Games like Portal 2
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$9.99Portal
Oct 10 · Valve
Both: Puzzle · Puzzle Platformer · First-Person
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.
PuzzlePuzzle PlatformerFirst-Person3D PlatformerSingleplayerSci-fiComedyFemale ProtagonistPhysicsFunny👍 173,660
$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
$9.99Qbeh-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
$9.99Suicide Guy VR
Jul 24 · Fabio Ferrara
Both: Puzzle Platformer · First-Person · Puzzle
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
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
$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
$5.99Converter
Apr 6 · Funkyzeit Games
Both: Puzzle · Platformer · Puzzle 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
$19.99Monochroma
May 28 · Nowhere Studios
Both: Platformer · 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
FreeColor Phase
Sep 3 · Heatwave Studios
Both: Puzzle · Platformer · 3D 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
$19.99Braid, 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
$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
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Half-Life 2: Episode One
Jun 1 · Valve
Both: 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: 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
$9.99Closure
Sep 7 · Eyebrow Interactive
Both: Puzzle · Platformer · 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
FreeSonder
Feb 15 · Finally Games
Both: Platformer · Puzzle · Puzzle Platformer
Experience an innovative co-op adventure where two players have to work together. Engage in collaborative puzzle solving and dynamic combat with each player having unique abilities. Delve into a psychological narrative that explores the essence of humanity.
CasualAdventurePlatformerPuzzlePuzzle PlatformerExplorationSide Scroller2.5DCinematicStylized
$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
-90%$1.49Stealth Inc 2: A Game of Clones
Apr 30 · Carbon
Both: Platformer · Puzzle · Puzzle Platformer
In Stealth Inc 2, you play the role of a clone escaping a sinister and high-tech testing facility. Stealth Inc 2 tests both your brain and your reflexes over 60 varied levels linked together in a sprawling overworld.
IndieActionStealthPlatformerAdventurePuzzlePuzzle PlatformerSingleplayerMetroidvania2D👍 125
$0.99BOOR
Feb 14 · DazlogStudio
Both: Puzzle Platformer · Platformer · Puzzle
BOOR is a 2D puzzle-platformer game, where you play as a girl with the ability to multiply herself, stranded on Eden, a beautiful but strange world, full of challenging puzzles with platforming elements and a refreshing gameplay.
IndieCasualAdventure2DPuzzle PlatformerPlatformerSingleplayerPuzzleRobotsFemale Protagonist👍 199
$1.994ife
Jul 9 · Fatih Karaatli, Kemalcan Ustabasi
Both: Puzzle · Platformer · 3D Platformer
You have to overcome the challenging tasks you have to do in order to return from the parallel universe you are sent to to your own universe. But remember this: Returning home will not be as easy as you think. Find the portals and collect ancient coins.
ActionAdventurePuzzlePrecision PlatformerFPSPlatformerAction-AdventureHidden Object3D PlatformerPuzzle Platformer
$19.99Spelunky 2
Sep 29 · Mossmouth, BlitWorks
Both: Platformer
Spelunky 2 builds upon the unique, randomized challenges that made the original a roguelike classic, offering a huge adventure designed to satisfy players old and new. Meet the next generation of explorers as they find themselves on the Moon, searching for treasure and missing family.
Platformer2D PlatformerDifficultOnline Co-OpPerma DeathCo-opReplay ValueIndieProcedural GenerationLocal Co-Op👍 19,736
Half-Life 2: Episode Two
Oct 10 · Valve
Both: 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
$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
$19.99Supraland
Apr 5 · Supra Games
Both: Puzzle Platformer · First-Person · Puzzle
Try the demo! A mix between Portal, Zelda and Metroid. Exploration, puzzles, terrible combat, secret upgrades and new abilities that help you reach new places. Playtime 12-25h.
Puzzle PlatformerExplorationMetroidvaniaAdventureFirst-PersonSingleplayerPhysicsPuzzleFPSOpen World👍 12,382
$29.99The Talos Principle
Dec 11 · Croteam
Both: Puzzle · First-Person
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
$6.99The Multi-Medium
Jan 20 · Micah Boursier
Both: Puzzle Platformer · Platformer · Puzzle
The Multi-Medium is a visually unique 2D puzzle platform adventure in which you play as an interdimensional explorer lost in the multiverse. Travel to diverse worlds, each drawn or painted by hand in a different medium and style, in search of your place in the cosmos.
AdventureHand-drawnCasualPuzzle PlatformerStylizedStory RichColorfulPlatformer2D PlatformerPuzzle👍 525
$14.99Youropa
Jun 27 · frecle
Both: Puzzle Platformer · 3D Platformer · 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
$4.99iO
Dec 5 · Gamious
Both: Puzzle · Puzzle Platformer · 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
$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
$19.99Degrees of Separation
Feb 13 · Moondrop
Both: Puzzle Platformer · Puzzle · Platformer
Degrees of Separation is a puzzle platformer where cooperation is built into every move. Two contrasting souls, Ember and Rime, fall in love, but are separated by an enigmatic force, and must use their powers to progress through a spectacular world of fantasy and adventure.
Local Co-OpPuzzle Platformer2D PlatformerCo-opStory RichOnline Co-OpPuzzleSide ScrollerPlatformerDifficult👍 1,012
$59.99Psychonauts 2
Aug 24 · Double Fine Productions
Both: 3D Platformer · Funny · Platformer
Combining quirky missions and mysterious conspiracies, Psychonauts 2 is a platform-adventure game with cinematic style and tons of customizable psychic powers.
3D PlatformerStory RichSingleplayerComedyPsychologicalAdventureFunnyPsychedelicPlatformerCartoony👍 12,339
Team Indie
Oct 8 · Brightside Games
Both: Platformer · Puzzle · Puzzle Platformer
In Team Indie a selection of indie game characters join forces combining their unique skills. Play coop with your own previous runs and bend time to master puzzles and action sequences!
IndieActionPlatformerPuzzle2DPuzzle PlatformerSingleplayer
$7.99Mosa Lina
Oct 17 · Stuffed Wombat, Silkersoft, Lukke, Rollin'Barrel
Both: 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



