Games like Arise: A Simple Story
by Piccolo Studio
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.
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$14.99Youropa
Jun 27 · frecle
Both: Puzzle Platformer · 3D Platformer · Exploration
A platform puzzle paint adventure about breaking rules, being upside down and thinking outside the box.
Puzzle Platformer3D PlatformerExplorationMetroidvaniaLevel EditorCharacter CustomizationParkourCharacter Action GamePlatformerBuilding👍 288
-80%$3.99Bee Simulator
Nov 17 · VARSAV Game Studios
Both: Relaxing
Live the big adventure of a small bee! Explore a world brimming with life in which you collect pollen, defy dangerous wasps and save your hive! Play with others in three game modes, including four players co-op and PvP on split screen.
FlightFamily FriendlyAdventureRelaxingArcadeCasualOpen WorldColorfulCo-opEducation👍 753
$8.99Quantum Conundrum
Jun 21 · Airtight Games
Both: Puzzle Platformer · 3D Platformer · Platformer
Find and rescue your uncle by using his newest invention to work your way through a crazy complex mansion as you switch between dimensions and solve puzzles!
Puzzle PlatformerPuzzle3D PlatformerFirst-PersonPhysicsComedyCasualPlatformerSingleplayerStrategy👍 1,758
$6.99Corn Kidz 64
Oct 16 · BogoSoft
Both: 3D Platformer · Exploration · Platformer
The unauthorized, kid-friendly version of the classic Stephen King thriller (or maybe not, maybe it's just a game about one-horned goatbabies)
3D PlatformerRetroCollectathonCartoonyAction-AdventureControllerCartoonExploration3DPlatformer👍 1,694
$19.99Pid
Oct 31 · Might and Delight
Both: Puzzle Platformer · Platformer · Local Co-Op
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
$19.99Braid, Anniversary Edition
May 14 · Thekla, Inc.
Both: Puzzle Platformer · Platformer · Time Manipulation
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
-70%$7.49Everdream Valley
May 30 · Mooneaters
Both: Relaxing
A farming adventure with a dash of magic. Play solo or up to a 4-player coop. By day, restore your quaint farm into a summer paradise. Explore, raise crops, care for animals and rebuild your home. At night inhabit various creatures through your dreams and bring enchantment to the valley.
DogsFarming SimAdventureCuteCozyMultiplayerSingleplayerLife SimRelaxingCooking👍 709
$19.99Monochroma
May 28 · Nowhere Studios
Both: Platformer · 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
-80%$1.99Golf Club Nostalgia
Sep 3 · Demagog Studio
Both: Puzzle Platformer · Platformer
Human life is wiped out. Earth is now a golf course for the ultra-rich. In this dystopian sports puzzler, play through destroyed brutalist monuments, crumbling shopping malls, and abandoned museums as you piece together the full story of how humanity fell.
Puzzle Platformer2D PlatformerAtmosphericDystopian CasualSoundtrackStory RichPost-apocalypticDark ComedyPlatformer👍 1,185
FreeArcade Boy
Aug 27 · Edvar Studio
Both: 3D Platformer · Puzzle Platformer · Platformer
The story of a boy stuck in an arcade...
Precision Platformer3D PlatformerPuzzle PlatformerPuzzleParkourPvEPlatformer3D FighterArcadeAction-Adventure
$4.99Creepy Tale
Feb 21 · Creepy Brothers
Both: Puzzle Platformer · Platformer
Creepy quest with the atmosphere of the Brothers Grimm fairy tales. Go through a dangerous adventure filled with puzzles and challenges! Perhaps it is you who will be able to solve all the secrets of forest and save the peaceful creatures?
Puzzle PlatformerShortAdventurePuzzle2D PlatformerPlatformerHand-drawnIndieDarkAction-Adventure👍 2,378
$4.99Laughing to Die
Apr 10 · 大吉利制作组
Both: Platformer · Puzzle Platformer
囡囡回乡参加奶奶一百岁的丧礼。家人们都说老人百岁去世是喜丧,因此家里正大摆宴席招待亲友。独自一人的囡囡看到一个酷似奶奶的身影之后随之而误入某个奇怪的房间,在寻找离开的道路同时,囡囡也逐渐从这些房间的故事中知道了奶奶的来历,更从中得知在喜丧背后所隐藏的秘密。
AdventureCasualPuzzlePlatformer2D PlatformerHand-drawnPsychological HorrorPuzzle PlatformerPhilosophical2D👍 3,121
$19.99Until Then
Jun 25 · Polychroma Games
Both: Emotional
A fateful meeting sets off a chain reaction, upending Mark's life. People disappear and memories prove unreliable. Uncover a hidden truth with Mark and his friends in this narrative adventure and race to unravel the mystery before it's too late.
Visual NovelEmotionalPixel GraphicsStory RichInteractive FictionPsychological2DRomanceMysteryAdventure👍 15,742
$12.99Impulsion
Jul 19 · Driving Force Games
Both: 3D Platformer · Platformer
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
$3.992D Neon Cube
Sep 8 · Laush Dmitriy Sergeevich
Both: Puzzle Platformer · Platformer · Relaxing
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
$6.99Lyratha: Labyrinth - Survival - Escape
Mar 11 · Lord Imperio
Both: 3D Platformer · Puzzle Platformer · Exploration
Far away from the fate of the world and time, deep in catacombs and vaults of long-forgotten places, the Lyratha Order conceals his existence, without knowledge of humanity outside.
Early Access3D PlatformerPuzzle PlatformerDungeon CrawlerCasualExplorationTutorialStealthSurvivalAction-Adventure
-90%$1.99TOEM: A Photo Adventure
Sep 17 · Something We Made
Both: Exploration · Relaxing
Set off on a delightful expedition and use your photographic eye to uncover the mysteries of the magical TOEM in this hand-drawn adventure game. Chat with quirky characters, solve their problems by snapping neat photos, and make your way through a relaxing landscape!
CozyWholesomePuzzleAdventureExplorationCuteRelaxingCasualHand-drawnPhoto Editing👍 9,701
$19.99Creaks
Jul 22 · Amanita Design
Both: Puzzle Platformer · Relaxing
The ground starts shaking, light bulbs are breaking - and something rather unusual is happening right behind the walls of your very room. Equipped with nothing but wit and courage, you slowly descend into a world inhabited by avian folk and seemingly deadly furniture monsters.
PuzzleHand-drawnAtmospheric2DPuzzle PlatformerSurrealStylizedCartoonRelaxingMystery👍 5,323
-89%$0.54Robotex
Nov 19 · YFYX GAMES
Both: Platformer
Life on Earth is unsustainable. Humanity must seek a new home but the only planet found is very hostile. You were sent on a expedition to slay the monsters inhabiting the surface of this planet. In this adventure you end up being the villain. Game contains two basic controls, many puzzles and lots of guns and enemies.
IndieCasualActionAdventure2DPlatformerSide Scroller👍 745
$1.99Darkness Ritual: Impasse
Mar 6 · AProX
Both: Platformer · 3D Platformer · Puzzle Platformer
You witnessed a dark ritual taking place and nothing will go wrong from now on. You are stuck in an unknown place, can getting out of here and solving the secrets save you from this impasse?
AdventurePsychological HorrorSupernaturalDemonsPlatformerPuzzleHorror3D PlatformerPuzzle PlatformerFPS
$1.99!AnyWay!
Jun 6 · EYEFRONT
Both: Platformer
Do you like parkour? Dashing retro times? AnyWay! Try yourself on an unsuccessful journey in the role of Joy, feel the burden of parkour! A small, but exciting adventure Joy will not make you relax, not for you, not for your friends!
Side ScrollerPrecision Platformer2D PlatformerCasualSandboxPlatformerArcadeAction-AdventureCharacter Customization2D👍 507
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Feb 13 · FUTU Studio
Both: Exploration
The Apocalypse shattered a world in disarray. Facing his impending death, a young boy named Sid crossed paths with Torii, a girl who feeds on the energy of time. In the harbour town of Astella, a mysterious adventure is about to unfold along with the investigation of an unusual crime...
JRPGAnimeFantasyCuteStory RichSteampunkAction RPGExplorationTop-DownLore-Rich👍 118
FreeSonder
Feb 15 · Finally Games
Both: Platformer · Puzzle Platformer · Exploration
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
$9.99Closure
Sep 7 · Eyebrow Interactive
Both: 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
-60%$5.99DEEEER Simulator: Your Average Everyday Deer Game
Nov 23 · Gibier Games
Both: Exploration
Put simply, DEEEER Simulator is a “Slow-Life Town Destruction Game”. You can spend your days enjoying a nice, relaxed frolic here and there together with the other animals around town, or you can choose to relieve some stress and absolutely destroy the town and everything in it.
ExplorationSandboxFunnyPhysicsThird PersonCuteParody SurrealOpen WorldHorses👍 4,446










