- #1 Duplexer
97% matchMixed64% of 14 reviews2016
Dev: Vantage Games
Windows
Duplexer is a challenging single-player puzzle platformer game. The player can push or pull the walls, floor and ceiling around them to overcome many puzzling, platforming and physics based trials.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 44.4%, Indie 41.3%, First-Person 14.3%
- #2 Coated
96% match7 user reviews29% of 7 reviews2015
Dev: mamoniemPub: Vikong
Windows · Mac · Linux
Coated is a world made of colors, coat yourself to solve puzzles. It is a game, an adventure, and a lesson.
Why similar: Indie 58.4%, Puzzle Platformer 41.6%
- #3 Everything is Black and White
96% matchPositive82% of 17 reviews2015
Dev: Thomas Gwaltney
Windows
Everything is Black and White is a minimalist puzzle-platformer developed by Thomas Gwaltney.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 51.1%, Indie 48.9%
- #4 Graviton
94% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2019
Dev: Richter Games
Windows · Mac
The Traykonians don't believe there's intelligent life on Earth, and it's up to you to prove them wrong. Manipulate gravity to solve their mind-bending puzzles... just try not to accidentally fling yourself into any lasers.
Why similar: Indie 58.4%, Puzzle Platformer 41.6%
- #5 Niko: Through The Dream
94% matchMostly Positive73% of 229 reviews2015
Dev: Studio Paint
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Niko is a spiritual journey through the dreams, where adventure, puzzles and mysteries come together in an oneiric and minimalist world. Dare to dream!
Why similar: Indie 32.6%, Minimalist 27.3%, Puzzle Platformer 27.2%, First-Person 12.9%
- #6 Parallax
93% matchVery Positive83% of 156 reviews2015
Dev: Toasty Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Parallax is a first-person puzzle game with two overlapping worlds. Weave back and forth between black and white as you try to be in the right place, in the right dimension, at the right time. Use switches, boosters and gravity to help you reach the exit. Can you conquer every mind-bending level?
Why similar: Indie 38.7%, Puzzle Platformer 31.9%, First-Person 29.5%
- #7 Veer
91% matchPositive92% of 38 reviews2019
Dev: Some-Fish
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 32%
Use relative teleportation and the ability to change the direction of gravity to progress through the temple, where everything revolves around the core experience of puzzle solving. Do you have what it takes?
Why similar: Indie 55.8%, Puzzle Platformer 44.2%
- #8 boxlife
92% matchMostly Positive79% of 145 reviews2016
Dev: tequibo
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 22%
boxlife is a tiny first person metroidvania, where you gain abilities, find secrets and escape from the box
Why similar: Indie 58.7%, First-Person 41.3%
- #9 BoyandBox
91% matchPositive81% of 16 reviews2020
Dev: Gustav Almström
Windows · Linux
Boyandbox is a game about a boy and his teleporting box.
Why similar: Indie 76.1%, Puzzle Platformer 23.9%
- #10 PASVAN
89% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2020
Dev: AchaemenesPub: Achaemenes Games
Windows · Mac
You can't get away from 'GAMAN' !
Why similar: Indie 73.6%, Puzzle Platformer 26.4%
- #11 Nuclear Wipeout
89% matchPositive91% of 22 reviews2020
Dev: Palikkapeli EntertainmentPub: Ahlman Game Studio
Windows
Classic Wipeout but with bigger destructive stakes. Play 31 challenging 3D platforming levels where you are testing the new kind of Nuclear weapons. This game is a short school project of Ahlman Institute students.
Why similar: Indie 72%, Puzzle Platformer 28%
- #12 Fading
90% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2017
Dev: Kolapo Oni
Windows · Mac
Traverse the mind of a troubled man in a minimalist 2D adventure.
Why similar: Indie 62.4%, Minimalist 37.6%
- #13 Let's Find a Way
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ThinkOfGames
Windows
A game that every age can play! While the game acts as a calming break for the grown-ups, the game teaches children about cooperation and problem solving.
Why similar: Indie 59.1%, Puzzle Platformer 40.9%
- #14 Fractured Minds
87% matchMostly Positive78% of 468 reviews2019
Dev: EmilyMGamesPub: Wired Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 24 minMean: 1.2 hrs≥1hr: 16%
Fractured Minds is an immersive artistic short game, exploring anxiety and mental health issues. Embark on a journey through the human psyche to experience the everyday challenges associated with these conditions.
Why similar: Indie 71.8%, First-Person 28.2%
- #15 Alter World
88% 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: Indie 60.9%, Puzzle Platformer 39.1%
- #16 SolarGun
86% matchVery Positive84% of 209 reviews2017
Dev: Mechanical BossPub: GGtech Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Discover SolarGun, a first-person puzzle game set in a aseptic factory. Use energy orbs, dodge lasers, and activate mechanisms to escape. With over 20 puzzles, hidden minigames, and a speedrun mode, every decision counts on your path to freedom.
Why similar: Indie 56%, Puzzle Platformer 44%
- #17 Lanterns
81% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2023
Dev: Artefact Assembly
Windows
Lanterns is a co-operative platformer where two players must work together to solve a gauntlet of unique puzzles. Players control a red and blue character that are able to shine a ray of light, of like colour.
Why similar: Indie 65%, Puzzle Platformer 35%
- #18 Displace
85% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2019
Dev: Eirtep
Windows
Single player, first-person puzzle game where you can spawn cubes and spheres while utilising switches, launch pads and boost pads to navigate through deceiving blocks to the next teleporter
Why similar: Indie 69.3%, First-Person 30.7%
- #19 Cube Lab
76% matchPositive87% of 31 reviews2025
Dev: bjsjsk
Windows
Portal & Lock: A 2D Puzzle Platformer with Spatial Mastery
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 43.9%, Minimalist 35.6%, Indie 20.5%
- #20 I'm Calling The Cops!
84% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2020
Dev: Loxodonta
Windows
I'm Calling The Cops! is a first-person cartoony action strategy game in which you manage a small store. Customers buy items but they also steal them! See how much profit you can make in an in-game week (17 minutes IRL time).
Why similar: Indie 88.5%, First-Person 11.5%
- #21 Starseed Pilgrim
86% matchMixed60% of 534 reviews2013
Dev: droqen
Windows · Mac
Median: 12 minMean: 1.3 hrs≥1hr: 17%
Starseed Pilgrim is a game about tending a symphonic garden, exploring space, and embracing fate.You are a gardener, tending to empty noise and empty space to fill them both with colour.You are a refugee, building your own world away from the spreading darkness.You are an explorer, discovering new places, new rules, and new fascinations.
Why similar: Indie 38.4%, Minimalist 33.1%, Puzzle Platformer 28.5%
- #22 Meaty McSkinBones
81% matchMostly Positive75% of 111 reviews2019
Dev: Triplot Studio
Windows
Meaty McSkinBones is a single-player puzzle/platformer where the character is split into three separate bodies. They each have unique abilities or can work together to solve puzzles and traverse the environment. It's quirky, hilarious, and a ton of fun!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 54.7%, Indie 45.3%
- #23 Manipulated
82% matchPositive87% of 45 reviews2017
Dev: Wolfray Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Warning! This game does require an ability to think.
Why similar: Indie 54.3%, Puzzle Platformer 45.7%
- #24 Gravity Well
82% matchPositive100% of 14 reviews2018
Dev: Black Engine Games
Windows
On a derelict research space station, you'll find yourself solving puzzles to complete a high value contract, but in the end, will the job be worth it?
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 38.9%, Indie 36.9%, First-Person 24.1%
- #25 Finque
83% matchMixed65% of 23 reviews2016
Dev: Möf SelviPub: AnatolianOrg
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Finque is stuck in a dream and trying to get out of her dream-world. Join and help her solve puzzles while she is questioning her world.
Why similar: Indie 42.9%, Puzzle Platformer 29.6%, Minimalist 27.5%
- #26 Suspicious Spaceroads
80% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2020
Dev: Sami Kilani
Windows
Inspired heavily by the classic "Skyroads", partake in a platforming romp through a series of increasingly suspicious space roads, engage in futile questions like why are these roads hanging in space? Who built them? Why am I platforming here?
Why similar: Indie 65%, Puzzle Platformer 35%
- #27 A2Be - A Science-Fiction Narrative
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vagabond Dog
Windows
In the far future, the invention of instantaneous and waste-free transportation has brought a new age of utopia for humanity. Explore this brave vision of our destiny, and see its many wonders.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #28 Schizophrenia
79% matchMixed50% of 30 reviews2020
Dev: Indevelopment Productions
Windows
Schizophrenia is a indie horror game meant to be played at your own pace. Figure out the story of a child looking for her mom while experiencing her mental illnesses.
Why similar: Indie 80.3%, First-Person 19.7%
- #29 Push Blox 2
78% matchPositive95% of 19 reviews2020
Dev: Lonely Deckchair
Windows
Block-pushing puzzle game with challenging high quality levels.
Why similar: Indie 56.1%, Minimalist 43.9%
- #30 Volume Up
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 9 Game
Windows
VR shoot'em up where the enemies come to you on the rhythm of the music.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #31 Hexile
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dystrophic LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Hexile is a first-person, narrative puzzle platformer game tin which players confront the consequences of manipulating their environments.. It takes place in a beautiful, surreal landscape where the player progresses by manipulating the environment to solve puzzles.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #32 Swoosh
77% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2020
Dev: MCL
Windows
Simple 2D physics platformer where you try to progress through levels by interacting with different types of surfaces and objects in it.
Why similar: Indie 56.8%, Puzzle Platformer 22.4%, Minimalist 20.8%
- #33 Korvae in space
79% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2017
Dev: David J Ozsvath
Windows
Solve puzzles and shoot enemies in this fun little indie game.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 51.3%, Indie 48.7%
- #34 The Land of Eyas
78% matchVery Positive86% of 69 reviews2016
Dev: Happy Square ProductionsPub: Rising Star Games
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Lost with no memory of where he is or how he got there, lead Eyas – a boy in a cat suit – on a quest to get home. But how do you know which way to go when you can’t tell which is up and which is down?
Why similar: Indie 52.2%, Puzzle Platformer 47.8%
- #35 Light Fantastik
76% matchPositive90% of 30 reviews2018
Dev: Hayali
Windows
Light is fantastic isn't it? but what if you can jump higher in the dark with inverted controls.
Why similar: Indie 60.2%, Minimalist 39.8%
- #36 EXIT 3 - Painter
77% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2017
Dev: SIXNAILS
Windows
The marvelous marbles are rolling again! This wonderful puzzle game offers countless fun hours of game play. It includes 60 carefully designed high quality levels. Solid game play, polished visuals, relaxing music tracks, best in class puzzle experience. Start your journey today!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 37.8%, Minimalist 32.4%, Indie 29.9%
- #37 Sheaf - Together EP
73% matchVery Positive96% of 170 reviews2019
Dev: Stryde Games
Windows
Enter virtual reality to listen to the debut EP “Together” of synthwave producer Sheaf. No gameplay involved -- just sit back, relax, and enjoy the music while you drive through a retro low poly world.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #38 Gumstein: The Awakening
75% matchMostly Positive75% of 12 reviews2019
Dev: PAIN Games
Windows
Solve puzzles and evade hazards using several interesting abilities such as sticking to walls, splitting, and launching your other half through multiple levels on your quest to find Ruby
Why similar: Indie 54.3%, Puzzle Platformer 45.7%
- #39 山贼
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tushuo
Windows
某朝末年,烽烟四起。楚郡内生灵涂炭,青壮被逼无奈大多数只能进入深山落草为寇。在这几乎死境的楚郡内,想活下去,只有比别人更残忍。
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #40 Hidden
73% matchMixed63% of 52 reviews2019
Dev: Soaring Games
Windows
Two orphans twin sisters, Yuna and Luna, were caught and placed separately in an unknown facility. The elder sister, Yuna tries to find Luna in the facility and rescue her. They aim to escape from the facility which is surrounded by a strange and mysterious atmosphere.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #41 Live the Guitar
74% match9 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2018
Dev: Live the VR
Windows
A revolutionary VR game combining 3D 4K 360 real videos with guitar gameplay using controllers. If you ever wished to play in a rock band in front of a cheering crowd without a need to practice on an instrument every day then Live the Guitar is the game for you.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #42 Towers
63% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bunzosteele
Windows
Towers is a VR-only puzzle game. Find your way through 3D tower mazes by twisting floors into place.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #43 Knossos
74% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2017
Dev: Knossos Software
Windows
Knossos is a game about mazes, offering true 3D mazes, not just 2D ones with 3D graphics. You can design your own mazes to share with others, or play in randomly generated ones. Mazes can be 2D, 3D, and even 4 dimensional or higher.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #44 Vampires: Guide Them to Safety!
75% matchMostly Positive76% of 49 reviews2014
Dev: CBE software
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Guide bobble-headed ignoramuses through a labyrinth before dawn. Puzzle game filled with bobble-headed non-glittering lemming-like vampires, traps, crazy music and a real challenge for serious players.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #45 Surge
72% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2018
Dev: MatchBox Studio
Windows
Endless waves, and slender like game mode. Multiple weapons and armor to combat enemies. Survive for as long as you can and get as far as possible.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #46 Mogh
70% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2019
Dev: Beastudio Ltd
Windows
Mages are as powerful as their imagination.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #47 PipeWorks
70% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2019
Dev: Vedak the Dev
Windows
A short and semi-sweet 2D platformer to recover precious coffee and fix the leaks in Coffee Co factory! Endure the crazed coffee-highs of the critters infesting throughout and the nagging feeling that all of your work is disregarded by your corporate overlords!
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #48 In The Bag
70% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2019
Dev: Lukas Kolesar
Windows
Find out, if you can become an employee of the month in small supermarket. Your job is to pack as many customers bags as you can. You will have to work fast and smart and also be able to deal with randomly generated events, which may make your life harder.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #49 Daddy
71% matchMixed56% of 185 reviews2018
Dev: Pudding
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 607.0 hrs≥1hr: 15%
You have to find your daddy.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #50 The Under
71% matchMixed56% of 25 reviews2017
Dev: Iconic Games
Windows
In a place unknown to the living, a young boy must navigate The Under so he may return to the world above.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #51 Herman 2
69% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2019
Dev: Dirge Game Studio
Windows
"Herman 2" is a fast-paced, occasionally brutal, humorous and challenging platformer with cool music. The game has 50 levels, some very tricky digging and resource management puzzles, interesting & tough enemies, and many game mechanics. Climb, dig, throw, jump, kick, jetpack, duck, slide, and fall your way to salvation!
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #52 Gunk
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 27 reviews2019
Dev: Electric Boogaloo Productions
Windows
Gunk is a 2D Platformer inspired by games and it is quite possibly the best game ever made. From the creators of absolutely nothing comes 2019s biggest hit! In this game you play as a snail in a French restaurant.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #53 Oika
57% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Omniscopic
Windows
Oika tells the story of the living cosmos as a personal story through a series of first-person scientific experiences.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #54 Beetle Hunter
65% matchPositive89% of 28 reviews2019
Dev: tinybugbot
Windows
BEETLE HUNTER is a simple first-person shooter. Beat various ferocious enemies, collect powerful weapons, explore the randomly generated complex steampunk stage, aim for the top floor and hunt the mighty beetle!
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #55 Super Switch
68% matchVery Positive81% of 163 reviews2016
Dev: David MulderPub: SA Industry
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 17.1 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Super Switch is a difficult platformer in which you have to actively switch between 2 dimensions. It's tougher than iron and extremely rewarding.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #56 Patternis
67% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2018
Dev: Oddscure
Windows · Linux
Put your mind into matching patterns, swiftly traveling your way.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #57 Frogvale
56% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pablo Mendizábal
Windows
The same day that Marco was fired, he found out that he'll be a father. The only job he can get for the time being is as a bus driver. Manage his passengers, money and relationships to ensure his family's future.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #58 Pound of Flesh
56% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ryan Andrew
Windows
There are others in the house. It's been a long time since they have eaten, and they each have their favorite "foods". To survive, you may have to offer them parts of yourself. Your teeth, your hair. I hope you weren't too "attached" to them. You won't be for long.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #59 Hollow Halls
68% match6 user reviews0% of 6 reviews2017
Dev: Broken Code Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Hollow Halls is a short indie horror game, focusing on story and atmosphere over combat and action.
Why similar: Indie 100%