Figment
Figment is an Action-Adventure, Puzzle, Isometric, and Single-player video game published and developed by Bedtime Digital Games. The game revolves around musical adventure takes place in the recesses of the human mind. It welcomes you in the surreal world full of deepest thoughts, memories, urges, and lots of voices. According to the story, the mind has been quick for several years, something has changed. Strange thoughts have begun to emerged, taking the form of brutal creatures who spread chaos and fear in the place they visit. The world’s last hope is grumpy dusty, a former voice of the mind, has come back to help the mind to face the fear. The game embarks the protagonist and his friend named as Piper on an epic adventure through various sides of mind, where they have to solve complex puzzles to calm down the mind, and find the way to defeat the terrifying creatures to restore the courage. Figment includes core features such as the Hand-drawn World, Musical Performance, Fight Nightmares, Use both Brain and Brawn, etc. Try it out.
#1 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.
#2 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.
#3 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.
#4 SpeedRunners
SpeedRunners is a Platform, Side-scroll, Single-player and Multiplayer video game created by DoubleDutch Games and published by tinyBuild. The game offers fast-paced runner gameplay played from side-scroll perspective. It takes place in the thrilling world and features various characters, from which the player can select his favorite one with unique abilities. The primary objective of the player is to run along his fellows or other players and struggle to beat them or eliminate them from the race to become the hero. The player will win the match when reaches at the end of the stage before anyone. There are numerous levels available with unique obstacles and environment. Grappling Hooks, Bombs, Rockets, and Spikes are prominent weapons that the player can use during the race for defeat his opponent. The player collects unique power-ups while competing against opponents, and can run, swing around, fire rockets and jump in his way through different levels to knock his friends out. SpeedRunners offer core features such as Four-player Platformer Competition, multiple Weapons, Upgrades, Online Multiplayer, Designed Maps, and more. Try it out.
#5 Shantae: Half-Genie Hero
Shantae: Half-Genie Hero (also known as Shantae: ½ Genie Hero) is an Adventure, Platform, Side-scroll and Single-player video game developed and published by WayForward Technologies for multiple platforms. It is the 4th title in the series of Shantae and serves as the first title to be designed for HD game platforms. Like previous titles, the player can take on the role of the protagonist named as Shantae, who is a half-genie and can use her hair as a weapon to attack foes. During the game, the player can obtain dances that enable her to transform into different forms and each form has its unique abilities that can access inaccessible areas. The game offers a new transformation such as monkey, elephant and a bat, a crab, a mouse, and more. The transformations can be upgraded with new abilities using the earned points. The game split into several stages and the player can replay each stage to obtain new items to progress through the game. New Relic System, Compelling Characters, Arcade-style Action Stages, Magical Attack, etc. are prominent features in the game. Try it out, if you want to battle against huge bosses.
#6 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.
#7 Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap
Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap is an Action-Adventure, Platform, Side-scroll and Single-player video game created by Lizardcube and published by DotEmu. The game serves as the remake of Wonder Boy III: The Dragon’s Trap, released in 1989, developed by Westone Bit Entertainment. It takes place after the events of Wonder Boy in Monster Land, where the player assumes the role of the adventurer, upon eliminating the Mecha Dragon, has become afflicted with curse transforming him into a Lizard-Man. According to the plot, the player must travel around the world and struggle to defeat all the dragons presented in the world to return to his original form. Like previous installment, the player can navigate different lands, smashing enemies to collect items such as fireballs and arrows, and currency which can be used to unlock or purchase new weapons. There are a variety of levels and each level has a set of objectives that the player has to accomplish at any cost. As the game proceed, it becomes difficult to play. Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap includes prominent features such as Three difficulty Levels, 8-bit Graphics, Unearth the Dark Secrets, and more. Try it out, and you’ll love it.
#8 Unravel
Unravel is a 3D, Puzzle-Platform, Side-scroll and Single-player video game developed by Coldwood Interactive and published by Electronic Arts. The game focuses on the small anthropomorphic creature named as Yarny, made of Yarn whom the player explores through the beautiful landscapes. The world is full of dangerous creatures, obstacles, and mind-bending puzzles that the player has to complete to progress through the story. According to the plot, the old lady is seen looking out the windows of her home. As an old lady proceeds upstairs, she encounters a lone ball of yarn, rolling out of shot. The protagonist is an apple-sized creature, who must navigates the world around him to solve the complex puzzles. As the player explores the land, the twine made of unravels, creating lines that he can use to solve puzzles to advances through the story. The game offers lush and breath-taking environments inspired by Northern Scandinavia, the player can traverse the beauty of nature as well the dangers. With highly detailed environment, superb mechanics, and addictive gameplay, Unravel is the best game to play.
#9 Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom
Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom is an Action, Platform, and Single-player video game developed by Game Atelier for multiple platforms. During the gameplay, the player takes on the role of a protagonist named Jin, who finds his Uncle Nabu turning everyone into animals by using magic across the kingdom.
The player has to confront before enemies and solves puzzles where he can gain six different animal forms. While attempting to save the kingdom, the player comes to the king’s court magician, Mysticat, who asks him to go on a quest and recover five animal orbs from across the kingdom to turn everyone normal.
The animals include a snake who can climb walls and enter small spaces, a dragon who can fly and spit fire projectiles, and a lion who can break the blocks. The player’s human form can dash him through obstacles. The core features of the game are Six Animals, Orbs, Characters, Upgrades, and Gemstones.
#10 Unravel Two
Unravel Two developed by Coldwood Interactive and published by Electronic Arts, is a Puzzle-Platform, and Single-player video game for Multiple Platforms. The game is the sequel to Unravel, released in 2016 and it comes with improved graphics and controls. The storyline of the game revolves around two Yarns, small anthropomorphic creatures. Unlike the previous title, the game offers both Single-player and Multiplayer options, through local co-op only. Two Yarns can be controlled with either two or one players, which must work together to solve the challenging puzzles and explore the beautiful hand-crafted world. The game provides the player with a compelling storyline, taking place on an island contains a set of levels with increasing difficulty. The player can explore the world from a side-scroll perspective, run, jump, and solve tricky puzzles in his way to reach the end of each level. Unravel Two includes prominent features such as Beautiful Environment, Side-scroll Gameplay, Challenging Levels, and more. Try it out, and it’ll entertain you.
#11 Broken Sword 5: The Serpent’s Curse
Broken Sword 5: The Serpent’s Curse is an Episodic, Comic Style Point-and-Click Puzzle-Platform and Action-Adventure video game by Revolution Software. The game take you to Paris and let’s choose your character from two choices, The Fearless Amarican George Stobbart and a French journalist named Nico Collard. Your task in the game is to find out the truth about a Stolen Painting, a Murder and a possible worldwide destruction by the hands of the Devil. You must solve this mysterious case by using your true detective skills, logic and unique abilities. To complete the game objectives, you’ll have to go through a lot of challenges, puzzles and a lot of difficulties because the strings are attached to the Devil himself. The mystery of Surpent’s Curse must be solved in order to save the world from chaos and destruction. With wonderful 5 episodes, amazing adventures across Europe, hand drawn visuals, a well written story and an amazingly addictive game-play, Broken Sword 5: the Serpent’s Curse is a brilliant game to play and enjoy.