Games Like The Upturned

Something scary is happening with everyone's favorite Saturday morning puppet show, The Friendly Neighborhood! Play as Gordon, a repairman sent to get to the bottom of this disturbing dilemma. Fend off puppets and solve puzzles in this survival horror adventure.

Why similar: Survival Horror 33.8%, Funny 12.6%, Exploration 11.8%, Story Rich 11.7%, Action-Adventure 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: This title perfectly blends survival-horror mechanics with a comedic, puppet-filled atmosphere that mirrors the hotel setting of the seed game.

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: 3D Platformer 16%, Physics 14.7%, Puzzle Platformer 14.3%, Comedy 13.7%, Platformer 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the physics-based movement and slapstick comedy that makes navigating environments in The Upturned so entertaining.

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: Comedy 29.7%, Cartoony 14.3%, Puzzle Platformer 13.5%, Funny 13.3%, Exploration 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game captures the same surreal, laugh-out-loud British humor and exploration-focused gameplay found in The Upturned.

Jazzpunk is a comedy adventure set in an alternate reality Cold War World, plagued with corporate espionage, CyberCrime, and sentient martinis. Gameplay is inspired by spoof comedy films and cartoons of yesteryear, with a focus on weird gadgets, exotic locales, and open-world style exploration.

Why similar: Comedy 56.6%, Funny 16.7%, Exploration 13.3%, Adventure 7.1%, Stylized 3.1%

Why You'll Like It: It features a similar focus on surreal, first-person comedy and exploration in a stylized, non-linear world.

Hop into Orbo's shoes! Run, jump and drill around your boss's office, make some new friends, and uncover terrifying secrets about the company you work for in this comedically surreal 3D platformer!

Why similar: 3D Platformer 28.5%, Comedy 23.1%, Action-Adventure 12.8%, Platformer 8.8%, Exploration 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: This 3D platformer captures the same energetic, slightly psychedelic, and action-oriented vibe as the seed game.

The Lost Dreams is the new chapter from the Suicide Guy game series: a first person puzzle game set in a world of new crazy dreams. In this adventure you'll have to find a way to wake up from your nightmares.

Why similar: Physics 15.8%, 3D Platformer 15.2%, Cartoony 13.7%, Puzzle Platformer 13.7%, Comedy 12.9%

Why You'll Like It: It combines physics-based puzzle solving with a dark, cartoony sense of humor that fits the tone of The Upturned.

The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe is an expanded re-imagining of 2013's The Stanley Parable. You will play as Stanley, and you will not play as Stanley. You will make a choice, and you will become powerless. You are not here to win. The Stanley Parable is a game that plays you.

Why similar: Comedy 38.3%, Funny 12.8%, Mystery 12.7%, Exploration 10.9%, Story Rich 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a meta-narrative experience that rewards exploration and curiosity with constant, dry humor.

Accounting+ is a NIGHTMARE ADVENTURE COMEDY. Experience classic virtual reality gameplay: clean up your office, take the battery out of the cooling machine, play the skeleton xylophone, and summon thousands upon thousands of demons.

Why similar: Comedy 65%, Adventure 18%, Action 17.1%

Why You'll Like It: This experience offers a frantic, surreal, and highly comedic first-person adventure that feels spiritually aligned with the chaos of The Upturned.

Welcome to hell! Use realistic physics in the battle and solve puzzles, have a nice chat with demons, and get the desired pizza in the pizza ghest!

Why similar: Comedy 18.9%, Stylized 18.1%, Cartoony 17.9%, Action-Adventure 15.5%, Funny 13.2%

Why You'll Like It: A stylized first-person adventure that leans into a bizarre, comedic horror aesthetic similar to the hotel setting.

Octodad: Dadliest Catch is a game about destruction, deception, and fatherhood. The player controls Octodad, a dapper octopus masquerading as a human, as he goes about his life. Octodad's existence is a constant struggle, as he must master mundane tasks with his unwieldy boneless tentacles while simultaneously keeping his cephalopodan...

Why similar: Comedy 42.5%, Physics 33.4%, Funny 13.1%, Adventure 4.2%, Third Person 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: The core gameplay relies on clumsy, physics-based movement that creates hilarious situations similar to those in the seed game.

Laugh in the face of death in this hauntingly humorous comedy adventure about a wayward soul trying to make it back to the land of the living. Engage in bullet-hell lite battles, solve puzzles, and communicate with the dead as you navigate this “colorful” world. Death is just the beginning.

Why similar: Comedy 34.2%, Action-Adventure 11.2%, Funny 10.1%, Combat 9.6%, Exploration 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: This adventure game prioritizes comedy and lighthearted storytelling within a unique, stylized world.

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 29.9%, Physics 28.6%, Funny 14.3%, Comedy 9.2%, 3D Platformer 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: This physics-based puzzle platformer emphasizes chaotic movement and environmental interaction in a way that feels very familiar.

Finding Frankie invites YOU to a true experience of terror as you compete in a terrifyingly twisted parkour show. Stealthily navigate around horrifying characters and swing through challenging parkour courses. This is one game show you won’t want to miss!

Why similar: 3D Platformer 41.1%, Action-Adventure 19.3%, Story Rich 15.4%, Exploration 8.7%, 3D 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game blends horror-themed exploration with parkour mechanics that feel like a more intense version of the platforming in the seed game.

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

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 18.2%, 3D Platformer 18.2%, Physics 12.4%, Comedy 11.5%, Platformer 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: It is the gold standard for physics-based puzzle platforming paired with sharp, memorable comedic writing.

Infiltraliens is an action adventure game in which you take on the role of Gorp. Place 52, the world's most advanced and well-guarded military base is holding your alien friends captive. Can you make your way through the obstacles and pass the guards to save them?

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 15.4%, Physics 14.9%, Cartoony 13.1%, 3D Platformer 12.8%, Action-Adventure 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: It features cartoony, physics-based action that mirrors the frantic exploration of The Upturned.

This is a difficult game about climbing.

Why similar: Survival Horror 20.4%, Physics 19.8%, Comedy 16.3%, Platformer 12.7%, Funny 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: The physics-based movement is intentionally challenging and comedic, capturing the same 'frustration-as-fun' energy.

A difficult obstacle course 3D platformer where the goal is to survive and escape the Island!

Why similar: 3D Platformer 27.7%, Puzzle Platformer 21.2%, Physics 16.9%, Third Person 10.3%, Funny 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: This 3D platformer uses meme-heavy humor and puzzle-platforming mechanics to create a lighthearted adventure.

Donut County is a story-based physics puzzle game where you play as an ever-growing hole in the ground. Meet cute characters, steal their trash, and throw them in a hole.

Why similar: Physics 33.8%, Funny 19.9%, Comedy 15.1%, Story Rich 9.6%, Stylized 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: This physics-based game uses a simple, humorous premise to drive exploration and interaction in a charming, cartoony world.

Catch hundreds of tinykin and use their unique powers to bring Milo back to his home planet and back to normal size!

Why similar: 3D Platformer 17.6%, Puzzle Platformer 13.6%, Cartoony 12.6%, Comedy 11.3%, Action-Adventure 8%

Why You'll Like It: A 3D platformer that focuses on exploration and interaction with a vibrant, stylized world.

From the depths of hell, climb chained to your friends through diverse worlds. Solo or co-op, try to reach the summit and discover what awaits you there...

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 17.2%, 3D Platformer 16.1%, Physics 9.7%, Platformer 9.3%, Action-Adventure 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game uses physics-based platforming and cooperative chaos to create a highly entertaining and often funny experience.

Tall Poppy is a fun-house horror experience where you must find your wife's purse and a way off the church property before the prankster ghost gets you!

Why similar: Comedy 27.6%, Action-Adventure 18.4%, Exploration 15.1%, Adventure 10.8%, Story Rich 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person exploration game that relies on comedy and a unique narrative voice to drive the experience.

Experience 12 all-new games made exclusively for this unique horror anthology. Explore a mysterious castle that changes as you play. Keep your wits about you as the line between cute and creepy begins to blur. Uncover the next chapter in the ongoing Dread X Collection storyline.

Why similar: Survival Horror 30.8%, 3D Platformer 24.8%, Action-Adventure 13.1%, Story Rich 11.5%, Exploration 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: This collection features indie horror experiments that often lean into the same surreal and exploration-heavy themes as The Upturned.

In this fast-paced, puzzle-loaded action adventure, you’ll juggle housework, zombie hordes, family dinners and radioactive squirrels! Oh, and you have to prevent the end of the world while keeping everyone from finding out it was all your fault.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 20%, Comedy 19.9%, Physics 18.3%, Platformer 9.4%, Story Rich 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: A comedic action-adventure game that features a quirky, stylized world and chaotic gameplay moments.

Deep within the realm of sleep, Sybil finds herself pulled to a distorted castle. Grow strong, and unlock new abilities to build up a deep movement system, fight enemies, find secrets, and free the weary soul of Castle Sansa, in this retro-inspired 3D Platformer Metroidvania.

Why similar: 3D Platformer 40.7%, Platformer 13%, Exploration 12.1%, Third Person 11.3%, Stylized 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: It offers fluid, movement-focused 3D platforming that rewards players for exploring every corner of its map.

You, a normal working Joe, decide to try to solve the mystery of the missing girl... Will you make it out alive? A horror game filled with mystery!

Why similar: Survival Horror 25.4%, Comedy 13.8%, Funny 13.3%, Action-Adventure 12.6%, Mystery 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person horror-adventure that balances exploration with a dark, mysterious narrative.

The Hotel is an "old style" survival horror game!! Fight zombies and solve puzzles to try to escape!!

Why similar: Survival Horror 45.1%, Action-Adventure 20%, Third Person 19.6%, Adventure 9%, Action 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the specific setting of a hotel-based horror adventure, focusing on atmosphere and exploration.

HIGH ON KNIFE DLC OUT NOW!! - Humanity is being threatened by an alien cartel who wants to use them as drugs. It’s up to you to rescue and partner with charismatic, talking guns, take down Garmantuous and his gang, and save the world!

Why similar: Comedy 44.2%, Action-Adventure 16%, Story Rich 11.2%, Combat 8.5%, Adventure 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: This first-person shooter is heavily focused on comedic dialogue and surreal, vibrant environments.

You awaken in a mysterious room and promptly clear items from the desk. The individual behind this watches in surprise on the monitor. "Hey! What are you doing? Let me play my game!" "Escape Escape" is an adventure where you explore, interact, and advance through maps and characters.

Why similar: Comedy 25.7%, Mystery 18.2%, 3D Platformer 11.2%, Exploration 11.1%, Story Rich 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person puzzle-adventure that uses comedy to keep the player engaged during exploration.

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: 3D Platformer 20.7%, Comedy 18%, Cartoony 12.9%, Platformer 9.6%, Physics 8.6%

On a mysterious remote island, a skull washes up on shore and is reawakened by an enigmatic deity. Dubbed Skully, the newly reanimated being has been summoned to intervene in a war between the deity’s three siblings, whose quarrel jeopardizes the island they call home.

Why similar: 3D Platformer 17.5%, Puzzle Platformer 15.2%, Comedy 11.7%, Physics 11%, Platformer 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based 3D platformer where you control a rolling skull, emphasizing environmental interaction.

In the Regulatory Realm, human beliefs manifest as bizarre bureaucracies. Venture to the human world to deliver Unsent letters in this whimsical platform-adventure game.

Why similar: 3D Platformer 19%, Comedy 15.9%, Cartoony 12.8%, Story Rich 8.4%, Platformer 8.2%

West of Loathing — a slapstick comedy stick-figure wild west adventure role-playing game.

Why similar: Comedy 50.4%, Funny 21.4%, Story Rich 15.8%, Adventure 8.8%, Singleplayer 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: A comedy-rich RPG that rewards exploration and curiosity with constant, witty writing.

Explore a series of whimsical, interconnected worlds to steal everything not nailed down. Make a garbage bin a garbage home :)

Why similar: 3D Platformer 34.9%, Platformer 16.3%, Comedy 15.8%, Exploration 12.2%, Stylized 11.8%

You're hungry. For a schnitzel. The problem is: you have to get it!

Why similar: 3D Platformer 33.2%, Comedy 16.8%, Platformer 14.4%, Exploration 11.2%, Third Person 9.4%

Become the hottest exorcist star and save a cursed haunted house! The most annoyingly clingy ghost is about to awaken.

Why similar: Comedy 30.1%, 3D Platformer 18.5%, Action-Adventure 15.3%, Funny 9.4%, Action 7.5%

Welcome to a breathtaking storyline full of portals, solving puzzles with an energy-absorbing weapon, and other adventures in a sci-fi atmosphere! Can you travel through parallel dimensions and uncover the secrets of your past?

Why similar: Comedy 23.2%, Mystery 19.7%, Action-Adventure 16.1%, Story Rich 14.2%, Exploration 13.9%

Early 90s. You stayed in a quiet hotel for just one night and the next morning you’ve found out that the old world was destroyed. Alien dreams, secrets of your past and other guests that are turning into monsters. This hotel will not let you to check out.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 26.9%, Exploration 23.9%, Story Rich 23.5%, 3D 14.1%, Adventure 11.6%

YOLKED: Follow the EGG-scruciating escape of an egg with arms!

Why similar: Physics 21.8%, Comedy 19.9%, Cartoony 17.7%, Action-Adventure 10%, Platformer 8.5%

You find yourself trapped in a mysterious room upon awakening. Surrounding you are sparse pieces of furniture, mannequins, and countless buttons. Can you safely escape this room?

Why similar: Survival Horror 26%, Comedy 21.5%, Action-Adventure 20.3%, Exploration 12.4%, Physics 11.7%

Jamboy and Billy are devoured by a giant and now they have to escape from its guts! Explore the giant's intestines as you defeat food monsters in this frantic, multi-genre game and go on a stomach-churning adventure!

Why similar: Comedy 19.2%, Cartoony 17.5%, Platformer 12.7%, Stylized 11.5%, Exploration 10.6%

Spurdo :D is an Action Adventure Comedy game where you play as Spurdo, travelling to different past lives, each containing its own separate story, style, and gameplay mechanics. Offering a wide variety of scenarios and humorous interactions, you choose how you want to experience those lives again.

Why similar: Comedy 30.8%, Exploration 13%, Funny 11.9%, Action-Adventure 9.9%, Stylized 9.4%

Your name is Hank. You are doing a Handstand. Jump to the top.

Why similar: 3D Platformer 31.2%, Platformer 16.3%, Third Person 12.3%, Comedy 11.4%, 3D 7.9%

Stay alive in this weird and peculiar horror experience. What begins as a game between friends turns into a race for your life. Take a breath and enter the house.

Why similar: Action-Adventure 22.7%, Mystery 21.3%, Exploration 20.9%, Story Rich 18%, 3D 12.4%

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 51.3%, Post-apocalyptic 17.1%, Adventure 10.7%, Action 8.8%, Funny 7.4%

It's bake or die at Cakey's Bakery, where human children are the secret ingredient to strange monsters' delicious pastries. Find the recipe for survival to escape the bakery and it's sweet and scary staff!

Why similar: Cartoony 25.2%, Action-Adventure 18.6%, Mystery 16.7%, Stylized 14.8%, 3D 10%

Hello and welcome to Backfirewall_, a first-person tragicomic adventure set inside a smartphone. You are the update assistant. Solve wacky puzzles to counter the update and save the previous operating system from deletion. The fate of the System is in your hands!

Why similar: Comedy 33.8%, Story Rich 14.7%, Physics 12.3%, Exploration 11.3%, Adventure 10.8%

Suicide Guy Deluxe Plus is the surreal puzzle game set in the dreams of its protagonist. Will you be able to save the thing you love most and overcome the neverending whirlwind of nightmares? Now in a new shiny edition.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 21.4%, Physics 18.5%, Comedy 18.4%, Cartoony 12.8%, Funny 8.5%

Why similar: 3D Platformer 18.4%, Comedy 16.2%, Physics 15.5%, Third Person 10.7%, Funny 9.5%

Upside Down will immerse you in an incredible adventure. Sharpen your reflexes for this fast-paced, precise puzzle-platformer.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 31.1%, Platformer 27.7%, Action 22%, Adventure 19.3%

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 34.2%, 3D Platformer 23.6%, Physics 13.9%, Comedy 13.1%, Platformer 6.6%

In this horror, comedy, and puzzle game, you will play as a demon summoned by an old woman to fix her television, sending you on an adventure beyond all reason.

Why similar: Comedy 44.3%, Adventure 43%, Singleplayer 12.7%

From Squanch Games comes Trover Saves the Universe. Your pups are missing. The cosmos is at stake. Only you and Trover can save everything in this bizarre comedy adventure!

Why similar: Comedy 23.1%, 3D Platformer 20.6%, Cartoony 10%, Funny 9.7%, Platformer 8.5%

Uh oh, seems like your delivery bike got stolen, but the pizzas need to keep being delivered!

Why similar: 3D Platformer 34.8%, Comedy 23.5%, Exploration 15.1%, Third Person 11.8%, Adventure 7.5%

Possess the living, aid the dead and flip between the worlds of Flipping Death - a puzzling adventure platformer where you find yourself filling in for Death. Maybe your new powers will help you solve the mystery of your own demise?

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 61.6%, Adventure 38.4%

Descend through absurd layers of history as a rat-dog-witch trying to escape employment and transcend reality. Explore weird museums, cosmic hallways, and your own bad dreams in a chaotic mash-up of art, humor, and a playable existential crisis.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 23.6%, Comedy 19.1%, Third Person 11.8%, Platformer 11.6%, Stylized 10.8%

Can Luna navigate this funky world to find Halloween? - Talk to strange and compelling characters! Freeze obstacles and activate the fast Chili Pepper Mode, but beware - it also makes you uncontrollably jumpy!

Why similar: 3D Platformer 28.4%, Stylized 14.3%, Story Rich 11%, Platformer 10.6%, Exploration 10.5%

You have been invited to the popular “Penguin Hotel”. There, you get caught up in a terrifying event. Solve puzzles and battle with a special camera! Experience a very strange penguin horror.

Why similar: Mystery 24.8%, 3D Platformer 21.6%, Action-Adventure 13.5%, Physics 9.7%, Exploration 9.1%

After a psychologist visit goes terribly wrong, you find yourself trapped in the mind of a game developer on the brink of physical and emotional burnout during the final stages of an intense project. Experience a metroidvania-lite drenched in anxiety and based on a very true story.

Why similar: Comedy 27.3%, Platformer 18.8%, Action-Adventure 17.2%, Exploration 12.5%, Combat 8.9%

He's a dad AND a radish. Dadish's kids are missing and he needs your help to find them! Explore an exciting world, face off with fast-food themed foes, and reunite Dadish with his missing children in this challenging 3D platforming adventure.

Why similar: 3D Platformer 22.8%, Puzzle Platformer 21.3%, Cartoony 11.2%, Platformer 10.4%, Third Person 9.3%

A comical puzzle platformer where you must die to progress. The bodies you leave behind are your only tools to solve puzzles on your quest to find the Cup of Life.

Why similar: Comedy 28.6%, Puzzle Platformer 24.5%, Platformer 18.4%, Funny 16.6%, Physics 7.9%