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2010PCPlayStationXboxNintendo SwitchSteam Deck verified93 % positive11.49 €

A wordless puzzle-platformer rendered in stark black and white, following a boy through a hostile shadow world full of deadly traps learned through trial and error. Its oppressive atmosphere and minimalist art make it a haunting, memorable experience.

  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • Distinctive, stylised art style
  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Lavish presentation

The closest matches for Limbo are Little Nightmares, Little Nightmares II and Little Nightmares: Enhanced Edition. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Limbo special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Little Nightmares

97 %Match

2017PCPlayStationXboxNintendo SwitchSteam Deck verified95 % positive19.99 €

  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • Lavish presentation
  • Distinctive, stylised art style

As tiny Six you sneak through the Maw, a nightmarish vessel full of grotesque giants, solving environmental puzzles while evading capture. Its dollhouse-like, unsettling art style and wordless storytelling make this short adventure unforgettable.

Little Nightmares: Enhanced Edition

Dark, serious atmosphere

As Six, a small girl, you sneak and climb through the nightmarish vessel the Maw, evading grotesque giants. The Enhanced Edition sharpens the visuals while keeping the same dense, wordless, oppressive atmosphere.

Typoman

Puzzles and brain teasers

A dark 2D puzzle platformer where you form words from letters to reshape the environment and get past obstacles. Its surreal, stark visual style and word-based mechanic set it apart.

Closure

Puzzles and brain teasers

A dark puzzle-platformer where only what is lit exists: you move light sources to phase objects in and out of reality and navigate eerie worlds like a factory, forest and carnival.

Ayasa: Shadows of Silence

Puzzles and brain teasers

A dark puzzle-platformer where light and shadow decide survival and drive the riddles. You travel through six eerie lands to restore balance to a world falling apart.

Inside

Dark, serious atmosphere

A wordless, oppressive puzzle-platformer in which a boy slips through a bleak dystopia, controlling bodies with his mind along the way. Masterful atmosphere and a disturbing finale make it unforgettable.

Ugly

Puzzles and brain teasers

A dark puzzle-platformer set in an eerie fairy-tale palace, where swapping places with the protagonist's reflection is the key to solving puzzles, beating bosses and uncovering secrets.

Stela

Dark, serious atmosphere

Stela is a dark, cinematic platform adventure that guides a young woman through a collapsing, mysterious world. Chases, light puzzles and strong atmosphere tell the story almost without words.

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