Best Puzzle Games
1,136 Puzzle games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Peglin
Released: Aug 27, 2024
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Peglin is a Pachinko Roguelike - Fight enemies by collecting special orbs and popping pegs to deal damage.
The Sexy Brutale
Released: Apr 11, 2017
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Set during a single, endlessly-looping day within "The Sexy Brutale" - a stately English mansion converted into a bizarre casino and named by the enigmatic Marquis - players take on the role of elderly priest Lafcadio Boone.
Tales of Monkey Island
Released: Jul 7, 2009
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Wii, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
The legendary series returns from Davy Jones' locker and onto your screen with lush 3D environments, rip-roaring humour, and Guybrush Threepwood himself!
The Fall
Released: May 30, 2014
Critic rating: 77.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Shooter, Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Wii U, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
The Fall is a side-scrolling adventure game with platforming and combat elements.
Might & Magic X: Legacy
Released: Jan 23, 2014
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG)
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
After a decade, a Might & Magic RPG is back with both the unique core formula and a new set of improved and fine-tuned features.
The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures
Released: Jun 7, 2004
Critic rating: 85.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo GameCube
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures is the only console Zelda title to date to incorporate multiplayer elements into its main campaign.
Forgotton Anne
Released: May 15, 2018
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Forgotton Anne is a 2d cinematic adventure game combining puzzle platforming with adventure game elements.
Battle Chef Brigade
Released: Nov 20, 2017
Critic rating: 80.7 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Battle Chef Brigade features fantasy chefs, including Orcs, Elves, and Humans, who need to hunt dangerous monsters for ingredients.
Killer7
Released: Jun 9, 2005
Critic rating: 73.5 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo GameCube, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player
Sneak into a world of underground assassins as Harman Smith, a man who manifests 7 deadly personalities, the killer7.
MediEvil
Released: Oct 9, 1998
Critic rating: 77.7 / 100 • 148 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation, PlayStation Portable
Game modes: Single player
MediEvil is an action-adventure game developed by SCE Cambridge Studio and published by Sony Computer Entertainment.
Inmost
Released: Oct 11, 2019
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
"Inmost is an atmospheric, story-driven puzzle platformer, following three playable characters within one dark, interconnecting story.
Webbed
Released: Sep 9, 2021
Critic rating: 77.7 / 100 • 27 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Webbed is the story of a happy little spider on an adventure to save her boyfriend from a big mean bowerbird.
We Were Here Forever
Released: May 10, 2022
Critic rating: 73.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Game modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative
You and your fellow prisoner are trapped in the realm of Castle Rock - were you betrayed, or simply not that clever?
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Dual Destinies
Released: Jul 25, 2013
Critic rating: 80.2 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Adventure, Visual Novel
Platforms: Nintendo 3DS, Android, iOS
Game modes: Single player
Dual Destinies continues the style of gameplay from previous installments, in which the player must utilize evidence and find contradictions in witness statements to prove their client innocent.
Backpack Hero
Released: Nov 14, 2023
Critic rating: 85.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Fighting, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure, Indie, Card & Board Game
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Web browser, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Backpack Hero is the inventory management roguelike!
The Jackbox Party Pack 5
Released: Oct 17, 2018
Critic rating: 78.7 / 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
It's the biggest Party Pack yet, including the return of the classic pop culture trivia mash-up You Don't Know Jack: Full Stream; the game of hilarious hypotheticals Split the Room; the lyric-writing, robot rap battle Mad Verse City; the inventive drawing game Patently Stupid; and the outer space fling-fest Zeeple Dome.
The Night of the Rabbit
Released: Mar 29, 2013
Critic rating: 67.8 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Experience a magical adventure.
Pac-Man Championship Edition 2
Released: Sep 13, 2016
Critic rating: 77.4 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
The much-awaited sequel to Pac-Man Championship Edition!
Legend of Grimrock
Released: Apr 11, 2012
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
What is Legend of Grimrock?
Corpse Party
Released: Aug 12, 2010
Critic rating: 77.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie, Visual Novel
Platforms: iOS, PlayStation Portable
Game modes: Single player
A group of friends unknowingly perform an occult ritual that traps them in an otherworldly elementary school.
Wario Land 4
Released: Aug 21, 2001
Critic rating: 77.5 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo 3DS, Wii U, Game Boy Advance
Game modes: Single player
Wario's back for more...and more...and MORE!
Behind the Frame: The Finest Scenery
Released: Aug 25, 2021
Critic rating: 77.4 / 100 • 51 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
A narrative-driven puzzle game about collecting, fixing and painting.
Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine
Released: Apr 24, 2013
Critic rating: 86.1 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine (or simply Monaco') is a video game made by indie developers at Pocketwatch Games.
Samorost 3
Released: Mar 14, 2016
Critic rating: 79.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
Samorost 3 is an exploration adventure and puzzle game from the award-winning creators of Machinarium and Botanicula.
Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy
Released: Feb 28, 2013
Critic rating: 82.3 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Visual Novel
Platforms: Nintendo 3DS
Game modes: Single player
Journey across the globe aboard the airship Bostonius while solving mind-bending brainteasers themed to their environments.