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2026PCPlayStationXboxNintendo SwitchSteam Deck verified24.99 €

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.

Jumping and platforming
Lavish presentation
Puzzles and brain teasers
Distinctive, stylised art style

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The closest matches for Darwin's Paradox! are Leo's Fortune, Hue and Braid: Anniversary Edition. 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

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2014PCPlayStationXbox92 % positive6.99 €

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.

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Hue

Distinctive, stylised art style

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.

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.

Candle

Jumping and platforming

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.

Pid

Jumping and platforming

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

Distinctive, stylised art style

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.

Planet of Lana

Jumping and platforming

An atmospheric puzzle-platformer in which a young girl and her animal companion Mogo travel through a painterly sci-fi world to save their home. It focuses on wordless, emotional storytelling, a moving soundtrack and gentle puzzles built around using your companion's abilities.

Out of Line

Jumping and platforming

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.

The Pedestrian

Jumping and platforming

You guide a tiny pedestrian pictogram across city signs, rearranging and reconnecting them to build routes forward. The clever idea of turning everyday signage into levels powers this laid-back puzzle platformer.