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2015PCNintendo Switch77 % positive4.99 €

A 2D platformer where you can switch between two parallel worlds at any moment to solve puzzles and get past obstacles. Its painterly look and the need for quick thinking when shifting worlds define the experience.

  • Jumping and platforming
  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Distinctive, stylised art style
  • Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

The closest matches for Alter World are MO:Astray, Braid and And Yet It Moves. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Alter World special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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MO:Astray

97 %Match

2019PCNintendo SwitchSteam Deck verified92 % positive12.49 €

Brings what grabs you about Alter World: jumping and platforming, puzzles to figure out as well as combat with precise timing.

A pixel-art platformer where you guide the slime-like MO through hazardous levels full of traps and strange enemies. Precise jumping and the character's special abilities drive the challenge.

Braid

Jumping and platforming

A landmark puzzle-platformer where every world bends time in a new, mind-twisting way, from rewinding to parallel realities. Beneath its painterly look lies a melancholic, ambiguous tale of regret and obsession.

And Yet It Moves

Jumping and platforming

A puzzle-platformer set in a torn-paper collage world where you rotate the entire level to change gravity and exploit physics. The rotation mechanic drives clever, tricky challenges.

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Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

A minimalist rhythm platformer by Jeppe Carlsen where platforms, hazards and obstacles move to the beat of a pulsing electronic soundtrack. Short, abstract and rhythmically demanding, it rewards timing by ear above all.

Teslagrad

Jumping and platforming

A dialogue-free 2D puzzle platformer set in a steampunk world, where you use magnetism and electricity to solve clever puzzles and beat bosses. The story is told purely through visuals and atmosphere.

Vectronom

Jumping and platforming

You hop through abstract geometric levels whose platforms shift in time with the electronic soundtrack. You memorize patterns and use precise timing to dance past tricky obstacles.

Hue

Jumping and platforming

A minimalist puzzle platformer where you change the background colour of the world to make obstacles vanish and open new paths. The search for the protagonist's missing mother provides a quiet, simple story.

Braid: Anniversary Edition

Jumping and platforming

A puzzle platformer where rewinding and bending time is the key to solving clever, mind-bending puzzles. The anniversary edition adds hand-repainted visuals, reworked audio, new puzzles and extensive developer commentary.

Semblance

Jumping and platforming

A minimalist puzzle-platformer where you reshape deformable walls and platforms by bouncing into them. The world itself becomes your tool, giving a distinctive, calm and creative feel.

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