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Games like Wayward Sky

2016PlayStation

You explore a mysterious floating fortress to find your kidnapped father, as the young co-pilot Bess. Tricky puzzles and perilous paths test you while the crumbling sky fortress threatens to fall apart around you.

  • Sci-fi setting
  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Distinctive, stylised art style

The closest matches for Wayward Sky are Viewfinder, Lightmatter and The Swapper. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Wayward Sky special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Viewfinder

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2023PCPlayStationXboxNintendo SwitchSteam Deck verified94 % positive−70 % 24.99 € 7.49 €

  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Sci-fi setting
  • Distinctive, stylised art style

You snap photos with an instant camera and then place them in the world, turning the images into real paths, bridges and platforms. The result is a series of inventive perspective puzzles in a stylish sci-fi setting.

Lightmatter

Puzzles and brain teasers

An atmospheric first-person puzzle game where shadows are deadly and you must manipulate light sources to progress safely. Its comic-book look and gloomy sci-fi mood recall Portal and The Talos Principle.

The Swapper

Sci-fi setting

An atmospheric puzzle platformer where you create clones of yourself and swap between them to solve puzzles on an abandoned space station. Its handcrafted, claustrophobic look and philosophical story about consciousness and identity set it apart.

Somerville

Sci-fi setting

An atmospheric, dialogue-free sci-fi adventure in which a man tries to reunite with his family after an alien invasion. Environmental puzzles and moody, cinematic presentation carry the emotional journey.

The Dig

Pure single-player experience

A classic LucasArts point-and-click adventure in which a team of astronauts uncovers the secrets of a vanished alien civilization on a distant world. Moody science fiction with clever puzzles and a memorable score.

The Way

Pure single-player experience

A pixel-art sci-fi platformer in the vein of Another World and Flashback: you travel to an alien planet seeking a way to bring a loved one back to life. Puzzles, platforming and exploration form the core.

Soul Axiom

Sci-fi setting

An atmospheric puzzle adventure set in a digital afterlife, where you wander through memory-based worlds and solve ability-driven puzzles to uncover your own identity.

The Great Perhaps

Sci-fi setting

You explore a ruined Earth where an old lantern reveals glimpses of the past and lets you travel back in time. Solving clever time-based puzzles uncovers the mystery behind the cataclysm.

American Arcadia

Sci-fi setting

A puzzle-platformer set in a 70s retro-futuristic city that is secretly a deadly reality show. You try to escape the cameras and uncover the truth, alternating between 2D puzzles, stealth sections and 3D chase sequences.

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