- #1 Timeworks
97% matchVery Positive100% of 52 reviews2024
Dev: Starworks Studios
Windows
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 32% ★, 3D Platformer 19.3%, Puzzle Platformer 18.4%, Logic 7.7%, Story Rich 6.2%
- #2 Loophole
96% matchVery Positive99% of 138 reviews2025
Dev: Levi Pinkert
Windows · Mac
A time-bending puzzle game about working with - and against - your past selves. Subvert the rules of time travel, dodge paradoxes, and find a way to escape the loop.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 28.5% ★, Sokoban 26.4% ★, Logic 13%, Difficult 9.7%, Isometric 9.2%
- #3 Quantum Conundrum
96% matchVery Positive85% of 2,130 reviews2012
Dev: Airtight GamesPub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 68%
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%, 3D Platformer 21.2%, Time Manipulation 21.2% ★, Puzzle 10.1%, Physics 9.7%
- #4 Chronigma
95% matchNo user reviews100% of 286 reviews2025
Dev: C3BGames
Windows · Mac
Master time in this story-rich time-bending puzzle game. You travel back in time to be in two places at once, to solve puzzles impossible to complete alone. Your success hinges on your ability to collaborate with yourself. Can you learn to manipulate time to save humanity?
Why similar: Time Manipulation 39.1% ★, Sokoban 21.2% ★, Logic 14.3%, Difficult 10.5%, Strategy 6%
- #5 Theta and Paralldox on Worldlines
94% matchVery Positive96% of 154 reviews2026
Dev: XXela
Windows
A lovely logical puzzle game about the many-worlds interpretation and quantum mechanics.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 36.1% ★, Sokoban 30.5% ★, Logic 14.5%, Cute 7%, Puzzle 6.1%
- #6 Super Puzzled Cat
94% matchVery Positive98% of 192 reviews2025
Dev: Penguin Mug Games
Windows
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 42.9% ★, Puzzle Platformer 19.5%, Difficult 13.1%, Cute 7%, Logic 5%
- #7 Nomori: Prologue
92% matchVery Positive94% of 156 reviews2022
Dev: Enchanted Works
Windows
Nomori is a mind-bending adventure game where you control time and space to journey through a shattered spirit world. Take shortcuts through portals, rotate your perspective, and control the flow of time to move forward, whichever way that is.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 31.6% ★, Puzzle Platformer 17.3%, Physics 11.7%, Relaxing 8.5%, Cute 6.7%
- #8 Sumoman
93% matchMostly Positive79% of 633 reviews2017
Dev: Tequilabyte Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 40.2% ★, Puzzle Platformer 18%, Difficult 12.8%, Funny 11.5%, Story Rich 6.9%
- #9 Timelie
91% matchVery Positive94% of 2,501 reviews2020
Dev: Urnique Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Timelie is a stealth puzzle adventure, where you control time like a media player. Perceive future events to plan your escape strategy from the past, sneak an enemy, and manipulate time through this companionship journey of a mysterious cat and a little girl with a precognitive power.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 35.3% ★, Puzzle Platformer 15.3%, Isometric 13.7%, Difficult 9.6%, Relaxing 7.5%
- #10 Lord Ambermaze
90% matchVery Positive94% of 136 reviews2025
Dev: Potata CompanyPub: HeroCraft PC
Windows
Lord Ambermaze is a charming adventure set on a mysterious island where the world only moves when you do. Battle quirky enemies, solve clever puzzles, bond with island dwellers, and save your little sister by uncovering the dark lord’s terrible secret.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 51.5% ★, Sokoban 23.7% ★, Logic 14.8%, Puzzle 4.2%, Exploration 3.8%
- #11 Meet me at NooN
91% matchVery Positive100% of 73 reviews2022
Dev: Pandaroo Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Could time go backwards? Meet me at NooN is a time manipulation turn-based puzzle-platformer with Tenet inspired mechanics. Control two characters, create perfect time loops and solve brain melting time puzzles.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 33.8% ★, Sokoban 19.5% ★, Puzzle Platformer 13.5%, Logic 13%, Physics 6.3%
- #12 Way of Rhea
89% matchVery Positive98% of 54 reviews2024
Dev: Games by Mason LLC
Windows · Linux
A puzzle game with challenging puzzles, but forgiving mechanics. Master the use of your color changing staff to solve mind bending puzzles, unlock new areas, and help out your friends. Undo any mistake with the press of a button.
Why similar: Logic 21.6%, Puzzle Platformer 20.1%, Difficult 17.6%, Puzzle 8.3%, Physics 7.6%
- #13 Time Loader
89% matchVery Positive83% of 534 reviews2021
Dev: FlazmPub: META Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Time Loader is a story-driven puzzle-platformer with tiny robots, alternate realities, nostalgic music, and primitive tech from the 90s!
Why similar: Time Manipulation 33.7% ★, 3D Platformer 14.7%, Puzzle Platformer 14.6%, Logic 12.8%, Physics 9.8%
- #14 The Entropy Centre
87% matchVery Positive89% of 4,209 reviews2022
Dev: Stubby GamesPub: Playstack
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Think in reverse. Outsmart the impossible. A mind-bending first-person adventure where you solve ingenious and complex puzzles by rewinding objects through time.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 37.5% ★, Puzzle Platformer 12%, Funny 10.2%, Difficult 8.8%, Physics 8.7%
- #15 Chronescher
88% matchVery Positive86% of 58 reviews2022
Dev: PurpleSloth
Windows · Mac · Linux
Chronescher is a challenging turn-based puzzle game in Escher-esque spaces. Use impossible geometries, teleportation and environmental snapshots to navigate your mind and uncover your lost memories.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 31.1% ★, Logic 14.2%, Isometric 13.9%, Puzzle Platformer 12.5%, Difficult 10.5%
- #16 Chrono Recorder
86% matchMostly Positive75% of 68 reviews2024
Dev: ChronoGames
Windows
"ChronoRecorder" is a 3D puzzle game. Players can manipulate time and gravity. And you have to use that ability to solve problems. You might think this game is difficult if you don't use your brain.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 53.7% ★, Puzzle Platformer 30.4%, Puzzle 8.9%, 3D 5.8%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #17 Pocket Watch
85% matchVery Positive95% of 135 reviews2021
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
A time-traveling adventure game on a tropical island. 🌴⛱️ Talk to animals, solve puzzles, and save the island from destruction . . .
Why similar: Adventure 34.8%, Cute 33.6%, Puzzle 25.3%, Singleplayer 6.3%
- #18 Orbyss
83% matchVery Positive99% of 90 reviews2025
Dev: Misty Whale
Windows
In this logic based puzzle game, switch between Orbs to solve puzzles and light up your world. Play co-op with yourself, freeze time, fly drones, play with sound… and overcome the evil shadow interfering with your quest.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 42.3% ★, Puzzle Platformer 17%, Physics 11.6%, Difficult 8%, Relaxing 7.1%
- #19 Hourglass
84% matchVery Positive90% of 390 reviews2021
Dev: Cyberwave
Windows
In Hourglass you can create a time-clone of yourself to solve challenging puzzles. You will play as Aywa, a young adventurer who is traveling to Egypt to find her missing father - an archeologist, who never returned from his latest expedition.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 23.6% ★, Puzzle Platformer 19.7%, 3D Platformer 15.1%, Difficult 10.5%, Logic 10.4%
- #20 The Watchmaker
86% matchMixed49% of 81 reviews2018
Dev: Micropsia Games SpA
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 35%
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 38.5% ★, 3D Platformer 23%, Puzzle Platformer 22.7%, Puzzle 8.9%, Adventure 6.9%
- #21 Meow Mission
82% matchVery Positive100% of 56 reviews2024
Dev: AccelixPub: Digital-Touch Co., Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Solve diverse Sokoban puzzles to rescue cats trapped in alien dimensions in Meow Mission! Decorate your home with furniture for the rescued cats, and create lasting memories with their unique and charming personalities!
Why similar: Sokoban 36% ★, Difficult 14.8%, Funny 9.8%, Logic 9.1%, Cute 8.3%
- #22 Clocker
84% matchVery Positive83% of 283 reviews2019
Dev: Wild Kid Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The world has been swallowed into the grey void of time and space. The only key to the winding puzzle - a time-controling pocket-watch - lies in the hands of a clockmaker Father. The watch creates a mysterious barrier between the Father and his estranged Daughter.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 53% ★, Puzzle Platformer 23.2%, Story Rich 7.4%, Puzzle 6.7%, Cute 5.7%
- #23 Cats in Time
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,369 reviews2021
Dev: Pine Studio
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A relaxing puzzle game in which you explore 3D dioramas, solve puzzles and save cats lost in time! Crazy, right?!
Why similar: Relaxing 36.5%, Puzzle 24.3%, Cute 22.4%, Adventure 8.5%, 3D 6.3%
- #24 HAMSTERMIND
80% matchVery Positive99% of 77 reviews2026
Dev: Righteous Tree
Windows · Linux
Play as the legendary explorer Hamster Jones and explore a mysterious pyramid in a puzzle-based adventure, solving a wide variety of puzzles and uncovering the many secrets hidden within its walls.
Why similar: Sokoban 31% ★, Puzzle Platformer 14.3%, Logic 13.6%, Difficult 12.7%, Funny 6.6%
- #25 Lanternium
82% matchVery Positive86% of 80 reviews2019
Dev: Blazing Planet Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
You have to find out what happened in this fantastic world and help the Raccoon find his way home!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 27.5%, Difficult 19.8%, Funny 13.5%, Cute 11.6%, Story Rich 10.3%
- #26 Arise: A Simple Story
79% matchVery Positive92% of 2,975 reviews2020
Dev: Piccolo StudioPub: Untold Tales
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Embark on an emotional journey of losing the love of one's life. Manipulate time, solve puzzles, reshape surroundings as you push forward into the bittersweet recollections of a past life. This is a story about happiness and hardship, joy and sorrow. A story that all of us will one day experience.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 37.7% ★, 3D Platformer 16.5%, Puzzle Platformer 14.9%, Relaxing 8.4%, Cute 7.5%
- #27 Tick Tock Isle
81% matchVery Positive86% of 330 reviews2015
Dev: Squiddershins
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Strike is inadvertently transported into the past while attempting to repair a mysterious, abandoned clock tower. Endeavoring to return to the future, Strike must fix both the time machine and the island’s dysfunctional family who are responsible for much of the clock’s disrepair.
Why similar: Funny 62.7%, Adventure 37.3%
- #28 What Lies in the Multiverse
78% matchVery Positive92% of 705 reviews2022
Dev: Studio VoyagerPub: Untold Tales
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 66%
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 47.1% ★, Puzzle Platformer 20.5%, Story Rich 8.9%, Funny 8.4%, Puzzle 5.7%
- #29 Pages of Time: Prologue
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,877 reviews2022
Dev: Starbeings Studio
Windows
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: Puzzle Platformer 28.8%, Cute 21.1%, Puzzle 16.4%, Story Rich 15.3%, Adventure 8.9%
- #30 Harmony's Odyssey
77% matchVery Positive94% of 586 reviews2022
Dev: MythicOwl
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Harmony’s Odyssey is a 3D fantasy adventure puzzle game set on mythical dioramas full of riddles, perky creatures and magic. Embark on a fantastic journey through remote fabled lands tangled by a rowdy cat and bring peace to its inhabitants.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 19.3%, Logic 14.7%, Magic 12.6%, Relaxing 11.7%, Funny 11.3%
- #31 AiliA
75% matchVery Positive94% of 69 reviews2026
Dev: IceToad Studio LLCPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Manipulate mirrors and guide Ail through reflected paths to save her twin sister Lia trapped within the Immortal Realm. In this surreal puzzle game, experience a touching story about the bond between two sisters and explore a mysterious, imaginative world where reflections intersect reality.
Why similar: Sokoban 47.5% ★, Cute 14%, Puzzle 11.8%, Exploration 10.8%, 3D 7.5%
- #32 Time Lock VR 2
76% matchVery Positive85% of 191 reviews2022
Dev: WR-VRGPub: Whale Rock Games
Windows
Mystical version of the Timelock VR Games series. The player has to free the soul of the ancestor imprisoned by the sorcerer in a magic stone. To solve riddles, you will need to move in time. Be careful, at the time of moving something may go wrong.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 29.2% ★, Logic 22.6%, Magic 18.6%, Cute 12.7%, Exploration 10%
- #33 Chronoquartz
73% matchVery Positive99% of 437 reviews2025
Dev: Infinite Stairs
Windows
In Chronoquartz, every move matters! You have 10 turns per loop: explore, solve puzzles, and use your past knowledge to progress. Strategy, critical thinking, and time management will be your allies in this unique temporal adventure. Will you succeed in saving time?
Why similar: Puzzle 32.8%, Exploration 30.3%, Fantasy 21.9%, Adventure 10.4%, Singleplayer 4.6%
- #34 Tyd wag vir Niemand (Time waits for Nobody)
79% matchMixed57% of 91 reviews2017
Dev: Skobbejak GamesPub: Skermunkel
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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: 3D Platformer 46.6%, Adventure 21.3%, Exploration 15.4%, Fantasy 12.6%, Singleplayer 4.2%
- #35 YesterMorrow
77% matchMixed68% of 65 reviews2020
Dev: Bitmap GalaxyPub: Blowfish Studios
Windows
YesterMorrow is a single-player time travelling 2D platformer, mixing action sequences with puzzle elements. Follow the engaging story of Yui, who travels back into the past to save her family and the remnants of a world now trapped in Never-ending Night.
Why similar: Cute 28.6%, Adventure 25.9%, Puzzle Platformer 25.2%, Story Rich 18.1%, Singleplayer 2.1%
- #36 Playback Loop
74% matchVery Positive95% of 93 reviews2024
Dev: MapPack
Windows
Carefully capture tracks of your actions, then play them back to solve puzzles with the aid of your recorded ghosts. Immerse yourself in a cerebral first-person puzzle platformer, where strategically thinking several steps ahead is the key to success.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 42.6% ★, Puzzle Platformer 19.5%, Difficult 14.6%, Physics 10%, 3D Platformer 6.8%
- #37 In His Time
74% matchVery Positive86% of 51 reviews2023
Dev: TearyHand StudioPub: Kodansha
Windows · Mac
Enter the hauntingly beautiful shadow world of In His Time, a 2D puzzle-solving adventure game. There you will meet Olly and join him to solve puzzles throughout each step of his emotional journey of growth and self-discovery.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 43.2%, Story Rich 17%, Cute 10.9%, Exploration 10.1%, Puzzle 9%
- #38 Little Gods of the Abyss
72% matchVery Positive88% of 73 reviews2026
Dev: PLAY MephistowaltzPub: GRAVITY
Windows
A 3D adventure combining precise platforming action with environmental puzzles. Purify the corrupted Primal Gate and restore the flow of time to a shattered world.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 28.4%, Relaxing 15.1%, Cute 12.9%, Story Rich 12.2%, Exploration 9.4%
- #39 Chronology
75% matchVery Positive87% of 986 reviews2014
Dev: Bedtime Digital Games
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A platform-adventure game about time travelling, puzzle solving and a friendship between an Old Inventor and a Snail.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 44.3%, Time Manipulation 37.4% ★, Puzzle 9.9%, Adventure 8.4%
- #40 Sandy's Great Escape
73% matchVery Positive94% of 51 reviews2023
Dev: Mocha Moose Games
Windows · Mac
A crabby twist on the sokoban (box-pushing) genre, where you use deaths to create shells and solve puzzles.
Why similar: Sokoban 27.5% ★, Time Manipulation 27% ★, Logic 12.1%, Funny 7.4%, Difficult 7.2%
- #41 Aarik And The Ruined Kingdom
71% matchVery Positive93% of 72 reviews2024
Dev: Shatterproof Games
Windows · Mac
Guide Aarik through wreck and ruin in this relaxing perspective puzzle adventure where the puzzle is your environment. Using your fathers crown repair, rework and rewind to mend your broken world.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 18.3%, Isometric 17%, Logic 14.9%, Relaxing 11.1%, Cute 10.4%
- #42 Puddle Knights
72% matchVery Positive97% of 233 reviews2020
Dev: Lockpickle
Windows · Mac
Protecting nobles from mud may look simple on the surface, but the intricate cape arranging puzzle mechanics ensure steadily increasing difficulty. Join the Knights on their quest to preserve dignity, and mindmuck is practically guaranteed! Playtime 10-35h.
Why similar: Sokoban 29.8% ★, Logic 13.6%, Isometric 13.1%, Difficult 12.1%, Relaxing 7.3%
- #43 Adapta Solva Legacy
71% matchVery Positive97% of 90 reviews2024
Dev: Ares BrazeltonPub: Hogeschool West-Vlaanderen
Windows
Adapta Solva is a short puzzle platformer adventure. Play as an Adaptarian to absorb elements from magical shrines to solve puzzles and overcome obstacles. Uncover the truth behind your creation in a world laid to ruin by an unknown cause.
Why similar: 3D Platformer 21.6%, Puzzle Platformer 19.1%, Isometric 13.7%, Magic 8.8%, Puzzle 8.1%
- #44 Tick Hop
70% matchVery Positive80% of 197 reviews2025
Dev: 小磊又饿又困
Windows
"Tick Hop" is a time-based puzzle platformer where players control the Guardian of Time. Navigate through levels made of time fragments, solving challenges and unlocking the past to restore the future. Manage a dynamic countdown and use time-altering items to overcome obstacles.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 37.5%, Relaxing 17.7%, Cute 15.9%, Logic 13.4%, Puzzle 12.3%
- #45 Hexed Time
69% matchVery Positive98% of 101 reviews2025
Dev: Petra Emmer
Windows
Play as a witch living in secret among villagers in this hand-drawn narrative puzzle adventure. An attempt to change fate traps her in a time loop. Help the witch and her cat escape without getting caught by the inquisition. Your choices shape the outcome.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 52.7% ★, Magic 19.4%, Story Rich 9.6%, Puzzle 8.4%, Exploration 4.9%
- #46 Treasure 'n Trio
68% matchVery Positive100% of 228 reviews2025
Dev: TNT
Windows
Team up with a brute-force warrior, a nimble and wily thief, and a cowardly wizard with teleportation magic. Use all three characters with different abilities at the right time to solve puzzles and collect treasures!
Why similar: Sokoban 62.4% ★, Puzzle 11.1%, Strategy 10.5%, Fantasy 7.3%, Cute 5.7%
- #47 Time on Frog Island
71% matchMixed69% of 352 reviews2022
Dev: Half Past YellowPub: Silver Lining Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Cast away on an island paradise complete with a cast of friendly frogs. Enjoy sandbox island life and explore at your own pace, solving sticky situations for your new friends and trading your way to fixing your ship!
Why similar: 3D Platformer 22%, Puzzle Platformer 21.2%, Relaxing 12.8%, Cute 11.4%, Logic 10.6%
- #48 A Monster's Expedition
68% matchVery Positive95% of 1,579 reviews2020
Dev: Draknek & Friends
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
An adorable and relaxing open world puzzle adventure for monsters who love to learn about humans!
Why similar: Sokoban 33.9% ★, Difficult 13.2%, Funny 10.5%, Relaxing 8.1%, Cute 8%
- #49 Tobla - Divine Path
66% matchVery Positive92% of 219 reviews2024
Dev: Nementic GamesPub: rokaplay
Windows
In Tobla - Divine Path, creative puzzle gameplay, a story inspired by classics like Portal™, and impressive 3D graphics come together. Step into the role of Mort and tackle the challenging puzzles and cynical comments of the cunning goddess Tobla to find your way home.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 51%, Puzzle 15.9%, Physics 14.8%, 3D 9.8%, Adventure 7.1%
- #50 Doors: Paradox
65% matchVery Positive92% of 1,894 reviews2022
Dev: Big Loop StudiosPub: Snapbreak
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A relaxing puzzle escape game! Make your way through a variety of hand-crafted 3D dioramas, look for useful objects, find hidden clues and solve fun puzzles! Unravel this mysterious adventure about chaos, order and the surreal.
Why similar: Relaxing 28.4%, Puzzle 21.7%, Exploration 16%, 3D 10.6%, Adventure 9.9%
- #51 Time in Time
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 121 reviews2017
Dev: ErayTek
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Time in Time is a side scroller puzzle-platformer game where you control everything with timers..
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 27.4%, 3D Platformer 21.1%, Difficult 20.5%, Logic 12.7%, Strategy 9.5%
- #52 Tales of the Tiny Planet
70% matchVery Positive84% of 56 reviews2017
Dev: Pixelsplit
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Tales of the Tiny Planet tells the story of a separated group of planet friends who want to reunite. You have to assist them against the dangers of time and space.
Why similar: Physics 30.3%, Puzzle Platformer 17.8%, Difficult 15.2%, Cute 11.3%, Relaxing 10%
- #53 Induction
69% matchVery Positive90% of 187 reviews2017
Dev: Bryan Gale
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Induction is an abstract puzzle game about time travel and paradoxes. As you master its logic, Induction will rewire how you think about cause and effect.
Why similar: Puzzle 100%
- #54 TEST TEST TEST
64% matchVery Positive92% of 991 reviews2024
Dev: MojikenPub: Toge Productions
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Escape a time loop as an overworked office employee by solving cryptic puzzles with alternate reality game elements.
Why similar: Logic 29.2%, Cute 23.5%, Story Rich 18.5%, Puzzle 17.4%, Fantasy 11.5%
- #55 Patch me if you can
63% matchVery Positive99% of 223 reviews2025
Dev: Ah Shot ChuPub: Jungle Game Lab
Windows
Patch me if you can is a puzzle adventure where you dive into a game world and manipulate objects however you want. Equip blocks to shrink boulders, move the sun, and thwart Lord's conspiracy. This broken world needs your 'patch'!
Why similar: Funny 20.6%, Cute 18.1%, Relaxing 17.5%, Exploration 14.5%, Puzzle 13.8%
- #56 Malediction
68% matchMostly Positive76% of 111 reviews2019
Dev: Desert Beagle StudiosPub: FIEA
Windows
Malediction is a third-person puzzle/platformer that gives the player the ability to control space and time! Use your magic to solve puzzles, navigate through a cursed city, and fight magic clones to reclaim your powers.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 28.2% ★, Puzzle Platformer 15.3%, 3D Platformer 14.3%, Magic 13.9%, Adventure 10.8%
- #57 Unpetrified: Echoes of Nature
63% matchVery Positive99% of 67 reviews2025
Dev: Dreamhunt StudioPub: Mindscape
Windows
Be a stone Golem and try to save Nature with the help of an adorable Fox! Reconnect ancient sources of energy in environmental puzzles. Discover secrets from a lost civilization and save animals on an emotional quest in a cozy, colorful world.
Why similar: Magic 21.6%, Relaxing 16.7%, Cute 15.7%, Story Rich 13%, Exploration 10.5%