Games similar to Backpack Boy

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Monomoon
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Oneli
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Light of Atlantis
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Yoshi and the Mysterious Book
Discover the abilities of quirky creatures living inside a mysterious encyclopedia.
The Swapper
Clone yourself and transfer consciousness in this sci-fi narrative puzzler.
Thanks, Light.
Give and take light to alter the rooms inside a surreal, menacing brutalist complex.
Elementalist
Collect orbs granting you one-time abilities to complete platforming conundrums.
Moss Moss
Explore a mossy, cozy world filled with gentle secrets.
Colorbound
Collect colors to solve light platforming puzzles and reunite Aymaran musicians.
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
Guide the jumpless Captain Toad and Toadette through diorama-like levels filled with hazards.
Öoo
Use bombs to launch yourself into the air and perform joyful caterpillar tricks.
MotionRec
Record your movements and play them back to reach new places.
Toki Tori
Navigate the levels using limited tools to rescue unhatched chicks.
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Discover the abilities of mysterious shapes to navigate the quirky rooms inside a giant parrot.
La-Mulana
Put on your adventurer's hat and dive into a dangerous maze of cryptic secrets.
Braid
Rewind time in a series of puzzle platformer worlds that alter time in strange and unique ways.
La-Mulana 2
Unravel the mysteries of a sprawling, deadly network of underground ruins.
Grooveyard
Set up the right platforms before releasing a skeleton whose movement is tied to specific beats.
Backworlds
Apply dimension-switching strokes of paintbrush to explore a dual world of platforming puzzles.
Leap Year
Discover the secrets of falling in a platforming world where a plain jump could kill you.
Energy Excavation
Dig into the ground to find buried reserves while managing a limited energy resource.
BoxBoy! + BoxGirl!
Pull out chains of boxes from yourself to get across obstacles, either solo or in co-op.
Recursed
The rooms are items and the items are rooms in this recursive platformer.
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Leap between tiny asteroids by discovering their mysterious rules and systems.
Helix: Descent N Ascent
Explore an evocative monochrome land where mysteries lurk in both darkness and light.
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Uncover the secrets of Quern, solving contraption puzzles in this first-person puzzle adventure.
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Take turns between two versions of yourself and find ways to escape your own traps.
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Jump your way through another month's worth of clumsy, puzzly platforming.
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Explore a fantasy world to gather knowledge about it and escape a time loop.

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