- #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 45.3%, Indie 40.5%, First-Person 14.2%
- #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 57.4%, Puzzle Platformer 42.6%
- #3 Everything is Black and White
96% matchPositive83% of 18 reviews2015
Dev: Thomas Gwaltney
Windows
Everything is Black and White is a minimalist puzzle-platformer developed by Thomas Gwaltney.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 52.1%, Indie 47.9%
- #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 57.4%, Puzzle Platformer 42.6%
- #5 Niko: Through The Dream
94% matchMostly Positive73% of 232 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 32.2%, Puzzle Platformer 27.8%, Minimalist 27.2%, First-Person 12.8%
- #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%, Puzzle Platformer 32.6%, First-Person 29.3%
- #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 54.8%, Puzzle Platformer 45.2%
- #8 boxlife
92% matchMostly Positive79% of 145 reviews2016
Dev: tequibo
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 21%
boxlife is a tiny first person metroidvania, where you gain abilities, find secrets and escape from the box
Why similar: Indie 58.4%, First-Person 41.6%
- #9 BoyandBox
91% matchPositive82% of 17 reviews2020
Dev: Gustav Almström
Windows · Linux
Boyandbox is a game about a boy and his teleporting box.
Why similar: Indie 75.3%, Puzzle Platformer 24.7%
- #10 PASVAN
90% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2020
Dev: AchaemenesPub: Achaemenes Games
Windows · Mac
You can't get away from 'GAMAN' !
Why similar: Indie 72.8%, Puzzle Platformer 27.2%
- #11 Let's Find a Way
85% 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 58.2%, Puzzle Platformer 41.8%
- #12 Shelf Shock
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Mert Şakır
Windows
Shelf Shock is a first-person puzzle game taking place in a wacky warehouse. Follow clues, place items, make trickshots, and dodge lasers as you stock the shelves within the time limit.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 47.6%, Minimalist 22.9%, First-Person 19.3%, Indie 10.1%
- #13 Fading
89% 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 62.1%, Minimalist 37.9%
- #14 Fractured Minds
87% matchMostly Positive77% of 502 reviews2019
Dev: EmilyMGamesPub: Wired Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 24 minMean: 1.2 hrs≥1hr: 15%
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 71.6%, First-Person 28.4%
- #15 SolarGun
88% matchVery Positive84% of 209 reviews2017
Dev: Mechanical BossPub: GGtech Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.3 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 55%, Puzzle Platformer 45%
- #16 Nuclear Wipeout
86% matchPositive91% of 23 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 71.2%, Puzzle Platformer 28.8%
- #17 Alter World
89% matchMixed69% of 596 reviews2015
Dev: Giorgi AbelashviliPub: SA Industry
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Enter the Alter World, a mysterious parallel reality where the rules are different and every step brings new challenges. Inspired by Stephen King's The Dark Tower, Alter World is a 2D platformer built around a unique mechanic that allows you to switch between two realities at any time to overcome obstacles, solve puzzles, and progress...
Why similar: Indie 60%, Puzzle Platformer 40%
- #18 Cube Lab
76% matchPositive88% of 34 reviews2025
Dev: bjsjsk
Windows
Portal & Lock: A 2D Puzzle Platformer with Spatial Mastery
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 44.7%, Minimalist 35.3%, Indie 20%
- #19 Displace
84% 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 69.1%, First-Person 30.9%
- #20 Lanterns
79% 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 64.1%, Puzzle Platformer 35.9%
- #21 Starseed Pilgrim
86% matchMixed61% of 540 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 37.8%, Minimalist 33%, Puzzle Platformer 29.2%
- #22 I'm Calling The Cops!
82% 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 88.4%, First-Person 11.6%
- #23 Meaty McSkinBones
81% matchMostly Positive75% of 113 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 55.6%, Indie 44.4%
- #24 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 53.3%, Puzzle Platformer 46.7%
- #25 Finque
83% matchMixed63% of 24 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 42.2%, Puzzle Platformer 30.4%, Minimalist 27.4%
- #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 64.1%, Puzzle Platformer 35.9%
- #27 Gravity Well
81% 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 39.7%, Indie 36.3%, First-Person 24%
- #28 Schizophrenia
78% matchMixed52% of 31 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 80.1%, First-Person 19.9%
- #29 Push Blox 2
76% matchPositive95% of 19 reviews2020
Dev: Lonely Deckchair
Windows
Block-pushing puzzle game with challenging high quality levels.
Why similar: Indie 55.8%, Minimalist 44.2%
- #30 A2Be - A Science-Fiction Narrative
69% 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%
- #31 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 56.1%, Puzzle Platformer 23.1%, Minimalist 20.8%
- #32 Hexile
69% 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%
- #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 52.3%, Indie 47.7%
- #34 EXIT 3 - Painter
78% 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 38.6%, Minimalist 32.1%, Indie 29.3%
- #35 The Land of Eyas
77% 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 51.3%, Puzzle Platformer 48.7%
- #36 Light Fantastik
75% 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 59.9%, Minimalist 40.1%
- #37 Gumstein: The Awakening
75% matchMostly Positive79% of 14 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 53.3%, Puzzle Platformer 46.7%
- #38 The Party of Demons
74% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2019
Dev: Chensey Game
Windows
The Party of Demons is a high pace, competitive bullet hell game. It contains well-designed bullets and awesome background music. You can even compete against your friend in this game.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #39 Arevoatl Seven Coins
73% matchPositive86% of 21 reviews2018
Dev: Arevoatl Games
Windows
Arevoatl Seven Coins is a first-person puzzle/hidden object game that takes place in an old estate. You receive a cryptic letter from your grandfather, when you come to him, you do not find him at home. Carefully study the letter and follow its clues. You need to collect objects and solve quests, passing room by room.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #40 Hyacinthus
71% matchPositive88% of 24 reviews2019
Dev: 朽木布可凋夜Pub: JingtuStudio
Windows
Hyacinthus is a 30-minute AVG game with a painting system. Players help people in the city achieve their wishes through painting.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #41 Escargot
72% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2019
Dev: Smoulder
Windows
In this platform runner you play as Escar, an unnaturally fast snail. Shelly has been kidnapped by the treacherous Vulgaris. Escar will jump, stick, roll, go fast and slow, in order to rescue his beloved.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #42 Derrick the Deathfin
74% matchMostly Positive74% of 34 reviews2014
Dev: different cloth
Windows · Mac · Linux
The world's very first underwater papercraft adventure starring a goofy shark named Derrick.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #43 Agent X: Equation Rider
72% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2018
Dev: Fred Ells
Windows
A bike game with an educational twist. Build and ride on algebraic equations!
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #44 Malkia
73% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2016
Dev: Sports InteractivePub: War Child Gaming
Windows
Malkia is a unique real-time strategy game set in the fictional Central African country of Kovi, where you help the eponymous hero to grow her business so that she can put food on the family's table and educate her children.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #45 Rooftop Cop
73% matchMixed55% of 20 reviews2015
Dev: Lawra Suits ClarkPub: Independent
Windows · Mac
A world of Police that have forgotten what, and why, they are policing. Rooftop Cop is a collection of five endless vignette games and a 7-track album. The games are set on a loose metaphysical timeline in which the Cops slowly lose their way.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #46 A Bewitching Revolution
67% matchVery Positive93% of 357 reviews2019
Dev: Colestia
Windows
A Bewitching Revolution is a first-person adventure game about a communist witch living in a cyberpunk city. Use magic to help the city's residents organise collective forms of power and resistance!
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #47 Dain Squares
66% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2021
Dev: Storm Dain Productions
Windows
Clear a line, hear a line!
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #48 Pulses - Crystal Journeys
71% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2017
Dev: Ventura Science
Windows
Match 3 is so 2016. Pulses - Crystal Journeys is a lascivious love letter to Tetris and Lumines, but with bombs. Crush your last candy, and come explore the wonderful, fast-paced world of Match-X
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #49 Surge
70% 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%
- #50 PING 1.5+™
70% matchPositive83% of 47 reviews2015
Dev: Nami Tentou
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 93%
PING 1.5+™ is a new arcade style puzzle game with the objective of shooting the cube through over 100 stages to reach the orange.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #51 Towers
58% 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%
- #52 Mogh
67% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2019
Dev: Beastudio Ltd
Windows
Mages are as powerful as their imagination.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #53 PipeWorks
68% 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%
- #54 In The Bag
68% 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%
- #55 Knossos
70% 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%
- #56 山贼
58% 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%
- #57 Adventures of musical tones and their notes
71% matchNo user reviews2019
Dev: Milena KurtevaPub: VIKSYS OOD
Windows
Adventures of Music Tones and Their Notes [/] is an educational computer game for children, with which children learn to sing songs in Bulgarian, to recognize the musical tones in them and to arrange notes.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #58 Daddy
69% matchMixed55% of 192 reviews2018
Dev: Pudding
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 628.7 hrs≥1hr: 14%
You have to find your daddy.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #59 Please Knock on My Door
66% matchVery Positive94% of 256 reviews2017
Dev: Levall Games AB
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
A summary of every emotion you'd rather lock away and forget.
Why similar: Indie 100%