- #1 Panco's Journey
97% matchPositive83% of 12 reviews2018
Dev: SunkenFish
Windows
Incarnate Panco, a white little cat, on his journey to save all Elemalia's residents, trapped in their own home due to a terrible tempest. Control up to three different natural elements and interact with your environment to progress through puzzles and grab the coins dispersed around the world!
Why similar: Strategy 39.3%, Puzzle Platformer 37.4%, Puzzle 17.7%, Indie 5.5%
- #2 Duality
96% matchPositive85% of 13 reviews2018
Dev: Essency StudiosPub: Winning Streak Entertainment
Windows
Explore the silent story of Duality, a world in which reality has been split into two dimensions. Each level has been beautifully designed with extreme challenge in mind. Will you be able to uncover the secrets that each new challenge holds?
Why similar: Strategy 46.5%, Puzzle Platformer 45.3%, Indie 6.4%, Singleplayer 1.8%
- #3 Riddle Tower
95% matchVery Positive95% of 76 reviews2024
Dev: George Tavoularis
Windows
Riddle Tower is all about solving a wide variety of riddles, including classic riddles, math brain teasers, and rebuses. The main story features riddles inspired by two classic games from my childhood, Notpron and GodTower, known for being some of the toughest riddle games of their time.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 37.1%, Strategy 31.2%, Puzzle 21.5%, 2D 5.7%, Singleplayer 2.3%
- #4 Chip
96% matchVery Positive83% of 1,169 reviews2014
Dev: Coatsink
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Chip is an isometric puzzle game with robots, electricity and fancy dress! The player must help recharge Chip - a plucky little red robot - who has been imprisoned by the nefarious villain, Rust.
Why similar: Strategy 35.1%, Robots 32.5%, Puzzle 24.7%, Indie 7.7%
- #5 Almightree: The Last Dreamer
94% matchMostly Positive77% of 173 reviews2015
Dev: ChocoartsPub: Digital Tribe
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
The world is shattering and you are the only hope to restore the balance. A thrilling and challenging 3D puzzle platformer game, Almightree: The Last Dreamer has you racing through a crumbling world to find your way to awaken the life giving Almightree.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 38.6%, Strategy 37%, Puzzle 18.3%, Indie 6.2%
- #6 Inside the machine
92% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: Kuma Gee
Windows · Linux
A simple yet challenging puzzle game where a soul has lost its body. Jump from machine to machine, bounce and pass through various lasers in search of its real body. Will it reach its goal or be forever lost in a foreign body?
Why similar: Robots 39.2%, Puzzle Platformer 35.4%, Puzzle 18%, 2D 4.6%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #7 Grapploteer
91% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Blocky World Games
Windows
A puzzle platformer about a defect robot where you grapple from wall to wall and escape the factory. Pixel art graphics and many music tracks. Head through factories, sewers, trash dumps and cities to find freedom.
Why similar: Robots 35.9%, Puzzle Platformer 33.5%, Puzzle 18.1%, Story Rich 5.7%, 2D 4.4%
- #8 Warped Continuity
91% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Xufactor
Windows
The game incorporates the mechanics of the famous "slider" puzzle. The character is on one screen, and the player must move the screens around and move the character from screen to screen to get to the door.
Why similar: Strategy 45.1%, Puzzle Platformer 31.4%, Puzzle 16.2%, 2D 3.8%, Indie 2%
- #9 Deadline
89% matchNo user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Tyler Black
Windows
Deadline plunges you into the heart of indie horror with a spine-chilling themes. Explore three haunting levels—a sterile Lab, The Creepy Carnival, and a haunting school—each dragging you deeper. Outlast and extend your DEADLINE. Struggle for a high score, but can you survive long enough to escape?
Why similar: Strategy 44.1%, Puzzle Platformer 33.5%, Puzzle 17.2%, Indie 3.6%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #10 Don't Die!
90% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2017
Dev: Michael CoxPub: Templarius Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Prepare for a challenge of wits, reflex, and strategy, and make sure that you Don't Die!
Why similar: Strategy 45.1%, Puzzle Platformer 33%, Puzzle 15.6%, Indie 6.3%
- #11 The Wave Story
89% matchPositive89% of 19 reviews2021
Dev: Z4Z
Windows
A totally mysterious and enigmatic game, can you discover the end of this story?
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 41%, Strategy 33.1%, Puzzle 16.7%, 2D 4.7%, Indie 3.2%
- #12 Wyred
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gergely Dinya
Windows
In Wyred, every move matters. A small choice can become an impossible obstacle many steps later, forcing you to think ahead, adapt, and carefully plan your route as you navigate the circuits of these puzzles.
Why similar: Strategy 41.6%, Robots 26.8%, Puzzle 21.2%, 2D 6.1%, Singleplayer 2.6%
- #13 Dual Cat: Max
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Seal Unicorn Games
Windows
Join Max, the brave and clever cat, on a puzzle-platformer adventure to save his best friend, Erwin
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 42.4%, Strategy 38.2%, Puzzle 17.4%, Indie 2%
- #14 The Man Who Walked
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Tomás Garri
Windows
The Man Who Walked invites you to solve relaxing puzzles by switching between two worlds: in 2D you rearrange the environment, in 3D you explore it. Only by combining both perspectives will you uncover the end of the story.
Why similar: Strategy 41.6%, Puzzle 21.3%, Puzzle Platformer 20.2%, Story Rich 8%, 2D 5.2%
- #15 revvver
86% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Naparil
Windows
Create a path by reversing the desired area.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 42.6%, Strategy 34.1%, Puzzle 16%, 2D 3.7%, Indie 2%
- #16 Millivolt
84% matchPositive94% of 36 reviews2024
Dev: P2 Games
Windows
Millivolt is a third-person adventure puzzle game where you play as Robert Wattson, the tiny robot, navigating the mysterious inner world of a household microwave. Solve intricate puzzles and overcome mechanical obstacles to bring the appliance back to life.
Why similar: Robots 31.5%, Puzzle Platformer 29.2%, Strategy 21.4%, Puzzle 13.4%, 2D 3.7%
- #17 Stabilize
85% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: UNHANDLED Games
Windows
Stabilize is a grid-based puzzle game where you block the flow of energy by placing and rotating tiles. Tiles can only be placed where paths connect, and every placement is permanent. Clear puzzles quickly to climb the global leaderboard and compete for the best time.
Why similar: Strategy 42.4%, Puzzle Platformer 32.7%, Puzzle 16.7%, 2D 5%, Indie 1.8%
- #18 Idle Roboto
84% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2021
Dev: Dewin
Windows
Build levels to collect scrap metal. Unlock more blocks with different purposes! New robots with different reactions to them!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 31.8%, Robots 29.2%, Strategy 22.5%, Puzzle 11.9%, 2D 2.7%
- #19 Orbital Descent
82% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Clockwork Turnip
Windows
Dive into Orbital Descent, a fast-paced maze challenge where every tilt of the maze can lead you to victory or send you spiraling off track. You're in charge of guiding a rolling ball through twists, turns, and obstacles as the maze rotates beneath you.
Why similar: Strategy 46.9%, Puzzle Platformer 32.6%, Puzzle 18.6%, Singleplayer 1.8%
- #20 Blue
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Reb
Windows
You play Blue, a simple cube lost in a world he hasn't visited in a long time. Help him move forward despite the difficulties.
Why similar: Strategy 42.1%, Puzzle Platformer 33.2%, Puzzle 16.9%, 2D 5.1%, Indie 1.7%
- #21 Psycho Squirrels
83% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2018
Dev: Intangible GamesPub: Independent
Windows · Mac
Navigate squirrels and collect enough acorns before winter arrives.
Why similar: Strategy 53.5%, Puzzle Platformer 27.3%, Puzzle 11.8%, Indie 7.4%
- #22 Electric Road
78% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Mipeu Studio
Windows
『Electric Road』 is a puzzle game where you transmit electricity from a power plant to a factory using tiles within a limited budget. How you connect will affect your costs, and your choices will directly affect your results. Design your own optimized power grid with challenges, and smartness.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 36.5%, Strategy 35.5%, Puzzle 18.8%, 2D 5.5%, Indie 2.2%
- #23 KraDawn
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: JianDanStudio
Windows
A 2D narrative puzzle adventure focused on observation and optical illusions. "What you see depends on how you think." In this vintage pop-art world, there is no hand-holding or combat. As your understanding changes, impossible paths will reshape before your eyes. Curiosity is your only guide.
Why similar: Strategy 44.4%, Puzzle Platformer 31.8%, Puzzle 17.7%, 2D 4.8%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #24 MAZE LORD
81% matchMostly Positive87% of 408 reviews2016
Dev: Jetdogs Studios
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Become the part of the legend and save the stolen princess!
Why similar: Strategy 59.9%, Puzzle 23.1%, 2D 7.4%, Indie 7.2%, Singleplayer 2.3%
- #25 Piatka
81% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2017
Dev: iwangr
Windows
The game get 490 words to guess. Try to uncover word simply by uncover every single letter. get lot of bonuses from teddy bear and parrot .Play on a single player or multiplayer mode. Have fun training your mind !
Why similar: Strategy 76.2%, Puzzle 20.1%, Indie 3.7%
- #26 Labirinto 2
79% matchMixed59% of 32 reviews2020
Dev: Iriya72
Windows
Labirinto this is a simple game in which you need to get square to the other end of the maze.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 43%, Strategy 27.1%, Puzzle 19.3%, 2D 6%, Indie 2.6%
- #27 The Loopholes Chronicles
79% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2019
Dev: Jérémy BeuchotPub: Scroow
Windows
The Loopholes Chronicles is an escape game in virtual reality. In a futuristic fantasy universe, you will travel through time and time to solve unique riddles.
Why similar: Strategy 79.2%, Puzzle 20.8%
- #28 Sheep
73% matchVery Positive97% of 67 reviews2025
Dev: Minds Eye ProductionsPub: Strategy First
Windows
In this Lemmings-inspired game, your goal is to herd sheep across 28 hazard-filled levels so they can be rescued by their educated alien cousins. You herd four breeds of sheep and have to protect them from the evil mr. Pear.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 42.7%, Strategy 37%, Puzzle 18.4%, Singleplayer 1.8%
- #29 Robot Startup Company
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dynasty Games Studio
Windows
A 2D puzzle platformer where you switch between robots to reach the Corporate Ladder at the end of each level. Can you reach the top?
Why similar: Strategy 31.7%, Puzzle Platformer 30.7%, Robots 19.5%, Puzzle 10.7%, 2D 3.6%
- #30 Meld
77% matchPositive97% of 30 reviews2016
Dev: Axis Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Meld is a mind-bending puzzle game featuring 200+ levels and a build-in editor so you can create your own and play levels made by others!
Why similar: Strategy 72.9%, Puzzle 20.1%, Indie 6.9%
- #31 BOOR
77% matchVery Positive83% of 231 reviews2017
Dev: DazlogStudioPub: BadLand Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
BOOR is a 2D puzzle-platformer game, where you play as a girl with the ability to multiply herself, stranded on Eden, a beautiful but strange world, full of challenging puzzles with platforming elements and a refreshing gameplay.
Why similar: Robots 31.8%, Puzzle Platformer 30.2%, Strategy 14.8%, Puzzle 12.8%, 2D 5.1%
- #32 Lab 83
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mathew Cornelius
Windows
A 2.5D person puzzle game with creative puzzle solving. Put your own blocks into the level to get past deadly traps to the level exit without getting mangled. Complete levels quickly or with few blocks to get achievements!
Why similar: Strategy 37.3%, Puzzle Platformer 37%, Puzzle 22%, Indie 2%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #33 Blend_IT
73% matchPositive94% of 17 reviews2024
Dev: IlIlIIIllIII
Windows
Blend_It gives players a simple black-and-white image. The image has a value of 1 for white and 0 for black. These color values are combined through three operators: multiplication, addition, and subtraction Make it a more complex image!
Why similar: Strategy 37.6%, Puzzle Platformer 35.7%, Puzzle 20%, 2D 3.8%, Indie 1.8%
- #34 50CK3T
75% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Purple Smoke Studios
Windows
A story-based indie platform puzzler set in a post-apocalyptic city. Socket and Birdie jump, swing, and build their way through increasingly difficult puzzles as they're shared battery continually drains.
Why similar: Robots 37.1%, Puzzle Platformer 31.9%, Puzzle 13.1%, Story Rich 12.4%, 2D 3.4%
- #35 Kidnapped
78% matchNo user reviews2023
Dev: Bundle LLCPub: Bundle
Windows
Solve the mysterious kidnapping of beloved actress Sebastiana Sax. In this one-player mystery game, you must decipher clues and interrogate witnesses to get to the bottom of this heinous crime. Can you solve the mystery in time?
Why similar: Strategy 64%, Puzzle 25.4%, 2D 5.4%, Singleplayer 5.1%
- #36 Mazzy
72% matchPositive81% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: YLGamesPub: Shepherd Games
Windows
Mazzy is a pixel-style casual puzzle game built around the core concept of rotating the level. Rotate the level, collect the items, and reshape the maze to reach the goal. Simple and fun.
Why similar: Strategy 42.1%, Puzzle Platformer 37.1%, Puzzle 10.5%, Indie 5.1%, 2D 2.8%
- #37 Unusual and not safe experiments
71% matchVery Positive89% of 94 reviews2025
Dev: Galactic Geckon
Windows
Unusual and NOT Safe Experiments is an action-puzzle game where you control a robot trying to escape from an abandoned complex, overcoming traps and solving puzzles.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 47.7%, Robots 31.1%, Puzzle 19.5%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #38 Refract
75% matchPositive91% of 33 reviews2017
Dev: Renaissance Game Studio
Windows · Mac
"Refract" is a puzzle game in which you use the primary colored laser beams and reflect them or refract them to the cuboid of thet corresponding color.
Why similar: Strategy 62.6%, Puzzle 29.4%, Indie 8%
- #39 Telluria: Forebodings Gear Minigame
72% matchMostly Positive73% of 11 reviews2023
Dev: Paolo RoncagliaPub: Altocorno
Windows
Help Annelise open the doors of the water mill (1st Age) or the library (3rd Age) solving visual and textual riddles.
Why similar: Strategy 46%, Puzzle Platformer 34.8%, Puzzle 17.8%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #40 Cubrick
74% matchPositive96% of 24 reviews2017
Dev: 热泉 RedSpring
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
There is nothing in the Cubrick.
Why similar: Strategy 52.3%, Puzzle Platformer 40%, Indie 7.7%
- #41 Poly Mole
74% matchMostly Positive75% of 12 reviews2019
Dev: Haubna
Windows · Mac · Linux
Poly Mole is a puzzle game in which you have to guide your mole through a ton of different levels. Play levels from the community, create your own or test yourself in the campaign.
Why similar: Strategy 62.7%, Puzzle 28.9%, Indie 8.4%
- #42 東方凸凹遊戯
70% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: 電話帳の右端Pub: Tooru Akagi
Windows
A Touhou Project fan-made puzzle game -- Use your puzzle skills and special abilities to battle!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 35.6%, Strategy 30.6%, Puzzle 18.7%, Story Rich 6.5%, 2D 5.6%
- #43 芯之迷城
73% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2021
Dev: 青度互娱
Windows
A leisure game, through the [WASD] operation of small robot mobile, [space] use special skills, avoid all kinds of traps, victory to the end.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 35.4%, Robots 30.3%, Puzzle 18.2%, Strategy 14.6%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #44 Pure Balance: Equilibrium
66% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Aremix
Windows
A minimalist physics-based puzzle game focused on balance and precision. Carefully place and align objects to maintain stability and complete short, challenging levels designed for relaxing yet skill-based gameplay.
Why similar: Strategy 44.9%, Puzzle Platformer 32.5%, Puzzle 20%, Indie 2.5%
- #45 The Math Challenge
68% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Pepes Games
Windows
Embark on a thrilling space adventure as an astronaut, where logic and math are your keys to survival. Navigate through challenges, unravel mysteries, and conquer the cosmos.
Why similar: Strategy 38.4%, Puzzle Platformer 31.2%, Puzzle 16.3%, Story Rich 6.6%, 2D 4.9%
- #46 Yeah Jam Fury: U, Me, Everybody!
70% matchPositive100% of 31 reviews2017
Dev: World Entertainment StudiosPub: McLeodGaming
Windows · Mac · Linux
GET THE MANGO! Yeah Jam Fury tests your speed and ingenuity in over 100 levels of smiling face blocks. Utilize all three of your egos to create blocks, scale walls, and destroy everything in the way of your righteous fruit.
Why similar: Strategy 50.4%, Puzzle Platformer 28%, Puzzle 9.5%, Indie 6.4%, 2D 4%
- #47 Swapper Tiles
70% match6 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2018
Dev: Rynder Games
Windows
Swapper Tiles is a First Person Puzzle game where you find yourself trapped in a cage with your only chance to escape is to complete the challenges set. The game revolves around completing puzzles by swapping tiles around to create a path between them. Demo available on Steam.
Why similar: Strategy 72%, Puzzle 18.4%, Indie 9.6%
- #48 Command Line Mazer
69% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2022
Dev: Zhi Wong
Windows
Command Line Mazer is a casual strategy game using Unix-like command-line interface. You will command virus to gather resources while avoiding being caught by anti-virus.
Why similar: Strategy 64.4%, Puzzle 22.6%, 2D 7.2%, Singleplayer 3%, Indie 2.9%
- #49 Time-Skip
71% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2018
Dev: GamingVNetwork
Windows
A fast-paced first person puzzle game. Use teleportation, create platforms while manipulating time to reach the next level.
Why similar: Strategy 46.7%, Puzzle Platformer 30.9%, Puzzle 16.1%, Indie 6.3%
- #50 Mind Over Magnet
63% matchVery Positive89% of 1,301 reviews2024
Dev: Game Maker's Toolkit
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 69%
An attractive puzzle platformer where you use magnetism to escape a factory. Meet a cast of magnet characters and work together to solve logical conundrums.
Why similar: Robots 38.2%, Puzzle Platformer 37%, Puzzle 15.9%, 2D 4.6%, Indie 2.5%
- #51 Metronix Lab
69% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2019
Dev: Parrot King Games
Windows
Metronix is a 2D Platform / Puzzle game, set in a laboratory specializing in creating artificial intelligence, where the player must prevent a hacker invasion by solving puzzles using the scenario in their favor.
Why similar: Robots 46.9%, Strategy 24.6%, Puzzle 18.6%, Indie 6.7%, 2D 3.1%
- #52 Precision of insight
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mtalks Games
Windows
2D puzzle platformer with a lot of puzzles that will push your intelligence and problem-solving skills to the limit.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 58.9%, Puzzle 25.3%, 2D 8.5%, Indie 3.9%, Singleplayer 3.5%
- #53 Millie and Molly
67% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2023
Dev: Carleton HandleyPub: Thalamus Digital
Windows
Millie and Molly is a retro-inspired puzzle platformer that will put your problem-solving skills to the test. Can you guide our fearless heroines through 100 themed levels to defeat the malicious monsters that stand in their way?
Why similar: Strategy 37.1%, Puzzle Platformer 35.7%, Puzzle 19.2%, 2D 5.2%, Indie 1.7%
- #54 100 nya
69% matchPositive88% of 26 reviews2016
Dev: .M.Y.W.
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 98%
The game develops logical thinking. Taught to think through the moves in advance.
Why similar: Strategy 72.5%, Puzzle 17.5%, Indie 10%
- #55 One Hard Game Please!
64% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: RealGrum4799
Windows
"One Hard Game Please" is a brutally difficult rage game inspired by The World's Hardest Game. You control a constantly moving player that bounces off walls, with the goal of reaching the finish line without touching hazards. Can you survive?"
Why similar: Strategy 46.1%, Puzzle Platformer 31.1%, Puzzle 17.4%, 2D 4.2%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #56 BlockLock
71% matchNo user reviews2020
Dev: Oddball Games
Windows · Mac
BlockLock is a third-person 3D puzzle game unlike any other! You take the role of an android, tasked with returning the blocks to their matching home tiles. Walk up to a block, grab it and push it. Sounds simple? It's anything but! You'll need to think ahead or you may box yourself in!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 47.4%, Puzzle 27.6%, Strategy 19.5%, Singleplayer 2.8%, Indie 2.7%
- #57 WATCH / 透视
66% matchVery Positive86% of 59 reviews2020
Dev: MicractivePub: 电钮组
Windows
This is a platform puzzle game related to our "WATCH" vision.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 46.9%, Strategy 27.7%, Puzzle 20.6%, Indie 4%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #58 夺宝蠢兵
66% matchPositive80% of 10 reviews2022
Dev: 黑猫Studio
Windows
这是一款基于魔方的解谜类游戏,你需要通过修改魔方来安排你的朋友前进,帮助你的朋友取得宝箱。
Why similar: Strategy 43.8%, Puzzle Platformer 34.1%, Puzzle 18.6%, Indie 2.1%, Singleplayer 1.5%