- #1 Manifold Garden
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 8,118 reviews2020
Dev: William Chyr Studio
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.4 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: Surreal 17.1%, Puzzle Platformer 15.4%, Abstract 15.1%, Nonlinear 13.3%, Puzzle 8.4%
- #2 Viewfinder
96% 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 20.8%, Surreal 16.5%, Abstract 15.3%, 3D Platformer 11.7%, First-Person 9.1%
- #3 Antichamber
96% 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: Surreal 24%, Puzzle 18.8%, First-Person 13%, Nonlinear 12.9%, Abstract 12.6%
- #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: Surreal 27.2%, Puzzle Platformer 19%, Puzzle 15.3%, First-Person 13.6%, Minimalist 8.9%
- #5 Chromatic Conundrum
94% matchVery Positive98% of 277 reviews2026
Dev: Digs
Windows
Chromatic Conundrum is a first person puzzle game where you manipulate light. Combine different colors and form shadows to illuminate your way through an enigmatic world.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 21.3%, 3D Platformer 14.5%, Abstract 13.7%, First-Person 11.1%, Puzzle 11%
- #6 ANIMAL WELL
94% 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: Puzzle Platformer 29.2%, Nonlinear 16.4%, Surreal 15.9%, Exploration 12.3%, Puzzle 12.1%
- #7 ART IS RIFLE
92% matchMostly Positive80% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: Arman Pakan
Windows
A Surreal Puzzle Shooter Adventure Fueled By Madness!
Why similar: Nonlinear 19.8%, Abstract 17.6%, Surreal 16.8%, First-Person 8.5%, Minimalist 8.3%
- #8 Chroma Zero
91% matchVery Positive96% of 313 reviews2024
Dev: ekorzPub: ZeroXP
Windows
Explore a unique and connected world. Understand its fragile balance, uncover its deepest questions, and find more than just the answers.
Why similar: Logic 16.2%, Surreal 12.2%, First-Person 12%, Puzzle 11.9%, Nonlinear 10.9%
- #9 TRI: Of Friendship and Madness
93% matchVery Positive85% of 506 reviews2014
Dev: Rat King Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Find a way through the towers and dungeons of TRI by solving puzzles, climbing impossible ascents and reflecting light-rays. The mystical TRI will let you create your own paths in this strange world – just try not to lose your mind when you're falling upside down!
Why similar: Surreal 19.9%, 3D Platformer 15.8%, Puzzle 10.7%, First-Person 10.2%, Minimalist 9.1%
- #10 The Talos Principle 2
89% 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 27.7%, 3D Platformer 16.8%, Puzzle 14.5%, Logic 14.2%, First-Person 13.2%
- #11 Way of Rhea
90% matchVery Positive98% of 54 reviews2024
Dev: Games by Mason LLC
Windows · Linux
A puzzle game with challenging puzzles, but forgiving mechanics. Master the use of your color changing staff to solve mind bending puzzles, unlock new areas, and help out your friends. Undo any mistake with the press of a button.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 21.6%, Surreal 16.9%, Logic 15.8%, Nonlinear 12.1%, Puzzle 10.6%
- #12 The Witness
91% 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%, First-Person 17.1%, Exploration 15.5%, Nonlinear 11.6%, Surreal 7.5%
- #13 Lingo
88% matchVery Positive94% of 754 reviews2021
Dev: Brenton Wildes
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 30.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Lingo is a first person word puzzle game with a large, abstract world to explore. With its epiphany-driven gameplay and impossible geometry, Lingo provides a unique and nonlinear experience.
Why similar: Surreal 18%, Nonlinear 17.3%, Abstract 15%, Puzzle 10.8%, First-Person 10.4%
- #14 The Bridge
89% matchVery Positive87% of 4,339 reviews2013
Dev: Ty TaylorPub: The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
The Bridge is a logic puzzle game that forces you to reevaluate your preconceptions of physics and perspective. It is Isaac Newton meets M. C. Escher. Manipulate gravity to redefine the ceiling as the floor while venturing through impossible architectures.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 31.8%, Surreal 28.2%, Logic 12.9%, Puzzle 11.7%, Abstract 5.9%
- #15 Islands of Insight
86% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,163 reviews2024
Dev: Lunarch StudiosPub: Behaviour Interactive Inc.
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 18.3 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Seek out and solve 10,000+ puzzles at your own pace across this sublime puzzle game.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 23.7%, Nonlinear 22.9%, Logic 13.6%, First-Person 9.7%, Puzzle 9.1%
- #16 The Sojourn
87% matchMostly Positive72% of 217 reviews2020
Dev: Shifting TidesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
The Sojourn is a first-person puzzle game set in an immersive colour-drenched world of light and darkness. Think your way through dozens of puzzles as you traverse parallel worlds, awaken mysterious artifacts and overcome challenging obstacles on an unforgettable journey.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 21.9%, Surreal 21.8%, First-Person 12.9%, Puzzle 12.2%, Exploration 7.3%
- #17 The Entropy Centre
85% 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: Puzzle Platformer 27.5%, First-Person 19.3%, Puzzle 18.3%, Exploration 10.7%, Atmospheric 7.3%
- #18 Recursive Ruin
86% matchMostly Positive79% of 310 reviews2022
Dev: Bit RotPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A story rich narrative puzzle game in which an artist comes to terms with their grief. Explore an infinitely recursive world of strange fractal beauty and solve mind-bending puzzles. Confront the ineffable and chat with your cat in a search for meaning and hope.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 26.5%, Surreal 18%, Abstract 15.4%, Puzzle 10.4%, Exploration 9.4%
- #19 Frame of Mind
84% matchVery Positive94% of 932 reviews2021
Dev: [SAMPLE TEXT] Studios ltd
Windows
In Frame of Mind, you are placed in a world where logic is escaping you. Each area of the game defies reason, requiring you to think outside the box in order to solve the illogical and escape madness.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 21.4%, Surreal 15.7%, 3D Platformer 15.6%, First-Person 8.2%, Logic 7.5%
- #20 Entropy
84% matchVery Positive95% of 194 reviews2022
Dev: Chromatic WindowPub: Juggernaut Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Fly between incomprehensible galaxies in this experimental micro game!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 21.3%, 3D Platformer 15.8%, Surreal 15.2%, Abstract 11.8%, First-Person 8.2%
- #21 Nomori: Prologue
83% 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: Puzzle Platformer 25.5%, Surreal 19.6%, Nonlinear 18.9%, Puzzle 10%, Exploration 9.5%
- #22 With Shining Eyes
82% matchVery Positive95% of 96 reviews2024
Dev: Lucas Fisher
Windows
Uncover secrets, experience history, solve puzzles and understand one another. Immerse yourself and explore a surreal and colorful world in this short, first-person adventure.
Why similar: Surreal 27.2%, Abstract 18.2%, Puzzle 11.2%, Exploration 9.3%, Nonlinear 9.2%
- #23 Colortone
82% matchMixed70% of 365 reviews2015
Dev: Greendev.Pub: Valkyrie Initiative
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Your way to freedom only involves your intelligence and the puzzles!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 19.9%, Abstract 15.7%, Minimalist 13%, First-Person 11.6%, Puzzle 10.6%
- #24 Through the Mirror
81% 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 45.7%, Minimalist 18.6%, Puzzle 17.2%, Platformer 6.4%, Atmospheric 5.8%
- #25 InFlux Redux
78% matchVery Positive97% of 90 reviews2024
Dev: Impromptu Games
Windows
InFlux Redux is a high-def remake of the 2013 ball-rolling puzzler InFlux, built on a new engine with improved graphics and physics. Roll through a series of beautiful environments filled with elaborate, mind-bending puzzle structures.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 25.6%, Surreal 20%, 3D Platformer 18.4%, Puzzle 9.9%, Exploration 9.8%
- #26 Youropa
80% 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: Puzzle Platformer 24.3%, Surreal 18.5%, 3D Platformer 16.7%, Abstract 16%, Exploration 8.5%
- #27 Attempt[42]
81% matchMixed60% of 363 reviews2016
Dev: ThinkOfGamesPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Challenging first person puzzle platformer.
Why similar: 3D Platformer 22.1%, Puzzle Platformer 17.1%, Abstract 15.3%, First-Person 13.3%, Puzzle 11.4%
- #28 Blink
79% matchVery Positive92% of 79 reviews2017
Dev: nextReality Games
Windows
Blink into a world of after-images, where you can walk on light. Solve puzzles by manipulating lights and blinking between worlds. Explore hand drawn landscapes while uncovering the secrets behind this strange power.
Why similar: Adventure 58.6%, Indie 41.4%
- #29 Super Perspective
78% matchVery Positive90% of 51 reviews2017
Dev: The Dashing Crate
Windows · Mac
A mind-bending puzzle platformer where you can switch between 2D and 3D at will!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 45.3%, 3D Platformer 29.6%, Puzzle 19.6%, Indie 5.5%
- #30 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: Puzzle Platformer 26.4%, Abstract 22.3%, Surreal 15.2%, Puzzle 12.1%, Exploration 7%
- #31 Tag: The Power of Paint
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,002 reviews2022
Dev: Tag TeamPub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
Windows
The world is your canvas in this innovative first-person puzzle platformer. Tag walls and other surfaces with different colors of spray paint to reveal new ways to navigate each level, including bouncing off, sliding across, and sticking to the surfaces you paint.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 32.5%, 3D Platformer 26.7%, Puzzle 11.6%, First-Person 9.9%, Minimalist 7.4%
- #32 The Unfinished Swan
76% matchVery Positive84% of 1,918 reviews2020
Dev: Giant SparrowPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
From the creators of What Remains of Edith Finch. Enter the surreal world of The Unfinished Swan and explore a mysterious, hidden kingdom by splatting paint to reveal the world around you.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 26.9%, Surreal 22.9%, Puzzle 12.4%, Exploration 11.2%, Minimalist 8.8%
- #33 Reflections
79% matchMixed49% of 78 reviews2015
Dev: Broken Window Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 1.6 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Reflections is a real-world adventure game where every action you take has meaningful consequences that radically shape the experience. Each action you take is punctuated by flushing the black and white environment with color, illustrating your progress and providing clues to what your future might hold.
Why similar: First-Person 38.5%, Exploration 27.1%, Adventure 12.9%, Atmospheric 12.4%, Indie 9.1%
- #34 Another Perspective
77% matchVery Positive88% of 322 reviews2014
Dev: SaraJS
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Another Perspective is a puzzle platformer following the very confusing adventure of someone looking for something. Swap minds to see the world in different ways! Where one mind sees a bottomless pit, another might not. Where one sees a locked door, another sees a key. To change perspective is to change reality!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 35%, Puzzle 26.6%, Platformer 14%, Adventure 13.1%, Indie 11.3%
- #35 Gravitas
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 7,038 reviews2019
Dev: Galaxy Shark Studios
Windows
Gravitas is a short first-person puzzle platforming game that transports you to the Gallery of Refined Gravity. Manipulate gravity and the gallery itself to prove yourself a pupil worthy of the Curator’s masterwork.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 39.1%, Puzzle 20.1%, First-Person 15.4%, 3D Platformer 13.3%, Singleplayer 3%
- #36 Axyz
73% matchVery Positive100% of 115 reviews2025
Dev: Space Lion Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Roll, flip gravity and bend perspective in Axyz. Use your environmental and spatial awareness to beat over 100 levels and soak in the vaporwave in this tribute to 90s puzzle games.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 21.3%, Surreal 16.8%, 3D Platformer 15.4%, Abstract 12.4%, Logic 8.3%
- #37 Q.U.B.E: Director's Cut
76% matchVery Positive82% of 1,904 reviews2014
Dev: Toxic Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Q.U.B.E: Director's Cut is the definitive version of the brain-twisting first-person puzzler. Using special high-tech gloves to manipulate cubes in the environment, the player solves an array of conundrums - from physics-based challenges; to 3D jigsaws; to platform-based trials.
Why similar: Puzzle 40.3%, First-Person 29.6%, Space 5.8%, Adventure 5.4%, Atmospheric 4.9%
- #38 gravilon
77% matchMixed59% of 1,254 reviews2015
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
An inventive, thought-provoking puzzle platformer. Use powerups in each environment, and your own inherent gravity-bending powers, to complete each level. The more you play, the more story details you'll uncover.
Why similar: Minimalist 36.5%, Puzzle 28.5%, Platformer 15%, Indie 10.2%, Adventure 6.6%
- #39 Etherborn
75% matchMostly Positive73% of 444 reviews2019
Dev: Altered MatterPub: Akupara Games
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Delve into an environmental puzzle platformer built on exploring and understanding gravity-shifting structures. You are a voiceless being that has just been born into a world where a bodiless voice awaits your arrival. Go forth and seek your purpose.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 26.1%, 3D Platformer 16%, Minimalist 11.5%, Puzzle 10.5%, Surreal 9.3%
- #40 Shadow Alchemist
71% matchVery Positive96% of 100 reviews2024
Dev: PostHuman Interactive
Windows
Explore a mystical, ever-changing dungeon in this isometric puzzle-adventure game. Master self-transmutation abilities and solve increasingly complex challenges as you uncover the secrets of your past.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 35.8%, Surreal 28.9%, Puzzle 14.2%, Exploration 13.6%, Atmospheric 3.9%
- #41 Hyperbolica
72% matchVery Positive83% of 1,301 reviews2022
Dev: CodeParade
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Hyperbolica is a whimsical Non-Euclidean adventure with mind-bending worlds full of games, puzzles, mazes, and secrets! Immerse yourself in reality-warping geometries where lines can never be parallel, horizons are curved, and space grows exponentially.
Why similar: Surreal 32.7%, 3D Platformer 18.1%, First-Person 15.6%, Puzzle 13.1%, Exploration 12.9%
- #42 Matter
73% matchVery Positive89% of 175 reviews2018
Dev: Uki Uki Lab
Windows · Mac
Dive into a mystical world where gravity crumbles and landscapes transform. Matter is a dreamlike platformer, a contemplative and abstract journey. Explore a strange universe in 30 minutes of serene parkour, where matter and sound harmonize with your actions. A unique sensory experience awaits!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 25%, Surreal 21.5%, Exploration 12.8%, First-Person 11.4%, Atmospheric 8.4%
- #43 Riven
69% matchVery Positive93% of 2,718 reviews2024
Dev: Cyan Worlds, Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Uncover a story of intrigue, betrayal, and a civilization teetering on the brink of collapse as you solve intricate puzzles to unlock the secrets of Riven. Built from the ground-up and expanded from the award-winning original game released in 1997.
Why similar: Surreal 19%, Puzzle 16.5%, First-Person 15.9%, Logic 15.7%, Exploration 14%
- #44 Moncage
70% matchVery Positive92% of 5,496 reviews2021
Dev: OptillusionPub: XD
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Moncage is a unique puzzle adventure game where you explore a fascinating world trapped inside a mysterious cube. With each face displaying a unique scene, you’ll have to leverage the illusions and discover the hidden links to solve the puzzle.
Why similar: Surreal 17.5%, Puzzle 16.7%, Abstract 15%, Puzzle Platformer 13.3%, 3D Platformer 9.3%
- #45 The Last Cube
71% matchVery Positive97% of 144 reviews2022
Dev: Improx Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Cube puzzler and an epic adventure. Stamp stickers to the sides of your cube to imbue each surface with unique powers, which are vital to solving puzzles and finding secrets.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 29.9%, 3D Platformer 21.8%, Logic 16%, Puzzle 12%, Colorful 6.2%
- #46 Platonic
71% matchVery Positive86% of 93 reviews2022
Dev: FidgetBear Games
Windows
Platonic is a first-person puzzle adventure game. Explore five unique worlds. Solve logical challenges. Gather clues and think outside the cube.
Why similar: Nonlinear 25.1%, Logic 19.3%, Puzzle 13%, Exploration 11.4%, First-Person 11%
- #47 Shift Quantum - A Cyber Noir Puzzle Platformer
73% matchVery Positive85% of 79 reviews2018
Dev: Fishing Cactus
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Shift Quantum is a brain-busting platformer using a unique mechanic called SHIFTING, a way to twist your environment and invert space around you. Bend your mind to reach the exit of each level and unveil the secrets of a strange program. Extend the experience, create and share your own levels.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 44.1%, Logic 14.1%, Puzzle 10.8%, Minimalist 8.8%, Atmospheric 8.3%
- #48 Perspective
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,387 reviews2019
Dev: WiddershinsPub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
Windows
Perspective is an experimental platformer. The player avatar moves in a 2D space that transforms when the player changes perspective in 3D space. The player needs to use this mechanic navigate the 2D avatar to a goal in order to progress from level to level.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 59.4%, Puzzle 30.8%, 3D 6%, Indie 3.8%
- #49 The Flaws of Gravity
72% matchMixed62% of 237 reviews2017
Dev: Absorbed Studios
Windows
The Flaws of Gravity is a first-person puzzle game where you change the direction of gravity to solve puzzles and uncover secrets in a labyrinth.
Why similar: Puzzle 46.9%, Adventure 29.6%, Indie 23.5%
- #50 Parallax
70% matchVery Positive83% of 156 reviews2015
Dev: Toasty Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Parallax is a first-person puzzle game with two overlapping worlds. Weave back and forth between black and white as you try to be in the right place, in the right dimension, at the right time. Use switches, boosters and gravity to help you reach the exit. Can you conquer every mind-bending level?
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 38%, First-Person 27.7%, Puzzle 27.6%, Indie 6.6%
- #51 Maquette
69% matchMostly Positive70% of 651 reviews2021
Dev: Graceful DecayPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Maquette is a first-person recursive puzzle game that takes you into a world where every building, plant, and object are simultaneously tiny and staggeringly huge.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 32.1%, Puzzle 18.2%, First-Person 18%, Exploration 7.3%, Adventure 5.8%
- #52 REVISITOR
68% matchVery Positive91% of 55 reviews2021
Dev: Lead Games
Windows
Revisitor is a first person puzzle-platformer game set in a futuristic virtual space. Use two different types of teleportation to both navigate and solve a series of increasingly challenging missions.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 25.8%, Puzzle 19.9%, 3D Platformer 19.7%, First-Person 18.5%, Platformer 7.2%
- #53 Recursed
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 637 reviews2016
Dev: PortponkyPub: Shambles Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
A puzzle game where the rooms are items and the items are rooms. Get to the goal by moving, rearranging and duplicating rooms and altering the structure of the world.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 57.1%, Puzzle 31.6%, Indie 6.3%, Adventure 5%
- #54 Quern - Undying Thoughts
67% matchVery Positive91% of 3,924 reviews2016
Dev: Zadbox EntertainmentPub: Blue Brain Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Discover the truth about Quern’s past, unfold the mysteries of its present, and be the explorer who shapes its future. Quern introduces reusable puzzle mechanics to the classic genre, making the player think about the game as a whole, and not just as a series of individual challenges.
Why similar: Surreal 27%, Puzzle 18.9%, First-Person 16.5%, Exploration 14.1%, Atmospheric 9.1%
- #55 Logicality
68% matchMostly Positive74% of 54 reviews2022
Dev: SVGames
Windows
Immerse yourself in an exciting journey on the island of dreams. Explore the open world and interesting places, while solving various puzzles that use environment.
Why similar: Nonlinear 22.9%, Puzzle 18.7%, First-Person 18%, Exploration 15.8%, Adventure 7.7%
- #56 Through The Fragmentation
66% matchVery Positive96% of 223 reviews2021
Dev: Máté PribelszkyPub: Crow Bar
Windows
Atmospheric first person adventure game focusing on immersion and exploration. Meet strange characters, discover secrets and try to unfold the mystery of the Fragmentation.
Why similar: Nonlinear 37.3%, First-Person 20.1%, Exploration 17.2%, Atmospheric 9.9%, Adventure 5%
- #57 A Game of Changes
70% matchMixed68% of 226 reviews2016
Dev: Nuno DonatoPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A 3d puzzle platformer that takes you along a journey of wisdom, through the 64 unique worlds that draw inspiration and teachings from the I Ching [Book of Changes], one of the oldest oracles in human history.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 26.7%, 3D Platformer 22.5%, Logic 19.3%, Puzzle 13.4%, Platformer 4.7%
- #58 Gorge
67% matchVery Positive88% of 86 reviews2021
Dev: Boaz Leshman
Windows
Gorge is a first-person puzzle-platformer, where you use telekinesis and wall-running to solve challenging interconnected obstacle courses.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 35.4%, 3D Platformer 23.5%, First-Person 14.4%, Puzzle 12.2%, Platformer 4.6%
- #59 Taiji
65% matchVery Positive91% of 1,371 reviews2022
Dev: Matthew VanDevander
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Solve puzzle panels and uncover the meaning of the symbols within. Explore a dense world where secrets are hidden in plain sight.
Why similar: Nonlinear 30.6%, Surreal 19.8%, Puzzle 13.9%, Logic 13.4%, Minimalist 10.4%
- #60 A MIRROR PUZZLE
64% matchPositive98% of 50 reviews2024
Dev: IMDT
Windows
"A MIRROR PUZZLE" is a puzzle game. Players will play as a water droplet spirit, through the use of various magic mirrors to control the symmetrical growth of plants or the position of certain scene elements change, overcome numerous difficulties, and finally reach the destination
Why similar: Puzzle 59.6%, Exploration 27.1%, Singleplayer 8.2%, Indie 5.1%