Games like Braid
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This is the original version of Braid from 2009, which may not work well on newer systems. For an updated version of the game with nicer graphics, more levels and a large amount of developer commentary, see Braid, Anniversary Edition.
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$19.99Braid, Anniversary Edition
May 14 · Thekla, Inc.
Both: Puzzle Platformer · 2D Platformer · Puzzle
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
$4.99Chronology
May 12 · Bedtime Digital Games
Both: Puzzle Platformer · Platformer · Puzzle
A platform-adventure game about time travelling, puzzle solving and a friendship between an Old Inventor and a Snail.
AdventurePuzzle PlatformerIndiePlatformerPuzzleTime ManipulationShortTime Travel2DSingleplayer👍 535
$17.99Timelie
May 20 · Urnique Studio
Both: Puzzle · Puzzle Platformer · Time Manipulation
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
-85%$2.24What Lies in the Multiverse
Mar 4 · Studio Voyager, IguanaBee
Both: Puzzle Platformer · Time Manipulation · 2D Platformer
A bombastic puzzle platformer about worlds turned inside out. Shift dimensions at the push of a button, solve brain-twisting logistical riddles, and race through the wilds of the multiverse in a bleakly hilarious (and hilariously bleak) story where everything you know can turn on a dime.
Puzzle PlatformerTime ManipulationStory RichAdventureDark HumorNarrativeTime TravelPixel Graphics2D PlatformerPuzzle👍 519
$1.99The Deletion
Jul 30 · russpuppy
Both: Puzzle Platformer · 2D Platformer · Puzzle
Are you sure you want do delete this file? NOOOOO! The Deletion is a challenging and fun puzzle-platform game that will frustrate you.
Precision PlatformerSide ScrollerPuzzle Platformer2D PlatformerRunnerPuzzleDifficultPlatformerAction RPGArcade👍 188
$4.99Gateways
Sep 13 · Smudged Cat Games Ltd
Both: Puzzle · Platformer · Time Manipulation
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
$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
$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
$4.99Adventures of Shuggy
Jun 13 · Smudged Cat Games Ltd
Both: Platformer · Puzzle · Puzzle Platformer
Shuggy has just inherited a castle full of goblins, ghouls, zombies, and robots. Help him clear out over 100 rooms to make his new home liveable again!
PlatformerIndiePuzzlePuzzle PlatformerLocal Co-Op2DCo-opSingleplayerLocal MultiplayerTime Manipulation👍 286
$9.99Teslagrad
Dec 13 · Rain Games
Both: Platformer · Puzzle · Puzzle Platformer
A journey begins... A treacherous tower... Unravel its mysteries!Discover the secrets kept in the long abandoned Tesla Tower!Magnetism and other electromagnetic powers will help you explore a non-linear world of beautiful hand-drawn environments, in a steampunk-inspired vision of old Europe.
PlatformerPuzzleIndieMetroidvania2DSteampunkSingleplayerPuzzle PlatformerActionAdventure👍 1,710
$11.995D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel
Jul 22 · Conor Petersen, Thunkspace, LLC
Both: Time Manipulation · Difficult · Puzzle
It's the first ever chess variant with spatial, temporal, and parallel dimensions. It's 5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel! Move pieces back in time to create branching timelines. Send a rook to a parallel dimension. Protect your kings in the present and in the past!
ChessTime TravelTime ManipulationBoard GameDifficultPuzzleMultiplayerTurn-Based StrategyStrategyPsychological👍 8,097
$4.99Deja Vu
Feb 11 · Continental Games
Both: Puzzle Platformer · Puzzle · Time Manipulation
Get ready for a mindbending cyberpunk experience! Figure out more than a dozen puzzles through your manipulation of time based clones and try to get the best time in each level! Dive into Déjà Vu, inspired by puzzlers like Braid and The Swapper.
Puzzle PlatformerPuzzleSci-fiAdventureExperimentalTime ManipulationPlatformer2.5DControllerLinear
-80%$1.99Prince of Persia®: The Sands of Time
Nov 21 · Kudosoft
Both: Platformer · Time Manipulation · Puzzle Platformer
Amidst the scorched sands of ancient Persia, there is a legend spun in an ancient tongue. It speaks of a time borne by blood and ruled by deceit. Drawn to the dark powers of a magic dagger, a young Prince is led to unleash a deadly evil upon a beautiful kingdom.
ActionAdventureParkourPlatformerClassicThird PersonSingleplayerTime ManipulationPuzzle PlatformerStory Rich👍 5,053
$9.99And Yet It Moves
Apr 2 · Broken Rules
Both: Puzzle Platformer · 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
$29.99CONVERGENCE: A League of Legends Story™
May 23 · Double Stallion
Both: 2D Platformer · Time Manipulation · Platformer
Traverse the sprawling city of Zaun as Ekko, a young inventor with a device to manipulate time, in this story-driven action platformer. Collect parts, craft gadgets, and unlock abilities—then rewind time to adapt your approach to every new challenge.
2D PlatformerAdventureMetroidvaniaTime ManipulationSingleplayerCombatColorfulStylizedPlatformerIndie👍 1,048
$7.99Mosa Lina
Oct 17 · Stuffed Wombat, Silkersoft, Lukke, Rollin'Barrel
Both: 2D Platformer · Puzzle Platformer · Puzzle
a hostile interpretation of the immersive sim, where nothing is planned, and everything works
Co-opMultiplayerOnline Co-Op2D PlatformerPuzzle PlatformerPuzzleLocal Co-OpAdventureImmersive SimSimulation👍 2,015
$7.99JellyCar Worlds
Dec 8 · Walaber Entertainment LLC
Both: 2D Platformer · Puzzle Platformer · Platformer
It's a Car, made of Jelly! Squishy Physics, Tactile, Silly & Imaginative Driving/Platforming
2D PlatformerRacingPrecision PlatformerPuzzle PlatformerPhysicsDrivingSimulationActionPlatformerCharacter Customization👍 1,008
$7.99Nihilumbra
Oct 25 · BeautiFun Games
Both: Platformer · Puzzle · Puzzle Platformer
Discover the beautiful world of Nihilumbra and join Born on his adventure to find himself whilst trying to escape from his inevitable curse. Born was created from the absolute nothingness: The Void. But somehow he separates himself from the black emptiness and appears in the world.
IndieAdventurePlatformerPuzzleCasualPuzzle PlatformerAtmospheric2DSingleplayerGreat Soundtrack👍 2,296
$19.99Moss II VR
Oct 20 · Polyarc
Both: Puzzle Platformer · Puzzle · Platformer
Quill is back—and she’s being hunted. To stand a chance, Quill will need a true partner by her side—and we hope that partner is you. Moss: Book II is an action-adventure puzzle game and award-winning sequel (The Game Awards "Best VR/AR Game") to Moss.
ExplorationPuzzle PlatformerPuzzlePlatformerVRAction-AdventureFemale ProtagonistCuteFirst-PersonThird Person👍 730
$9.99Vectronom
May 28 · Ludopium, ARTE France
Both: Puzzle Platformer · Difficult · Platformer
Welcome to the psychedelic world of Vectronom: experience waves of color and a pulsing geometric path that changes with the beat! All set to a hypnotic electronic soundtrack. There’s only one thing to do: turn up the volume and go with the flow.
RhythmPuzzle PlatformerFamily FriendlyCasualPrecision PlatformerDifficultPvPPlatformerArcadeIsometric👍 263
$29.99Trine 5: A Clockwork Conspiracy
Aug 31 · Frozenbyte
Both: Platformer · Puzzle Platformer · 2D Platformer
The Trine series is back with its biggest adventure! In their fifth outing, the Heroes of Trine are pitted against dastardly and duplicitous villains, who will stop at nothing to seize control of the kingdom. The clock is ticking to save the world of Trine!
ActionAdventureRPGPlatformerAction-AdventurePuzzle Platformer2D Platformer2D3DColorful👍 2,524
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-80%$3.99Arise: A Simple Story
Dec 3 · Piccolo Studio
Both: Time Manipulation · Puzzle Platformer · Platformer
Embark on an emotional journey of losing the love of one's life. Manipulate time, solve puzzles, reshape surroundings as you push forward into the bittersweet recollections of a past life. This is a story about happiness and hardship, joy and sorrow. A story that all of us will one day experience.
3D PlatformerEmotionalTime ManipulationExplorationCuteRelaxingPuzzle PlatformerLocal Co-OpStory RichPlatformer👍 2,726
$21.99Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power
Aug 20 · Frozenbyte
Both: Puzzle Platformer · Puzzle
The Trine heroes in full 3D. Explore a fairytale world of breathtaking sceneries and enchanting creatures, solving puzzles as wizard, knight and thief, alone or together in online or local co-op.
Puzzle PlatformerAction-Adventure3D PlatformerCo-opFantasyLocal Co-OpOnline Co-OpPuzzleControllerCo-op Campaign👍 7,300
$24.99COCOON
Sep 29 · Geometric Interactive
Both: Puzzle · Puzzle Platformer
From Jeppe Carlsen, the lead gameplay designer of LIMBO and INSIDE — COCOON takes you on an adventure across worlds within worlds. Master world-leaping mechanics and solve intricate puzzles to unravel a cosmic mystery.
AdventurePuzzleExplorationIndiePuzzle PlatformerAtmosphericStylized3DSingleplayerFuturistic👍 7,963
-80%$1.99Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones™
Nov 21 · Ubisoft Montreal
Both: Platformer · Time Manipulation
The Prince of Persia, a seasoned warrior, returns from the Island of Time to Babylon with his love, Kaileena. Instead of the peace that he longs for, he finds his homeland ravaged by war and the kingdom turned against him.
ActionAdventureParkourPlatformerThird PersonHack and SlashSingleplayerTime ManipulationTime TravelFantasy👍 2,684
-75%$4.99Unravel
Jun 4 · Coldwood Interactive
Both: Puzzle · Platformer · Puzzle Platformer
Unravel is a physics-based puzzle platformer. Yarny, a character made from a single thread of yarn, must embark on a larger than life adventure.
ActionPuzzleAdventureSingleplayerFamily FriendlyAtmosphericColorfulPlatformerCo-opPuzzle Platformer👍 4,452
$8.99Anoxemia
Jan 16 · BSK Games
Both: Puzzle Platformer · Puzzle · Platformer
Anoxemia is a story-driven exploration game that puts you in control of the scientist Dr. Bailey and his operations drone, ATMA. Search the ocean floor as you discover and extract samples from the bowels of the underwater caves. Danger lurks in each passageway.
PhysicsPuzzle PlatformerDarkPuzzleAtmosphericSide ScrollerPlatformerSingleplayerDark FantasyAdventure
$4.99Akin
Jun 6 · ThinkOfGames
Both: Puzzle · Puzzle Platformer
In this puzzle, you only have to draw one continuous line. There are 96 puzzles on "Normal"-mode and 96 puzzles in "Time"-mode. Each puzzles can have many different solutions. This is game is Steamworks integrated with achivements, badges, trading cards and more.
CasualIndiePuzzle2DRelaxingSingleplayerMinimalistIncrementalPuzzle PlatformerLogic👍 498
$9.99Unmechanical
Aug 8 · Talawa Games
Both: Puzzle · Platformer · Puzzle Platformer
A carefully created world with unique environments and an engrossing atmosphere, Unmechanical offers over 30 unique puzzles of exploration and adventure!
IndiePuzzleAdventureCasualPhysicsPlatformerRobotsPuzzle PlatformerSide Scroller👍 310
$12.99Time Lock VR 1
Aug 9 · WR-VRG
Both: Puzzle · Time Manipulation
A VR puzzle game with sci-fi and escape room elements: control time, solve challenges, fight enemies, and explore worlds across different timelines.
PuzzleHidden ObjectAction-Adventure3DVRActionAdventureSingleplayerTime ManipulationCasual👍 665
$12.99ChromaGun
Feb 16 · Pixel Maniacs
Both: Puzzle · Puzzle Platformer
Welcome to ChromaTec’s test lab! You’re here to test our state-of-the-art military-grade color-technology: The ChromaGun (patent pending)! Use it to solve our meticulously designed test chambers by painting the walls and droids. Remember how to mix colors from pre-school? Then you qualify!
PuzzlePuzzle Platformer3D PlatformerFirst-PersonSingleplayerColorfulSci-fiComedyScienceDark Humor👍 303
$19.99The Messenger
Aug 30 · Sabotage
Both: Platformer · 2D Platformer
As a demon army besieges his village, a young ninja ventures through a cursed world, to deliver a scroll paramount to his clan’s survival. What begins as a classic action platformer soon unravels into an expansive time-traveling adventure full of thrills, surprises, and humor.
RetroPlatformerPixel GraphicsMetroidvaniaNinja2DGreat SoundtrackIndieAction2D Platformer👍 10,714
$0.99GravityPunk
Dec 15 · 9527 Studio
Both: Difficult · Puzzle Platformer · Time Manipulation
This is a platform jumping game with unique gameplay. In the world of punk, you can control and rotate space, but you can never escape the shackles of gravity. Explore secrets, and find out the truth. Release your soul bound by gravity.
DifficultPuzzle PlatformerTime ManipulationNonlinearMinimalistDungeon CrawlerSandboxPhysicsSingleplayerSci-fi


