Best Puzzle Games
1,157 Puzzle games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
VVVVVV
Released: Jan 11, 2010
Critic rating: 79.8 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Ouya, Linux, Nintendo 3DS, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, PlayStation Vita, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
There's something terribly wrong in an alternate dimension!
The Room Two
Released: Dec 12, 2013
Critic rating: 80.8 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Indie
Platforms: Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Unique events transport you to the halls of a long-forgotten crypt.
Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth
Released: Aug 15, 2017
Critic rating: 78.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie, Visual Novel
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
England, 12th century: Philip the monk becomes Prior of the small abbey of Kingsbridge.
Yu-Gi-Oh! Power of Chaos: Joey the Passion
Released: Jul 2, 2004
Critic rating: 79.7 / 100 • 27 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Card & Board Game
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
The third Yu-Gi-Oh!
Mindustry
Released: Oct 17, 2017
Critic rating: 79.7 / 100 • 23 votes
Rating: E10+
Genres: Puzzle, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Mindustry is a hybrid tower-defense sandbox factory game.
Pac-Man
Released: Mar 16, 1982
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Arcade
Platforms: Atari 2600
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Atari 2600 Port of Pac-Man The player controls Pac-Man through a maze, eating pac-dots (also called pellets). When all pac-dots are eaten, Pac-Man is taken to the next stage. Between some stages one of three intermission animations plays. Four enemies (Blinky, Pinky, Inky and Clyde) roam the maze, trying to catch Pac-Man. If an enemy touches Pac-Man, a life is lost and the Pac-Man itself withers and dies. When all lives have been lost, the game ends. Pac-Man is awarded a single bonus life at 10,000 points by default. Near the corners of the maze are four larger, flashing dots known as power pellets that provide Pac-Man with the temporary ability to eat the enemies. The enemies turn deep blue, reverse direction and usually move more slowly. When an enemy is eaten, its eyes remain and return to the center box where it is regenerated in its normal color. Blue enemies flash white to signal that they are about to become dangerous again and the length of time for which the enemies remain vulnerable varies from one stage to the next, generally becoming shorter as the game progresses. In later stages, the enemies go straight to flashing, bypassing blue, which means that they can only be eaten for a short amount of time, although they still reverse direction when a power pellet is eaten; in even later stages, the ghosts do not become edible (i.e., they do not change color and still make Pacman lose a life on contact), but they still reverse direction.
Tetris DS
Released: Mar 20, 2006
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Strategy, Arcade
Platforms: Nintendo DS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
You can rediscover the timeless puzzle game Tetris on your Nintendo DS with Tetris DS.
N+
Released: Feb 20, 2008
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360, Nintendo DS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
N+ is a port of the original Adobe Flash based PC game, N, to console and handheld systems with new features.
The Jackbox Party Pack 3
Released: Oct 18, 2016
Critic rating: 77.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Strategy, Quiz/Trivia, Indie
Platforms: Amazon Fire TV, PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
The threequel to the party game phenomenon features the deadly quiz show Trivia Murder Party, the say-anything sequel Quiplash 2, the surprising survey game Guesspionage, the t-shirt slugfest Tee K.O., and the sneaky trickster game Fakin' It.
Puzzle Agent
Released: Jun 30, 2010
Critic rating: 86.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Wii, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
Created with indie comic artist Graham Annable's unique narrative and visual sensibilities, delivered with the distinctive Telltale storytelling style, Puzzle Agent is sure to challenge, thrill and engage in more ways than you can shake a cryptogram at!
Painkiller
Released: Apr 12, 2004
Critic rating: 82.5 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle
Platforms: Xbox, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Stranded in a place between Heaven and Hell, your time of judgment is at hand.
Boxes: Lost Fragments
Released: Feb 1, 2024
Critic rating: 79.5 / 100 • 31 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
As a legendary thief, your next assignment lures you into a grand and lavish mansion.
The Room 4: Old Sins
Released: Jan 25, 2018
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
The disappearance of an ambitious engineer and his high-society wife provokes a hunt for a precious artefact.
Catherine
Released: Feb 17, 2011
Critic rating: 79.7 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Co-operative
Vincent is trapped in a nightmare, facing a choice of marrying his longtime girlfriend Katherine or moving on to the incredible blonde he just woke up to-- named Catherine!
Röki
Released: Jul 23, 2020
Critic rating: 87.3 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Point-and-click, Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Rediscover magic and chart your adventure through this forgotten northern world of mystery and monsters.
Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo
Released: May 31, 1996
Critic rating: 85.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Arcade
Platforms: Arcade, PlayStation 3, Sega Saturn, PlayStation, PlayStation Portable
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen
The game's title is a parody of Super Street Fighter II Turbo (or Super Street Fighter II X in Japan), as there are no other Puzzle Fighter games, and the game includes music and interface elements spoofing the Street Fighter Alpha and Darkstalkers games.
Sonic Mega Collection
Released: Nov 10, 2002
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle
Platforms: Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen
Sonic Mega Collection is a video game compilation developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega in 2002 for the GameCube.
Edge
Released: Dec 1, 2008
Critic rating: 86.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Linux, Nintendo 3DS, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Wii U, PlayStation Portable
Game modes: Single player
In Edge players take direct control of the cube and roll their way around the game's dozens of levels.
Syberia: The World Before
Released: Mar 18, 2022
Critic rating: 82.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Embark on a journey across continents and through time, as you piece together the puzzle of a life.
The Legend of Kyrandia 2: The Hand of Fate
Released: Dec 31, 1993
Critic rating: 79.4 / 100 • 26 votes
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PC-9800 Series, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, DOS, FM Towns
Game modes: Single player
The land of Kyrandia is disappearing piece by piece and you are the offbeat, young mystic who must voyage to the center of the world to break the curse and save it.
Unravel Two
Released: Jun 9, 2018
Critic rating: 80.9 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Unravel Two is the sequel to the 2015 puzzle platforming game Unravel.
A Juggler's Tale
Released: Sep 28, 2021
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Lead Abby the string puppet through a bruised, but beautiful world in this poetic 3D adventure.
The Mortuary Assistant
Released: Aug 2, 2022
Critic rating: 79.3 / 100 • 48 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Having completed your degree in mortuary sciences, you have taken on an apprenticeship at River Fields Mortuary.
Disney's Darkwing Duck
Released: Jun 1, 1992
Critic rating: 79.3 / 100 • 67 votes
Genres: Platform, Puzzle
Platforms: Nintendo Entertainment System
Game modes: Single player
Darkwing Duck is a platformer video game based on the Disney television series, Darkwing Duck.
Dorfromantik
Released: Apr 28, 2022
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Indie, Card & Board Game
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Dorfromantik is a peaceful building strategy and puzzle game where you create a beautiful and ever-growing village landscape by placing tiles.