Puzzle Platformer Games

Free puzzle platformer games

A platformer is a game where you run and jump across platforms to reach the exit. A puzzle platformer adds a twist: every room is also a small puzzle, so getting through it takes a plan as well as good jumps. Both games on this page are puzzle platformers you can play free in your browser, with no download.

Gravibot: a gravity puzzle platformer

In Gravibot your robot can't jump. Instead, it flips gravity and walks on the ceiling, so every room is solved by flipping at the right moment. There are 28 rooms across 7 sectors of a space station, and a chrono brake slows time to 40% for the tricky moments. The Gravibot guide walks through every sector, and how every room is proven beatable shows how each one is checked before release.

Trap Castle: a trap platformer

Trap Castle is a puzzle platformer where every floor is a liar: fake floors, painted doors and doors that run away. There are 32 rooms in four castle wings, and a boss at the end of each one: the Jailer, the Iron Golem, the Grand Mimic and the Architect. Every death shows you the trick, and restarts are instant. The Trap Castle guide covers the traps and how to beat each boss.

What makes a good puzzle platformer

• Rooms you can read. A good room shows you everything you need to solve it. When you fail, you should know why.
• Controls you can trust. Small details like coyote time and input buffering make jumps feel fair. Coyote time and input buffering explains how they work.
• Fast restarts. Trying again should take a second, not a loading screen.

Keyboard, gamepad or touch

Both games play with the arrow keys or A and D to move and Space to jump or flip. Plug in a gamepad and it just works, and on a phone or tablet they play with touch. They also run well on a Chromebook: see games for Chromebook.

Three stars, or a crown

In Gravibot you earn three stars per room: clear it, beat the par time, and finish without a mistake. In Trap Castle, clearing a room with zero deaths earns a crown. Both are worth going back for.

More puzzle games

If you like thinking your way through a room, try Gravity Lab, where you turn the whole lab and the ball falls to the new "down", or Lost Corridors, a maze where your light is your clock. All of them are in puzzle games.

Questions

What is a puzzle platformer? A platformer where each level is also a puzzle. You still run and jump, but you have to work out how to get through the room before you can do it.

What's the difference between a platformer and a puzzle platformer? A classic platformer tests your timing and reflexes. A puzzle platformer tests your thinking too: the hard part is finding the way through, not only making the jumps.

Which one should I start with? Trap Castle if you like surprises: every room hides a trick, and every death teaches it to you. Gravibot if you like planning: the robot can't jump, so every room is a gravity puzzle.

Are these platformer games free? Yes, both are free to play in your browser with no download.