Puzzle platformers deliver a more methodical platformer expereince. You need to think about and plan out your actions rather than just running and jumping forward. There are still action sequences, but you need to figure out the puzzle at hand before performing those actions. These games often include switches, teamwork, or order of operations.
Highest scored apps in the category
King Rabbit is an action-packed puzzle game.
Help King Rabbit rescue his bunny friends from a dark enemy. Hop around and interact with objects to solve puzzles, find the keys and coins, and make your way to the cage to free your friends. You can also customize your death animation with those shiny diamons you've been collecting.
A totem teamwork challenge
Kalimba has players controlling two characters at the same time to help restore light to the island. Are you up to the task in this beautiful puzzle platformer?
A cute and charming portal puzzle game.
Help the paint bucket achieve its goal of getting the paintbrush that is locked away or in hard-to-reach places. Tap to open up portals and get the bucket to the brush while avoiding spikes and other obstacles. The simple controls are easy to pick up and make it so that anyone can play the game.
A charming puzzle platformer.
Mimpi is a dog who pees to mark his territory and dreams. Help him navigate his dream worlds, meet new friends and help them solve their problems, before finding the dog bed and settling in for a nap. The puzzles and platforming action is not too challenging, so it's a game that is friendly enough for everyone. The point is to have some fun and finish the game.
Apps with average score
A parallel journey of the heart
Heart Star is a puzzle platformer game where players must guide two characters in parallel worlds so that they both work together to overcome dangerous and tricky puzzles. It's all about teamwork in this beautifully retro puzzle platformer.
Light your way through parallel worlds
Lit the Torch is a puzzle platformer game that involves two parallel worlds, one that is the present and the other in the past. Players must help the protagonist find the hidden torches and light them up with her flame to complete the puzzles.
Infiltrate Mice Dungeons and Recover the Stars as Nekosan
Nekosan is a challenging platformer game that also throws in reflexes and puzzles into the mix. Help recover the stolen stars by infiltrating the mice dungeons as an almighty cat.
Push a cube through geometry
The original game perfectly suited for mobile devices has come to the Apple TV. Develop your telekinetic strength by pushing a cube within a geometric universe. Platforms, enigmas and reflexes combine to make Edge Extended a rich and comprehensive game. Rotate and push the cube around the puzzle to complete...
A puzzle platformer sequel that lets you play as cute stick slime balls.
A puzzle platformer sequel that lets you play as adorable slime balls that can stick to anything. Use your sticky ability to flip gravity, and maneuver through levels designed to counteract your ability.
A color switch based platformer with a colorless world to navigate.
Play as right eye, and try to rescue the kidnapped left eye. With his partner missing, right eye is now color blind leaving a difficult world to navigate.
**1st Prize of Best Game Creative Award in the 7th China Game Developers Awards**
**Excellent Indie Game**
How many steps do I need to meet you and not to miss you?
Yesterday! is a 3D Puzzle Game about the philosophy of love and encounter.
Space is independent, time is irreversible. The encounter in life,...
Finish the blueprints and watch out for the marker in this unique, physics puzzle platformer.
Eraser has six unique chapters, each requiring a certain number of stars to unlock, with over 70 levels in all. Erase objects by swiping the screen to clear a path to the level goal.
TouchArcade: 5/5 "Reminded me of the good old days of gaming."
PuzzleGameApp.com: 5/5 "This game is intense, challenging and epic."
A puzzle platformer featuring a royal rabbit trying to escape hell. Confront grim reapers and poison spiders, dodge traps, and find items. Use your intellect and skill to overcome 140 puzzle...
There's a deeper meaning behind being pretentious
Pretentious Game is a puzzle platformer where the objective is to help the blue square reunite with the pink one. It sounds easy enough, but things get difficult and tricky once dangerous obstacles are all that stands between them.
Accessible one touch puzzle challenge with futuristic graphics.
Tap and swipe to guide your arrow through classic puzzle elements. Collect keys, activate switches, move through portals, and more through the 12 included levels with an unlockable time based challenge.
Reunite the lovers
Staying Together is a gorgeous puzzle platformer that is all about helping two lovers reunite in a world that is full of obstacles that try to separate them. Is love all that you need to overcome anything?
A modern twist on an NES classic puzzle platformer.
Lode Runner is an arcade and NES classic that has now been redone for modern audiences in Lode Runner 1. There's an all new look and brand new levels built upon the familiar style of puzzle platformer. You need to climb ladders, dig holes for enemies to fall into, and...
Use your smarts to get through the tower
Journey of Haha is an adventure puzzle game where you must use your brains to get through the tower, rather than speed or strength.
7th IMGA "GRAND PRIX" WINNER!
also available for iPad and Mac OSX
Embark on an epic adventure that will take you beyond anything you have ever experienced before!
- iPhone 5 display support
- Never-before-seen gameplay
- 1 year in the making
This is the story of Kribl, a little bug on a big journey to...
Could be good for special cases
*Winner of Indie Stream Fes 2015 - Best of Narrative Award
*Recipient of Famitsu Gold Dendo Award [31/40]
*Out of Index 2015 Official Selection
"Have you ever looked into a mirror carefully? How do you know whether the person looking at you from the other side is yourself or someone else inside the mirror?"
RETSNOM is an inventive pixel art puzzle platformer that allow players to break the map by mirroring sections of the level, and rearranging it on the fly.
You have a daughter. She is unfortunately infected by a zombie virus. The only way to save your daughter is to visit the future laboratory to steal the medicine that is expected to be made by your colleagues. But the future research team is hiding in a maze using mirrors.
Features
- Inventive puzzle platformer that allows players to break the map by mirroring sections of the level and rearranging it on the fly
- Unique puzzles using mirrors and various mechanics
- 61 levels spread over 5 different worlds, 3 hidden stages and collectable bonus items
- Narratives of time-travel paradoxes and another world in the mirror with 2 different endings.
Featured by Apple: 'Great Platformer'
What happens when you combine Prince of Persia and the Lost Vikings in one game? An instant classic and iOS's best puzzle platformer.
Babylonian Twins is a 2D retro puzzle platform game that takes you to 576 BC in ancient Mesopotamia. With a beautifully reconstructed historic environments, original Middle Eastern music and innovative two-character control, you will enjoy days and weeks of exploration and mind-twisting puzzles. A critically acclaimed remake of the original Commodore Amiga game which was built in Iraq in the 90s.
Critical reviews:
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4.5/5 - TouchArcade
4.5/5 - GamePro
5/5 - AppSmile
8/10 - PocketGamer (Silver Award)
"Fantastic head-scratching puzzles" - GamePro
"Top marks level design, superb challenges", EuroGamer
"A proud member of Mensa" - 148Apps
"Reminds us what was so good about 16-bit gaming" - PocketGamer
"A gorgeous, charming platformer with one of the most interesting backstories" - C-Net
"An Instant Classic" - THEAPPERA
Also featured on AOL News, Kotaku, Wired.com, Arstechnica, The Independent, The Vancouver Sun and others.
About the game
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- Guide the twin princes of Babylon in their quest to restore peace in Babylon in unique co-operative tag-team control
- Over a dozen large levels across five worlds including: Tower of Babel, the Assyrian Place, the Procession Street and the Hanging Gardens of Babylon.
- Super crisp retina graphics with a detailed reconstruction of ancient Mesopotamia derived from authentic history texts
- An album worth of original authentic Iraqi Music
- Super smooth scrolling at 60fps
- Secret treasures and bonus levels
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A puzzle platformer set in a shadowy world in which you need to figure out the path forward. Your goal is to uncover the secrets of the shadowy world as you run, jump, and fly through the shadows.
