Games like Braid
Closest overall match: FEZ (★ 4.0). Highest rated: Prince of Persia: Warrior Within at ★ 4.4. Quickest to finish: Pid at about 1 hours.
Looking for something like Braid? Our model ranked 12 games by how much they share with it. The strongest common threads are controller support, Great Soundtrack and Side Scroller. Updated Oct 15, 2026.
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58%
1. FEZ
Shares overlay, controller support, Controller, Great Soundtrack and 2D and 4 more tags.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 91
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 50%
- Shared genres
- 4, 7, Indie, 83
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58%
2. Super Time Force Ultra
Shares Time Manipulation, Time Travel, controller support, Side Scroller and Great Soundtrack and 4 more tags; rated 1.1 lower.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.1
- Metacritic
- 80
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 34%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie, 83
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57%
3. Pid
Shares controller support, Side Scroller, Great Soundtrack, 2D and Full controller support and 2 more tags; rated 1.5 lower.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 2.6
- Metacritic
- 63
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 34%
- Shared genres
- 4, 7, 11, Indie, 83
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56%
4. BIT.TRIP RUNNER
Shares overlay, controller support, Side Scroller, Controller and Great Soundtrack and 5 more tags; rated 0.8 lower; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2010
- Rating
- ★ 3.3
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 32%
- Shared genres
- 4, 11, Indie
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55%
5. Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams
Shares controller support, Side Scroller, Controller, Fantasy and Great Soundtrack and 5 more tags; rated 1.1 lower.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 3.1
- Metacritic
- 77
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 28%
- Shared genres
- 4, 11, Indie, 83
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55%
6. Rayman Origins
Shares controller support, Side Scroller, Controller, Fantasy and Great Soundtrack and 3 more tags.
- Year
- 2011
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 86
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 68%
- Shared genres
- 4, 11, 83
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54%
7. Limbo
Shares controller support, Side Scroller, Controller, 2D and Full controller support and 1 more tags; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2010
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 88
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 82%
- Shared genres
- 4, 7, Indie, 83
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54%
8. Dust: An Elysian Tail
Shares controller support, Side Scroller, Controller, Fantasy and Great Soundtrack and 5 more tags; rated 0.5 lower.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 84
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 58%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie, 83
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53%
9. BIT.TRIP Presents... Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien
Shares controller support, Side Scroller, Controller, Great Soundtrack and 2D and 3 more tags; rated 0.6 lower.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 85
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 49%
- Shared genres
- 4, 11, Indie, 83
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53%
10. Terraria
Shares overlay, controller support, 2D, Full controller support and Steam Cloud and 2 more tags; about 13h longer.
- Year
- 2011
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 81
- Playtime
- 15h
- Finish rate
- 49%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie, 83
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52%
11. SteamWorld Dig
Shares controller support, Side Scroller, Controller, Great Soundtrack and 2D and 4 more tags; rated 0.3 lower.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 76
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 73%
- Shared genres
- 4, 7, Indie, 83
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52%
12. Prince of Persia: Warrior Within
Shares Time Manipulation, Time Travel, controller support, Fantasy and Great Soundtrack and 1 more tags.
- Year
- 2004
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 83
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 80%
- Shared genres
- 4
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like Braid?
On our similarity model, FEZ is the closest match to Braid — shares overlay, controller support, Controller, Great Soundtrack and 2D and 4 more tags.
Which game like Braid is rated highest?
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.4/5 from 851 players.
Are there games like Braid on Nintendo Switch?
Yes — we found 10 games like Braid on Nintendo Switch. See the dedicated list.
Are there games like Braid on Android or iOS?
Yes — we found 6 games like Braid on Android & iOS. See the dedicated list.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Braid on five signals: weighted tag overlap (rare tags count more), genre overlap, platform family overlap, rating and playtime proximity, and release era. The list is recomputed nightly as ratings and new releases change.
Base game data via RAWG.