Best Puzzle Games
1,136 Puzzle games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
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!
Disney's Darkwing Duck
Released: Jun 1, 1992
Critic rating: 79.5 / 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.
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 • 30 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
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!
Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo
Released: May 31, 1996
Critic rating: 85.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Arcade
Platforms: Arcade, Sega Saturn, PlayStation
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
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.
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.
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.
The Mortuary Assistant
Released: Aug 2, 2022
Critic rating: 79.3 / 100 • 46 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.
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.
Little Nightmares
Released: Apr 28, 2017
Critic rating: 77.7 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Google Stadia, PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Little Nightmares is a puzzle-platform horror adventure game developed by Tarsier Studios and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment.
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Graphic Adventure
Released: Jul 1, 1989
Critic rating: 79.3 / 100 • 74 votes
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Linux, Atari ST/STE, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, DOS, FM Towns, Amiga
Game modes: Single player
Europe, 1938.
Catherine Classic
Released: Jan 10, 2019
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
An enhanced version of the original 2011 game.
Syberia
Released: Aug 9, 2002
Critic rating: 77.2 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox, PlayStation 3, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox 360, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player
Join Kate Walker as she travels to remote locations and time periods in this timeless voyage to discover her true destiny.
Bubble Bobble
Released: Jun 16, 1986
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Arcade
Platforms: Arcade
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
In the game, each player controls one of the two Bubble Dragons, Bub and Bob.
Shadows of the Damned
Released: Jun 21, 2011
Critic rating: 82.7 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
From the creative genius of Suda 51 (No More Heroes) and Shinji Mikami (Resident Evil) comes an all-new psychologically twisted vision of hell unlike anything seen before.
Amnesia: The Bunker
Released: Jun 6, 2023
Critic rating: 84.5 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Amnesia: The Bunker is a first-person horror game set in a desolate WW1 Bunker.