- #1 Supraland Six Inches Under
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,127 reviews2022
Dev: Supra Games
Windows
Median: 12.7 hrsMean: 16.0 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 17%, FPS 10%, Collectathon 8.4%, First-Person 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: This is a direct, standalone follow-up that refines the core puzzle-platforming and exploration mechanics of the original.
- #2 Portal 2
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 459,758 reviews2011
Dev: Valve
Windows · Linux
Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 29.9 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 22.5%, FPS 14.6%, 3D Platformer 10.8%, Physics 10.8%, First-Person 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for first-person physics-based puzzle games that heavily influenced the design philosophy of Supraland.
- #3 Portal
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 194,399 reviews2007
Dev: Valve
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 18.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Portal™ is a new single player game from Valve. Set in the mysterious Aperture Science Laboratories, Portal has been called one of the most innovative new games on the horizon and will offer gamers hours of unique gameplay.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 34.1%, Puzzle 16.5%, 3D Platformer 13.2%, First-Person 11.5%, Physics 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A foundational first-person puzzle experience that emphasizes clever spatial thinking and environmental interaction.
- #4 The Talos Principle
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 32,778 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 45.4%, First-Person 27.3%, Exploration 13.6%, Adventure 6.5%, Singleplayer 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: Offers deep, philosophical first-person puzzle-solving within a beautifully interconnected world that rewards exploration.
- #5 Superliminal
94% matchVery Positive95% of 33,072 reviews2020
Dev: Pillow Castle
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.3 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 21.7%, Physics 20.4%, Puzzle 16%, First-Person 14.5%, Exploration 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: Features unique perspective-based physics puzzles that require creative thinking to overcome obstacles.
- #6 Viewfinder
94% matchVery Positive94% of 12,170 reviews2023
Dev: Sad Owl StudiosPub: Thunderful Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.3 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 26.4%, Physics 14.5%, First-Person 10.8%, 3D Platformer 10.5%, Puzzle 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A mind-bending first-person puzzle game where you manipulate the environment by placing photographs into the world.
- #7 Tinykin
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 4,149 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 20.2%, 3D Platformer 12.7%, Collectathon 11.7%, Cartoony 8.8%, Puzzle 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A charming 3D platformer that emphasizes exploration and collecting items to unlock new areas in a giant-world setting.
- #8 Antichamber
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 17,636 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 36.5%, First-Person 26.1%, Exploration 19.5%, Metroidvania 7.1%, Adventure 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal first-person puzzle game that challenges your perception of space and geometry in a way similar to Supraland's more abstract puzzles.
- #9 Journey To The Savage Planet
91% matchVery Positive87% of 6,870 reviews2021
Dev: TyphoonPub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
"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 21.4%, Exploration 17.9%, 3D Platformer 17.5%, First-Person 13.8%, Action-Adventure 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person adventure that blends exploration with ability-gating, allowing you to reach new heights as you upgrade your gear.
- #10 ANIMAL WELL
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 23,932 reviews2024
Dev: Billy BassoPub: Bigmode
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 42.4%, Puzzle Platformer 24.8%, Exploration 11.4%, Puzzle 9.3%, Platformer 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: A dense, atmospheric Metroidvania that prioritizes environmental puzzles and hidden secrets over traditional combat.
- #11 Yoku's Island Express
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,192 reviews2018
Dev: Villa GorillaPub: Team17 Digital Ltd
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 47.3%, Puzzle Platformer 14.1%, Physics 8.7%, Platformer 8.6%, Family Friendly 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: Combines Metroidvania exploration with unique pinball-based traversal mechanics that make moving through the world a joy.
- #12 Outer Wilds
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 102,192 reviews2020
Dev: Mobius DigitalPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 16.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Named Game of the Year 2019 by Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer, and The Guardian, Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop.
Why similar: Exploration 31.7%, Open World 20%, Puzzle 17.7%, First-Person 14.6%, Adventure 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on non-linear exploration and knowledge-based progression where the environment itself is the primary puzzle.
- #13 Supraworld
86% matchVery Positive92% of 1,486 reviews2025
Dev: Supra Games
Windows
Median: 9.4 hrsMean: 21.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 16.2%, Collectathon 9.1%, FPS 7.8%, Exploration 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: An early access title that continues the legacy of the Supraland formula with new immersive-sim elements.
- #14 Q.U.B.E. 2
89% matchVery Positive84% of 1,730 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 29.8%, Adventure 24.8%, First-Person 19.5%, Puzzle Platformer 11.9%, Action 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person puzzle game that utilizes physics and environmental manipulation to navigate increasingly complex chambers.
- #15 Youropa
88% matchVery Positive87% of 697 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 28.1%, Puzzle Platformer 20.4%, Physics 10.4%, 3D Platformer 9.9%, Exploration 8%
Why You'll Like It: A gravity-defying 3D puzzle-platformer that encourages players to explore every surface of its unique, fragmented world.
- #16 Hob
87% matchVery Positive88% of 5,538 reviews2017
Dev: Runic GamesPub: Arc Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
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 8.9%, Puzzle 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: An adventure game centered on environmental puzzle-solving where the world shifts and transforms as you progress.
- #17 SteamWorld Dig 2
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 8,952 reviews2017
Dev: Image & Form Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%
SteamWorld Dig is back! Dig deep, gain riches and unearth the terrors of the underworld in this platform mining adventure influenced by classic Metroidvania style games.
Why similar: Metroidvania 64.3%, Platformer 11.6%, Adventure 9%, Exploration 6.7%, Action 3.3%
Why You'll Like It: A polished Metroidvania that features satisfying traversal and constant upgrades that open up the map.
- #18 Pikuniku
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 11,059 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 21.7%, Puzzle 20.3%, Funny 12.3%, Adventure 11%, Platformer 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A whimsical puzzle-platformer that focuses on exploration and interacting with a quirky, colorful world.
- #19 A Hat in Time
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 53,075 reviews2017
Dev: Gears for Breakfast
Windows
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 19.5 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 26.7%, 3D Platformer 23.7%, Funny 9%, Platformer 8.3%, Exploration 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: A vibrant 3D platformer that captures the same sense of wonder and secret-hunting found in Supraland.
- #20 Reventure
83% matchVery Positive95% of 9,820 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 37.9%, Puzzle Platformer 23.6%, Exploration 12.9%, Adventure 11.6%, Platformer 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: A non-linear adventure game packed with secrets and multiple endings that rewards curiosity and exploration.
- #21 Psychonauts 2
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 14,113 reviews2021
Dev: Double Fine ProductionsPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 13.1 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 30%, Cartoony 14%, Platformer 12.5%, Funny 11.7%, Adventure 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: Combines creative 3D platforming with puzzle-solving and exploration in a highly imaginative world.
- #22 The Witness
84% matchVery Positive85% of 20,692 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 30%, Exploration 19.6%, First-Person 18.2%, Open World 17.5%, Colorful 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world exploration game focused entirely on environmental puzzles that require keen observation.
- #23 The Messenger
82% matchVery Positive93% of 12,928 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 66.7%, Platformer 14.2%, Funny 6.3%, Action-Adventure 4.8%, Action 2.9%
Why You'll Like It: A tight platformer that evolves into a full-fledged Metroidvania with plenty of secrets to uncover.
- #24 Manifold Garden
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 8,248 reviews2020
Dev: William Chyr Studio
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Rediscover gravity and explore an Escher-esque world of impossible architecture. Witness infinity in first-person and master its rules to solve physics-defying puzzles. Cultivate a garden to open new paths forward, where an eternal expanse awaits.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 35.8%, Puzzle 17.8%, First-Person 17.3%, Exploration 15.6%, Colorful 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person puzzle game with impossible architecture and gravity-shifting mechanics that feel like a natural extension of Supraland's puzzles.
- #25 SHEEPO
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 581 reviews2020
Dev: Kyle Thompson
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 55%
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 50.2%, Exploration 12.2%, Open World 10.7%, Platformer 10.2%, Adventure 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: A unique Metroidvania that focuses on movement and exploration rather than traditional combat encounters.
- #26 Spyro™ Reignited Trilogy
79% matchVery Positive94% of 21,749 reviews2019
Dev: Toys for BobPub: Activision
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 15.3 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 19.9%, Family Friendly 11.6%, Platformer 9.4%, Adventure 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A classic 3D collectathon platformer that emphasizes exploring vibrant levels to find hidden secrets and upgrades.
- #27 Super Mombo Quest
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 869 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 58%, Platformer 9.9%, Adventure 8.4%, Action-Adventure 7.9%, Funny 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced precision platformer that incorporates Metroidvania-style progression and exploration.
- #28 Grow Home
81% matchVery Positive92% of 5,587 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 24.6%, 3D Platformer 22.1%, Exploration 18.2%, Physics 10.9%, Adventure 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: Features physics-based climbing and exploration that rewards players for finding creative ways to reach the top of the world.
- #29 Promenade
77% matchVery Positive95% of 873 reviews2024
Dev: Holy Cap
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 54%
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 20%, Puzzle Platformer 16.8%, Collectathon 13%, Exploration 7.9%, Puzzle 6.1%
- #30 Lone Fungus
78% matchVery Positive83% of 1,159 reviews2023
Dev: BASTI GAMES
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 9.0 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: Exploration 22.6%, Platformer 20.8%, Metroidvania 15.6%, Adventure 14.8%, Colorful 14.5%
Why You'll Like It: A Metroidvania with a heavy emphasis on precision platforming and movement-based ability upgrades.
- #31 Grow Up
78% matchVery Positive92% of 1,902 reviews2016
Dev: Reflections, a Ubisoft StudioPub: Infogrames
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Leaping from mind-boggling heights, bouncing off Champolines, soaring inches from floating islands, BUD can do it all - that look of mild terror, that’s his daredevil face. Help the adorable little robot collect MOM’s scattered ship parts and return them to the moon.
Why similar: Open World 22.4%, 3D Platformer 19.3%, Exploration 17.8%, Adventure 11.3%, Physics 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: Expands on the physics-based traversal of its predecessor with a larger open world and more verticality to explore.
- #32 Wuppo: Definitive Edition
77% matchVery Positive94% of 5,928 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 36.2%, Puzzle Platformer 17.7%, Exploration 10.2%, Puzzle 8.3%, Platformer 7.5%
- #33 Elephantasy: Flipside
75% 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 28.7%, Puzzle Platformer 20%, Physics 8.8%, Open World 7.7%, Puzzle 7.1%
- #34 Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair
76% matchVery Positive81% of 1,418 reviews2019
Dev: Playtonic GamesPub: Playtonic Friends
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 27.6%, Platformer 24.6%, Exploration 12%, Family Friendly 9.6%, Puzzle 7.5%
- #35 Forager
75% matchVery Positive90% of 43,424 reviews2019
Dev: HopFrogPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 22.4 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 10.8%
- #36 Going Under
74% matchVery Positive90% of 4,056 reviews2020
Dev: Aggro CrabPub: Team17 Digital
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.8 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 36.8%, Action-Adventure 30%, Colorful 23.6%, Action 9.6%
- #37 SUPERHOT
74% matchVery Positive91% of 40,223 reviews2016
Dev: SUPERHOT Team
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
SUPERHOT is the smash-hit FPS where time moves only when you move. No regenerating health bars. No conveniently placed ammo drops. It's you, alone, outnumbered and outgunned. Snatch weapons from fallen enemies to shoot, slice and dodge through a truly cinematic hurricane of slow-motion bullets.
Why similar: FPS 44.8%, First-Person 20.6%, Puzzle 11.4%, Shooter 11.2%, Action 5.8%
- #38 Minishoot' Adventures
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 7,565 reviews2024
Dev: SoulGame Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 55%, Exploration 15.3%, Open World 10.3%, Shooter 6.9%, Adventure 6%
- #39 Yooka-Laylee
76% matchMostly Positive75% of 5,373 reviews2017
Dev: Playtonic GamesPub: Playtonic Friends
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 22.9 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 28.7%, 3D Platformer 21.6%, Platformer 8.4%, Exploration 7.8%, Adventure 7.4%
- #40 Sunset Overdrive
73% matchVery Positive90% of 14,200 reviews2018
Dev: Insomniac GamesPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 39.6%, Funny 17.5%, Adventure 10.6%, Shooter 8%, Colorful 7.8%
- #41 Wandersong
73% matchVery Positive95% of 3,869 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 20.6%, Funny 17.1%, Platformer 14.4%, Colorful 13.9%, Family Friendly 13%
- #42 Hot Lava
72% matchVery Positive93% of 6,121 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 20.6%, First-Person 19.8%, Platformer 13.9%, Adventure 8%
- #43 Pumpkin Jack
71% matchVery Positive91% of 9,544 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 23.9%, Collectathon 18.9%, Adventure 12.3%, Colorful 8.2%, Cartoony 6.5%
- #44 Wargroove
73% matchVery Positive83% of 5,236 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 68.6%, Singleplayer 31.4%
- #45 Fury Unleashed
72% matchVery Positive87% of 2,857 reviews2020
Dev: Awesome Games Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Shoot your way through the pages of an ever-changing comic book in this fast-paced roguelike. Play solo, in local or online co-op, expand your weaponry, and upgrade your hero with each run. All that to find out why has your creator lost his faith in you and to prove him wrong.
Why similar: Platformer 34.3%, Shooter 33.9%, Adventure 17.1%, Action 14.7%
- #46 Kill It With Fire
71% matchVery Positive95% of 5,409 reviews2020
Dev: Casey Donnellan Games LLCPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Kill It With Fire is a first-person action game about hunting spiders and causing collateral damage.
Why similar: Physics 40.7%, Family Friendly 21.4%, Funny 18.4%, Colorful 12.8%, Action 6.7%
- #47 Pawnbarian
71% matchVery Positive89% of 878 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 87.4%, Singleplayer 12.6%
- #48 Cat Quest
70% matchVery Positive95% of 10,530 reviews2017
Dev: The GentlebrosPub: Kepler Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
The multi award-winning Action RPG. Some say 'Diablo with Cats' others a 'Super-cute Skyrim', whatever your take, Cat Quest's loot-fuelled cat-venture is as beautifully crafted, as its combat and magic are ultra-satisfying. Universally adored by critics - it'll have you purring for joy!
Why similar: Open World 34.5%, Adventure 25.2%, Funny 13.3%, Family Friendly 11%, Singleplayer 8.2%
- #49 Ring of Pain
69% matchVery Positive92% of 5,048 reviews2020
Dev: Simon BoxerPub: Balor Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Enter the Ring of Pain, a roguelike card crawler where encounters come to you. Each step around the ring a dire decision. Go for the loot or backstab a creeping horror? Meet strange friends bearing gifts and treasure. Choose your gear wisely to survive and discover the secrets of the Ring of Pain.
Why similar: Singleplayer 100%
- #50 Hello Neighbor
70% matchVery Positive86% of 29,697 reviews2017
Dev: Dynamic PixelsPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Hello Neighbor is a Stealth Horror Game about sneaking into your neighbor's house and figuring out what he's hiding in the basement. Play against an advanced AI that learns from your actions.
Why similar: FPS 23.9%, 3D Platformer 17.6%, First-Person 15.3%, Puzzle 12.2%, Family Friendly 9.9%
- #51 Super Adventure Hand
67% matchVery Positive98% of 94 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 28.1%, Physics 20.4%, 3D Platformer 15.2%, Platformer 9.8%, Exploration 8.6%
- #52 RUBATO
63% matchVery Positive97% of 423 reviews2026
Dev: dconn
Windows
RUBATO, an experimental, 2D physics-based take on the collect-a-thon genre!
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.5%, Puzzle Platformer 15%, Collectathon 14.7%, Physics 13.7%, Exploration 6.5%
- #53 Book of Demons
69% 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 32.3%, Singleplayer 27.2%, Adventure 26.6%, Action 13.9%
- #54 RiME
69% matchVery Positive90% of 5,170 reviews2017
Dev: Tequila WorksPub: Grey Box
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A land of discovery stretches out before you. Explore the beautiful, rugged world of RiME. Armed with your wits and a will to overcome—and the guidance of a helpful fox—you must explore the enigmatic island, reach the tower's peak, and unlock its closely guarded secrets.
Why similar: Exploration 24.1%, Puzzle 23%, Adventure 12.9%, 3D Platformer 11.7%, Open World 10.2%
- #55 Hexologic
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,343 reviews2018
Dev: MythicOwl
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 44.8%, Puzzle 20.8%, Cartoony 11.8%, Colorful 10.2%, Family Friendly 9.5%
- #56 Blue Fire
67% matchVery Positive81% of 3,056 reviews2021
Dev: Robi StudiosPub: Graffiti Games
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 6.6 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 46.4%, 3D Platformer 15.9%, Exploration 13%, Platformer 9.4%, Action-Adventure 7.4%
- #57 Popup Dungeon
68% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,045 reviews2020
Dev: Triple.B.TitlesPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A tactical roguelike RPG inspired by our favorite tabletop games that lets you create any ability, item, villain, hero, and game imaginable.
- #58 MO:Astray
66% matchVery Positive92% of 5,040 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 58.1%, Platformer 14.6%, Adventure 13.9%, Action 6.2%, Singleplayer 4.5%
- #59 Portal Knights
67% matchVery Positive83% of 22,235 reviews2017
Dev: Keen Games GmbHPub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 21.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
The world of Elysia needs YOU! Join this cooperative, 3D sandbox action RPG to level up your character, craft epic weapons, conquer enemies in real-time, and build almost anything! Craft your adventure. Forge your hero. Become the ultimate Portal Knight!
Why similar: Adventure 43%, Exploration 39.2%, Action 10%, Singleplayer 7.8%
- #60 Lightmatter
66% matchVery Positive91% of 2,873 reviews2020
Dev: Tunnel Vision GamesPub: Aspyr
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A first-person puzzler where shadows kill you. Watch your step or be swallowed by the darkness.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 22.5%, Puzzle 22.1%, Adventure 21.3%, First-Person 21.2%, FPS 12.8%