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.
#1 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.
#2 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.
#3 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.
#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 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.
#6 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.
#7 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.
#8 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.
#9 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.
#10 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.
#11 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.
#12 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.
#13 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.
#14 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.
#15 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.
#16 Leo’s Fortune
Leo’s Fortune is an Adventure, Platform, Puzzle and Single-player video game played from a side-scroll perspective developed by 1337 & Senri for multiple platforms. The game puts you in the role of the cute creatures and embarks on an adventure where you must find the thief who has stolen your gold. You can jump, explore and solve puzzles in your way through a variety of challenging levels to progress through the game. There are beautiful hand-crafted levels available with awesome graphics and a well-written story. Each level comes with its unique set of puzzles to solve, and the difficulties that you have to solve to move forward. Overcome obstacles, solve physics-based puzzles, and score the highest points to become the master. The game features unlockable achievements and enables you to unlock further levels using your points. Survive, Uncover the Mystery, Treacherous Platform Adventure, Twenty-four Level, etc. are prominent features in the game. Leo’s Fortune is an addictive puzzle game for those who love playing physics-based puzzle games.
#17 Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime
Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime is an Action, Side-scroll Platform, Single-player and Multiplayer Space Shooter video game created and published by Asteroid Base for cross-platform. You can play the game alone or with up to four players. Your job is to pilot a spaceship with a set of stations inside it. The station of the ship controls the engine, weapons, cannon, shield and the map. During the game, you can control the single avatar with a task to protect the ship from damage, maintain the balance and attack enemies to crush them. You will discover gift boxes while exploring the environment which consists of gems. The gems offer the new and enhanced power to the station. The game comprises up to four campaigns, and each campaign has four levels to complete and a boss fight. The task of the regular levels is to locate and save the assortment of abducted creatures including foxes, frogs, bunnies and more. Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime includes core features such as Co-op Gameplay, Upgradeable Ships, Deep Challenge, and more. Try it out, and you’ll love it.
#18 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.
#19 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.
#20 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.
#21 Embers of Mirrim
Embers of Mirrim is a 2.5D Adventure, Puzzle-Platform, and Single-player video game developed and published by Creative Bytes Studios for multiple platforms. The game takes place in the fantasy setting, where an ancient power forges, two different creatures into a hero charged with restoring the balance and peace to the land. The hero has a grace and power of his races as well as the unique ability to split himself into dark and light embers. During the gameplay, the player controls the stylish character with twice personality such as Mirrim can split into two forms known as Embers while the dark and light embers controlled by the simple controls and provide the player with new ways to solve tricky puzzles, traverse through the land and overcome challenging obstacles. The player explores the world from a side-scroll perspective and struggles to save the world from the corruption. Embers of Mirrim includes prominent features such as Diverse Gameplay, Explore the Extraordinary World, Stylish character, and more. Try it out, and you’ll love it.
#22 Typoman
Typoman is an incredible 2D Word, Side-scroll, Surreal, Puzzle-Platform, and Single-player Adventure video game developed and published by Brainseed Factory. The game offers impressive gameplay where the player slips into the role of the stick figure made of letters. The ultimate task of the player is to struggle to make his through the dark and hostile world. Despite the stature of the player, he has a special ability which he can use to craft words. During the gameplay, the player needs to unleash his inner power, and use his wits to select the word, because the words can either be a curse or a blessing. It has a dark environment which the player navigates from a side-scroll perspective. There are numerous stages, and the player has to complete each one at any cost. The player will encounter the mind-bending puzzles and must solve all of them to advance through the game. Typoman includes prominent features such as Distinct Soundtracks, Atmospheric World, Solve Challenging Puzzles, and more. Check it out, and have fun.
#23 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.
#24 The Mooseman
The Mooseman is an Adventure, 2D Atmosphere, Mythology, and Single-player Puzzle video game created and published by Vladimir Beletsky. The game takes the player in the mysterious world of ancient myth, heavily inspired by a finna-Ugric creature of old pagan times. The storyline of the game starts with the words, a long time ago, when a king named Yen shaped the world. In the game, the player takes on the role of the protagonist known as The Mooseman, who can see all that is buried to the mortal eye. During the gameplay, the player can explore three different layers of the universe, first of whom is the lower world inhabited by spirits of the dead reside. While playing the game, the player will explore the world inspired by animal style. He can also dive into the thick atmosphere of komi music. The Mooseman offers prominent features such as Unlock new Abilities, Learn the Ancient Myths, Dive into the Deep Atmosphere, and more. Try it out, and have fun.
#25 Little Nightmares: Complete Edition
Little Nightmares: Complete Edition is a Platform and Single-player video game created by Tarsier Studios and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. The game provides the player with an opportunity to play with his childhood fears. He can immerse himself in this game with a little nightmares, a dark tale that will confront the player with his childhood fears as the player struggle to help six and the Kid escape The Maw, a massive vessel full of corrupted souls searching for their next target. During the gameplay, the player can set out on an epic journey with Six and The Kid to reveal all the secrets of The Maw in two different escape storylines that will put the player skills to the test.