Best Puzzle Games
1,157 Puzzle games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
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.
Deponia Doomsday
Released: Mar 1, 2016
Critic rating: 78.9 / 100 • 62 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.
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.
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.
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!
Half-Life 2: Episode Two
Released: Oct 9, 2007
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
Half-Life 2: Episode Two is a first-person shooter set in the aftermath of the Citadel's destruction.
MediEvil II
Released: Apr 21, 2000
Critic rating: 78.8 / 100 • 55 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation
Game modes: Single player
MediEvil II is an action-adventure game developed by SCE Cambridge Studio and published by Sony Computer Entertainment.
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.
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.
Kirby Mass Attack
Released: Aug 4, 2011
Critic rating: 85.5 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: Wii U, Nintendo DS
Game modes: Single player
One day, an evildoer with a magic cane appears and splits Kirby into 10 pieces.
Silent Hill f
Released: Sep 25, 2025
Critic rating: 86.4 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player
Silent Hill f is a survival horror game published by Konami as part of the Silent Hill series.
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.
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
Released: Sep 25, 2014
Critic rating: 82.4 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
In The Vanishing of Ethan Carter, you play as Paul Prospero, an occult detective who receives a disturbing letter from Ethan Carter and realizes that the boy is in grave danger.
DmC: Devil May Cry
Released: Jan 15, 2013
Critic rating: 81.5 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Puzzle, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
DmC: Devil May Cry is the fifth game in the hack-and-slash third-person action series and the first not largely developed by Capcom.
Valiant Hearts: The Great War
Released: Jun 24, 2014
Critic rating: 76.1 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Valiant Hearts: The Great War is the story of 4 crossed destinies and a broken love in a world torn apart.
Mario vs. Donkey Kong
Released: May 24, 2004
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle
Platforms: Nintendo 3DS, Wii U, Game Boy Advance
Game modes: Single player
After years of apparent goodwill, Mario and Donkey Kong are at it again--this time, on Game Boy Advance.
Road 96
Released: Aug 16, 2021
Critic rating: 83.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Road 96 is a crazy, beautiful road-trip.
Rusty Lake: Roots
Released: Oct 20, 2016
Critic rating: 78.5 / 100 • 92 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
James Vanderboom's life drastically changes when he plants a special seed in the garden of the house he has inherited.
Return to Mysterious Island
Released: Nov 19, 2004
Critic rating: 87.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
Join intrepid sailor and recent island castaway Mina as she explores the hidden secrets within the Jules Verne classic inspired Mysterious Island.
Stories Untold
Released: Feb 27, 2017
Critic rating: 78.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Stories Untold is a compilation tape of four episodes from the now cancelled series of the same name, including a remaster of the original pilot episode “The House Abandon”.
Loom
Released: Jan 1, 1990
Critic rating: 78.5 / 100 • 96 votes
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Simulator, Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: Linux, Atari ST/STE, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, DOS, FM Towns, Amiga, Turbografx-16/PC Engine CD
Game modes: Single player
Long after the passing of the Second Shadow, when dragons ruled the twilight sky and the stars were bright and numerous, came the Age of the Great Guilds.
The Dark Eye: Memoria
Released: Aug 29, 2013
Critic rating: 76.7 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Memoria combines classic point & click adventure gameplay with the features of The Dark Eye, one of the most successful RPG universes known in the fantasy world.
Pinstripe
Released: Apr 24, 2017
Critic rating: 81.7 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Pinstripe is an emotionally charged adventure about Hell created entirely by a one-man team over the course of five years.
Observation
Released: May 21, 2019
Critic rating: 82.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Observation is a sci-fi thriller uncovering what happened to Dr.
The Jackbox Party Pack 7
Released: Oct 15, 2020
Critic rating: 77.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Strategy, Quiz/Trivia, Indie
Platforms: Amazon Fire TV, Google Stadia, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Five new games: the hit threequel Quiplash 3, the collaborative chaos of The Devils and the Details, the fierce drawing game Champ'd Up, the speech game Talking Points and the guessing game Blather 'Round.