Games Like Stay Alight

Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.

Why similar: Casual 64.7%, Puzzle 35.3%

Why You'll Like It: This classic title shares the core satisfaction of physics-based aiming and clearing targets with limited projectiles.

Join the Peggle Masters on a dreamtime adventure of alter egos and peg-tastic action. Stay up late to aim, shoot and clear orange pegs, and bask in Extreme Fever glory under the silver moon.

Why similar: Casual 67.6%, Puzzle 32.4%

Why You'll Like It: Like the original, this sequel offers the same addictive physics-based puzzle gameplay that rewards precision and luck.

Welcome to the world of CastleStorm, a super genre mashup of 2D physics destruction mashed with tower defense brawler! CastleStorm was born out of the fond childhood memory of building and destroying LEGO castles.

Why similar: Action 39.4%, Indie 33.8%, Casual 26.8%

Why You'll Like It: It combines physics-based projectile combat with tower defense elements, mirroring the strategic destruction found in Stay Alight.

The worms are back in their most destructive game yet. With a gorgeous, hand-drawn 2D look, brand new weapons, the introduction of crafting, vehicles and buildings plus the return of some much-loved classic weapons and gameplay, Worms W.M.D is the best worms experience ever.

Why similar: Action 76.7%, Casual 23.3%

Why You'll Like It: It features the same core mechanic of using projectiles and physics to eliminate cartoonish enemies in a destructible environment.

Ten years on from Worms™ Armageddon and the turn-based comic mayhem continues in Worms™ Reloaded, an all-new edition available for PC through Steam.

Why similar: Action 100%

Why You'll Like It: A classic entry in the series that focuses on turn-based, physics-driven projectile combat similar to the core loop of the seed game.

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: Casual 36.8%, Puzzle 34.3%, Indie 28.9%

Why You'll Like It: This puzzle game focuses on light-based mechanics and environmental manipulation, appealing to fans of the 'light' theme in Stay Alight.

World of Goo is a multiple award winning physics based puzzle / construction game made entirely by two guys.

Why similar: Puzzle 48.1%, Indie 29.9%, Casual 22.1%

Why You'll Like It: This title relies heavily on physics-based puzzle solving and a whimsical art style that matches the casual charm of Stay Alight.

Crazy Machines 3 is the latest, greatest, most amazing and craziest part of the series and fascinates once more with physic-based puzzles. Build your own crazy machines and share your awesomeness across the world thanks to the Steam® Workshop.

Why similar: Puzzle 78.5%, Casual 21.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on complex physics-based contraptions and puzzles, appealing to players who enjoy the mechanical nature of Stay Alight.

Crayon Physics Deluxe is a 2D physics puzzle / sandbox game, in which you get to experience what it would be like if your drawings would be magically transformed into real physical objects. Solve puzzles with your artistic vision and creative use of physics.

Why similar: Casual 37.2%, Puzzle 36.7%, Indie 26.2%

Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes creative, physics-based problem solving where players draw objects to interact with the environment.

Enter the Aperture Science Enrichment Center and experience Bridge Constructor Portal – the unique merging of the classic Portal™ and Bridge Constructor™ games.

Why similar: Puzzle 70.1%, Casual 19.2%, Indie 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: It blends physics-based construction puzzles with a humorous tone, providing a satisfying challenge similar to physics-based arcade games.

You have to find out what happened in this fantastic world and help the Raccoon find his way home!

Why similar: Puzzle 48%, Casual 27.4%, Indie 24.6%

Why You'll Like It: This puzzle-platformer uses light mechanics and character-based action to solve levels, sharing thematic similarities with the seed game.

Throw your toys into your fire, and play with them as they burn. An adventure that takes place almost entirely in front of a fireplace - about looking up up up out of the chimney, and the cold world just on the other side of the wall. From the creators of World of Goo and Human Resource Machine.

Why similar: Casual 45%, Indie 29.3%, Puzzle 25.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a casual, physics-heavy experience centered on burning items, sharing the lighthearted and quirky atmosphere of the seed game.

Life on Earth is unsustainable. Humanity must seek a new home but the only planet found is very hostile. You were sent on a expedition to slay the monsters inhabiting the surface of this planet. In this adventure you end up being the villain. Game contains two basic controls, many puzzles and lots of guns and enemies.

Why similar: Casual 38.4%, Action 33%, Indie 28.5%

Why You'll Like It: A simple, casual action game that provides quick, level-based fun similar to the arcade nature of Stay Alight.

LightFish is a highly addictive arcade game, where the user controls a small fish who lives in the abyssal deeps of the ocean... surrounded by deadly creatures.

Why similar: Casual 34.9%, Action 26.4%, Indie 26.3%, Puzzle 12.4%

Why You'll Like It: An arcade-style game that features simple, satisfying mechanics and a focus on navigation and avoiding obstacles.

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

Why similar: Action 41.1%, Puzzle 29.7%, Indie 19.5%, Casual 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: While more platform-heavy, it utilizes physics-based interactions and environmental puzzles that feel rewarding to solve.

The world is shattering and you are the only hope to restore the balance. A thrilling and challenging 3D puzzle platformer game, Almightree: The Last Dreamer has you racing through a crumbling world to find your way to awaken the life giving Almightree.

Why similar: Action 40.1%, Indie 33.6%, Puzzle 26.2%

Why You'll Like It: This puzzle-platformer offers a charming art style and level-based challenges that fit the casual, indie puzzle genre.

Linelight is an elegant puzzle game set in a world of lines.

Why similar: Casual 33.1%, Puzzle 25.8%, Indie 22.9%, Action 18.3%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist puzzle game that focuses on timing and movement, offering a clean, satisfying experience similar to the seed game's simplicity.

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

Why similar: Puzzle 50.2%, Indie 49.8%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer that focuses on lighting up the environment, echoing the thematic light-based gameplay of Stay Alight.

Enter the ambient world of Osmos: elegant, physics-based gameplay, dreamlike visuals, and a minimalist, electronic soundtrack. Your objective is to grow by absorbing other motes. Propel yourself by ejecting matter behind you. But be wise: ejecting matter also shrinks you. Relax - good things come to those who wait.

Why similar: Casual 39.9%, Puzzle 30.4%, Indie 29.7%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a relaxing yet challenging physics-based experience focused on movement and absorption, matching the casual puzzle vibe.

Aliens have taken over the planet and enslaved humanity. Only you have the know-how to drive back the dastardly threat, free your fellow Earthlings and SAVE THE WORLD.

Why similar: Action 50.8%, Indie 36.5%, Puzzle 12.7%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based action game that encourages creative problem solving and environmental destruction to complete objectives.

Super Mustache is a vintage styled platformer, filled to the brim with 8 bit pixel art juice! Join Captain Super Mustache in a journey to save the planet Uranus. If you enjoyed classic platformer games from the golden era of video games, then you’re going to love this.

Why similar: Indie 54.8%, Casual 23.4%, Action 21.8%

Why You'll Like It: A casual platformer that captures the indie, cartoonish aesthetic and simple, fun gameplay loop of the seed game.

Overcome obstacles and restore the cyber world ByteFamily, eliminating the system virus, unlocking new game modes and gaining new skills! HERE IS THE TERRIBLE WORLD ENEMIES BYTE FAMILY

Why similar: Action 45.1%, Indie 36.3%, Casual 18.6%

Why You'll Like It: A casual, indie adventure that features a lighthearted tone and simple mechanics suitable for short play sessions.

Stop the New World Order in this challenging game!

Why similar: Casual 43.8%, Action 31.8%, Indie 24.4%

Why You'll Like It: This casual action game provides straightforward, level-based gameplay that mirrors the arcade feel of the seed game.

Help Zobillie reach the legendary meat farm. A long road ahead: a 90 complex levels full of puzzles and traps.

Why similar: Casual 34.1%, Action 29.2%, Indie 24.5%, Puzzle 12.2%

Why You'll Like It: This puzzle game features grid-based movement and logic challenges that provide a similar casual, level-by-level progression.

Sparkle Unleashed is a wonderfully polished casual action puzzle game. Match like colored orbs before they fall into the abyss, unlock earthshaking powerups, and conquer more than a 100 levels! Carve a path of light through an enchanting world of mystery and magic!

Why similar: Casual 34.9%, Action 29%, Indie 23.4%, Puzzle 12.7%

Why You'll Like It: A casual, physics-adjacent puzzle game that focuses on clearing paths and matching elements in an arcade style.

A retro-style arkanoid about fighting aliens to save the mankind.

Why similar: Casual 38.6%, Action 34.7%, Indie 26.7%

Why You'll Like It: An action-oriented puzzle game that focuses on clearing the screen, providing a similar arcade-style experience.

Neon prism is a fun and simple but at the same time highly addictive game.

Why similar: Casual 38.8%, Action 29.4%, Indie 23.7%, Puzzle 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: This puzzle game uses light and reflection mechanics, making it a strong thematic match for the seed game's focus on light.

Hungry flame is an action packed, vibrant game. The main goal is saving yourself from the flame that is chasing you.

Why similar: Casual 42.4%, Action 31.1%, Indie 26.5%

Why You'll Like It: A casual indie game that focuses on simple, satisfying mechanics and a quick, arcade-like progression.

In a world oppressed by ruthless machines, a stronghold full of die-hard TV-sets resists the persecution. Your lost friends and the lack of resources drive you to take action against the extinction. Brave the dangers and go find your comrades to rescue your species!

Why similar: Indie 54%, Action 46%

Save the universe in this casual arcade game.

Why similar: Casual 39.7%, Action 32.8%, Indie 27.5%

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: Action 54%, Indie 46%

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!

Why similar: Casual 46.4%, Action 41%, Indie 12.6%

Become the part of the legend and save the stolen princess!

Why similar: Indie 41.8%, Puzzle 35.3%, Casual 22.9%

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 similar: Casual 59.1%, Indie 40.9%

In a land of enchantment, torn by evil, a hero arrives to save the day! Guide Solar and his band of helpers as they set out to stop the dark sorcerer Grogan from achieving eternal life and to rescue the fair Lumina.

Why similar: Casual 85.7%, Indie 14.3%

Blink the Bulb is a 16-bit platformer composed of massive, holiday-themed realms. Explore six unique worlds, mix and match varied power ups, and stave off the nefarious Holidaemon in this throwback to games of yore.

Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%

Help the Valiant Knight to save a beautiful Princess.

Why similar: Action 72.6%, Indie 27.4%

In a world gone wild, there's only one animal man enough to put his foot down!Join Frebb's small clique of reluctant "friends" as they rumble, tumble, and action-platform their way through the craziest journey of the year!

Why similar: Action 100%

Prepare yourself for mind-blowing puzzle strategy in new dimensions! You think Starlaxis is just a small puzzle game? THINK AGAIN! Master breath-taking challenges, win seemingly impossible boss fights, complete multiple missions goals, overcome dozens of enemies, and last but not least: Save EARTH!

Why similar: Action 31.1%, Casual 30.1%, Indie 25%, Puzzle 13.8%

PIXELMAN is a retro styled, action-filled, high-score chaser arcade game, where you control the title character in his mission to rescue the citizens of Pixville from the evil Baron Von Pixel and his contraptions.

Why similar: Casual 38.8%, Action 34.3%, Indie 26.8%

Save the Universe with the Alien-Cat in this brand new puzzle-platformer game! Jump on your enemies heads, push the boxes and walk on the ceiling.

Why similar: Indie 77.3%, Casual 22.7%

Aliens Invaded Our Planet is a Multiplayer / CO-OP (Up to 6P) FPS & Arcade Style Action game, the game is about alien invasion in 1900s Richalley Town. Shoot and run for your life against the aliens!

Why similar: Casual 37.5%, Action 35.3%, Indie 27.2%

Play this awesome meme shooter and destroy fictional zombie politics who has ruined the world and safe all money

Why similar: Casual 39.2%, Action 33.7%, Indie 27.1%

Evil aliens invaded our peaceful pixel country. They destroyed all living thing around. You must stop them. Make the deadly jump into the darkness, defeat the Crushers and save our world!

Why similar: Casual 57%, Indie 43%

Pioneers against aliens! JustAxe is an exciting 2D platformer with puzzles, interactive environments and unusual setting! Solve riddles, combine your moves, and set out to save your hometown and possibly all of humanity... And don’t forget to take your axe with you!

Why similar: Action 100%

Take control of Zeb in this puzzle/platformer. He is a small energy based life form from space, known as a Plazma Being. While journeying through space to his home, Zeb was surprised to find that he was being kidnapped by aliens. They took him back to their planet and unceremoniously threw him into captivity.

Why similar: Puzzle 40.3%, Action 29.9%, Indie 29.8%

Fluffy Creatures VS The World is a simple platforming indie game that puts the player in control of Fluffy McCuddleston, a member of a peaceful, intellectual race. Can you save yourself and the entire Fluffyland?

Why similar: Indie 51.7%, Casual 26%, Action 22.3%

"TurnOn" tells the spellbinding tale of a brave alien creature and its striking journey through blackout world, in an incredibly colorful and detailed platformer without platforms.

Why similar: Casual 40.5%, Action 31.5%, Indie 28%

Grab your axe and save the environment by chopping and recycling every man-made thing in your path and solving puzzles with your charming animal friends!

Why similar: Casual 39.6%, Puzzle 33.4%, Action 26.9%

Protect the world from Mr. CL-34N! You're designated to use magnets in order to progress, but nothing can stop you!

Why similar: Casual 58%, Indie 42%

You must save the world, whatever the cost...

Why similar: Action 56.2%, Indie 43.8%

MONOLIGHT is 2D plat-former puzzle adventure game. Using tiny lantern, go through the maze.

Why similar: Indie 62%, Puzzle 38%

No Time, you must save the kingdom from demons. Kill all monsters and Stop the Arch Demon! The Salvation of the kingdom lies in your hands.

Why similar: Action 54.9%, Indie 45.1%

Embark on a moldy adventure in a land of bread. Play as Bradley the Breadapus, a waffle-tailed bread platypus, in this quirky action platformer and battle to cleanse a world infected by mold. Break the mold, save the world!

Why similar: Indie 36.8%, Action 35.2%, Casual 28%

Accident Liquidator is an exciting 3D arcade action-adventure game that throws you into situations where each day presents new challenges necessary for survival.

Why similar: Casual 37.5%, Indie 33.2%, Action 29.2%

Help Mr. Run and Jump defeat the terrifying Void and collect all of the Power Gems from the Realms of Color! Venture through a dazzling and dangerous world, dodging countless enemies and conquering hundreds of fierce platforming challenges to save the day!

Why similar: Action 100%

Greetings Space Traveler, we need you to save the universe again! New virus variants threaten our galaxy. Level up with a new arsenal of weapons to combat them!

Why similar: Casual 45.4%, Action 31%, Indie 23.6%

Welcome to the galaxy of An Alien with a Magnet, an amazing new platform-adventure-puzzler with a literal twist! Pick up diamonds, find secret orbs and unlock new levels to get the alien home safely in this new crazy game.

Why similar: Casual 60.6%, Indie 39.4%

Minimalistic puzzle game telling about a tricky life situation, which gets your Hero. Mysterious world and treacherous enemies. Strange laws of this weird reality. Here the help of friends is more dangerous than the attack of enemies! Welcome to NEONomicon!

Why similar: Indie 39.1%, Action 34.5%, Casual 26.4%