Best Puzzle Games
1,136 Puzzle games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Jazzpunk
Released: Feb 7, 2014
Critic rating: 82.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Jazzpunk is a single-player, first-person adventure game, focusing on exploration and comedy over puzzle-solving.
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.
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.
MediEvil II
Released: Apr 21, 2000
Critic rating: 78.8 / 100 • 53 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair
Released: Oct 7, 2019
Critic rating: 86.1 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Yooka and Laylee are back for a brand new adventure!
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”.
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.
Loom
Released: Jan 1, 1990
Critic rating: 78.5 / 100 • 94 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.
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.
Quadrilateral Cowboy
Released: Jul 25, 2016
Critic rating: 84.2 / 100
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Quadrilateral Cowboy is a single-player adventure in a cyberpunk world.
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.
The Red Strings Club
Released: Jan 22, 2018
Critic rating: 78.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Adventure, Indie, Visual Novel
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
"The Red Strings Club is a cyberpunk narrative experience about fate and happiness featuring the extensive use of pottery, bartending and impersonating people on the phone to take down a corporate conspiracy."
Amnesia: Rebirth
Released: Oct 20, 2020
Critic rating: 81.8 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Amnesia: Rebirth is a new descent into darkness from the creators of the iconic Amnesia series.
Adventures of Lolo
Released: Apr 20, 1989
Critic rating: 77.5 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo 3DS, Wii, Wii U, Nintendo Entertainment System
Game modes: Single player
Adventures of Lolo is a puzzle game released in 1989 by HAL Corporation for the Nintendo Entertainment System.
Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth
Released: Oct 24, 2005
Critic rating: 79.5 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox, PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth combines an action-horror game with a fairly realistic and immersive first-person shooter, with good stealth elements.
Chuchel
Released: Mar 7, 2018
Critic rating: 83.3 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
CHUCHEL is a comedy adventure game from the creators of Machinarium, Botanicula and Samorost.
Pac-Man 256
Released: Aug 19, 2015
Critic rating: 75.1 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Strategy, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Pac-Man 256 is inspired by the glitched 256th level of Pac-Man.
Bendy and the Ink Machine
Released: Feb 10, 2017
Critic rating: 86.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Bendy and the Ink Machine is an indie first person puzzle-action-horror game with a unique cartoon atmosphere and an intense, frightening story line that keeps you guessing throughout.
Resident Evil
Released: Mar 22, 1996
Critic rating: 79.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation
Game modes: Single player
Resident Evil is a survival horror classic in which a group of special forces agents, known as S.T.A.R.S, struggle against hordes of zombies and various other mutants in a mysterious mansion as they try to uncover the truth behind the terrifying infection.