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2014 PCXbox 19.99 € 👍 75 % Mostly positive, 715 reviews on Steam

An atmospheric puzzle platformer set in a bleak, monochrome industrial world with striking red accents. Two brothers work through clever physical puzzles, with carrying the younger sibling shaping how challenges are solved.

What defines Monochroma:

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

The closest matches for Monochroma are Nihilumbra, My Memory of Us and White Shadows. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Monochroma special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Nihilumbra

93 %

2012 PCPlayStationNintendo Switch 6.99 € 👍 88 % Very positive, 2,949 reviews on Steam

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

An atmospheric puzzle-platformer in which you guide Born as he flees the Void, painting the terrain with colours that make surfaces slippery, sticky or bouncy. Each world adds a new colour and fresh puzzles.

My Memory of Us

Puzzles and brain teasers

An atmospheric puzzle-platformer about the friendship of two children in a divided city inspired by the Holocaust. Two characters with different abilities solve puzzles and sneak past guards together, in a striking black-and-white look with accents of color.

A Juggler's Tale

Lavish presentation

You guide the string puppet Abby through a fairytale circus world where her strings are both a prison and a gameplay mechanic. A poetic, story-driven 2.5D adventure mixing platforming and puzzles.

Limbo

Dark, serious atmosphere

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.

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.

Stela

Lavish presentation

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.

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.

Deer & Boy

Lavish presentation

A cinematic platform adventure in which a boy on the run finds an unexpected companion. Together they work through obstacles, puzzles and stealth sections.

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