Games Like The Ball

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 30.4%, 3D Platformer 22.6%, Puzzle 16.6%, First-Person 11.1%, Sci-fi 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: The foundational experience for first-person physics puzzles that heavily influenced the mechanics found in The Ball.

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

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 25.4%, 3D Platformer 23.5%, First-Person 11.7%, Puzzle 11.1%, Sci-fi 8%

Why You'll Like It: It is the definitive first-person physics-based puzzle game that masterfully combines environmental manipulation with a compelling narrative.

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 37.3%, 3D Platformer 23.8%, Puzzle 14.7%, First-Person 10.7%, Physics 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: Features physics-based puzzle-solving centered around manipulating the properties of objects and the environment.

Relicta is a first-person physics-based puzzle game where you need to creatively combine magnetism and gravity to unravel the secrets of Chandra Base.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 32.5%, First-Person 12.9%, Sci-fi 12.4%, Puzzle 11.5%, Physics 10%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based puzzle game where you manipulate gravity and magnetism to navigate environments, closely mimicking the object-interaction feel of The Ball.

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 39.4%, First-Person 22.5%, Sci-fi 21.1%, Atmospheric 4.2%, Adventure 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: Features complex puzzle-solving within ancient-looking ruins that perfectly mirrors the archaeological mystery theme of the seed game.

Magrunner: Dark Pulse is an action-puzzle game in which technology confronts the Cthulhu Mythos, penned by H.P. Lovecraft. Equipped with your Magtech glove, you must harness the ability to magnetically polarize and manipulate objects in the environment to survive and surpass challenging puzzles.

Why similar: Puzzle 33.3%, First-Person 17.7%, Sci-fi 14.9%, Action 10.4%, Adventure 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: Directly shares the core mechanic of manipulating objects in a first-person perspective to solve physics-based puzzles in a sci-fi setting.

The Turing Test is a challenging first-person puzzle game set on Jupiter’s moon, Europa. You are Ava Turing, an engineer for the International Space Agency (ISA) sent to discover the cause behind the disappearance of the ground crew stationed there.

Why similar: Puzzle 33.9%, First-Person 27.1%, Sci-fi 26.8%, Adventure 6.3%, Atmospheric 3%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person sci-fi puzzle game that emphasizes manipulating energy and objects to progress through a mysterious facility.

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 24%, First-Person 14.9%, Action 14.2%, Adventure 13.9%, Sci-fi 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on first-person environmental manipulation to solve increasingly difficult spatial puzzles.

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: 3D Platformer 28.9%, Puzzle Platformer 28.3%, Puzzle 12%, Sci-fi 10.9%, Logic 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: A 3D puzzle-platformer that requires manipulating a cube through various physics-based challenges.

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 27.5%, Puzzle 23.2%, First-Person 20%, Physics 15.4%, Adventure 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: Uses perspective and physics manipulation to solve puzzles, offering a similarly mind-bending first-person experience.

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 30.8%, 3D Platformer 23.2%, First-Person 13.5%, Puzzle 12.3%, Physics 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: Allows players to manipulate the environment by changing their perspective, providing a unique take on spatial puzzle-solving.

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: Puzzle Platformer 31.5%, 3D Platformer 30%, Puzzle 15%, Action 9%, Adventure 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: Features action-adventure puzzle-platforming elements within a unique, clockwork-themed environment.

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 26%, 3D Platformer 21.2%, Puzzle 14%, First-Person 12.5%, Sci-fi 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: Expands on the philosophical and architectural puzzle-solving of its predecessor with even more complex physics interactions.

In an abandoned medical university, test your intellectual might as you unravel a 20-year-old mystery in this depraved first-person puzzle adventure, doing what it takes to escape your fate as a macabre scientist's human experiment. The ends justify the means in The Crow’s Eye.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 26%, 3D Platformer 24.4%, First-Person 11.4%, Puzzle 10.9%, Sci-fi 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person puzzle-platformer set in a mysterious, abandoned facility that shares the atmospheric tension of The Ball.

Try the demo! A mix between Portal, Zelda and Metroid. Exploration, puzzles, terrible combat, secret upgrades and new abilities that help you reach new places. Playtime 12-25h.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 31.7%, 3D Platformer 16.4%, First-Person 12.8%, Puzzle 10.9%, Physics 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: Combines first-person exploration, platforming, and puzzle-solving in a way that captures the sense of adventure found in The Ball.

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 46%, First-Person 31.2%, Indie 7.4%, Exploration 6%, Adventure 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: A non-Euclidean first-person puzzle game that challenges your perception of space and physics.

Transform the Marble ball with metal, electric and lighter-than-air properties to solve 3D puzzles based on real-world physics in the quickest time. More than 30 challenging levels!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 30.8%, 3D Platformer 28.6%, Physics 12.5%, Puzzle 11.5%, Logic 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: A classic physics-based ball-rolling game that directly mirrors the core gameplay loop of controlling a sphere through obstacles.

Join Norah, a woman plagued by a mysterious illness, in her search for her missing husband in this adventure puzzle game set on a lush island paradise. Immerse yourself in stunning visuals and unlock forbidden secrets in a moving tale of mystery and love.

Why similar: Puzzle 33.4%, First-Person 31.1%, Adventure 12.3%, Indie 6.5%, Exploration 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on the archaeological exploration and puzzle-solving themes present in the seed game.

Enter an abandoned Cold War base on a moon of Saturn in this atmospheric VR puzzle adventure. Scan evidence, translate Volgravian messages, manipulate strange machinery, and uncover a sci-fi mystery that grows more surreal with every discovery.

Why similar: Cold War 21.9% ★, Sci-fi 18.9%, Puzzle 18%, First-Person 9.9%, Horror 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi puzzle-adventure game that utilizes first-person interaction to uncover the secrets of an abandoned base.

Welcome to The Pillar! Escape room game leading throughout mystery islands. Solve dozens of puzzles in the first-person adventure.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 30.8%, First-Person 18.5%, Puzzle 18.1%, Logic 11.7%, Exploration 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on exploration and puzzle-solving in a mysterious, isolated environment.

SECTOR ZERO is a short, physics-based dark sci-fi puzzle adventure where you play as a fragment of an ancient hive-mind entity, awakened by mining operations deep within Asteroid 2031 XT.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 27%, First-Person 14.4%, Sci-fi 12.1%, Physics 11.9%, Puzzle 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person physics action-adventure game that captures the sci-fi mystery and exploration elements of the seed game.

A new sci-fi adventure from Cyan, the creators of Myst. Abducted far across the universe, you find yourself on a broken alien landscape with odd pieces of Earth. Explore, uncover, solve, and find a way to make it home.

Why similar: Puzzle 33.5%, First-Person 24.9%, Adventure 16.4%, Exploration 8.1%, Indie 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: An immersive first-person puzzle adventure that emphasizes exploration and environmental interaction.

Dr. Herman, your sci-fi journey begins. Armed only with your mind and the Manipulator that operates with different types of energy, you'll have to pass through portals, visit parallel worlds, and solve physics-based puzzles.

Why similar: First-Person 17.3%, Sci-fi 17%, Puzzle 16.8%, Physics 15.2%, Logic 12%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based sci-fi puzzle game that focuses on environmental manipulation and story-rich discovery.

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 41.5%, Puzzle 18.2%, Physics 16.5%, 3D Platformer 8.2%, Action 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a sandbox-style experience centered entirely on physics-based movement and object manipulation.

Explore the haunted halls of the infamous Atlas Theater, a 1940’s era movie palace that played host to a shocking Hollywood tragedy. Solve intricate puzzles, discover startling artifacts, and evade sinister forces to uncover the twisted truth behind the theater’s dark history.

Why similar: Puzzle 23.5%, First-Person 20.8%, Strategy 19.1%, Physics 10.2%, Adventure 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: Offers an escape-room style puzzle experience that rewards the same investigative mindset required in The Ball.

Be a part of an adventurous journey in Cubots: The Origins. Explore and survive in beautiful, atmospheric environments!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 34.5%, Puzzle 15.1%, Logic 12%, Strategy 9.3%, Physics 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: An indie puzzle-adventure game that emphasizes environmental exploration and logical progression.

Investigate. Interrogate. Descend into a world of intrigue to untangle the Mystery of the Malign.

Why similar: Puzzle 36.5%, First-Person 19.5%, Exploration 8.6%, Logic 7.8%, Indie 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A mystery-focused puzzle game that emphasizes atmospheric exploration and environmental storytelling.

Traverse mirrors as if they were natural extensions of space to solve puzzles and uncover secrets. Reshape your perspective to perform gravity-shifting acrobatics as you jungle-gym through a sprawling environment. You'll never look in a mirror the same way again.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 31.8%, 3D Platformer 23.3%, First-Person 13.6%, Puzzle 12%, Logic 7.3%

Enter a mysterious cave and put your puzzle-solving skills to the test. Explore the depths of the cave, search for clues, and solve challenging puzzles that will keep you on the edge of your seat.

Why similar: First-Person 30.3%, Puzzle 29%, Adventure 9.8%, Action 9.7%, Exploration 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person adventure game that centers on solving puzzles within an ancient, mysterious setting.

Grimind is a 2D, physics based, adventure, platform game in horror/creepy theme. Grimind casts you into forgotten caves and ancient crypts, without memories. While being there you have to demonstrate great manual skills to pass obstacles and solve non trivial puzzles to get out of scary environment and additionally discover what are you...

Why similar: Indie 25.9%, Adventure 21.3%, Horror 17.2%, Physics 16.4%, Action 13%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric puzzle-platformer that uses physics-based mechanics to traverse its dark, mysterious world.

Ether One is a first person adventure that deals with the fragility of the human mind. There are two paths in the world you can choose from. At its core is a story exploration path free from puzzles where you can unfold the story at your own pace.

Why similar: First-Person 31.2%, Puzzle 27.8%, Adventure 15%, Indie 9.5%, Exploration 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-adventure game that rewards exploration and observation in a detailed, atmospheric environment.

Escape from a mysterious underground megastructure in this short atmospheric 3d-platformer.

Why similar: 3D Platformer 46%, Puzzle Platformer 30.9%, Adventure 11.2%, Atmospheric 4.6%, Indie 2.8%

Immerse yourself in a colorful journey through universes that does not forgive any mistakes. Jump well in the ball parkour game, where falling can cost you everything!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 43.2%, 3D Platformer 41.9%, Action 5.4%, Exploration 5.1%, 3D 4.5%

Venineth is a single-player game focusing on unraveling the mysteries of ancient alien technology, somewhere in the universe via exploration, platforming, and puzzle-solving, in a dangerous, distant worlds.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 22.1%, 3D Platformer 21.9%, Sci-fi 10.1%, Action 8.6%, Physics 8.5%

A sci-fi-style rolling 3D platformer.

Why similar: 3D Platformer 38.2%, Puzzle Platformer 33.5%, Action 11.6%, Sci-fi 9.4%, Adventure 3.2%

Dive into a surreal 1970s gameworld and save San Francisco from a sinister threat. Play as Barb, and use the Oscillator to capture and reapply the physical traits of objects to solve mind-bending environmental platforming puzzles.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 27.3%, 3D Platformer 23.9%, First-Person 12.5%, Puzzle 11.1%, Physics 10.3%

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 23.6%, 3D Platformer 21.7%, Puzzle 12.6%, First-Person 12.4%, Sci-fi 10.9%

YOU GOTTA GO IN THE SPACE HOLE In the near future, humans discover the missing piece for faster-than-light travel: giant glass spheres. Navigate your ball through the space hole(s).

Why similar: 3D Platformer 33.2%, Puzzle 14.4%, Sci-fi 13.9%, Physics 13.1%, Logic 7.8%

Hardcore, co-op (or solo) platformer. Dark Souls makes a baby with Super Monkey Ball. An easy-to-learn, hard-to-master experience to explore with your friends. All inside a vast open world, with each platforming course bringing its own twist.

Why similar: 3D Platformer 40.4%, Underground 17.9% ★, First-Person 12.8%, Action 6.7%, Physics 6.2%

If you see a ledge, it means that it is needed for something. A three-dimensional puzzle platformer about the change of gravity in three axes. Walk on the walls and hang from the ceiling. Do whatever you want. The main thing is to get out of here.

Why similar: 3D Platformer 22%, Puzzle Platformer 21.2%, Puzzle 10%, First-Person 9.9%, Underground 9.2% ★

Journey to another planet and discover its secrets in order to bring your loved one back to life. Experience an adventure, inspired by old school classics like Another World, Heart of Darkness and Flashback.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 43.9%, Sci-fi 15.6%, Adventure 11.9%, Action 10.1%, Puzzle 8.2%

You are the Ball. Escape.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 65.3%, Adventure 12.2%, Exploration 10%, Atmospheric 7.4%, Indie 2.7%

Take control of a mighty ball and fling with great precision towards the top of the Tower. Jump through aesthetically pleasing environments filled with intriguing creatures and encounters. Falling is part of the journey, so just keep going. Can you reach the end?

Why similar: Physics 30%, Action 15.2%, Horror 14.4%, Adventure 13.6%, Indie 9.7%

Join Ludovik in a 2D Stealth Platformer and Graphic Adventure, as he explores the jungles of a futuristic Babylon to discover the secret behind the Library of Babel’s sudden lockdown and the mysteries behind their mythical creators.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 58.9%, Sci-fi 20.5%, Puzzle 11.2%, Adventure 4.6%, Atmospheric 3.5%

The year is 1997. Pilot a small submersible into the depths of the Pacific to investigate a massive sonar anomaly. Navigate by instruments, scan targets, and uncover something far older than it should be.

Why similar: First-Person 32.4%, Sci-fi 15%, Horror 12.1%, Exploration 11.5%, Adventure 10.2%

You're hired to dig up graves at a local church, looting valuables while demonic activity escalates. You must find and return all the burnt bones to stop the demonic activity. Each night you will dig for valuables to find bones, fend off growing corruption, and survive to solve the mystery.

Why similar: First-Person 48.7%, Horror 21.5%, Exploration 9.7%, 3D 7.6%, Puzzle 5.8%

Dive into a world of puzzles, medieval mysteries, and strategic challenges. Navigate, solve, and leap your way through a thrilling adventure.

Why similar: Puzzle 18.8%, Logic 16.7%, Strategy 15.6%, Horror 9.3%, Action 8%

Action adventure meets pinball in this one-of-a-kind pinballvania adventure. When a mysterious spire appears from thin air, it's up to an intrepid pinball to bump, spin, shoot, and flip its way to the top and solve the tower’s mysteries!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 44.9%, Puzzle 18.5%, Physics 17%, Action 6.3%, Exploration 5.3%

A mysterious invitation leads to the attic of an abandoned house. In the room is a cast-iron safe laced with strange carvings and on top, a note from your distant companion. It promises something ancient and astonishing concealed in the iron chamber - you need only find a way in.

Why similar: Puzzle 67.9%, First-Person 9.1%, Adventure 6.4%, Atmospheric 5.1%, Indie 4.5%

Faraday Protocol is a first person puzzle game that will test your wits and intelligence. Use the Bia-Tool, an ancient pistol-like relic of an alien civilization, to solve puzzles by bending energy and manipulating enigmatic machinery.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 19.3%, First-Person 18.1%, Puzzle 16.9%, Sci-fi 14.6%, Logic 11.2%

3D escape room game with realtime graphics and physics-based puzzles.

Why similar: Puzzle 28%, Adventure 25.8%, First-Person 18.5%, Physics 14.7%, Indie 4.1%

After discovering an ancient portal, you suddenly find yourself among the remnants of an ancient alien civilization. Technological relics, sprawling ruins, and cryptic puzzles are all that remain. If you are to learn their secrets, you must unearth the fate of the race that called this world home.

Why similar: 3D Platformer 19.4%, Puzzle Platformer 19.3%, Puzzle 17.3%, Sci-fi 15.6%, First-Person 13.7%

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 30.1%, First-Person 21.7%, Sci-fi 14.5%, Physics 9.4%, Action 6.1%

Help Artificial Intelligence named HAWKING activate an incredible mechanism that can reload the Universe!

Why similar: First-Person 21.8%, Puzzle 21.5%, Sci-fi 18.1%, Logic 15.3%, Adventure 8%

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 48.1%, Puzzle 20.5%, Horror 7.5%, Exploration 6.1%, Adventure 4.9%

The Hidden Room is an escape room containing various puzzles. Several popular rumors speak of a hidden treasure somewhere in the home of Tom Barkley, an American archaeologist who moved to Germany.

Why similar: First-Person 25.8%, Puzzle 25.7%, Logic 17.2%, Adventure 7.9%, 3D 7%

Grapple, clamber and fall thousands of meters down into a dark and ancient place in this first-person horror climbing game. You are being hunted.

Why similar: 3D Platformer 36%, First-Person 17.5%, Physics 13.6%, Horror 10.7%, Action 4.8%

Embark on a frosty medieval journey! Guide your ball through snowy platforms, conquer obstacles, and collect pickups. With stunning graphics and immersive gameplay, brace yourself for a chilling adventure! Roll to victory in this winter realm!

Why similar: 3D Platformer 41.1%, Puzzle Platformer 37.9%, Adventure 6.4%, Action 5.7%, Exploration 3.7%

A frantic adventure. Welcome to the Upturned Inn: a grand hotel for the dead! You just want to find your room.

Why similar: 3D Platformer 35%, Puzzle Platformer 32.7%, Physics 14.7%, Action 4.9%, Adventure 4.2%

The Station is a first-person sci-fi mystery set on a space station sent to study a sentient alien civilization. Assuming the role of a recon specialist, players must unravel a mystery which will decide the fate of two civilizations.

Why similar: Sci-fi 30.4%, First-Person 21.9%, Puzzle 15.8%, Adventure 14.2%, Indie 11.8%