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Games like Thomas Was Alone

2012 · Mike Bithell · Adventure, Indie · Open the game page →

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398 games like Thomas Was Alone · 2004 – 2017

  • Timed PlayStation exclusiveWhy 88Form.41World.40Curated.87Lists.00Adventure · Indie · Often paired

    Edge

    2008

    Two Tribes · Android, Linux, Nintendo 3DS +6

    AdventureIndiePlatformerPuzzleAbstract

    In Edge players take direct control of the cube and roll their way around the game's dozens of levels. Search for all the prisms and find the shortcuts to improve your times.

    79 rating4 lists3.5 h main storyOften paired

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  • Timed Xbox exclusiveWhy 85Form.17World.32Curated.89Lists.00Adventure · Indie · Often paired

    Limbo

    2010

    Playdead · Android, Linux, Switch +8

    AdventureIndiePlatformerPuzzlePuzzle platformer

    Limbo is a black and white puzzle-platforming adventure. Players take the role of a young boy traveling through an eerie and treacherous world in an attempt to discover the fate of his sister.

    82 rating17 lists2.5 h main storyOften paired

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  • Timed PlayStation exclusiveWhy 84Form.25World.24Curated.92Lists.00Adventure · Indie · Often paired

    Agat Films & Cie – Ex Nihilo · Android, Linux, Switch +5

    AdventureIndiePlatformerPuzzleAbstract

    Type:Rider is an adventure puzzle game that brings gaming experience to a whole new daring level.

    74 rating1 list2.5 h main storyOften paired

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  • Timed Nintendo exclusiveWhy 82Form.09World.17Curated.83Lists.00Adventure · Indie · Often paired

    VVVVVV

    2010

    Terry Cavanagh · Android, Commodore 64, Linux +9

    AdventureIndiePlatformerPuzzleDeliberately retro

    There's something terribly wrong in an alternate dimension! Help Captain Viridian flip to find five crew members, 20 hard-to-reach Trinkets and save a dimension on the brink of destruction. It's a space opera in the most unique scale with a

    80 rating9 lists2.5 h main storyOften paired

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  • PlayStation console exclusiveWhy 79Form.24World.28Curated.74Lists.00Indie · Platformer · Often paired

    Eyebrow Interactive · Linux, PS3, PlayStation Portable +2

    IndiePlatformerPuzzleMultiple protagonistsAbstract

    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 storyOften paired

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 78Form.15World.36Curated.70Lists.00Indie · Platformer · Often paired

    Broken Rules · Linux, Wii, Windows +2

    IndiePlatformerPuzzlePuzzle platformerDeclarative title

    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

    75 rating4 lists3 h main storyOften paired

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  • Why 78Form.16World.13Curated.76Lists.00Adventure · Indie · Often paired

    Choice Provisions · Linux, Switch, PS3 +7

    AdventureIndiePlatformerMultiple protagonistsBlocks

    Runner2 is the sequel to the critically acclaimed and IGF award winning BIT.TRIP RUNNER.,In the style of the BIT.TRIP series, Runner2 is a rhythm-music platforming game.,Players will run through fantastic environments, using brand new moves

    75 rating4 lists5 h main storyOften paired

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  • Timed Xbox exclusiveWhy 78Form.10World.00Curated.83Lists.00Adventure · Indie · Often paired

    Braid

    2008

    Jonathan Blow · Linux, Nintendo Switch 2, PS3 +5

    AdventureIndiePlatformerPuzzleCollectibles

    Braid is a puzzle-platformer, drawn in a painterly style, where you can manipulate the flow of time in strange and unusual ways. From a house in the city, journey to a series of worlds and solve puzzles to rescue an abducted princess. In ea

    86 rating13 lists5 h main storyOften paired

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  • Why 78Form.20World.13Curated.80Lists.00Adventure · Indie · Often paired

    Gish

    2004

    Linux, Windows, macOS

    ActionAdventureIndiePlatformerPuzzle

    Gish isn't your average hero. In fact, he's not your average anything...you see, Gish is a ball of tar. A Sunday stroll with his lady friend, Brea, goes awry when a shadowy figure emerges from an open manhole and pulls Brea below ground. Fo

    76 rating1 list4.5 h main storyOften paired

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  • Xbox console exclusiveWhy 77Form.20World.17Curated.71Lists.00Indie · Platformer · Often paired

    Swing Swing Submarine · Linux, Windows, Xbox 360 +1

    IndiePlatformerPuzzleBlocksCollectibles

    When indie game developers Alexey and Markus are in trouble, their only hope comes from their creation. You are the Tetrobot: a tiny robot that can drill blocks of matter one by one, collect them, and recycle them into new pieces of 4 bloc

    69 rating1 list5.5 h main storyOften paired

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  • Why 76Form.10World.13Curated.77Lists.00Adventure · Indie · Often paired

    Michael Todd Games · Android, Linux, Switch +5

    AdventureIndiePlatformerPuzzleCollectibles

    Electronic Super Joy is a brutally hard platformer set in a world of pulse-pounding electronic music. Run, jump, smash & fly your way through 45+ weird & different levels, with low-gravity, world rotation, giant monsters & swarming missiles

    76 rating1 list3 h main storyOften paired

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 76Form.23World.15Curated.69Lists.00Adventure · Indie · Often paired

    Nicalis · Android, Linux, Nintendo 3DS +4

    AdventureIndiePlatformerPuzzleAbstract

    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 storyOften paired

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  • Timed PlayStation exclusiveWhy 76Form.20World.15Curated.69Lists.00Indie · Platformer · Often paired

    Drinkbox Studios · Linux, Switch, PS3 +4

    IndiePlatformerPuzzleNon-humanoid protagonistInternet culture reference

    Tales from Space: Mutant Blobs Attack is a sci-fi puzzle-platformer of cataclysmic proportions. You're a Blob of alien origin with mutant powers and an insatiable appetite. To the great horror of your former captors (and all of humanity), y

    82 rating7 lists3.5 h main storyOften paired

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  • Timed PlayStation exclusiveWhy 75Form.22World.25Curated.70Lists.00Adventure · Indie · Often paired

    Sparpweed · Linux, Switch, PS3 +1

    AdventureIndiePlatformerPuzzleAbstract

    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

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  • PlayStation console exclusiveWhy 74Form.17World.16Curated.71Lists.00Adventure · Indie · Often paired

    Minority Media · Linux, PS3, Windows +1

    AdventureIndiePlatformerPuzzleCollectibles

    A semi-autobiographical 3D puzzle platformer in which a boy named Quico is transported from his abusive home into a dreamlike favela where he has to lead an easygoing creature named Monster through the world with the help of his sister and

    75 rating3 lists3.5 h main storyOften paired

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  • Timed Xbox exclusiveWhy 73Form.12World.04Curated.75Lists.00Adventure · Indie · Often paired

    Fez

    2012

    Polytron Corporation · Linux, Switch, Ouya +7

    AdventureIndiePlatformerPuzzleDeliberately retro

    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

    83 rating11 lists6 h main storyOften paired

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  • Timed PlayStation exclusiveWhy 72Form.23World.25Curated.55Lists.00Adventure · Indie · Often paired

    Linux, PS3, PlayStation Vita +3

    AdventureIndiePlatformerAbstractPuzzle platformer

    The legendary Knytt series continues with Nifflas’ latest creation; Knytt Underground. In this Knytteration; humans have long since abandoned the planet after practically destroying it in a war, five hundred years ago.

    80 rating5 lists10 h main storyOften paired

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  • Why 71Form.14World.13Curated.69Lists.00Adventure · Indie · Often paired

    Tarsier Studios · Android, Switch, PS4 +5

    AdventureIndiePlatformerPuzzleAbstract

    Little Nightmares is a puzzle-platform horror adventure game developed by Tarsier Studios and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. Set in a mysterious world, Little Nightmares follows the journey of Six, a hungry little girl who must es

    79 rating1 list3.5 h main storyOften paired

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  • Why 71Form.13World.41Curated.65Lists.00Adventure · Platformer · Often paired

    Airtight Games · PS3, Windows, Xbox 360

    AdventurePlatformerPuzzleDeliberately retroCollectibles

    In Quantum Conundrum, players take on the role of a young kid dropped off on his uncle's doorstep for the weekend; his uncle just so happens to be the brilliant, eccentric inventor, Professor Fitz Quadwrangle. Upon entering the Professor's

    72 rating5 lists6.5 h main storyOften paired

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  • Why 69Form.11World.46Curated.55Lists.00Adventure · Indie · Often paired

    Inside

    2016

    Playdead · Switch, PS4, Windows +3

    AdventureIndiePlatformerPuzzlePuzzle platformer

    Inside is a puzzle-platformer developed by Playdead, presented in a 2.5D side-scrolling format with a dark, predominantly monochromatic visual style. The player controls an unnamed boy navigating a dystopian environment, solving environment

    89 rating9 lists3.5 h main storyOften paired

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  • Why 68Form.11World.13Curated.60Lists.00Adventure · Indie · Often paired

    Linux, Switch, PS3 +7

    AdventureIndiePlatformerPuzzleBlocks

    Cloudberry Kingdom is a platform game created by Pwnee Studios. The game uses a set of algorithms developed by Jordan Fisher to create procedurally generated levels that can be adaptive to player skill level, in game character abilities, an

    66 rating7 listsOften paired

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  • Why 67Form.21World.25Curated.55Lists.00Indie · Platformer · Often paired

    Santa Ragione · Android, Linux, Ouya +3

    IndiePlatformerMultiple protagonistsAbstractDeliberately retro

    Ever wondered what running at 140mph feels like? FOTONICA is a first-person game about the thrill of speed and traveling flawlessly through complex environments. FOTONICA is simple, but is not easy: it follows a tradition of arcade games th

    80 rating1 list1.5 h main storyOften paired

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  • Why 66Form.14World.20Curated.59Lists.00Adventure · Indie · Often paired

    PS4, Windows, Xbox 360

    AdventureIndiePlatformerPuzzleCollectibles

    The world has ended. There is no hope. No new beginning. Only the survivors. DEADLIGHT follows the journey of Randall Wayne, a man searching for his family across Seattle during the aftermath of a 1980s event that has decimated life on eart

    71 rating7 lists2 h main storyOften paired

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  • Why 64Form.14World.13Curated.58Lists.00Adventure · Platformer · Often paired

    Valve Corporation · Android, Linux, Switch +4

    AdventurePlatformerPuzzlePuzzle platformerMoving platforms

    Waking up in a seemingly empty laboratory, the player is made to complete various physics-based puzzle challenges through numerous test chambers in order to test out the new Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device, without an explanation as

    83 rating1 list2 h main storyOften paired

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 64Form.10World.00Curated.61Lists.00Adventure · Indie · Often paired

    Two Tribes · Linux, Wii U, Windows +1

    AdventureIndiePlatformerPuzzleCollectibles

    Toki Tori 2 is a puzzle adventure game in which you explore a lush forest island inhabited by strange creatures. Whistle and stomp to influence their behavior, and solve the puzzles. But what's up with that black goo? It's threatening your

    69 rating3 lists9 h main storyOften paired

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  • Why 63Form.17World.13Curated.55Lists.00Adventure · Platformer · Often paired

    Double Fine · Android, Linux, Ouya +7

    AdventurePlatformerPuzzleMultiple protagonistsJumping puzzle

    SEGA of America Inc. and Double Fine Productions have joined forces with legendary game designer, Ron Gilbert, to create The Cave. In this 2D puzzle action and adventure game, players will assemble a team of three from seven unlikely advent

    71 rating9 lists4.5 h main storyOften paired

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 62Form.26World.00Curated.59Lists.00Platformer · Puzzle · Often paired

    HAL Laboratory · Nintendo 3DS

    PlatformerPuzzleBlocksDeliberately retroCollectibles

    Wait…a box is the last defense against annihilation?! Well, fear not—Qbby is no ordinary box. Using his four startling new powers, you must solve hundreds of puzzles across 18 deadly worlds. Create boxes to climb, hover, warp, and bomb you

    80 rating3 listsOften paired

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  • Why 61Form.13World.27Curated.55Lists.00Adventure · Indie · Often paired

    Linux, Windows, macOS

    ActionAdventureIndiePlatformerPuzzle

    A Story About My Uncle is a non-violent First-Person platform adventure game built in the Unreal Engine. It is a story about a boy who searches for his lost uncle and ends up in a world he couldn’t imagine existed. The movement through the

    68 rating2 lists3 h main storyOften paired

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  • Why 61Form.14World.13Curated.57Lists.00Adventure · Puzzle · Often paired

    King Art Games · Linux, Switch, PS3 +7

    AdventurePuzzleMultiple protagonistsFalling sequenceAction

    Every world needs its heroes. However unlikely they may seem. Join Wilbur, Ivo, Nate and Critter in another classic point-and-click adventure in the wicked world of Aventásia. Help them fulfill their destiny. A destiny as yet unwritten.

    81 rating8 lists20 h main storyOften paired

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  • Why 59Form.05World.13Curated.55Lists.00Adventure · Platformer · Often paired

    Arkedo Studio · PS3, PlayStation Portable, Windows +1

    ActionAdventurePlatformerPuzzleMoving platforms

    Ash, a skeletal rabbit and the prince of Hell, has inherited the role of ruler of Hell from his father. After a photographer takes a picture of Ash playing with a rubber duck in the bathtub, Ash sets out to kill the 100 monsters that have s

    70 rating5 lists8 h main storyOften paired

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  • Why 57Form.06World.00Curated.57Lists.00Adventure · Indie · Often paired

    Linux, Switch, PS4 +4

    AdventureIndiePuzzleSide viewPoint-and-click adventure

    The Little Acre follows the story of Aidan and his daughter, Lily, set in 1950's Ireland. After discovering clues as to the whereabouts of his missing father, Aidan begins investigating until he inadvertently finds himself transported to a

    71 rating4 lists1.5 h main storyOften paired

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  • Why 56Form.11World.00Curated.55Lists.00Adventure · Indie · Often paired

    Android, Linux, Windows +2

    AdventureIndiePuzzleMultiple protagonistsDeliberately retro

    Gemini Rue is a neo-noir classic adventure game from the creator of acclaimed Blackwell Series, Wadjet Eye Games. The game features: - Over 60 hand-drawn backgrounds - A moody, film noir atmosphere - Control both Azriel and Delta-Six - An

    74 rating2 lists7 h main storyOften paired

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  • Why 56Form.21World.18Curated.50Lists.00Adventure · Indie · Often paired

    AdventureIndiePlatformerPuzzleAbstract

    I Wanna Be the Guy: The Movie: The Game is a 2D platform indie freeware video game created by independent developer Michael "Kayin" O'Reilly for Microsoft Windows using Multimedia Fusion 2. First released in October 2007, the game is not in

    83 rating3 listsOften paired

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  • Timed PlayStation exclusiveWhy 55Form.10World.13Curated.55Lists.00Indie · Multiple protagonists · Often paired

    Iron Galaxy Studios · PS3, PS4, PlayStation Vita +2

    IndieMultiple protagonistsCross buyInternet culture referenceAction

    Divekick is the world’s first two-button fighting game. It distills the essence of the fighting game genre into just two buttons with no d-pad directional movement. It is a comedic parody of fighting game motifs and contains many humorous r

    62 rating1 list0.5 h main storyOften paired

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  • Xbox console exclusiveWhy 55Form.15World.25Curated.50Lists.00Platformer · Puzzle · Often paired

    GarageGames · Windows, Xbox 360, macOS

    PlatformerPuzzleCollectiblesNon-humanoid protagonistMoving platforms

    Marble Blast Ultra is the latest in the classic Marble Blast series. Suitable for players of any age, Marble Blast Ultra transports you to a futuristic 'astrolab' arena suspended high in the clouds. Compete against each other by navigating

    80 rating3 listsOften paired

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  • Timed PlayStation exclusiveWhy 54Form.10World.13Curated.55Lists.00Indie · Multiple protagonists · Often paired

    One True Game Studios · PS3, PS4, PlayStation Vita +2

    IndieMultiple protagonistsCross buyInternet culture referenceAction

    Divekick is the world’s first two-button fighting game. It distills the essence of the fighting game genre into just two buttons with no d-pad directional movement. It is a comedic parody of fighting game motifs and contains many humorous r

    62 rating8 listsOften paired

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  • Why 52Form.35World.56Curated.11Lists.00Indie · Platformer

    140

    2013

    Jeppe Carlsen · Linux, Switch, PS4 +4

    IndiePlatformerPuzzleAbstractNon-humanoid protagonist

    140 is an indie 2D rhythm puzzle-platformer. The game features high interactivity between the soundtrack and the environment around the player, and how the player must traverse this unwieldy environment.

    71 rating8 lists1 h main story

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  • Timed PlayStation exclusiveWhy 52Form.14World.13Curated.35Lists.00Adventure · Indie

    Trine

    2009

    Frozenbyte · Linux, Nintendo Switch 2, PS3 +5

    AdventureIndiePlatformerPuzzleMultiple protagonists

    Trine is a physics-based action game where three characters allow clever solutions to challenges created by hazardous puzzles and threatening enemies. The gameplay is based on fully interactive physics – each character's different abilities

    81 rating12 lists4 h main story

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  • Timed Xbox exclusiveWhy 47Form.20World.13Curated.24Lists.00Indie · Platformer

    MagicalTimeBean · Linux, Switch, PS4 +3

    IndiePlatformerPuzzleDeliberately retroNon-humanoid protagonist

    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 story

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  • PlayStation console exclusiveWhy 47Form.14World.33Curated.27Lists.00Adventure · Indie

    Fatshark · Android, Leapster, PS3 +1

    AdventureIndiePlatformerPuzzleMultiple protagonists

    Take part in an amazing adventure, guiding the explorer Ernest Hamilton and his friendly bird Sasha as they co-operate to solve crafty puzzles and challenges!

    50 rating1 list5.5 h main story

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  • Why 45Form.23World.52Curated.21Lists.00Adventure · Indie

    Linux, Windows, macOS

    AdventureIndiePlatformerPuzzleBlocks

    Antichamber is a single-player first-person puzzle-platform video game. Many of the puzzles are based on phenomena that occur within the Impossible Objects created by the game engine, such as passages that lead the player to different locat

    82 rating6 lists3 h main story

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  • Why 42Form.13World.25Curated.12Lists.00Indie · Platformer

    Android, Linux, Switch +5

    IndiePlatformerPuzzleMultiple protagonistsAbstract

    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

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  • Why 42Form.34World.00Curated.16Lists.00Indie · Puzzle

    increpare games · Linux, Windows, iOS +1

    IndiePuzzleAbstractNon-humanoid protagonistMinimalism

    English Country Tune is a luxuriant abstract 3D puzzle game containing more than a hundred levels situated throughout 17 worlds.

    72 rating1 list9.5 h main story

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  • Why 41Form.17World.25Curated.07Lists.00Adventure · Indie

    BeautiFun Games · Android, Linux, Switch +6

    AdventureIndiePlatformerPuzzleAction

    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

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  • Xbox console exclusiveWhy 40Form.16World.21Curated.17Lists.00Adventure · Indie

    The Behemoth · Linux, Windows, Xbox 360 +2

    AdventureIndiePlatformerPuzzleBlocks

    In BattleBlock Theater, players control a prisoner as they are forced to play through games devised by Hatty Hattington. Controls are simple, with the game largely consisting of running, jumping and punching. Levels are made up of various t

    83 rating6 lists10 h main story

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  • Timed Xbox exclusiveWhy 40Form.09World.13Curated.18Lists.00Adventure · Platformer

    Moon Studios · Switch, Windows, Xbox One

    AdventurePlatformerPuzzlePuzzle platformerAction

    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

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  • Why 40Form.19World.17Curated.06Lists.00Adventure · Indie

    Pid

    2012

    Might and Delight · PS3, PlayStation Portable, Windows +2

    AdventureIndiePlatformerPuzzleAbstract

    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

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  • Timed Xbox exclusiveWhy 39Form.20World.13Curated.24Lists.00Indie · Platformer

    MagicalTimeBean · Linux, Windows, macOS +2

    PlatformerPuzzleIndieDeliberately retroNon-humanoid protagonist

    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 list

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