- #1 The Mensional
97% matchVery Positive92% of 62 reviews2022
Dev: Delil Timurtaş
Windows · Mac
Adventures of different characters with their unique atmosphere and puzzles.
Why similar: Platformer 22.3%, Puzzle 15.4%, Atmospheric 14.4%, Exploration 11.6%, 2D 8.5%
- #2 Auridia
96% matchVery Positive98% of 144 reviews2025
Dev: Norseboar Games
Windows · Mac
Explore an interconnected world full of platforming challenges in this short metroidvania. Reach new areas by swinging from ceilings, throwing bombs, bouncing off spikes, and more. Examine dozens of artifacts, commune with forgotten gods, and piece together what happened to Auridia.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.3%, Platformer 11.8%, Exploration 10.3%, Atmospheric 8.1%, Puzzle 6.4%
- #3 ANIMAL WELL
95% 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: Metroidvania 33.5%, Puzzle Platformer 17.9%, Platformer 10%, Exploration 8.6%, Puzzle 8%
- #4 Eron
96% matchMixed60% of 351 reviews2015
Dev: David MulderPub: SA Industry
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Eron is a 2D platform game that allows the player to actively switch between two parallel realms. The player will have to depend upon this power to finish each level.
Why similar: Platformer 56.2%, Indie 29.8%, 2D 13.9%
- #5 Unbound: Worlds Apart
94% matchVery Positive84% of 1,299 reviews2021
Dev: Alien Pixel Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Summon portals to overcome vicious beasts, devious puzzles and fiendish platforming challenges. Master the unique powers of each portal to stop the collapse of reality, while exploring lush, hand-drawn worlds and unraveling a deep narrative full of mysteries.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26%, Side Scroller 13.7%, Platformer 13.4%, Difficult 11.4%, Atmospheric 8%
- #6 Pages of Time: Prologue
92% 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: Metroidvania 22.5%, Puzzle Platformer 13.7%, 2.5D 13.7%, Puzzle 10%, Platformer 9.3%
- #7 Enigmoon
94% matchMostly Positive73% of 757 reviews2015
Dev: Tupã Games
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Metroidvania with challenging puzzles and free exploration as long as you have oxygen.
Why similar: Metroidvania 50%, Platformer 28.4%, Indie 21.6%
- #8 Another Perspective
93% matchVery Positive88% of 322 reviews2014
Dev: SaraJS
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Another Perspective is a puzzle platformer following the very confusing adventure of someone looking for something. Swap minds to see the world in different ways! Where one mind sees a bottomless pit, another might not. Where one sees a locked door, another sees a key. To change perspective is to change reality!
Why similar: Platformer 29.8%, Puzzle Platformer 18.8%, Indie 15.8%, Puzzle 15.4%, Adventure 15.3%
- #9 Biphase
91% matchVery Positive96% of 265 reviews2021
Dev: Seasun Seed
Windows
Biphase is a 2D platform jumping game with exploration and puzzles as its core. In the game, the player plays a role who has bipolar disorder, trying to discover and break through the self in the abstract red and black world.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 28.9%, Platformer 16.1%, Atmospheric 13%, Puzzle 11.3%, Casual 6.8%
- #10 In Between
91% matchVery Positive85% of 473 reviews2015
Dev: GentlymadPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 95%
In Between is set inside the mind of a man hit by a cruel twist of fate. Together you are on a journey through the protagonist's head, a world that doesn’t obey the laws of physics.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 20.9%, Difficult 16.4%, Platformer 12.9%, Side Scroller 11%, Atmospheric 8.2%
- #11 Grimind
90% matchMixed64% of 289 reviews2014
Dev: Paweł MogiłaPub: Forever Entertainment S. A.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Grimind is a 2D, physics based, adventure, platform game in horror/creepy theme. Grimind casts you into forgotten caves and ancient crypts, without memories. While being there you have to demonstrate great manual skills to pass obstacles and solve non trivial puzzles to get out of scary environment and additionally discover what are you...
Why similar: Platformer 35.2%, Side Scroller 21.1%, Indie 13.6%, Adventure 10.2%, Atmospheric 9.1%
- #12 Alter World
89% matchMixed68% of 579 reviews2015
Dev: Giorgi AbelashviliPub: SA Industry
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 38.6%, Indie 22.6%, Platformer 22.1%, Puzzle 16.7%
- #13 Death Fungeon
89% matchMostly Positive77% of 638 reviews2018
Dev: Ritual GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 33%
A puzzle platform game, with both stealth and parkour elements. Use your wits, cunning and agility to escape this deadly prison. Take the stealthy approach, progressing slowly, hiding and staying out of sight. Or utilise your athleticism to wall jump, ledge grab and speed run your way to freedom.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 21.3%, Difficult 20.2%, Retro 12.5%, Platformer 8.3%, Puzzle 8.1%
- #14 Teslagrad
88% matchVery Positive84% of 2,460 reviews2013
Dev: Rain Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A journey begins... A treacherous tower... Unravel its mysteries!Discover the secrets kept in the long abandoned Tesla Tower!Magnetism and other electromagnetic powers will help you explore a non-linear world of beautiful hand-drawn environments, in a steampunk-inspired vision of old Europe.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26%, Platformer 17.9%, Puzzle Platformer 11.3%, Puzzle 8.7%, Difficult 8.5%
- #15 Kingdom Shell
86% matchVery Positive89% of 232 reviews2023
Dev: Cup of PixelsPub: Top Hat Studios, Inc.
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Kingdom Shell is an atmospheric 2D platformer with a captivating storyline. Explore the local lands to stop the invasion of nightmarish creatures and unravel the mysteries of the Kingdom.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.7%, Side Scroller 14.8%, Retro 11%, Story Rich 7.1%, Atmospheric 6.9%
- #16 Ninjahtic
87% matchMostly Positive79% of 91 reviews2015
Dev: Blaze Epic
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Ninjahtic is an action/adventure platformer with elements of puzzle-solving and stealth. While it's progression is linear, the open-ended nature of every level requires exploration of an abandoned civilization located atop floating islands.
Why similar: Retro 21.4%, Action 20.6%, Adventure 20.2%, Platformer 20.2%, Indie 17.6%
- #17 Awita: Journey of Hope
84% matchMostly Positive75% of 89 reviews2025
Dev: ant_game_projects
Windows · Linux
Awita: Journey of Hope is a captivating side-scrolling metroidvania game that follows the remarkable journey of a courageous girl determined to rescue her village from the clutches of a devastating epidemic.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.2%, Side Scroller 17.1%, Platformer 10.6%, Exploration 8.1%, Atmospheric 6.9%
- #18 Gravity Error
86% matchVery Positive86% of 56 reviews2015
Dev: Faris Mohammed
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 48%
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 34.3%, Platformer 26.4%, Puzzle 17.3%, Indie 12.3%, 2D 9.7%
- #19 Schein
85% matchMostly Positive73% of 329 reviews2014
Dev: Zeppelin Studio
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Schein is a 2D precision side-scrolling puzzle platformer. Use the magic of light to explore hidden worlds, solve challenging puzzles, and defeat deadly beasts in this award-winning atmospheric action-adventure game.
Why similar: Side Scroller 17.8%, Puzzle Platformer 17.5%, Difficult 15.2%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Platformer 10.8%
- #20 Mekabolt
84% matchVery Positive88% of 179 reviews2019
Dev: SomepxPub: Ratalaika Games S.L.
Windows
Use your trusty Mekabolt device to manipulate robots, solve a variety of puzzling levels and obtain batteries to fix the robots!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 25%, Difficult 20.5%, Platformer 14.9%, Puzzle 10%, Fantasy 7.5%
- #21 Way of Rhea
81% 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: Difficult 21%, Puzzle Platformer 20.3%, Side Scroller 16.9%, Puzzle 10.7%, Exploration 8.3%
- #22 Semblance
82% matchVery Positive85% of 398 reviews2018
Dev: NyamakopPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Semblance is an innovative platformer with deformable terrain, set in a beautiful minimalist world. It’s a game that asks, what if you could deform and reshape the world itself? Semblance takes the idea of a ‘platform’ in a platformer and turns it on its head.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 20.3%, Side Scroller 16.8%, Platformer 12.5%, Family Friendly 11.1%, Puzzle 8.3%
- #23 Color Symphony 2
83% matchVery Positive88% of 69 reviews2015
Dev: REMIMORY
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Color Symphony 2 is a puzzle action platformer that utilizes the ambiguity of color. Try to eliminate obstacles or find new paths by using color!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 19.9%, Side Scroller 16.6%, Platformer 14.8%, Difficult 12.5%, Puzzle 8.1%
- #24 100 Pumpkins 2
80% matchVery Positive97% of 60 reviews2023
Dev: Jeremiah Stilts
Windows · Linux
Explore, solve puzzles, and fight your way through over 100 screens and return your pumpkin pals!
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.1%, Platformer 17.6%, Retro 7.7%, Atmospheric 7.4%, Adventure 6.8%
- #25 KnightLight
78% matchVery Positive95% of 117 reviews2024
Dev: LuminosityPub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
Windows
A 2D puzzle-platformer where you light your way through the darkness. Play as the Light, exploring an abandoned civilization where you find a suit of armor that seems to have magical properties. Suit up using the powers of the suit to channel your light magic to see what this strange place hides.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.3%, Side Scroller 17.5%, Puzzle Platformer 15.9%, Exploration 8.9%, Platformer 8.1%
- #26 Jad
81% matchMostly Positive74% of 66 reviews2021
Dev: DnovelPub: My Way Games
Windows
JAD is an atmospheric jumping and puzzle platformer.
Why similar: Side Scroller 26.3%, Platformer 21.9%, Puzzle 16%, Adventure 9.1%, Atmospheric 7.9%
- #27 Disorder
82% matchMostly Positive72% of 104 reviews2015
Dev: Swagabyte Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
A psychological 2D puzzle platformer. You must switch between two versions of the past: dark & light, positive & negative, hope & despair. Every action is innately tied to this dualistic battle. Traverse a surreal landscape of memory to try and mend a fragile mind.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 25.7%, Platformer 22.3%, Difficult 19.1%, Indie 11.7%, Action 11.6%
- #28 Alwa's Legacy
79% matchVery Positive87% of 611 reviews2020
Dev: Elden Pixels
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Alwa’s Legacy is a modern retro game full of dangerous dungeons, mystic items and ancient secrets. Upgrade your magic and choose your own path in this non-linear adventure game brimming with exploration.
Why similar: Metroidvania 32.1%, Puzzle Platformer 18.9%, Platformer 11.9%, Retro 10.3%, Exploration 7.6%
- #29 Genopanic
78% matchMostly Positive77% of 364 reviews2024
Dev: Mobirate
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Genopanic is a pixel-art, Metroidvania-inspired adventure-platformer. Explore corridors of the space station, teeming with secrets and dangers, and engage in boss fights. Solve puzzles and uncover hidden mysteries in the dark atmosphere of a sci-fi research complex. Discover the truth with each step
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.3%, Side Scroller 18%, Platformer 11.8%, Atmospheric 8.1%, Family Friendly 7.8%
- #30 After Death
79% matchVery Positive89% of 166 reviews2017
Dev: After Death Team
Windows
After Death is a platform / exploration game in a dark and hostile world. With the help from lost souls, you will have to find a way to open a gate which seems to be the only exit from this mysterious world infected by monsters.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.1%, Side Scroller 11.8%, Retro 9.7%, Platformer 9.4%, Adventure 6.7%
- #31 MONUMENTUM
76% matchVery Positive94% of 54 reviews2025
Dev: Jakob Scott
Windows
Take control of a small rolling square and utilize long dormant mechanisms to ascend to the top. Watch your step!
Why similar: Metroidvania 19%, Side Scroller 16.9%, Difficult 14.6%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Puzzle Platformer 8.8%
- #32 Airhead
77% 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: Metroidvania 23.1%, Puzzle Platformer 14.5%, Difficult 9.2%, Side Scroller 8.8%, Adventure 7.7%
- #33 The Way
77% matchVery Positive83% of 1,295 reviews2016
Dev: Puzzling DreamPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Journey to another planet and discover its secrets in order to bring your loved one back to life. Experience an adventure, inspired by old school classics like Another World, Heart of Darkness and Flashback.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 22%, Platformer 14.9%, Retro 10.4%, Side Scroller 10%, Adventure 8.7%
- #34 Recursed
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 637 reviews2016
Dev: PortponkyPub: Shambles Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
A puzzle game where the rooms are items and the items are rooms. Get to the goal by moving, rearranging and duplicating rooms and altering the structure of the world.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 28.4%, Difficult 26%, Puzzle 16.9%, Indie 8.2%, Family Friendly 7.6%
- #35 Grey Area
75% matchVery Positive88% of 52 reviews2023
Dev: Electric Prune Juice
Windows
A tough platformer following a girl diving over the heads of terrifying creatures and bouncing off walls to traverse a mysterious, unsettling world that's so much bigger than her: the "world between all worlds"
Why similar: Platformer 28.9%, Exploration 17.1%, Retro 16.5%, Atmospheric 12.9%, Action 10.3%
- #36 Through the Nightmares
73% matchVery Positive97% of 75 reviews2025
Dev: Sandman Team
Windows
Through the Nightmares is a challenge-driven platformer for anyone who’s ever had a restless night. Run, jump, and change your size to overcome the nightmare’s traps. Face Morpheus. Rescue children from an endless dream.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 35.5%, Side Scroller 22.5%, Difficult 21.3%, Atmospheric 7.8%, 2D 5.3%
- #37 Eldritchvania
73% matchVery Positive85% of 133 reviews2024
Dev: DeathCount Games
Windows
Explore unearthly ruins, solve arcane riddles and pick up your sword against the indescribable horrors that lurk amidst the forgotten depths of our world. Beware the creeping grip of madness as you uncover secrets not meant for the eyes of men!
Why similar: Metroidvania 28%, Puzzle Platformer 16.4%, Difficult 15.9%, Platformer 11.3%, Exploration 7%
- #38 GIGASWORD
72% matchMostly Positive79% of 128 reviews2025
Dev: Studio HybridPub: Akupara Games
Windows
Balance the weight of the GIGASWORD, battling between brain and brawn. Solve intricate puzzles, discover covert chambers, and slash through foes as Ezra fights to reach the top of the Nestrium and recover the God Crystal within. Can he restore the world's coherency before it's too late?
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.2%, Puzzle Platformer 17.2%, Platformer 12.1%, Retro 9.5%, Puzzle 7.7%
- #39 Hatup
74% matchVery Positive91% of 58 reviews2022
Dev: Naoka StudioPub: Naoka Games
Windows
In Hatup you'll have the mission to go through different challenges with your hat that will allow you to progress through the game's stages. Using different mechanics you will face many challenges and with different levels of difficulty.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25%, Side Scroller 15.9%, Puzzle Platformer 15.1%, Platformer 11.7%, Puzzle 7.5%
- #40 Monochroma
75% matchMostly Positive74% of 724 reviews2014
Dev: Nowhere Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Monochroma is a cinematic puzzle platformer. It’s a game about being a kid, growing up with a little brother that needs your help, facing obstacles and solving unique puzzles in a dystopian 1950's setting.
Why similar: Platformer 20.9%, Puzzle Platformer 16.8%, Puzzle 12.8%, 2.5D 10.9%, Side Scroller 9%
- #41 In The Shadows
74% matchVery Positive93% of 59 reviews2017
Dev: Colorspace Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
In The Shadows is a puzzle platformer where lights scare away shadows monsters that transform into everyday objects you can use to your own advantage. Confront your fears, solve puzzles, find secrets!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 22.2%, 2.5D 17.7%, Side Scroller 16.7%, Platformer 12.3%, Puzzle 9.1%
- #42 Super Win the Game
73% matchVery Positive89% of 652 reviews2014
Dev: Minor Key Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Throw on your nostalgia goggles and travel back in time with Super Win the Game, a retro-core explosion of exploration and platforming action!!
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.7%, Side Scroller 15.1%, Difficult 13%, Platformer 9.1%, Family Friendly 7.5%
- #43 Exographer
70% 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 21.9%, Platformer 13.5%, Metroidvania 13.2%, Puzzle 10.2%, Exploration 10.1%
- #44 Gravitia
70% 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: Side Scroller 30.2%, Platformer 22.3%, Puzzle 19.5%, Exploration 13.5%, Adventure 12.5%
- #45 Candleman: The Complete Journey
71% matchVery Positive92% of 1,247 reviews2018
Dev: Candleman Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Despite only being able to burn for 10 seconds, a little candle journeys into the darkness, with the purpose of seeking light.
Why similar: RPG 18.8%, Platformer 16.9%, Adventure 13.7%, Action 13.1%, Indie 12.1%
- #46 Seedlings
69% matchVery Positive99% of 81 reviews2023
Dev: Bardsley Creative
Windows · Mac · Linux
An atmospheric 2D puzzle platformer made using real photos and videos from New Zealand's native forest. Become a seed that can possess different plant creatures with unique abilities. Solve the obstacles in your way to discover the secrets of the Seedlings.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 33.2%, Atmospheric 14.6%, Platformer 13.3%, Exploration 7.9%, Story Rich 7.8%
- #47 Toki Tori 2+
71% matchVery Positive85% of 1,084 reviews2013
Dev: Two Tribes
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Toki Tori 2+ may look cute, but it’s a challenging puzzle adventure game. Whistle and stomp are the only moves you need to solve increasingly complex puzzles, as you go anywhere, anytime on a lush forest island.
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.9%, Puzzle Platformer 15.4%, Side Scroller 15%, Platformer 9.9%, Family Friendly 7.6%
- #48 Ninja Ming
67% matchVery Positive97% of 118 reviews2025
Dev: 1 Poss Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
In this 2d precision platformer with a teleportation twist, play as Ninja Ming and embark on the Path of Trials. Dash through 241 levels using dynamic teleportation and diverse ninjutsu skills. Conquer challenges with style—growing stronger at every turn.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 26.3%, Platformer 14%, Exploration 9.1%, Puzzle 8.5%, Difficult 7.3%
- #49 Through the Mirror
71% matchVery Positive82% of 115 reviews2017
Dev: Cleiton OliveiraPub: Volens Nolens Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 97%
A hard, mind bending platformer based on imagination and quick reflexes.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 25.8%, Difficult 17.8%, Platformer 14.2%, Puzzle 10.4%, Casual 7.8%
- #50 Symphonia
66% matchVery Positive92% of 338 reviews2024
Dev: Sunny PeakPub: Headup
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Awaken an expansive musical realm in this non-violent and poetic platformer. In Symphonia, you'll use the power of your violin coupled with your platforming skills to gather an orchestra to bring the musical machinery of the world back to life.
Why similar: Difficult 26.1%, Side Scroller 20.9%, Platformer 18%, Family Friendly 8.1%, Atmospheric 6%
- #51 Hiiro
70% matchVery Positive86% of 311 reviews2016
Dev: Jon TiburziPub: Sometimes You
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Hiiro is a 2D platform game focused on ambient exploration and puzzle solving. Discover a grand world filled with mysterious artifacts and forgotten ruins. Become immersed in relaxing gameplay and meditative music. Remain observant as you unravel an explanation for your solitude.
Why similar: Adventure 27.6%, Puzzle Platformer 16.8%, Platformer 16%, Puzzle 8.6%, Exploration 8.3%
- #52 MO:Astray
67% 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 25.9%, Platformer 14.3%, Side Scroller 10.5%, Difficult 8.8%, Atmospheric 7.7%
- #53 Pulut Adventure
72% matchMixed62% of 92 reviews2015
Dev: yayapipiPub: Yayapipi Studio
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 19%
Pulut Adventure is a 2D platform game with over 30 different stylistic levels and exciting mechanics. Defeat the enemy and collect different of weapon to advance your abilities. You can use the summon skills and flying mode to explore the world.
Why similar: Adventure 35.9%, Action 33.6%, Indie 30.4%
- #54 Rehtona 幻境双生
69% matchVery Positive96% of 138 reviews2019
Dev: Dot 4 JoyPub: Joyient
Windows · Mac
Dive into the ethereal world of REHTONA – a single-player puzzle-platformer that features parallel universes and a mysterious branching storyline with alternate endings.
Why similar: Adventure 35.6%, Casual 32.4%, Indie 32%
- #55 Escape Goat 2
69% matchVery Positive95% of 452 reviews2014
Dev: MagicalTimeBeanPub: Double Fine Presents
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Escape Goat 2 is a puzzle platformer game where you use machinery, the environment, and a friendly mouse to progress through a dungeon.
Why similar: Platformer 36%, Puzzle 22.7%, Puzzle Platformer 12%, Indie 11.6%, Casual 6.5%
- #56 Toodee and Topdee
66% matchVery Positive93% of 844 reviews2021
Dev: dietzribi
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A cosmic turbulence caused the 2D Platformer and the Top-Down Puzzler dimensions to merge! Switch between Toodee and Topdee and their unique perspectives to overcome hard-as-nails challenges, solve mind-melting puzzles and defeat huge bosses.
Why similar: 2.5D 20%, Puzzle Platformer 17.6%, Difficult 15.6%, Side Scroller 15%, Platformer 10.4%
- #57 Seasons after Fall
68% matchVery Positive81% of 3,134 reviews2016
Dev: Swing Swing SubmarinePub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Seasons After Fall is a 2D platform-puzzler game that will let you dive into a captivating universe and explore a land governed by magic and nature.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 19.4%, Platformer 18.4%, Metroidvania 17.4%, Side Scroller 8.9%, Atmospheric 7.9%
- #58 Alwa's Awakening
68% matchVery Positive80% of 909 reviews2017
Dev: Elden Pixels
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Use your magic staff and progress through a large interconnected world where you'll solve puzzles, fight enemies and defeat bosses in order to help free the land of Alwa. Explore and uncover the secrets by using your platforming skills in this challenging and charming 8-bit adventure game.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.5%, Platformer 14.3%, Retro 11.9%, Side Scroller 8%, Difficult 5.5%
- #59 灵童
64% matchMostly Positive77% of 81 reviews2025
Dev: Taolizhixia Studio
Windows
Ling Tong "is a new Chinese style horror suspense puzzle game that combines click to solve puzzles and storyline adventure.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 33.2%, Puzzle 18.1%, Atmospheric 13.4%, Story Rich 12.1%, 2D 10.4%
- #60 Aeterna Noctis
66% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,963 reviews2021
Dev: Aeternum Game Studios S.L
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Aeterna Noctis is a challenging metroidvania that majestically combines action, exploration and adventure. With 2 game modes and difficulty based on action or the exclusive Noctis mode where a level of difficulty is added in precision platforming never seen in the metroidvania genre.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.9%, Difficult 15.2%, Puzzle Platformer 12%, Side Scroller 11.2%, Platformer 10.8%