Games Like What Lies in the Multiverse

Experience the first hour What Lies in The Multiverse. 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 story.

Why similar: Time Manipulation 13.7% ★, Time Travel 13.4% ★, Narrative 12.1% ★, Dark Humor 8.2%, Dark Comedy 7.5%

A puzzle-platformer set in a dystopian world where the invention of a cloning device has messed things up, big time. Armed with a clone gun and a mighty fine mustache, the chore of saving THE WHOLE OF CIVILIZATION rests on your shoulders. Don’t blow it.

Why similar: Dark Humor 23.3%, Puzzle Platformer 22.4%, 2D Platformer 13.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%, Puzzle 9.2%

Unravel the dark secrets hidden throughout this stirring puzzle platformer about a tormented nobleman confronting the traumas of his past. Use an innovative mirror mechanic to solve challenging puzzle rooms and defeat towering bosses as you strive to piece together the ugly truth.

Why similar: Narrative 21.8% ★, Dark Humor 17.7%, Puzzle Platformer 15.7%, Psychedelic 14.3%, 2D Platformer 10.3%

A fast-paced Point-and-Click adventure AND an indie platfomer in one! Join adventurer Ben and wannabe indie darling Dan in a race against time to stop all the Apocalypses happening at the same time.

Why similar: Dark Comedy 22.3%, Adventure 21.6%, 2D Platformer 12%, Comedy 11.7%, Funny 10%

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 43.9% ★, Puzzle Platformer 16.5%, Story Rich 10.1%, Puzzle 9.7%, Funny 8.8%

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

Why similar: Comedy 26.9%, Story Rich 18.4%, Adventure 16.7%, Puzzle 13%, Funny 12.2%

Hue is a vibrant, award-winning puzzle-adventure, where you alter the world by changing its background colour.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 46.3%, Puzzle 20.9%, Adventure 11.4%, Colorful 9.1%, 2D Platformer 6.1%

The Multi-Medium is a visually unique 2D puzzle platform adventure in which you play as an interdimensional explorer lost in the multiverse. Travel to diverse worlds, each drawn or painted by hand in a different medium and style, in search of your place in the cosmos.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 26%, 2D Platformer 15.5%, Stylized 11.3%, Story Rich 10.8%, Puzzle 8.5%

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

Why similar: Dark Comedy 30.6%, Comedy 18.4%, Pixel Graphics 14.3%, Funny 8.3%, Adventure 7.4%

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

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 26.3%, Comedy 15.2%, Story Rich 11%, Pixel Graphics 10.8%, Funny 9.9%

The one and only non-linear adventure with 100 different endings. Don't just wishlist me. I'm not that expensive... also, look at those reviews!

Why similar: Dark Humor 23.6%, Dark Comedy 16%, Comedy 14.2%, Puzzle Platformer 13.7%, Pixel Graphics 13.1%

A unique platforming experience where the protagonist, story, and mechanics are constantly changing. Take control of legendary warriors, giant worms, greedy kings, and lazy demons, each with their own purpose.

Why similar: Dark Humor 23.6%, Puzzle Platformer 20%, 2D Platformer 11.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%, Story Rich 7.9%

McPixel 3 is a mind-blowing save-the-day adventure that sees the titular wanna-be hero avert one disaster after another at every turn using unconventional yet entertaining methods of mayhem.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 20.7%, Funny 18.4%, Comedy 15%, 2D Platformer 11.9%, Puzzle 11.4%

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 Travel 40.1% ★, Time Manipulation 26.8% ★, Puzzle Platformer 18%, Puzzle 6.2%, Story Rich 5.7%

Enter a macabre and comical silent world filled with mischief, time travel and delicious pie. Includes Steam Achievements, Cloud, and Leaderboards!

Why similar: Time Manipulation 48.8% ★, Puzzle Platformer 21.6%, Puzzle 14.5%, Comedy 8.6%, Adventure 6.5%

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 53.7% ★, Puzzle Platformer 27.4%, Story Rich 11.3%, Adventure 5.6%, Singleplayer 1.9%

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 27.4%, Dark Humor 27.3%, Puzzle 9.5%, Story Rich 6.9%, Stylized 6.8%

Grab your trench coat, tune your sixth sense and join the Darkside Division as they investigate the outright bizarre, the downright dangerous and the confusing cases of Twin Lakes. Flesh-hungry tentacles, mafian zombies, and the occasional missing sock are no match for The Darkside Detective.

Why similar: Dark Humor 21.7%, Comedy 15.1%, Pixel Graphics 14.4%, Story Rich 13.7%, Funny 10.8%

Perception is reality. In this mind-bending first-person puzzler, you escape a surreal dream world through solving impossible puzzles using the ambiguity of depth and perspective.

Why similar: Psychedelic 20.7%, Dark Humor 17.3%, Puzzle Platformer 15.9%, Puzzle 11.5%, Story Rich 8.3%

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 42.2% ★, Puzzle Platformer 22.6%, 2D Platformer 12.8%, Puzzle 6%, Pixel Graphics 5.4%

Puns, and puzzles. Horrible puns and devious puzzles actually, along with several incorporeal entities are what makes Ghostory a pixel art puzzle adventure brimming with humour and intrigue. Take on the role of a cursed traveler, master your ghostly form, find a cure, and escape a perilous cave system.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 27.2%, Dark Humor 27.2%, Pixel Graphics 10.2%, Puzzle 9.2%, Funny 7.5%

Three Minutes To Eight is a mind bending pixel art adventure. A gaming experience threading the edge of consciousness, where everything is possible and yet remains elusive. Players will find themselves in ███ ██ █ ▓ ▒ ░ ¿⊕ξד¶¶¶ Error 0x80070570.

Why similar: Time Travel 58.1% ★, Story Rich 15%, Puzzle 10.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%, Adventure 6.5%

Solve puzzles, riddles, and embark on an exciting journey of discovery! Join Toto and Gal as they explore dreamscapes and befriend magical creatures. Lost in their imagination, the brother and sister must stick together and solve puzzles to find their way home.

Why similar: Comedy 23.1%, Story Rich 19.4%, Funny 18.1%, Puzzle 17%, Colorful 11.7%

Embark on a hilarious, choice-driven adventure in MultiEnding Heroes! Guide The Priest and The Hero through multiple universes, making decisions that lead to over 75 unique endings. Every choice matters, will you lead them to glory or disaster?

Why similar: Dark Humor 34.3%, Puzzle 14.4%, Pixel Graphics 13.8%, Comedy 12.7%, Adventure 9%

When an occult German WW2 division releases an ancient curse upon the world, a supernatural problem is going to require a supernatural solution. Take control of two playable heroes as they embark on a comedic, alternate-history adventure with a truly original story (99.9999% guaranteed).

Why similar: Dark Humor 35.7%, Comedy 15%, Pixel Graphics 13.8%, Story Rich 11.6%, Retro 8%

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 38.9% ★, Puzzle Platformer 20.3%, Comedy 9.6%, Funny 8.2%, Story Rich 7.3%

Control the flow of time to solve puzzles in this new version of the indie classic, featuring fully repainted artwork, a new world of puzzles, and seriously in-depth commentary.

Why similar: Time Manipulation 34.6% ★, Puzzle Platformer 21%, Time Travel 20.3% ★, 2D Platformer 12.7%, Puzzle 7%

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

Why similar: Dark Comedy 27.3%, Dark Humor 25.9%, Comedy 11.4%, Story Rich 11%, Puzzle 9.8%

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 44.9%, Time Manipulation 26% ★, Puzzle 15.4%, Comedy 10%, Funny 1.4%

Adventures of different characters with their unique atmosphere and puzzles.

Why similar: Time Travel 59.8% ★, Puzzle 15%, Exploration 9.6%, Adventure 7.3%, Puzzle Platformer 5.6%

Hyperbolica is a whimsical Non-Euclidean adventure with mind-bending worlds full of games, puzzles, mazes, and secrets! Immerse yourself in reality-warping geometries where lines can never be parallel, horizons are curved, and space grows exponentially.

Why similar: Psychedelic 32.5%, Comedy 13.9%, Story Rich 11.8%, Puzzle 11.6%, Funny 10.9%

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

Why similar: Dark Humor 39.4%, Puzzle Platformer 20.7%, Comedy 14.1%, Funny 12.5%, Puzzle 11%

The Gardens Between is a surreal puzzle adventure that follows best friends, Arina and Frendt, as they fall into a mysterious world of beautiful garden islands. Manipulate time to solve puzzles and discover the secrets of each island.

Why similar: Time Manipulation 34.5% ★, Narrative 25.5% ★, Time Travel 23.5% ★, Story Rich 6.8%, Stylized 5.1%

Human life is wiped out. Earth is now a golf course for the ultra-rich. In this dystopian sports puzzler, play through destroyed brutalist monuments, crumbling shopping malls, and abandoned museums as you piece together the full story of how humanity fell.

Why similar: Dark Comedy 26.4%, Puzzle Platformer 24.8%, 2D Platformer 14.5%, Story Rich 9%, Stylized 8.2%

It's a Wrap! is a challenging puzzle game about making movies in 1980s Hollywood. Figure out the perfect timing of props, actors, and special effects as the Director. Then jump into the scene as the movie's star in a traditional 2D platformer.

Why similar: Time Manipulation 35.6% ★, Puzzle Platformer 18.1%, 2D Platformer 9.7%, Comedy 8.6%, Story Rich 7%

The platformer without a jump button! Master the art of potion propulsion in this fast-paced adventure where strategy, precision, and creativity meet explosive fun.

Why similar: Dark Humor 40.1%, 2D Platformer 25.2%, Funny 13.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.4%, Colorful 6.7%

A 3d puzzle platformer that takes you along a journey of wisdom, through the 64 unique worlds that draw inspiration and teachings from the I Ching [Book of Changes], one of the oldest oracles in human history.

Why similar: Dark Humor 30.7%, Puzzle Platformer 28.5%, Comedy 12.9%, Puzzle 12.7%, Funny 7%

Find your way out of a magical prison in this non-linear point'n'click adventure full of mini games and challenges. Get to meet the charismatic Whateverlanders, steal and deceive or be a good boy to discover all the different endings of Vincent's story.

Why similar: Dark Humor 43.3%, Comedy 17.2%, Story Rich 14.5%, Puzzle 9.9%, Exploration 8.6%

A humorous adventure set in a 3D parody of the internet. Diverse puzzles, beautiful worlds, friends, experiences, upgrades and more, await those who 'log on'!

Why similar: Retro 20.3%, Psychedelic 20%, Adventure 17.2%, Exploration 10.7%, Puzzle 9.3%

Explore a unique and connected world. Understand its fragile balance, uncover its deepest questions, and find more than just the answers.

Why similar: Puzzle 21.5%, Stylized 17.8%, Colorful 13%, Exploration 12.8%, Comedy 12.5%

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

Why similar: Dark Humor 25.7%, Puzzle Platformer 21.6%, Psychedelic 21.4%, Comedy 10.2%, Stylized 8.2%

The ground starts shaking, light bulbs are breaking - and something rather unusual is happening right behind the walls of your very room. Equipped with nothing but wit and courage, you slowly descend into a world inhabited by avian folk and seemingly deadly furniture monsters.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 36.5%, Stylized 14.8%, Puzzle 14.7%, 2D Platformer 10.8%, Story Rich 9.5%

A narrative-driven puzzle adventure game with the butterfly effect at its core. Board the Babel, a mysterious cruise ship that takes you on a whimsical journey to the afterlife. Use a special pen to help fellow travelers fulfill their wishes by rewriting the past, changing how the future unfolds.

Why similar: Time Manipulation 37.6% ★, Time Travel 29.9% ★, Story Rich 7.9%, Comedy 7.9%, Puzzle 6.6%

A lone man's journey through a strange world. Dimension switching mechanic - switch between the dimensions to traverse the world and solve puzzles.

Why similar: Time Manipulation 49.2% ★, Puzzle Platformer 23.3%, Pixel Graphics 8.8%, Puzzle 8.4%, Retro 6.4%

A retro-inspired adventure puzzle game featuring multiple playable characters with interwoven storylines. Explore the natural (and unnatural) world for unique interactions and unlock items to aid you in your quest. There's nothing as simultaneously charming and strange as the world of Tux and Fanny.

Why similar: Psychedelic 22%, Puzzle 12.4%, Pixel Graphics 12%, Retro 11.8%, Exploration 11.4%

RUBATO, an experimental, 2D physics-based take on the collect-a-thon genre!

Why similar: Psychedelic 25.2%, Dark Humor 17%, Puzzle Platformer 16.7%, 2D Platformer 16.2%, Funny 9%

Quirky, top-down puzzle adventure game. You’re trapped in a 12-minute time loop. Try to save yourself and a small town from destruction from a meteorite. Solve intuitive puzzles, interact with the people of the town, and discover the secrets of the town. Discover the 15 different endings!

Why similar: Time Travel 51.4% ★, Time Manipulation 16% ★, Puzzle 7.5%, Funny 7.4%, Adventure 5.7%

Your party enters a deep and dark dungeon… but sacrifices must be made! Control 3 different heroes and use their special abilities to solve tricky puzzles by sacrificing your teammates!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 22.4%, Dark Comedy 20.5%, Dark Humor 19.8%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%, Adventure 8.4%

An existential platformer where Doomsday is just around the corner. Save the world or become an eternal corporate slave for the God of Death. Choices matter. Or do they? Goof around and find out.

Why similar: Dark Humor 34.6%, Puzzle Platformer 29.1%, Story Rich 13.2%, Pixel Graphics 13%, Exploration 7.8%

Delouse your room with sage and pack up your travel-sized ouija board, it’s time to re-enter Twin Lakes - America’s 34th most haunted city. Join Detective McQueen as he puzzles his way through 9 chilling cases, risking life and pixelated limb to solve the macabre mysteries that plague the poor town.

Why similar: Dark Comedy 21.8%, Dark Humor 19.4%, Comedy 11.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%, Story Rich 9.9%

Ministry of Broadcast is a narrative-driven single player cinematic platformer mixing Orwell’s 1984 with modern reality TV. A country divided by The Wall; to cross it and reach your family, you must compete on - and win - a reality TV show broadcast by the Regime.

Why similar: Dark Humor 24.3%, Puzzle Platformer 22.4%, Adventure 21.9%, Pixel Graphics 12.5%, Story Rich 6.3%

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: Story Rich 33.2%, Adventure 30.7%, Exploration 28.1%, Singleplayer 8%

Dash, jump, and fly at full speed through Wunderling DX: a non-stop puzzle platformer and the world's first "goomba simulator"! Race against the clock, beat tricky puzzles to uncover shiny secrets, and stomp the odds to please your evil overlord!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 45.8%, 2D Platformer 23.3%, Adventure 20.2%, Retro 10.7%

Complete physics-based platformer puzzles as you venture deeper into an abandoned research facility responsible for developing ominously powerful quantum entanglement technology.

Why similar: 2D Platformer 26%, Dark Humor 24.5%, Story Rich 15.1%, Puzzle 14.8%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%

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 40.8%, 2D Platformer 16.7%, Story Rich 15.1%, Puzzle 9%, Exploration 8.3%

Pikuniku is an absurdly wonderful puzzle-exploration game that takes place in a strange but playful world where not everything is as happy as it seems. Help peculiar characters overcome struggles, uncover a deep state conspiracy, and start a little revolution in this delightful dystopian adventure!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 22.3%, Puzzle 20.5%, Funny 17.4%, Comedy 15.6%, Adventure 12.1%

Helheim Hassle is a narrative adventure game with puzzle platforming elements. Play as Bjørn, a pacifist Viking that can detach and combine limbs at will to solve challenging puzzles and get out of uncomfortable situations involving desperate Norse Gods, Goblins, Dragons, and angry skeletons.

Why similar: Dark Comedy 28.7%, Adventure 27.5%, 2D Platformer 14.5%, Funny 10.8%, Puzzle 9.5%

Causal Loop is a narrative puzzler that blends mind-bending mechanics with a rich sci-fi story about time, consequence, and survival. Solve intricate puzzles by using the signature “echo” mechanic to record, replay, and interact with up to three versions of your past self. Can you break the loop?

Why similar: Time Manipulation 38% ★, Puzzle Platformer 27.3%, Story Rich 11.1%, Puzzle 9.5%, Exploration 7.3%

A very off-kilter adventure game about university life with light shooting and platforming.

Why similar: Comedy 36.1%, Stylized 34.3%, Adventure 26.5%, Singleplayer 3.1%