Games Like In The Shadows

In The Shadows

In The Shadows is a puzzle platformer where lights scare away shadows monsters that transform into everyday objects you can use to your own advantage. Confront your fears, solve puzzles, find secrets!

★ ASPIRE: INA'S TALE ★ CREAKS ★ THE PEDESTRIAN ★ POCKET KINGDOM ★ THE FLOOR IS JELLY ★ FEZ ★ EVAN'S REMAINS ★ MOONLEAP ★ MO:ASTRAY ★ ANIMAL WELL ★ SQUISHY THE SUICIDAL PIG ★ WEBBED ★ WE ♥ IT 
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Creaks

95% 👍 OF 6.2K
About This Game

The ground starts shaking, light bulbs are breaking - and something rather unusual is happening right behind the walls of your very room. Equipped with nothing but wit and courage, you slowly descend into a world inhabited by avian folk and seemingly deadly furniture monsters.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Turn Monsters into Furniture
  • …Solve Light-Based Room Puzzles
  • …Find Hidden Painting Rooms
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Pocket Kingdom

90% 👍 OF 263
About This Game

Islands sometimes appear out of the blue in the clouds. The mysterious Pocket Kingdom is one of them. Wander around its districts, solve puzzles and listen to the weird stories told by the locals. Unveiling the place's mysteries depends on it. So does getting out of it.

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FEZ

93% 👍 OF 16K
About This Game

Gomez is a 2D creature living in a 2D world. Or is he? When the existence of a mysterious 3rd dimension is revealed to him, Gomez is sent out on a journey that will take him to the very end of time and space. Use your ability to navigate 3D structures from 4 distinct classic 2D perspectives.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …rotate the entire world in 90-degree steps to turn the same screen into a different set of platforms and paths.
  • …decrypt an in-game alphabet and number system from clues you find, then use it to read signs and solve later puzzles.
  • …scan QR codes, change your system date and time, and follow strange in-world guides to trigger secrets the game won't explain.
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Evan's Remains

88% 👍 OF 2.1K
About This Game

Years after a boy genius named Evan disappears, a bizarre letter arrives. Evan wants a girl named Dysis to come find him. As Dysis, you’ll need to solve an intricate series of puzzles to unravel the entire mystery—and bring Evan home.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Shift Platforms by Jumping
  • …Solve Monolith Puzzles
  • …Search a Remote Island
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Moonleap

99% 👍 OF 1.5K
About This Game

Explore a world full of mysteries that transform with each jump! Moonleap is a game about a moon boy on his journey to recover shooting stars. Change day to night with your jump and catch all the stars in this challenging puzzle-platformer!

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Change Day With Jumps
  • …Catch Shooting Stars
  • …Solve Shifting Puzzles
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MO:Astray

92% 👍 OF 5.1K
About This Game

MO: Astray is a pixel art, side-scrolling, action-platformer. Lead MO through mind-bending puzzles using special abilities. Bizarre enemies, threatening traps and ingenious level designs await.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Stick to Walls
  • …Read Enemy Memories
  • …Possess Infected Hosts
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ANIMAL WELL

96% 👍 OF 24K
About This Game

Explore a dense, interconnected labyrinth, and unravel its many secrets. Collect items to manipulate your environment in surprising and meaningful ways. Encounter beautiful and unsettling creatures, as you attempt to survive what lurks in the dark. There is more than what you see.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …ride your thrown frisbee across a room after you land on it.
  • …use a bubble wand to keep making platforms, turning jumps into near-infinite air time with the right timing.
  • …hit the credits, then keep digging into post-game mysteries that can take a whole community sharing notes to untangle.
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Squishy the Suicidal Pig

83% 👍 OF 3.4K
About This Game

From the creators of Hero Siege, Squishy the Suicidal Pig is a puzzle platformer with a counterintuitive goal where you play as Squishy, a pig wearing a yellow sweater who's trying to reach his parents in animal heaven by completing his deal with the devil.You asked for a challenge, now you have it!

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Solve Fatal Puzzles
  • …Jump Through Deadly Traps
  • …Face Four Bosses
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Webbed

98% 👍 OF 15K
About This Game

Swing through the trees, spin sticky webs, and make friends with bugs! Be the adorable spider you've always wanted to be.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …press a button to fire lasers from your spider eyes.
  • …help ants assemble a giant ant mech, including webbing parts into place and hooking up fuel pipes.
  • …ride a hot air balloon powered by a dung-burning engine to climb up into the clouds.