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Games like Nimbus

2010PC94 % positive9.99 €

Nimbus blends racing with physics puzzling: your craft has no engine of its own, so you must cleverly exploit thrust sources scattered through each level to reach the goal. The challenges grow steadily tougher, while the story stays in the background.

  • Interconnected level design
  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Challenging difficulty
  • Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

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In short: Games like Nimbus

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

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Green Game: TimeSwapper

89 %Match

2016PEGI 3PC, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck playable−72 % 2.99 € 0.83 €

Brings what grabs you about Nimbus: puzzles to figure out, interconnected level design and a demanding difficulty.

You manipulate time, switching between past, present and future so a mechanical bird can reach the exit safely. Expect plenty of deaths to blades and crushers before your timing and planning click.

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Binaries

Bright, upbeat tone

You guide two balls at the same time with identical controls through 101 colourful levels, which strains your concentration in a fresh way. The unusual concentration-platformer idea is the hook, and jokes keep the mood light.

PRiO

Interconnected level design

A tough platformer where you toggle red, yellow and blue blocks to carve a path through each level. Precise timing meets puzzle thinking, wrapped in a bold, colorful look.

Disoriented

Puzzles and brain teasers

In this first-person puzzle game you walk through 30 levels that look simple but twist your perspective. Switchable cameras and checkpoints you can place anywhere let you tackle the tricky spatial puzzles at your own pace.

Deleveled

Bright, upbeat tone

A physics-based puzzle-platformer where you control two characters at once, each falling in the opposite direction. Getting through the tricky levels means making both work together.

Swipecart

Gameplay comes before story

A physics-driven mine cart racer where patience and skill decide the fastest time. Tricky track design and vehicle physics provide the challenge, and earnings let you customize your avatar.

Schein

Puzzles and brain teasers

A puzzle platformer built around colored light, where shining different hues makes objects appear or vanish, driving its tricky puzzles and platforming challenges.

On a Roll 3D

Bright, upbeat tone

A colourful 3D ball-rolling platformer where you steer through 24 levels across six themes filled with traps, switches and hazards. Precise control and timing are the core of the experience.

Trials Evolution

Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

A physics-based 2.5D motorbike skill game where precise balance and throttle control carry you through obstacle courses. The track editor and community-made levels provide nearly endless new challenges.

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