
Death and Progress
A girl wakes up with no knowledge of who or where she is, and she soon finds out that the only way forward... is to die.
If the hand-drawn and atmospheric rhythm of Persephone stuck with you, this helps. Browse these games for your next favorite.
A girl wakes up with no knowledge of who or where she is, and she soon finds out that the only way forward... is to die. Death and Progress is a puzzle based RPGMaker horror game inspired by classics like the Witch's House and Ib.
Atmospheric, Surreal, Dark
How to Say Goodbye is a beautiful narrative puzzle game inspired by picture books. Reorganize the environment and solve puzzles to help a group of ghosts on their quest to finally move on.
Hand-drawn, Atmospheric, Surreal
Possess the living, aid the dead and flip between the worlds of Flipping Death - a puzzling adventure platformer where you find yourself filling in for Death. Maybe your new powers will help you solve the mystery of your own demise?
Hand-drawn, Surreal, Colorful
A puzzle adventure from Erik Hermansen, creator of Deadly Rooms of Death. Fling yourself into 58 massive puzzle levels. Stack blocks, dodge cops, die to progress, and discover the secrets of the afterlife.
Surreal, Colorful, Dark
An adventure psychological horror game which explores the themes of life and death in a unique way. Help a girl in the capsule to find her memories and escape from a mysterious world.
Hand-drawn, Atmospheric, Surreal
SPINDLE is an old-school action-adventure about death and the many ways we choose to deal with it. With your trusty Pig by your side, you form a most curious team, embarking on a quest to learn what it truly means to be Death.
Atmospheric, Surreal, Colorful
Peregrin is a story puzzle game. A solitary traveller undertakes a perilous voyage through the haunted ruins of a lost civilisation. Seeking to fulfil an ancient prophecy, she will have to use her arcane powers to solve puzzles and survive battles - if she is to find a way to restore the fallen world of Peregrin.
Hand-drawn, Atmospheric, Surreal
Felix The Reaper is a challenging and strict 3D puzzle game about bringing humans into deadly situations. You are Felix, the ever-dancing bringer of death, who just so happens to be dangerously in love with Life.
Surreal, Dark
A puzzle platformer where dying is the whole point. A king wants the Cup of Life, so you send wave after wave of knights to their doom and use the corpses as tools: impaled on spikes, frozen in ice, fired from cannons. Morbid, funny and genuinely clever, with 65+ levels of trap-ridden puzzles.
Hand-drawn, Surreal
Hellevator is a 2D platformer in hell where the only way to escape is to die. Find creative ways to die in order to solve the puzzles and progress through this infernal hotel.
Hand-drawn, Atmospheric, Surreal
Now you’re the new apprentice for Death. And it's your job to help gather souls. Only thing is, you can't just go and kill people to get the souls, it has to look natural. Like an accident. And that means setting up bottles, knives, brooms, and other regular objects in such a way as to create deadly chain reactions.
Minimalist, Dark
You wake up in a mysterious dungeon, full of dangerous traps and unlucky inhabitants. Brain cracking puzzles await you while a dark story will slowly unfold in this supernatural place!
Atmospheric, Surreal, Dark

A girl wakes up with no knowledge of who or where she is, and she soon finds out that the only way forward... is to die.

How to Say Goodbye is a beautiful narrative puzzle game inspired by picture books.

Now you’re the new apprentice for Death. And it's your job to help gather souls.

Single-player puzzle adventure with a beautiful, distinctive art style and a genuinely emotional story.

void game() is a minimalist puzzle game about Death, its many faces, and its inevitable counterpart: Life.

Help The Death to undo his mess, collect souls between heaven, purgatory and hell. Run, Jump, Hide and Explore!

Existence is a 2D puzzle-platformer where the player must intelligently kill their character in different ways to gain new powers to solve…


Another Perspective is a puzzle platformer following the very confusing adventure of someone looking for something.

Why Am I Dead At Sea is an adventure game where you solve the mystery of your own murder.

Trapped inside an ancient labyrinth, chased by the mythical Minotaur. Will you reach the center?

The Dew is a puzzle game focused on storytelling. You will become a dewdrop—experience the past wars fought by black and white in puzzle form, and…

SPINDLE is an old-school action-adventure about death and the many ways we choose to deal with it.

A point and click adventure about a girl moving in with her father, Death himself, solving puzzles where dark humor meets real heart.

Necrophosis is a first-person horror adventure, plunging you into a nightmarish realm teeming with grotesque forms and ominous visuals.

In Tobla - Divine Path, creative puzzle gameplay, a story inspired by classics like Portal™, and impressive 3D graphics come together.

How to Say Goodbye is a beautiful narrative puzzle game inspired by picture books.

Hellevator is a 2D platformer in hell where the only way to escape is to die.

A story rich narrative puzzle game in which an artist comes to terms with their grief.


I Am Dead is a charming puzzle adventure game from the creators of Hohokum and Wilmot’s Warehouse about exploring the afterlife.

Play as Persephone finding her way through a dangerous Underworld as she sneaks past Lost Souls and the prying eyes of her mother.

Possess the living, aid the dead and flip between the worlds of Flipping Death - a puzzling adventure platformer where you find yourself filling in…

Felix The Reaper is a challenging and strict 3D puzzle game about bringing humans into deadly situations.

The only way out is through yourself… literally. A 1-bit puzzle platformer built on a growing pile of your own corpses, and a mystery box that is…

In Purgatory, death is not defeat, but surrender is final. A lost soul must face twenty trials with one life and no checkpoints.

void game() is a minimalist puzzle game about Death, its many faces, and its inevitable counterpart: Life.

As I Began to Dream is a hand-illustrated puzzle platformer telling the story of a young girl's journey of navigating grief and loss.

SPINDLE is an old-school action-adventure about death and the many ways we choose to deal with it.

Necrophosis is a first-person horror adventure, plunging you into a nightmarish realm teeming with grotesque forms and ominous visuals.

A challenging 2D puzzle platformer where a damned spirit must navigate her way through the Underworld and beyond in search of her past.

A point and click adventure about a girl moving in with her father, Death himself, solving puzzles where dark humor meets real heart.

A story-driven horror puzzle game where the player takes on the role of a resentful ghost, possessing others in order to search for her own corpse.

In Tobla - Divine Path, creative puzzle gameplay, a story inspired by classics like Portal™, and impressive 3D graphics come together.

You wake up in a mysterious dungeon, full of dangerous traps and unlucky inhabitants.

A minimalistic five-minute puzzle platformer, where you become a fly when you die.