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2014PC64 % positive

You play an experimental zombie who can switch between three forms to fight and puzzle your way out of a lab. It's a platformer with a hand-drawn look that mixes quick reflexes with problem solving, and you rescue kittens along the way.

  • Jumping and platforming
  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)
  • Distinctive, stylised art style

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In short: Games like Three Dead Zed

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

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The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom

91 %Match

2010PEGI 3PC, Xbox88 % positive3.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Three Dead Zed: jumping and platforming, puzzles to figure out as well as a distinctive art style.

A charming silent-film-style puzzle platformer where you record and replay your own actions with time-travel clones to collect as much pie as possible. Its darkly comic black-and-white look gives it a distinct personality.

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Splasher

Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

A fast 2D platformer where you wield a paint cannon whose colors create different effects like stickiness or bounce, helping you clear tricky levels and free the Splashers from a factory. Precise platforming and speed take center stage, with old-school difficulty and tongue-in-cheek humor.

10 Second Ninja

Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

A blisteringly fast precision platformer where you have just ten seconds per level to destroy every Nazi robot. Success depends on finding the perfect route and quick reflexes, all wrapped in tongue-in-cheek humor.

BirdGut

Jumping and platforming

You play as an outcast bee swallowed by a bird and discover that its insides are a sinister factory for brainwashing insects. This quirky, hand-drawn puzzle platformer mixes dark comedy and creeping horror into a bizarre one-man project.

Lost Marbles

Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

An indie puzzle-platformer mixing tricky jumping sections with brain-teasing puzzles, using a tongue-in-cheek tone and a deliberately colorful palette to stand apart from drab games.

Mushroom Men: Truffle Trouble

Jumping and platforming

A puzzle platformer where mushroom hero Pax moves and stacks objects to build paths while fleeing the lovestruck Truffle Princess. Platforming skill and puzzle solving combine under constant pursuit pressure.

Clash of Puppets

Action-packed real-time combat

A small indie 3D hack-and-slash platformer where you guide Charlie through his nightmares. You fight hordes of puppets in B-movie settings, using weapons and traps and solving puzzles along the way.

And Yet It Moves

Jumping and platforming

A puzzle-platformer set in a torn-paper collage world where you rotate the entire level to change gravity and exploit physics. The rotation mechanic drives clever, tricky challenges.

Eryi's Action

Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

A cute-looking 2D platformer that keeps killing you with sneaky, hidden traps. You learn the layouts through trial and error and laugh at the cruel surprises.

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Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

You guide a tiny stick-figure ninja who grabs gold while a physics simulation keeps throwing him around. Hilarious ragdoll deaths and the built-in level editor Ned make it memorable.

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