Papo & Yo
Papo & Yo tells the story about a very unusual friendship between a Human and a Monster. Quico is a Brazilian boy who loves to hang out with his Monster friend without any fear. Despite all the gory appearance of the monster, its razor sharp teeth and addiction to eating poisonous Frogs, Quico loves his friend and together they explore a magical world while solving challenging puzzles and manipulating the buildings and environment in an entirely unique way. The game tasks the players to control the character of Quico, build a friendship with the monster, and solve some of the hardest puzzles in an environment filled with all kinds of wonders. Papo & Yo lets the players learn to utilize monster’s emotions, use them to solve puzzles and to find the cure to save their friend. With a great mix up of action, puzzle solving and exploration-based elements, Papo & Yo lets the players enjoy an entirely unique and one of its kind story. All things considered, Papo & Yo offers a surreal, physics defying and one of the most heartfelt stories of all times. Try it out and it’ll take you to a whole new world of astonishment.
#1 Superbrothers: Sword and Sworcery EP
Superbrothers: Sword and Sworcery EP is a Graphic Action-Adventure, Puzzle-Platformer and indie video game by Caypybara Games. The game revolves around the character of Scythia and allows you to be part of the two super amazing worlds, one is the real world and the other is a dream world. You can jump from one world to another according to your states. For example, if you want to visit the dream world, you must sleep and if you want to get back to the real world, you must wake up. You can explore a massive sandbox type game world and interact with objects, find out the passage ways or you can eat the Red Mushrooms to boost up your energy levels to continue your journey. You can go on different quests to find the Trigones by traveling through the passageways. The story of Superbrothers: Sword and Sworcery seems kind of twisted one but it will surely engage you in some exciting Puzzles and Adventures and you will enjoy this game for sure. Do try it out.
#2 Machinarium
Machinarium is a wonderful Point and Click Puzzle and Graphic Adventure video game by Amanita Design. The basic objective of the game is to solve a series of challenging puzzles and brain teasers by the use of your intuition and puzzle solving skills. Machinarium offers a Unique Story, a challenging game-play along with best visuals. According to the storyline, your task in the game is to solve a number of challenging puzzles, go through a series of obstacles, use your wit and Point and Click skills to get out of difficult situations and enjoy immersing yourself into a gameplay in which every thing is linked by an Overworld. Machinarium offers a dialogue based gameplay and allows you to interact with the written statements in order to perform the tasks and keep on playing until you are finished with all of the exciting game levels. With an amazing two-tier hint system, walkthroughs, loads of mini games, beautiful visuals, a truly very well written storyline and exciting gameplay, Machinarium is a fun Point and Click Puzzle-platform video game to play and enjoy.
#3 Contre Jour
Contre Jour is a fantastic Physics-based Puzzle-Platform video game by the top Developer Chillingo. Available on a number of platforms such as Android, iOS, Windows Phone and blackberry, Contre Jour offers a Limbo and World of Goo inspired game-play and lets you control a one eyed blob named and Petit who moves via ropes slinging its way through a number of obstacles, environments and worlds. Your basic task is to use the blob to collect all the luminous objects in your way by solving some complex puzzles and by avoiding the obstacles. Contre Jour offers easy swipe and touch controls, brilliant visual details and an addictive game-play. Try it out and you’ll definitely love it.
#4 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.
#5 Nihilumbra
Nihilumbra by Beautifun Games is a Physics-based, Action-Adventure and Puzzle-Platform video game. The game features the protagonist Born who walks, jumps on platforms and solves different puzzles in a virtual game world. As he further paces into the game, the protagonist encounters different enemies and defeats them by directly engaging in battles or by solving a number of different puzzles or by simply avoiding them. Born explores the game world divided into four parts with different objectives and puzzles to solve. Along with 3D graphics, a sleek look and different abilities the player possess, he modifies his appearance and the game world according to the environment and puzzles. Nihilumbra is available to play on PC, Mac OS X, iOS, Wii U and PlayStation Vita.
#6 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.
#7 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.
#8 Windosill
Windosill is a Brilliant Puzzle-Platform and Adventure video game developed by Vectorpark. The game offers a fantastic Physics-driven game-play and takes you to a world built with multiple paintings and drags you deeply into the realm of twisted wonders. Everything you’ll see in the game world, is tangible and can be touched, bent or twisted. With eleven rooms all designed as giant paintings and filled with books, giant birds and monsters, Windosill tasks you to find all the hidden cubes, interact with objects, solve some complex puzzles and finish the level to move to the next one. With a very interesting and twisted game-play, objective-based story-line and beautifully haunted visuals, Windosill is a fantastic Adventure and puzzle-Platform video game to play.
#9 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.
#10 Botanicula
Botanicula, by Amanita Design is an Action-Adventure, Puzzle-Platformer video game. The story of the game revolves around five Tree Creatures friends who started their journey to save the last Seed from the Evil Parasites. The Seed is the only hope of saving their tree home. You can choose any character from the five tree creature friends and act as the story of the game suggests. You must ravel against the evil parasites and bring back the seed of life. Botanicula is an amazingly beautiful game of this genre that can be played with friends, family and partners. Some great features of this marvelous game are! More than 150 different game worlds to explore, hundreds of humorous animations, a lot of hidden bonuses, great music and voice over etc. With superbly created 3D graphics and great story and all of the amazing stuff, this game will definitely provide you with a lot of fun filled hours of gaming.
#11 World of Goo
World of Goo is a beautiful Action-Adventure and Puzzle-Platform video game by 2DBoy. This wonderful Mix up of Indie, Action-Adventure, Puzzle-Platform and Point and Click elements allows you to build massive structures with nothing but Goo Balls. The game offers five main chapters all filled up with challenging levels, with unique music, graphic themes and a totally unique environment. The amazing multiplayer feature allows the players from around the world to build amazing towers using goo balls and enjoy competing against each other. With a super engaging game-play, cool visuals and sounds etc., World of Goo is a brilliant game to play and enjoy. If you haven’t played it yet, you should definitely try it out. It’ll make you an addict.
#12 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.
#13 The Silent Age
The Silent Age is a Puzzle, Point and Click Puzzle Adventure and Indie video game set in the year 1972 in a fictional game world. The game features the protagonist Joe who tries to save the world from extinction by time traveling to different locations in past and future. Your task is to set yourself up into the character of Joe, solve puzzles in a point-and-click type of environment, go to different adventures and manipulate different realities in time and complete the game objectives. The game provides with a marvelously well-written story-line, realistic 3D graphics and easy user interface with easy touch controls and quite engaging and involving game-play. The Silent Age is available to play on PC, Mac, Steam, Android, iOS and Kindle Fire platforms.
#14 Little Inferno
Little Inferno, developed and published by Tomorrow Corporation is a First-person sandbox Action-Adventure and Puzzle-Platform video game. Little Inferno takes place in a freezing cold game world in which the protagonist possesses Little Inferno, a fireplace. He uses the fireplace to burn different appliances and toys to keep him warm from the cold. Every burned object provides with money and the player uses the collective amount to buy more objects to burn. In the game, different combinations of objects provide with different amounts of money so the player combines the objects by solving different puzzles and makes new objects that when burnt, allow the player to get more money and warmth. By using the drag and drop interface, player combines different objects to burn. With HD graphics and amazingly easy user controls, beautiful visuals and an immersive game-play, Little inferno is available to play on multiple platforms such as Windows, Nintendo Wii U, Mac OS X, iOS and Android.
#15 Waking Mars
Waking Mars proves to be a wonderful game that truly offers a brilliantly addictive and quite immersive gameplay and a great story as well. being one of the most played and well liked Action-Adventure and Puzzle Platform video game, Waking Mars takes you to the planet Mars in the year 2097 when after the discovery of life, the first human mission gets trapped into a system of caves. In order to survive the only option seems to be adopting the alien ecosystem, so you must start acting like aliens (Martians), explore the planet, fight off the enemies, survive and save the crew. To explore the planet, Waking Mars lets you use Jetpacks and to fight off the aliens, it allows you to use your tactics and weapons when needed. You must also master the behaviors of different creatures and learn the ways to be part of a breathing ecosystem, discover the secrets, collect the items and finally get out of the planet. With a an amazingly addictive open ended game-play, super cool visuals and sounds, Waking Mars is a fantastic new Action-Adventure and Puzzle Platform video game to play and enjoy. Do give it a try if you haven’t played this marvel yet.
#16 The Cave
The Cave is a new addition to the amazing Puzzle-Platform genre and it offers Adventure-based game-play, takes you to the world of your liking. The game actually allows you to gather up your adventurer friends each equipped with brilliant personalities and stories, get into a world of wonders and follow the path you like and descend deeply into the mysterious and visually stunning locations, explore the cave with immense depths and secrets. The Cave aims on providing you with quality gaming, so it allows you to form a 3 member team out of 7 wonderful characters, descend into the cave, start exploring the world around you, switch between the characters whenever you want, perform different actions using the abilities of any individual character, solve challenging puzzles, interact with objects and craft new ones, unlock new caves by completing various tasks and enjoy every bit of your time playing this cool game. The Cave offers amazing story-line, cool graphics and an immersive game-play to enjoy
#17 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.
#18 Costume Quest
Costume Quest, created by Double Fine Productions is an Action-Adventure, and Puzzle-platform video game. The game is based up on a Halloween theme and lets you choose a player character from a number of game heroes and enjoy an amazing game-play featuring Trick or Treating beautifully created game worlds. Costume Quest allows you to go on different fun filled quests, gather up your party on individuals, collect a number of required costumes and transform into some special and unique champions according to the scenario. This super cool game provides with a DLC pack in which you’ll find the character and costume of Grubbins a lot of new enemies, new quests/adventures, a lot of creepy trick or treat cards etc. You must in the end be able to bring peace to Repugia by killing all the monsters and completing all the objectives. Costume Quest is a wonderful Puzzle and Platform video game and it will definitely entertain you. Do try it out, its fun playing.
#19 Samorost 3
Samorost 3 is an Adventure, Puzzle and Single-player video game developed and published by Amanita Design available to play on multiple platforms. The game mixes the Point and Click and Adventure elements, and it is the third installment in the series of Samorost game and the sequel to Samorost 2. The game takes place on five planets and up to four moons. The gameplay is similar to its predecessors and consists of no dialogue, only an animated thought gibberish’s system. You assume the role of the protagonist named as Gnome on an epic journey through space, comprises a variety of planets. The protagonist equips with a flute and inventory. Your primary job is to explore the environment, gather items, solve mind-bending puzzles and avoid obstacles that come in your way. It offers a brilliant story starts when a flute falls new the house of the protagonist, and he decides to search out the secret behind the flute. With prominent features, exciting gameplay, intense environment, and smooth controls, Samorost 3 is the best game to play and enjoy.
#20 Granny Smith
Granny Smith is an Arcade, Side-scroll and Single-player video game developed by Mediocre for Android and iOS. The game offers a brilliant gameplay, revolving around the female protagonist named as Mrs. Swift, who loves her apples very much. According to the story, the evil thief is trying to steal the apples from Mrs. Swift’s garden. You must guide the protagonist as she skates through the cityscapes and her farmland, destroying everything from offices to barns while collecting her apple and performing various tricks to earn extra points. It offers fast-paced and platform gameplay full of spectacular crashes and stunts. You must run, jump, slide, smash and swing your way through fifty-seven hand-crafted levels split into four different distinct settings. The game features various breakable objects such as flowers, grass, and more. There are two separate characters to play such as Stanley and Scruffy. Granny Smith offers prominent features such as Power-ups, Vintage Replays, Additional Breakable Objects, Upgrade your Character, Touch Controls, and more. With immersive gameplay, excellent mechanics, and fantastic graphics, Granny Smith is the best game to play and enjoy.
#21 Year Walk
Year Walk is an Action-Adventure, and Single-player video game published and created by Simogo for multiple platforms. The game offers a strange gameplay revolves around the protagonist named as Daniel Svensson, who visiting his lover named as Stina. The protagonist warns by his Stina about the dangers of the year walking, and tells her about her cousin who had died while immersive in the activity. After returning home, the main character prepare himself to engage in the year walk. The player assumes the protagonist’s role, who set out himself on an epic adventure. The player encounters multiple fairies and a variety of strange creatures while exploring the church. There are a set of levels and each level needs a completion of certain tasks. The game offers a puzzle-based gameplay, in which the player must solve numerous puzzles to progress. Primary objective of the player is to uncover the truth behind the scene and unlock further mysteries. Year Walk offers core features such as New Puzzles, new Locations, Hint System, Achievements, and more.
#22 Badland 2
Badland 2 is a Side-scroll, Puzzle, Single-player and Multiplayer video game developed by Frogmind Games and published by Cheetah Games. It is a sequel to Badland game, released in 2013 for Android and iOS. The game offers the similar gameplay to the previous game and puts the player in the role of the black creature, who must fly around the strange world through four stages such as Dawn, Noon, Dusk and Night. Each stage has a unique color scheme and a set of traps. Unlike the first title, Badland 2 introduces new tactics such as new obstacles (liquids, frost, searing light, flamethrower, water, etc.), and flying in both directions. It also brings a new feature for the player, which makes the black creature into a rolling wheel. Online leaderboard and unlockable achievements available in the game. Badland 2 includes superb features such as Single-player Campaign, Imaginative Levels, Intuitive Controls, Physics-based Gameplay and more. Try it out.
#23 Lost Journey
Lost Journey is an Adventure, Side-scroll and Platform video game created and published by DreamSky for mobile platforms. It brings an exciting story revolves around the female protagonist named as Jennifer. In the story, an angel comes to the protagonist in the form of the beautiful butterfly and left the existence mirrors world full of secrets. The game features Single-player mode and lets the player control the female character and struggle to collect the memories by switching two different worlds. He/she explores the beautiful landscapes from a side-scroll and can interact with objects to progress through the game. During the gameplay, Jennifer can reverse the gravity, travel through space and time to find her happiness and come back to heaven. The player needs to solve mind-bending puzzles and remove obstacles to move the locked areas. As the story advances, the game becomes challenging to complete. Lost Journey includes prominent features such as Manipulate Space, Reverse Gravity, Expose new Paths, and more. Try it out, and you’ll love it.
#24 Darklings
Darklings is an Arcade, and Single-player Side-scroll video game for mobile devices developed and published by MildMania. It brings an exciting storyline, in which Darklings has stolen all the stars from the world which is brought darkness and essence of light. The game lets the player join Lum on an epic adventure to restore the light. During the gameplay, the player experience the unique gesture driven gameplay with Noire artwork. It comes with an endless adventure, and the game takes place in the magical worlds. There are a variety of levels, and each level has a set of objectives that the player must complete to advance through the game. To save the world, the player needs to save the world by retrieving the stars and purging the darklings. Using the customization, the player changes the appearance of his character with more than ten customizations. Darklings include prominent features such as Sweet Artwork, Forty Creatures, 10 Customizations, Epic Boss Fights, Tactical Strategy, Challenging Objectives, and more.