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196 games like Thing on a Spring · 1983 – 2022

  • Why 88Form1.00World.25Curated.61Lists.00Platformer · Puzzle · Often paired

    Puggsy

    1993

    Traveller's Tales · Amiga, SNES, Sega CD +1

    PlatformerPuzzleActionSide view

    Puggsy is no ordinary game. Using the unique system of Total Object Interaction (TOI), you have to guide Puggsy through some of the best puzzles and most frantic arcade action ever seen in his quest to retrieve his stolen spaceship. Incorpo

    74 rating3 listsOften paired

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  • Timed PlayStation exclusiveWhy 85Form.93World.25Curated.57Lists.00Platformer · Puzzle · Often paired

    Oddworld Inhabitants · Switch, PS4, PS5 +3

    PlatformerPuzzleActionComedySide view

    Oddworld: Soulstorm is a modern re-imagining of the 1998 title Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus. It serves as a direct sequel to Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty. The player controls Abe, a reluctant hero who inadvertently sparked an uprising and now must le

    69 rating3 lists18 h main storyOften paired

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 81Form.56World.25Curated.72Lists.00Platformer · Puzzle · Often paired

    NMK · Arcade, Switch

    PlatformerPuzzleActionComedySide view

    A multi-level platform game where the player controls a cactus that has to dodge and defeat its enemies.

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 78Form1.00World.25Curated.34Lists.00Platformer · Puzzle

    Qwak

    1989

    Amiga, Amiga CD32, BBC Microcomputer System +3

    PlatformerPuzzleActionSide view

    In this game, you play a duck and the object of the game is to get the highest score without losing all your lives. This can be achieved by getting all the fruit and gems in the level, or killing off enemies. There are 80 levels to complete

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 77Form1.00World.25Curated.31Lists.00Platformer · Puzzle

    Nintendo 64

    PlatformerPuzzleActionSide view

    The game mechanics are similar to the original; you outrun 'monsters' by using alternate routes, sliding on ropes, climbing ladders or drilling holes in the ground to trap them. This game differs from the other incarnations of games from th

    58 rating1 list

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 70Form.49World.25Curated.53Lists.00Puzzle · Often paired

    PuzzleActionComedySide viewAdventure

    Zack is a new pirate on a quest to become the greatest pirate ever. In this puzzle adventure game he and his magical monkey sidekick search for treasure as they help the skeleton of the legendary pirate Barbaros. Zack & Wiki: Quest for Bar

    80 rating5 listsOften paired

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  • PlayStation console exclusiveWhy 68Form.71World.25Curated.34Lists.00Platformer · Puzzle

    Software 2000 · MS-DOS, PlayStation

    PlatformerPuzzleActionStrategy

    Master all four exciting modes of play: Single Player - Mission and Sudden Death, Competitive and Arcade Mode. Plus an in-depth tutorial mode that will help you become a Marble Master! Marbles with Attitude - Over 25 different kinds, Jokers

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 66Form.29World.25Curated.59Lists.00Platformer · Puzzle · Often paired

    HAL Laboratory · Switch

    PlatformerPuzzleActionSide viewPuzzle-platformer

    "The fan-favorite puzzle series is back for the first time on Nintendo Switch with a brand new game! In addition to 270 new levels, two players can work as a team to solve puzzles in a new co-op mode. As a bonus, players who complete the ga

    77 rating3 listsOften paired

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  • Why 64Form.56World.25Curated.38Lists.00Platformer · Puzzle

    Acorn Electron, Amiga, Amstrad CPC +10

    PlatformerPuzzleActionSide viewModern warfare

    Joe Blade 2 is the second game in the Joe Blade series.

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  • Why 64Form.64World.25Curated.31Lists.00Platformer

    Amstrad CPC, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum

    PlatformerActionSide viewArcade

    Kong Strikes Back! is a 1984 platform game and a clone of Mr. Do's Wild Ride with Donkey Kong-inspired graphics. The player must rescue a damsel in distress on a rollercoaster in a fairground, and the goal of each level is to reach the top

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 64Form.48World.25Curated.43Lists.00Platformer · Puzzle

    Arcade, Game Boy Advance

    PlatformerPuzzleActionAbstract

    This GBA game mimics the gameplay of Solomon's Key. Players are tasked with creating and destroying blocks to collect items and reach stage exits.

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  • PlayStation console exclusiveWhy 63Form.64World.25Curated.31Lists.00Platformer · Puzzle

    Human Code · PlayStation, Windows, macOS

    PlatformerPuzzleActionStrategyBird view / Isometric

    Lode Runner 2 is a sequel to the original Lode Runner and its remakes. The game is played in isometric view unlike its predecessors.

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 63Form.40World.25Curated.46Lists.00Platformer · Puzzle

    Kemco · Game Boy

    PlatformerPuzzleComedySide viewLicensed game

    A great adventure with Magic Wands! Hurry and rescue your friends from the wicked witch's castle! Mickey Mouse and his friends have become lost while playing near the edge of the forest. Mickey's friends have been trapped in Yashja the wic

    70 rating4 lists

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  • Why 63Form.65World.25Curated.29Lists.00Platformer · Puzzle

    PlatformerPuzzleActionShooterFirst person

    The world is your canvas in this innovative first-person puzzle platformer. Tag walls and other surfaces with different colors of spray paint to reveal new ways to navigate each level, including bouncing off, sliding across, and sticking to

    1 list0.5 h main story

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  • PlayStation exclusiveWhy 62Form.23World.25Curated.57Lists.00Platformer · Puzzle · Often paired

    Treasure · PS2

    PlatformerPuzzleActionComedySinging

    Stretch Panic is an action/platform video game designed by Treasure Co. Ltd. It was a landmark title for the developer as it was their first game to feature movement on a 3D plane; prior to Stretch Panic they had exclusively been a develope

    1 listOften paired

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  • Why 62Form.23World.25Curated.56Lists.00Puzzle · Often paired

    inXile entertainment · Android, Browser, iOS

    PuzzleComedyQuizText

    See how many questions you can answer before it's Game Over. Sounds simple? Think again... the questions are BASTARD hard and require obscure insane logic, super fast reactions or just pure luck to answer correctly. It's not actually imposs

    77 rating1 listOften paired

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  • Why 61Form.28World.25Curated.51Lists.00Platformer · Puzzle · Often paired

    Kalisto Entertainment · Amiga, Amiga CD32, MS-DOS +1

    ActionPlatformerPuzzleComedySide view

    Retro platformer where the player can switch between four different forms. Each form has special abilities, some of which the player needs in order to pass certain obstacles. Every form isn't available in all of the levels.

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  • Sega exclusiveWhy 60Form.36World.25Curated.44Lists.00Platformer · Puzzle

    Nippon Computer Systems · Sega Genesis

    ActionPlatformerPuzzleGravityDamsel in distress

    From space, a menacing fortress appears in the sky. Surrounding it, a "trampoline" sidewalk armed with bombs and patrolled by enemy invaders. You, the Trampoline Terror, have the guts to fight back. Stealthful observation reveals self-destr

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 59Form.50World.25Curated.34Lists.00Platformer · Puzzle

    Mitchell Corporation · Nintendo DS

    ActionPlatformerPuzzleSide viewPuzzle platformer

    Michael, an aspiring young magician, has failed an experiment - leading to dire consequences!

    71 rating2 lists

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 59Form.57World.25Curated.29Lists.00Platformer · Puzzle

    Tantalus Interactive · Game Boy Advance

    PlatformerPuzzleActionSide viewCartoony

    One day Mother Nature asks for Woody Woodpeckers help. The reason? The Fairy World had been seized by demons. Woody?s interest is sparked when he learns that there is a treasure chest waiting in the legendary castle of the Fairy World. But

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 57Form.43World.25Curated.34Lists.00Platformer · Puzzle

    Konami · Famicom Disk System, Family Computer Disk System

    ActionPlatformerPuzzleMartial artsAction-adventure

    A young man's significant-other is kidnapped by an evil wizard. He must then tackle the four areas of the labyrinth temple of Dababa to rescue her. In order to accomplish this task, the player cannot simple move across the floor. Rather, t

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  • Why 56Form.46World.13Curated.34Lists.00Platformer · Puzzle

    PlatformerPuzzleComedySide viewMedieval

    A Japanese-only entry in Dynamix's The Incredible Machine series based on the Ghosts 'N Goblins series. It is the only The Incredible Machine game with a plot, which is the same as in every Ghosts 'N Goblins game: the princess is kidnapped

    3 lists

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 56Form.55World.25Curated.25Lists.00Platformer · Puzzle

    Nintendo DS, Wii, Windows

    PlatformerPuzzleComedyAction-adventureAdventure

    A comedy adventure. To the moon or bust! The Rabbids need stuff...lots of stuff! So grab everything you can and help the Rabbids build a pile to the moon.

    76 rating1 list

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 56Form.42World.25Curated.34Lists.00Platformer · Puzzle

    Imagineering · Game Boy

    PlatformerPuzzleActionSide viewA.i. companion

    Starring: A Boy and His Blob The Rescue of Princess Blobette tells the story of a young, male protagonist and his blob companion as they attempt to rescue the latter's girlfriend, the titular Princess Blobette. The damsel in distress has b

    42 rating2 lists

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 56Form.32World.13Curated.44Lists.00Puzzle

    BeeWorks · Android, Nintendo DS, Switch

    PuzzleComedyPoint-and-click adventureMystery

    In Touch Detective you will become Mackenzie, a fledgling detective, and solve various mysteries in a "Touch Adventure"!

    63 rating1 list

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  • Sega exclusiveWhy 56Form.47World.25Curated.31Lists.00Platformer · Puzzle

    Sega CD

    PlatformerPuzzleActionSide viewMagic

    An adventurer named Dusty returns home with an enchanted Totem Pole. Due to an assortment of rare events, the spirits of the Totem have been freed and they have created a bizarre parallel universe that can devour the world. Lowman, the "hea

    2 lists

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 54Form.71World.13Curated.14Lists.00Platformer · Puzzle

    NetEase · Android, Switch, iOS

    PlatformerPuzzleActionPartyThird person

    Follow the Eggies in an action-packed, egg-citinh world! Crack the competition in this multiplayer fuelled battle royale party game and be the last Eggy standing!

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  • Why 54Form.32World.25Curated.38Lists.00Platformer · Puzzle

    Commodore 16, Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX +1

    PlatformerPuzzleActionSide viewBlocks

    Jack Attack is a puzzle game released on the Commodore 64 and 16.

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  • Why 53Form.60World.27Curated.17Lists.00Platformer · Puzzle

    Microdeal · Amiga, Apple IIGS, Atari 8-bit +8

    ActionPlatformerPuzzleSide viewAdventure

    "Now you're really in trouble" said the evil Wizard. "I'm turning you into a ball of air and sending you into my mansion, with over 250 rooms, to search for the Spellbook that may give you the clues on how to transform yourself into a human

    45 rating5 lists

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  • Why 53Form.40World.25Curated.31Lists.00Platformer · Puzzle

    Oliver Twins · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST +5

    ActionPlatformerPuzzleSide viewAbstract

    Dizzy's in trouble - again! Dizzy was taking a boat journey to visit his girlfriend, Daisy and present her with a glittering pearl necklace (the old romantic). But! Catastrophe strikes as Dizzy discovers he's not on passenger boat at all!!

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 53Form.29World.25Curated.38Lists.00Platformer · Puzzle

    Acclaim Studios Austin · Nintendo 64

    PlatformerPuzzleActionRacingRumble pak

    A vertical race up towering tracks. Iggy and the Reckin' Balls are in the race of their lives. A winner-take-all dash to the top of twisted, looped, warped and genuinely demented courses! Smash, crash and swing with Iggy, his friends, plus

    60 rating4 lists

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 52Form.37World.13Curated.34Lists.00Platformer · Puzzle

    Nintendo Research & Development 2 · SNES, Satellaview, Wii U

    ActionPlatformerPuzzleSide viewPuzzle platformer

    Sutte Hakkun is a puzzle action game in the shape of a platformer. The playing character is an abundant-beaked bird resembling a penguin, named Hakkun, that is able to walk and jump but not to fly. The Rainbow of Happiness shined in the sky

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  • Why 52Form.26World.25Curated.38Lists.00Platformer · Puzzle

    Jaleco · Arcade, MSX, NES +3

    PlatformerPuzzleActionComedySide view

    City Connection is a 1-2 player comedic racing adventure platform game in which you control a car that can never be stopped. The object of the game is to drive through a series of cities and paint every part of the roads in each city as pro

    54 rating13 lists

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  • PlayStation exclusiveWhy 52Form.38World.25Curated.31Lists.00Platformer · Puzzle

    PS3, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita

    PlatformerPuzzleActionSide viewPuzzle-platformer

    Freekscape: Escape from Hell is a hellish PSP mini game that combines platforming and puzzling.

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 52Form.27World.25Curated.38Lists.00Platformer · Puzzle

    Rare Ltd. · Game Boy

    PlatformerPuzzleActionAdventureIsometric platformer

    Monster Max is an isometric adventure video game developed by Rare and published by Titus Software for the Game Boy handheld game console. It was released in December 1994 in Europe and January 1995 in the United States. Monster Max was des

    76 rating1 list

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 52Form.33World.25Curated.34Lists.00Platformer · Puzzle

    Suzak Inc. · Nintendo DS, Wii U

    PlatformerPuzzleActionComedySide view

    The world's most low-down and ornery garlic-lover never lets a get-rich quick scheme pass him by. Wario: Master of Disguise opens with our money-mad hero taking a break from being a shady software impresario to watch a TV show about a maste

    53 rating6 lists11 h main story

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  • Why 51Form.81World.27Curated.00Lists.00Platformer

    Antony Crowther · Acorn Electron, Amstrad CPC, Amstrad PCW +6

    PlatformerActionSide view

    The game is divided into a series of single-screen levels. The goal of the player on each screen is manipulate Blagger, a burglar, to collect the scattered keys and then reach the safe. The keys must be collected and the safe opened in a se

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  • Why 51Form.81World.28Curated.00Lists.00Platformer

    Amiga, Atari ST, Atari ST/STE +2

    PlatformerActionSide view

    The idea of the game is to guide Terry to his house through 12 levels of obstacles and adversaries. You have 2 choices of ammunition to fend off the relentless stream of creatures, your trusty Yo-Yo or stones that you find along the way. So

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  • Why 50Form.27World.25Curated.34Lists.00Platformer · Puzzle

    Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX

    PlatformerPuzzleActionSide viewArcade

    A action maze-game based on the coin-op Anteater in which the player controls the tongue of Ardy the aardvark through an underground maze trying to eat drops of food and to evade worms, stinging ants and spiders.

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 50Form.13World.25Curated.44Lists.00Puzzle

    Rare Ltd. · Game Boy Advance, Gizmondo, Legacy Mobile Device

    PuzzleComedyMid-development ip splitDeclarative titleFan service

    Based on Rare's off-beat mascot, It's Mr. Pants is a traditional puzzle game in the Tetris sense where the challenge is to piece together specific shapes of specific colors on a flat playing field grid. The idea is simple: form rectangles o

    90 rating1 list

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 50Form.13World.25Curated.44Lists.00Puzzle

    Rare · Game Boy Advance, Gizmondo, Legacy Mobile Device

    PuzzleComedyMid-development ip splitDeclarative titleFan service

    Based on Rare's off-beat mascot, It's Mr. Pants is a traditional puzzle game in the Tetris sense where the challenge is to piece together specific shapes of specific colors on a flat playing field grid. The idea is simple: form rectangles o

    90 rating3 lists

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 50Form.40World.25Curated.25Lists.00Platformer · Puzzle

    Data East · Game Boy

    PlatformerPuzzleActionGame boy link cable support

    Nail 'n Scale is an Action game, developed and published by I'Max, which was released in 1992.

    40 rating2 lists

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 50Form.22World.25Curated.38Lists.00Puzzle

    Sonic Team · Game Boy Advance, N-Gage

    PuzzleActionComedySide viewMatch 3

    Puyo Pop for the Game Boy Advance was the first game in the series to be developed by Sonic Team. It combines Puyo Puyo 2's mechanics with an all-new story mode.

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 49Form.27World.00Curated.38Lists.00Platformer · Puzzle

    Bit Corporation · NES

    PlatformerPuzzleDogFoxUnlicensed game

    Jack the duck is no ordinary quacker. He is witty and rather clever, but this is not enough to get his precious egg to safety. He needs your help and ingenuity to get through the 20 mind-boggling mazes! Beware of the hidden dangers: the fox

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  • Why 49Form.27World.25Curated.34Lists.00Puzzle

    Broderbund · Windows

    PuzzleComedyAdventureAbstractThird person

    Koala Lumpur, a silly and twisted tongue-in-cheek ride until the very last screen, is well worth your time. The game centres around a Zen Master koala named Koala Lumpur and his friend, a dingo named Dr. Dingo Tu-Far in their quest to preve

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  • Why 49Form.64World.61Curated.00Lists.00Platformer

    Atari · Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Atari System +3

    PlatformerActionSide viewArcade

    The player maneuvers Peter, a cartoon rodent, through various environments to collect objects and take them back to his nest within a designated time. Enemies, referred to as "The Gang", include cats, dogs, owls, and spiders, and must be av

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 48Form.29World.25Curated.31Lists.00Platformer · Puzzle

    Game & Watch, Game & Watch series

    ActionPlatformerPuzzleSide viewHigh score

    Mario's Cement Factory is a Game & Watch game. Two versions of the game were produced: the first was for the Game & Watch Table Top and the second was a more conventional New Wide Screen Game & Watch. In both versions, Mario's mission in th

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