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Games like Three Dead Zed

2014PC

You play an experimental zombie who can switch between three forms to fight and puzzle your way out of a lab. It's a platformer with a hand-drawn look that mixes quick reflexes with problem solving, and you rescue kittens along the way.

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

The closest matches for Three Dead Zed are The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom, BirdGut and 10 Second Ninja. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Three Dead Zed special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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BirdGut

Puzzles and brain teasers

You play as an outcast bee swallowed by a bird and discover that its insides are a sinister factory for brainwashing insects. This quirky, hand-drawn puzzle platformer mixes dark comedy and creeping horror into a bizarre one-man project.

10 Second Ninja

Pure single-player experience

A blisteringly fast precision platformer where you have just ten seconds per level to destroy every Nazi robot. Success depends on finding the perfect route and quick reflexes, all wrapped in tongue-in-cheek humor.

Splasher

Jumping and platforming

A fast 2D platformer where you wield a paint cannon whose colors create different effects like stickiness or bounce, helping you clear tricky levels and free the Splashers from a factory. Precise platforming and speed take center stage, with old-school difficulty and tongue-in-cheek humor.

Eryi's Action

Pure single-player experience

A cute-looking 2D platformer that keeps killing you with sneaky, hidden traps. You learn the layouts through trial and error and laugh at the cruel surprises.

Lost Marbles

Puzzles and brain teasers

An indie puzzle-platformer mixing tricky jumping sections with brain-teasing puzzles, using a tongue-in-cheek tone and a deliberately colorful palette to stand apart from drab games.

Freedom Fall

Jumping and platforming

A hand-painted platformer where you plummet down a gigantic prison tower, dodging traps and mechanical hazards. Dark wit and a surprisingly heartfelt story accompany the escape attempt.

Mushroom Men: Truffle Trouble

Puzzles and brain teasers

A puzzle platformer where mushroom hero Pax moves and stacks objects to build paths while fleeing the lovestruck Truffle Princess. Platforming skill and puzzle solving combine under constant pursuit pressure.

Clash of Puppets

Action-packed real-time combat

A small indie 3D hack-and-slash platformer where you guide Charlie through his nightmares. You fight hordes of puppets in B-movie settings, using weapons and traps and solving puzzles along the way.

MO:Astray

Puzzles and brain teasers

A pixel-art platformer where you guide the slime-like MO through hazardous levels full of traps and strange enemies. Precise jumping and the character's special abilities drive the challenge.

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