Games like Contrast
by Compulsion Games
CONTRAST is a puzzle/platform game where you can move between a fantastic 3D world and a mysterious shadowy universe in 2D in the blink of an eye. Delve into a dreamlike and surreal 1920s world, inspired by the performance art world of vaudeville and film noir, and cradled by a smooth and sultry jazz ambiance.
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$39.99South of Midnight
Apr 8 · Compulsion Games
Both: Female Protagonist · Third Person
South of Midnight is a new action-adventure from Compulsion Games. Explore the mythos and confront mysterious creatures of the Deep South in this modern folktale while learning to weave an ancient power to surmount obstacles and unravel your family’s hidden past.
Female ProtagonistAction-AdventureMagicStory RichSingleplayerFantasyAtmosphericStylizedThird Person3D Platformer👍 4,385
-85%$2.99White Shadows
Dec 7 · Monokel
Both: Puzzle · Platformer
The wolves are watching! Venture through a captivating but brutal dystopia where our young adventurer Ravengirl will travel through this huge city’s brightest highs and delve to its darkest depths on her perilous journey of discovery and finding her destiny where hope seems in short supply.
PuzzleAdventureAtmosphericPlatformerStory RichIndieDark FantasyExplorationSingleplayerHorror👍 1,881
$9.99Portal 2
Apr 18 · Valve
Both: Platformer · Puzzle · Female Protagonist
The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!
SingleplayerPlatformerPuzzleFirst-PersonDark HumorStory RichPuzzle PlatformerFunnyFemale Protagonist3D Platformer👍 390,525
$19.99Timespinner
Sep 25 · Lunar Ray Games
Both: Female Protagonist · Platformer
Travel back in time to change fate itself, in this beautifully crafted story-driven adventure, inspired by classic 90s action-platformers. Join timekeeper Lunais on her quest for revenge against the empire that killed her family, using time-bending powers to explore a vast, connected world.
MetroidvaniaFemale ProtagonistSide ScrollerLGBTQ+2D PlatformerExplorationPlatformer2DPixel GraphicsRPG👍 2,824
-80%$0.99Awareness Rooms
Jun 16 · GAME NA KIBUN
Both: Puzzle · Female Protagonist
You find yourself in a room you know nothing of. As you examine the objects around you, your awareness rises and the room slowly comes into focus. Can you find your way out?
IndieAdventurePixel GraphicsPuzzleFemale ProtagonistCuteAnimeShort2DSingleplayer👍 555
$11.99Eternal Hope
Aug 20 · Doublehit Games
Both: Platformer · Puzzle
Eternal Hope is a puzzle platformer game that follows the story of Ti’bi – a boy who must embark on a journey of love and hope to find his beloved’s soul.
PlatformerIndieStory RichPuzzle PlatformerPuzzle2D PlatformerAdventureSingleplayer2DFantasy👍 359
$19.99Pid
Oct 31 · Might and Delight
Both: 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
$17.99Timelie
May 20 · Urnique Studio
Both: Puzzle · Female Protagonist
Timelie is a stealth puzzle adventure, where you control time like a media player. Perceive future events to plan your escape strategy from the past, sneak an enemy, and manipulate time through this companionship journey of a mysterious cat and a little girl with a precognitive power.
PuzzlePuzzle PlatformerFemale ProtagonistTime ManipulationIsometricCuteSingleplayerPoint & ClickIndieRelaxing👍 1,783
-75%$7.49Unholy
Jul 20 · Duality Games
Both: Female Protagonist · Puzzle
Open the doors between your everyday reality and a dark unholy world to unveil the mystery of the disappearance of your child. Explore both worlds to find clues, solve puzzles, decide whether you infiltrate or fight brutal enemies and stand up to an aberrant establishment.
Female ProtagonistAdventureAtmosphericSingleplayerPuzzleFirst-PersonStealthDarkViolentWalking Simulator👍 128
$14.99The Swapper
May 30 · Olli Harjola, Otto Hantula, Tom Jubert, Carlo Castellano
Both: Puzzle · Platformer
What if someone knew your mind better than you did? The Swapper is an award-winning, narrative driven puzzle game set in the furthest reaches of space.
PuzzleSci-fiAtmosphericIndieSpacePlatformerPuzzle PlatformerSingleplayerAdventurePhilosophical👍 5,064
$4.99Albert and Otto
Oct 28 · K Bros Games
Both: Puzzle · Platformer
Created by solo developer Nikola Kostic - Traverse a haunting world set in 1939 Germany in search of a mysterious girl with rabbit ears. Utilize a little bunny in creative ways to solve puzzles. Levitate sheep, use them as torches or wolf bait and make your way through a dangerous land.
IndiePuzzlePlatformerDarkSingleplayerDifficultSurrealAtmospheric2DPuzzle Platformer👍 463
$4.99Calvino Noir
Aug 27 · Calvino Noir
Both: Noir · Platformer
The film noir stealth game. Calvino Noir is the exploratory, sneaking adventure through the 1930s European criminal underworld. Architecture meets Noir as you become unwillingly entangled in a revolutionist plot.
AdventureIndieStealthNoirSide ScrollerPlatformerStory Rich👍 347
$9.99Violett Remastered
Dec 13 · Forever Entertainment S. A.
Both: Female Protagonist · Puzzle
Dragged by her parents, a young and rebellious teenage girl – Violett, moves to an old spooky house in the middle of nowhere. Forced away from her friends and life in the city; she imagines how boring life in countryside will be: spending day after day, bored in her room with absolutely nothing to do.
AdventurePoint & ClickIndieHidden ObjectFemale ProtagonistSingleplayerEscape RoomPuzzle👍 542
FreeColor Phase
Sep 3 · Heatwave Studios
Both: Puzzle · Platformer · Third Person
Experience a colorful puzzle-platformer experience in Color Phase! Find and use different colors to interact with the world around you in a variety of different ways to reach your goal!
ActionPuzzlePlatformer3D PlatformerPuzzle Platformer3DColorfulCuteThird PersonAliens
$9.99Closure
Sep 7 · Eyebrow Interactive
Both: Puzzle · Platformer
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 three human characters through beautiful, eerie environments such as a decrepit factory, a murky...
PuzzlePlatformerIndiePuzzle PlatformerSurreal2DSingleplayerDarkHorrorGreat Soundtrack👍 449
$16.99Glimmer in Mirror
Jan 9 · MapleDorm Games
Both: Female Protagonist · Platformer
Glimmer in Mirror is a 2D story-rich action shooting game. Play as Shiro in a collapsed world, to meet various unique NPCs and monsters, and gradually uncover the truth of the world through a gripping story.
Early AccessAnimeFemale ProtagonistSide ScrollerExploration2D PlatformerBullet HellActionPlatformerJRPG👍 758
$9.99And Yet It Moves
Apr 2 · Broken Rules
Both: Platformer · Puzzle
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 master the many tricky situations you may encounter.
Puzzle PlatformerPhysicsPlatformerIndiePuzzle2DSingleplayerExperimentalActionSurreal👍 349
FreeShadow Puppeteer
Sep 29 · Sarepta studio
Both: Platformer · Puzzle
Invite a friend to explore the strange, yet beautiful world of darkness and light in Shadow Puppeteer, an award-winning, local co-op adventure.
IndieAdventurePlatformerCo-opLocal Co-OpPuzzlePuzzle PlatformerAtmosphericControllerShort
$0.99Shift
Aug 16 · Black Lime Studio
Both: Puzzle · Female Protagonist
It's a fun puzzle game. You have to connect as many figures as possible together. Use yellow "shifters" to change direction of the line. Get more points for longer line.
IndieStrategyPuzzleAnimeSingleplayerFemale ProtagonistRelaxing👍 318
$17.99My Memory of Us
Oct 9 · Juggler Games
Both: Puzzle · Platformer
My Memory of Us is a moving fairy tale about friendship and hope in the darkest moments of our times. Enter a hand-crafted, gorgeously animated 2D world full of adventure, exploration, stealth and puzzles. Meet the kids brought up in different worlds and help them survive during times of occupation.
AtmosphericAdventureSingleplayerPuzzle PlatformerDarkPuzzleIndieStory RichStealthPlatformer👍 632
$14.99Hot Tin Roof: The Cat That Wore A Fedora
Feb 20 · Glass Bottom Games
Both: Platformer · Female Protagonist · Noir
You’re the Private Investigator on a string of grisly murders, scouring for clues in a 3D side-scrolling world. Grab your fedora and revolver - in Hot Tin Roof you’re on the case! Dive into a noir mystery and become Emma Jones, the only PI partnered to a cat named Franky.
MetroidvaniaSide Scroller3D PlatformerExplorationOpen WorldPlatformerFemale ProtagonistRPGNoirCute
-45%$10.99Pocket Mirror ~ GoldenerTraum
May 19 · AstralShift, VisuStella
Both: Puzzle · Female Protagonist
Delve into the enthralling world of Pocket Mirror ~ GoldenerTraum, the acclaimed RPG Maker gothic horror game that'll take you on a moving journey of self-discovery.
HorrorRPGAdventurePixel Graphics2DAnimePuzzleCasualFemale ProtagonistSingleplayer👍 1,577
$19.99Braid, Anniversary Edition
May 14 · Thekla, Inc.
Both: 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
$4.99Alter World
May 29 · Giorgi Abelashvili
Both: Puzzle · 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
$24.99INDIKA
May 2 · Odd Meter
Both: Puzzle · Third Person
Play a third-person, story-driven game set in alternative Russia at the turn of the XIX century where religious visions clash with harsh reality. INDIKA tells the story of a young nun who sets off on a journey of self-discovery with the most unusual companion by her side, the devil himself.
SurrealPuzzleHorrorThird PersonStory RichPsychedelicDarkPsychologicalExplorationCinematic👍 7,039
$5.99Another Perspective
Aug 8 · SaraJS
Both: Platformer · Puzzle
Another Perspective is a puzzle platformer following the very confusing adventure of someone looking for something. Swap minds to see the world in different ways! Where one mind sees a bottomless pit, another might not. Where one sees a locked door, another sees a key. To change perspective is to change reality!
IndieAdventurePlatformerPuzzle2DPuzzle Platformer









