Games like But Why?

If But Why? scratched a atmospheric and emotional itch for you, keep reading. These games offer a similar pull for your backlog. You can bring friends along for most of these.

Bread & Fred
Two penguins, one rope, one very tall mountain. Bread & Fred is a tough co-op platformer where you and a friend swing, cling and tumble your way to a snowy summit, laughing at every fall. Play it together on one couch, or climb solo with Jeff the rock as your partner.
Also in Co-op · Funny, Cute
78% of 4,259 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 70$14.99
Only Climb: Better Together
Tired of sitting on the ground? Take a sky-high journey with your friends in Only Climb: Better Together! Touch the clouds with your own hands and find out what's behind them, but remember, there are no easy paths…
Also in Co-op · Funny, Surreal
54% of 2,972 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 60$4.99
But Why Together
Play solo or with up to 8 players in a chaotic penguin parkour adventure where every obstacle makes you ask: But Why? Run through crazy courses, dodge giant snowballs, avoid collapsing platforms, and sabotage your friends in a short multiplayer platformer full of laughter and rivalry.
Also in Co-op · Funny, Cute
100% of 6 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Baby Steps
Nate has no job, no prospects and one new skill: putting one foot in front of the other. You place every step yourself in a physics-based trek up a misty mountain, falling, laughing and slowly getting better. A walking simulator in the most literal sense, and much warmer than it looks.
Atmospheric, Emotional, Funny
90% of 2,415 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 20$19.99
A Difficult Game About Climbing
A physics climber where your two arms and a mouse are all that stands between you and the legendary Peak. Every grab is yours, every fall is yours, and losing forty minutes of progress to one slipped hand is part of the deal. Brutal, absurd, and strangely meditative once your hands learn the mountain.
Funny, Surreal
87% of 5,473 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 25$9.99
Journey
Glide across the sands of a vast, wordless desert toward a distant mountain, through the ruins of a lost civilization. A short, calm, beautiful adventure with a Grammy-nominated score, best played in the quiet company of a stranger you will never speak to.
Also in Co-op · Atmospheric, Emotional, Surreal
94% of 35,129 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 40$14.99
Pikuniku
Pikuniku is a short, silly puzzle platformer about a little red creature with two long legs, kicking its way through a cheerful world that hides a conspiracy. Explore at your own pace, help odd characters, and start a small revolution, alone or in local co-op levels with a friend.
Also in Co-op · Funny, Cute, Surreal
96% of 10,219 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 47$12.99
A Short Hike
Climb a tiny mountain for one very important reason: phone signal. A Short Hike is a warm, funny few hours of hiking, gliding, fishing and small favours on a park island you will not want to leave.
Atmospheric, Emotional, Funny
99% of 19,524 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 37$7.99
PEAK
You and up to three friends are lost scouts with one way off a strange island: up the mountain in the middle. Slips, odd food and tired legs bring laughter and panic, and a fresh island layout each day keeps you coming back for one more attempt.
Also in Co-op · Funny, Surreal
94% of 312,998 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 9,583$4.95
After Us
Explore the corners of a surrealistic post-human world to give life on Earth a second chance in this touching story about sacrifice and hope.
Atmospheric, Emotional, Surreal
83% of 418 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$29.99
Surmount
Fling yourself into a mountain climbing adventure! Become the first to reach the top of the highest mountain in the world and meet eccentric characters along the way!
Also in Co-op · Funny, Cute
83% of 126 Steam reviews are positive$3.74
Seen
A lonely boy runs through a grey, hostile world with nothing but a cat and his hope. Seen is a short 2.5D puzzle platformer that mixes runner sections with quiet environmental puzzles, minimalist shapes, a strong soundtrack and a story that hits harder than its simple look suggests. Sad, strange and over far too soon.
Atmospheric, Emotional, Surreal
91% of 9,345 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 26$0.99

Cheaper than But Why?

Seen

A lonely boy runs through a grey, hostile world with nothing but a cat and his hope.

$0.99

Path of Giants

Path of Giants is a serene puzzle adventure that follows three adorable explorers as they take on an icy mountain full of trials in search of a lost…

$1.79

Mountain

Float in space as a mountain, catch the weather, let the seasons turn, and let time pass without lifting a finger.

$0.99

Return.

Take the lost soul to its home.

$0.99

Fireboy & Watergirl: Elements

Guide Fireboy and Watergirl through tricky temple puzzles, alone or side by side with a friend.

$0.99

Golfing Over It with Alva Majo

Hit a golf ball up a surreal mountain, juggle it mid-air, and try not to watch it roll all the way back down.

$1.49

Pinkman

Pinkman is a fast-paced, action platformer about a lost man with pink skin and an incredible skill to fart.

$0.99

Qora

A mysterious trip to gorgeous and surreal lands, players explore the unknown and harness mystical powers which have been hidden in the valley for…

$9.99

Cats are Liquid - A Light in the Shadows

A minimalist 2D platformer about a liquid cat, locked in a world she doesn't quite understand, trying to get out.

$0.99

The Emperor Penguin Keita

Keita, a brave emperor penguin, lost its way during the migration and would start an extraordinary adventure on the ice alone.

$0.69

Minimalism

Run a cube through a stark black-and-white labyrinth, grabbing every key before the door lets you through.

$0.99

Journey

Keita, a brave emperor penguin, lost its way during the migration and would start an extraordinary adventure on the ice alone.

$0.99

Hidden gems like But Why?

THE CANON OF BALLS

Hardcore, co-op (or solo) platformer. Dark Souls makes a baby with Super Monkey Ball.

$2.99

Tall Trails

A chill exploration game where EVERYTHING goes in the boot! You're Alp, a lil' golem on a quest to find his purpose.

$9.99

The Greatest Penguin Heist of All Time

Plan the perfect silent infiltration, then watch it fall apart one wobbly waddle at a time, alone or with up to seven friends.

$14.99

Baby Steps

Guide Nate up a misty mountain one wobbly, self-placed step at a time, falling often and laughing more.

$19.99

Unnamed Pogo Game

Trapped with friends in a surreal world, your only way out is to bounce your way to the top.

$6.99

Flipping is Hard

No Legs. Just Flips. A hard and punishing game where you flip, fall, and climb as Flippy, using only rotation.

$14.99

BETON BRUTAL

A first-person parkour climb up a decaying concrete giant, where a single wrong move can undo everything.

$6.99

Peaks of Yore

Haul yourself up the mountain in 1887, one wobbly handhold at a time, until the impossible summit is under your boots.

$18.99

Get To Work

A punishing, funny 3D platformer where you fling your arm-skates up a corporate tower, one huge gap at a time.

$12.99

Jusant

Jusant is a calm action-puzzle climbing game from DON'T NOD.

$24.99

Big Walk

Get lost with friends in a big open world, and talk your way back.

$19.99

Lil Gator Game

Climb, glide and bop cardboard monsters across a bright little island, making friends and building the greatest adventure to win back your sister's…

$19.99

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