Games Like Wires And Whiskers

When you cut ties to the past, new bonds form. Build relationships with other Yarnys in local co-op or as a single player, fostering friendship and support as you journey together.

Why similar: Co-op 52.1%, Puzzle 14.5%, Puzzle Platformer 8.9%, Platformer 7.5%, Adventure 5%

Why You'll Like It: The tethering mechanic between the two characters provides a similar feeling of physical connection and shared movement as the magnetic exosuit in the seed game.

From the depths of hell, climb chained to your friends through diverse worlds. Solo or co-op, try to reach the summit and discover what awaits you there...

Why similar: Co-op 28.4%, Puzzle Platformer 18.2%, 3D Platformer 15.2%, Platformer 11.8%, Post-apocalyptic 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: The core mechanic of being physically linked to your partner creates the same high-stakes, cooperative platforming tension found in the seed game.

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: Puzzle Platformer 26.8%, 2D Platformer 18.2%, Top-Down 14.9%, Platformer 14.1%, Puzzle 12.9%

Why You'll Like It: It perfectly captures the perspective-shifting puzzle-platforming gameplay that makes Wires And Whiskers feel so unique.

Embark on the craziest journey of your life in It Takes Two. Invite a friend to join for free with Friend’s Pass and work together across a huge variety of gleefully disruptive gameplay challenges. Winner of GAME OF THE YEAR at the Game Awards 2021.

Why similar: Co-op 49.2%, Puzzle Platformer 11.8%, Puzzle 10.7%, 3D Platformer 9.5%, Platformer 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive co-op puzzle-platformer that mirrors the genre-bending variety and mandatory teamwork found in Wires And Whiskers.

Grab your best bud for help in this new co-op challenge to help two adorable penguins, Bread and Fred, reach the top of the snowy summit. Time your jumps, cling to walls and swing across gaps to see how far you can make it before you tumble all the way back down the mountain.

Why similar: Co-op 48.5%, 2D Platformer 24.1%, Platformer 17.1%, 2D 6.3%, Casual 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: This physics-based platformer relies heavily on the same type of tethered cooperation and momentum-based movement required to navigate difficult terrain.

River Tails: Stronger Together is a 3D co-op adventure platformer designed around an asymmetrical co-op system. Teammates must work together to defeat end-of-level bosses and solve puzzles across a range of natural-world environments. All you need is communication, coordination and complete trust!

Why similar: Co-op 25.1%, 3D Platformer 23.9%, Platformer 15%, Action-Adventure 10.5%, Atmospheric 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: An animal-led co-op adventure that emphasizes unique character abilities and environmental puzzle-solving.

Cast into an ancient crypt, survive the horrors that dwell below, and ascend from despair with your unexpected companion in this short 2D puzzle platformer. Take risks to evade the petrifying gaze from beyond the dark.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 27.1%, 2D Platformer 21.6%, Platformer 19.4%, Puzzle 13.5%, Adventure 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: The focus on tethering mechanics directly aligns with the cooperative movement challenges of the seed game.

Biped is a coop action adventure game with a strong focus on moment-to-moment collaboration between 2 players.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 28.7%, Co-op 26.3%, PvE 21.5%, Puzzle 12.2%, Adventure 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on two-player coordination and physics-based movement that feels very similar to controlling a specialized exosuit.

ibb & obb is a two player cooperative game set in a puzzle filled world where gravity goes both up and down. You can only succeed by working closely together. Find a friend for some true local co-op couch fun or match up online.

Why similar: Co-op 47.7%, Platformer 15.5%, Puzzle 14.5%, Puzzle Platformer 13.3%, Adventure 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: The gravity-based puzzle-platforming requires the same level of spatial awareness and synchronized movement as the magnetic puzzles in Wires And Whiskers.

Unknowz is a cooperative platformer where two pirates, one alive, the other undead, must combine their unique abilities to solve puzzles, avoid traps, and escape from a skeleton-infested island. Work together... or sink!

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 24.2%, Puzzle Platformer 21.8%, PvE 12.9%, Platformer 11.3%, Action-Adventure 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: This title shares the blend of top-down shooting and action-adventure platforming found in the seed game.

Grab a friend and get squishy! Putty Pals is the ultimate co-op platformer, challenging two players to work together and overcome puzzles in a bright and beautiful world.

Why similar: Platformer 29.1%, Puzzle Platformer 27.3%, Adventure 12.9%, Action 12.5%, Puzzle 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game features two distinct characters that must work together to solve platforming puzzles, mirroring the teamwork required in the seed game.

Shift Happens is a cooperative platformer for two. You and a friend shift your mass, throw each other and puzzle your way through four stages of stylized imaginary worlds. Including the occasional backstabbing and taunting. Play with a friend on a couch, online or even special singleplayer levels.

Why similar: Co-op 30.4%, Puzzle Platformer 29.8%, 2D Platformer 13.6%, Platformer 10.2%, Puzzle 10%

Why You'll Like It: This co-op puzzle-platformer requires constant coordination and character-swapping mechanics to overcome obstacles.

Split Fiction meets Portal! Bytebond is an electrifying online & couch co-op puzzle game that challenges you to regain control over an infected CPU. Dive into the heart of a PC with your friend and become the ultimate Antivirus Special Forces duo.

Why similar: Co-op 26%, Platformer 16.6%, Puzzle 12.7%, Action-Adventure 11.4%, Top-Down 10%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on co-op logic and puzzle-solving within an adventure framework that complements the seed game's mechanics.

Filthy Animals is a chaotic single-player/co-op heist game for up to 4 players. Become a mutant animal working for criminal mastermind Tony as you steal, fight, fall over, and eat tacos. Solve puzzles and avoid security before making off with the loot, ya Filthy Animal!

Why similar: Co-op 29%, Action-Adventure 22.6%, Puzzle 18.1%, Adventure 9.7%, 3D 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game captures the chaotic, action-puzzle energy of working together in a ruined, dangerous environment.

Open-world action-RPG in a fantasy realm of cats and dogs. Sequel to the award-winning original, CAT QUEST II lets you play solo or with a friend, as both a cat and dog! Quest in a world filled with magic, defeat monsters and collect loot in a catventure like never before!

Why similar: Co-op 56.9%, Adventure 17.5%, 2D 13.5%, Action 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: While more action-focused, it provides a similar animal-led co-op adventure experience with top-down combat elements.

Puzzling Action for One or Two Players.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 26.7%, Co-op 23%, Platformer 13.7%, Arcade 13.4%, Puzzle 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging co-op platformer that requires precise movement and teamwork to survive difficult encounters.

Anima Flux is a co-op metroidvania with two genetically enhanced soldiers, special agents of a theocratic dictatorial regime. Fight your way through swarms of mutants through a desolate, dystopian space city and save humanity's last stronghold, if, of course, anyone is still alive...

Why similar: Co-op 26.5%, Platformer 20.5%, Action-Adventure 14.6%, Atmospheric 10.6%, Adventure 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: A co-op action-platformer that emphasizes combat and movement in a sci-fi setting.

A physics-based co-op platformer about a guy in a rabbit costume! Team up with a friend or three (local or online) to beat levels, find hidden carrots and race against the clock. Experience bunny madness. Embrace carrot chaos. Become Super Bunny Man.

Why similar: Co-op 25.5%, Puzzle Platformer 23.8%, Platformer 19.3%, 2D Platformer 18%, Adventure 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: The physics-based, chaotic platforming provides a similar sense of humor and cooperative challenge to the seed game.

Help, step on, or sabotage your friend! In this 2-player only puzzle platformer, perfect chemistry is the only way through. Think your friendship can handle it?

Why similar: 3D Platformer 39.1%, Platformer 26.4%, Co-op 20.8%, Casual 13.6%

Why You'll Like It: Features robot-themed platforming that aligns with the mechanical and industrial aesthetic of the seed game.

Undercat is a non-restrictive 2D platformer with co-op and PvP modes. Help the Resistance to overthrow the Cats' tyranny and liberate the animal city!

Why similar: 2D Platformer 30.3%, Co-op 30%, Platformer 18%, Adventure 7.9%, 2D 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A cute, animal-led platformer that emphasizes local co-op and adventure elements.

KeyWe is a cute, co-operative postal puzzler starring Jeff and Debra, two small kiwi birds working in a whimsical post office. They must jump, flap, peck and butt-slam their way across an interactive landscape of levers, bells and buttons to get those messages delivered on time!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 27.6%, Co-op 26.4%, 3D Platformer 19.9%, Platformer 11.2%, Puzzle 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: While themed differently, the core of the game is built entirely around intense, synchronized co-op puzzle-solving.

Super Cable Boy is a retro inspired platformer, where you are playing a living handheld gaming system with a power cord. Collect game cartridges to become more powerful and take on your quest to defeat "the Glitch", an entity that 1▧01☠01௹1‱☣∰0␢⌀▧ ..

Why similar: 2D Platformer 31.5%, Platformer 24.5%, Co-op 23.2%, Atmospheric 9.4%, Action 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: The precision platforming and unique movement mechanics provide a similar mechanical satisfaction to the seed game.

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: Co-op 31.4%, Puzzle 15.8%, Puzzle Platformer 14.4%, Platformer 13.1%, Adventure 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A charming puzzle-platformer that features co-op levels requiring creative use of character movement.

Take on the hard yet fair world of Bloody Trapland. Jump, slide, dash and dodge your way through the many deadly levels. Find secrets, solve puzzles, unlock mysteries and unravel the story. Go at it alone or bring your friends along for a co-op experience like no other. 1-4 players online and/or splitscreen.

Why similar: Co-op 34.6%, Puzzle Platformer 24.7%, 2D Platformer 18.9%, Platformer 16.4%, 2D 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: A high-difficulty co-op platformer that tests the same coordination skills required in Wires And Whiskers.

Water is flooding the world. Build your own way to climb higher and higher. Maybe there is a chance of survival after all. Give yourself a try! Help those boars reach the highest level.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 24.4%, Platformer 15.6%, Co-op 13.2%, Arcade 12.3%, Puzzle 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: An action-adventure indie game that features local co-op and platforming elements.

The two adventurers Handy and Dandy have caused a dimensional tear which is now separating them and the entire cave where they have to solve platforming puzzles to reunite again in this 2D co-op game.

Why similar: Co-op 42.2%, Puzzle Platformer 33.1%, Adventure 24.6%

Why You'll Like It: A lighthearted co-op adventure that emphasizes simple puzzle-platforming mechanics.

Come with Me is a two-player cooperative game set in a puzzle filled magical world. Solve puzzles together by using your special abilities and collect memories to uncover the mystery of the world around you.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 23.2%, Co-op 23.1%, 3D Platformer 22.8%, Platformer 13.1%, Puzzle 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A 3D co-op platformer that emphasizes exploration and shared movement.

Strange Creatures is a 1 to 4 player couch co-op puzzle game where players are curious creatures that use wacky abilities to solve puzzles and escape the wicked lab.

Why similar: Casual 36%, Co-op 33.5%, Puzzle Platformer 30.6%

Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play co-op puzzle-platformer that focuses on teamwork to navigate levels.

Invite a friend online and embark on a puzzle-platformer adventure exploring the bond between an animator and his puppet. Work together to clear obstacles across the sprawling sets of a stop-motion animation workshop and find out to what lengths the power of imagination can take you.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 25.1%, Co-op 21.7%, 3D Platformer 17.5%, Platformer 11.6%, Puzzle 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: A co-op puzzle-platformer that focuses on multiplayer coordination and environmental interaction.

Grab a friend and try to escape from the dungeons of TRISTOY in this story-driven coop-platformer.

Why similar: Co-op 48.9%, Action 27.1%, Adventure 24%

Why You'll Like It: A co-op action-adventure game that focuses on teamwork and platforming in a dark, atmospheric world.

Experience an innovative co-op adventure where two players have to work together. Engage in collaborative puzzle solving and dynamic combat with each player having unique abilities. Delve into a psychological narrative that explores the essence of humanity.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 29.9%, Platformer 18.5%, Co-op 14.9%, Puzzle 13%, PvE 11%

With You is a cooperative two-player puzzle-playground. It's a tiny game that hopes to inspire couples to connect, communicate, and collaborate.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 25.1%, 2D Platformer 20.8%, Platformer 14.9%, Arcade 12.3%, Action-Adventure 11.4%

Past Synergy is a 2 player co-op game that tests you and your friend's synergy. Divide the ability and roles between you and your friend to overcome the obstacles in a cave.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 23.8%, 2D Platformer 18.1%, Platformer 14.9%, Arcade 12.4%, Co-op 10.8%

🦆 Marbles and 🐢 Checkers need your help finding their way home after being swept away in a storm. In this 90s buddy-platformer there's a ton of stuff to do and even more to collect!

Why similar: 2D Platformer 30.6%, Co-op 24.2%, Platformer 22.4%, Adventure 6.7%, Action-Adventure 5.4%

Webventure is a enchanting two-player co-op game. Join cute spiders on an extraordinary journey. Collaborate, spin webs, and overcome challenges together. Unleash creativity, build a strong bond.

Why similar: Co-op 19.5%, Puzzle Platformer 15.8%, 3D Platformer 15.7%, 2D Platformer 12.9%, Platformer 10.4%

A chaotic Roguelite Twin-Stick Shooter with a Base Defense Twist. With up to 4 players, explore, become stronger to defend your spaceship and leave this Frk*n planet!

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 33%, Co-op 25.6%, PvE 17.7%, Top-Down 12.9%, 3D 6.3%

A Communication-Based, Co-Op game for 2P. Play either as the Scientist or the Hunter with communication as your only weapon to save your precious cat, Mimi, from deadly Superbugs!

Why similar: Co-op 39.4%, Puzzle 18.6%, Action-Adventure 18.1%, 3D 10.6%, Action 7.9%

Spark & Kling is a couch co-op puzzle platformer where the player will take the role of either Spark, the electric bug, or Kling the metal gel blob. They are trapped in a Homemade lab by a Mad Scientist and the players will have to overcome obstacles and work together to escape.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 28.4%, 3D Platformer 26.6%, Puzzle 13.1%, Co-op 11.4%, Adventure 7.3%

2-4 Sneaky and squeaky low-poly mice face off against a lone cat in the battlefield of a human house. Mice use proximity chat to communicate with other players, while the cat hunts their noises. Will the mice perform enough tasks to destroy the house, or will the cat defeat enough mice to save it?

Why similar: Co-op 54%, Platformer 10.9%, Casual 10.7%, Action 10.5%, Adventure 8.4%

Double Shoulders is a two player action-adventure game. You take control of Lois and Sam, two kids trying to escape from a strange place filled with dangers and challenges. You'll have to work together to get out of this place alive.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 34.8%, Co-op 16.2%, Platformer 15.9%, Action 11%, Adventure 9.7%

Join up to three friends in this mouse-sized adventure! Explore, gather resources, solve puzzles, and battle enemies as you try to bring your kidnapped brothers and sisters home.

Why similar: Adventure 29%, Platformer 27.3%, Casual 25.5%, 3D 18.2%

CO-OP is a 2.5D puzzle-platformer. You control two robots; R3D, who can absorb all the light sources around him, and BLU3, who converts that energy into an explosive power. They find themselves in what seems like a recycling facility, with drones analyzing their every move...

Why similar: Co-op 52.3%, Puzzle Platformer 29.5%, Adventure 12.3%, Casual 6%

The Two of Us is a 2D Co-op Platformer that has a strong emphasis on working together. You will be greeted with various puzzle levels where you must work in conjunction with your friend to navigate the level.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 33.8%, 2D Platformer 26.2%, Platformer 19.1%, Puzzle 14%, 2D 6.9%

Some pets got lost from their owners in an office and now need to work together, using boxes, mats, buttons, climb on shelves and tables or just make a mess trying to find them in this colorful local co-op game!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 26.9%, Co-op 20.4%, 2D Platformer 14.7%, Platformer 10.5%, Puzzle 7.3%

RABBIT & STEEL is a co-op action roguelike that recreates the essence of high-level MMO raiding in a randomized, simplified, bunny-sized package. Choose your class, gather your rabbit-eared companions and battle your way to the Moonlit Pinnacle!

Why similar: Co-op 59.2%, PvE 17.7%, 2D 10.6%, Action 6.4%, Adventure 6%

Embark on the 19th century's most unreliable spaceship in this 2 player couch co-op adventure. 39 Days to Mars is a unique game designed to be played with a friend, where both players have important roles in the expedition. Solo players are aided by the computer-controlled ship's cat.

Why similar: Co-op 49.8%, Puzzle 21.5%, Atmospheric 11.9%, Adventure 10.4%, 2D 6.5%

A puzzling adventure where you abuse the Rules set by your Rat captors! 📜🐀 Manipulate enemies and environments with the commanding power of Rules to escape!

Why similar: Puzzle 43.9%, 2D 19.5%, Adventure 18.3%, Action 18.3%

Alchemy Frogs is a local co-op puzzle platformer game with a 3D, isometric camera, in which Frog & Toad traverse a poisoned swamp to look for a cure that will help them save their family from being turned to stone. Frog & Toad will mix their potions to unleash powerful magical effects.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 33.7%, 3D Platformer 20.1%, Platformer 16.4%, Puzzle 11%, 3D 8.5%

A cooperative (maybe sabotaging) platformer that blends action-jumping and physics simulation. You can challenge solo or team up with a friend locally or remotely in two-player mode to unlock even more unexpected ways to play. Healing balloons and time-race to unlock more subsequent levels.

Why similar: Co-op 31.7%, Platformer 22.4%, 3D Platformer 14.8%, 2D Platformer 13.4%, Action 7.9%

Embark on a thrilling co-op adventure in 'Brave Escape,' a challenging platformer demanding teamwork to conquer perilous traps and treacherous terrain.

Why similar: Co-op 30.9%, 2D Platformer 22.4%, Platformer 19.4%, Puzzle 12.3%, Atmospheric 8.8%

Unsung Warriors is a 2D action-adventure game set in Iron Age inspired Europe. Fight your way past enemies and traps, while exploring the secrets of an ancient crypt.

Why similar: Platformer 32.1%, Co-op 22.9%, Adventure 18.9%, Action 16%, 2D 10.1%

That One Otter Game is a mischievous co-op adventure where two young otters take on a wild rite of passage to prove their worth. Complete silly park challenges to fill up your stamp card—catch a panicked penguin, race a hyped-up zebra, or haul a stolen radio to a mountaintop.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 25.9%, 3D Platformer 20.8%, Platformer 16.1%, Puzzle 11.8%, Top-Down 8.1%

Invite a friend to explore the strange, yet beautiful world of darkness and light in Shadow Puppeteer, an award-winning, local co-op adventure.

Why similar: Co-op 21.1%, Puzzle Platformer 20.1%, 3D Platformer 14.9%, Platformer 14.6%, Puzzle 8.8%

Team up for 1-4 player co-op platforming in procedurally-generated alien caves! Customize your gremlin, embrace the chaos and fart on friends! Tackle challenges together and unlock new looks and wild mutations for your next run!

Why similar: Co-op 30.4%, 2D Platformer 24.6%, Platformer 20.4%, Atmospheric 10.7%, 3D 5.5%

"Tiny Brains" is a cooperative action puzzler that follows four super-powered lab animals in their attempt to escape a mad scientist's experiments. In this joyously chaotic multiplayer game, the four "Tiny Brains" must combine their unique physics-based powers to navigate through a trick-ridden maze.

Why similar: Co-op 43.2%, Puzzle 21.1%, Casual 12.6%, Adventure 12%, Action 11.1%

A co-op friendslop game with a heavy focus on customization via drawing. Scavenge liminal bunkers and obtain artefacts that may or may not aid you and your friends.

Why similar: PvE 43%, Casual 21.6%, 3D 16.5%, Adventure 11.8%, Action 7.1%

“Keepers of the Trees” is a couch co-op puzzle platformer that gives you the power to control nature. Along with a friend, you will test your platforming mettle, work together to solve puzzles by growing special plants, and explore a lush, fantasy forest world.

Why similar: 3D Platformer 20.4%, Puzzle Platformer 20.4%, Platformer 13.9%, Puzzle 12.2%, Action-Adventure 12.1%

CastingPlz is a 2-player cooperative roguelike game where players take on the roles of two characters with distinct responsibilities: one for attacking and the other for movement.

Why similar: Co-op 24.4%, Action-Adventure 20.1%, PvE 17.9%, Action 15.3%, Adventure 14.8%

Two lost beings and you are the only bond... Play with a friend to guide and reunite them on their journey in this communication-based coop puzzle adventure. You play on two devices with no connection except your voice!

Why similar: Co-op 33.5%, Platformer 18.7%, Puzzle 16.1%, Atmospheric 10.3%, Adventure 7.6%

Pitfall Planet is a couch co-op puzzle-solving adventure game set on a distant planet, where you'll need to use teamwork to complete levels and explore the caverns below! Pitfall Planet will put your friendship to the test; will both of you make it out alive?

Why similar: Puzzle 35.7%, Adventure 32.9%, Casual 31.4%