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Games similar to Braid

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Our thinky games database has lots of hand-curated, detailed information about every game, so we're able to make great recommendations for other games you might enjoy. This includes other platformer and puzzle games and other games with narrative.

Take a look at some of the most similar games below.

  • Öoo
    Windows
    Use bombs to launch yourself into the air and perform joyful caterpillar tricks.
  • Backworlds
    Windows
    Nintendo Switch
    Apply dimension-switching strokes of paintbrush to explore a dual world of platforming puzzles.
  • The Rabbit and The Owl
    Windows
    MacOS
    Explore a fading world fractured between positive and negative space.
  • Thomas Was Alone
    Windows
    MacOS
    Nintendo Switch
    PlayStation 4
    Xbox Series X|S
    Xbox One
    Help sentient, rectangular AIs find companionship within a puzzle-platforming mainframe.
  • ibb & obb
    Windows
    Linux
    Nintendo Switch
    Join forces with a friend to traverse levels where two gravities coexist.
  • ElecHead
    Windows
    Nintendo Switch
    Xbox Series X|S
    Xbox One
    Throw your head around to power mechanisms in this puzzle-platformer.
  • Leap Year: March
    Windows
    Jump your way through another month's worth of clumsy, puzzly platforming.
  • Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
    Nintendo Switch
    Guide the jumpless Captain Toad and Toadette through diorama-like levels filled with hazards.
  • DYO
    Windows
    Split and unite both halves of the screen to guide two minotaurs out of an impossible maze.
  • Mind Over Magnet
    Windows
    MacOS
    Nintendo Switch
    PlayStation 4
    PlayStation 5
    Xbox Series X|S
    Xbox One
    From video essayist GMTK, a puzzle-platformer about a robot and his magnet friend escaping a factory.
  • MotionRec
    Windows
    Record your movements and play them back to reach new places.
  • Atlantis no Puzzle
    Windows
    Linux
    MacOS
    Web
    Recover the fabled treasure of Atlantis, learning the rules of its mysterious items.
  • Leap Year
    Windows
    Discover the secrets of falling in a platforming world where a plain jump could kill you.
  • Recursed
    Windows
    Linux
    MacOS
    The rooms are items and the items are rooms in this recursive platformer.
  • Golden Idol Investigations: The Curse of the Last Reaper
    Windows
    MacOS
    Nintendo Switch
    PlayStation 5
    Xbox Series X|S
    Xbox One
    Solve four tempestuous cases that bridge the gap between both Golden Idol games.
  • Kubinashi Recollection
    Windows
    Nintendo Switch
    Use your head in a very literal way to unwind platforming conundrums.
  • Mario vs. Donkey Kong
    Nintendo Switch
    Retrieve the stolen Mini-Mario toys by making your way through puzzle-platforming challenges.
  • Lumino City
    Windows
    MacOS
    iPad
    iPhone
    Android
    Explore an enchanting city through a series of dazzling handcrafted dioramas.
  • The Swapper
    Windows
    Linux
    MacOS
    PlayStation 4
    Xbox Series X|S
    Xbox One
    Clone yourself and transfer consciousness in this sci-fi narrative puzzler.
  • The Pedestrian
    Windows
    Linux
    MacOS
    PlayStation 4
    PlayStation 5
    Xbox Series X|S
    Xbox One
    A puzzle-platformer set within a world of interconnected street signs.
  • Gorogoa
    Windows
    MacOS
    Nintendo Switch
    PlayStation 4
    Xbox Series X|S
    Xbox One
    iPad
    Android
    Assemble vignettes to explore a hand-drawn story.
  • Family
    Windows
    MacOS
    Web
    Shift through interview snippets and music tracks to identify band members from a fictional indie scene.
  • Rivals
    Windows
    MacOS
    Piece together the lives and careers of two musicians across 15 years' worth of written and audio material.
  • Toki Tori
    Windows
    Linux
    MacOS
    Nintendo Switch
    Navigate the levels using limited tools to rescue unhatched chicks.
  • Portal
    Windows
    Linux
    Nintendo Switch
    Xbox Series X|S
    Xbox One
    Solve test chambers with a portal gun in this first-person classic.
  • Quern - Undying Thoughts
    Windows
    Linux
    MacOS
    PlayStation 5
    Xbox Series X|S
    Xbox One
    Uncover the secrets of Quern, solving contraption puzzles in this first-person puzzle adventure.
  • I Wanna Lockpick
    Windows
    Collect colored keys to open corresponding doors in this surprisingly deep puzzle platformer.
  • The Talos Principle
    Windows
    Linux
    MacOS
    Nintendo Switch
    PlayStation 4
    Xbox Series X|S
    Xbox One
    Android
    Overcome Elohim's tests in this philosophical first-person puzzler.
  • The Talos Principle 2 - Road to Elysium
    Windows
    PlayStation 4
    PlayStation 5
    Xbox Series X|S
    Xbox One
    A 3-part DLC that expands on the story of The Talos Principle 2 and offers extra challenging puzzles.
  • Filmechanism
    Windows
    Nintendo Switch
    Capture and restore snapshots of single-screen puzzle-platformer stages.

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