- #1 Exo One
97% matchVery Positive90% of 5,125 reviews2021
Dev: ExbleativePub: Future Friends Games
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 68%
A strange signal... an alien craft... an interplanetary, gravity-defying journey through space and time.
Why similar: Space 19.1%, 3D Platformer 16.9%, Physics 15.4%, Adventure 10.5%, Sci-fi 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: Features physics-based movement and atmospheric exploration across alien landscapes that mirror the feel of Venineth.
- #2 The Last Cube
96% matchVery Positive97% of 144 reviews2022
Dev: Improx Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Cube puzzler and an epic adventure. Stamp stickers to the sides of your cube to imbue each surface with unique powers, which are vital to solving puzzles and finding secrets.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 16.2%, 3D Platformer 15.9%, Difficult 12.3%, Sci-fi 8.5%, Third Person 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: A 3D puzzle-platformer that relies on physics and unique mechanics to navigate complex, abstract environments.
- #3 Outer Wilds
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 99,459 reviews2020
Dev: Mobius DigitalPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Named Game of the Year 2019 by Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer, and The Guardian, Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 19.2%, Space 19%, Mystery 12.5%, Exploration 10.9%, Adventure 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: Centers on the exploration of mysterious alien worlds and physics-based traversal to uncover ancient secrets.
- #4 Epitasis
96% matchMostly Positive73% of 159 reviews2019
Dev: Epitasis Games
Windows · Mac
After discovering an ancient portal, you suddenly find yourself among the remnants of an ancient alien civilization. Technological relics, sprawling ruins, and cryptic puzzles are all that remain. If you are to learn their secrets, you must unearth the fate of the race that called this world home.
Why similar: Space 15.2%, Nonlinear 14.2%, Sci-fi 10.5%, Mystery 10%, 3D Platformer 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on exploration and puzzle-solving within a beautiful, mysterious alien world.
- #5 The Swapper
94% matchVery Positive94% of 7,519 reviews2013
Dev: Olli Harjola, Otto Hantula, Tom Jubert, Carlo CastellanoPub: Facepalm Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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: Space 16.5%, Sci-fi 16.2%, Puzzle 13.2%, Puzzle Platformer 12.9%, Great Soundtrack 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi puzzle-platformer that captures a similar sense of atmospheric isolation and mystery.
- #6 Solar Ash
94% matchVery Positive91% of 1,409 reviews2022
Dev: Heart MachinePub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
From the creators of the award-winning Hyper Light Drifter comes the high-speed and gravity-bending world of Solar Ash.
Why similar: 3D Platformer 19.8%, Adventure 11.7%, Action 11.7%, Futuristic 11.3%, Space 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: Combines fluid 3D platforming with a vibrant sci-fi aesthetic and high-speed movement.
- #7 Journey To The Savage Planet
93% matchVery Positive87% of 6,823 reviews2021
Dev: TyphoonPub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
"WELCOME TO THE PIONEER PROGRAM! As the newest recruit of Kindred Aerospace - The 4th best interstellar space exploration company - Your job is to determine if the planet ARY-26 planet is fit for humans. You may be short on equipment and experience, but you'll figure it out. Good luck!
Why similar: 3D Platformer 28.6%, Adventure 20.4%, Action 18.1%, Exploration 16.5%, Colorful 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: An exploration-heavy game featuring alien platforming and puzzle-solving in a colorful, dangerous world.
- #8 Antichamber
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 17,576 reviews2013
Dev: Alexander BrucePub: Demruth
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Antichamber is a mind-bending psychological exploration game where nothing can be taken for granted. Discover an Escher-like world where hallways wrap around upon each other, spaces reconfigure themselves, and accomplishing the impossible may just be the only way forward.
Why similar: Puzzle 24.4%, Nonlinear 20.2%, Indie 14.1%, Exploration 12.7%, Adventure 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: Uses non-Euclidean geometry and physics to challenge the player's perception through exploration and puzzles.
- #9 A Story About My Uncle
91% matchVery Positive92% of 29,113 reviews2014
Dev: Gone North GamesPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
A Story About My Uncle is a first person platforming adventure game about a boy who searches for his lost uncle, and ends up in a world he couldn’t imagine existed. The movement is a crucial part of the games core gameplay – focusing on swinging through the world with a grappling hook that gives the player a wonderful sense of speed and...
Why similar: Adventure 81.4%, 3D Platformer 3.9%, Indie 2.9%, Atmospheric 2.7%, Great Soundtrack 2.2%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person platformer that emphasizes physics-based movement and exploration in a surreal environment.
- #10 Portal 2
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 456,665 reviews2011
Dev: Valve
Windows · Linux
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 29.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 23.3%, 3D Platformer 21.6%, Physics 13.5%, Sci-fi 10.9%, Action 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for physics-based puzzle-solving within a cohesive, sci-fi narrative.
- #11 Deliver Us The Moon
89% matchVery Positive88% of 9,052 reviews2019
Dev: KeokeN InteractivePub: Wired Productions
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
The Moon has gone dark, cutting off Earth’s last source of energy. As a lone astronaut, you’ll explore abandoned lunar bases, solve intricate puzzles, and navigate stunning zero-gravity environments. Operate advanced vehicles, uncover hidden truths, and survive in this gripping sci-fi thriller.
Why similar: Space 20.3%, Adventure 18.9%, Action 12.7%, Indie 12.6%, Sci-fi 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi adventure that balances exploration and puzzle-solving in a desolate, atmospheric setting.
- #12 Manifold Garden
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 8,118 reviews2020
Dev: William Chyr Studio
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Rediscover gravity and explore an Escher-esque world of impossible architecture. Witness infinity in first-person and master its rules to solve physics-defying puzzles. Cultivate a garden to open new paths forward, where an eternal expanse awaits.
Why similar: Nonlinear 18%, Puzzle Platformer 17.2%, Difficult 12.4%, Puzzle 9.4%, Mystery 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: Explores physics and gravity-based puzzles in a surreal, infinite architectural space.
- #13 PLANET ALPHA
88% matchMixed70% of 1,107 reviews2018
Dev: Planet Alpha ApSPub: Team17 Digital Ltd
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
PLANET ALPHA, a beautiful alien world filled with mystery and danger. Pursued by relentless enemies, you must harness the power of night and day as you struggle to survive.
Why similar: Aliens 20.7%, Space 13.1%, Puzzle Platformer 12.4%, Sci-fi 10.2%, Adventure 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric platformer set on a beautiful, dangerous alien world that rewards exploration.
- #14 NaissanceE
87% matchVery Positive84% of 4,240 reviews2014
Dev: Limasse Five
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 44%
NaissanceE is an obscure and magical first person exploration game, a philosophical trip and an artistic experience. The adventure takes place in a primitive mysterious structure and the game mainly consists to explore and feel the deep and strong ambiance of this atemporal world.
Why similar: Exploration 20.9%, Atmospheric 15.7%, Indie 15.6%, Adventure 15%, Puzzle Platformer 14.2%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, abstract first-person platformer that emphasizes scale and exploration.
- #15 Q.U.B.E. 2
86% matchVery Positive84% of 1,718 reviews2018
Dev: Toxic GamesPub: Trapped Nerve Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Q.U.B.E. 2 is the sequel to the hit first-person puzzle game Q.U.B.E. You are Amelia Cross, a stranded archaeologist who has awoken among the ruins of an ancient alien landscape. With the distant help of another survivor you must solve the puzzles of this mysterious world and find a way back home.
Why similar: Adventure 22.4%, Action 19.9%, Indie 16.6%, Puzzle 11%, Great Soundtrack 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person puzzle game set in a mysterious sci-fi environment that requires physics-based thinking.
- #16 Exographer
84% matchVery Positive95% of 130 reviews2024
Dev: SciFunGamesPub: Abylight Studios
Windows · Mac
Exographer is an exploration game based on science. Become an explorer, stranded in an alien planet, and discover the secrets of an extinct civilization. Gain new powers to avoid dangers and obstacles in your journey, and use your camera to reveal particles and hidden clues.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 22.8%, Adventure 12.3%, Exploration 11.1%, Sci-fi 10.4%, Physics 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi exploration game that blends platforming with intricate puzzle-solving.
- #17 Faraday Protocol
86% matchVery Positive85% of 113 reviews2021
Dev: Red Koi BoxPub: Deck13
Windows · Linux
Faraday Protocol is a first person puzzle game that will test your wits and intelligence. Use the Bia-Tool, an ancient pistol-like relic of an alien civilization, to solve puzzles by bending energy and manipulating enigmatic machinery.
Why similar: Aliens 18.2%, Futuristic 12.3%, Sci-fi 11.2%, Mystery 10.1%, Puzzle Platformer 10%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person puzzle game that emphasizes exploration and the use of ancient alien technology.
- #18 Grow Home
85% matchVery Positive92% of 5,564 reviews2015
Dev: Reflections, a Ubisoft StudioPub: Infogrames
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Experience the freedom of unbounded climbing as you take control of BUD, a procedurally animated robot on a quest to save his planet. Create your own path through an alien world as you control and ride a giant plant on a vertical journey to the stars.
Why similar: 3D Platformer 29.8%, Adventure 19%, Exploration 13.8%, Physics 9.3%, Third Person 8%
Why You'll Like It: Features physics-based climbing and exploration that rewards experimentation with movement.
- #19 The Turing Test
84% matchVery Positive88% of 7,968 reviews2016
Dev: BULKHEAD
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The Turing Test is a challenging first-person puzzle game set on Jupiter’s moon, Europa. You are Ava Turing, an engineer for the International Space Agency (ISA) sent to discover the cause behind the disappearance of the ground crew stationed there.
Why similar: Space 24.7%, Sci-fi 20.5%, Puzzle 17.2%, Great Soundtrack 13.2%, Adventure 11%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi puzzle game that focuses on environmental manipulation and exploration of a mysterious facility.
- #20 Impulsion
83% matchVery Positive87% of 315 reviews2018
Dev: Driving Force GamesPub: Dear Villagers
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Impulsion is a fast-paced first-person platformer designed to play with your nerves and reflexes! Make your way through 25 levels of increasing difficulty by manipulating physics to your advantage, shooting force fields to slow down or speed yourself up and the environment!
Why similar: 3D Platformer 17.9%, Action 14%, Indie 11.9%, Sci-fi 11%, Great Soundtrack 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, first-person physics platformer set in a sci-fi facility.
- #21 Recursive Ruin
82% matchMostly Positive79% of 310 reviews2022
Dev: Bit RotPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A story rich narrative puzzle game in which an artist comes to terms with their grief. Explore an infinitely recursive world of strange fractal beauty and solve mind-bending puzzles. Confront the ineffable and chat with your cat in a search for meaning and hope.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 26.1%, Adventure 12.9%, Action 11.7%, Exploration 11.1%, Puzzle 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal puzzle-platformer that emphasizes exploration and environmental manipulation.
- #22 Gravitia
81% matchVery Positive92% of 168 reviews2024
Dev: VuzzlePub: Jungle Game Lab
Windows
Gravitia is an adventure game about manipulating gravity to escape a unique world full of mystery.
Why similar: Adventure 19.5%, Physics 19.2%, 3D Platformer 17.2%, Mystery 16.5%, Puzzle 12.3%
Why You'll Like It: A 3D adventure that focuses on gravity-based puzzles and exploration in a mysterious setting.
- #23 Space Hole 2016
82% matchVery Positive84% of 88 reviews2016
Dev: Sam AtlasPub: Mr. Sam Atlas
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
YOU GOTTA GO IN THE SPACE HOLE In the near future, humans discover the missing piece for faster-than-light travel: giant glass spheres. Navigate your ball through the space hole(s).
Why similar: 3D Platformer 15.4%, Space 12.4%, Physics 12.4%, Sci-fi 9.6%, Futuristic 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A 3D physics-based platformer that focuses on abstract exploration and unique movement challenges.
- #24 Airhead
79% matchVery Positive88% of 60 reviews2024
Dev: OctatoPub: HandyGames
Windows
Help a small body save a head-like organism full of air, from a leak that threatens its life. Explore their Metroidvania-style world and overcome challenging environmental puzzles to find the key to the head's survival.
Why similar: Adventure 17.2%, Puzzle Platformer 13.9%, Indie 13.9%, Action 12.6%, Great Soundtrack 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A metroidvania-style puzzle-platformer set in a sci-fi world that requires careful environmental navigation.
- #25 Memorrha
81% matchMixed66% of 151 reviews2019
Dev: StickyStoneStudio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Go on a voyage of discovery following the traces of a mysterious culture. Discover diverse landscapes, investigate abandoned artifacts, and wake strange machines from their slumber.
Why similar: Difficult 14.6%, Adventure 12.2%, Mystery 12%, Sci-fi 11.2%, Puzzle 11%
Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-adventure game focused on uncovering the secrets of ancient technology through exploration.
- #26 AnimalLaboratory
80% matchMixed42% of 74 reviews2024
Dev: 独立摇滚
Windows
In the distant outer space, there's an exp base. Aliens turn humans into animals with a catalyst for their needs. Different catalysts cause different forms. You're a human who escaped. While exploring and fleeing, you reveal the truth in the lab.
Why similar: 3D Platformer 18.3%, Adventure 18.2%, Aliens 14.4%, Space 8.9%, Puzzle 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A 3D platformer that combines exploration with puzzle-solving mechanics.
- #27 Chromatic Conundrum
74% matchVery Positive98% of 277 reviews2026
Dev: Digs
Windows
Chromatic Conundrum is a first person puzzle game where you manipulate light. Combine different colors and form shadows to illuminate your way through an enigmatic world.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 16.6%, 3D Platformer 15.3%, Physics 13%, Sci-fi 11.4%, Futuristic 9.7%
- #28 Construct: Escape the System
79% matchMostly Positive75% of 170 reviews2016
Dev: Oliver BoycePub: Immanitas Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 96%
„First person platforming gameplay at its very best!“ Construct: Escape the System is a sci-fi themed first person platformer that sees you trapped in a computer system, trying to escape. Explore the system and discover the 8 empowering 'ability orbs'.
Why similar: 3D Platformer 13.5%, Action 13%, Adventure 12.8%, Great Soundtrack 11.9%, Indie 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person platformer that explores an abstract, digital world through movement and puzzle-solving.
- #29 Color Phase
78% matchMostly Positive71% of 63 reviews2020
Dev: Heatwave Studios
Windows · Mac
Experience a colorful puzzle-platformer experience in Color Phase! Find and use different colors to interact with the world around you in a variety of different ways to reach your goal!
Why similar: 3D Platformer 17.5%, Puzzle Platformer 16.9%, Action 15.7%, Aliens 13.3%, Puzzle 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A 3D puzzle-platformer that requires careful navigation and environmental interaction.
- #30 Axiom Verge
77% matchVery Positive90% of 6,442 reviews2015
Dev: Thomas Happ Games LLC
Windows · Linux
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Explore and uncover the mystery of a surreal alien world by blasting aliens and glitching your environment in this intense retro side-scrolling action/adventure.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 28.7%, Sci-fi 14.3%, Indie 12.6%, Action 12%, Adventure 10.5%
- #31 Pid
78% matchVery Positive83% of 2,430 reviews2012
Dev: Might and Delight
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 29.4 hrs≥1hr: 32%
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 34.7%, Adventure 17.6%, Indie 16.6%, Great Soundtrack 10.3%, Difficult 9%
Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer that emphasizes atmospheric exploration and unique gravity-based mechanics.
- #32 Environmental Station Alpha
77% matchVery Positive83% of 1,601 reviews2015
Dev: Arvi TeikariPub: Hempuli Oy
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Explore an abandoned space station in this retro-themed explorative action platformer.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 18.9%, Adventure 15.9%, Difficult 13.2%, Action 13.2%, Indie 12.7%
- #33 MIO: Memories in Orbit
72% matchVery Positive83% of 2,890 reviews2026
Dev: Douze DixièmesPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Play as android MIO in this mesmerizing metroidvania where you explore the Vessel, an enormous technological ark overgrown with machines gone rogue. Uncover its secrets, enhance MIO's abilities, and save the spaceship and its residents from oblivion.
Why similar: Difficult 17.7%, Futuristic 14.6%, Exploration 12.5%, Atmospheric 10.7%, Sci-fi 10.2%
- #34 7th Sector
76% matchMostly Positive74% of 688 reviews2019
Dev: Носков Сергей
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Welcome to the 7th Sector, set in a mysterious cyberpunk world. Immerse yourself on this intricate path, solving different puzzles, facing its dangers and collecting scattered information to discover the story of this world.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 29.1%, 3D Platformer 28.4%, Third Person 14%, Sci-fi 10.7%, Action 9%
- #35 Metal Garden
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,094 reviews2025
Dev: Tinerasoft
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Travel through an overgrown megastructure, and discover what lies beyond it. Metal Garden is a short, atmospheric singleplayer FPS game.
Why similar: Sci-fi 17%, Mystery 14.7%, Futuristic 12.7%, Atmospheric 11.8%, Action 10.3%
- #36 MO:Astray
73% matchVery Positive92% of 5,025 reviews2019
Dev: Archpray Inc.Pub: Rayark International Limited
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
MO: Astray is a pixel art, side-scrolling, action-platformer. Lead MO through mind-bending puzzles using special abilities. Bizarre enemies, threatening traps and ingenious level designs await.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 21.1%, Great Soundtrack 14.2%, Adventure 13.4%, Action 13%, Indie 11.7%
- #37 Double Cross
75% matchMostly Positive78% of 134 reviews2019
Dev: 13AM GamesPub: Graffiti Games
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Explore alternate dimensions, fight interdimensional criminals, and solve crimes in this thrilling action platformer!
Why similar: Adventure 21.8%, Action 20.9%, Indie 16.6%, Aliens 13.9%, Puzzle Platformer 10.7%
- #38 Riverhill Trials
76% matchMixed62% of 55 reviews2018
Dev: Watercolor Games
Windows
Riverhill Trials is a first person, 3D PLATFORMER ADVENTURE with a dynamic environment. Fly your Space Ship, land on the strange planet and overcome its challenges: moving platforms, falling asteroids, traps and alien structures - you will be tested.
Why similar: Adventure 20.3%, Indie 17.3%, Great Soundtrack 16.5%, 3D Platformer 13.5%, Action 12.6%
- #39 Out There Somewhere
73% matchVery Positive93% of 6,916 reviews2016
Dev: MiniBossPub: Senpai Industrial Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%
You play an explorer stranded on a dangerous alien planet. Low on fuel, your only hope for escape is to find the planet’s core in this incredibly clever action-puzzle-platformer.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 22.1%, Puzzle Platformer 13.5%, Adventure 11%, Indie 10.4%, Sci-fi 9.7%
- #40 Downward: Enhanced Edition
75% matchMostly Positive71% of 560 reviews2017
Dev: Caracal GamesPub: Plug In Digital
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Downward is a first-person open-world parkour based platform adventure set in the medieval ruins of a post-apocalyptic planet Earth. Make your way through breath-taking landscapes, face ancient guardians and unravel the deep mystery that lies behind the disappearance of humanity.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 18%, Adventure 13.1%, 3D Platformer 12.5%, Difficult 11.8%, Sci-fi 11%
- #41 ANIMAL WELL
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 23,519 reviews2024
Dev: Billy BassoPub: Bigmode
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Explore a dense, interconnected labyrinth, and unravel its many secrets. Collect items to manipulate your environment in surprising and meaningful ways. Encounter beautiful and unsettling creatures, as you attempt to survive what lurks in the dark. There is more than what you see.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 23.1%, Nonlinear 15.7%, Exploration 11.7%, Mystery 9.7%, Puzzle 9.7%
- #42 TRI: Of Friendship and Madness
74% matchVery Positive85% of 506 reviews2014
Dev: Rat King Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Find a way through the towers and dungeons of TRI by solving puzzles, climbing impossible ascents and reflecting light-rays. The mystical TRI will let you create your own paths in this strange world – just try not to lose your mind when you're falling upside down!
Why similar: 3D Platformer 15.2%, Great Soundtrack 13.7%, Adventure 9.9%, Physics 9.8%, Difficult 8.8%
- #43 VVVVVV
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,401 reviews2010
Dev: Terry Cavanagh
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 66%
VVVVVV is a platform game all about exploring one simple mechanical idea - what if you reversed gravity instead of jumping?
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 33.7%, Difficult 22.6%, Indie 14.2%, Exploration 6.3%, Action 6%
- #44 Viewfinder
69% matchVery Positive94% of 11,827 reviews2023
Dev: Sad Owl StudiosPub: Thunderful Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Challenge perception, redefine reality, and reshape the world around you with an instant camera. Viewfinder is a new single player game offering gamers hours of interesting and fun experiences while uncovering the mysteries left behind.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 23.3%, 3D Platformer 17.7%, Physics 15.5%, Adventure 10%, Puzzle 9.1%
- #45 Waking Up: Way Back Home
70% matchVery Positive90% of 89 reviews2023
Dev: Nostalgic Brains
Windows · Mac · Linux
A child infiltrates a spaceship to carry out a secret rescue mission. His objective is compromised when they must make a forced landing on a strange planet. Explore this mysterious place, overcome obstacles, and find the way back home!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 18.3%, 3D Platformer 16.7%, Adventure 11.2%, Space 8.8%, Third Person 8.8%
- #46 Retro Machina
71% matchVery Positive87% of 252 reviews2021
Dev: Orbit StudioPub: SuperGG.com
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Retro Machina is a single-player action and exploration game set in a retro-futuristic universe. Experience the journey of a little robot as it solves intricate puzzles and begins unraveling the mysteries of a world long forgotten.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 22.9%, Action 16.8%, Indie 13%, Colorful 11.8%, Adventure 11.8%
- #47 Bionic Bay
67% matchVery Positive86% of 657 reviews2025
Dev: Psychoflow StudioPub: Kepler Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 72%
A scientist uses a unique teleportation instrument to escape an ancient biomechanical world filled with imaginative technology, deadly traps, and hidden secrets.
Why similar: Space 16.8%, Sci-fi 14.4%, Physics 14.3%, Difficult 13.9%, Mystery 10.6%
- #48 Morphite
73% matchMixed68% of 109 reviews2017
Dev: Crescent Moon Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Morphite is a casual atmospheric FPS, inspired by the classics. Research plants and animals, battle hostile entities, and unravel a mystery surrounding a rare material called Morphite.
Why similar: Adventure 31.3%, Action 26.8%, Space 21.3%, Indie 20.5%
- #49 The Mensional
69% matchVery Positive92% of 62 reviews2022
Dev: Delil Timurtaş
Windows · Mac
Adventures of different characters with their unique atmosphere and puzzles.
Why similar: Indie 13.8%, Adventure 12.9%, Atmospheric 12.4%, Mystery 12.1%, Puzzle 12%
- #50 SECTOR ZERO
65% matchVery Positive97% of 120 reviews2026
Dev: Ondrej Angelovic
Windows
SECTOR ZERO is a short, physics-based dark sci-fi puzzle adventure where you play as a fragment of an ancient hive-mind entity, awakened by mining operations deep within Asteroid 2031 XT.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 19.3%, Physics 17.6%, Space 13.1%, Sci-fi 12.9%, Futuristic 12.7%
- #51 Plazma Being
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 403 reviews2015
Dev: Hedge Knight Games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Take control of Zeb in this puzzle/platformer. He is a small energy based life form from space, known as a Plazma Being. While journeying through space to his home, Zeb was surprised to find that he was being kidnapped by aliens. They took him back to their planet and unceremoniously threw him into captivity.
Why similar: Adventure 22%, Sci-fi 17.3%, Physics 16.5%, Puzzle 15.1%, Indie 14.7%
- #52 The Sojourn
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 217 reviews2020
Dev: Shifting TidesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
The Sojourn is a first-person puzzle game set in an immersive colour-drenched world of light and darkness. Think your way through dozens of puzzles as you traverse parallel worlds, awaken mysterious artifacts and overcome challenging obstacles on an unforgettable journey.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 16.8%, Puzzle Platformer 16.7%, Mystery 12%, Adventure 10.9%, Atmospheric 9.4%
- #53 Etherborn
69% matchMostly Positive73% of 444 reviews2019
Dev: Altered MatterPub: Akupara Games
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Delve into an environmental puzzle platformer built on exploring and understanding gravity-shifting structures. You are a voiceless being that has just been born into a world where a bodiless voice awaits your arrival. Go forth and seek your purpose.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 22.2%, Puzzle Platformer 18.3%, 3D Platformer 15.2%, Adventure 9.7%, Indie 8%
- #54 REVISITOR
68% matchVery Positive91% of 55 reviews2021
Dev: Lead Games
Windows
Revisitor is a first person puzzle-platformer game set in a futuristic virtual space. Use two different types of teleportation to both navigate and solve a series of increasingly challenging missions.
Why similar: 3D Platformer 20.1%, Puzzle Platformer 19.4%, Futuristic 18.7%, Sci-fi 16.3%, Puzzle 15%
- #55 Inescapable
71% matchMixed40% of 124 reviews2014
Dev: Magnetic Realms
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 27%
Unravel the mystery uncovered by a remote interplanetary mining operation. What did they find? What threat does it pose? And ultimately, what does it truly mean to be a hero?
Why similar: Adventure 38.2%, Action 31.4%, Indie 30.5%
- #56 Hyper Light Drifter
66% matchVery Positive93% of 18,466 reviews2016
Dev: Heart Machine
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Explore a beautiful, vast and ruined world riddled with dangers and lost technologies.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 27.3%, Difficult 17.4%, Adventure 11.3%, Atmospheric 9.8%, Indie 9%
- #57 Planet of the Eyes
68% matchVery Positive84% of 589 reviews2015
Dev: Cococucumber
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
An atmospheric narrative-platformer about a service robot stranded on a mysterious planet, Planet of the Eyes features a stunning visual mix of puzzle and platforming challenges, an original musical score, and fully voiced audio logs left by another survivor. Explore the mystery of an unknown world.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 17.3%, Sci-fi 13.5%, Adventure 11.6%, Action 11.5%, Puzzle 10.7%
- #58 SELINI
63% matchVery Positive96% of 55 reviews2026
Dev: Cymban
Windows
A wordless metroidvania through fog-covered ruins and the remnants of a lost world. Explore, gain new abilities and uncover meaning without guidance or dialogue.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 17.8%, Nonlinear 14.6%, Sci-fi 12.2%, Mystery 10.5%, Action 10%
- #59 Spectrolite
66% matchVery Positive90% of 52 reviews2021
Dev: Noel Hetei
Windows
Spectrolite is a challenging first-person platformer set in futuristic environments. Combine parkouring with powerful abilities, test your skills in fast paced timed challenges, and follow the call of a mysterious specter while traveling through a ruined world.
Why similar: Difficult 27.9%, 3D Platformer 18.7%, Atmospheric 14.2%, Physics 11.9%, Action 9.4%