Games like The Way

This is a retro-style sci-fi adventure game with puzzle-solving and exploration. It focuses on a space explorer's quest to revive his loved one on an alien planet.

83% positive from 1,304 · 2016 · 11% finish it · $14.99 $1.04 -93% · Lowest ever $0.68 (2025-06-23)

AdventureIndieActionPixel Graphics Platformer Puzzle-Platformer

Six games like The Way

ANIMAL WELL

95% positive from 13,050 reviews202416% finish itDeck Verified

This is a nonlinear, atmospheric puzzle-exploration game focused on environmental interaction and suspense. Players uncover secrets and use items creatively in a disempowered, tense world.

What players likedPlayers praise Animal Well as a unique, beautiful, and challenging puzzle-platformer metroidvania, often compared to Tunic, Hollow Knight, and Rain World.

The catchConstant backtracking and long runbacks make exploring feel like tedious work.

Both are tagged Puzzle-Platformer, Pixel Graphics and Action.

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HAAK

90% positive from 3,424 reviews202234% finish itDeck Verified

A pixel art Metroidvania action-platformer with a hook mechanic in a retro-futuristic wasteland. Explore, fight mutants, and solve puzzles with multiple endings.

What players likedPlayers praise HAAK as a polished Metroidvania with fluid gameplay, a well-crafted map, and an engaging post-apocalyptic story.

The catchEndless dull dialogue interrupts the platforming, and the writing is not worth reading.

Both are tagged Puzzle-Platformer, Pixel Graphics and Platformer.

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Squishy the Suicidal Pig

83% positive from 3,366 reviews20144% finish itDeck Verified

This is a challenging puzzle platformer where players guide a pig to his demise through difficult levels. It features complex puzzles, precise platforming, and a dark, humorous tone.

The catchOne mistake softlocks the long levels and forces a slow restart from the beginning.

Both are tagged Puzzle-Platformer, Pixel Graphics and Platformer.

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Supraland

95% positive from 4,925 reviews201927% finish itDeck Unsupported

First-person Metroidvania puzzle game. Explore a sandbox world, discover versatile abilities, and solve creative, unique puzzles.

What players likedPlayers praise Supraland as a metroidvania and puzzle platformer with rewarding exploration, clever puzzles, and charming humor.

The catchCombat is shallow and respawning enemies constantly interrupt puzzling and exploring.

Both are tagged Puzzle-Platformer, Action and Adventure.

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Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty

86% positive from 3,640 reviews201516% finish itDeck Playable

Abe's Oddysee remake. Puzzle-platformer with stealth and environmental interaction.

What players likedPlayers praise it as a great remake of a classic puzzle platformer, capturing the original's unique world and difficulty.

The catchClunky, unresponsive movement causes most deaths rather than the puzzles themselves.

Both are tagged Puzzle-Platformer, Platformer and Action.

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Trine 5: A Clockwork Conspiracy

90% positive from 3,368 reviews202329% finish itDeck Playable

This is a 2.5D puzzle-platformer adventure game with cooperative gameplay. Players solve puzzles and engage in combat using unique hero abilities.

What players likedPlayers praise Trine 5 as a magical, beautiful, and fun physics-based puzzler with improved combat and boss fights.

The catchGame breaking bugs and co-op crashes block progress, often at boss fights.

Both are tagged Puzzle-Platformer, Platformer and Action.

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More about The Way

What players liked

Players praise The Way's visuals, music, and sci-fi adventure, comparing its difficulty to Dark Souls.

The catch

Checkpoints are sparse, so one mistake means replaying long stretches again.

Reviews: 83% positive from 1,304
Released: 2016
Finish it: 11% of players
Price: $14.99 $1.04 -93% · Lowest ever $0.68 (2025-06-23)
Play: Single-player

It is here because it sits in the band this site looks at: well reviewed at 83% positive, but with 1,304 reviews, far fewer than the household names carry.

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