Games Like Strange Creatures

PICO PARK is a cooperative local/online multiplay action puzzle game for 2-8 players.

Why similar: Casual 25.7%, Co-op 24.7%, Puzzle Platformer 22.9%, Multiplayer 16.9%, Indie 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: A chaotic multiplayer puzzle-platformer that relies heavily on coordination and wacky group problem-solving.

Embark on the craziest journey of your life in It Takes Two. Invite a friend to join for free with Friend’s Pass and work together across a huge variety of gleefully disruptive gameplay challenges. Winner of GAME OF THE YEAR at the Game Awards 2021.

Why similar: Co-op 66.5%, Multiplayer 20.1%, Puzzle Platformer 13.4%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive co-op puzzle-platformer experience that requires constant communication and creative teamwork.

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: Co-op 66.4%, Multiplayer 18.5%, Puzzle Platformer 9.6%, Indie 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: Features adorable characters connected by yarn, emphasizing physics-based co-op platforming similar to Strange Creatures.

ibb & obb is a two player cooperative game set in a puzzle filled world where gravity goes both up and down. You can only succeed by working closely together. Find a friend for some true local co-op couch fun or match up online.

Why similar: Co-op 49.6%, Indie 23.4%, Puzzle Platformer 11.7%, Multiplayer 7.7%, Casual 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A classic co-op puzzle-platformer that requires tight synchronization to navigate gravity-defying levels.

Human Fall Flat is a hilarious, light-hearted platformer set in floating dreamscapes that can be played solo or with up to 8 players online. Free new levels keep its vibrant community rewarded.

Why similar: Co-op 36.4%, Puzzle Platformer 29.5%, Multiplayer 13.5%, Indie 11.4%, Casual 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: Offers hilarious, physics-based co-op puzzle solving with wobbly characters and creative solutions.

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: Co-op 36.4%, Puzzle Platformer 30.1%, Indie 22.7%, Multiplayer 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: A co-op puzzle-platformer where two characters must swap sizes and abilities to overcome obstacles.

DYO is a mind-bending cooperative platformer for one or two players where you can hop between two halves of a split screen.

Why similar: Indie 41.1%, Co-op 25.9%, Puzzle Platformer 24.6%, Multiplayer 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A unique co-op puzzle-platformer where players split the screen to manipulate the environment.

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: Casual 57.2%, Indie 42.8%

Why You'll Like It: A charming co-op puzzle-platformer focused on gathering resources and helping each other navigate levels.

"Tiny Brains" is a cooperative action puzzler that follows four super-powered lab animals in their attempt to escape a mad scientist's experiments. In this joyously chaotic multiplayer game, the four "Tiny Brains" must combine their unique physics-based powers to navigate through a trick-ridden maze.

Why similar: Casual 43.1%, Indie 32.6%, Co-op 24.3%

Why You'll Like It: A co-op puzzle game where four players use unique animal abilities to solve physics-based challenges.

Heave Ho is a riotous multiplayer party game for up to four players in couch co-op and versus play, or online with Steam Remote Play. Reach out, get a grip, and swing to victory — or meet your messy end!

Why similar: Co-op 41.5%, Indie 40.3%, Multiplayer 18.2%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based co-op platformer with wacky movement mechanics that demand teamwork to avoid falling.

Take control of five cute, mystical creatures of miniature proportions called CreaVures. CreaVures always travel in pairs, and they must use their special abilities to help each other solve interesting platforming puzzles.

Why similar: Indie 100%

Why You'll Like It: A cute puzzle-platformer featuring creatures with distinct abilities that must be used together to progress.

Grab your best bud for help in this new co-op challenge to help two adorable penguins, Bread and Fred, reach the top of the snowy summit. Time your jumps, cling to walls and swing across gaps to see how far you can make it before you tumble all the way back down the mountain.

Why similar: Co-op 56.8%, Casual 29%, Multiplayer 14.2%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging co-op platformer where two players are tethered together, requiring perfect timing and coordination.

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 50%, Co-op 50%

Why You'll Like It: A beautiful co-op puzzle-platformer where two characters manipulate heat and cold to solve environmental puzzles.

The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 50.7%, Co-op 49.3%

Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for co-op puzzle solving, featuring distinct mechanics that require two players to think in tandem.

Grab a friend and get squishy! Putty Pals is the ultimate co-op platformer, challenging two players to work together and overcome puzzles in a bright and beautiful world.

Why similar: Indie 49.4%, Puzzle Platformer 19.2%, Casual 18.8%, Multiplayer 12.6%

Why You'll Like It: A colorful co-op puzzle-platformer centered on teamwork and overcoming obstacles with a partner.

Share the love and die trying! KarmaZoo is a joyful, altruistic, cooperative platformer where up to 10 random players help each other with the unique abilities of 50 different characters - all for the sake of good Karma.

Why similar: Casual 47.2%, Puzzle Platformer 28%, Co-op 13.8%, Multiplayer 11%

Why You'll Like It: A cooperative platformer that emphasizes helping others and working together to succeed in cute, stylized levels.

Meet Bleep and Bloop as they help each other overcome all the challenges that stand in their way. A light-hearted and playful puzzle game about working together.

Why similar: Casual 56.4%, Indie 43.6%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist co-op puzzle-platformer that focuses on simple, satisfying mechanics for two players.

The best-selling Trine series returns to the magic of 2.5D! Join three iconic heroes as they set off on a quest through fantastical fairytale landscapes to save the world from the Nightmare Prince’s shadows.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 37.5%, Co-op 31.3%, Indie 19.3%, Multiplayer 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based puzzle-platformer where players use unique character abilities to solve environmental challenges.

Death Squared is a co-op puzzle game about cooperation, communication, and robot explosions. You should buy it!

Why similar: Casual 36.9%, Co-op 35.7%, Indie 27.4%

Why You'll Like It: A co-op puzzle game that tests communication and teamwork through increasingly complex, trap-filled levels.

BFF or Die is a cozy/crazy couch co-op puzzle-action game for one to four players. As time traveling aliens you’re sent on a risky rescue mission to Earth! Use your gadgets collaboratively to overcome danger and survive as a team.

Why similar: Co-op 100%

Why You'll Like It: A co-op puzzle game that requires strategic teamwork and careful planning to survive.

Some pets got lost from their owners in an office and now need to work together, using boxes, mats, buttons, climb on shelves and tables or just make a mess trying to find them in this colorful local co-op game!

Why similar: Casual 38.2%, Puzzle Platformer 32.5%, Co-op 29.3%

Why You'll Like It: A co-op puzzle-platformer featuring animal characters that must coordinate to reach the end of each level.

Two lost beings and you are the only bond... Play with a friend to guide and reunite them on their journey in this communication-based coop puzzle adventure. You play on two devices with no connection except your voice!

Why similar: Casual 45.3%, Co-op 36.7%, Multiplayer 18%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-focused co-op experience that requires players to share information to solve complex riddles.

Bake ‘n Switch is a cute, yet tough couch co-op and PvP party game for 1-4 players. Embark on a 'Bun Solo' single-player adventure or team up with other Bakers to catch, throw, and bake a'dough'rable living bread creatures!

Why similar: Casual 32.4%, Co-op 28.7%, Indie 27.2%, Multiplayer 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced co-op party game that requires frantic teamwork to complete objectives.

Adorable characters? Check! Makeshift weapons? Check! Otter dressed in a foam shark suit. Umm. Check? Join Charlie and his ragtag team of sea mammals as they jump, float, and rocket through Otter Space in this Zero-G Puzzle Platformer!

Why similar: Casual 37.8%, Puzzle Platformer 31.4%, Indie 30.7%

Why You'll Like It: A cute puzzle-platformer with zero-gravity mechanics and a lighthearted, family-friendly tone.

Play alone or with your friends in this cooperative adventure for 1 to 4 players. Make the right moves, and coordinate with your team to rescue people in danger. Have fun, and act fast! The success of your team depends on your choices. Save as many lives as possible in a frantic race against time!

Why similar: Casual 42.7%, Co-op 37.1%, Indie 15.8%, Multiplayer 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: A co-op puzzle-solving game where players work together to rescue victims in various environments.

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: Indie 44.1%, Casual 22.1%, Puzzle Platformer 17%, Co-op 16.7%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric co-op puzzle-platformer that blends cultural storytelling with collaborative gameplay.

Multiplayer jigsaw puzzles with voice chat! Play on your own or with friends, and feel like you're all sitting around the same table. Millions of puzzle images, upload your own, or create any puzzle you can imagine just by describing it!

Why similar: Casual 48.1%, Co-op 24.2%, Multiplayer 15.9%, Indie 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: A casual cooperative puzzle game that allows friends to work together on shared goals.

Overcooked returns with a brand-new helping of chaotic cooking action! Journey back to the Onion Kingdom and assemble your team of chefs in classic couch co-op or online play for up to four players. Hold onto your aprons… it’s time to save the world again!

Why similar: Casual 33.5%, Co-op 30.7%, Multiplayer 18.9%, Indie 16.9%

Why You'll Like It: A high-energy co-op game that demands intense teamwork and communication to succeed.

Using Critter Crunch's 'Food Chain' mechanic, players will eat their way through a smorgasbord of levels and gorge on a feast of modes, including Co-op and Versus multiplayer.

Why similar: Casual 39.5%, Indie 34.3%, Co-op 15.9%, Multiplayer 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: A cute, puzzle-heavy co-op game that features vibrant visuals and satisfying chain-reaction mechanics.

Wires and Whiskers is a local co-op action-puzzle game where two players control a lab-engineered gerbil and its magnetic exosuit. Work together to fight mutated enemies, solve magnetic puzzles, and survive in a ruined, post-apocalyptic trench world.

Why similar: Casual 36%, Co-op 33.5%, Puzzle Platformer 30.6%

Moving Out is a ridiculous physics-based moving simulator that brings new meaning to "couch co-op"! Are you ready for an exciting career in furniture? As a newly certified Furniture Arrangement & Relocation Technician, you’ll take on moving jobs all across the busy town of Packmore.

Why similar: Casual 43.5%, Indie 32.5%, Co-op 17.6%, Multiplayer 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based co-op game that captures the same chaotic, wacky energy found in Strange Creatures.

Alchemy Frogs is a local co-op puzzle platformer game with a 3D, isometric camera, in which Frog & Toad traverse a poisoned swamp to look for a cure that will help them save their family from being turned to stone. Frog & Toad will mix their potions to unleash powerful magical effects.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 48.2%, Indie 42%, Co-op 6.9%, Multiplayer 2.9%

Spark & Kling is a couch co-op puzzle platformer where the player will take the role of either Spark, the electric bug, or Kling the metal gel blob. They are trapped in a Homemade lab by a Mad Scientist and the players will have to overcome obstacles and work together to escape.

Why similar: Casual 50%, Puzzle Platformer 30.7%, Co-op 14.6%, Multiplayer 4.8%

PICO PARK:Classic Edition is a cooperative local/online multiplay action puzzle game for 2-10 players.

Why similar: Casual 31%, Multiplayer 23.6%, Indie 22.2%, Co-op 18.2%, Puzzle Platformer 5.1%

That One Otter Game is a mischievous co-op adventure where two young otters take on a wild rite of passage to prove their worth. Complete silly park challenges to fill up your stamp card—catch a panicked penguin, race a hyped-up zebra, or haul a stolen radio to a mountaintop.

Why similar: Casual 59.4%, Puzzle Platformer 40.6%

BiblioMania is a multiplayer 2D platformer where you are a clerk in a cursed library. Work with (or triumph over) up to 3 friends while taking in and renting out books to many clients. But beware the events that happen at the library, they can change everything.

Why similar: Casual 37.1%, Indie 31.9%, Co-op 19.1%, Multiplayer 11.8%

Come with Me is a two-player cooperative game set in a puzzle filled magical world. Solve puzzles together by using your special abilities and collect memories to uncover the mystery of the world around you.

Why similar: Casual 28.8%, Co-op 25.3%, Indie 24.6%, Puzzle Platformer 21.3%

Join up to three friends in this mouse-sized adventure! Explore, gather resources, solve puzzles, and battle enemies as you try to bring your kidnapped brothers and sisters home.

Why similar: Casual 62%, Indie 19.2%, Multiplayer 18.9%

Past Synergy is a 2 player co-op game that tests you and your friend's synergy. Divide the ability and roles between you and your friend to overcome the obstacles in a cave.

Why similar: Casual 46.5%, Puzzle Platformer 31.9%, Co-op 17.1%, Multiplayer 4.5%

Fur the Game is a small first-person puzzle game where you explore an exciting world inhabited by adorable creatures called Furs! Rescue these creatures and throw them around to solve puzzles!

Why similar: Casual 53.4%, Indie 46.6%

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: Co-op 52.1%, Puzzle Platformer 31.3%, Multiplayer 16.6%

"Escape Memoirs: Mini Stories" is a series of co-operative escape-room style puzzle scenarios. Each one is sure to test your wits as you try to overcome the challenges that stand in the way of your escape.

Why similar: Co-op 51.7%, Multiplayer 29.7%, Casual 18.6%

Puzzle Compound is an online cooperative multiplayer puzzle solving game where 2-4 friends gather clues, work together and explore multiple locations with the goal of escaping.

Why similar: Casual 35.2%, Co-op 30.7%, Indie 24.7%, Multiplayer 9.4%

In Puzzle With Your Friends you can puzzle alone, with and also against your friends via the internet! Unique motifs from different games and artists are available.

Why similar: Casual 36.6%, Indie 27.1%, Co-op 25.8%, Multiplayer 10.4%

Oh Trap! is a couch co-op game for 2 or 4 players. Steal the other team’s treasures! Place traps strategically to either help yourself or stop your opponents.

Why similar: Casual 45%, Indie 40.5%, Multiplayer 14.5%

Sumo is a multiplayer physics-based party game for up to 4 players, featuring silly spherical characters with unique powerful abilities. Use a combination of mobility and tactics to survive the longest on Arenas which are just as much of a threat as your human or AI-controlled opponents.

Why similar: Casual 50.7%, Indie 40.3%, Multiplayer 8.9%

Fruity Smoothie is a co-op game where you grow, throw and shoot fruit all to save your fruit family from evil fruit and vegetables with an identity crisis. So get a friend and get ready to make some smoothies!

Why similar: Casual 55.7%, Indie 44.3%

Puzzle platformer where you control both the cat and the toast, based on the famous "Buttered Cat Paradox". The game features 200+ levels, 70+ skins, plus boss fights and mini-games!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 43.6%, Indie 40.5%, Multiplayer 15.9%

Fight your friends as puppies, kittens and other fuzzy creatures in PARTY ANIMALS! Paw it out with your friends remotely, or huddle together for chaotic fun on the same screen. Interact with the world under our realistic physics engine. Did I mention PUPPIES?

Why similar: Casual 44.6%, Co-op 23.1%, Multiplayer 16.9%, Indie 15.5%

Filthy Animals is a chaotic single-player/co-op heist game for up to 4 players. Become a mutant animal working for criminal mastermind Tony as you steal, fight, fall over, and eat tacos. Solve puzzles and avoid security before making off with the loot, ya Filthy Animal!

Why similar: Casual 46.5%, Co-op 37.7%, Multiplayer 15.7%

The Two of Us is a 2D Co-op Platformer that has a strong emphasis on working together. You will be greeted with various puzzle levels where you must work in conjunction with your friend to navigate the level.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 61.9%, Indie 24.3%, Multiplayer 13.8%

Welcome to Jelly Express - the physics-based co-op game that's as cute as it is fun! Transform into wibbly-wobbly jellies, tackle all obstacles to get those packages delivered! Do it alone, or have a partner to help you out! Stretch, jump and wiggle your way to victory.

Why similar: Casual 26.1%, Co-op 21.1%, Puzzle Platformer 19.6%, Indie 19.2%, Multiplayer 13.9%

First-person puzzler you can play solo or in an online co-op. Explore a set of highly interactive escape rooms. Move furniture, pick up and examine everything, smash pots and break locks! Play thousands of community-made rooms through the level editor.

Why similar: Co-op 45%, Casual 21.8%, Indie 16.6%, Multiplayer 16.5%

Jog! Jump! Switch! Coordinate the crazy conga line of alien athletes in this autorunner / puzzle platformer for 1-4 players.

Why similar: Indie 36%, Co-op 30.5%, Puzzle Platformer 25.9%, Multiplayer 7.7%

Fueled Up is a chaotic couch co-op spaceship recovery game for up to four players. You and your crewmates must fuel, fix and rescue damaged spaceships before the evil space octopus gets its tentacles on them!

Why similar: Casual 34.6%, Co-op 27.4%, Indie 25.9%, Multiplayer 12.2%

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 45.1%, Indie 35.9%, Puzzle Platformer 19%

Snow Plows vs Aliens: 4 player, local co-op chaos

Why similar: Indie 100%

A quirky 2D puzzle platformer where your most powerful tool is… the DUDES!

Why similar: Casual 79.3%, Indie 20.7%

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: Casual 48.9%, Puzzle Platformer 32.1%, Co-op 19%