Games like Portal
by Valve
Portal™ is a new single player game from Valve. Set in the mysterious Aperture Science Laboratories, Portal has been called one of the most innovative new games on the horizon and will offer gamers hours of unique gameplay.
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$9.99Portal 2
Apr 18 · Valve
Both: Puzzle · First-Person · Puzzle Platformer
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
$12.99ChromaGun
Feb 16 · Pixel Maniacs
Both: Puzzle · Puzzle Platformer · 3D 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
$9.99Suicide Guy VR
Jul 24 · Fabio Ferrara
Both: Puzzle Platformer · Comedy · First-Person
Experience Suicide Guy now in Virtual Reality for the greatest, most immersive snooze! These surreal dreams have never been so chaotic and frantic. If you're faint of heart, do not play this game.
Puzzle PlatformerComedyFirst-PersonAdventurePuzzlePhysicsAction-AdventureActionDark HumorScience👍 133
-75%$14.99Half-Life: Alyx
Mar 23 · Valve
Both: Female Protagonist · First-Person · Sci-fi
Half-Life: Alyx is Valve’s VR return to the Half-Life series. It’s the story of an impossible fight against a vicious alien race known as the Combine, set between the events of Half-Life and Half-Life 2. Playing as Alyx Vance, you are humanity’s only chance for survival.
VRFPSStory RichHorrorFemale ProtagonistShooterSingleplayerFirst-PersonActionSci-fi👍 93,043
$9.99Bridge Constructor Portal
Dec 20 · ClockStone
Both: Puzzle · Physics · Comedy
Enter the Aperture Science Enrichment Center and experience Bridge Constructor Portal – the unique merging of the classic Portal™ and Bridge Constructor™ games.
PuzzleSimulationStrategyPhysicsBuildingSingleplayer2DLevel EditorDifficultComedy👍 6,638
Half-Life 2: Episode Two
Oct 10 · Valve
Both: Sci-fi · First-Person
Half-Life® 2: Episode Two is the second in a trilogy of new games created by Valve that extends the award-winning and best-selling Half-Life® adventure. As Dr. Gordon Freeman, you were last seen exiting City 17 with Alyx Vance as the Citadel erupted amidst a storm of unknown proportions.
FPSActionSci-fiSingleplayerShooterStory RichFirst-PersonClassicAdventureAliens👍 33,722
Half-Life 2: Episode One
Jun 1 · Valve
Both: Sci-fi · First-Person
Half-Life 2 has sold over 4 million copies worldwide, and earned over 35 Game of the Year Awards. Episode One is the first in a series of games that reveal the aftermath of Half-Life 2 and launch a journey beyond City 17. Also features two multiplayer games. Half-Life 2 not required.
FPSActionSci-fiSingleplayerStory RichFirst-PersonShooterClassicDystopian Aliens👍 25,768
$9.99Half-Life 2
Nov 16 · Valve
Both: Sci-fi · First-Person
Reawakened from stasis in the occupied metropolis of City 17, Gordon Freeman is joined by Alyx Vance as he leads a desperate human resistance. Experience the landmark first-person shooter packed with immersive world-building, boundary-pushing physics, and exhilarating combat.
FPSActionSci-fiClassicSingleplayerStory RichShooterFirst-PersonAdventureDystopian 👍 202,868
$9.99Qbeh-1: The Atlas Cube
May 15 · Liquid Flower
Both: Puzzle · First-Person · Puzzle Platformer
A serene first-person puzzle platformer set across strikingly beautiful worlds. Place and remove cubes to solve handcrafted puzzles, discover hidden secrets, and lose yourself in an atmosphere unlike anything else. Includes a full level editor and Steam Workshop support.
PuzzleFirst-PersonAtmosphericRelaxingPuzzle PlatformerPlatformerExplorationCozyWalking SimulatorLevel Editor👍 608
$9.99Half-Life: Source
Jun 1 · Valve
Both: Sci-fi · First-Person
Winner of over 50 Game of the Year awards, Half-Life set new standards for action games when it was released in 1998. Half-Life: Source is a digitally remastered version of the critically acclaimed and best selling PC game, enhanced via Source technology to include physics simulation, enhanced effects, and more.
FPSActionClassicSci-fiSingleplayerFirst-PersonShooterAliens1990'sZombies👍 14,637
Half-Life 2: Deathmatch
Nov 1 · Valve
Both: First-Person · Sci-fi · Physics
Fast multiplayer action set in the Half-Life 2 universe! HL2's physics adds a new dimension to deathmatch play. Play straight deathmatch or try Combine vs. Resistance teamplay. Toss a toilet at your friend today!
ActionFPSMultiplayerShooterFirst-PersonSci-fiPhysicsCompetitiveFunnyCo-op👍 10,251
$4.99Carry The Glass
Oct 23 · Çağatay Demir, Enes Kaplan
Both: Puzzle Platformer · Funny · 3D Platformer
Team up as two quirky construction workers in this fun 2-player co-op platformer! Carry a fragile glass window through colorful levels filled with challenges. Communicate and coordinate to dodge obstacles and solve puzzles. Can you finish the job without breaking the glass?
Co-opMultiplayerPuzzle PlatformerOnline Co-OpFunnyAdventurePlatformer3D PlatformerPhysicsCasual👍 2,838
$14.99Magnetic: Cage Closed
May 26 · Guru Games
Both: Puzzle · Puzzle Platformer · First-Person
Magnetic: Cage Closed is a first person puzzle game where the player manipulates magnetic forces to accomplish their goals. The mechanics are focused around a single tool: The Magnet Gun which allows you to create electromagnetic fields with either positive or negative charges.
PuzzlePuzzle PlatformerIndieActionAdventureFirst-PersonHorrorThrillerSingleplayerFemale Protagonist👍 277
FreeGravulse Experimental
Dec 20 · illystray Creations, verkme
Both: First-Person · Puzzle Platformer · 3D Platformer
Welcome to Gravulse, an innovative space curvature laboratory that is trying to "flip" the laws of physics, literally. Here you have to go through many test levels using various new technologies!
ActionFirst-PersonPuzzle Platformer3D PlatformerPlatformerSingleplayerFlightFuturisticIndiePhysics
$6.99Grapple
Mar 9 · Tuesday Society
Both: 3D Platformer · Puzzle Platformer · Puzzle
Grapple is a 3D puzzle platformer. You can fling, swing and climb across everything in Grapple. Different surfaces react uniquely to your gooball. Grapple is as fast paced as you want to play it. With multiple checkpoints and unlimited lives your skill is the only thing slowing you down.
Indie3D PlatformerPuzzle PlatformerPlatformerPuzzle👍 235
$19.99Venineth
Apr 16 · Venineth Team, mort-art
Both: 3D Platformer · Sci-fi · Physics
Venineth is a single-player game focusing on unraveling the mysteries of ancient alien technology, somewhere in the universe via exploration, platforming, and puzzle-solving, in a dangerous, distant worlds.
IndieAdventureActionAtmospheric3D PlatformerExplorationSci-fiPhysicsPuzzle PlatformerSingleplayer👍 253
$1.99Zup!
Oct 4 · Quiet River
Both: Puzzle · Physics · Puzzle Platformer
Minimal physical puzzle with explosions
PuzzleCasualIndieFast-Paced2DPhysicsShortRelaxingMinimalistPuzzle Platformer👍 8,307
$4.99iO
Dec 5 · Gamious
Both: Physics · Puzzle · Puzzle Platformer
iO is an abstract physics platformer about size and speed. Grow bigger and smaller in order to solve some of the trickiest puzzles. Reach the exit as quickly as possible and grab a gold medal as your reward!
IndieActionRacingPhysicsPuzzlePuzzle Platformer2DPlatformer👍 102
$6.99CAVE VR
Jun 3 · XJennyo, Tooth Lee, Yue, Nari
Both: Puzzle · 3D Platformer · Puzzle Platformer
CAVE is the original VR puzzle game, looking for a journey of exploration in the ancient mysterious cave ruins, the ruins of the ancient inhabitants are from the exit ruins in layers, and the horse-hunting treasure hunt on the road seems to imply on.
CasualAdventurePuzzle3D PlatformerPuzzle PlatformerExploration3DRealisticFirst-PersonVR
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$1.99Zup! 2
Dec 5 · Quiet River
Both: Puzzle · Physics · Puzzle Platformer
Minimal physical puzzle with explosions
PuzzleCasualIndie2DFast-PacedPhysicsShortRelaxingMinimalistPuzzle Platformer👍 6,490
$19.99Manifold Garden
Oct 20 · William Chyr Studio
Both: Puzzle · First-Person · Puzzle Platformer
Rediscover gravity and explore an Escher-esque world of impossible architecture. Witness infinity in first-person and master its rules to solve physics-defying puzzles. Cultivate a garden to open new paths forward, where an eternal expanse awaits.
PuzzleSurrealAbstractFirst-PersonExplorationPsychedelicPuzzle PlatformerExperimentalAtmosphericMinimalist👍 7,723
$29.99The Talos Principle
Dec 11 · Croteam
Both: Puzzle · First-Person · Sci-fi
The Talos Principle is a first-person puzzle game in the tradition of philosophical science fiction. Made by Croteam and written by Tom Jubert (FTL, The Swapper) and Jonas Kyratzes (The Sea Will Claim Everything).
PuzzlePhilosophicalFirst-PersonSci-fiStory RichAtmosphericSingleplayerGreat SoundtrackRobotsExploration👍 29,240
$4.99Mind Spheres
Jul 8 · Microblast Games
Both: Puzzle · Physics · Puzzle Platformer
Inspired by two not so different worlds, Mind Spheres brings you an exclusive and awesome experience. A physics puzzle with minigolf + pinball unique mashup. Figure out puzzles in order to proceed to the next level.
PuzzlePhysicsPrecision PlatformerSportsCasualPuzzle PlatformerIndieActionSimulationSingleplayer👍 309
$1.99Portal 2 - The Final Hours
May 17 · Geoff Keighley
Both: Puzzle
Portal 2 draws from the award-winning formula of innovative gameplay, story, and music that earned the original Portal over 70 industry accolades and created a cult following. For more information on Portal 2 click here.
Story RichGame DevelopmentActionPuzzleAdventureBeautifulEmotionalLinearSingleplayerShort👍 765
$14.99Youropa
Jun 27 · frecle
Both: Puzzle Platformer · 3D Platformer
A platform puzzle paint adventure about breaking rules, being upside down and thinking outside the box.
Puzzle Platformer3D PlatformerExplorationMetroidvaniaLevel EditorCharacter CustomizationParkourCharacter Action GamePlatformerBuilding👍 288
FreeColor Phase
Sep 3 · Heatwave Studios
Both: Puzzle · 3D Platformer · Puzzle Platformer
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
$19.99Pid
Oct 31 · Might and Delight
Both: Puzzle 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
$1.99Slime Research
Jan 2 · Schism
Both: Physics · Puzzle Platformer · Female Protagonist
Slimy Puzzle Platforming
Physics2D PlatformerControllerLevel EditorCutePuzzle PlatformerPlatformerFemale Protagonist2.5D2D
$16.99Etherborn
Jul 18 · Altered Matter
Both: Puzzle · Puzzle Platformer · 3D Platformer
Delve into an environmental puzzle platformer built on exploring and understanding gravity-shifting structures. You are a voiceless being that has just been born into a world where a bodiless voice awaits your arrival. Go forth and seek your purpose.
IndieAdventureGreat SoundtrackPuzzlePuzzle PlatformerAtmosphericPlatformer3D PlatformerMinimalistColorful👍 103
$0.99Just get in through the door
Apr 26 · Ivan Pichugin
Both: Puzzle · Puzzle Platformer · First-Person
This is a first-person puzzle game. All you need to do here is to get in through the door. You need to interact with cubes, elevators, etc.
PuzzlePuzzle PlatformerCasualLogic3DSingleplayerFirst-PersonRelaxingLinearIndie
-50%$0.99Underland
Feb 5 · Minicactus Games
Both: Puzzle Platformer · Physics
Use the elements at your disposal, such as excavators, pumps, plumbing, among others, to drill the soil to the indicated location. The dynamic scenario, fluid mechanics and the laws of physics must be manipulated correctly to achieve the goal. Find the city of Underland!
Dungeon CrawlerDestructionLemmingsExplorationPixel GraphicsPuzzle PlatformerPhysicsSimulationLevel EditorTactical👍 116
$5.99Dreaming Sarah
Mar 12 · Asteristic Game Studio, Anthony Septim
Both: Puzzle Platformer · Female Protagonist
Dreaming Sarah is an adventure platformer where you play as Sarah, a girl who is in a coma. Explore the world around her and help her wake up!
MetroidvaniaPuzzle PlatformerExplorationCasualPlatformerFemale ProtagonistWalking SimulatorSurreal2DRelaxing👍 2,301
$24.99ANIMAL WELL
May 9 · Billy Basso
Both: Puzzle · Puzzle Platformer
Explore a dense, interconnected labyrinth, and unravel its many secrets. Collect items to manipulate your environment in surprising and meaningful ways. Encounter beautiful and unsettling creatures, as you attempt to survive what lurks in the dark. There is more than what you see.
MetroidvaniaExplorationPuzzlePixel GraphicsPuzzle PlatformerPlatformerHorror2DAtmosphericAdventure👍 22,819
$5.99Converter
Apr 6 · Funkyzeit Games
Both: Puzzle · Puzzle Platformer · 3D Platformer
Escape the hellish planet 50Y-80Y in a puzzle platformer about a stranded astronaut overcoming sly planet's shenanigans in the ultimate quest to survive and discover the mysterious planet's secret.
RPGPuzzlePlatformerAdventurePuzzle PlatformerAction-Adventure3D PlatformerExploration3DThird Person
$4.99Gateways
Sep 13 · Smudged Cat Games Ltd
Both: Puzzle · Sci-fi · 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
$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
$0.99Down is Relative
May 17 · Bret Swearengen
Both: Puzzle · Puzzle Platformer · Sci-fi
A first-person story-based puzzle game with an emphasis on subverting your current familiarity to gravity. The perfect game for those that enjoy interesting twists and unique puzzle elements.
PuzzleStrategyPuzzle PlatformerPsychological HorrorSci-fiPhysicsInteractive FictionHorrorSpaceAliens
FreeThe Lab
Apr 5 · Valve
Both: First-Person · Funny
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
Free to PlayVRSingleplayerActionFirst-PersonAdventureFunnySandboxCasualFamily Friendly👍 415
$7.99SolarGun
Jul 28 · Mechanical Boss
Both: Puzzle Platformer · Sci-fi · First-Person
Discover SolarGun, a first-person puzzle game set in a aseptic factory. Use energy orbs, dodge lasers, and activate mechanisms to escape. With over 20 puzzles, hidden minigames, and a speedrun mode, every decision counts on your path to freedom.
IndieCasualPuzzle PlatformerSci-fiShortFirst-PersonPuzzle
$0.99Deep Blue 3D Maze in Space
May 17 · Ice Code Games
Both: Puzzle · Puzzle Platformer · 3D Platformer
A multi-dimensional gaming experience beyond anything you’ve ever played before. Try to control the constantly rolling ball which moves in a three-dimensional maze, collect gravitons, open the portal and escape before the platform explodes. And most important beware of everything that is purple!
ActionAdventureIndieCasualVRSpacePuzzlePuzzle Platformer3D Platformer
$9.99SPACE TOW TRUCK - ISAAC NEWTON's Favorite Puzzle Game
Jul 29 · Eric Laflamme
Both: Puzzle · Physics · Sci-fi
Control gravity, orbit around black holes, and have fun mastering physics with your car in space! With this educational puzzle game, only your genius and your analytical skills can get you out of trouble after a painful car crash on the Moon!
PuzzleEducationSciencePhysicsSpaceSci-fiParkourSingleplayerPuzzle PlatformerFunny
$3.992D Neon Cube
Sep 8 · Laush Dmitriy Sergeevich
Both: Puzzle Platformer
2D Neon Cube - it's beautiful and not difficult to pass the game. Exciting obstacles and graphical effects. Move the main character to the portal and try not to die!
Side Scroller2D PlatformerPuzzle PlatformerDifficultCasualPlatformer2DSpace SimSurvivalRelaxing👍 180
$12.99Contraption Maker
Jul 7 · Kevin Ryan
Both: Puzzle · Physics
The spiritual successor to The Incredible Machine from its original designer and programmer. Play 100s of puzzles. Build and share elaborate contraptions with an huge variety of parts and critters.
Puzzle2DLevel EditorLemmingsSandboxModdableOnline Co-OpPhysicsFamily FriendlySimulation👍 922
$9.99Closure
Sep 7 · Eyebrow Interactive
Both: Puzzle · 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
$19.99Monochroma
May 28 · Nowhere Studios
Both: Puzzle · Puzzle Platformer
Monochroma is a cinematic puzzle platformer. It’s a game about being a kid, growing up with a little brother that needs your help, facing obstacles and solving unique puzzles in a dystopian 1950's setting.
IndieAdventurePlatformerPuzzleAtmosphericPuzzle PlatformerDystopian 2.5DSide ScrollerSingleplayer👍 467
$34.99The Tale of Onogoro
Sep 28 · AMATA Games
Both: Puzzle · First-Person · Puzzle Platformer
An action adventure game that can only be experienced in VR. Haru has summoned you to Onogoro Island in a parallel world.Together, You must solve sprawling puzzles and defeat giant beasts called "Kami" that are blocking your path. It is up to you to save the world!
ActionAdventureVRPuzzleSteampunkCuteAnimeFirst-PersonPuzzle Platformer3D
$12.99Impulsion
Jul 19 · Driving Force Games
Both: 3D Platformer · Sci-fi · First-Person
Impulsion is a fast-paced first-person platformer designed to play with your nerves and reflexes! Make your way through 25 levels of increasing difficulty by manipulating physics to your advantage, shooting force fields to slow down or speed yourself up and the environment!
IndieAction3D PlatformerSci-fiParkourCompetitiveDifficultFirst-PersonPlatformerSingleplayer👍 157
























