Games Like World of Goo

Build bridges, grow towers, terraform terrain, and fuel flying machines in the stunning followup to the multi-award winning World of Goo. The world is beautiful, dangerous, and evolving.

Why similar: Physics 33.9%, Puzzle 25.5%, Building 11.8%, Comedy 6.6%, Cute 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: This direct sequel expands on the original's physics-based construction mechanics with new materials and creative puzzle designs.

Throw your toys into your fire, and play with them as they burn. An adventure that takes place almost entirely in front of a fireplace - about looking up up up out of the chimney, and the cold world just on the other side of the wall. From the creators of World of Goo and Human Resource Machine.

Why similar: Puzzle 24.5%, Great Soundtrack 22.5%, Satire 14.1% ★, Indie 10.3%, Casual 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: Created by the same developers, this game shares a similar whimsical, slightly dark, and highly polished indie aesthetic.

Enter the Aperture Science Enrichment Center and experience Bridge Constructor Portal – the unique merging of the classic Portal™ and Bridge Constructor™ games.

Why similar: Puzzle 33.6%, Physics 32.2%, Building 11.2%, Comedy 4.5%, 2D 4%

Why You'll Like It: It combines the satisfying structural engineering of bridge building with the physics-based puzzle mechanics of the Portal universe.

The acclaimed bridge-building indie-hit is back! More levels, more features, more physics fun!

Why similar: Physics 27.4%, Great Soundtrack 21.6%, Puzzle 21.2%, Building 12.9%, Difficult 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a deep, physics-based construction experience that challenges players to build stable structures under complex constraints.

Crayon Physics Deluxe is a 2D physics puzzle / sandbox game, in which you get to experience what it would be like if your drawings would be magically transformed into real physical objects. Solve puzzles with your artistic vision and creative use of physics.

Why similar: Physics 34.4%, Puzzle 33.7%, Indie 9%, Great Soundtrack 7%, Casual 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: This title captures the same 'drawing-to-solve' spirit as World of Goo, using a crayon-art style to interact with physics objects.

Donut County is a story-based physics puzzle game where you play as an ever-growing hole in the ground. Meet cute characters, steal their trash, and throw them in a hole.

Why similar: Physics 24.7%, Great Soundtrack 22.8%, Puzzle 20.7%, Indie 7.3%, Cute 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: This charming, physics-based game features a quirky sense of humor and satisfying, intuitive puzzle mechanics.

Machinarium is the award-winning independent adventure game developed by the makers of Samorost series, Botanicula and CHUCHEL. Help Josef the robot save his girlfriend Berta kidnapped by the Black Cap Brotherhood gang!

Why similar: Puzzle 32.1%, Great Soundtrack 26.3%, Surreal 8.2%, Cute 6.1%, 2D 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game features a unique, hand-drawn art style and a charming, wordless narrative that mirrors the atmosphere of World of Goo.

Humor-filled indie adventure game created by the makers of Machinarium and Samorost.

Why similar: Puzzle 31.6%, Surreal 11.4%, Comedy 11.1%, Cute 8.6%, Funny 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: Developed by the team behind Machinarium, this game offers a whimsical, exploration-heavy puzzle experience with a distinct organic aesthetic.

The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

Why similar: Puzzle 36.9%, Physics 32.2%, Comedy 9.6%, Funny 7.7%, Singleplayer 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: It is the gold standard for physics-based puzzle games, featuring clever mechanics and a witty, humorous narrative.

Program little office workers to solve puzzles. Be a good employee! The machines are coming... for your job. From the creators of World of Goo and Little Inferno.

Why similar: Puzzle 47.8%, Great Soundtrack 14%, Indie 12.1%, Satire 6.7% ★, Casual 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: This logic-based puzzle game shares the quirky, indie charm of World of Goo while focusing on programming-style mechanics.

Baba Is You is a puzzle game where the rules you have to follow are present as blocks you can interact with. By manipulating them, you can change how the game works, repurpose things you find in the levels and cause surprising interactions!

Why similar: Puzzle 50.1%, Great Soundtrack 16.7%, Indie 9.6%, Difficult 8.6%, Cute 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a deep, innovative puzzle experience that forces players to manipulate the rules of the game world itself.

Human Fall Flat is a hilarious, light-hearted platformer set in floating dreamscapes that can be played solo or with up to 8 players online. Free new levels keep its vibrant community rewarded.

Why similar: Physics 44.6%, Puzzle 36.2%, Funny 8.4%, Comedy 4.6%, Indie 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: The game relies heavily on wobbly, physics-based movement to solve environmental puzzles in a humorous and open-ended way.

Enter the ambient world of Osmos: elegant, physics-based gameplay, dreamlike visuals, and a minimalist, electronic soundtrack. Your objective is to grow by absorbing other motes. Propel yourself by ejecting matter behind you. But be wise: ejecting matter also shrinks you. Relax - good things come to those who wait.

Why similar: Puzzle 29.8%, Great Soundtrack 21.9%, Physics 21.8%, Indie 10.8%, Casual 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game features a relaxing, physics-based environment where movement and growth are governed by the laws of momentum.

Besiege is a physics building game about constructing medieval machines to annihilate armies, obliterate castles and overcome challenging obstacles. Conquer the campaign or skirmish with friends in Multiplayer!

Why similar: Physics 47.1%, Puzzle 33%, Building 17.4%, Strategy 2.5%

Why You'll Like It: Players must construct complex, physics-based machines to complete objectives, offering a high degree of creative freedom.

Samorost 3 is an exploration adventure and puzzle game from the award-winning creators of Machinarium and Botanicula. Travel across space to nine unique worlds teeming with colorful challenges, creatures and surprises to discover, brought to life with beautiful artwork, sound and music.

Why similar: Puzzle 36.5%, Surreal 13.9%, Cute 8.8%, Funny 7.8%, 2D 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: This atmospheric puzzle game excels in its surreal, hand-drawn visuals and immersive, sound-rich world design.

Cogs is a puzzle game where players build machines from sliding tiles. Players can choose from 50 levels and 3 gameplay modes. New puzzles are unlocked by building contraptions quickly and efficiently. Inventor Mode: Starting with simple puzzles, players are introduced to the widgets that are used to build machines — gears, pipes,...

Why similar: Puzzle 39.3%, Physics 33.7%, Indie 7.7%, Casual 4.4%, Classic 4.3% ★

Why You'll Like It: A mechanical puzzle game that requires players to build and manipulate complex 3D contraptions to solve logic challenges.

This is the original version of Braid from 2009, which may not work well on newer systems. For an updated version of the game with nicer graphics, more levels and a large amount of developer commentary, see Braid, Anniversary Edition.

Why similar: Puzzle 45%, Great Soundtrack 25.9%, Indie 11.2%, 2D 4.4%, Classic 4.3% ★

Why You'll Like It: This iconic puzzle-platformer uses time-manipulation mechanics to create deep, thoughtful puzzles within a beautiful, painterly world.

Zachtronics is back with an ambitious new design-based puzzle game. Take on the role of a Reactor Engineer working for SpaceChem, the leading chemical synthesizer for frontier colonies. Construct elaborate factories to transform raw materials into valuable chemical products!

Why similar: Puzzle 55.6%, Great Soundtrack 22%, Difficult 9%, Indie 7.3%, Singleplayer 3%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging logic puzzle game that rewards players for building efficient, automated systems to solve complex problems.

Gomez is a 2D creature living in a 2D world. Or is he? When the existence of a mysterious 3rd dimension is revealed to him, Gomez is sent out on a journey that will take him to the very end of time and space. Use your ability to navigate 3D structures from 4 distinct classic 2D perspectives.

Why similar: Puzzle 42.2%, Great Soundtrack 37%, Indie 12%, Singleplayer 2.8%, Casual 2.2%

Why You'll Like It: The game centers on a perspective-shifting mechanic that turns 2D platforming into a complex, 3D spatial puzzle.

Splice is an experimental and artistic puzzler. Immerse yourself in its microbial world and start splicing! Every level ("strand") consists of a number of cells that you will need to rearrange into a target structure in several moves ("splices").

Why similar: Puzzle 52.4%, Great Soundtrack 27.4%, Indie 12.2%, Casual 6.9%, Singleplayer 1.1%

Why You'll Like It: An organic, atmospheric puzzle game that focuses on manipulating cell structures in a way that feels both scientific and artistic.

It's a lovely morning in the village and you are a horrible goose.

Why similar: Puzzle 31.9%, Physics 22.2%, Comedy 12.7%, Funny 10%, Indie 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game uses physics-based interactions to create comedic, puzzle-like scenarios in a charming, stylized world.

An adorable and relaxing open world puzzle adventure for monsters who love to learn about humans!

Why similar: Puzzle 42.8%, Difficult 9.6%, Surreal 9.5%, Cute 8.8%, Funny 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: A delightful, logic-based puzzle game that rewards curiosity and experimentation in a charming, open-world setting.

You are Tiny, a nerdy inventor, who tries to reclaim his most beloved possession - Grandpa's underpants!

Why similar: Physics 32.2%, Great Soundtrack 29.1%, Puzzle 20%, Indie 11.8%, Comedy 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game features a unique physics-based destruction mechanic that allows players to slice through the environment to solve puzzles.

Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.

Why similar: Puzzle 34.7%, Physics 23.5%, Casual 10.7%, Great Soundtrack 8.9%, Classic 8.2% ★

Why You'll Like It: This casual, physics-based arcade game provides satisfying, bouncy gameplay that is easy to pick up and hard to put down.

Gorogoa is an elegant evolution of the puzzle genre, told through a beautifully hand-drawn story designed and illustrated by Jason Roberts. Winner of Debut Game at the 2018 BAFTA Games Awards, as well as Best Mobile Game and the Innovation Award at the GDC 2018 Choice Awards.

Why similar: Puzzle 55.5%, Great Soundtrack 18.5%, Indie 7.9%, Casual 3.9%, 2D 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: This unique, artistic puzzle game uses a tile-shifting mechanic that feels both magical and deeply satisfying to solve.

Nominated as a IGF Seamus McNally Finalist, NightSky is an ambient action-puzzle game that offers a gameplay experience unlike any other—cerebral challenges fill uniquely designed picturesque worlds. The player must maneuver a sphere by using realistic physics to advance; each of these worlds is broken into different areas.

Why similar: Physics 38.8%, Puzzle 32.6%, Indie 13.1%, Casual 6.4%, Atmospheric 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: A contemplative, physics-based puzzle platformer that focuses on momentum and environmental interaction in a minimalist world.

A beautiful puzzle game for the whole family!Eets Munchies is a reimagining of the award-winning puzzle game by Klei Entertainment. Featuring gorgeous animation and ridiculous creatures, players help an adorable hungry creature devour cake in increasingly devious puzzles.

Why similar: Puzzle 60.4%, Indie 18%, Casual 11.2%, Cute 2.6%, Singleplayer 2.3%

Why You'll Like It: A charming, physics-based puzzle game that requires players to place items to guide a creature through dangerous environments.

Do you like puzzles, fruit and the notion of crossing a snake with a bird for no good reason? If the answer to at least one of those questions is yes, then Snakebird might be the game for you. Solve your way through this headscratcher of a puzzle game and help the snakebirds sate their hunger.

Why similar: Puzzle 61.8%, Difficult 14.3%, Indie 11.3%, Cute 8.5%, 2D 2.5%

Why You'll Like It: Despite its cute aesthetic, this game offers challenging, physics-aware spatial puzzles that require careful planning.

VVVVVV is a platform game all about exploring one simple mechanical idea - what if you reversed gravity instead of jumping?

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 61.8%, Indie 12.8%, Difficult 9.7%, Puzzle 6.3%, 2D 5.9%

Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 33.8%, Classic 16.6% ★, Puzzle 12.9%, Comedy 7.5%, Casual 5.4%

Light, darkness and remarkable puzzles! Bend the light to your will in this award winning physics-based puzzle game. Feel like a renaissance engineer, build your own solutions to light puzzles, feel your brain grow and all of that within the beautiful and mysterious world of LIT.

Why similar: Indie 21.1%, Physics 17%, Great Soundtrack 16.9%, Puzzle 16.5%, Casual 14.2%

A collection of 9 award winning indie games from the creator of "Binding of isaac" and "Super Meat Boy"!

Why similar: Puzzle 25.1%, Physics 23.7%, Indie 21.6%, Great Soundtrack 14.7%, 2D 5.1%

A physics-based puzzle game where you combine colorful balls to achieve the ultimate form -- Goober! Combine two of a kind until, like I said, Goober… What more to do you freakin’ want?

Why similar: Physics 34.8%, Puzzle 32.4%, Cute 7.2%, Casual 6.5%, Funny 5.6%

Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 66%, Difficult 15.1%, Indie 11.1%, Singleplayer 2.6%, 2D 2.1%

When indie game developers Alexey and Markus are in trouble, their only hope comes from their creation.

Why similar: Puzzle 45.6%, Funny 11.1%, Indie 10.4%, 2D 8.7%, Singleplayer 7.3%

Ride your music. Audiosurf is a music-adapting puzzle racer where you use your own music to create your own experience. The shape, the speed, and the mood of each ride is determined by the song you choose.

Why similar: Indie 32%, Great Soundtrack 28.1%, Puzzle 19.1%, Casual 14.4%, Singleplayer 6.5%

Automate swarms of office workers to solve puzzles inside your very own parallel computer made of people. A thrilling followup to the award winning Human Resource Machine. Now with more humans!

Why similar: Puzzle 45.7%, Great Soundtrack 28.4%, Indie 11.3%, Satire 8.4% ★, Singleplayer 3.4%

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 30.7%, Great Soundtrack 26.4%, Indie 9.7%, Cute 7.9%, Comedy 6.2%

Devilishly difficult but insanely rewarding physics puzzler. Play through 85 levels of diverse and ingenious physics-based challenges.

Why similar: Puzzle 40.7%, Physics 19.8%, Indie 13.9%, Casual 10.9%, Difficult 6.8%

Experience the rhythmic thrill of BIT.TRIP RUNNER! With its retro charm, simple controls, and award-winning visuals, this classic sets the standard for rhythm gaming. Don't miss the game that started it all in the acclaimed runner series.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 43.2%, Indie 15.9%, 2D 12.9%, Singleplayer 9.7%, Difficult 9.6%

Unleash your engineering creativity with an engaging and fresh bridge-building simulator with all the bells and whistles. Enjoy hours of physics-based puzzle solving in the Campaign and then jump in the Sandbox to create your own bridge designs and puzzles!

Why similar: Physics 29%, Puzzle 21.7%, Great Soundtrack 18.9%, Building 13.7%, Difficult 3.6%

The gameplay in Toki Tori is a blend of two genres. While it looks like a platform game, it's a puzzle game at heart. To progress through the game, the player must pick up each egg in a level using a set number of tools.

Why similar: Puzzle 63.9%, Indie 12.5%, Casual 7.7%, Cute 5%, Difficult 4%

From the twisted puzzle minds behind the award winning Toki Tori comes a new game, simply called RUSH. Fortunately for fans of high quality puzzle games, RUSH is anything but simple. In the game's fully three dimensional levels, players need to guide cubes to color coded exit points using Conveyor belts, Warps, Stops Signs, Splits and...

Why similar: Puzzle 70.3%, Indie 14.2%, Casual 8.9%, Singleplayer 4.6%, Strategy 2.1%

Become an appraised bridge engineer and architect in Bridge Constructor. Create and design your own constructions and watch the cars and trucks pass over them - or see them fall and crash while your inferior creations collapse due to weight and the laws of physics!

Why similar: Physics 37.8%, Puzzle 28.7%, Building 12.4%, Indie 10%, Casual 9%

Minimal physical puzzle with explosions

Why similar: Puzzle 29.6%, Physics 26.7%, Great Soundtrack 13.6%, Indie 6.9%, Casual 5.3%

The BAFTA award winning handmade puzzle adventure game made entirely by hand. Explore the city and use your ingenuity to piece together puzzling mechanisms and bring back power to this unique world. Three years in the making, it's handmade entirely out of paper, card, miniature lights and motors.

Why similar: Puzzle 43.4%, Great Soundtrack 36.7%, Indie 5.8%, Funny 3.6%, Singleplayer 3.4%

Tales of the Tiny Planet tells the story of a separated group of planet friends who want to reunite. You have to assist them against the dangers of time and space.

Why similar: Physics 32.6%, Great Soundtrack 19.5%, Puzzle 16%, Indie 12.2%, Casual 4.4%

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

Why similar: Puzzle 50.3%, Great Soundtrack 19.5%, Indie 17.4%, Comedy 8.1%, 2D 4.7%

Atomic Reconstruction is a atmospheric Puzzle game, where you have to use the power of fusion and fission to create and modify specific atoms or groups of atoms.

Why similar: Physics 29.3%, Puzzle 27.7%, Indie 21.1%, Casual 13.5%, 2D 4.8%

The ultimate mash-up of Real-time Strategy and Tower Defense!

Why similar: Indie 45.8%, Difficult 15%, Strategy 14.1%, 2D 13%, Singleplayer 12.1%

EDGE, the award winning retro-styled platform game has been extended! Now with over 40 brand new levels, additional music and all-new races against the notorious Dark Cube!

Why similar: Puzzle 46.4%, Great Soundtrack 35%, Indie 12.8%, Singleplayer 3.1%, Casual 2.7%

In Reus, you control powerful giants to shape the planet to your will. You can create mountains, oceans, forests and more. Enrich your planet with plants, minerals and animal life. There is only one thing on the planet that you do not control: mankind, with all their virtues and and all their vices.

Why similar: Puzzle 35.4%, Indie 24.4%, Singleplayer 8.9%, Great Soundtrack 7.9%, 2D 7.5%

Guide a group of rectangles through 120 levels, using their different skills together to overcome a series of obstacles in each environment. Discover the human-made story of the first sentient artificial intelligences with Danny Wallace’s BAFTA-winning narration.

Why similar: Physics 45.5%, Indie 13.2%, 2D 10.2%, Casual 7.4%, Atmospheric 7.4%

Uncertain of his sister's fate, a boy enters LIMBO

Why similar: Puzzle 46.3%, Indie 15.2%, Physics 12%, 2D 6.5%, Atmospheric 6.2%

Experience your music collection like never before with this intense music driven arcade shooter. Each of your songs will have its own unique ebb and flow based on the music.

Why similar: Indie 38.2%, 2D 31.7%, Casual 15.2%, Atmospheric 7.5%, Singleplayer 7.4%

Relaxing physics puzzle game with minimalist design.

Why similar: Physics 25.5%, Great Soundtrack 24.4%, Puzzle 21.4%, Indie 12.6%, Casual 8.8%

An adorable puzzle game about being a monster and making snowmen.

Why similar: Puzzle 32.6%, Great Soundtrack 30.2%, Surreal 9.1%, Cute 8.8%, Difficult 7.8%

And Yet It Moves is a puzzle-platformer, set in a unique world, made of ripped paper. Within the paper-collage you can jump, run and last but certainly not least: rotate the world. Learn how to apply the physical consequences of rotation to master the many tricky situations you may encounter.

Why similar: Physics 46.4%, Puzzle 25.9%, Indie 9.2%, Surreal 4.7%, 2D 4.4%

The infamous, tough-as-nails platformer comes to Steam with a playable Head Crab character (Steam-exclusive)!

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 50.1%, Difficult 16.2%, Indie 15.4%, 2D 8.2%, Singleplayer 4.8%