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2008USK 0PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Steam Deck verified93 % positive14.99 €

A landmark puzzle-platformer where every world bends time in a new, mind-twisting way, from rewinding to parallel realities. Beneath its painterly look lies a melancholic, ambiguous tale of regret and obsession.

  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Strong soundtrack
  • Jumping and platforming
  • Emotional impact
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In short: Games like Braid

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Braid special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Shady Part of Me

91 %Match

2020PEGI 7PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck verified93 % positive14.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Braid: emotional impact, puzzles to figure out as well as jumping and platforming.

An atmospheric puzzle-platformer where you switch between a girl and her shadow, using light and shadow to escape a dreamlike world. Its painterly look and emotional story carry the experience.

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Hue

Strong soundtrack

A minimalist puzzle platformer where you change the background colour of the world to make obstacles vanish and open new paths. The search for the protagonist's missing mother provides a quiet, simple story.

In Between

Emotional impact

An atmospheric puzzle platformer where you bend gravity and the environment while a terminally ill protagonist works through grief, anger and acceptance. The puzzles are tightly woven into its emotional story.

Contrast

Strong soundtrack

You play a character who shifts between a 3D world and a 2D shadow plane to solve puzzles. Its surreal 1920s film noir and vaudeville atmosphere and jazz score give it a distinctive mood.

Arise: A Simple Story

Strong soundtrack

A wordless platform adventure that tells a couple's life story through memories, from old age back to childhood. You bend time to get past obstacles, backed by a moving orchestral soundtrack.

Macrotis: A Mother's Journey

Emotional impact

You guide Mother Bilby through a hidden underground realm in search of her children. The game blends atmospheric 2.5D platforming with clever puzzles and an emotional, heartfelt story.

Nihilumbra

Distinctive, stylised art style

An atmospheric puzzle-platformer in which you guide Born as he flees the Void, painting the terrain with colours that make surfaces slippery, sticky or bouncy. Each world adds a new colour and fresh puzzles.

Pid

Strong soundtrack

A charming puzzle-platformer about a young boy stranded on an alien planet, using a gravity beam and clever puzzles to find his way home. Its painterly art style and moody soundtrack are the highlights.

Limbo

Jumping and platforming

A wordless puzzle-platformer rendered in stark black and white, following a boy through a hostile shadow world full of deadly traps learned through trial and error. Its oppressive atmosphere and minimalist art make it a haunting, memorable experience.

Unravel

Strong soundtrack

A wistful puzzle-platformer where you guide Yarny, a tiny creature made of yarn, through lifelike Scandinavian landscapes, using his unraveling thread to swing, build bridges and solve physics puzzles. Its wordless tale of memory, family and loss is carried by a gorgeous folk soundtrack.

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