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357 games like Monochroma · 2009 – 2024
Linux, Windows, macOS
Blueberry Garden is a short experimental game about curiosity and exploration. You take on the role of a creature investigating a mysterious world to find out what is going on there.
70 rating1 list1.5 h main storyOften paired
Android, PS4, Windows +3
Leo’s Fortune is an award-winning platform adventure game where you hunt down the cunning and mysterious thief that stole your gold. Beautifully hand-crafted levels bring the story of Leo to life in this epic adventure.
72 rating2 lists1 h main storyOften paired
Timed PlayStation exclusive
Sparpweed · Linux, Switch, PS3 +1
The green creature, ibb, and the pink creature, obb, travel through a world divided by a thin horizon line; on either side of the barrier, everything is inverted and gravity works in opposite directions. The game is focused on cooperative p
75 rating1 list6.5 h main storyOften paired
Lukas Navratil · Android, Linux, Switch +6
A challenging puzzle platformer inspired by games like Limbo and Badland.
55 rating5 lists2 h main story
Timed Xbox exclusive
MagicalTimeBean · Linux, Switch, PS4 +3
Escape Goat is a puzzle platformer where you take control of a goat, who has been imprisoned for witchcraft, and overcome traps and obstacles to escape the Prison of Agnus. Fear not, for with your supreme agility, sturdy horns, and the help
71 rating2 lists2.5 h main storyOften paired
Timed PlayStation exclusive
Linux, Switch, PS4 +4
Join renegade mechanic Robin and uncover the secrets of a dying planet. Explore a huge, open world filled with intricate puzzles, oddball characters and menacing bosses in a beautiful platform adventure telling a personal story about faith,
80 rating5 lists11 h main storyOften paired
BeautiFun Games · Android, Linux, Switch +6
Nihilumbra is played as a standard platform game, by controlling Born as he walks and jumps across the game's levels. There are multiple enemies that the player needs to avoid since, at first, there is no way to defeat them. The game is div
75 rating5 lists5 h main story
Android, Linux, MSX +3
Autumn is coming. Leaves fall, and spirits rise from the fallen leaves to begin their journey home. You must guide them, without direct control, by changing how the wind blows or by rebuilding the ground. Each spirit can be sacrificed to pe
70 rating3 lists3 h main storyOften paired
Timed Nintendo exclusive
Polygon Treehouse · Switch, PS4, PS5 +3
Rediscover magic and chart your adventure through this forgotten northern world of mystery and monsters. Find your courage, discover hidden paths, solve ancient puzzles and travel deeper through the icy land to learn the truth. We join Tov
79 rating1 list10 h main storyOften paired
Android, Linux, Windows +2
Imagine you could move mountains - literally! With realistic physics, Norse runes, rotating platforms and a lot of gray cells you'll help Munin, Odin's messenger in her very own 2D-adventure, to reclaim her power on a journey through Yggdra
65 rating1 list8.5 h main storyOften paired
ThroughLine Games · Android, Switch, PS4 +4
Forgotton Anne is a 2d cinematic adventure game combining puzzle platforming with adventure game elements. You play as Anne, the enforcer keeping order in the Forgotton Realm, as she sets out to squash a rebellion that might prevent her mas
78 rating3 lists7.5 h main storyOften paired
Timed PlayStation exclusive
Linux, Switch, PS4 +4
Witness the rebirth of a genre in Lumo – a classic isometric adventure with a modern twist for gamers young and old alike!
68 rating6 lists5 h main story
Swing Swing Submarine · Linux, PS4, Windows +2
Seasons after Fall is a game about adventure and exploration, crafted with gorgeous two-dimensional visuals. The spirits of the four seasons are gone. Something is definitely happening in the forest, something that never happened before. I
71 rating3 lists4 h main story
Windows, macOS
Light up the world! As Plug, you are charged with restoring the expansive Amp-Tree-System, and thwarting an enigmatic intruder. Solve puzzles and explore in 1000 Amps!
76 rating1 list4 h main story
Android, Windows
"I need a heart in order to open it." Imscared is a metahorror game that protagonizes the player, putting him or her in a surreal first-person experience. Find keys, open doors and search for the exit to this nightmare. But I need to let y
71 rating1 list1 h main storyOften paired
Timed Xbox exclusiveMagicalTimeBean · Linux, Windows, macOS +2
Escape Goat is a puzzle platformer where you take control of a goat, who has been imprisoned for witchcraft, and overcome traps and obstacles to escape the Prison of Agnus. Fear not, for with your supreme agility, sturdy horns, and the help
71 rating1 listOften paired
Nintendo console exclusive
Nicalis · Android, Linux, Nintendo 3DS +4
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 usi
83 rating1 list2.5 h main story
Nintendo console exclusive
Switch, Windows, macOS
Semblance is an innovative platformer with deformable terrain, set in a beautiful minimalist world. It’s a game that asks, what if you could deform and reshape the world itself? Semblance takes the idea of a ‘platform’ in a platformer and t
75 rating1 list4 h main story
Might and Delight · PS3, PlayStation Portable, Windows +2
Pid was developed by Might and Delight for PC, Mac, X-Box, and PlayStation and released in 2012. It is a story-driven platformer that includes a variety of puzzles. It was praised for the artwork, presentation, and soundtrack; and received
61 rating3 lists9.5 h main story
PlayStation console exclusive
Ivy Games · Linux, PS4, Windows +1
Gravity Ghost is a peaceful gravity hopper: Run, jump, and orbit your way through a handpainted galaxy. Join Iona the ghost as she searches for her lost best friend, the ghost fox. Explore a shattered galaxy and rescue its survivors, armed
72 rating1 list3 h main story
Nintendo console exclusive
Dreadlocks Ltd · Android, Linux, Switch +3
Help Mimpi save his friends by peeing on everything in his path in this sequel! No seriously, you save Mimpi’s progress by peeing on checkpoints in this game. Platform through six different worlds of puzzling dreams in this dog adventure. C
70 rating2 lists1.5 h main story
Timed Nintendo exclusive
Linux, Switch, PS4 +4
Typoman is a two dimensional puzzle platformer distinguished by a unique game world. You slip into the role of the HERO struggling to make your way through a dark, surreal world. Despite your small stature you have a powerful gift: You can
71 rating4 lists4 h main story
Timed Xbox exclusive
Press Play · Switch, PS4, Windows +2
In its core Max: The Curse of Brotherhood is a physics-based puzzle/platformer and set in a 2.5D environment with a free and cinematic camera. The game has 7 chapters and 20 levels in total All levels are connected so the game feels like on
72 rating7 lists6.5 h main story
Linux, Nintendo 3DS, Switch +4
6180 the moon is a platformer game with a unique mechanic. It offers a fresh, unseen gameplay style by connecting the top and bottom of the screen. This allows in a mechanic with delightfully long jumps and no fear of 'slipping' to death.
68 rating6 lists1.5 h main story
Bits & Beasts · Android, Linux, PS4 +4
Feist is a beautiful, poetic and action packed game, with an enchanting and spooky atmosphere. It tells the story of a small creature surviving in a mysterious, hostile world. Once players escape the crude crate the strange, lumbering beast
61 rating2 lists2.5 h main story
Bitwave Games · Linux, Switch, PS4 +4
Embark on a sparkling journey in this long-awaited sequel to SUNSOFT’s legendary 8-bit platformer Gimmick! Solve puzzles, trick enemies, and explore a physics-based playground. Yumetaro is back!
80 rating5 lists3.5 h main story
Neko Entertainment · Android, Linux, Ouya +9
Dive into Puddle, a game unlike any other where you have to guide a puddle of fluid by tilting the environment to the left or right! Play carefully taking friction, gravity and temperature into account, and by using the unique properties of
59 rating8 lists5.5 h main story
Nintendo console exclusive
Switch, Windows
Yume Nikki: Dream Diary is a collaborative show of the utmost respect for auteur Kikiyama’s seminal release.
63 rating2 lists4.5 h main story
FiolaSoft Studio · Linux, PS4, Windows +2
Blackhole is an award-winning hardcore platformer with over 15 hours of story-driven sci-fi comedy and gravity-twisting puzzles. Now on Xbox One and PlayStation 4 in Complete Edition! When the crew of the spaceship Endera is sucked into a
75 rating4 lists20 h main story
Linux, Switch, PS4 +4
Hue is a stark puzzle platformer where you shift the hue of the world, creating rifts when colours collide. In this world, everyone sees in grayscale. Anne, a researcher specialising in colour theory, has created a mysterious ring which gr
74 rating5 lists4.5 h main story
Timed Xbox exclusive
Android, Linux, Switch +9
A black-and-white puzzle game inspired by the art of M. C. Escher. Players guide a character through hand-drawn levels by rotating the world, which shifts the direction of gravity so that ceilings can become floors. Each level is a self-con
70 rating8 lists3.5 h main story
Four Circle Interactive · Switch, PS4, PlayStation Vita +4
10 SECOND NINJA X is a blisteringly fast, satisfyingly difficult and surprisingly methodical sidescroller which tasks you with completing each level in ten seconds or less. No lengthy checkpoint gaps. No cluttered control scheme. No hand ho
71 rating6 lists2 h main story
PlayStation console exclusive
Eyebrow Interactive · Linux, PS3, PlayStation Portable +2
In the dark and mysterious world of Closure, only what you see exists. Manipulate lights to phase objects in and out of reality in this multiple-award-winning puzzle game. Play as a strange spider-like demon who explores the stories of thre
78 rating5 lists6.5 h main story
Timed PlayStation exclusive
Atmos Games · Linux, Switch, PS4 +4
Once upon a time there was a little boy named Peet who slept peacefully in a coma. When he opened his eyes, he found himself in a nightmare.
74 rating1 list4 h main storyDescribed alike
Nintendo console exclusive
Over the Top Games · Linux, Wii, Windows +2
Fly with Nyx in her dangerous search for her dearest friend Icarus. With NYXQUEST: KINDRED SPIRITS you will discover a new type of game play and mechanics that will surprise you... The action takes place in ancient Greece, a place inhabite
80 rating3 lists3 h main story
PlayStation console exclusive
Schulenburg Software · PS3, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita +2
In Where is my Heart? you play the story of a family of forest spirits. The family lives comfortably in a tree in the woods until one day they lose their home and thus embark on a great adventure. Their journey will take them through the mu
71 rating1 list2 h main story
PlayStation console exclusive
Lazy 8 Studios · Android, Linux, PS3 +3
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.
67 rating2 lists5.5 h main story
Linux, Switch, PS4 +3
Nefarious is a 2d-animated action platformer, where your objective on each stage is to kidnap a princess and then escape with them! Heroes will attempt to thwart you, and many things may not go quite as expected.
63 rating3 lists4 h main story
Timed Xbox exclusive
Moon Studios · Switch, Windows, Xbox One
The forest of Nibel is dying. After a powerful storm sets a series of devastating events in motion, an unlikely hero must journey to find his courage and confront a dark nemesis to save his home. Ori and the Blind Forest tells the tale of a
87 rating7 lists8 h main story
Linux, Switch, PS4 +4
Poi is a 3D adventure platformer throwback to the 90s era of classic platforming games. Explore big worlds, compete in challenge levels, meet quirky characters and pull off classic platforming feats on a journey to become a Master Explorer.
79 rating4 lists5.5 h main story
Nintendo console exclusive
Android, Switch, Windows +1
Candleman: The Complete Journey is a unique puzzle platformer, where light is both a welcome ally and a deceptive foe. Take the role of a little candle who can burn for only 10 seconds, and venture through an unsettling darkness of challeng
71 rating1 list4.5 h main story
Android, Linux, Switch +5
Circa Infinity is an arcade puzzle platformer filled with action. Reach the core of each level by slipping through a series of circular layers. Time your jumps carefully to avoid the creatures that reside within the circles and reach the ne
82 rating1 list5 h main story
Android, Linux, PS3 +6
Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna) is an atmospheric puzzle platformer and the first game to be developed in collaboration with the Iñupiat, an Alaska Native people, drawn from a traditional story that has been shared across the generations. N
71 rating1 list3 h main story
Rain Games · Android, Linux, Switch +8
Teslagrad is a 2D puzzle platformer developed by Rain Games. Released in 2013, it is set in a steampunk-inspired world and revolves around the use of magnetism and electricity to solve puzzles. Players control a young boy who must navigate
76 rating1 list5 h main story
Massive Monster · Switch, PS4, Windows +2
An epic adventure fueled by imagination. Enter a gorgeous world in a game about friendship, exploration & riding giraffes. The Adventure Pals is an epic adventure platformer fueled by imagination. Enter a gorgeous & hilarious world in a gam
72 rating1 list8.5 h main story
Locked Door Puzzle · Android, Linux, Windows +2
Enter the lost world of Kairo. Explore vast abandoned monuments. Bring strange and ancient machinery back to life. Slowly uncover the true purpose of Kairo and fulfil a great destiny. Kairo is an atmospheric 3D exploration and puzzle solvi
79 rating1 list3 h main story
Linux, PS4, Windows +2
A lighthearted hybrid of a point-and-click adventure and a metroidvania platformer, the game takes place in a spooky, ancient Hagmore School of Magic on the night of an important ritual. The preparations are sabotaged, and you, Belle Macfae
74 rating1 list4.5 h main story
Morteshka · Android, Linux, Switch +7
Long-long time ago the world was created out of an egg-shell by a god named Yen. In the murky depths of the endless ocean the Lower World was born. The Middle World was made for the men to dwell, and the Upper World was were the ancient god
64 rating3 lists1.5 h main story