- #1 Human Fall Flat
97% matchVery Positive95% of 223,253 reviews2016
Dev: No Brakes GamesPub: Curve Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 22.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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: Puzzle Platformer 29.3%, Funny 19.5%, Parkour 13.8%, Puzzle 13.1%, Adventure 7%
Why You'll Like It: Features the same wobbly, physics-based movement and puzzle-solving that makes controlling the character a hilarious challenge.
- #2 Octodad: Dadliest Catch
96% matchVery Positive94% of 10,528 reviews2014
Dev: Young Horses
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Octodad: Dadliest Catch is a game about destruction, deception, and fatherhood. The player controls Octodad, a dapper octopus masquerading as a human, as he goes about his life. Octodad's existence is a constant struggle, as he must master mundane tasks with his unwieldy boneless tentacles while simultaneously keeping his cephalopodan...
Why similar: Comedy 37.4%, Funny 21.1%, Family Friendly 14%, Difficult 7.3%, Adventure 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: Centers on the struggle of controlling a character with awkward, physics-based limbs in a humorous, everyday environment.
- #3 Quantum Conundrum
96% matchVery Positive85% of 2,130 reviews2012
Dev: Airtight GamesPub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Find and rescue your uncle by using his newest invention to work your way through a crazy complex mansion as you switch between dimensions and solve puzzles!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 37.2%, Time Manipulation 21.1% ★, Puzzle 14.9%, Comedy 10.8%, Platformer 6%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person puzzle-platformer that relies heavily on physics manipulation and time-altering mechanics.
- #4 I Am Bread
95% matchMostly Positive78% of 5,919 reviews2015
Dev: Bossa StudiosPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
You are bread. Your mission, become toast! Take on all hazards to deliciousness as you head on an epic adventure in one of the the toughest games ever baked. All of the game modes (including Bagel Race) are now unlocked so there's sure to be something to suit everyone's taste!
Why similar: Difficult 24.8%, Funny 21.5%, Comedy 19%, Family Friendly 11.2%, Adventure 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: A notoriously difficult physics-based game where you must navigate a piece of bread through hazardous environments.
- #5 Snake Pass
94% matchMostly Positive80% of 3,293 reviews2017
Dev: Sumo DigitalPub: Secret Mode
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Slither, coil and climb your way to the top of Haven Tor in this one of a kind physics based, puzzle platform adventure from award winning independent studio Sumo Digital!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 27.9%, Difficult 21.1%, Family Friendly 10.7%, Puzzle 9.1%, Platformer 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: Features a unique, physics-based movement system where you must navigate as a snake, requiring careful balance and momentum.
- #6 Gang Beasts
94% matchVery Positive85% of 63,851 reviews2017
Dev: Boneloaf
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Gang Beasts is a silly multiplayer party game with surly gelatinous characters, brutal slapstick fight sequences, and absurd hazardous environments, set in the mean streets of Beef City.
Why similar: Funny 37.8%, Comedy 26.4%, Family Friendly 12.4%, Colorful 10.7%, Casual 6%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on chaotic, physics-based combat and movement that emphasizes slapstick humor and environmental hazards.
- #7 Heavenly Bodies
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 4,263 reviews2021
Dev: 2pt Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Wrangle the hands and arms of a 1970s space cosmonaut and push, pull and twist your way through an increasingly precarious range of physically simulated stellar scenarios, where without gravity, nothing is still, nothing is secure, and nothing is simple.
Why similar: Difficult 23.6%, Puzzle Platformer 23.5%, Puzzle 11.3%, Funny 10.7%, Comedy 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: A physics-based game where you must control the limbs of an astronaut to complete tasks in zero gravity, emphasizing difficult, tactile movement.
- #8 Totally Reliable Delivery Service
92% matchMostly Positive78% of 2,132 reviews2021
Dev: We're Five GamesPub: Infogrames
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Delivery Attempted. That's the Totally Reliable Delivery Service guarantee! T.R.D.S. is a ragdoll physics simulation about terrible package delivery couriers. Work together using odd machinery, useful gadgets, and the wonders of physics to reliably deliver packages to their destination.
Why similar: Funny 31.7%, Comedy 26.8%, Action 13.8%, Adventure 9.7%, Colorful 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: Uses unstable, ragdoll-style physics to make simple delivery tasks into complex, funny platforming challenges.
- #9 Biped
91% matchVery Positive85% of 10,741 reviews2020
Dev: NEXT Studios
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Biped is a coop action adventure game with a strong focus on moment-to-moment collaboration between 2 players.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 31.2%, Funny 19.4%, Family Friendly 13.6%, Puzzle 13.3%, Adventure 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A physics-based puzzle-platformer that requires precise control of a character's legs to navigate obstacles.
- #10 Super Adventure Hand
91% matchVery Positive98% of 88 reviews2023
Dev: Devm Games
Windows
Hands down the most adventurous and handsome hand in the world! You play as a hand on a gripping handventure where you single-handedly face dangerous obstacles and de-feet a handful of evil feet.
Why similar: Parkour 28.5%, Puzzle Platformer 21.2%, Comedy 15.4%, Funny 12.7%, Platformer 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: A physics-based platformer where you control a sentient hand, focusing on comedy and difficult movement mechanics.
- #11 What Lies in the Multiverse
90% matchVery Positive92% of 705 reviews2022
Dev: Studio VoyagerPub: Untold Tales
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 66%
A bombastic puzzle platformer about worlds turned inside out. Shift dimensions at the push of a button, solve brain-twisting logistical riddles, and race through the wilds of the multiverse in a bleakly hilarious (and hilariously bleak) story where everything you know can turn on a dime.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 38.9% ★, Puzzle Platformer 20.2%, Comedy 9.7%, Funny 8.2%, Story Rich 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: Combines puzzle-platforming with a time and dimension-shifting mechanic that changes the environment in real-time.
- #12 Chronology
89% matchVery Positive87% of 986 reviews2014
Dev: Bedtime Digital Games
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A platform-adventure game about time travelling, puzzle solving and a friendship between an Old Inventor and a Snail.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 37.3%, Time Manipulation 26.4% ★, Platformer 10.8%, Puzzle 10.3%, Adventure 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: Features a time-manipulation mechanic that allows you to switch between past and future versions of the world to solve puzzles.
- #13 Super Sami Roll
88% matchVery Positive84% of 178 reviews2021
Dev: Sonzai Games
Windows
Sami’s on a mission to rescue his friend Vera and he needs your help! Join him in this exhilarating, colorful 3D platformer and fast roll, air-grapple, and jump to save her!
Why similar: Difficult 33.1%, Parkour 30.2%, Platformer 14.2%, Colorful 8.8%, Action 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: A challenging 3D physics-based platformer that requires precision and speed to navigate colorful, dangerous levels.
- #14 Surmount: A Mountain Climbing Adventure
86% matchVery Positive87% of 137 reviews2024
Dev: Jasper OprelPub: Indiana-Jonas
Windows · Mac
Fling yourself into a mountain climbing adventure! Become the first to reach the top of the highest mountain in the world and meet eccentric characters along the way!
Why similar: Parkour 32.9%, Family Friendly 15.5%, Funny 13.9%, Platformer 9.5%, Colorful 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A physics-based climbing game that emphasizes the difficulty of movement and environmental navigation.
- #15 The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom
89% matchVery Positive88% of 461 reviews2010
Dev: The Odd GentlemenPub: 2K
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Enter a macabre and comical silent world filled with mischief, time travel and delicious pie. Includes Steam Achievements, Cloud, and Leaderboards!
Why similar: Time Manipulation 37% ★, Puzzle Platformer 16.7%, Puzzle 13.2%, Platformer 12.2%, Comedy 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer that revolves entirely around recording and manipulating time to solve complex environmental puzzles.
- #16 It's a Wrap!
86% matchVery Positive83% of 72 reviews2023
Dev: Chanko StudiosPub: AMC Games
Windows
It's a Wrap! is a challenging puzzle game about making movies in 1980s Hollywood. Figure out the perfect timing of props, actors, and special effects as the Director. Then jump into the scene as the movie's star in a traditional 2D platformer.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 29.3% ★, Puzzle Platformer 15.2%, Difficult 11.8%, Comedy 9.4%, Funny 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer that requires you to synchronize time-manipulation with movie-set hazards.
- #17 City Climber
87% matchMostly Positive74% of 447 reviews2017
Dev: Ondrej Angelovic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
City Climber is a silly physics-based game about a floppy ragdoll climber, who has to save the world. Find your way through diverse hand-crafted environments and enjoy funny challenges full of falling and destruction.
Why similar: Parkour 22.4%, Difficult 20.8%, Funny 13.4%, Comedy 11%, Platformer 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A physics-based game where you control a wobbly character climbing buildings, focusing on slapstick humor and difficulty.
- #18 Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy
84% matchVery Positive82% of 80,812 reviews2017
Dev: Bennett Foddy
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 60%
A game I made for a certain kind of person. To hurt them.
Why similar: Difficult 56%, Funny 12.6%, Platformer 8.4%, Comedy 6.4%, Singleplayer 4%
Why You'll Like It: A notoriously difficult physics-based game that turns movement into a test of patience and precision.
- #19 Grow Home
84% matchVery Positive92% of 5,564 reviews2015
Dev: Reflections, a Ubisoft StudioPub: Infogrames
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Experience the freedom of unbounded climbing as you take control of BUD, a procedurally animated robot on a quest to save his planet. Create your own path through an alien world as you control and ride a giant plant on a vertical journey to the stars.
Why similar: Parkour 48.6%, Adventure 13.6%, Funny 10.3%, Platformer 7.7%, Casual 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: Features a unique climbing mechanic that relies on physics and momentum to navigate a vertical world.
- #20 Hans
81% matchVery Positive86% of 796 reviews2023
Dev: at0m
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Hans is a physics-driven, parkour adventure. Ascend to the sky with our lonely watermelon hero. Navigate treacherous platforms, defy physics by slowing down time, try not to fall and chase the dream of reuniting with humanity. No saves. Bounce, fail, adapt, and bounce again.
Why similar: Difficult 43%, Funny 19.1%, Platformer 16.3%, Comedy 8.2%, Casual 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: A difficult, physics-based precision-platformer that tests your ability to navigate treacherous terrain.
- #21 Time Loader
82% matchVery Positive83% of 534 reviews2021
Dev: FlazmPub: META Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Time Loader is a story-driven puzzle-platformer with tiny robots, alternate realities, nostalgic music, and primitive tech from the 90s!
Why similar: Time Manipulation 44.6% ★, Puzzle Platformer 23%, Platformer 9.4%, Story Rich 8.3%, Adventure 5.1%
Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer that uses time-travel mechanics to alter the environment and solve complex tasks.
- #22 The Watchmaker
85% matchMixed49% of 81 reviews2018
Dev: Micropsia Games SpA
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 35%
The Watchmaker is an action adventure set in a strange steampunk world of giant clock mechanisms, where time has gone mad. Join Alexander, a clock tower keeper, on his quest to restore time to its natural rhythm!
Why similar: Time Manipulation 32.5% ★, Puzzle Platformer 22.8%, Puzzle 11.1%, Action 9.1%, Adventure 9%
Why You'll Like It: A 3D puzzle-platformer that incorporates time-based mechanics and environmental manipulation.
- #23 Unravel
82% matchVery Positive91% of 5,395 reviews2020
Dev: Coldwood InteractivePub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 18.4%, Puzzle 17.6%, Family Friendly 14.5%, Platformer 10.8%, Action 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: A physics-based puzzle-platformer where you use a yarn character's thread to swing and manipulate the environment.
- #24 Lanternium
83% matchVery Positive86% of 80 reviews2019
Dev: Blazing Planet Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
You have to find out what happened in this fantastic world and help the Raccoon find his way home!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 26.4%, Difficult 20.7%, Funny 12.9%, Puzzle 8.6%, Story Rich 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer that focuses on character-based movement and difficult environmental challenges.
- #25 Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince
81% matchVery Positive89% of 14,038 reviews2019
Dev: Frozenbyte
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 47%, Puzzle 13.6%, Platformer 13.5%, Adventure 7.4%, Atmospheric 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: A classic puzzle-platformer that uses physics-based objects and character abilities to overcome environmental obstacles.
- #26 Dadish
80% matchVery Positive93% of 271 reviews2021
Dev: Thomas K. Young
Windows
Explore an exciting world, face off with fast-food themed foes, and reunite Dadish with his missing children in this challenging platforming adventure.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 44.1%, Funny 15.8%, Platformer 14.4%, Action 11.2%, Adventure 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A challenging platformer that combines retro-style gameplay with humorous dialogue and difficult level design.
- #27 Super Puzzled Cat
77% matchVery Positive98% of 192 reviews2025
Dev: Penguin Mug Games
Windows
Help Puzzled Cat use jetpacks, portals, bombs, gum, and more to conquer treacherous platforming stages. Play your own way using save states to explore a world full of challenges and secrets - but can you find the way through? Travel through time and space and reach enlightenment.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 36.6% ★, Puzzle Platformer 19.8%, Difficult 14.5%, Platformer 6.3%, Puzzle 6.2%
- #28 Clustertruck
79% matchVery Positive94% of 18,074 reviews2016
Dev: LandfallPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Clustertruck is a chaotic physics based truckformer. Jump your way through insane levels in a game of "the floor is lava" on top of speeding trucks driven by terrible drivers.
Why similar: Parkour 63.2%, Difficult 13.1%, Funny 6.9%, Action 6.3%, Platformer 3.3%
Why You'll Like It: A chaotic, physics-based platformer where you must jump between moving trucks to reach the goal.
- #29 Super Meat Boy
79% matchVery Positive94% of 36,925 reviews2010
Dev: Team Meat
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 77%
The infamous, tough-as-nails platformer comes to Steam with a playable Head Crab character (Steam-exclusive)!
Why similar: Difficult 47%, Platformer 27.9%, Indie 9%, Funny 5.7%, Comedy 5%
Why You'll Like It: A quintessential difficult platformer that demands high precision and quick reflexes to overcome deadly levels.
- #30 Braid
78% matchVery Positive93% of 9,899 reviews2009
Dev: Number None
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 61%
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 36.9%, Time Manipulation 31.3% ★, Puzzle 10.2%, Platformer 8.8%, Difficult 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: A seminal puzzle-platformer that introduced time-manipulation as the core mechanic for solving environmental challenges.
- #31 Orbyss
74% matchVery Positive99% of 90 reviews2025
Dev: Misty Whale
Windows
In this logic based puzzle game, switch between Orbs to solve puzzles and light up your world. Play co-op with yourself, freeze time, fly drones, play with sound… and overcome the evil shadow interfering with your quest.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 34.1% ★, Experimental 18.3% ★, Puzzle Platformer 16.3%, Difficult 8.4%, Puzzle 7.8%
- #32 Nomori: Prologue
76% matchVery Positive94% of 156 reviews2022
Dev: Enchanted Works
Windows
Nomori is a mind-bending adventure game where you control time and space to journey through a shattered spirit world. Take shortcuts through portals, rotate your perspective, and control the flow of time to move forward, whichever way that is.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 36.4% ★, Puzzle Platformer 23.7%, Puzzle 9.7%, Difficult 8.8%, Story Rich 6.1%
- #33 Time Master
76% matchVery Positive96% of 74 reviews2022
Dev: MorpheusZ
Windows · Linux
Zeno has accidentally banished his sister, so what now? Create paradoxes to help him complete trials and bring her back, obviously. Take on a wide variety of puzzles while collaborating with your past self and experiencing a fully-voiced cinematic story as you help Zeno bring her back.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 40.2% ★, Puzzle Platformer 18%, Difficult 12.8%, Funny 11.5%, Story Rich 6.9%
- #34 Upside Down
77% matchVery Positive81% of 714 reviews2017
Dev: EGAMERPub: SA Industry
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Upside Down will immerse you in an incredible adventure. Sharpen your reflexes for this fast-paced, precise puzzle-platformer.
Why similar: Indie 42.4%, Puzzle Platformer 14%, Action 12.3%, Adventure 10.9%, Platformer 10.5%
- #35 Redactem
78% matchMixed68% of 436 reviews2016
Dev: Elliott JonesPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 16.6 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Rewind time and manipulate gravity in order to solve parkour puzzles in this exciting new 2D platformer.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 20.9% ★, Parkour 19.6%, Puzzle Platformer 18.7%, Difficult 14.4%, Platformer 6.8%
- #36 The Entropy Centre
73% matchVery Positive89% of 4,209 reviews2022
Dev: Stubby GamesPub: Playstack
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Think in reverse. Outsmart the impossible. A mind-bending first-person adventure where you solve ingenious and complex puzzles by rewinding objects through time.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 34.6% ★, Puzzle Platformer 13.2%, Funny 11.1%, Difficult 10.6%, Puzzle 9.2%
- #37 The Mensional
75% matchVery Positive92% of 62 reviews2022
Dev: Delil Timurtaş
Windows · Mac
Adventures of different characters with their unique atmosphere and puzzles.
Why similar: Puzzle 21.9%, Platformer 20.6%, Atmospheric 12.4%, Adventure 10.1%, Indie 10.1%
- #38 Human Fall Flat VR
74% matchMixed49% of 137 reviews2024
Dev: No Brakes GamesPub: Curve Games
Windows
Experience the blockbuster physics platformer, now in VR! Human Fall Flat VR features an intuitive 3rd-person view designed especially for VR headsets.
Why similar: Parkour 23%, Puzzle Platformer 20.4%, Comedy 12.6%, Funny 10.5%, Platformer 9.9%
- #39 OneShift
75% matchMostly Positive77% of 989 reviews2018
Dev: Mazen GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 47%
OneShift is a puzzle platformer where the player has the ability to freeze/unfreeze time and shift through worlds to collect blue cubes. But only one world can be active at a time. Later in the game, a world rotating mechanic is unveiled, which makes everything more complex!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 29.1%, Puzzle 14.1%, Difficult 11.5%, Family Friendly 9.6%, Casual 7.8%
- #40 Mr. Sleepy Man
68% matchVery Positive99% of 347 reviews2026
Dev: Devin Santi
Windows
Mr. Sleepy Man is up way past his bedtime and out of control! Make a mess of everything you find and turn Bedtime Town against you! This sandbox adventure is filled with comical hijinks, outrageous characters, and platforming action!
Why similar: Comedy 33.3%, Platformer 19.8%, Funny 14.1%, Adventure 11.6%, Colorful 9.5%
- #41 Super Mombo Quest
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 854 reviews2021
Dev: Orube Game Studio
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Bounce and stomp through an enormous interconnected world, doing some intense acrobatics and getting huge combos! A superfast precision platformer that mixes up a Metroidvania world with classic Arcade mechanics.
Why similar: Platformer 22.2%, Funny 21.9%, Adventure 16.4%, Action 15.9%, Indie 11.5%
- #42 Totally Unbalanced
73% matchVery Positive83% of 220 reviews2016
Dev: Isojumper
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Totally Unbalanced is a 3D platform game where you have to complete puzzles and overcome obstacles. Totally Unbalanced also features (currently) two multiplayer modes : sumo arena with 4 players and racing mode with 16 players.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 23%, Funny 14%, Puzzle 12.1%, Action 9.8%, Adventure 9.7%
- #43 Ballfrog
71% matchMostly Positive80% of 64 reviews2022
Dev: Florian HimslPub: Himsl Games
Windows
BallFrog is a challenging ball rolling platformer with experimental controls! Use your Tongue to grapple and swing.
Why similar: Experimental 28.6% ★, Parkour 27.4%, Difficult 18.1%, Family Friendly 6.9%, Platformer 5.9%
- #44 Hatup
71% matchVery Positive91% of 58 reviews2022
Dev: Naoka StudioPub: Naoka Games
Windows
In Hatup you'll have the mission to go through different challenges with your hat that will allow you to progress through the game's stages. Using different mechanics you will face many challenges and with different levels of difficulty.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 27.4%, Platformer 13.3%, Puzzle 13.1%, Funny 11.4%, Action 8.3%
- #45 Super Grappling Gecko
70% matchVery Positive99% of 77 reviews2021
Dev: CalangamesPub: Bee Legacy Publishing
Windows
Swing over spikes and pits, find the secrets of a mysterious tree and overcome difficult challenges as a brave tiny lizard in this small adventure.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 37.5%, Difficult 20.1%, Platformer 13.3%, Family Friendly 11.8%, Colorful 5.2%
- #46 PoPuP
69% matchVery Positive94% of 87 reviews2023
Dev: 번둥천개Pub: 청강문화산업대학교
Windows
Puzzle Flatformer Game Adventures Over Obstacles at a Paper Amusement Park
Why similar: Platformer 43.1%, Adventure 41%, Indie 9.8%, Singleplayer 6.1%
- #47 Ary and the Secret of Seasons
72% matchMixed64% of 217 reviews2020
Dev: eXiinPub: Fishing Cactus
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Take control of the seasons and use them to solve puzzles, defeat enemies, and discover the beautiful world of Valdi in this award-winning indie adventure.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 31.5% ★, Puzzle Platformer 18%, Funny 10.2%, Puzzle 9%, Action 8.3%
- #48 Timeworks
68% matchVery Positive100% of 52 reviews2024
Dev: Starworks Studios
Windows
Timeworks is a time-traveling 3D puzzle platformer with a bouncy cartoon style. Work along past versions of yourself to solve puzzles, create unique Items, and fill out your quotas for your mysterious employers.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 37% ★, Puzzle Platformer 25.4%, Puzzle 10.2%, Platformer 9%, Story Rich 7.1%
- #49 Through the Mirror
71% matchVery Positive82% of 115 reviews2017
Dev: Cleiton OliveiraPub: Volens Nolens Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 97%
A hard, mind bending platformer based on imagination and quick reflexes.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 29.8%, Difficult 19%, Puzzle 11.7%, Platformer 10.4%, Action 9.6%
- #50 Pro Gymnast Simulator
69% matchVery Positive91% of 135 reviews2020
Dev: Walaber Entertainment LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 36 minMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 37%
THE 100% physics-based athlete simulator.
Why similar: Ninja 32.9% ★, Parkour 27.9%, Difficult 19.6%, Funny 11.3%, Action 4.6%
- #51 Chrono Recorder
67% matchMostly Positive75% of 68 reviews2024
Dev: ChronoGames
Windows
"ChronoRecorder" is a 3D puzzle game. Players can manipulate time and gravity. And you have to use that ability to solve problems. You might think this game is difficult if you don't use your brain.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 46.9% ★, Puzzle Platformer 31.6%, Puzzle 11.5%, Casual 5.9%, Indie 2.6%
- #52 The Messenger
67% matchVery Positive93% of 12,834 reviews2018
Dev: SabotagePub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
As a demon army besieges his village, a young ninja ventures through a cursed world, to deliver a scroll paramount to his clan’s survival. What begins as a classic action platformer soon unravels into an expansive time-traveling adventure full of thrills, surprises, and humor.
Why similar: Ninja 53.7% ★, Platformer 11.7%, Difficult 10%, Funny 8.1%, Action 4.7%
- #53 Completely Stretchy
64% matchVery Positive84% of 89 reviews2024
Dev: Warp DigitalPub: Super Rare Originals
Windows
A befuddling mishap has made you COMPLETELY STRETCHY! Stretch, swing and stick around the delightfully odd and vibrant Grombi Isles in this eccentric and light-hearted 3D platformer.
Why similar: Parkour 41.1%, Funny 16.2%, Platformer 11.3%, Story Rich 9.5%, Adventure 7.9%
- #54 Ultimate Solid
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 67 reviews2016
Dev: What The Fantastic Games GroupPub: Night Steed Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%
The great arcade challenge in physics based platform world. Join the hardcore journey of 200 levels with puzzle elements and claim the title of Ultimate Solid!
Why similar: Difficult 23.6%, Puzzle Platformer 22%, Action 15.3%, Adventure 15.1%, Puzzle 12.6%
- #55 Plastiland
70% matchMixed67% of 95 reviews2015
Dev: FreshGemPub: Zillion Whales
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Plastiland is a puzzle-platformer set in a unique hand-made plasticine world. Guide our lovely clay characters through 48 levels of three worlds. Save as many of plastiballs as you can, reach far corners of each level by transforming them into one of eight roles, like cruncher, crusher, builder, and others.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 22.5%, Puzzle 11.7%, Comedy 9.6%, Platformer 9.4%, Funny 8.9%
- #56 TRY AGAIN
63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,426 reviews2023
Dev: the Rejects
Windows
You're Benny, a test character trapped in an unfinished game by a figure called The Designer. She's up against a deadline for her publisher which means it's your last day as a test character. Navigate the facility, dodge game-dev chaos and defy expectations to become the main character.
Why similar: Parkour 27.4%, Puzzle Platformer 19.4%, Funny 9.9%, Platformer 9.3%, Comedy 8%
- #57 That Flipping Mountain
65% matchVery Positive91% of 175 reviews2021
Dev: Jeff Weber
Windows
A physics driven parkour game inspired by "Getting Over It" and "Jump King". Flip, ski, and dive yourself up a massive mountain of stuff. Fall down, rage, get up, shake it off, parkour-on!
Why similar: Parkour 28.2%, Difficult 21%, Funny 14.6%, Comedy 12.1%, Platformer 9.6%
- #58 Impulsion
67% matchVery Positive87% of 315 reviews2018
Dev: Driving Force GamesPub: Dear Villagers
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Impulsion is a fast-paced first-person platformer designed to play with your nerves and reflexes! Make your way through 25 levels of increasing difficulty by manipulating physics to your advantage, shooting force fields to slow down or speed yourself up and the environment!
Why similar: Parkour 32.3%, Difficult 14.5%, Puzzle Platformer 13.6%, Action 9.6%, Indie 7.2%
- #59 Pompom
65% matchVery Positive87% of 126 reviews2022
Dev: TOMO CAMPPub: PID Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
You don't control Pompom the hamster’s movements, you control everything else. Lay down blocks, springs, cannons, umbrellas, use whips and alter the world, creating a safe path for Pompom to defeat the evil Captain Cat.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 34.4% ★, Puzzle Platformer 20.6%, Comedy 11.4%, Family Friendly 8.6%, Platformer 7.6%