- #1 Supraland Six Inches Under
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,033 reviews2022
Dev: Supra Games
Windows
Median: 12.6 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A mix between Portal, Zelda and Metroid. Exploration, puzzles, combat! A first-person-metroidvania taking place six inches under Supraland.
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.5%, Puzzle Platformer 16.9%, FPS 10%, Collectathon 8.4%, First-Person 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: This is the direct follow-up to Supraland, offering more of the same brilliant first-person puzzle-platforming and exploration.
- #2 Supraworld
96% matchVery Positive92% of 1,411 reviews2025
Dev: Supra Games
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 20.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Zero hand-holding. Dismantle this dense open-world of unconventional puzzles by thinking outside the box and exploiting every ability you discover. Solve mysteries hidden in plain sight where every piece of supposed decoration has a purpose.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.4%, Puzzle Platformer 16%, Collectathon 9.2%, FPS 7.7%, Exploration 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: The highly anticipated sequel that continues the series' signature blend of physics puzzles and Metroidvania-style ability gating.
- #3 The Talos Principle
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 32,657 reviews2014
Dev: CroteamPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
The Talos Principle is a first-person puzzle game in the tradition of philosophical science fiction. Made by Croteam and written by Tom Jubert (FTL, The Swapper) and Jonas Kyratzes (The Sea Will Claim Everything).
Why similar: Puzzle 45.2%, First-Person 27.3%, Exploration 13.7%, Adventure 6.4%, Singleplayer 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: A deep first-person puzzle game that challenges your spatial reasoning and exploration skills in a similar fashion.
- #4 Superliminal
95% matchVery Positive95% of 32,646 reviews2020
Dev: Pillow Castle
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Perception is reality. In this mind-bending first-person puzzler, you escape a surreal dream world through solving impossible puzzles using the ambiguity of depth and perspective.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 21.4%, Physics 20.6%, Puzzle 15.8%, First-Person 14.5%, Exploration 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A mind-bending first-person puzzle game that uses perspective and physics to create unique spatial challenges.
- #5 Viewfinder
94% matchVery Positive94% of 11,827 reviews2023
Dev: Sad Owl StudiosPub: Thunderful Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Challenge perception, redefine reality, and reshape the world around you with an instant camera. Viewfinder is a new single player game offering gamers hours of interesting and fun experiences while uncovering the mysteries left behind.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 26.2%, Physics 14.7%, First-Person 10.8%, 3D Platformer 10.5%, Puzzle 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A creative first-person puzzle game where you manipulate the environment by placing photographs into the world.
- #6 Portal 2
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 456,665 reviews2011
Dev: Valve
Windows · Linux
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 29.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 22.3%, FPS 14.6%, Physics 10.9%, 3D Platformer 10.8%, First-Person 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for first-person physics-based puzzles that heavily influenced the design philosophy of Supraland.
- #7 Tinykin
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 4,059 reviews2022
Dev: SplashteamPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Catch hundreds of tinykin and use their unique powers to bring Milo back to his home planet and back to normal size!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 20.1%, 3D Platformer 12.6%, Collectathon 11.7%, Cartoony 8.8%, Puzzle 8%
Why You'll Like It: A charming 3D platformer that emphasizes exploration and using small creatures to solve environmental puzzles.
- #8 Youropa
93% matchVery Positive87% of 694 reviews2018
Dev: frecle
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 47%
A platform puzzle paint adventure about breaking rules, being upside down and thinking outside the box.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28%, Puzzle Platformer 20.3%, Physics 10.5%, 3D Platformer 9.9%, Exploration 8%
Why You'll Like It: A physics-based 3D platformer where you walk on walls and ceilings to solve intricate puzzles.
- #9 Blue Fire
91% matchVery Positive81% of 3,030 reviews2021
Dev: Robi StudiosPub: Graffiti Games
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Explore the fallen world of Penumbra in this precision 3D metroidvania platformer. Slash fierce enemies, conquer deadly traps, uncover ancient temples, and master fast, fluid movement across challenging platforming gauntlets in your quest to restore a fallen kingdom.
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.3%, 3D Platformer 15.9%, Exploration 13.1%, Platformer 9.4%, Action-Adventure 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: A high-speed 3D platformer that incorporates Metroidvania elements and challenging movement-based puzzles.
- #10 Pseudoregalia
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 17,681 reviews2023
Dev: rittzler
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Deep within the realm of sleep, Sybil finds herself pulled to a distorted castle. Grow strong, and unlock new abilities to build up a deep movement system, fight enemies, find secrets, and free the weary soul of Castle Sansa, in this retro-inspired 3D Platformer Metroidvania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 53.4%, 3D Platformer 20.5%, Exploration 12.1%, Platformer 8.2%, Adventure 3.2%
Why You'll Like It: A 3D platformer focused on fluid movement and ability-gated exploration that captures the spirit of classic collectathons.
- #11 Journey To The Savage Planet
91% matchVery Positive87% of 6,823 reviews2021
Dev: TyphoonPub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
"WELCOME TO THE PIONEER PROGRAM! As the newest recruit of Kindred Aerospace - The 4th best interstellar space exploration company - Your job is to determine if the planet ARY-26 planet is fit for humans. You may be short on equipment and experience, but you'll figure it out. Good luck!
Why similar: Metroidvania 21.3%, Exploration 18%, 3D Platformer 17.4%, First-Person 13.7%, Action-Adventure 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: A colorful first-person adventure that focuses on exploration, scanning, and unlocking new traversal abilities.
- #12 The Witness
89% matchVery Positive85% of 20,427 reviews2016
Dev: Thekla, Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 77%
You wake up, alone, on a strange island full of puzzles that will challenge and surprise you.
Why similar: Puzzle 29.9%, Exploration 19.7%, First-Person 18.2%, Open World 17.4%, Colorful 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world puzzle game that rewards keen observation and exploration of its mysterious environment.
- #13 The Messenger
89% 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: Metroidvania 66.6%, Platformer 14.2%, Funny 6.3%, Action-Adventure 4.9%, Action 2.9%
Why You'll Like It: A clever action-platformer that evolves into a full-fledged Metroidvania with excellent level design.
- #14 Lone Fungus
87% matchVery Positive84% of 1,139 reviews2023
Dev: BASTI GAMES
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 61%
A handcrafted open-world platformer set in a world built by Mushrooms! Explore different locations filled with secrets, acquire new abilities and use those abilities to reach new places!
Why similar: Metroidvania 58.8%, Exploration 11.1%, Platformer 10.1%, Adventure 7.2%, Colorful 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: A Metroidvania that features deep exploration and challenging platforming mechanics in a vibrant world.
- #15 Antichamber
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 17,576 reviews2013
Dev: Alexander BrucePub: Demruth
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Antichamber is a mind-bending psychological exploration game where nothing can be taken for granted. Discover an Escher-like world where hallways wrap around upon each other, spaces reconfigure themselves, and accomplishing the impossible may just be the only way forward.
Why similar: Puzzle 36.4%, First-Person 26.1%, Exploration 19.6%, Metroidvania 7%, Adventure 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal first-person puzzle game that forces you to rethink the laws of physics and space.
- #16 Elephantasy: Flipside
86% matchVery Positive83% of 58 reviews2023
Dev: B. Maksym (Linker)
Windows
Use and upgrade magic items, collect hidden treasures, and uncover the secrets between two worlds in this cute isometric puzzler! When a certain vacationing Elephant stumbles upon a way into the land of the dead, will she unwittingly let something far more sinister slip through?
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.6%, Puzzle Platformer 19.9%, Physics 8.9%, Open World 7.7%, Puzzle 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: An isometric puzzle-platformer that emphasizes exploration and ability-based progression in a charming world.
- #17 SHEEPO
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 561 reviews2020
Dev: Kyle Thompson
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Explore a strange planet, collect the creatures you find, and then shape-shift into them to expand your world. Build your own path, chat with the locals, and discover the planets sprawling secrets in this quirky metroidvania platformer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 50.1%, Exploration 12.3%, Open World 10.7%, Platformer 10.1%, Adventure 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: A unique Metroidvania that focuses on platforming and creature collection rather than traditional combat.
- #18 Hob
86% matchVery Positive88% of 5,495 reviews2017
Dev: Runic GamesPub: Arc Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Transform the world of Hob! A new action-adventure from Runic Games, the award-winning studio behind Torchlight I and II. It's your chance. Make it home.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.3%, Puzzle Platformer 17.2%, Open World 9%, Exploration 9%, Puzzle 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: A wordless action-adventure game with a world that physically shifts and transforms as you solve puzzles.
- #19 Yoku's Island Express
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,150 reviews2018
Dev: Villa GorillaPub: Team17 Digital Ltd
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Meet Yoku, the pint-sized postman protagonist of Yoku's Island Express! Use a unique blend of pinball mechanics, platforming and open world exploration to unlock the secrets of Mokumana Island, help the locals, awaken ancient deities and much more in this amazing new tropical adventure!
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.5%, Puzzle Platformer 14.1%, Platformer 8.7%, Physics 8.5%, Family Friendly 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: A unique Metroidvania that replaces traditional combat with pinball mechanics for exploration.
- #20 Promenade
82% matchVery Positive95% of 847 reviews2024
Dev: Holy Cap
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Go on an adventure in a world packed with secrets helped by your friend, a poulp with many abilities. Explore, solve puzzles, wander across dungeons, blast through races and much more in this cute game inspired by the best 3D platformers
Why similar: Metroidvania 19.9%, Puzzle Platformer 16.7%, Collectathon 13.1%, Exploration 8%, Puzzle 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: A 3D platformer centered on exploration and collecting items to unlock new areas of the map.
- #21 Pikuniku
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,974 reviews2019
Dev: Arnaud De BockPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Pikuniku is an absurdly wonderful puzzle-exploration game that takes place in a strange but playful world where not everything is as happy as it seems. Help peculiar characters overcome struggles, uncover a deep state conspiracy, and start a little revolution in this delightful dystopian adventure!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 21.2%, Puzzle 20.3%, Funny 12.5%, Adventure 11%, Platformer 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A quirky puzzle-adventure game that focuses on exploration and lighthearted interaction with the world.
- #22 A Hat in Time
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 52,923 reviews2017
Dev: Gears for Breakfast
Windows
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 19.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A Hat in Time is a cute-as-heck 3D platformer featuring a little girl who stitches hats for wicked powers! Freely explore giant worlds and recover Time Pieces to travel to new heights!
Why similar: Collectathon 26.8%, 3D Platformer 23.6%, Funny 8.9%, Platformer 8.2%, Exploration 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: A delightful 3D platformer that captures the joy of exploration and secret-hunting found in Supraland.
- #23 Spyro™ Reignited Trilogy
82% matchVery Positive94% of 21,612 reviews2019
Dev: Toys for BobPub: Activision
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Same sick burns, same smoldering attitude, now all scaled up in stunning HD, Spyro is back in the Spyro™ Reignited Trilogy! Rekindle the fire with remastered versions of the original three games, Spyro™ the Dragon, Spyro™ 2: Ripto's Rage! and Spyro™: Year of the Dragon.
Why similar: 3D Platformer 25.5%, Collectathon 19.7%, Family Friendly 11.6%, Platformer 9.4%, Adventure 9%
Why You'll Like It: A classic 3D platformer that emphasizes collecting and exploring interconnected worlds.
- #24 TUNIC
81% matchVery Positive91% of 17,199 reviews2022
Dev: TUNIC TeamPub: Finji
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Explore a land filled with lost legends, ancient powers, and ferocious monsters in TUNIC, an isometric action game about a small fox on a big adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 50.1%, Exploration 20.2%, Puzzle 15.9%, Action-Adventure 7.8%, Colorful 4.2%
Why You'll Like It: An isometric adventure that hides deep secrets and complex puzzles behind its charming exterior.
- #25 Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair
81% matchVery Positive81% of 1,409 reviews2019
Dev: Playtonic GamesPub: Team17 Digital Ltd
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair is a brand-new 2.5D platformer from some of the key creative talent behind 'Donkey Kong Country'. As the colourful buddy duo you must tackle a series of stunning, 2.5D levels and explore a puzzling 3D Overworld rich with secrets and surprises!
Why similar: Adventure 27.4%, Platformer 24.2%, Exploration 12.2%, Family Friendly 9.7%, Funny 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: A platformer that blends 2D and 3D elements with a heavy focus on exploration and secret discovery.
- #26 Pumpkin Jack
79% matchVery Positive91% of 9,421 reviews2020
Dev: Evil RaptorPub: Headup
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Pumpkin Jack is a Spooky Scary 3D platformer in which you embody Jack, the Mythical Pumpkin Lord! Dive into an Epic Adventure through otherworldly landscapes and help the Evil annihilate the Good!
Why similar: 3D Platformer 23.8%, Collectathon 19%, Adventure 12.2%, Colorful 8.2%, Cartoony 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: A colorful 3D platformer that features satisfying combat and light puzzle-solving in a spooky setting.
- #27 Psychonauts 2
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 13,956 reviews2021
Dev: Double Fine ProductionsPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 13.0 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Combining quirky missions and mysterious conspiracies, Psychonauts 2 is a platform-adventure game with cinematic style and tons of customizable psychic powers.
Why similar: 3D Platformer 29.8%, Cartoony 14.1%, Platformer 12.4%, Funny 11.8%, Adventure 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A creative 3D platformer with imaginative level design and varied movement abilities.
- #28 Q.U.B.E. 2
80% matchVery Positive84% of 1,718 reviews2018
Dev: Toxic GamesPub: Trapped Nerve Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Q.U.B.E. 2 is the sequel to the hit first-person puzzle game Q.U.B.E. You are Amelia Cross, a stranded archaeologist who has awoken among the ruins of an ancient alien landscape. With the distant help of another survivor you must solve the puzzles of this mysterious world and find a way back home.
Why similar: Puzzle 29.5%, Adventure 24.9%, First-Person 19.7%, Puzzle Platformer 11.9%, Action 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person puzzle game that requires you to manipulate the environment using special gloves to progress.
- #29 Grow Home
79% 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: Open World 24.5%, 3D Platformer 21.9%, Exploration 18.3%, Physics 11%, Adventure 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: A physics-driven climbing game where exploration and vertical movement are the primary mechanics.
- #30 Bugsnax
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 8,817 reviews2022
Dev: Young Horses
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Catch mysterious living snacks and feed them to your friends in this unusual island adventure!
Why similar: First-Person 17.1%, Physics 15.3%, Exploration 15%, Puzzle 12.7%, Cartoony 12.3%
- #31 Valley
78% matchVery Positive91% of 6,673 reviews2016
Dev: Blue Isle StudiosPub: Blue Isle Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Explore the vast and beautiful world of Valley using the power of the L.E.A.F. suit: a fierce exoskeleton that grants exceptional speed and agility along with the phenomenal ability to manipulate the life and death of all living things.
Why similar: First-Person 25.2%, Exploration 20.7%, Open World 18%, Adventure 13.3%, 3D Platformer 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person exploration game that uses a special suit to allow for incredible speed and vertical movement.
- #32 Forager
77% matchVery Positive90% of 43,003 reviews2019
Dev: HopFrogPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 22.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
The highly popular and quirky "idle game that you want to actively keep playing". Explore, craft, gather & manage resources, find secrets and build your base out of nothing! Buy land to explore and expand!
Why similar: Open World 34.1%, Exploration 32.7%, Adventure 22.3%, Singleplayer 10.9%
- #33 Going Under
77% matchVery Positive90% of 4,013 reviews2020
Dev: Aggro CrabPub: Team17 Digital
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Going Under is a satirical dungeon crawler about exploring the cursed ruins of failed tech startups. As an unpaid intern in the dystopian city of Neo-Cascadia, you’ll wield office junk as weaponry as you make your way through the offbeat procedural dungeons beneath your company campus.
Why similar: Funny 36.9%, Action-Adventure 29.8%, Colorful 23.7%, Action 9.5%
- #34 Minishoot' Adventures
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 7,362 reviews2024
Dev: SoulGame Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Fly into a charming handcrafted world and go on an adventure that mixes up open exploration with crispy twin-stick shooter action. Fight your way from the shiny overworld to the deepest caves, improve your ship and overcome the dungeons' bosses to rescue your friends!
Why similar: Metroidvania 54.7%, Exploration 15.4%, Open World 10.3%, Shooter 6.9%, Adventure 6%
- #35 Wuppo: Definitive Edition
76% matchVery Positive94% of 5,902 reviews2016
Dev: snekflat
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Play as an exiled 'wum' looking for a new home in this bizarre but charming world, filled with strange creatures, puzzles, monsters and political chaos.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36%, Puzzle Platformer 17.6%, Exploration 10.2%, Puzzle 8.3%, Platformer 7.4%
- #36 Reventure
75% matchVery Positive95% of 9,751 reviews2019
Dev: Pixelatto
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The one and only non-linear adventure with 100 different endings. Don't just wishlist me. I'm not that expensive... also, look at those reviews!
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.8%, Puzzle Platformer 23.5%, Exploration 13%, Adventure 11.6%, Platformer 10.4%
- #37 Sunset Overdrive
75% matchVery Positive90% of 14,004 reviews2018
Dev: Insomniac GamesPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Sunset Overdrive transforms an open-world apocalypse into your tactical playground. Zip, grind and wall-run across Sunset City with an unconventional arsenal. Hyper-agility, unique weapons, and customizable abilities deliver an explosive and irreverent adventure in the end times.
Why similar: Open World 39.4%, Funny 17.6%, Adventure 10.6%, Shooter 8%, Colorful 7.9%
- #38 Wandersong
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,848 reviews2018
Dev: Wishes Ultd.Pub: Greg Lobanov
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A musical platforming adventure with an emotional story. Play as a silly bard and use music to interact with everything on a journey around the world. Along the way you'll explore, solve puzzles, and meet a huge cast of characters!
Why similar: Adventure 20.5%, Funny 17.2%, Platformer 14.3%, Colorful 14%, Family Friendly 13%
- #39 Super Mombo Quest
73% 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: Metroidvania 57.9%, Platformer 9.8%, Adventure 8.4%, Action-Adventure 7.9%, Funny 6.2%
- #40 MO:Astray
74% matchVery Positive92% of 5,025 reviews2019
Dev: Archpray Inc.Pub: Rayark International Limited
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 57.9%, Platformer 14.6%, Adventure 13.9%, Action 6.2%, Singleplayer 4.6%
- #41 INMOST
73% matchVery Positive91% of 7,185 reviews2020
Dev: Hidden Layer GamesPub: Chucklefish
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 42.5%, Exploration 19.4%, Platformer 11.2%, Puzzle 10.7%, Adventure 9.5%
- #42 Hexologic
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,338 reviews2018
Dev: MythicOwl
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Immerse yourself in the beautiful world of Hexologic. Solve challenging, yet rewarding puzzles, listen to relaxing music, dive deep into the game’s atmosphere and fall in love in with Sudoku again!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 44.6%, Puzzle 20.8%, Cartoony 11.8%, Colorful 10.3%, Family Friendly 9.5%
- #43 Hot Lava
71% matchVery Positive93% of 6,086 reviews2019
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The Floor is Hot Lava! Run, jump, climb, and surf across nostalgia-packed environments flooded with hot molten lava. Explore alone, or join your friends. And whatever you do, don’t touch the floor.
Why similar: 3D Platformer 29.8%, Exploration 20.8%, First-Person 19.9%, Platformer 13.8%, Adventure 7.9%
- #44 Iconoclasts
72% matchVery Positive86% of 4,919 reviews2018
Dev: Joakim SandbergPub: Bifrost Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Join renegade mechanic Robin and uncover the secrets of a dying planet. Explore a big world filled with intricate puzzles, interesting characters and menacing bosses in a beautiful platform adventure that tells a personal story about faith, purpose and the challenge of helping people.
Why similar: Metroidvania 51.2%, Puzzle Platformer 21.4%, Platformer 7.1%, Adventure 6.4%, Puzzle 3.1%
- #45 RUBATO
66% matchVery Positive96% of 282 reviews2026
Dev: dconn
Windows
RUBATO, an experimental, 2D physics-based take on the collect-a-thon genre!
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.3%, Puzzle Platformer 15%, Collectathon 14.7%, Physics 13.8%, Exploration 6.6%
- #46 The Hex
71% matchVery Positive94% of 5,416 reviews2018
Dev: Daniel Mullins Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
In a creaky old tavern, in a forgotten corner of the video-game universe, a storm is raging. An anonymous caller suggests that there is a murder plot. Six video game protagonists are the only plausible suspects...
Why similar: Funny 28.8%, Puzzle 25.6%, Singleplayer 19.1%, Platformer 15.2%, Adventure 11.3%
- #47 Wargroove
71% matchVery Positive83% of 5,221 reviews2019
Dev: Chucklefish
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Take to the battlefield with Wargroove, a strategy game for up to 4 players! Choose your Commander and wage turn-based war on battling factions. Design and share maps, cut-scenes and campaigns with easy-to-use editors and in-depth customization tools!
Why similar: Family Friendly 68.4%, Singleplayer 31.6%
- #48 Pawnbarian
70% matchVery Positive90% of 868 reviews2021
Dev: j4nw
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Pawnbarian is a quick-playing, turn-based puzzle roguelike. Play cards to move your hero like a chess piece, and conquer challenging dungeons full of cunning monsters!
Why similar: Puzzle 87.1%, Singleplayer 12.9%
- #49 ANIMAL WELL
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 23,519 reviews2024
Dev: Billy BassoPub: Bigmode
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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: Metroidvania 42.5%, Puzzle Platformer 24.5%, Exploration 11.6%, Puzzle 9.3%, Platformer 6.2%
- #50 Post Void
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 12,026 reviews2020
Dev: YCJY Games
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Post Void is a hypnotic scramble of early first-person shooter design that values speed above all else. Keep your head full and reach the end; Kill what you can to see it mend; Get the high score or try again.
Why similar: FPS 45%, First-Person 21.8%, Shooter 15.6%, Colorful 8.3%, Singleplayer 5.4%
- #51 Refunct
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 17,405 reviews2015
Dev: Dominique Grieshofer
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Refunct is a peaceful, short first-person platformer about restoring a vibrant world.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 27.4%, 3D Platformer 19.6%, First-Person 11.8%, Open World 10.9%, Exploration 8.4%
- #52 Super Adventure Hand
67% 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: Puzzle Platformer 27.9%, Physics 20.7%, 3D Platformer 15.2%, Platformer 9.8%, Exploration 8.6%
- #53 My Time at Portia
68% matchVery Positive92% of 44,040 reviews2019
Dev: Pathea GamesPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 36.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Start a new life in the enchanting town of Portia! Restore your Pa's neglected workshop to its former glory by fulfilling commissions, growing crops, raising animals, and befriending the quirky inhabitants of this charming post-apocalyptic land!
Why similar: Open World 50%, Exploration 17.2%, Adventure 14.6%, Cartoony 9.9%, Singleplayer 8.3%
- #54 Book of Demons
68% matchVery Positive91% of 9,468 reviews2018
Dev: Thing Trunk
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Book of Demons is a Hack & Slash in which YOU decide the length of quests. Wield magic cards instead of weapons and slay the armies of darkness in the dungeons below the Old Cathedral. Save the terror-stricken Paperverse from the clutches of the Archdemon himself!
Why similar: Action-Adventure 32.2%, Singleplayer 27.6%, Adventure 26.4%, Action 13.8%
- #55 Teslagrad
70% matchVery Positive84% of 2,460 reviews2013
Dev: Rain Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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: Metroidvania 37.8%, Puzzle Platformer 17.7%, Platformer 12.8%, Puzzle 11.5%, Physics 8.7%
- #56 Togges
69% matchMixed70% of 200 reviews2022
Dev: Regular StudioPub: Thunderful Publishing
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Togges is a charming and colourful 3D Puzzle-Platformer. Go on adventures, stack adorable living blocks and solve puzzles around the Cosmos to save the Galaxy from the threats of the Void.
Why similar: Collectathon 14.7%, 3D Platformer 12.3%, Open World 10.5%, Puzzle 9.3%, Exploration 9.2%
- #57 The Talos Principle 2
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 12,921 reviews2023
Dev: CroteamPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 27.7 hrsMean: 34.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
The Talos Principle 2 is a thought-provoking first-person puzzle experience that greatly expands on the first game's philosophical themes and stunning environments with increasingly mind-bending challenges.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 33.9%, Puzzle 16.2%, First-Person 15.3%, 3D Platformer 14.6%, Exploration 13.5%
- #58 Yooka-Laylee
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 5,364 reviews2017
Dev: Playtonic GamesPub: Playtonic Friends
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 23.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Yooka-Laylee is an all-new open-world platformer from genre veterans Playtonic! Explore huge, beautiful worlds, meet an unforgettable cast of characters and horde a vault-load of collectibles as buddy-duo Yooka and Laylee embark on an epic adventure to thwart corporate creep Capital B!
Why similar: Collectathon 28.8%, 3D Platformer 21.5%, Platformer 8.4%, Exploration 7.9%, Adventure 7.3%
- #59 Islets
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,209 reviews2022
Dev: Kyle ThompsonPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Take to the sky and reunite a fragmented world in this surprisingly wholesome metroidvania! Help Iko adventure across beautiful hand-painted islands, receive letters from a quirky cast of characters, and face powerful monstrous adversaries.
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.7%, Exploration 9.8%, Platformer 9.3%, Open World 8.2%, Adventure 6.1%
- #60 DreamWatcher
67% matchVery Positive84% of 74 reviews2020
Dev: Class of 2019-2020Pub: Campus ADN
Windows
Welcome to the Great Library of Dreams, where chaos has just been unleashed! Play as The Agent in this fantasy 3D Metroidvania filled to the brim with surprising secrets, daring traversal, confounding puzzles and menacing monkeys. Rid the library of the creatures wreaking havoc and bring back order!
Why similar: Metroidvania 29%, Puzzle Platformer 19.6%, Collectathon 12.1%, 3D Platformer 9.7%, Exploration 7.7%