Games like Recursion Deluxe
by 2D Heroes, Ursa Games
A crash landing on a world inhabited by bee-like lifeforms. Stranded, our hero must unravel the rules of this uncharted planet to find their way home. Navigate a world where left is right, up is down, and you don't know where the simulation ends and you begin.
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$7.99Super Puzzle Platformer Deluxe
May 24 · Andrew Morrish
Both: Platformer · Puzzle · Puzzle Platformer
The title says it all. Take one part falling block puzzle game, combine one part old-school platformer, add a couple thousand pixels, blend and serve. Why match colored blocks when you can just shoot the hell out of them? Your goal is to survive as long as you can. From celebrated indie developer Andrew Morrish and Adult Swim Games.
IndieActionCasualPlatformerPuzzlePuzzle PlatformerDifficultGreat SoundtrackPixel GraphicsLocal Multiplayer👍 374
$19.99Pid
Oct 31 · Might and Delight
Both: Puzzle Platformer · Platformer · Puzzle
You are stranded on a strange and peculiar planet. It’s time to embark on your journey and find your way home! Explore a gravity defying and challenging platformer with striking visuals and a captivating story that transports you to a world beyond ours.
IndiePuzzle PlatformerAdventurePlatformerPuzzleLocal Co-OpDifficultSingleplayerCo-opGreat Soundtrack👍 296
$9.99ElecHead
Oct 14 · NamaTakahashi, Tsuyomi
Both: Puzzle Platformer · Puzzle · Platformer
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Puzzle PlatformerPuzzlePlatformerLinearPixel GraphicsActionRetroAdventureSingleplayerIndie👍 1,412
$0.99Squirbs
Jan 6 · Team Indev
Both: Platformer · Difficult · Puzzle
Squirbs is a challenging puzzle-platformer in which you control two cute blue Squirbs simultaneously with one set of controls. Looking for an awesomely difficult game? That's Squirbs.
IndieAdventureActionPlatformerAnime2DDifficultPuzzlePuzzle PlatformerSingleplayer👍 366
$14.99Vibrant Venture
Jul 24 · Semag Games
Both: Platformer · Puzzle Platformer · Difficult
Vibrant Venture is a singleplayer 2D adventure platformer game featuring a quirky cast of characters! The game features four playable characters with multiple unique abilities that can be combined for extremely versatile, fluid and fun movement!
PlatformerAdventureSide Scroller2D PlatformerPuzzle PlatformerDifficultActionPixel GraphicsCartoony2D👍 575
$4.99Alter World
May 29 · Giorgi Abelashvili
Both: Puzzle · Puzzle Platformer · Platformer
Enter the Alter World, a mysterious parallel reality where the rules are different and every step brings new challenges. Inspired by Stephen King's The Dark Tower, Alter World is a 2D platformer built around a unique mechanic that allows you to switch between two realities at any time to overcome obstacles, solve puzzles, and progress...
IndiePuzzlePuzzle PlatformerPlatformerDifficult2D👍 133
$9.99Out There Somewhere
Mar 14 · MiniBoss
Both: Platformer · Pixel Graphics · Puzzle
You play an explorer stranded on a dangerous alien planet. Low on fuel, your only hope for escape is to find the planet’s core in this incredibly clever action-puzzle-platformer.
PlatformerPixel GraphicsIndiePuzzleAdventure2DGreat SoundtrackRetroActionSci-fi👍 6,161
$4.99Gateways
Sep 13 · Smudged Cat Games Ltd
Both: Puzzle · Platformer · Puzzle Platformer
From the creative mind behind The Adventures of Shuggy comes an exciting new retro-styled 2D platformer, a winner of Dream Build Play 2012 and a top 50 game of 2012 according to Game Informer. Grab the gateway guns and explore a huge lab filled with mysterious puzzles in this classic platforming adventure.
IndiePuzzlePlatformerMetroidvaniaSci-fiTime ManipulationSingleplayerPuzzle Platformer2DPixel Graphics👍 186
$4.99Celadon
Sep 12 · Karpopper
Both: Difficult · Puzzle Platformer · Pixel Graphics
A tightly designed, precision platformer with a large variety of mechanics. Jump, dash and teleport your way past spikes to get to the end. Use multiple move sets over seven chapters. For players of all skill levels to enjoy!
Precision PlatformerDifficultPuzzle Platformer2D PlatformerPixel GraphicsSingleplayerIndiePlatformerPuzzle2D
$14.99The Way
May 20 · Puzzling Dream
Both: Pixel Graphics · Platformer · Puzzle Platformer
Journey to another planet and discover its secrets in order to bring your loved one back to life. Experience an adventure, inspired by old school classics like Another World, Heart of Darkness and Flashback.
AdventureIndieActionPixel GraphicsPlatformerPuzzle PlatformerSci-fi2DRetroSingleplayer👍 900
$19.99Braid, Anniversary Edition
May 14 · Thekla, Inc.
Both: Puzzle Platformer · Puzzle · Platformer
Control the flow of time to solve puzzles in this new version of the indie classic, featuring fully repainted artwork, a new world of puzzles, and seriously in-depth commentary.
Puzzle Platformer2D PlatformerPuzzlePlatformerAction-Adventure2DTime ManipulationActionCasualCartoony👍 1,766
$6.99EDGE
Aug 11 · Two Tribes
Both: Puzzle Platformer · Puzzle · Platformer
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!
Puzzle PlatformerPuzzleIndieActionPlatformerGreat SoundtrackSingleplayerIsometricCasual3D Platformer👍 1,826
$9.99Semblance
Jul 24 · Nyamakop
Both: Puzzle Platformer · Puzzle · Platformer
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 turns it on its head.
IndieCasualPuzzle Platformer2DPuzzlePlatformerActionAdventureCuteSide Scroller👍 318
$9.99HackyZack
Mar 28 · Spaceboy Games
Both: Platformer · Puzzle Platformer · Puzzle
You are Zack. Juggle balls with unique properties through platforming puzzles to a goal at the end of each stage. Help Zack fill his treasured book of stickers to unlock optional challenge levels, where you race against the timer to destroy targets as fast as possible.
IndieSportsActionPlatformerPuzzle PlatformerPuzzleDifficult
-50%$7.49MO:Astray
Oct 24 · Archpray Inc.
Both: Pixel Graphics · Puzzle Platformer · Platformer
MO: Astray is a pixel art, side-scrolling, action-platformer. Lead MO through mind-bending puzzles using special abilities. Bizarre enemies, threatening traps and ingenious level designs await.
IndieActionAdventurePixel GraphicsPuzzle PlatformerPlatformerSci-fiSingleplayerGoreAtmospheric👍 4,059
$9.99FEZ
May 1 · Polytron Corporation
Both: Platformer · Puzzle · Pixel Graphics
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.
PlatformerPuzzleIndiePixel GraphicsExplorationGreat SoundtrackSingleplayerAdventureCasualMystery👍 11,664

