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2013 PCPlayStationXbox 9.99 € 👍 91 % Very positive, 5,492 reviews on Steam

You play a character who shifts between a 3D world and a 2D shadow plane to solve puzzles. Its surreal 1920s film noir and vaudeville atmosphere and jazz score give it a distinctive mood.

What defines Contrast:

  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Distinctive, stylised art style
  • Lavish presentation
  • Strong, story-driven narrative

The closest matches for Contrast are The Almost Gone, Out of Line and Underground Blossom. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Contrast special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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The Almost Gone

92 %

2020 PCNintendo Switch 9.99 € 👍 80 % Very positive, 1,135 reviews on Steam

  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Distinctive, stylised art style
  • Strong, story-driven narrative

A quiet puzzle adventure where you search small diorama-like rooms for clues to piece together the story behind a death. The mood is melancholic and the puzzles are compact and accessible.

Out of Line

Puzzles and brain teasers

A hand-drawn 2D puzzle-platformer adventure in which you guide San out of a mysterious factory. Clever puzzles and a moody, artful world take center stage.

Underground Blossom

Strong, story-driven narrative

A surreal Rusty Lake point-and-click puzzler where you solve tasks at metro stations to relive key moments from Laura Vanderboom's life. Quirky puzzles and a melancholic mood define this short, narrative-driven journey.

Creaks

Puzzles and brain teasers

A hand-painted-looking puzzle adventure where you discover a hidden world of bird folk and living furniture monsters behind your bedroom wall. Its puzzles revolve around learning creature behavior patterns, and are fair and atmospheric with a lovely soundtrack.

Iris.Fall

Puzzles and brain teasers

An atmospheric puzzle adventure built around light and shadow, where you shift between worlds to solve clever riddles in a surreal, high-contrast visual style.

Hue

Focus on a single character

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.

Maquette

Puzzles and brain teasers

A first-person puzzle game built on recursion: a miniature model of the world sits inside the world itself, and changes made at one scale carry over to the other. A quiet, emotional relationship story runs alongside the puzzles.

Gorogoa

Puzzles and brain teasers

Gorogoa is a short, hand-drawn puzzle game where you stack, zoom and shift illustrated panels to uncover hidden connections. Its wordless tale of longing and a life's journey unfolds entirely through this inventive mechanic.

Papo & Yo

Puzzles and brain teasers

A poetic puzzle platformer in which a boy navigates a dreamlike favela alongside a monster who stands in for his father's addiction. The puzzles and the personal, autobiographical story are tightly intertwined.

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