Games like Perplex
If Perplex is your kind of game, the closest matches are Antonball Deluxe, KarmaZoo and Scavenger of Dunomini — picked from the ranked list below. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About Perplex: A neon-themed 2D puzzle platformer where you navigate intricate levels, solve physics-based challenges, and avoid obstacles to reach the portal. Play solo or with a friend in a visually stunning retro-futuristic world that tests your precision and strategic thinking.
Players who liked Perplex also play
Steam players who put hours into Perplex also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Antonball Deluxe
WHY THIS
Top pick for Perplex fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Perplex.
The breakout title from Summitsphere, Antonball Deluxe is a retro, high-octane smorgasbord of ballbusting arcade action! Antonball Deluxe quite literally turns the breakout genre on its head, blending traditional brick-breaking gameplay with tight, intense platforming.
KarmaZoo
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Perplex fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Casual with Perplex.
Share the love and die trying! KarmaZoo is a joyful, altruistic, cooperative platformer where up to 10 random players help each other with the unique abilities of 50 different characters - all for the sake of good Karma.
Scavenger of Dunomini
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Perplex fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Perplex.
The world's first match-3 trash pile defender! Protect and manage your pile of garbage while recycling it into deadly defenses against thieving drones.
Shift Happens
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Perplex fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Perplex.
Shift Happens is a cooperative platformer for two. You and a friend shift your mass, throw each other and puzzle your way through four stages of stylized imaginary worlds. Including the occasional backstabbing and taunting. Play with a friend on a couch, online or even special singleplayer levels.
Virus Crashers
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Perplex fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Perplex.
The retro magic of the NES-era has returned! 99 tough stages will recall the feeling of childhood days.Be careful when playing Virus Crashers, and don't get too addicted!
Bloody Trapland
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Perplex fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Perplex.
Bloody Trapland is a fast-paced multiplayer platformer where the levels are filled with dozens of dangerous traps and tricky jumps that stand in your way! Play co-op with your friends or take on the challenges on your own. With support for up to 4 players at once, local and/or online.
Super Bunny Man
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Perplex fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Perplex.
A physics-based co-op platformer about a guy in a rabbit costume! Team up with a friend or three (local or online) to beat levels, find hidden carrots and race against the clock. Experience bunny madness. Embrace carrot chaos. Become Super Bunny Man.
You are Peter Shorts
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Perplex fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Perplex.
You are PETER SHORTS! You have been captured and taken to a secret cloning facility. Can you escape with your newly-cloned brethren?
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Perplex at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Perplex on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Perplex.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Perplex on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Perplex.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Perplex on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Perplex.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Perplex on Steam right now. Shares Action and Casual with Perplex.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Perplex on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Perplex.
The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.
Peggle Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Perplex on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Perplex.
Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.
STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Perplex on Steam right now. Shares Action with Perplex.
You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Perplex on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Perplex.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Perplex.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Perplex.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Perplex.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Perplex.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Perplex.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Perplex.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Narrow it down
Head-to-head comparisons
More from Cyvana
Other recommendable Steam games by Cyvana, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Oily Tower
WHY THIS
Another title from Cyvana, the studio behind Perplex. Shares Action and Indie with Perplex.
A tower no one asked for. Climb it anyway.
False Flag
WHY THIS
Another title from Cyvana, the studio behind Perplex. Shares Indie and Casual with Perplex.
False Flag is a small platform game where the goal isn’t to reach the end. Instead, you need to find a way to die in each level. Every stage is about figuring out how to fail.
The Infinite Grimoire
WHY THIS
Another title from Cyvana, the studio behind Perplex. Shares Strategy and Indie with Perplex.
Build your magical academy, produce arcane tomes, merge them into stronger forms, train students, and expand your influence across the world. An idle management game where your spellcraft grows even while you're away.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
KarmaZoo
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Casual with Perplex.
Share the love and die trying! KarmaZoo is a joyful, altruistic, cooperative platformer where up to 10 random players help each other with the unique abilities of 50 different characters - all for the sake of good Karma.
Scavenger of Dunomini
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Strategy with Perplex.
The world's first match-3 trash pile defender! Protect and manage your pile of garbage while recycling it into deadly defenses against thieving drones.
Shift Happens
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Perplex.
Shift Happens is a cooperative platformer for two. You and a friend shift your mass, throw each other and puzzle your way through four stages of stylized imaginary worlds. Including the occasional backstabbing and taunting. Play with a friend on a couch, online or even special singleplayer levels.
Super Bunny Man
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Perplex.
A physics-based co-op platformer about a guy in a rabbit costume! Team up with a friend or three (local or online) to beat levels, find hidden carrots and race against the clock. Experience bunny madness. Embrace carrot chaos. Become Super Bunny Man.
Frequently asked about Perplex
- How much does Perplex cost?
- Perplex is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Perplex have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Perplex supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Shared/Split Screen PvP).
- What games are most similar to Perplex?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Perplex are Antonball Deluxe, KarmaZoo, Scavenger of Dunomini.
- Who developed Perplex?
- Perplex was developed by Cyvana.
imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Perplex.
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