Games like LIMBO
If you like LIMBO (puzzle, platformer and atmospheric), these 10 games are similar in what you do and how you play. They go from most to least similar.
INSIDE
When you have a free afternoon and want a short, polished work you can play in one sitting.
Little Nightmares
When you want an unsettling experience you can finish in one or two sessions.
Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus
- In common: thinking
When you want a classic puzzle game with dark humour and fart jokes that you can put down at any moment.
Papo & Yo
- Difference: more story
When you have a free afternoon and want a short story that's hard to take in: it's over in about four hours.
ANIMAL WELL
- In common: thinking
- Difference: more exploring
When you feel like exploring and thinking calmly, letting curiosity guide the session.
FEZ
- In common: thinking
- Difference: more exploring
When you want to explore with no pressure: nothing attacks you and a fall just sends you back to the last solid ground.
Dungeons of Hinterberg
- Difference: more progression
When you have a spare half hour: each dungeon takes about 20-30 minutes and there's no day limit to finish it.
Return of the Obra Dinn
- In common: thinking
When you fancy feeling like a real detective and your mind is sharp. Every confirmed deduction is a small victory.
Valiant Hearts: The Great War
- Difference: more story
When you fancy a short, moving story, in sessions of one or two hours.
Chants of Sennaar
- In common: thinking
- Difference: more progression
When you want to think calmly and feel like a linguist: every word you decipher is a small victory.
How we pick them
We compare the tags the Steam community gives each game with our own classification: what you do (action, story, building…), the difficulty, how long sessions last and whether you play alone or with others. Nobody pays to appear.
About LIMBO
A boy searches for his sister through a black-and-white world, with no dialogue or tutorials. You run, jump and push crates to get past puzzles and traps you can't see until they spring: you die often, but you retry from the last checkpoint.
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