, Adventure 31.6%, Indie 27.9%

Why You'll Like It: Explores the concept of shifting perspectives to solve puzzles, directly aligning with the core gimmick of Sideway.

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: Platformer 68.7%, Indie 25.5%, Adventure 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-heavy 2D action-platformer with a distinct sci-fi art style and cooperative elements.

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 73.7%, Indie 26.3%

Why You'll Like It: Uses light and shadow as a core mechanic to reveal paths, echoing the perspective-based puzzles found in Sideway.

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

Why similar: Platformer 45.5%, Adventure 29.1%, Indie 25.4%

Why You'll Like It: A color-based puzzle-platformer that changes the environment based on the player's palette, offering a similar sense of discovery.

Grave Danger is an action packed adventure game about an unlikely group of heroes. Switch between Dante the cowboy, Elliot the wizard, and Malice the reaper; use their different abilities to solve puzzles and make their way out of trouble. Will you be able to guide them to victory?

Why similar: Platformer 48.9%, Adventure 29.1%, Indie 22%

Why You'll Like It: A co-op platformer that requires players to switch between different characters to solve puzzles and progress.

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: Platformer 55%, Indie 25.6%, Adventure 19.3%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric puzzle-platformer that uses cloning mechanics to solve spatial challenges in a unique, handcrafted art style.

Craft your path in this innovative 2D platformer. Master the use of your own platform to explore the Forgotten World of Numbra and save the land and its inhabitants from an imminent threat. Do you have what it takes to survive in perilous Numbra?

Why similar: Adventure 56.6%, Indie 43.4%

Why You'll Like It: An action-platformer that features a unique 'Shadow Core' mechanic for movement, offering a distinct feel similar to Sideway.

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: Platformer 71%, Indie 26%, Adventure 3%

Why You'll Like It: A classic puzzle-platformer that uses time manipulation to solve intricate puzzles, appealing to fans of Sideway's cerebral gameplay.

Living liquid machines have overrun a world of unstoppable progress and their inventor must stop the chaos in this game about a man with the power to bring ordinary matter to life!

Why similar: Platformer 64.8%, Indie 27.5%, Adventure 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: Features complex fluid-based physics puzzles that require creative platforming to navigate, similar to the puzzle-heavy nature of Sideway.

In Mark of the Ninja, you'll know what it is to truly be a ninja. You must be silent, agile and clever to outwit your opponents in a world of gorgeous scenery and flowing animation. Marked with cursed tattoos giving you heightened senses, every situation presents you with options.

Why similar: Platformer 69.7%, Indie 19.1%, Adventure 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a polished 2D urban stealth experience with a striking art style that complements the graffiti aesthetic of the seed game.

Explore alternate dimensions, fight interdimensional criminals, and solve crimes in this thrilling action platformer!

Why similar: Adventure 40%, Platformer 32.3%, Indie 27.7%

Why You'll Like It: Features fluid 2D platforming and a grappling hook mechanic that makes traversal feel dynamic and fast.

Extreme battles versus crazy bosses in this Intense 2D Platformer

Why similar: Platformer 50.7%, Indie 49.3%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging 2D action-platformer with a vibrant, cartoon-inspired art style that feels reminiscent of graffiti aesthetics.

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: Platformer 77.2%, Indie 22.8%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven puzzle-platformer where unique character abilities are essential for navigating minimalist, abstract levels.

Join Pixel as he quests through gaming history, teleporting across the most iconic video game systems of generations past. He’ll have to jump, dodge and play smart if he wants to survive all the traps, puzzles and enemies waiting to take him down at every turn.

Why similar: Platformer 61%, Indie 22.4%, Adventure 16.6%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-inspired platformer that celebrates the history of the genre with varied, stylized level designs.

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

Why similar: Platformer 78.1%, Indie 21.9%

Pitfall Planet is a couch co-op puzzle-solving adventure game set on a distant planet, where you'll need to use teamwork to complete levels and explore the caverns below! Pitfall Planet will put your friendship to the test; will both of you make it out alive?

Why similar: Adventure 58.7%, Indie 41.3%

Why You'll Like It: A charming co-op puzzle-platformer that focuses on teamwork and physics-based interactions in a 2D space.

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: Platformer 54.5%, Adventure 30.4%, Indie 15.1%

Experience an innovative co-op adventure where two players have to work together. Engage in collaborative puzzle solving and dynamic combat with each player having unique abilities. Delve into a psychological narrative that explores the essence of humanity.

Why similar: Platformer 66.1%, Adventure 33.9%

A frantic adventure platformer - control twin sisters at the same time as they navigate intense, hand-crafted parallel worlds!

Why similar: Adventure 55.6%, Indie 44.4%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, atmospheric puzzle-platformer that requires controlling two characters simultaneously to overcome obstacles.

Puzzling Action for One or Two Players.

Why similar: Platformer 62.6%, Adventure 27.4%, Indie 10%

Why You'll Like It: A difficult, arcade-style co-op puzzle-platformer that emphasizes tight controls and coordination.

Spirits Abyss is a roguelite platformer with destructible terrain. Cast into the Abysm you must explore its diverse depths battling phantasmic meanies and plundering its useful treasures to find a way home... but does something nestle beyond the realmic veil of death?

Why similar: Platformer 60.2%, Indie 20.2%, Adventure 19.6%

Two unique characters and a total of 4 islands and 16 levels to explore, Tobe's Vertical Adventure shall bring you back to the 16-bit era.

Why similar: Platformer 37.9%, Adventure 35.4%, Indie 26.7%

Why You'll Like It: A co-op platformer that focuses on vertical exploration and treasure hunting with a distinct indie charm.

Hack your way through brain scrambling puzzles while maneuvering through a thumb cramping maze of enemies.

Why similar: Indie 100%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-heavy game with co-op elements that requires quick thinking and spatial awareness to navigate levels.

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: Platformer 62.4%, Indie 37.6%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer that plays with gravity mechanics to create challenging navigation sequences.

Anima Flux is a co-op metroidvania with two genetically enhanced soldiers, special agents of a theocratic dictatorial regime. Fight your way through swarms of mutants through a desolate, dystopian space city and save humanity's last stronghold, if, of course, anyone is still alive...

Why similar: Platformer 43.5%, Adventure 33.8%, Indie 22.7%

Are you ready for the first Yoyovania?! In this 2D top-down adventure you'll explore a sprawling urban landscape, reinterpreting your surroundings through your mastery of yoyo tricks. Navigate the city's many districts, fight rival crime bosses, and regain the influence of the Pipistrello family!

Why similar: Platformer 61.6%, Adventure 29.3%, Indie 9.1%

NYC 2055: a city beyond salvation. Blast your way through this dense cyberpunk jungle in NEON INFERNO, an explosive fusion of 2D run-and-gun and gallery-shooter, and help the Family dominate its streets!

Why similar: Platformer 100%

Megabyte Punch is a fighting/beat ‘em up game in which you build your own fighter! As you travel through different environments, you battle other creatures to get their parts. Parts have their own powers and bonuses, like gun arms for a shoot ability or powerful hips for a devastating pelvic thrust attack.

Why similar: Platformer 65.3%, Adventure 34.7%

Upside Down will immerse you in an incredible adventure. Sharpen your reflexes for this fast-paced, precise puzzle-platformer.

Why similar: Indie 65%, Platformer 17.9%, Adventure 17.1%

CO-OP is a 2.5D puzzle-platformer. You control two robots; R3D, who can absorb all the light sources around him, and BLU3, who converts that energy into an explosive power. They find themselves in what seems like a recycling facility, with drones analyzing their every move...

Why similar: Indie 50%, Adventure 50%

Uncover the dark secrets of a gritty, tangled metropolis and battle diabolic villains with your trusty Gunbrella, a bulletproof brolly that doubles as a firearm.

Why similar: Platformer 75.1%, Adventure 23.3%, Indie 1.6%

Grab a friend and try to escape from the dungeons of TRISTOY in this story-driven coop-platformer.

Why similar: Adventure 55.8%, Indie 44.2%

Take control of Mace in this local co-op side scrolling platform shooter as you travel from assignment to assignment taking on enemy bots and dangerous bosses on different planets.

Why similar: Platformer 48.2%, Adventure 29.2%, Indie 22.5%

A puzzle-platformer set in a dystopian world where the invention of a cloning device has messed things up, big time. Armed with a clone gun and a mighty fine mustache, the chore of saving THE WHOLE OF CIVILIZATION rests on your shoulders. Don’t blow it.

Why similar: Platformer 54.1%, Adventure 32.1%, Indie 13.8%

Shuggy has just inherited a castle full of goblins, ghouls, zombies, and robots. Help him clear out over 100 rooms to make his new home liveable again!

Why similar: Platformer 74.5%, Indie 25.5%

Neoncube is a 2D-platformer in which you have to save Neoncity from the evil neon-bosses. Features include a Leveleditor, a Singleplayer and Coop-Multiplayer campaign, a Player Customization, Achievements and Trading Cards to fulfill your desires!

Why similar: Adventure 64.1%, Indie 35.9%

Revenge will consume you, but redemption will push you to your breaking point.Play as Dusty, a multi- weapon wielding warrior ready to face loads of outlawed criminals, dangerous creatures and the ruthless evil villain that rules them all.

Why similar: Platformer 75.6%, Indie 24.4%

Max: The Curse of Brotherhood is a cinematic adventure filled with action-packed platforming and creative puzzle-solving. Armed with only a Magic Marker, Max must confront evil at every turn in a hostile and fantastical world in order to save his kid brother, Felix. Join Max on his great adventure!

Why similar: Platformer 57.9%, Adventure 42.1%

Command treasure hunters Wyv and Keep through an ancient Amazonian temple in search of the Lost Idol! Use quick reflexes and teamwork to conquer a gauntlet of 60 fiendish puzzles and deadly traps. Unlock the secrets of the mystical Xu'hutl pygmies and their terrifying overlord, the great Quetzecola.

Why similar: Platformer 37.1%, Adventure 34.7%, Indie 28.3%

Dive into the wondrous world of the Inops! The 2D puzzle based side scrolling adventure of dark and light. Battle the fire breathing demons and rescue the scattered Inops.

Why similar: Adventure 57.7%, Indie 42.3%

Swordy is a local party brawler with chaotic physics-based action. Master the weapons of war, using momentum and timing to fight for your life in a world built on the bones of a ruined empire.

Why similar: Adventure 58%, Indie 42%

Rush through the cyberpunk landscapes of Neo Barcelona in Aeon Drive, an action-platformer with a speedrunning twist! Whether solo or in up to 4 player co-op, sprint and dash through many areas of the neon-infused city - and use your time and space-bending abilities to get ahead.

Why similar: Platformer 73.2%, Indie 26.8%

A puzzle platform game, with both stealth and parkour elements. Use your wits, cunning and agility to escape this deadly prison. Take the stealthy approach, progressing slowly, hiding and staying out of sight. Or utilise your athleticism to wall jump, ledge grab and speed run your way to freedom.

Why similar: Platformer 37.6%, Adventure 35.3%, Indie 27.1%

Possess the living, aid the dead and flip between the worlds of Flipping Death - a puzzling adventure platformer where you find yourself filling in for Death. Maybe your new powers will help you solve the mystery of your own demise?

Why similar: Adventure 60.5%, Indie 39.5%

Struggling is a physics-based co-op platformer with a twisted spin on teamwork. Control the arms of a squishy abomination and lead it through a deranged world.

Why similar: Platformer 37%, Adventure 35.2%, Indie 27.8%

Take on the hard yet fair world of Bloody Trapland. Jump, slide, dash and dodge your way through the many deadly levels. Find secrets, solve puzzles, unlock mysteries and unravel the story. Go at it alone or bring your friends along for a co-op experience like no other. 1-4 players online and/or splitscreen.

Why similar: Platformer 100%

Journey to another planet and discover its secrets in order to bring your loved one back to life. Experience an adventure, inspired by old school classics like Another World, Heart of Darkness and Flashback.

Why similar: Platformer 41.9%, Adventure 37%, Indie 21.1%

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 51.5%, Indie 25.9%, Adventure 22.7%

Rap Pop Jump Core is a hardcore action platformer demanding constant movement, quick decisions, and combat. Navigate a vibrant city by leaping between platforms. One mistake, and you fall to your fate. Escape swiftly!

Why similar: Platformer 80%, Adventure 20%

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: Platformer 65.4%, Indie 34.6%

Grocket is a minimalist, precision-based adventure and puzzle game. To survive in space, you not only have to escape numerous dangers, but also prove your skills at playing with and against other players.

Why similar: Platformer 64.4%, Adventure 21.7%, Indie 13.9%