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Nominated as a IGF Seamus McNally Finalist, NightSky is an ambient action-puzzle game that offers a gameplay experience unlike any other—cerebral challenges fill uniquely designed picturesque worlds. The player must maneuver a sphere by using realistic physics to advance; each of these worlds is broken into different areas.
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$9.99And Yet It Moves
Apr 2 · Broken Rules
Both: Puzzle Platformer · Physics · Platformer
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
$1.99Lonely Trip
Feb 5 · Fish Chain Games
Both: Puzzle Platformer · Platformer · Puzzle
Lonely Trip is a 2D puzzle platformer. Unique puzzles, beautiful visuals and capturing music, experience all these by completing this lonely adventure.
Puzzle PlatformerPlatformerCasualIndiePuzzleRelaxingMinimalist2D Platformer2DCartoon
$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
$8.99Anoxemia
Jan 16 · BSK Games
Both: Physics · Puzzle Platformer · Puzzle
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
$9.99ElecHead
Oct 14 · NamaTakahashi, Tsuyomi
Both: Puzzle Platformer · Puzzle · Platformer
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Puzzle PlatformerPuzzlePlatformerLinearPixel GraphicsActionRetroAdventureSingleplayerIndie👍 1,412
$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
$9.99Unmechanical
Aug 8 · Talawa Games
Both: Puzzle · Physics · 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
$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
$9.99Mind Over Magnet
Nov 13 · Game Maker's Toolkit
Both: Puzzle Platformer · Puzzle · Platformer
An attractive puzzle platformer where you use magnetism to escape a factory. Meet a cast of magnet characters and work together to solve logical conundrums.
Puzzle PlatformerPuzzleAdventureRobotsPlatformer2D Platformer2DIndieLogicSingleplayer👍 1,344
$9.99Portal
Oct 10 · Valve
Both: Puzzle · Puzzle Platformer · Physics
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
$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
$9.99Deep Under the Sky
Aug 22 · RichMakeGame, Colin Northway
Both: Physics · Puzzle · Platformer
Fling, jet, grapple and roll through a psychedelic world as you experience the bizarre mating rituals of alien jellyfish. You'll need careful timing and strategy to explore every cleft and cranny in this chill but challenging 1-button arcade game.
ArcadePhysicsPuzzlePlatformerRelaxingActionPsychedelicPuzzle PlatformerPrecision PlatformerSurreal
$5.99Squishy the Suicidal Pig
Oct 23 · Tomi Maarela, Elias Viglione
Both: Platformer · Puzzle · Puzzle Platformer
From the creators of Hero Siege, Squishy the Suicidal Pig is a puzzle platformer with a counterintuitive goal where you play as Squishy, a pig wearing a yellow sweater who's trying to reach his parents in animal heaven by completing his deal with the devil.You asked for a challenge, now you have it!
IndiePlatformerPuzzlePuzzle PlatformerAdventurePixel GraphicsDifficult2DFunnyGore👍 2,657
$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
$4.99Laughing to Die
Apr 10 · 大吉利制作组
Both: Puzzle · 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
$4.99Alter World
May 29 · Giorgi Abelashvili
Both: Puzzle · Puzzle Platformer · 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
$9.99Suicide Guy VR
Jul 24 · Fabio Ferrara
Both: Puzzle Platformer · Puzzle · Physics
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
FreeYnglet: Prologue
Feb 18 · Nifflas
Both: Puzzle Platformer · Platformer · Physics
Ynglet: Prologue presents the first levels of my new game Ynglet! You’ll jump between bubbles that float in the sky like you’re a space dolphin, as you melt into a highly reactive and dynamic soundtrack created by Ynglet’s custom (and needlessly complicated) music software!
ActionPuzzle PlatformerPlatformer2DColorfulHand-drawnSpacePsychedelicPhysicsIndie
$3.996180 the moon
Sep 19 · Turtle Cream, PokPoong Games
Both: Platformer · Short · Puzzle Platformer
Simple space, dynamic jump. 6180 the moon offers a fresh, unseen game play style by connecting the top and bottom of the screen.
IndieActionCasualPlatformerShort2DSingleplayerExperimentalPuzzle PlatformerMinimalist👍 369
$9.99Semblance
Jul 24 · Nyamakop
Both: Puzzle Platformer · Puzzle · Platformer
Semblance is an innovative platformer with deformable terrain, set in a beautiful minimalist world. It’s a game that asks, what if you could deform and reshape the world itself? Semblance takes the idea of a ‘platform’ in a platformer and turns it on its head.
IndieCasualPuzzle Platformer2DPuzzlePlatformerActionAdventureCuteSide Scroller👍 318
$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
$14.99UFO: Unidentified Falling Objects
Aug 9 · Andrew Morrish
Both: Puzzle Platformer · Puzzle · Platformer
Unidentified Falling Objects is a unique mashup of platforming and puzzle destroying gameplay. Players are dropped into the puzzle where they must dodge the falling obstacles and destroy blocks to make big combos.
2D PlatformerPuzzle PlatformerPuzzlePvPPlatformerArcade2DCuteActionSplit Screen👍 137
$0.99Landlord of the Woods
Mar 17 · Madison Karrh
Both: Puzzle · Physics · Short
You're 25, you feel like all of your peers are ahead of you in life so you apply for a new job to try to find some sort of meaning. Your new career is filled with physics-based puzzles, hand drawn art & a cute little story.
Point & ClickHidden ObjectPuzzleSurrealCuteAdventurePhysicsShortHand-drawnAtmospheric👍 1,242
$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
$1.99Marble Mayhem: Fragile Ball
Jul 7 · Bimboosoft Co.,Ltd.
Both: Puzzle · Platformer · Physics
Devilishly difficult but insanely rewarding physics puzzler. Play through 85 levels of diverse and ingenious physics-based challenges.
CasualIndiePuzzleDifficultSingleplayer2DArcadePlatformerActionPhysics👍 921
$14.99The Swapper
May 30 · Olli Harjola, Otto Hantula, Tom Jubert, Carlo Castellano
Both: Puzzle · Platformer · 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
$4.99Gateways
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
$9.99Qbeh-1: The Atlas Cube
May 15 · Liquid Flower
Both: Puzzle · Puzzle Platformer · 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
$4.99Albert and Otto
Oct 28 · K Bros Games
Both: Puzzle · Platformer · 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
$19.99Creaks
Jul 22 · Amanita Design
Both: Puzzle · Puzzle Platformer
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
$0.99Down is Relative
May 17 · Bret Swearengen
Both: Puzzle · Puzzle Platformer · Physics
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
$3.992D Neon Cube
Sep 8 · Laush Dmitriy Sergeevich
Both: Puzzle Platformer · 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
-70%$1.49Night Lights
Jun 7
Both: Puzzle Platformer · Puzzle · Platformer
Night Lights is a relaxing puzzle platformer where you manipulate light and shadow to guide a small robot through a calm, atmospheric world.
MetroidvaniaPrecision PlatformerSide ScrollerSokobanExploration2D PlatformerPuzzle PlatformerPuzzlePlatformerRoguelike
$1.99Slime Research
Jan 2 · Schism
Both: Physics · Puzzle Platformer · Platformer
Slimy Puzzle Platforming
Physics2D PlatformerControllerLevel EditorCutePuzzle PlatformerPlatformerFemale Protagonist2.5D2D
$9.99Capsized
Apr 29 · Alientrap
Both: Platformer · Physics
Capsized is a fast paced 2D platformer focused on intense action and exploration. As a intrepid space traveler, your ship has crash landed on a mysterious alien planet. You must navigate through the perilous environment and fight off blood-thirsty creatures to save your crewmates and escape with your lives!
ActionIndiePlatformerSci-fi2DLocal Co-OpShooterPhysicsGreat SoundtrackSingleplayer👍 593
$4.99The Inner Darkness
Feb 24 · Nauris Amatnieks
Both: Puzzle · Puzzle Platformer · Short
A lone man's journey through a strange world. Dimension switching mechanic - switch between the dimensions to traverse the world and solve puzzles.
Time ManipulationPuzzlePuzzle PlatformerDarkShortPixel GraphicsMysteryRetroAtmosphericSingleplayer
$1.99The Deletion
Jul 30 · russpuppy
Both: Puzzle Platformer · Puzzle · Platformer
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
$9.99Vectronom
May 28 · Ludopium, ARTE France
Both: Puzzle Platformer · 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
$19.99Teslagrad 2
Apr 19 · Rain Games
Both: Puzzle · Platformer · Puzzle Platformer
Lumina, a young Teslamancer, finds herself stranded after her airship crash lands in Wyrmheim, a remote and treacherous land to the North. Embark on a dangerous adventure, exploring a gigantic, abandoned tower looming over a fjordside valley, on a quest to get Lumina home and back to her family.
AdventurePuzzleActionPlatformerAction-AdventureMetroidvaniaSteampunkPuzzle Platformer2D2D Platformer👍 419
$16.99Etherborn
Jul 18 · Altered Matter
Both: Puzzle · Puzzle Platformer · 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
$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
$9.99GNOG
Jul 17 · KO_OP
Both: Puzzle · Short
GNOG is a tactile 3D puzzle game about exploring whimsical monster heads and the secret worlds inside them. Filled with eye-catching designs, lively interactions, and a rich, reactive soundtrack, the hand-crafted heads come to life as you grab, poke, spin, pull, and play with each charming contraption.
IndieCasualAdventurePuzzleVRColorfulPoint & ClickGreat SoundtrackSingleplayerShort👍 426
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
$8.99Wenjia
Oct 17 · Luoriver studio-洛神游戏工作室
Both: Puzzle Platformer · Puzzle · Platformer
Wenjia is a 2D platform game with puzzle-solving elements. Players can freely travel between two realms (the material world and the energy world), each of them with different challenges and obstacles. Players must utilize both realms’ mechanisms to reach their final goal.
IndieAtmospheric2DAdventureMetroidvaniaPuzzle PlatformerPuzzleActionPlatformerDifficult👍 242
FreeColor Phase
Sep 3 · Heatwave Studios
Both: Puzzle · 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
$9.99Nimbus
Oct 25 · Noumenon Games
Both: Puzzle · Physics · Platformer
Nimbus is a unique combination of racing & puzzling. The player controls a craft with no means of directly propelling itself and needs to use whatever is scattered around the levels to acquire thrust and reach the goal. Traverse a world map with several distinct islands in order to recover your lost love.
IndieRacingPuzzlePhysicsDifficultPlatformerTime Attack2DColorful👍 182
$9.99Osmos
Aug 18 · Hemisphere Games
Both: Puzzle · Physics
Enter the ambient world of Osmos: elegant, physics-based gameplay, dreamlike visuals, and a minimalist, electronic soundtrack. Your objective is to grow by absorbing other motes. Propel yourself by ejecting matter behind you. But be wise: ejecting matter also shrinks you. Relax - good things come to those who wait.
IndieCasualPuzzleRelaxingSingleplayerPhysicsGreat SoundtrackAtmospheric2DDifficult👍 693
$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
$7.99Rocket Escape
Dec 2 · Compact Square Studios
Both: Physics · Puzzle Platformer · Platformer
You're trapped in a strange facility with only one tool at your disposal - a Rocket Launcher. You must use this launcher to rocket jump your way to the goal across many unique new environments, dealing with the hazards in your way.
2D PlatformerPhysicsPuzzle PlatformerHand-drawnBullet TimeLevel EditorPlatformerTime Manipulation2DThird Person
$9.99Out There Somewhere
Mar 14 · MiniBoss
Both: Platformer · Puzzle
You play an explorer stranded on a dangerous alien planet. Low on fuel, your only hope for escape is to find the planet’s core in this incredibly clever action-puzzle-platformer.
PlatformerPixel GraphicsIndiePuzzleAdventure2DGreat SoundtrackRetroActionSci-fi👍 6,161
$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
$14.99Vibrant Venture
Jul 24 · Semag Games
Both: Platformer · Puzzle Platformer
Vibrant Venture is a singleplayer 2D adventure platformer game featuring a quirky cast of characters! The game features four playable characters with multiple unique abilities that can be combined for extremely versatile, fluid and fun movement!
PlatformerAdventureSide Scroller2D PlatformerPuzzle PlatformerDifficultActionPixel GraphicsCartoony2D👍 575
$9.99Crazy Machines 3
Oct 18 · Fakt Software
Both: Puzzle · Physics
Crazy Machines 3 is the latest, greatest, most amazing and craziest part of the series and fascinates once more with physic-based puzzles. Build your own crazy machines and share your awesomeness across the world thanks to the Steam® Workshop.
SimulationPuzzlePhysicsStrategySandboxSingleplayerMultiplayerBuildingCasualDifficult👍 7,484


















