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Games like Head Over Heels

1987

A classic isometric puzzle-adventure where you control two characters with different abilities, joining or splitting them to solve a sprawling maze of rooms filled with switches and tricky jumps.

Jumping and platforming
Puzzles and brain teasers
A party of several characters
Lots to discover

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Best alternative overall: VVVVVV 88% match – Jumping and platforming
With more action: Ghost 1.0 82% match – with combat
Newest alternative: Vibrant Venture 83% match – released 2020

Best match

VVVVVV

88 %Match

2010PCPlayStationNintendo SwitchSteam Deck verified96 % positive4.99 €

A tough retro platformer where you can't jump but instead flip gravity to switch between floor and ceiling. Brutally precise rooms, generous checkpoints and a pounding chiptune soundtrack make it a cult classic.

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Gateways

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Escape Goat 2

Pure single-player experience

A puzzle platformer where a goat hops and thinks its way through a huge fortress full of traps, using switches, machinery and a helpful mouse. Rooms are cleverly designed, with quirky humor and hidden secrets.

Umihara Kawase

Challenging difficulty

A physics-driven platformer where you use a fishing line as a grappling hook to swing through surreal stages. Mastering the momentum is tricky but deeply satisfying.

A Pixel Story

Challenging difficulty

A tricky 2D puzzle platformer that walks through the history of video game graphics: with a magical teleport hat you hop through worlds that evolve from simple pixels to richer visuals.

Vibrant Venture

Challenging difficulty

A 2D platformer where you control four quirky characters with unique abilities and combine them for fluid, creative movement. Challenging levels often offer multiple ways to get through.

Blackhole

Lots of humour

A sci-fi platformer where you play the crew's coffee maker and use gravity-twisting mechanics to beat tricky puzzles and jumping sections. A humorous story carries you through a lengthy campaign.

Jump King

Challenging difficulty

A merciless platformer where you climb a huge tower using only precisely charged jumps, and a single misstep can send you tumbling far back down. Frustration and triumph sit very close together.

Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure

Bright, upbeat tone

A classic 1992 DOS platformer where little alien Cosmo uses suction-cup hands to climb through colorful alien levels in search of his missing parents. It has a lighthearted tone, hidden secrets and light puzzle elements.

Ghost 1.0

Lots to discover

A sci-fi metroidvania where you infiltrate a space station as an agent, switching between a robotic body and a digital ghost form to fight enemies and solve puzzles.