Games like Braid
This is the original version of Braid from 2009, which may not work well on newer systems. For an updated version of the game with nicer graphics, more levels and a large amount of developer commentary, see Braid, Anniversary Edition.
Top 12 games similar to Braid
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A Space Between Time
Play as a robot with time-manipulating abilities. You can go to places you've never been before by going back in time in the X and Y axes independently. Just beware pockets of time corruption, and tracking your positions in time consumes a lot of memory. At max capacity, you can no longer function.
Indie - 2
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Timeworks
Timeworks is a time-traveling 3D puzzle platformer with a bouncy cartoon style. Work along past versions of yourself to solve puzzles, create unique Items, and fill out your quotas for your mysterious employers.
ActionCasualIndie - 4
Timeshift
A unique take on 2D platformers. Use your momentum and warping abilities to escape the Rift!
ActionAdventureIndie - 5
Prince of Persia®: The Sands of Time
Amidst the scorched sands of ancient Persia, there is a legend spun in an ancient tongue. It speaks of a time borne by blood and ruled by deceit. Drawn to the dark powers of a magic dagger, a young Prince is led to unleash a deadly evil upon a beautiful kingdom.
ActionAdventure - 6
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Redactem
Rewind time and manipulate gravity in order to solve parkour puzzles in this exciting new 2D platformer.
ActionCasualIndie - 8
Celeste
Help Madeline survive her inner demons on her journey to the top of Celeste Mountain, in this super-tight platformer from the creators of TowerFall. Brave hundreds of hand-crafted challenges, uncover devious secrets, and piece together the mystery of the mountain.
ActionAdventureIndie - 9
Thomas Was Alone
Guide a group of rectangles through 120 levels, using their different skills together to overcome a series of obstacles in each environment. Discover the human-made story of the first sentient artificial intelligences with Danny Wallace’s BAFTA-winning narration.
Indie - 10
Super Puzzled Cat
Help Puzzled Cat use jetpacks, portals, bombs, gum, and more to conquer treacherous platforming stages. Play your own way using save states to explore a world full of challenges and secrets - but can you find the way through? Travel through time and space and reach enlightenment.
ActionAdventureIndie - 11
FEZ
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.
Indie - 12
Quantum Conundrum
Find and rescue your uncle by using his newest invention to work your way through a crazy complex mansion as you switch between dimensions and solve puzzles!
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