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2015 PCPlayStationXboxNintendo Switch 8.99 € 👍 86 % Very positive, 827 reviews on Steam

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.

What defines Typoman:

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

The closest matches for Typoman are Limbo, Nihilumbra and Closure. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Typoman special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Limbo

96 %

2010 PCPlayStationXboxNintendo Switch 11.49 € 👍 93 % Very positive, 57,284 reviews on Steam

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

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.

Nihilumbra

Puzzles and brain teasers

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.

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.

Little Nightmares

Dark, serious atmosphere

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.

Darq

Puzzles and brain teasers

Darq is a dark puzzle-horror game in which a boy escapes a nightmare by twisting gravity and the rules of space. Striking atmosphere and clever puzzles define this short, linear experience.

Happy Game

Puzzles and brain teasers

A surreal point-and-click puzzle adventure from Amanita Design in which you wander through a little boy's nightmare. Its disturbing hand-drawn imagery sharply contrasts with the cheerful title.

Monochroma

Puzzles and brain teasers

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.

Cube Escape: Theatre

Puzzles and brain teasers

A short, dark and surreal point-and-click puzzle game from the Rusty Lake series, set in a theatre inside the protagonist's mind where you complete six plays. Quirky puzzles and an eerie mood define the experience.

Cube Escape: Arles

Puzzles and brain teasers

A short, darkly surreal point-and-click escape puzzle in the Rusty Lake universe: in a bedroom in Arles you collect art supplies and solve odd puzzles until a macabre sacrifice becomes necessary.

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