Best Puzzle Games
1,157 Puzzle games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
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.
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."
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Lode Runner
Released: Oct 30, 1983
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle
Platforms: Commodore VIC-20, Arcade, SG-1000, BBC Microcomputer System, Atari 8-bit, PC-9800 Series, PC-8800 Series, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum, WonderSwan, Sharp X1, Windows Phone, Atari ST/STE, Mac, DOS, Apple II, FM-7, NEC PC-6000 Series, Amstrad CPC, MSX
Game modes: Single player
Lode Runner is a 1983 puzzle video game, first published by Brøderbund.
The Gardens Between
Released: Sep 20, 2018
Critic rating: 81.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Google Stadia, PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
The Gardens Between is a surreal puzzle adventure through memory, moments and time that follows best friends, Arina and Frendt, as they fall into a mysterious world of beautiful garden islands.
Evil Genius
Released: Sep 28, 2004
Critic rating: 82.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
Evil Genius focuses on building an island lair and the management of minions that are employed by the Evil Genius, allowing the player to progress through the main storyline with achieving world domination as the end goal of the game.
Creature in the Well
Released: Sep 6, 2019
Critic rating: 73.8 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Fighting, Puzzle, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Pinball, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Creature in the Well is a top-down, pinball-inspired hack and slash dungeon crawler.
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.
Crow Country
Released: May 9, 2024
Critic rating: 79.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
The year is 1990.
Prey
Released: May 4, 2017
Critic rating: 75.8 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
In Prey, you awaken aboard Talos I, a space station orbiting the moon in the year 2032.
Hidden Folks
Released: Feb 15, 2017
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Search for hidden folks in hand-drawn, interactive, miniature landscapes.
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard - End of Zoe
Released: Dec 12, 2017
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Google Stadia, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
End of Zoe is the epilogue chronicling the final events of Resident Evil 7.
Trover Saves the Universe
Released: May 31, 2019
Critic rating: 75.8 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Meta Quest 2, PlayStation 4, PlayStation VR, PC (Microsoft Windows), SteamVR, Oculus Rift, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Oculus Quest
Game modes: Single player
Wonderful.
The Forest
Released: Apr 30, 2018
Critic rating: 86.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), SteamVR
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants.
Deliver Us the Moon
Released: Oct 10, 2019
Critic rating: 78.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Google Stadia, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Deliver Us the Moon is a sci-fi adventure game developed by KeokeN Interactive and released in 2019.
LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4
Released: Jun 25, 2010
Critic rating: 80.7 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: OnLive Game System, PlayStation 3, Wii, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Experience the magic of Harry Potter's first 4 years at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in an exciting new way.
Sable
Released: Sep 23, 2021
Critic rating: 82.7 / 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
Game modes: Single player
Sable is a coming-of-age tale of discovery through exploration across a strikingly rendered open world desert.
Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams
Released: Oct 22, 2012
Critic rating: 78.5 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Wii U, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams is a blistering hardcore platformer with contrasting worlds.
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.
Arx Fatalis
Released: Jun 28, 2002
Critic rating: 77.5 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Xbox, PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
This critically acclaimed first-person RPG takes the player on an incredible adventure in the fantastic world of Arx.