Games Like Soulless: Ray Of Hope

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 25.5%, 2D Platformer 16.3%, Platformer 14.3%, Horror 12.1%, Action-Adventure 11%

Why You'll Like It: Developed by the same team as Limbo, it offers a similarly bleak, dystopian world filled with intricate puzzles and silent narrative beats.

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

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 47.5%, Platformer 18.4%, Puzzle 12.6%, Horror 9.1%, Side Scroller 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: This iconic title defines the dark, atmospheric puzzle-platformer genre with its minimalist art style and environmental storytelling.

A Void Hope takes you on an atmospheric narrative adventure to find a cure for a collapsed city. Follow the story of a tormented couple as they try to decipher reality from nightmares and evade the shadowy threats lurking in the dark.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 30.5%, 2D Platformer 26.5%, Platformer 14.8%, Exploration 14.4%, Puzzle 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: It captures a similar sense of melancholic, dystopian exploration through its atmospheric visuals and puzzle-driven gameplay.

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 23.7%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Platformer 13%, 2D Platformer 11.7%, Exploration 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game masterfully combines a dark, emotional story with atmospheric pixel art and challenging puzzle-platforming segments.

Schein is a 2D precision side-scrolling puzzle platformer. Use the magic of light to explore hidden worlds, solve challenging puzzles, and defeat deadly beasts in this award-winning atmospheric action-adventure game.

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

Why You'll Like It: This game utilizes a light-shifting mechanic that creates complex puzzle-platforming scenarios within a mysterious, dark forest setting.

Eternal Hope is a puzzle platformer game that follows the story of Ti’bi – a boy who must embark on a journey of love and hope to find his beloved’s soul.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 27.4%, Platformer 19.3%, 2D Platformer 16.8%, Puzzle 10.9%, Story Rich 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: This title focuses on emotional storytelling and unique puzzle mechanics that require navigating between different dimensions.

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 22.3% ★, Sokoban 17.9% ★, Precision Platformer 11.4%, Side Scroller 8.3%, Puzzle Platformer 7.5%

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

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 28.3%, Platformer 15%, Exploration 14%, Puzzle 12.3%, Horror 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a dense, mysterious world filled with intricate puzzles and exploration that rewards careful observation.

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

Why similar: Side Scroller 28.5%, Puzzle Platformer 23.7%, Platformer 21.6%, Puzzle 10%, Horror 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: It is heavily inspired by the Limbo aesthetic, offering a dark, subterranean journey filled with traps and puzzles.

After decades of toil, an old machinist plots his escape from Communism, through manipulation and scheming. Along the road, he befriends the most unlikely creature, an abandoned robot. Could they solve the puzzles and flee this bleak world together?

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 26.6%, Side Scroller 21.7%, Platformer 17%, Puzzle 11.2%, Horror 11%

Why You'll Like It: Set in a grim, industrial landscape, this game mirrors the silent, puzzle-heavy exploration found in Soulless.

OVIVO is a minimalistic platformer with unusual mechanics where everything is as simple as black and white. The journey in this metaphoric world is filled with illusions and hidden messages.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 30.2%, Platformer 22.4%, Side Scroller 18.6%, Horror 11.7%, Puzzle 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, physics-based platformer that uses a black-and-white aesthetic to create unique, gravity-defying puzzles.

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 28.3%, Puzzle Platformer 26.6%, Platformer 19.3%, Psychological Horror 8.9%, Side Scroller 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric puzzle-platformer that explores deep themes through its unique cloning mechanics and eerie, isolated setting.

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 25.2%, Platformer 24.9%, Relaxing 14%, Story Rich 11.3%, Puzzle 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game is a masterpiece of emotional storytelling and atmospheric platforming, focusing on a journey through grief and color.

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 23.3%, Side Scroller 21.6%, Platformer 13%, Action-Adventure 9.5%, Puzzle 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: This underwater puzzle-platformer captures a similar sense of isolation and danger in a dark, unforgiving environment.

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 Platformer 23.8%, Puzzle 22.9%, Platformer 21.1%, Side Scroller 13.2%, Action 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: While more vibrant, it shares the emotional depth and physics-based puzzle-platforming that makes Soulless so compelling.

💀🧩🕹️ Beyond The Darkness is a horror adventure game with puzzles where you help little girl Milly battle nightmares in the darkness to find her missing family. You will find yourself in bizarre worlds of memories, distorted by fears, and your only weapon will be the light of a small lamp...

Why similar: Horror 25.1%, Puzzle Platformer 24%, Platformer 13.4%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Puzzle 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: This horror-themed puzzle-platformer focuses on using light to overcome fears in a dark, surreal world.

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 43%, Side Scroller 29.1%, Horror 18.5%, 2D 4.9%, Action 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: This physics-based platformer focuses on dark, atmospheric exploration and environmental puzzles in a cave-like setting.

Experience a meta horror pixel platformer retro game haunted by a mysterious yandere.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 21.7%, Puzzle Platformer 18%, 2D Platformer 13.2%, Platformer 11.9%, Horror 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: It blends meta-horror elements with traditional puzzle-platforming, creating a tense and unsettling experience.

“Probably the best downloadable title on the market right now.” 9/10 – Eurogamer.se

Why similar: Platformer 41.3%, Side Scroller 32.4%, Horror 8.3%, Action 6.2%, Puzzle 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, side-scrolling cinematic platformer that emphasizes survival and environmental puzzle-solving in a post-apocalyptic world.

Slip into the role of an unusual HERO and find the last letter to restore hope in a merciless world.

Why similar: Side Scroller 32.1%, Puzzle Platformer 31.2%, Platformer 17.2%, Puzzle 13.1%, 2D 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: It features a unique word-based puzzle mechanic set within a dark, hostile world that feels very similar to Soulless.

Experience the epic journey of Nuna and Fox as they search for the source of an eternal blizzard that threatens the survival of everything they have ever known.

Why similar: Platformer 28.8%, Puzzle Platformer 21.2%, Side Scroller 18.8%, Puzzle 10.5%, Story Rich 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: This atmospheric puzzle-platformer blends cultural storytelling with mechanics that require careful navigation through harsh environments.

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

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 34.8%, Platformer 20.9%, Puzzle 18.5%, Side Scroller 13.7%, 2D Platformer 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: A clever puzzle-platformer where changing the background color alters the world, offering a unique twist on exploration.

Traverse a dried-out seabed littered with the remains of a decaying civilization. Keep your unique vessel going, overcome numerous obstacles and withstand the hazardous weather conditions. How far can you make it? What will you find?

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 27.9%, Platformer 17.1%, Exploration 14.9%, Puzzle 13.8%, Action-Adventure 12.6%

Why You'll Like It: While more focused on vehicle management, it provides the same sense of a lonely, atmospheric journey across a desolate landscape.

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 32.1%, Puzzle Platformer 21.3%, Puzzle 15.9%, Side Scroller 13.5%, Exploration 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game features intricate, physics-based puzzle-platforming set in a beautiful, steampunk-inspired world.

A minimalist 2D platformer about a liquid cat, locked in a world she doesn't quite understand, trying to get out.

Why similar: Platformer 37.4%, Psychological Horror 20.5%, Cute 17.9%, Story Rich 12.8%, 2D 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, atmospheric platformer that focuses on fluid movement and puzzle-solving in a dark, abstract world.

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 45.2%, 2D Platformer 19.5%, Platformer 16.3%, Puzzle 12.5%, Side Scroller 2.9%

Why You'll Like It: A classic puzzle-platformer that uses time manipulation to create deep, thoughtful challenges within a melancholic narrative.

Candle is an adventure with challenging puzzles. Play as Teku, a young novice on a dangerous journey to rescue his tribe's shaman from the evil tribe of the Wakcha. But the way is littered with sinister traps and difficult obstacles.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 49.4%, Puzzle 26.3%, Platformer 18.8%, 2D 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: It features a distinct, hand-painted art style and challenging puzzles that require careful observation of the environment.

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: Puzzle Platformer 35.9%, Side Scroller 17.6%, 2D Platformer 15.7%, Platformer 13%, Puzzle 12.2%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer that focuses on character-swapping mechanics to navigate through increasingly complex and dangerous levels.

Degrees of Separation is a puzzle platformer where cooperation is built into every move. Two contrasting souls, Ember and Rime, fall in love, but are separated by an enigmatic force, and must use their powers to progress through a spectacular world of fantasy and adventure.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 22.5%, Side Scroller 19.5%, 2D Platformer 15.6%, Platformer 11.6%, Puzzle 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game uses opposing elemental mechanics to solve puzzles, mirroring the environmental interaction found in Soulless.

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 21.8%, Side Scroller 18.3%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Platformer 12.2%, Horror 11.4%

PLANET ALPHA, a beautiful alien world filled with mystery and danger. Pursued by relentless enemies, you must harness the power of night and day as you struggle to survive.

Why similar: Side Scroller 29.7%, Puzzle Platformer 20.5%, Platformer 19.3%, 2D Platformer 12.7%, Exploration 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric platformer that emphasizes visual storytelling and environmental puzzles on a mysterious, alien world.

Hiiro is a 2D platform game focused on ambient exploration and puzzle solving. Discover a grand world filled with mysterious artifacts and forgotten ruins. Become immersed in relaxing gameplay and meditative music. Remain observant as you unravel an explanation for your solitude.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 28.7%, Platformer 26%, Exploration 14.7%, Puzzle 14.3%, Cute 9.1%

Wander a castle built of bitter memories in LOVE ETERNAL, a psychological horror platformer with devious trials and an unsettling, experimental narrative. Find a way out - or live in Shelter forever more.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 30.3%, Puzzle Platformer 16.8%, 2D Platformer 11.9%, Platformer 11.6%, Horror 9%

Explore terrifying liminal spaces. Horror walking simulator with reality-bending platforming and supernatural threats. Get lost between dimensions.

Why similar: Platformer 32.3%, Puzzle 22.9%, Exploration 18%, Action 10.7%, Psychological Horror 10.6%

Jump, hover and clean your way through this precision platformer combining permissive jetpack mechanics with a compassionate narrative about getting lost in your own fear.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 41.4%, Side Scroller 15.4%, Platformer 14.3%, 2D Platformer 10.6%, Linear 7.4%

A uniquely stylised survival-horror adventure game. Explore a dying world, averting enemies, managing your resources, and solving puzzles.

Why similar: Action-Adventure 23.1%, Horror 22.9%, Psychological Horror 22.3%, Exploration 17.3%, Story Rich 14.5%

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: Platformer 31.6%, Puzzle Platformer 26.8%, Puzzle 19.8%, Side Scroller 15.4%, Horror 6.4%

A tough platformer following a girl diving over the heads of terrifying creatures and bouncing off walls to traverse a mysterious, unsettling world that's so much bigger than her: the "world between all worlds"

Why similar: Precision Platformer 32.3%, 2D Platformer 17.9%, Platformer 16.3%, Exploration 10.4%, Horror 8.6%

Mystical puzzle quest game in a gloomy minimalism style will tell you a story of a person who's got himself into a camera, and from which there is no way out it seems. Experimental gameplay diluted with a pinch of a philosophy, that's what SORE is.

Why similar: Silent Protagonist 43.7% ★, Side Scroller 12.6%, Puzzle Platformer 11.8%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Linear 8%

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 30.9%, 2D Platformer 25.4%, Exploration 13.2%, Platformer 12%, Story Rich 10.9%

An ex-minister ventures through the frozen depths of Hell in search of his kidnapped daughter.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 29.5%, Side Scroller 23.1%, Platformer 17.4%, Puzzle 11.6%, Story Rich 9.1%

Hollow Floor is an exploration-based single-sitting Metroidvania inspired by VVVVVV and REDDER. Hollow Floor is a relaxed game that is full of secrets and hard challenges that can be tackled at any moment in the game or completely ignored.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 39.8%, 2D Platformer 15.9%, Platformer 11.2%, Cute 10.1%, Exploration 8.1%

In Nightmare is a narrative-driven horror adventure game combining sneak action with diverse puzzles. It follows a young boy in search for the last hope of love who is working out his own salvation by navigating through his fear.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 43.8%, Psychological Horror 20%, Exploration 19.2%, Story Rich 7.3%, Puzzle 6.3%

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 31.2%, Puzzle Platformer 21.1%, 2D Platformer 15.1%, Platformer 12%, Puzzle 8.3%

Cast into an ancient crypt, survive the horrors that dwell below, and ascend from despair with your unexpected companion in this short 2D puzzle platformer. Take risks to evade the petrifying gaze from beyond the dark.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 28.5%, 2D Platformer 21.9%, Platformer 21.8%, Puzzle 14.3%, Horror 9.2%

2D puzzle platforming adventure with a heavy story about life and psychology told without words.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 85.3%, 2D 14.7%

Awita: Journey of Hope is a captivating side-scrolling metroidvania game that follows the remarkable journey of a courageous girl determined to rescue her village from the clutches of a devastating epidemic.

Why similar: Side Scroller 27%, 2D Platformer 20.5%, Platformer 14.9%, Exploration 12.2%, Cute 8.3%

Adventures of different characters with their unique atmosphere and puzzles.

Why similar: Platformer 29.1%, Puzzle 20.6%, Exploration 16.5%, Relaxing 15.2%, 2D 8.2%

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 25.2%, Platformer 21.7%, Precision Platformer 20.9%, Exploration 10.9%, Story Rich 7%

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 35.9%, Platformer 18.8%, Side Scroller 15.6%, Cute 10%, Story Rich 6.8%

Simple platformer in a dark setting

Why similar: Side Scroller 32.1%, 2D Platformer 23.6%, Platformer 21.9%, Linear 12.2%, 2D 5.3%

LAPIN is a 2D precision platformer game featuring a group of brave rabbit explorers. Break through life-threatening obstacles with precise controls, and embark on an adventure filled with new encounters and stunning landscapes!

Why similar: Precision Platformer 23.6%, Side Scroller 14.5%, Puzzle Platformer 12.3%, 2D Platformer 10.9%, Platformer 8.8%

Momentum-driven old school platformer with modern graphics & physics with a focus on exploration. Offers precision and on later levels a lot of speed. Each world brings new abilities & gameplay

Why similar: Action 100%

Enter the hauntingly beautiful shadow world of In His Time, a 2D puzzle-solving adventure game. There you will meet Olly and join him to solve puzzles throughout each step of his emotional journey of growth and self-discovery.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 31.4%, Platformer 15.6%, 2D Platformer 14.3%, Exploration 9.4%, Story Rich 9.3%

An action adventure about a ghost’s journey through the afterlife. Possess enemies and the environment and fend off hostile spirits in pursuit of starry fragments from a past life.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 32.2%, Action-Adventure 14.7%, Exploration 14.4%, Cute 12.8%, Puzzle 12.8%

When everything seems hopeless a child is awakened by the whispers of the last leaf, drawn into an imaginary world. Unleaving invites the player into a narrative-driven puzzle platformer where each challenge unfolds within a hand-painted landscape, exploring perception and meaning

Why similar: Side Scroller 23.9%, 2D Platformer 18.7%, Puzzle Platformer 16.4%, Platformer 16%, Puzzle 10.9%

Space Expedition is a 2D sci-fi platformer where you play as an astronaut who is sent to a space station to collect samples of mysterious dark matter. Space Expedition combines puzzle platforming, pixel art, and atmospheric adventures set in the style of 1980s sci-fi horror films.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 29.8%, 2D Platformer 26.6%, Platformer 16%, Exploration 15%, Story Rich 6.9%

Embark on a surrealistic afterlife journey to discover the secrets of the broken and mysterious Plane of Memory in this cinematic adventure with a hint of stealth. Dive into a wonderful voxel world with an intense atmosphere and save the day!

Why similar: Platformer 19%, Linear 16.3%, Action-Adventure 14.5%, Exploration 13.3%, Puzzle 12.8%

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 23.9%, Side Scroller 19.4%, Platformer 12.7%, 2D Platformer 12.6%, Action-Adventure 9.7%

JAD is an atmospheric jumping and puzzle platformer.

Why similar: Side Scroller 27.5%, 2D Platformer 21%, Platformer 20.2%, Puzzle 15.1%, Cute 9.1%