Games like Braid on PC
Closest overall match: FEZ (★ 4.0). Highest rated: Limbo at ★ 4.1. 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 Controller. Updated Oct 16, 2026.
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59%
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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57%
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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56%
5. The Adventures of Shuggy
Shares Time Manipulation, controller support, 2D, Full controller support and Steam Cloud and 2 more tags; rated 1.7 lower.
- Year
- 2011
- Rating
- ★ 2.5
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 55%
- Shared genres
- 4, 7, Indie, 83
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56%
6. 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%
7. 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%
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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54%
9. 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%
10. 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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54%
11. PAC-MAN Championship Edition DX+
Shares Controller, Great Soundtrack, 2D, Full controller support and Steam Cloud and 2 more tags; rated 0.4 lower.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 65%
- Shared genres
- 4, 7, 11
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54%
12. 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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Questions people ask
What is the best game like Braid on PC?
On our similarity model, FEZ is the closest match to Braid on PC — shares overlay, controller support, Controller, Great Soundtrack and 2D and 4 more tags.
Which game like Braid is rated highest?
Limbo holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.1/5 from 3,412 players.
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.