Games Like The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom

A bombastic puzzle platformer about worlds turned inside out. Shift dimensions at the push of a button, solve brain-twisting logistical riddles, and race through the wilds of the multiverse in a bleakly hilarious (and hilariously bleak) story where everything you know can turn on a dime.

Why similar: Time Manipulation 48.9% ★, Puzzle Platformer 21.5%, Puzzle 14.4%, Comedy 8.7%, Adventure 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: Combines time-manipulation and dimension-shifting with a dark, humorous narrative style similar to Winterbottom.

This is the original version of Braid from 2009, which may not work well on newer systems. For an updated version of the game with nicer graphics, more levels and a large amount of developer commentary, see Braid, Anniversary Edition.

Why similar: Time Manipulation 27.5% ★, Puzzle Platformer 27.5%, Platformer 18.5%, Puzzle 14.8%, Indie 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: A seminal puzzle-platformer that centers entirely on time-manipulation mechanics to solve intricate environmental puzzles.

A platform-adventure game about time travelling, puzzle solving and a friendship between an Old Inventor and a Snail.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 25.5%, Time Manipulation 21.3% ★, Platformer 20.9%, Puzzle 13.8%, Adventure 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer where players manipulate time to solve environmental challenges and progress through the story.

What if someone knew your mind better than you did? The Swapper is an award-winning, narrative driven puzzle game set in the furthest reaches of space.

Why similar: Puzzle 36.4%, Platformer 23.7%, Puzzle Platformer 17.5%, Indie 9.4%, Great Soundtrack 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: Features a unique cloning mechanic that requires players to manage multiple versions of themselves to navigate complex puzzles.

In the dark and mysterious world of Closure, only what you see exists. Manipulate lights to phase objects in and out of reality in this multiple-award-winning puzzle game. Play as a strange spider-like demon who explores the stories of three human characters through beautiful, eerie environments such as a decrepit factory, a murky...

Why similar: Platformer 37.1%, Puzzle 28.9%, Puzzle Platformer 15.8%, Indie 11.2%, Great Soundtrack 4%

Why You'll Like It: Utilizes a unique light-and-shadow mechanic where only what is illuminated exists, creating a surreal and atmospheric puzzle experience.

BLACKHOLE is an award-winning hardcore platformer with over 15 hours of story-driven sci-fi comedy and gravity-twisting puzzles. Complete Edition out now!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 25.1%, Platformer 19.9%, Puzzle 16.8%, Great Soundtrack 10.1%, Indie 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging puzzle-platformer that requires precise movement and gravity manipulation to navigate its eccentric world.

Hue is a vibrant, award-winning puzzle-adventure, where you alter the world by changing its background colour.

Why similar: Platformer 24.2%, Puzzle 22.3%, Puzzle Platformer 21.5%, Indie 11.5%, Great Soundtrack 9%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer that uses color-shifting mechanics to alter the environment, offering a similar sense of discovery and clever design.

CONTRAST is a puzzle/platform game where you can move between a fantastic 3D world and a mysterious shadowy universe in 2D in the blink of an eye. Delve into a dreamlike and surreal 1920s world, inspired by the performance art world of vaudeville and film noir, and cradled by a smooth and sultry jazz ambiance.

Why similar: Platformer 33.7%, Puzzle 24.8%, Indie 12.1%, Great Soundtrack 10.7%, Adventure 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: Uses a unique shadow-manipulation mechanic and a 1920s vaudeville aesthetic that mirrors the silent film charm of the seed game.

A carefully created world with unique environments and an engrossing atmosphere, Unmechanical offers over 30 unique puzzles of exploration and adventure!

Why similar: Puzzle 42.5%, Platformer 21.2%, Indie 20.2%, Adventure 16.1%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based puzzle game that emphasizes exploration and clever interaction with a mysterious, atmospheric environment.

Gomez is a 2D creature living in a 2D world. Or is he? When the existence of a mysterious 3rd dimension is revealed to him, Gomez is sent out on a journey that will take him to the very end of time and space. Use your ability to navigate 3D structures from 4 distinct classic 2D perspectives.

Why similar: Platformer 39.4%, Puzzle 26.2%, Indie 11.7%, Great Soundtrack 9.8%, Puzzle Platformer 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: Features a perspective-shifting mechanic that turns a 2D world into a 3D puzzle, rewarding curiosity and exploration.

A fast-paced Point-and-Click adventure AND an indie platfomer in one! Join adventurer Ben and wannabe indie darling Dan in a race against time to stop all the Apocalypses happening at the same time.

Why similar: Indie 28.1%, Adventure 24.3%, Platformer 19.1%, Puzzle 10.5%, Comedy 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: A clever blend of point-and-click adventure and platforming that relies on witty dialogue and comedic situations.

In Stealth Inc 2, you play the role of a clone escaping a sinister and high-tech testing facility. Stealth Inc 2 tests both your brain and your reflexes over 60 varied levels linked together in a sprawling overworld.

Why similar: Platformer 37.8%, Puzzle 19.9%, Puzzle Platformer 15.7%, Indie 14.9%, Adventure 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on using clones to solve puzzles and navigate traps, capturing the frantic, trial-and-error feel of Winterbottom.

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 31.3%, Puzzle 24.5%, Time Manipulation 20.9% ★, Platformer 14.3%, Comedy 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based puzzle game that allows players to manipulate time and dimensions to solve environmental obstacles.

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: Platformer 24.2%, Comedy 23.9%, Great Soundtrack 19.7%, Adventure 14.7%, Indie 14.5%

Why You'll Like It: A whimsical and emotional adventure game that emphasizes musical interaction and a charming, hand-drawn art style.

You are Tiny, a nerdy inventor, who tries to reclaim his most beloved possession - Grandpa's underpants!

Why similar: Platformer 33.2%, Puzzle 21.1%, Indie 19.3%, Great Soundtrack 13.1%, Comedy 7%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based platformer that allows players to slice and manipulate the environment to solve puzzles.

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: Platformer 42.2%, Puzzle 21.8%, Puzzle Platformer 15%, Indie 9%, 2D 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer that uses electromagnetic mechanics to create complex, physics-based challenges.

Toki Tori 2+ may look cute, but it’s a challenging puzzle adventure game. Whistle and stomp are the only moves you need to solve increasingly complex puzzles, as you go anywhere, anytime on a lush forest island.

Why similar: Platformer 36.3%, Puzzle Platformer 31.6%, Puzzle 25.5%, 2D 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: A pure puzzle-platformer that relies on environmental interaction and clever logic rather than traditional combat.

Kelvin and the Infamous Machine is a hilarious point-and-click adventure in which you stumble irresponsibly through history to help legendary geniuses complete their masterworks!

Why similar: Puzzle 33.8%, Comedy 26.4%, Indie 17.2%, Adventure 15.7%, 2D 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: A point-and-click adventure game centered on time travel and historical comedy, matching the humorous tone of the seed game.

Guide a group of rectangles through 120 levels, using their different skills together to overcome a series of obstacles in each environment. Discover the human-made story of the first sentient artificial intelligences with Danny Wallace’s BAFTA-winning narration.

Why similar: Platformer 46.7%, Puzzle Platformer 34.4%, Indie 11.7%, 2D 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven puzzle-platformer that uses simple shapes to tell a surprisingly emotional and witty story.

VVVVVV is a platform game all about exploring one simple mechanical idea - what if you reversed gravity instead of jumping?

Why similar: Platformer 52.3%, Great Soundtrack 19.8%, Indie 15%, 2D 5.4%, Puzzle 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: A precision puzzle-platformer that focuses on gravity-flipping mechanics to navigate its challenging, retro-styled levels.

The Watchmaker is an action adventure set in a strange steampunk world of giant clock mechanisms, where time has gone mad. Join Alexander, a clock tower keeper, on his quest to restore time to its natural rhythm!

Why similar: Time Manipulation 28.5% ★, Platformer 18.3%, Puzzle Platformer 16.9%, Puzzle 16.1%, Indie 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: A 3D puzzle-platformer set in a clockwork world that emphasizes time-based mechanics and environmental navigation.

An ex-minister ventures through the frozen depths of Hell in search of his kidnapped daughter.

Why similar: Platformer 23.9%, Puzzle Platformer 21.7%, Puzzle 16.7%, Indie 14.7%, Adventure 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric adventure game with a dark, gothic aesthetic that captures the macabre tone of Winterbottom.

You are the Mooseman and you have the ability to see all that is hidden to the mortal eye. You are about to visit three layers of this universe - the first one is the Lower World where dead reside…

Why similar: Indie 27.5%, Great Soundtrack 24.5%, Adventure 24.2%, Puzzle 16.2%, 2D 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D atmospheric puzzle-adventure based on folklore that focuses on shifting between different planes of existence.

You are stranded on a strange and peculiar planet. It’s time to embark on your journey and find your way home! Explore a gravity defying and challenging platformer with striking visuals and a captivating story that transports you to a world beyond ours.

Why similar: Platformer 31.7%, Puzzle Platformer 29.1%, Indie 12.5%, Puzzle 11.9%, Adventure 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer that uses gravity-altering beams to navigate a strange and beautiful alien world.

Enjoy an adventurous vacation to a 1960's parallel universe! A Sci-Fi-Mystery Adventure Game with handmade scenery.

Why similar: Adventure 35.6%, Puzzle 25.4%, Indie 21%, Great Soundtrack 15.3%, 2D 2.7%

Why You'll Like It: A point-and-click adventure with a distinct, handcrafted aesthetic that focuses on mystery and quirky character interactions.

Dash, jump, and fly at full speed through Wunderling DX: a non-stop puzzle platformer and the world's first "goomba simulator"! Race against the clock, beat tricky puzzles to uncover shiny secrets, and stomp the odds to please your evil overlord!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 37.1%, Indie 30%, Adventure 25.3%, Great Soundtrack 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer where the player controls a minion who gains new abilities to navigate increasingly complex levels.

The Floor is Jelly is a game that answers the question: what if everything you touched was made of jello?

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 37.6%, Platformer 30.7%, Indie 13.5%, Puzzle 8.9%, Great Soundtrack 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal platformer that uses physics-based movement and a unique aesthetic to create a dreamlike experience.

Play as the ultimate digital underdog in the Adventures of Pip,an action-platformer with a fresh gameplay twist inside a retro 32-bit world. Alas, Pip is an unlikely 1-pixel hero yet has the unique ability to absorb the pixels of his defeated enemies to evolve into three different forms.

Why similar: Platformer 41.8%, Puzzle Platformer 21.9%, Puzzle 13.5%, Indie 12.5%, Adventure 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: A platformer with a unique evolution mechanic that changes the protagonist's abilities and size to solve puzzles.

A classic point and click adventure game, featuring weird and wonderful characters, beautiful animation and a fantastic soundtrack. "It is quite possibly one of the finest point-and-click comedy murder mystery adventure games set in Victorian London you will play today" - Bertram Fiddle

Why similar: Comedy 35%, Adventure 33.4%, Indie 21.9%, 2D 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: A Victorian-era comedy adventure that features a distinct art style and a focus on humorous, puzzle-filled exploration.

Adventures of different characters with their unique atmosphere and puzzles.

Why similar: Platformer 37.8%, Puzzle 27.8%, Indie 14.1%, Adventure 9.1%, 2D 6.6%

Puns, and puzzles. Horrible puns and devious puzzles actually, along with several incorporeal entities are what makes Ghostory a pixel art puzzle adventure brimming with humour and intrigue. Take on the role of a cursed traveler, master your ghostly form, find a cure, and escape a perilous cave system.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 28.2%, Platformer 26.9%, Puzzle 20.2%, Indie 10.6%, Adventure 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer that allows the player to switch between a physical form and a ghost form to solve environmental puzzles.

Welcome to Bummertown a place where You'll have to collect items, talk to colorful characters and solve puzzles in order to find a lost character named Bedford.

Why similar: Indie 31.2%, Adventure 24.7%, Comedy 19.1%, Great Soundtrack 17.5%, 2D 7.5%

Manipulate time to your will at any moment to solve challenges, avoid deadly traps and make it to the end of this strange journey.

Why similar: Indie 45.2%, Adventure 33.3%, Great Soundtrack 21.5%

A short and surreal meta-narrative experience. Explore the gallery and find a way to push The Button...

Why similar: Puzzle 24.5%, Indie 21.4%, Adventure 18.5%, Comedy 18.3%, Great Soundtrack 17.4%

Sumoman is an adventure puzzle platformer with advanced physics, destructible objects and the ability to reverse time. Solve various physical puzzles, trying to keep the unstable Sumoman on his feet in challenging environments.

Why similar: Time Manipulation 37% ★, Puzzle Platformer 16.7%, Puzzle 13.2%, Platformer 12.2%, Comedy 8.8%

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 24.4%, Platformer 20.5%, Indie 12.1%, Puzzle Platformer 11.3%, Adventure 9.7%

World of Goo is a multiple award winning physics based puzzle / construction game made entirely by two guys.

Why similar: Puzzle 50.2%, Great Soundtrack 18.5%, Indie 18.1%, Comedy 8.3%, 2D 4.9%

Help Puzzled Cat use jetpacks, portals, bombs, gum, and more to conquer treacherous platforming stages. Play your own way using save states to explore a world full of challenges and secrets - but can you find the way through? Travel through time and space and reach enlightenment.

Why similar: Time Manipulation 40.8% ★, Puzzle Platformer 18.7%, Platformer 16.7%, Puzzle 11.5%, 2D 4.2%

A humorous adventure set in a 3D parody of the internet. Diverse puzzles, beautiful worlds, friends, experiences, upgrades and more, await those who 'log on'!

Why similar: Indie 32%, Adventure 26.2%, Puzzle 21.3%, Great Soundtrack 20.6%

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: Platformer 39.4%, Great Soundtrack 24.9%, Indie 13%, Adventure 11.5%, Comedy 11.2%

Sneak and smash your way through this fiendishly addictive comedy-puzzle-adventure

Why similar: Puzzle 47.3%, Adventure 27.4%, Indie 25.3%

Classic 2D platforming that blends elements of: Nikola Tesla, puzzles, inventions, 1800's-era undead and a sprinkling of the maniacal Thomas Edison. Throw in a dash of randomly generating level sectors, a zesty squeeze of items and a pinch of indie love... Tasty!

Why similar: Indie 53.6%, Adventure 46.4%

Explore the deepest SECRETs™ of the Tremendous Corporation®. Find out what happened to indie devs and save the gaming industry!

Why similar: Comedy 31.2%, Puzzle 21.6%, Adventure 17.2%, Great Soundtrack 14.7%, Indie 10.5%

A Bleaker Predicklement is a hilarious AND mysterious point and click adventure game. Explore smoggy alleys, meet suspicious characters and help Bertram as he finds himself framed for a murdering he did not commit!

Why similar: Indie 33%, Adventure 31%, Comedy 27.2%, 2D 8.8%

MEANDERS is a sparkling adventure through a series of funny and relaxing challenges in a colourful setting.

Why similar: Puzzle 26.3%, Puzzle Platformer 21.9%, Platformer 20%, Great Soundtrack 12%, Indie 10.7%

The End Is Nigh is a sprawling adventure platformer where you die a lot, but thats ok because you are probably already dead anyway.

Why similar: Platformer 54.7%, Great Soundtrack 16.9%, Indie 15%, Adventure 8.4%, 2D 5%

Thank Goodness You're Here! is an absurd comedy slapformer set in the bizarre Northern English town of Barnsworth. As a traveling salesman, take the time to see the sights and meet the locals, who are very eager to give you a series of increasingly odd jobs…

Why similar: Platformer 26.4%, Comedy 20.3%, Puzzle Platformer 14.3%, Puzzle 14.2%, Adventure 11.3%

Assemble your team of three from seven unlikely adventurers, then descend into the mysterious depths to explore The Cave!

Why similar: Platformer 36.7%, Puzzle 24.4%, Adventure 14.4%, Comedy 11%, Puzzle Platformer 8.2%

Start the best Enigmatic Adventure of your life! Explore 4 different worlds with smooth platforming, solve brain-teasing puzzles, and enjoy the beautiful scenery in the mysterious world of Joe Wander.

Why similar: Platformer 34%, Puzzle Platformer 23.9%, Puzzle 23.9%, Indie 9.9%, Adventure 8.3%

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

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 35.3%, Platformer 30.7%, Comedy 24.4%, Adventure 9.5%

Inner silence - cheerful 2D platformer puzzle game

Why similar: Platformer 31.8%, Puzzle Platformer 19.3%, Puzzle 16.9%, Indie 14.1%, Adventure 13.3%

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: Platformer 38.4%, Indie 20.4%, Adventure 18.4%, Great Soundtrack 9.9%, Puzzle 6.9%

Mr. Sleepy Man is up way past his bedtime and out of control! Make a mess of everything you find and turn Bedtime Town against you! This sandbox adventure is filled with comical hijinks, outrageous characters, and platforming action!

Why similar: Platformer 55.8%, Comedy 28.2%, Adventure 16%

Minit is a peculiar little adventure played sixty seconds at a time.

Why similar: Puzzle 32%, Indie 22.3%, Adventure 20.1%, Great Soundtrack 18.7%, 2D 6.9%

Timeworks is a time-traveling 3D puzzle platformer with a bouncy cartoon style. Work along past versions of yourself to solve puzzles, create unique Items, and fill out your quotas for your mysterious employers.

Why similar: Time Manipulation 38.2% ★, Platformer 22.3%, Puzzle Platformer 22.2%, Puzzle 17.4%

The Journey of an Idiot. 8 to 12 hours of fun!

Why similar: Puzzle 25.1%, Comedy 21.8%, Great Soundtrack 19.4%, Indie 13.8%, Adventure 12.5%

Paradigm is a surreal adventure game set in the strange and post apocalyptic Eastern European country of Krusz. Play as the handsome mutant, Paradigm, whose past comes back to haunt him in the form of a genetically engineered sloth that vomits candy.

Why similar: Comedy 30.8%, Adventure 26.3%, Indie 26%, Great Soundtrack 13.8%, 2D 3.1%

A nonviolent musical 3D Platformer The land of Groovy Hue was once bursting with music and color until the Great Slumber. Take control of Newt, a new tone in this musical land. Awakening this sleeping, silent world is Newt's rite of passage. Restore music, life, and color to the your world!

Why similar: Platformer 27.2%, Indie 20.5%, Adventure 16.7%, Puzzle 16.3%, Comedy 9.7%