Best Puzzle Games
1,136 Puzzle games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
A Normal Lost Phone
Released: Jan 26, 2017
Critic rating: 88.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
A Normal Lost Phone is a game about exploring the intimacy of an unknown person whose phone was found by the player.
Gobliiins
Released: Dec 31, 1991
Critic rating: 79.2 / 100 • 36 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Atari ST/STE, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, DOS, Amiga
Game modes: Single player
Gobliiins is an adventure game where the player controls a team of three goblins: Oups, Ignatius and Asgard (Hooter, Dwayne, and BoBo in the US release) to find four magic components.
The Operator
Released: Jul 22, 2024
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
As an Operator, you will assist FDI's field agents by analyzing evidence on your computer and making deductions.
Mario & Luigi: Dream Team
Released: Jul 12, 2013
Critic rating: 80.4 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo 3DS
Game modes: Single player
Mario and Luigi embark on the adventure of their dreams in a hilarious action RPG that combines the resort world of Pi’illo Island with the wild landscapes of Luigi’s imagination, where anything can happen.
Planescape: Torment
Released: Dec 12, 1999
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Strategy
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
A CRPG set in the Dungeons & Dragons setting of Planescape in which The Nameless One, an immortal amnesiac, sets off on a quest across the infinite Planes and gathers a party of conflicted companions to find out who he is and reclaim his mortality.
Abzu
Released: Aug 2, 2016
Critic rating: 80.9 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Abzu is an exploration game where you are a lone diver in a lush ocean world.
The Lost Vikings 2
Released: Feb 27, 1997
Critic rating: 79.1 / 100 • 28 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle
Platforms: Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Game modes: Single player, Co-operative
Will the Vikings find their way home across time and space?
Resident Evil: Director's Cut
Released: Sep 25, 1997
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation, PlayStation Portable
Game modes: Single player
Resident Evil: Director's Cut is an arranged version of the original game produced to compensate for the highly publicized delay of the sequel Resident Evil 2.
Puzzle Agent 2
Released: Jun 30, 2011
Critic rating: 79.0 / 100 • 26 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
Agent Nelson Tethers just solved his biggest case yet.
Iron Lung
Released: Mar 10, 2022
Critic rating: 79.0 / 100 • 60 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
A short horror game where you pilot a tiny submarine through an ocean of blood on an alien moon.
Circle of Blood
Released: Oct 14, 1996
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, DOS, PlayStation
Game modes: Single player
Circle of Blood is a 2D adventure game played from a third-person perspective.
Trials HD
Released: Aug 12, 2009
Critic rating: 83.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Racing, Sport
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Trials HD is a full-featured, physics-based motorcycle racing game with more than 50 tracks in two unique game modes.
Homesick
Released: May 8, 2015
Critic rating: 79.0 / 100 • 22 votes
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Homesick is an adventurous first person 3D puzzle game developed by indie game company Lucky Pause.
Kirby's Dream Land 2
Released: Mar 21, 1995
Critic rating: 79.0 / 100 • 73 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle
Platforms: Nintendo 3DS, Game Boy
Game modes: Single player
Kirby returns and has joined forces with new friends in this thrilling sequel!
Infinifactory
Released: Jun 30, 2015
Critic rating: 75.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Infinifactory is a sandbox puzzle game by Zachtronics, the creators of SpaceChem and Infiniminer.
Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars - The Director's Cut
Released: Mar 19, 2009
Critic rating: 83.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Linux, Wii, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars – The Director's Cut is an enhanced remake and director's cut of the classic 1996 point-and-click adventure game Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars.
Kirby: Canvas Curse
Released: Mar 24, 2005
Critic rating: 85.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Wii U, Nintendo DS
Game modes: Single player
Your DS stylus has been infused with the power to paint!
Angry Birds Space
Released: Mar 22, 2012
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Strategy, Arcade
Platforms: BlackBerry OS, Windows Phone, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
Play over 300 interstellar levels across 10 planets!
Trine 5: A Clockwork Conspiracy
Released: Aug 31, 2023
Critic rating: 83.5 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Trine 5: A Clockwork Conspiracy will take Amadeus the Wizard, Zoya the Thief, and Pontius the Knight on their most action-packed journey yet!
Flower
Released: Feb 12, 2009
Critic rating: 83.2 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation Vita
Game modes: Single player
ESCAPE TO A DREAMLIKE WORLD From the studio behind the genre-bending titles Journey and flOw comes Flower, a unique gaming experience that lets you soar through a dreamlike world of luscious fields and rolling hills. Control the wind to carry a stream of flower petals around each landscape and watch as it comes to life. Every level has its own unique aims and little mysteries – but you don’t have to worry about them if you don’t feel like it. Flower is about doing what you want, when you want. Freedom is everything.
Cook, Serve, Delicious!
Released: Oct 5, 2012
Critic rating: 78.9 / 100 • 42 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Cook, Serve, Delicious is a hardcore restaurant sim, one of the few in its genre that gives the players total control over where they want to take their restaurant.
Deponia Doomsday
Released: Mar 1, 2016
Critic rating: 78.8 / 100 • 60 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
One fateful night, Rufus awakes from a haunting nightmare: he sacrificed himself to save Deponia.
Duke Nukem 3D
Released: Apr 19, 1996
Critic rating: 75.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, DOS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Duke Nukem 3D is a first-person shooter in which players move through levels from the protagonist's viewpoint, fighting aliens and mutated foes with a varied arsenal.
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
Released: Sep 14, 2018
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Google Stadia, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Co-operative
As Lara Croft races to save the world from a Maya apocalypse, she must become the Tomb Raider she is destined to be.
Paper Mario: The Origami King
Released: Jul 17, 2020
Critic rating: 81.1 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Join Mario and his new companion Olivia on a comedic adventure that will take you to the far corners of a papercraft world in Paper Mario: The Origami King on Nintendo Switch!