Games Like The Nihil War

Try this year’s must-play indie smash-hit for free, with Evergate Ki’s Awakening. Take on seven unique levels in this haunting precision puzzle-platformer, set in a stunning hand-drawn vision of the Afterlife, with an original score recorded by a live orchestra.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 29.7%, 2D Platformer 17%, Hand-drawn 15.7%, Platformer 10.2%, Action 7.2%

Explore a vast underground world in a 2D side-scrolling survival adventure. Find survivors, build a team, and battle powerful bosses in the ruins of a forgotten civilization. Uncover the truth behind the Sovereign's Enigma.

Why similar: Base Building 14.3%, Puzzle Platformer 12.8%, Platformer 12%, Resource Management 11.1%, Action-Adventure 10.6%

You are a deviant trapped in a hostile cyber realm by an all-powerful AI, make your way through challenging areas filled with dangerous bots and larger-than-life creatures, as you set out to free everyone else and escape back to reality.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 20.9%, Platformer 15.6%, 2D Platformer 13.8%, Action-Adventure 13.4%, Tactical 9.9%

Open world + Tetris =? Answer is Tquest: Wall breaking! #Open the world for adventure, and complete the level freely #Collect more than 5 spells, including frost, fire, hurricane and lightning. There is always one for you #Tetris is not only Tetris, but also joint puzzles for you to challenge

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 15.7%, Open World 14.5%, Platformer 12%, 2D Platformer 10.8%, Action-Adventure 10.2%

It's time for you to overcome the fear of conflicts. Every time someone blamed you you stood quiet and kept your anger inside. The demon you are about to face impersonates this fear.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 23.7%, Platformer 19.9%, 2D Platformer 16.4%, Action-Adventure 14.9%, Hand-drawn 12.7%

Once upon a time, there was a kingdom of drawing paper. There, the prince and princess lived happily together. One day, the devil appeared, and the devil took the prince. So, at the request of the princess, the paintbrush brave set out to fight the demon king and save the prince.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 24.4%, Platformer 14.9%, 2D Platformer 12.9%, Hand-drawn 11.6%, Action-Adventure 9.5%

Keita, a brave emperor penguin, lost its way during the migration and would start an extraordinary adventure on the ice alone.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 22.6%, 2D Platformer 16.5%, Hand-drawn 16.2%, Platformer 10%, Strategy 9.1%

A sci-fi puzzle platformer using the platform gun

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 33.4%, 2D Platformer 16%, Sci-fi 14.7%, Platformer 11.3%, Action 7.7%

Create a path by reversing the desired area.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 35.7%, 2D Platformer 19.4%, Platformer 16.9%, Strategy 15%, Puzzle 10.7%

Ball Drop is a puzzle platformer game. The ball rolls down using gravity and you must use the mouse to move platforms to guide the ball to the goal line. The objects in the game rotate following the mouse and you can use them to solve puzzles and navigate around hazards.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 26.1%, 2D Platformer 20.2%, Strategy 15.5%, Platformer 11.9%, Tactical 10.6%

Sand painting style Demon City game. Ella's memory is blurred in the world of sand. She faced many difficulties alone, and with the help of many friends, she bravely moved forward, and faced challenges such as pain, depression, and war one by one, and finally grow up bravely.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 24.7%, Hand-drawn 16.9%, Action-Adventure 14.2%, Puzzle 9.6%, 2D Platformer 8.6%

Pulse Rebound is an adventure platformer where you explore a sci-fi city with your trusty trampoline. Fight an abundance of haywire robots, reach new heights with your trampoline, and collect hidden trophies to fill your apartment!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 19.9%, Platformer 15.7%, Simulation 15.3%, Action-Adventure 14.2%, Action 10.4%

Escape the hellish planet 50Y-80Y in a puzzle platformer about a stranded astronaut overcoming sly planet's shenanigans in the ultimate quest to survive and discover the mysterious planet's secret.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 24.9%, Platformer 16.6%, RPG 13.5%, Action-Adventure 12.6%, Puzzle 9.9%

Astro Adventures is a platform game with puzzles where you control Astro, an Astronaut who is on a lunar base whose mission is to research teleportation. After a big accident millions of portals start to appear. Now he has to find a way to escape.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 19.3%, Platformer 17.2%, Action-Adventure 15.5%, 2D Platformer 13%, Adventure 11.1%

The task in this 2D game is to control the train and collect various objects with it, which will be attached to the train in the form of a wagon. After hitting a wall or wagon, the level is reset. After collecting all the objects, just go through the gate to the next level.

Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 28.2%, Puzzle Platformer 27.2%, Strategy 13.7%, Tactical 11.9%, Puzzle 10.8%

A man wakes up in an unknown office and doesn't know where to go. Discover the mysteries in this 2D Puzzle-Platform Game, with a tense ambiance and dark atmosphere.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 22.5%, Platformer 17%, 2D Platformer 15.3%, Hand-drawn 15.1%, Puzzle 9.5%

Factory Coin Mining combines a strategy game with the complexity of an advanced puzzle. BASE BUILDING as you never seen before, from simple nature elements, build factories, melting machines, conveyor belts, logistical equipment, stations and much more to mine a virtual coin inside the game.

Why similar: Base Building 24.7%, Resource Management 17.9%, Management 12.2%, Open World 11.2%, Strategy 8.7%

Ancient cosmic power meets addictive puzzle mastery. 33,333 levels planned. A living game that evolves for years.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 24.6%, Platformer 15.6%, 2D Platformer 14.6%, Action-Adventure 10.6%, Puzzle 9.8%

The game incorporates the mechanics of the famous "slider" puzzle. The character is on one screen, and the player must move the screens around and move the character from screen to screen to get to the door.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 27.8%, Platformer 21.5%, Strategy 21%, 2D Platformer 15.9%, Puzzle 11.5%

Toy’s Dream is a cute and wholesome puzzle-platformer. You are a Hero, who sets out on a journey to save the town that has been attacked by the Demon Lord. He must overcome many obstacles along the way, using glue and thread...

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 27.1%, Platformer 20.6%, 2D Platformer 18.5%, Hand-drawn 13.1%, Adventure 11.1%

Zeltrus is a fresh take on the puzzle-platformer genre about Obis, a young boy who finds himself trapped in the basement of a building. Help Obis complete challenges, uncover secrets and put an end to this with only his grenades to protect him.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 32.6%, 2D Platformer 23.5%, Sci-fi 16.2%, Platformer 10.9%, Adventure 8.6%

Adventure in the fantasy world

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 17%, Platformer 15.7%, RPG 12.7%, Action-Adventure 11.6%, 2D Platformer 11.5%

After Returning to your hometown in search of your missing father, you find that the town has been abandoned, search for clues around the town to find your father, but be careful, you aren't the only one there

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 21.1%, Strategy 16.8%, Action-Adventure 15%, Action 10.9%, Adventure 10.2%

This game is a 2D Pixel Art Narrative Puzzle Platformer created by Quantum Lemon Interactive in cooperation with the talented artists at Xueshu Game Studios. Game Features: 2D Platforming; Single Player Co-op Gameplay; Puzzle-Solving; NPC Interactions;

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 20.2%, Platformer 19%, Action-Adventure 16.6%, 2D Platformer 15.8%, Adventure 10.5%

Use Capri's gravity manipulation to slingshot across the universe as she embarks on a mission to liberate a forgotten dimension from the clutches of an all-powerful being. Solve puzzles, uncover mysteries, and shatter space-time itself in this snappy sci-fi action platformer.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 25.2%, Action-Adventure 14.4%, 2D Platformer 13.7%, Sci-fi 13.6%, Platformer 8.7%

Run, jump, shoot, and think your way to safety in this retro-inspired 2D puzzle-platformer. Station Zeta is out of control, and you'll have to deal with crazed robots, terribly designed station machinery, and blatant safety hazards as you try to make your escape across 35 levels.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 34.1%, 2D Platformer 18.9%, Platformer 16.9%, Puzzle 9%, Action 8.9%

The lost puzzle-platformer of ancient Babylon — made in Baghdad in 1993, remastered in 2026. Freeze one twin to stone while the other dashes, drills and battles through five worlds. Includes the original 1993 Amiga game, fully playable — only on Steam.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 24.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 19.6%, 2D Platformer 16.4%, Platformer 14.5%, Action-Adventure 12.6%

Island Treasures: 2D pixel action-adventure.Play as Jack. Slash or throw daggers.Collect gold & Golden Skulls.Find keys & chests for map fragments. Each world ends with escape: saws, monsters, gunboats, magma. Search hidden walls. Grab 1-ups. Score soars! Golden Skull whispers: treasure or death.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 29.7%, 2D Platformer 21.1%, Platformer 16.9%, Action-Adventure 13%, Puzzle 10.5%

The Player's soul has been split into 2 and it's the job of the player to get the souls back together.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 28%, Platformer 23.9%, 2D Platformer 19.4%, Adventure 13.3%, Puzzle 12.7%

BLACK WEREWOLF - Werewolves from neighboring lands invaded your lands and began to destroy all your property. The village elder had no choice but to send you to deal with the enemies and find out what was going on.

Why similar: RPG 20.8%, Puzzle Platformer 18.7%, Platformer 18.5%, 2D Platformer 15%, Action-Adventure 14%

Divinest Light is an atmospheric puzzle-platformer set in the mysterious and dark world with a unique shadow-avoidance mechanic.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 25.3%, Platformer 18.8%, 2D Platformer 17.3%, Hand-drawn 14.4%, Puzzle 13.3%

GameBuilder Puzzle Platformer is a grid-based puzzle platformer where you place missing tiles to build a safe path, collect every coin, and reach the goal. Use gravity flips, levers, portals, cloning, and dimension switching to solve clever platforming puzzles.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 31.5%, Platformer 17.1%, 2D Platformer 15.4%, Strategy 13%, Puzzle 10.6%

Prepare to test your wits, agility, and problem-solving skills as you navigate through a series of meticulously crafted one-screen puzzle stages.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 32.3%, 2D Platformer 18.4%, Platformer 17.4%, Action-Adventure 10.6%, Puzzle 9.4%

After escaping the research ship, Samuel finds himself crash landed on a foreign planet overrun by a hostile organization. Now it's up to Samuel and his trusty SOL equipment to rescue the scientists who also escaped the ship, and find a way off of the planet.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 23.6%, 2D Platformer 15.3%, Platformer 14.1%, Open World 11.3%, RPG 10.4%

Discover the secrets hidden within the Aacmotzz Research Facility. Solve puzzles, avoid obstacles, and retrieve the research data to learn what happened to the scientists who worked in the Facility and what they created.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 26.2%, Platformer 21.4%, 2D Platformer 17.9%, Puzzle 11.6%, Action 11.2%

Embark on a retro-inspired 2D adventure filled with challenging puzzles, hidden secrets, and classic platforming action. Help George rescue his girlfriend Lizzy, compete for online high scores, and master multiple game modes in this nostalgic journey inspired by the golden age of gaming.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 22.6%, Platformer 19.4%, Action-Adventure 17.1%, Puzzle 10.5%, Adventure 9.5%

When indie game developers Alexey and Markus are in trouble, their only hope comes from their creation.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 26.7%, Hand-drawn 19.3%, Platformer 17.9%, 2D Platformer 15.8%, Puzzle 10.2%

If space has no end, where is the exit? Mobius is a gravity-flipping puzzle-platformer set in a looping realm. Cross screen edges to invert gravity and find hidden paths in symmetrical spaces. Solve physical puzzles to reach the mysterious door—what secrets await on the other side?

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 28.6%, 2D Platformer 16.9%, Action-Adventure 13.6%, Platformer 12.1%, Puzzle 12.1%

LIGHT IS is a 2D platform jumping game about exploration and puzzle solving. Explore the hand drawn style underground city. Use thinking, operation, and ability to reach new areas. Finally discovering the secrets of the world.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 30%, Hand-drawn 19.3%, 2D Platformer 17.5%, Platformer 12.7%, Adventure 11.2%

Experience an award-winning, story-driven sci-fi survival game. Help Jan Dolski, the survivor of an ill-fated space expedition, create alternative versions of himself to escape a hostile planet and tackle personal turmoil with his unconventional crew.

Why similar: Base Building 30.5%, Management 16.8%, Resource Management 13.8%, Sci-fi 11.6%, Action-Adventure 9.3%

The Twilight Hour is a 2D action-platformer about light and shadow. Switch between five Light Fragments in real time to battle, defend, and solve puzzles. As Estelle of the Luminis, face the Shadow King’s darkness and decide whether dawn will rise again.

Why similar: RPG 17.7%, Puzzle Platformer 17.6%, Action-Adventure 13.8%, 2D Platformer 11.9%, Hand-drawn 11.5%

5 Dice is a more challenging and precise puzzle platformer. You have 5 "moves" per screen that consist of; dashing, wall bouncing, placing platforms, etc. Use your moves wisely and precisely in order to reach the end!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 18.4%, Platformer 16.3%, Strategy 15.9%, Action-Adventure 14.6%, Action 10.2%

Explore a sketchbook world in a casual mix of platforming and brainteasing puzzles!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 36.2%, Hand-drawn 20.4%, 2D Platformer 15.5%, Platformer 12%, Puzzle 7.5%

"Booox" is a platform puzzle game where players control multiple characters simultaneously, coordinating their actions to solve challenges.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 24.3%, 2D Platformer 22.5%, Platformer 12.9%, Strategy 12%, Puzzle 11.8%

Run away with the crown in Slime King. A 2D puzzle platformer where splitting and regrouping is the only way to the exit. Split into up to three parts to manipulate the environment and jump through lethal, instant-death challenges. Split, die, learn, repeat.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 35.7%, 2D Platformer 19.9%, Platformer 19.2%, Puzzle 9.6%, Action 6.9%

Pages of Time: Prologue is a 2D platformer puzzle game. Play as the witch who controls the magic of time, in a beautiful and magnificent magic academy, utilize the skills of recording and rewinding time, solve all kinds of puzzles, and look forward to the adventure of the future.

Why similar: Hand-drawn 17.8%, 2D Platformer 17.8%, Puzzle Platformer 17.6%, RPG 12%, Platformer 11.8%

Grayscale is a story driven, 2D puzzle platformer centered around the main character Faela. The game follows her story as she attempts to save her world from its own instability. Take advantage of the bizarre plane swapping physics of their world to change everything around you and progress.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 21.9%, Platformer 18.4%, 2D Platformer 16.5%, Strategy 12.3%, Puzzle 11.5%

2D puzzle platformer where you are a repair droid descending into a dangerous facility. Transport fragile, broken computers along the way and help them reach the Repair Station. Solve environmental puzzles, find helpful upgrades, and unravel the facility's dark mystery.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 31.8%, 2D Platformer 22.9%, Platformer 17.8%, Puzzle 11.1%, Sci-fi 8.8%

A dark, atmospheric, puzzle-filled indie adventure platformer. It is black and white. Discover secrets hidden around you and try to survive in this limbo.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 35.1%, 2D Platformer 25.3%, Platformer 19.5%, Puzzle 12.3%, Adventure 7.8%

A 2D puzzle-platformer where every level challenges your mind and reflexes. Solve clever environmental puzzles, outmaneuver enemies, and survive fast-paced chase and shooting segments as you uncover the secrets of a strange, atmospheric world.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 43.7%, Platformer 22.4%, Action-Adventure 16.9%, Puzzle 14.1%, Singleplayer 2.9%

Mazzy is a pixel-style casual puzzle game built around the core concept of rotating the level. Rotate the level, collect the items, and reshape the maze to reach the goal. Simple and fun.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 31%, Strategy 18.4%, 2D Platformer 13.7%, RPG 13.2%, Platformer 13.1%

Sqube: The Beginning is a platformer that combines puzzle-solving and action. Use your clone to overcome obstacles and solve puzzles while defeating enemies with your weapon. Explore a mysterious world full of secrets as you uncover the truth about yourself.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 21%, Platformer 15.6%, Action-Adventure 15.4%, 2D Platformer 14.2%, Puzzle 9.5%

Build your own base and take command of firefighting, police, EMS, and SWAT operations. Thanks to real map data, you can play right in your hometown - or anywhere in the world! Manage your fleet, hire staff, and take on a variety of authentic operations. In which city are you taking command?

Why similar: Base Building 24.3%, Management 16.8%, Resource Management 16.3%, Open World 13.3%, Simulation 10.5%

A unique adventure game filled with beautiful puzzles all hand-drawn in an original 2D style . Out of Line follows the adventures of San in a quest to escape the Factory that was once home. Dive into a story set in a mysterious world that is revealed through multiple chapters.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 25.5%, Hand-drawn 18.5%, 2D Platformer 15%, Platformer 13.4%, Action-Adventure 9%

Control Suzu, the cat-eared girl, and work with her partner, Mari, the ghost cat, to reach the goal! Throw Mari to possess ghost in the stage. You can freely control the possessed ghost as a player character. Try your best to clear all 60+ stages of the puzzle!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 29%, 2D Platformer 16.8%, Platformer 14.4%, Puzzle 14.4%, Hand-drawn 11%

Snaileeyo is an open-world, 2.5D and 3D action adventure game.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 21%, Open World 16.1%, Platformer 13.9%, Action-Adventure 12.8%, 2D Platformer 9.6%

Fly your ship though a derelict space station in this action/puzzle 2D platformer as you avoid hazards, repair your ship back to working condition and uncover the mysteries within. What awaits inside and can you get out again?

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 21.5%, Platformer 19.6%, 2D Platformer 17.6%, Sci-fi 10.3%, Action 9.9%

Synthetic Hopes is a puzzle game with original and systemic mechanics sparkled with a few platforming action sequences. You are an enslaved android with a shot at freedom in a dystopian cyberpunk setting. Learn the ways of the world and maybe you'll have a chance to break the cycle!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 35.5%, Platformer 20.4%, 2D Platformer 17.9%, Puzzle 12.3%, Adventure 5.6%

This is a platform puzzle game related to our "WATCH" vision.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 37.8%, Platformer 23.4%, Puzzle 13.2%, Strategy 11.7%, Adventure 6.4%

You are an anomaly. A single, sentient data bit trapped deep within a collapsing, corrupted memory space.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 23%, Platformer 21.3%, 2D Platformer 17.5%, Puzzle 11.4%, Sci-fi 9.1%