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2012PC, PlayStation88 % positive

A steampunk puzzle-platformer where you create living fluid creatures called fluros and use their abilities to operate machinery and solve puzzles. The physics-based fluid simulation is at the heart of the experience.

  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Jumping and platforming
  • Strong soundtrack
  • Lavish presentation

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In short: Games like Vessel

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

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Best match

Cocoon

93 %Match

2023USK 6PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck verified94 % positive22.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Vessel: puzzles to figure out, a strong soundtrack and lavish production.

Cocoon is a wordless puzzle adventure where you play a small insectoid creature carrying worlds inside orbs and nesting them within each other to solve puzzles. The worlds-within-worlds mechanic delivers clever aha moments and a mysterious atmosphere.

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Hue

Puzzles and brain teasers

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.

Braid

Puzzles and brain teasers

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.

Snake Pass

Jumping and platforming

A physics-driven platformer where you slither and coil your way through colorful levels as a snake. The believable snake movement turns every obstacle into a tricky dexterity puzzle.

Metrico+

Puzzles and brain teasers

A minimalist puzzle-platformer set in a world of infographics, where bar, line and pie charts react to everything you do. You learn the rules of each of the six worlds through experimentation.

Viewfinder

Lavish presentation

You snap photos with an instant camera and then place them in the world, turning the images into real paths, bridges and platforms. The result is a series of inventive perspective puzzles in a stylish sci-fi setting.

NaissanceE

Lavish presentation

An abstract first-person journey through vast, monolithic architecture of light and shadow. Atmosphere, sound and art take priority over conventional gameplay, with platforming and puzzle sections mixed in.

Manifold Garden

Lavish presentation

A meditative first-person puzzle game set in endlessly repeating, Escher-like architecture, where you rotate gravity to find paths and bring the world back to life. Its clean visual language and mind-bending spatial puzzles set it apart.

Planet Alpha

Lavish presentation

An atmospheric 2D platform adventure on an alien planet where you shift the time of day to solve puzzles and slip past dangerous creatures. Striking colors and wordless storytelling define the experience.

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