Best Puzzle Games
1,157 Puzzle games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth
Released: May 28, 2009
Critic rating: 81.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Simulator, Adventure, Visual Novel
Platforms: Android, iOS, Nintendo DS
Game modes: Single player
Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth is a 2009 adventure video game developed and published by Capcom.
Osmos
Released: Aug 18, 2009
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Strategy, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
Enter the ambient world of Osmos: elegant, physics-based gameplay, dreamlike visuals, and a minimalist, electronic soundtrack.
Storyteller
Released: Mar 23, 2023
Critic rating: 81.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Simulator, Adventure, Indie, Visual Novel
Platforms: Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
With Storyteller you are the one writing the stories!
Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime
Released: Sep 9, 2015
Critic rating: 83.4 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Simulator, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime is a frantic 1- or 4-player couch co-op action space shooter set in a massive neon battleship.
Singularity
Released: Jun 25, 2010
Critic rating: 79.8 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
In this FPS, you travel across a remote island off the coast of Russia ripping through space and time, and are given your own Time Manipulation Device of which you use to vaporize enemies.
LittleBigPlanet
Released: Nov 17, 2009
Critic rating: 81.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation Portable
Game modes: Single player
LittleBigPlanet is a 2009 puzzle platformer video game (with user-generated content) for the PlayStation Portable developed by SCE Cambridge Studio in conjunction with Media Molecule.
Killer Frequency
Released: Jun 1, 2023
Critic rating: 82.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Meta Quest 2, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Killer Frequency is a first-person horror puzzle game set in 1987, that puts you in the role of a late-night radio talk show host in small town America whose callers are being stalked by a mysterious killer.
Orwell: Ignorance is Strength
Released: Feb 22, 2018
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Simulator, Adventure, Indie, Visual Novel
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Step into the shoes of a government official in a top-secret department of the Orwell surveillance program.
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.
Cronos: The New Dawn
Released: Sep 5, 2025
Critic rating: 80.5 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Linux, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player
Cronos: The New Dawn is a pulse-pounding, third-person survival horror game that throws you into the heart of a deadly struggle against overwhelming foes, all while uncovering the mysteries of a twisted time travel story.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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 • 149 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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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!