Care to recommend me some unique puzzle-platformers?

[Mirroga]

After making a thread asking the Escapist community for some indie game recommendations in this topic (http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.401864-Care-to-recommend-me-some-more-Indie-Games) I have discovered the genre I have grown to love the most. Puzzle Platformers have always given me such wonderful experiences all while introducing new or improved gameplay mechanics.

But I don't like ALL puzzle platformers. I have my sights set on those special ones that have unique or extraordinary gameplay mechanics. Best examples of these games that I have played are:
- Antichamber
- Braid
- Closure
- Perspective
- Vessel
- WARP (not sure if it's a platformer)
- The Bridge
- Pid (weakest of the lot but still a small mention)
- Fez
- Echochrome II

Care to suggest me such type of games that I might have missed?

 

[MPerce]

Limbo. Great atmosphere, creative puzzles, and the freakiest spider in videogame history.

 

[Mirroga]

Limbo. Great atmosphere, creative puzzles, and the freakiest spider in videogame history.

I loved Limbo but I didn't include that on my list because it's more of simple platforming with button/block puzzles with an amazing atmosphere. And I'm not considering the late-game gravity manipulation to be the core gameplay mechanic of Limbo.

 

[MPerce]

Limbo. Great atmosphere, creative puzzles, and the freakiest spider in videogame history.

I loved Limbo but I didn't include that on my list because it's more of simple platforming with button/block puzzles with an amazing atmosphere. And I'm not considering the late-game gravity manipulation to be the core gameplay mechanic of Limbo.

Fair enough. In that case, I got nothin...puzzle platformers are not my forte.

Thanks for the list of games you posted though! I'll definitely be checking out some of those.

 

[sethisjimmy]

You might want to check out The Misadventures of PB Winterbottom. I've only played the demo, but it's very Braid-like and has a heavy focus on puzzles with various unique mechanics.

 

[Orange12345]

I notice Portal isn't on your list, not sure if it's to obvious, if you haven't played it get portal

 

[Smooth Operator]

The Cave man, it's all about the cave now.
It is actually more of a point and click adventure under neath but you play it as a platformer, the emphasis falls on puzzles (that are thankfully not "rub 10 items on 10 other items to find something"), also means the story and charm are excellent.

 

[Newtonyd]

And Yet It Moves, a game where you can turn the screen, and the entire world, in order to solve puzzles via shifting gravity.

 

[Mirroga]

I have played all that's mentioned so far.

The Misadventures of PB Winterbottom is not my cup of tea. Braid's chapter 4 to me was a more tight experience and even the short game of The Company of Myself is superior. I guess I just don't like points-style puzzle platformers.

I love Portal and Portal 2. But I didn't put it on the list because it wasn't indie. I guess I should've worded that out. My mistake. Also to anyone who hasn't played it, play Mari0 (with a zero instead of the letter). Pretty much Mario meets Portal.

The Cave is in my collection. I love the story-based puzzles. I find it wonderfully immersive that the puzzles themselves pretty much closely represent the tale of each character. I just didn't include it because it's more of the point-and-click variety rather than a unique core mechanic.

As for And Yet it Moves. Nice game, mind. But if I were to compare its game mechanics, I'd rather play The Bridge rather than And Yet it Moves.

Hmmmm, I can't wait for more posts. I truly hope there are still more diamonds in the rough I have yet to discover

 

[Tallim]

Only one I can think of that isn't on your list is Snapshot.

 

[Mirroga]

Only one I can think of that isn't on your list is Snapshot.

Nice. I'm liking the previews so far. I may look up into Snapshot. Thank you.

 

[blizzaradragon]

Since you played Portal and liked it, I'd recommend Quantum Conundrum. I recently started playing and am having fun with it despite normally disliking puzzle games like these, so I can only imagine how someone who likes puzzle games will feel.

 

[WaysideMaze]

I love Portal and Portal 2. But I didn't put it on the list because it wasn't indie. I guess I should've worded that out. My mistake.

Valve is an indie studio. An exceptionally rich indie studio, but indie nonetheless.

In any case, I have no recommendations You seem to have played everything! But thanks for the list, I'll try and get around to some of those I've not tried soon.

 

[wolf thing]

VVVVVV is a great game, it an 8-bit style platformer set around shift gravity from up or done, instead, it has a great art style and a great sound track

such as
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dclghhnW4oU

 

[BrotherRool]

I love Portal and Portal 2. But I didn't put it on the list because it wasn't indie. I guess I should've worded that out. My mistake.

Valve is an indie studio. An exceptionally rich indie studio, but indie nonetheless.

They're indie in the way EA is indie =D When you're taking a cut off every person who sells a game on the dominant PC digital download platform, you're no longer even just a developer, because a huge income(the main? I can't imagine even Half Life sales come close to Steam income, particularly counting the enormous cost HL2 took to make) source isn't even from making games. They're thinking about leaping into the console market. I guess technically no-one owns them, but no-one owns Nintendo or Sega either, there must be a point where it stops being indie.

Portal might be sort of indie because it was DigiPen's baby and idea but Valve had already bought them out and employed them before they started work on the game

 

[TrevHead]

If you're fine with emulation Luca Art's Night Shift for 8 / 16bit computers is well worth trying out (amiga version is the best imo)

A unique 2D puzzle platformer where you are running a giant Lucas Arts doll making machine, great fun and gets very hectic in the later levels when extra parts of the machine are revealed.

 

[Samasson]

VVVVVV is a great game, it an 8-bit style platformer set around shift gravity from up or done, instead, it has a great art style and a great sound track

such as
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dclghhnW4oU

VVVVVV Also has one the of the best mini-game/game modes ever that is more like a rhythm game than a puzzle game but it definitely adds to its longevity.

 

[WaysideMaze]

I love Portal and Portal 2. But I didn't put it on the list because it wasn't indie. I guess I should've worded that out. My mistake.

Valve is an indie studio. An exceptionally rich indie studio, but indie nonetheless.

They're indie in the way EA is indie =D When you're taking a cut off every person who sells a game on the dominant PC digital download platform, you're no longer even just a developer, because a huge income(the main? I can't imagine even Half Life sales come close to Steam income, particularly counting the enormous cost HL2 took to make) source isn't even from making games. They're thinking about leaping into the console market. I guess technically no-one owns them, but no-one owns Nintendo or Sega either, there must be a point where it stops being indie.

Portal might be sort of indie because it was DigiPen's baby and idea but Valve had already bought them out and employed them before they started work on the game

Indie just means independent, so the point where you stop being indie is the point when you aren't independent.
That's the way I've always seen it, it's just these days people tend to use it to specifically refer to smaller, non AAA teams.

Just being pedantic I guess

 

[Raggedstar]

I second VVVVVV.

I guess the one I'll toss out there is Abe's Oddysee/Exoddus, though I'm not sure if I would consider it unique in gameplay mechanics. Much of the gameplay is your typical button/lever sort of puzzles, but the game does toss some new things here and there (like new enemy types and equipment to solve puzzles with). What makes it unique is more the world of Oddworld. Everything just looks weird and wonderful. It's also one of those cruel platformers where everything kills you (in graphic ways), except unlike Limbo it's puzzles are pretty extensive and the checkpoints are really spaced out (more in Oddysee than Exoddus).

Both Abe's Oddysee and Exoddus are $2.50 each on Steam and they have demos if you want to try them out.

...oh and the game has a fart button.