A Walk in the Dark
A Walk in the Dark is another great Story-Driven Puzzle-Platform, Survival and Action-Adventure video game similar to Deadlight. The game lets you be a Cat named Bast, who after losing her Owner journeys through a Dark jungle in order to find her. Set in a Fantasy world, A Walk in the Dark lets you experience one of the most horror game-plays and allows you to enjoy beautifully haunted soundtracks. Your task is simple, just Run, Jump, Duck and Slide through a number of platforms, Use Slingshots and defy gravity, cross over and under some spikey obstacles and save yourself from traps and dark creatures in order to reach down to the end of level and eventually find your owner. With a wonderful, Haunting and quite eerie environment, cool visuals and soundtracks, a well-written story and an immersive game-play, A Walk in the Dark is a very cool game to play.
#1 Limbo
Limbo is an award winning Puzzle-Platform and Action-Adventure video game by PlayDead. The game offers wonderfully immersive game-play and lets you enjoy a Side-Scrolling marvel in which your task is to be a little kid, travel through a dark jungle, solve a number of puzzles in order to carry on your way and defeat some nasty monsters to survive. Huge Spiders, Bear Traps, Dark passages, machine enemies and anti-gravity guns are some of the obstacles that you are destined to go through, remain on your course and get out of this God-forsaken world and eventually find your missing sister. With a mesmerizing and amazing environment, brilliant visuals and an addictive and challenging game-play, Limbo is quite fun to play.
#2 Badland
Badland is a Sandbox-style Action-Adventure and Puzzle-Platform video game by Frogmind specially designed for Android and iOS devices. The game is available to play on Windows Phone, Blackberry, PS3, PS4, PS Vita, Xbox One and Steam (Windows) as well. The game allows you to be a dark jungle creature who struggles to get rid of the giant machine that is killing them all. The machine keeps on annihilating the jungle creatures and suck you up via a portal. After you wake up, you find yourself into a far part of the machine with no ways to get out. Your task is to simply start exploring and finding the ways to get out of the machine and to save your kin by destroying the it. In order to complete the objectives, you’ll have to solve some complex puzzles by the help of all the available objects and by manipulating them to make other useful objects and tools etc. Badland offers brilliant quality visuals and an addictive game-play to enjoy.
#3 Rayman Legends
Rayman Legends is an Action-Adventure and Puzzle-Platformer video game created by Ubisoft Montpellier and Ubisoft Casablanca. The game provides with a similar game-play to Rayman Origins and allows up to 4 players for a simultaneous game-play in which you can explore dungeons, haunted lands and fight against vampires, ghosts, and the living dead etc. Rayman Legends provides with 120 levels of pure awesomeness, additional Lums and Teensies. This super cool re-mastered version of the game actually is a war going on between the Teensies and their nightmares so you must get up from you 100 yearlong sleep, encounter the nightmares and the Dark Teensies and free the 10 princesses and the good Teensies. Rayman Legends is a great Action-Adventure, and Puzzle platformer video game, do try it out.
#4 Thomas Was Alone
Thomas Was Alone is a 2D Action-Adventure, RPG, Puzzle-Platformer and Indie video game by Mike Bithell. The game is set in an Anti-Gravity environment and is about the friendships, jumping and floating together. Your duty is to guide a cluster of boxes through a series of obstacles by using your unique Puzle solving skills and finish the levels. Thomas Was Alone features great background music, amazing voice over and quite addictive and fun filled game-play. The boxes in the game are basically World’s first AI’s and this game lets you program them and perform different tasks with them to see if they have perfected or there is any need of redesigning. Thomas Was Alone includes some great features such as over a 100 challenging and addictive game levels, more than 10 cool player characters, super challenging and quite engaging game-play etc. If you really like to play Puzzle-Platform games, you should not miss Thomas Was Alone. it’ll definitely entertain you good. Do try it out.
#5 The Swapper
When we talk about some really wonderful Action-Adventure and Puzzle-Platform games, The Swapper can’t be just missed. The Swapper is a brilliant Action-Adventure, Puzzle-Platform video game with a wonderful narrative, game-play and mechanics. The game is set in the distant quadrants of Space and takes you to an amazing journey of a Sci-Fi world. The Swapper lets you be a space wanderer with a special device that makes your clones and allows you to swap your consciousness into totally new bodies (Clones), solve some of the most challenging puzzles, go through amazingly beautiful environment build using clay models, and be part of a wonderful story and game-play. As compared to a lot of the titles with similar aesthetics, The Swapper is one of the best Action-Adventure and Puzzle-Platform video game that totally immerses you with the core game-play and lets you have an awesome experience.
#6 Ori and the Blind Forest
Ori and the Blind Forest is a marvelous new Action-Adventure, RPG and Puzzle-Platformer video game by Microsoft Studios. The game takes you to an amazing 2D world where you control Ori The Spirit who eliminates enemies using the sacred spirit flames. With amazingly challenging puzzles, exploration, and epic enemy encounters, Ori gets tasked by the Spirit tree to accompany Sein The Guide, eliminate the forces of evil and restore the forest. Ori and the Blind Forest offers great visuals, addictive game-play and a wonderful story to follow. Ori and the Blind Forest is one of the newest and best Action-Adventure, puzzle-Platform video games that offer unique RPG elements to boost up the level of entertainment you’ll have while playing the game, so do try it out.
#7 Child of Light
Child of Light by Ubisoft Montreal is a marvelous Action-Adventure, Indie and Puzzle-Platform video game that tells the story of a young girl named Aurora who in the year 1895 awakens on the lands of Lemuria. After waking up she finds out that she is a long way from home, starts off her journey to her home but soon realizes that in order to reach home she’ll have to go through a Dark world filled with Dark Creatures of the evil queen of the Night. You are required to get into the role of Aurora, fight off all the Dark Creatures, Defeat the Queen of Night and free the Sun in order to bring light to the realm and finally reach home. Child of Light offers a great story filled with wonders, surreal visuals and sounds and an immersive game-play for you to play and enjoy. If you really want to play a really good game of Action-Adventure and Puzzle-Platform genres, Child of Light is best for you. It offers a brilliantly immersive gameplay, a well-written story and a lot of other great things to enjoy.
#8 Never Alone
Never Alone is a Single Player, Local Co-operative, Atmospheric Puzzle-Platform video game by Upper One Games. The game offers a game-play divided into 8 chapters and allows you to be an Alaskan Eskimo girl named as Nuna who along with her Companion, an Arctic Fox follows the stories in every chapter and completes various and challenging puzzles. Never Alone lets you swap between the two characters (Nuna and Fox) according to the puzzles in front of you and lets you pick different objects, solve puzzles and restore the balance in the core of Eternal Blizzard. Exploration element of the game lets you explore the game world, interact with objects and solve various puzzles based on physics and environmental wonders. Never Alone lets you use Bola, a special weapon made with weights and interconnected cords to smash into closed areas and open them up, get into new environments and enjoy immersing yourself into an amazingly addictive and quite engaging gameplay. Never Alone offers a story deeply inspired by Alaskan Folklore, that includes sub stories such as Blizzard man, The Little People, Manslayer, The Rolling Heads, The Sky People etc. Try it out and see if you can survive in harsh physical environments and can solve the twisted puzzles.
#9 Tembo The Badass Elephant
Tembo, The Badass Elephant, is a fun Side-Scrolling Platform video game by Sega. Released back in 2015, Tembo The Badass Elephant is available to play on multiple platforms such as Microsoft Windows, Xbox One and PlayStation 4. The game allows the players to be an Elephant named as Tembo. Tembo has a good number of Special abilities, and he can smash through different types of structures and things and is bound on a mission to save the Metropolis named as Shell City from a massive Evil Army that goes by the name of “Phantom”. The Army fails to stop the destruction caused by the Phantom, so the General Krenman enlists Tembo as the Hero and the savior of the Metropolis. Tembo The Badass Elephant allows the players to get into the character of Tembo and Serve the nation with your ultimate Services. The players are tasked to obliterate the foes by engaging themselves into a fast-paced gameplay and by running, jumping and smashing their way through the hordes of enemies. Tembo, The Badass Elephant, offers an environment inspired by the top notch Sonic the Hedgehog video game and implements the elements from top ranking franchises such as Super Mario Bros. and Donkey Kong. With a remarkably addictive and immersive gameplay, beautiful 16-bit visuals and loads of other exciting things, Tembo The Badass Elephant is a fantastic Action and Platform video game to play and enjoy.
#10 Contrast
Contrast, as it tells by the name, is a wonderful Action, Adventure-based Puzzle-Platform video game that lets you jump in to the two worlds (Real and Shadow) in blink of an eye. The game is set in two different worlds, one is realistic 3D world and the other is a 2D Shadowy world. In the times of 1920’s, your task is to jump into the play, get into the character of a young girl named Didi, and use your special powers to dreamscape from one realistic world to another shadowy world. Both of the worlds are connected by an unknown force and you are required to manipulate the laws, move to worlds and engage yourself into epic Physics-based puzzles, solve them and complete the story. It allows you to manipulate the light sources, make shadows and go through an immense amount of obstacles to complete the objectives of the game. With an ability to shift whenever you want, crafting abilities, amazingly challenging puzzles, exploration on a large scale and easy controls, Contrast offers a dreamlike film-noir game-play, amazing story-line and beautiful visuals to enjoy. Do try it out, it’ll definitely entertain you well.
#11 Valiant Hearts: The Great War
Valiant Hearts: The Great War is a masterpiece when we talk about the Action-Adventure, Puzzle Platform, and Stealth games. This brilliant game is inspired by the letters sent by the World War 1 vets from both sides. Valiant Hearts: The Great War features four main characters and allows you to switch between them when needed. The basic objective of the game is to help a young German soldier find his love, survive, sacrifice and maintain friendships throughout the game-play and kill the enemies at the same time. The main antagonist of the game is Baron Von Dorf, a general in German army who turns the life of the young soldier upside down by dragging him into places where nobody else would go ever want to go. You must act according to the story and go through a number of harsh situations, use your skills, weapons and wit to defeat enemies and finally get together with your family. Valiant Hearts: The Great War with an amazing World War 1 setting, battles between the German and French armies, amazing visuals, a great story and an engaging game-play, is a wonderful game to play and enjoy. Try it out for an amazing gaming experience with a different touch. You’ll definitely like it a lot.
#12 Inside
Inside is an Adventure, Puzzle-Platform, and Single-player video game created and published by Playdead. The game offers side-scroll elements and lets you get into the role of a young boy to dive into the game world. The game offers the similar gameplay like Limbo. In the game, your main goal is to explore the surreal environment, solve a series of challenging puzzles and earn points. The character can run, walk, climb, swim, and interact and use objects to overcome obstacles to progress in the game. After progressing in the game, the boy gets the ability to control the bodies of enemies to complete puzzles. According to the story, the red-shirted boy trapped in a strange city populated with zombie-like peoples, worms, and pigs. In the game, you must use farm equipment and animals to escape to the city. With the best mechanics, addictive and immersive gameplay, superb visuals and exciting story, Inside is the best game to play and enjoy.
#13 Deadlight: Director’s Cut
Deadlight: Director’s Cut developed by Tequila Works and published by Microsoft Studios is an Action, Side-scroll, Horror-Survival and Single-player video game for multiple platforms. The game takes place in the Seattle in 1986 and revolves around the story of the protagonist named as Randall Wayne, who is a former park ranger. The protagonist is looking for his family in the aftermath of a zombie apocalypse. He left the group whom he has connected, and the protagonist must struggle to traverse the fictional world to find the safe zone, where he believes his family will be saved and waiting. The zombies threaten the world and the player can assume the role of the protagonist. His ultimate goal is to explore the world, avoid zombie hordes and survive as long as possible to save her family. The player can navigate the world from the side-scroll perspective and can move from right to left and left to right. The protagonist can crouch, long jump, walk, roll, and can perform more acrobatic moves. With superb various of puzzles, exciting story, and engaging gameplay, Deadlight: Director’s Cut is the best game to play and enjoy.
#14 Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition
Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition comes with additional content such as New Areas, New Abilities, New Secrets, multiple Modes, and more. The game mixes the Puzzle-Platform, Metroidvania and Side-scroll elements developed by Moon Studios GmbH and published by Microsoft Studios. It takes you on a thrilling, atmospheric adventure, where you takes on the role of Ori, a white guardian spirits, and Sein, the spirit tree of the forest. The player is tasked to explore the environment and move between platforms to solve the puzzles to progress through the game. The game brings a system known as Soul Links, enabling the player to rescue at will and an upgrade system that offers the player the ability to improve the skills of the character. During the gameplay, the player will discover two new environments and can master two new abilities such as Light and Dash burst. The forest is dying after a storm, and the player has to find a solution to save the forest by completing tasks. Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition includes prominent features such as various Levels, Mind-bending Puzzles, Hand-painted Artwork, Animated Characters, and more.
#15 Max: The Curse of Brotherhood
Max: The Curse of Brotherhood is an Action, Puzzle-Platform, and Single-player video game, created by Press Play and published by Microsoft Studios. It acts as the sequel to the previous title, Max and the Magic Maker, released in 2010 by the same developers. The storyline follows the protagonist named as Max, reaches home from his school one day and discovers his brother named Felix playing and smashing his beloved toys. After that, the protagonist starts to search online using the search engine for a way how to get rid of his young brother. Then, suddenly a mystery portal opens, and his brother disappear. It is the blend of physics-based and Puzzle-Platform elements and the game takes place in the stunning environment played from 2.5D perspective. There are seven chapters available as well as twenty challenging levels. All the levels in the game are linked to offer a single journey. In the game, the player can use the magic element to solve the complex puzzles to earn points. Other levels will be unlocked, as the player advances through it. With addictive features, immersive gameplay, and stunning visuals, Max: The Curse of Brotherhood is the fascinating game to play.
#16 The Adventure Pals
The Adventure Pals is an Action-Adventure, Role-playing, Platform, Co-op, Single-player and Multiplayer video game created by Massive Monster and published by Armor Games Studios. The game is about exploration, friendship, and riding the giraffe. According to the story, Mr. B is abducting old people and transforming them into hot dogs. Now, it’s up to the player and his best friends to rescue the day. During the gameplay, the player can slash, leap, and blast his way through increasingly difficult levels each is full of traps, wild enemies, weird, treasure chests, and more. During the journey, the player can help a whale regain confidence, partake in a battle to take down enemies and can traverse to the legendary sunken city. The journey of the player takes him around the large land full of zombie pirate cats, post-apocalyptic dinosaurs, and more. There are five distinct worlds available, and each has a set of unique characters and quests. The player can level up by taking down baddies to enhance his health. With addictive gameplay, superb mechanics, and cool visuals, The Adventure Pals is the best game to play.