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2026 PCPlayStationXboxNintendo Switch 24.99 €

You play Darwin, an octopus pulled from the ocean and stuck in a vast industrial complex, using his unique abilities to get past traps and puzzles. A stylish platforming adventure with a strong puzzle component.

What defines Darwin's Paradox!:

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

The closest matches for Darwin's Paradox! are Leo's Fortune, Pid and SCHiM. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Darwin's Paradox! special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Leo's Fortune

92 %

2014 PCPlayStationXbox 6.99 € 👍 92 % Very positive, 411 reviews on Steam

  • Lavish presentation
  • Distinctive, stylised art style
  • Focus on a single character

A lovingly crafted platformer where you play Leo, a fluffy mustachioed ball chasing the thief who stole your gold. Momentum-based platforming, light puzzles and painterly levels make for a charming, short adventure.

Pid

Puzzles and brain teasers

A charming puzzle-platformer about a young boy stranded on an alien planet, using a gravity beam and clever puzzles to find his way home. Its painterly art style and moody soundtrack are the highlights.

SCHiM

Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

You play a shadow in a 3D platformer, leaping from shade to shade and avoiding light that would destroy you. Its blend of light, animation and precise jumping gives it a distinct hook.

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.

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.

Candle

Puzzles and brain teasers

A hand-painted puzzle-platform adventure where you play Teku, whose left hand is a candle, lighting your way through trap-filled, dark areas to rescue your tribe's shaman.

Figment

Lavish presentation

Figment is a quirky action-adventure set inside a human mind, where you play Dusty, fighting nightmares and solving puzzles. Its hand-drawn world, musical numbers and dry humor make it stand out.

World of Goo 2

Puzzles and brain teasers

A physics-based puzzle game where you use living goo balls to build bridges, towers and flying contraptions. Its quirky painterly look and inventive levels make it special.

Lifted

Puzzles and brain teasers

A cinematic 2.5D puzzle-platformer where a slacker student rides a time-hopping elevator through different eras to steal a legendary tiara. Its light comedic tone and presentation shaped by a former Disney ride designer give it charm.

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