The Way
Games like The Way

Games like The Way

A 2D puzzle-platformer on an alien planet featuring teleportation and telekinesis, with an atmospheric but challenging single-player campaign of roughly 15 hours.

MO:Astray
A pixel-art side-scrolling action-platformer with mind-bending puzzles, special abilities, and a speedrun mode, offering a cute but occasionally frustrating 13-17 hour adventure.
2019-10-24
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The Way
Games like The Way

Games like The Way

A 2D puzzle-platformer on an alien planet featuring teleportation and telekinesis, with an atmospheric but challenging single-player campaign of roughly 15 hours.

MO:Astray
A pixel-art side-scrolling action-platformer with mind-bending puzzles, special abilities, and a speedrun mode, offering a cute but occasionally frustrating 13-17 hour adventure.
2019-10-24
- Action
- Platform

Puzzle

Adventure

Fantasy

Indie

Side view

Axiom Verge 2

An exploration-focused single-player metroidvania in an alien pixel-art world, with light combat and a divisive breach mechanic, lasting about 9 hours.

2022-08-11

Action
Science fiction
Platform
Adventure
Indie
Side view

Bionic Bay

A puzzle platformer starring a scientist who teleports through a biomechanical world of traps and secrets, with a heavy atmosphere and a roughly seven-and-a-half-hour length.

2025-04-16

Action
Science fiction
Platform
Puzzle
Adventure
Indie
Side view
Mystery

Ghost Song

A somber 2D metroidvania on a desolate alien moon, with cosmic horror, ability-based exploration, and a roughly 13-15 hour journey.

2022-11-03

Action
Science fiction
Platform
Adventure
Indie
Side view
Role-playing (RPG)
Open world

LUNARK

A short, pixel-art sci-fi cinematic platformer about rebellion, with fluid movement and shooting, though some players find its controls clunky.

2023-03-30

Action
Science fiction
Platform
Puzzle
Adventure
Indie
Side view

Out There Somewhere

A short, challenging action-puzzle-platformer about teleporting through a pixel-art alien planet to reach its core, with whimsical puzzles and a roughly 6-hour playthrough.

2016-03-14

Action
Science fiction
Platform
Puzzle
Adventure
Indie
Side view

The Swapper

A challenging sci-fi puzzle platformer set on a space outpost, built around cloning and teleportation, with a philosophical story and claymation visuals that typically takes about 8.5 hours.

2013-05-30

Action
Science fiction
Platform
Puzzle
Adventure
Strategy
Indie
Side view
Mystery

The Cave

A compact 2.5D puzzle-platformer where a trio of quirky adventurers with unique abilities explores a mysterious cave across branching paths and multiple endings.

2013-01-23

Action
Comedy
Platform
Puzzle
Adventure
Fantasy
Side view

Axiom Verge

A retro side-scrolling metroidvania set in a surreal alien world, featuring glitch-based environment manipulation and boss fights, generally praised for its art but noted for clunky controls.

2015-05-14

Action
Science fiction
Platform
Adventure
Indie
Side view

Planet of the Eyes

An atmospheric single-player sci-fi puzzle-platformer in which a service robot explores a mysterious planet, blending puzzles and platforming, with a roughly 13-hour runtime.

2015-08-24

Action
Science fiction
Platform
Puzzle
Adventure
Indie
Side view
Kids

Gateways

A single-player retro-styled 2D puzzle-platformer metroidvania where a scientist uses gateway guns to solve increasingly complex lab puzzles, with a dark, playful tone; reviewers averaged about 6-10 hours.

2012-09-13

Science fiction
Platform
Puzzle
Indie
Side view

The Melty Way

A cute but punishing pixel-art platformer where a slime spends its own mass to move, with a short, rewarding run of roughly 2–5 hours.

2026-05-15

Action
Comedy
Platform
Adventure
Fantasy
Indie
Side view

MO:Astray