Games Like The Wave Story

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 31.5%, Strategy 27.8%, Platformer 20%, Puzzle 12.9%, 2D 3.9%

Create a path by reversing the desired area.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 42.5%, Strategy 20.8%, Platformer 16.5%, Puzzle 12.7%, 2D 3.8%

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

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 42.7%, Platformer 21.7%, Strategy 15.4%, Puzzle 14.8%, Indie 4.8%

Take control of Rectangle in this puzzle platformer, where he aims to escape the cavern...

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 50.9%, Platformer 22.9%, Puzzle 14.8%, 2D 6.4%, Indie 3.3%

Gravity Error is an indie 2D puzzle/platformer about changing gravity. Guide Force in his quest seeking emotional stableness in a set of levels and avoid being crushed. Solve the puzzles in multiple creative ways.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 40.1%, Platformer 25%, Puzzle 17.5%, Indie 9.9%, 2D 7.5%

Nominated as a IGF Seamus McNally Finalist, NightSky is an ambient action-puzzle game that offers a gameplay experience unlike any other—cerebral challenges fill uniquely designed picturesque worlds. The player must maneuver a sphere by using realistic physics to advance; each of these worlds is broken into different areas.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 49.6%, Platformer 19%, Puzzle 12.1%, Indie 5.8%, Strategy 5.5%

A 2D Puzzle Platformer about navigating mazes of lasers. The objective of each level is to get to the goal block, and a variety of laser types and gadgets make each challenge unique. Includes a level editor!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 46.2%, Platformer 24.7%, Puzzle 19.6%, Indie 9.5%

Chase the echoes of another life. In this fast-paced puzzle platformer, dash and teleport through mysterious worlds, solve clever movement puzzles, and stitch together the memories of a broken past.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 38.9%, Strategy 18.8%, Platformer 17.2%, Puzzle 12.9%, Multiple Endings 7.4%

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 51.5%, Platformer 21.6%, Puzzle 16.6%, 2D 5.7%, Indie 3.1%

Play as an anthropomorphic computer virus in prog.1, a thrilling 2D puzzle platformer set in a sci-fi world where scientists work feverishly to build the first fully artificial universe.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 42.1%, Platformer 29.4%, Puzzle 18.2%, Indie 10.4%

Uncertain of his sister's fate, a boy enters LIMBO

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 53.7%, Platformer 17.7%, Puzzle 12.7%, Atmospheric 5.8%, Indie 5%

Freeze time and manipulate the world with endless possibilities: build the solution YOU want where nothing is scripted and levels can be solved in multiple ways. When Super Meat Boy meets Braid, you may die repeatedly and enjoy it!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 57.7%, Platformer 24.7%, Puzzle 11%, Indie 6.6%

Explore the silent story of Duality, a world in which reality has been split into two dimensions. Each level has been beautifully designed with extreme challenge in mind. Will you be able to uncover the secrets that each new challenge holds?

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 54.1%, Strategy 34.1%, Indie 10.3%, Singleplayer 1.6%

Defy Gravity is an action platformer that is a mix between classic platforming and gravity based puzzle solving.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 56.6%, Platformer 28.3%, Puzzle 7.6%, Indie 3.7%, 2D 3%

Incarnate Panco, a white little cat, on his journey to save all Elemalia's residents, trapped in their own home due to a terrible tempest. Control up to three different natural elements and interact with your environment to progress through puzzles and grab the coins dispersed around the world!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 45.1%, Strategy 29%, Puzzle 16.9%, Indie 8.9%

This is a platformer puzzle game where the core mechanic is the gravity-reversing gun in your hand. It allows you to change the mass of objects, so use it to solve puzzles!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 41.3%, Strategy 20%, Platformer 18.1%, Puzzle 13.7%, 2D 4.2%

Riddle Tower is all about solving a wide variety of riddles, including classic riddles, math brain teasers, and rebuses. The main story features riddles inspired by two classic games from my childhood, Notpron and GodTower, known for being some of the toughest riddle games of their time.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 44.3%, Strategy 22.8%, Puzzle 20.3%, 2D 7%, Indie 3.5%

The world is shattering and you are the only hope to restore the balance. A thrilling and challenging 3D puzzle platformer game, Almightree: The Last Dreamer has you racing through a crumbling world to find your way to awaken the life giving Almightree.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 46%, Strategy 27%, Puzzle 17.2%, Indie 9.8%

A very short puzzle platformer set on an alien planet centered around a moving-platform mechanic.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 46.5%, Platformer 22.9%, Puzzle 20.2%, 2D 4.9%, Indie 3.3%

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

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 60.7%, Platformer 22.5%, Indie 7.7%, Puzzle 6.6%, 2D 2.5%

Light is your friend, and sadly it is in short supply. Help Billy and his Inverse Yllib as they struggle to work together in getting through the dark world that is Billy's mirror. Using only the light of a candle traverse difficult puzzles and platforming challenges in order to get Billy home.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 47.6%, Platformer 23.4%, Puzzle 15%, 2D 9.5%, Indie 3.2%

Escape Goat is a puzzle platformer where you take control of a goat, who has been imprisoned for witchcraft, and overcome traps and obstacles to escape the Prison of Agnus. Fear not, for with your supreme agility, sturdy horns, and the help of a magic mouse friend, you can turn the tables on foes and use the environment to your advantage.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 53.1%, Platformer 22.1%, Puzzle 16.4%, Indie 5.7%, 2D 2.7%

Synchronous is a puzzle-platformer where you commandeer up to three unique player characters at once. Use numerous gizmos to solve 49 increasingly complicated puzzle levels, and all this is made possible by magnetization, allowing characters to move simultaneously and independently at once.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 47.5%, Strategy 18%, Platformer 12.7%, Puzzle 9.6%, 2D 4.8%

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 38.9%, Strategy 27%, Platformer 13.5%, Puzzle 8.7%, Indie 7.1%

Dungeon Runner is a 2D platformer with a high quality modern-retro design. The game is based on surviving several levels and passing them. Levels are set into chapters. Each chapter provides more difficult levels.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 30.9%, Strategy 23.1%, Platformer 20.1%, Puzzle 12.1%, Indie 7.9%

Light up the world! As Plug, you are charged with restoring the expansive Amp-Tree-System, and thwarting an enigmatic intruder.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 53.9%, Platformer 22.1%, Puzzle 13.7%, Indie 6.1%, 2D 3.2%

From the creators of Hero Siege, Squishy the Suicidal Pig is a puzzle platformer with a counterintuitive goal where you play as Squishy, a pig wearing a yellow sweater who's trying to reach his parents in animal heaven by completing his deal with the devil.You asked for a challenge, now you have it!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 41.9%, Platformer 29.7%, Puzzle 17.3%, Indie 7.6%, 2D 3.1%

The third part of the puzzle-platformer Butterfly - Funny Twins! 40 steps to victory with these funny twins! Bounce off enemies, climb into pipes, measure distance, use obstacles to complete levels without misfire.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 41.4%, Platformer 23.3%, Puzzle 17.6%, Indie 9.6%, 2D 6.6%

Max: The Curse of Brotherhood is a cinematic adventure filled with action-packed platforming and creative puzzle-solving. Armed with only a Magic Marker, Max must confront evil at every turn in a hostile and fantastical world in order to save his kid brother, Felix. Join Max on his great adventure!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 56.3%, Platformer 26.8%, Puzzle 13.8%, 2D 2.1%, Singleplayer 1%

A suspense puzzle game, similar to the Paper Wedding Dress series, with similar basic operations and gameplay. Players complete a series of mini games, decrypt them, and clear them. The plot of each chapter is independent of each other. Each chapter has a double ending of 'pass' and' dead '.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 45.4%, Puzzle 18.5%, Mystery 12.5%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, 2D 7.1%

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: Puzzle Platformer 51.7%, Platformer 25.6%, Puzzle 9.7%, Indie 7.8%, Atmospheric 2.4%

2D puzzle platformer with a lot of puzzles that will push your intelligence and problem-solving skills to the limit.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 61.7%, Puzzle 21%, 2D 9.2%, Indie 5.4%, Singleplayer 2.7%

Inspired by Stephen King’s book - “The Dark Tower”, Alter World is a 2D platformer with interesting gameplay mechanics. Player can pass on an alternative universe anytime and use an alternative realms to move to another level. Levels are unique, with puzzles. player will have to react quickly and assess when to move between the Worlds.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 44.6%, Platformer 20.7%, Indie 18%, Puzzle 16.7%

Only Down was made with speed runners in mind. Your skill will be tested. Victories are gained by the inch in this unforgiving puzzle platformer.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 36%, Strategy 28.4%, Platformer 26.2%, Atmospheric 5.2%, Indie 2.9%

Marudachi is an action puzzle game that uses different Maru's abilities to let Maru get into the place they can't go on their own.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 29.5%, Strategy 26.8%, Platformer 20.5%, Puzzle 13.3%, 2D 4.7%

Skala is a puzzle game about changing the scale of the world.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 47.5%, Platformer 18.9%, Puzzle 16.3%, Strategy 8.9%, 2D 4.2%

Stuff your cheeks with onigiri and make friends with even more friends! In "Me and (My) Cat's Castle X", you control a character who transforms by stuffing their cheeks with onigiri. Take on the challenge of the "Cat's Castle" in this platformer!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 57.1%, Puzzle 20%, Platformer 10.4%, Indie 5.5%, 2D 4.2%

Experience a fast paced 2D puzzle/platformer where you have to clear an olive jar of its corruption. Navigate your way through a variety of obstacles and challenges using your wits and reflexes. Smash as many olives as you can to save your world from destruction.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 32%, Strategy 22.8%, Platformer 21.2%, Puzzle 16.9%, 2D 4.3%

GET THE MANGO! Yeah Jam Fury tests your speed and ingenuity in over 100 levels of smiling face blocks. Utilize all three of your egos to create blocks, scale walls, and destroy everything in the way of your righteous fruit.

Why similar: Strategy 33.2%, Puzzle Platformer 30.1%, Platformer 13.8%, Indie 9.1%, Puzzle 8.1%

Get the ball to the end zone safely. Without exploding!

Why similar: Strategy 28.1%, Puzzle Platformer 27.2%, Platformer 21.2%, Puzzle 18.4%, 2D 4%

Solve puzzles, dodge traps and uncover each room's secrets by changing the camera's angle and perspective in this unique puzzle platformer.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 46.9%, Platformer 20.4%, Puzzle 15.4%, Mystery 8.3%, 2D 5.6%

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 46.5%, Platformer 21.2%, Puzzle 16.2%, 2D 6.3%, Atmospheric 5.4%

Imagine you could move mountains - literally! With realistic physics, Norse runes, rotating platforms and a lot of gray cells you'll help Munin, Odin's messenger in her very own 2D-adventure, to reclaim her power on a journey through Yggdrasil.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 50.2%, Platformer 21.6%, Puzzle 15.7%, Indie 6.4%, 2D 3.5%

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

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 56.3%, Platformer 21%, Puzzle 14%, Indie 6.7%, 2D 2%

You play Blue, a simple cube lost in a world he hasn't visited in a long time. Help him move forward despite the difficulties.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 39%, Strategy 30.3%, Puzzle 15.8%, 2D 6.2%, Atmospheric 5.3%

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 31%, Puzzle Platformer 29%, Puzzle 24.4%, Indie 7.2%, 2D 4.6%

Prepare for a challenge of wits, reflex, and strategy, and make sure that you Don't Die!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 40.5%, Strategy 33.9%, Puzzle 15.2%, Indie 10.4%

Join Max, the brave and clever cat, on a puzzle-platformer adventure to save his best friend, Erwin

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 51.6%, Strategy 28.4%, Puzzle 16.7%, Indie 3.3%

Feartten noir Story - is a 2d platformer with a mysterious horror theme. Go through the cursed depths of hell and try to get out of the nightmare of a boy. Are you ready to go through all the circles of hell to overcome your fears?

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 41.4%, Platformer 19.2%, Puzzle 14%, Mystery 7.7%, Atmospheric 6.3%

Puzzle game with a little story. The rules are simple! Clear the stage by absorbing the three colored orbs into the pedestals of each color. Gradually, various gimmicks are added, and the difficulty increases. By the way... who are you, and why are you solving these puzzles?

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 41%, Strategy 33.1%, Puzzle 16.7%, 2D 4.7%, Indie 3.2%

Labirinto this is a simple game in which you need to get square to the other end of the maze.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 50%, Strategy 19.3%, Puzzle 17.8%, 2D 7.2%, Indie 4%

A 2D narrative puzzle adventure focused on observation and optical illusions. "What you see depends on how you think." In this vintage pop-art world, there is no hand-holding or combat. As your understanding changes, impossible paths will reshape before your eyes. Curiosity is your only guide.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 37.2%, Strategy 31.8%, Puzzle 16.4%, Mystery 7.7%, 2D 5.9%

Lonely Trip is a 2D puzzle platformer. Unique puzzles, beautiful visuals and capturing music, experience all these by completing this lonely adventure.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 53.6%, Platformer 26%, Puzzle 10.8%, Indie 5.6%, 2D 3.3%

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 62.6%, Puzzle 30.4%, Indie 7.1%

We are recruiting new test subjects for a new in-house experiment at our facility. We ask that new recruits have good jumping skills and good logical thinking. For those interested, please report to the main lobby to receive further instructions.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 33.5%, Strategy 29.1%, Platformer 19.4%, Puzzle 14.7%, Indie 2.5%

Deadline plunges you into the heart of indie horror with a spine-chilling themes. Explore three haunting levels—a sterile Lab, The Creepy Carnival, and a haunting school—each dragging you deeper. Outlast and extend your DEADLINE. Struggle for a high score, but can you survive long enough to escape?

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 41.9%, Strategy 33.7%, Puzzle 17%, Indie 6%, Singleplayer 1.4%

Take flight as Juno, a small bird guided by the sound of her guitar through a hand-drawn world of music and memory. Play melodies to solve puzzles, fly through unique platforming challenges and piece together a story of grief and love.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 48.6%, Platformer 22.7%, Puzzle 14.8%, 2D 6.3%, Atmospheric 3.8%

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: Puzzle Platformer 57.5%, Platformer 17.6%, Puzzle 14.2%, Indie 4.2%, 2D 3.1%