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.
#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 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
#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 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.
#5 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.
#6 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.
#7 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.
#8 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.
#9 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.
#10 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.
#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 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.
#14 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.
#15 Vector
Vector is an Action, Acrobatic-Style, Side-Scroll, Platform, and Single-player video game for Android, iOS, and Windows. The game takes place in the stunning world consists of over twenty arcade-style levels and lets you control the protagonist, navigate each level, overcome hurdles, and reach at the end of each level to complete it. The game uses touch control in mobile platforms and lets you swipe up your finger to jump and swipe down your finger to slide. Your main task is to cover the distance as more as possible to score the highest points. According to the story, you are living in the boring world where everything is in order and secure. You’re tired of this type of system and want freedom. Complete each level in your style, perform the acrobatic stunt, experience realistic animation, and collection points to gain experience. With superb HD graphics, platform gameplay, brilliant mechanics, and controls, Vector is the best game to play and enjoy.
#16 Scribblenauts Remix
Scribblenauts Remix is an Action, Puzzle and Single-player video game released for Android, and iOS by 5th Cell. The game consists of forty exciting levels from both original game and its sequel. It offers an exciting gameplay that you have never played before. It introduces a writing mode and lets you follows the instruction, complete a variety of levels by accomplishing objectives. If you stuck anywhere and need some object to solve, you can use write mode to acquire the object and can solve the issue by using this. Progress through the game to unlock further content, levels and objects and become the master. The game rewards you with rewards and points, as you become advanced or clear the level. There are different playable characters and you can select one of them start your game. World Pass, Classic Gameplay, different Characters, a variety of Levels, etc. are the prominent features of the game. Try it out, and you’ll love it.
#17 Trine 2: Complete Story
Trine 2: Complete Story is an Action Role-playing, Puzzle-Platform, Single and Multiplayer video game developed and published by Frozenbyte. The game combines the elements of Side-scroll, Puzzle, Action and Platform and offers an exciting gameplay where you can take on the role of one of three heroes. It takes place in the fantastic fairytale world invaded by deadly creatures. Get into the world by selecting your character and immerse yourself in fun-filled activities. Navigate the game world, interact with objects, solve physics-based puzzles using water, magic, gravity and fire and progress through the game. The primary goal is to accomplish a set of levels to fend off antagonist and destroy his unholy plans to destroy your world. Trine 2: Complete Story includes features such as three different Heroes, Physics-based Puzzles, Twenty Exciting Levels, Plenty of Skills and more. Try it out, and you’ll love it.
#18 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.
#19 Vector 2
Vector 2 developed and published by Nekki for Android and iOS is an Action, Side-scroll, and Single-player video game. The game introduces thrilling gameplay with randomly generated world in a dystopian world. You assume the role of the protagonist, who works for a company where the employee treats as a machine. The protagonist is one of them who decides to survive and find a way out to flee. There are multiple levels, and each level is full of deadly traps, obstacles, and other challenges. You must run as fast as you can and reach the end of the level while collecting stars and square boxes to get three stars. In the game, you are chased by an employee of the company who wants to catch you, but you have to survive and perform different tricks to earn enough points. As you advance in the game, the game will unlock other levels. The game looks easy, but hard to master. Vector 2 offers core features such as Run for your Life, Gear up, a Dystopian World, Procedurally Generated Environment, and more. Try it out, and it’ll entertain you.
#20 Chameleon Run
Chameleon Run brings an Action, Platform, and Single-player gameplay for the players by Hyperbolic Magnetism and Noodlecake Studios. It offers an auto-runner gameplay, in which the player controls the little character that moves in the right direction only. The ultimate job of the player to assist the cube-like character to reach the finish line while performing stunts, avoiding obstacles and simulating the beautiful environment. The player can jump over the deadly obstacles and pits to progress through the game. During the gameplay, the player just touches the objects that have the similar color as the cube-like character. There are many levels available, and each level is made up to several platforms of a different color. To move on the platform, the player has to adopt the same color like the platform. Each level has three tasks to accomplish that the player needs to complete to reach the finish line while collecting coins and crystals without switching colors. Fast-packed Runner, Jumping Mechanics, Smooth Graphics, Non-Linear Gameplay, Touch Controls, etc. are core features of the game. Try it out.
#21 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.
#22 Rayman Fiesta Run
Rayman Fiesta Run is an Action-Adventure, Side-scroll and Single-player Platformer video game developed by Ubisoft Entertainment. The game takes place in the stunning world consists of more than seventy-five levels split into four different worlds. The player controls the protagonist, and his ultimate task is to explore the world from a side-scroll perspective while collecting lum to get power-ups and rewards. The player has to run and jump his way through four different worlds and competes against three epic bosses to save the world from devastation. During the game, the player can run, jump, fly, punch and run up the walls to score the highest points. He can share his progress on Facebook to show off his friends. Rayman Fiesta Run includes exciting features such as Challenge your Friends, Gorgeous Graphics, Avoid new Traps, Fiercer Enemies, Tiny Hero, etc. Try it out, and you’ll love it.
#23 Circa Infinity
Circa Infinity is a Puzzle-Platform, and Single-player video game developed by Kenny Sun for multiple platforms. The game takes place in the recursive circles that alternate color, on which waves of enemies pose the protagonist with several challenges. It contains up to fifty levels divided into five categories. Each category includes a layer of complex challenges to the gameplay. The player needs to control his character, and his ultimate task is to run around the edge of the circle to fulfill the tasks while avoiding obstacles and traps created by enemies. The primary flow of the game includes flipping inside the circle, avoiding demons, and jumping to next loop. The enemies from the previous ring remain on the playfield to create the stunning visual effect. There are up to fifty levels with five boss fights and increasing difficulties. As the game proceeds, it becomes hard to master. With prominent gameplay, addictive mechanics, and superb visuals, Circa Infinity is the best game to enjoy.
#24 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.
#25 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.