Best Puzzle Games
1,157 Puzzle games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Unforeseen Incidents
Released: May 24, 2018
Critic rating: 80.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Unforeseen Incidents is a classical style interactive mystery set in a beautifully hand-painted world.
Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft
Released: Nov 20, 1998
Critic rating: 77.0 / 100 • 191 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation, PlayStation Portable
Game modes: Single player
Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft is a platform and third-person shooter game developed by Core Design and published by Eidos Interactive.
Puyo Puyo Tetris 2
Released: Dec 7, 2020
Critic rating: 77.3 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Puzzle, Strategy, Arcade
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Stack, chain, and combo your way to victory in the ultimate matching of two puzzle game legends!
The Unfinished Swan
Released: Oct 23, 2012
Critic rating: 76.7 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, PlayStation Vita
Game modes: Single player
The Unfinished Swan is a game about exploring the unknown.
Silent Hill: Origins
Released: Nov 6, 2007
Critic rating: 80.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player
Silent Hill: Origins is the fifth installment in the Silent Hill survival horror series, and a prequel to the original game.
Peggle 2
Released: Dec 9, 2013
Critic rating: 80.7 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Peggle 2 is a puzzle video game where you shoot balls at orange and blue pegs in order to finish the level.
Door Kickers
Released: Oct 20, 2014
Critic rating: 84.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy, Tactical, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Door Kickers is an innovative Real-Time Tactics game that puts you in charge of a SWAT team.
Gems of War
Released: Nov 19, 2014
Critic rating: 76.8 / 100 • 28 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
From the creators of Puzzle Quest, play the new Puzzle/RPG/Strategy mash-up, GEMS OF WAR!
Rainbow Islands: The Story of Bubble Bobble 2
Released: Dec 31, 1987
Critic rating: 76.8 / 100 • 34 votes
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Arcade
Platforms: Arcade, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum, Atari ST/STE, PC (Microsoft Windows), TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine, Amiga, Turbografx-16/PC Engine CD, Amstrad CPC
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Rainbow Islands is a 1987 arcade game developed and published by Taito.
Lumino City
Released: Dec 2, 2014
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
Sequel to the award-winning game Lume, Lumino City begins where that game left off.
American McGee's Alice
Released: Dec 6, 2000
Critic rating: 76.7 / 100 • 165 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
Shortly after her second adventure, Through the Looking-Glass, Alice's house is burnt down by an accidental fire, killing her family and leaving her as the only survivor.
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Graphic Adventure
Released: Jul 1, 1989
Critic rating: 76.7 / 100 • 76 votes
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Linux, Atari ST/STE, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, DOS, FM Towns, Amiga
Game modes: Single player
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Epistory: Typing Chronicles
Released: Mar 30, 2016
Critic rating: 82.5 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Google Stadia, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Epistory is an atmospheric adventure typing game that tells the story of a writer lacking inspiration who asks her muse to help write her latest book.
Rise of the Tomb Raider: Baba Yaga - The Temple of the Witch
Released: Jan 26, 2016
Critic rating: 77.2 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Lara Croft enters the Wicked Vale and comes face-to-face with Baba Yaga, a supernatural entity described in Slavic folklore.
Terra Nil
Released: Mar 28, 2023
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Terra Nil is an intricate environmental strategy game about transforming a barren wasteland into a thriving, balanced ecosystem.
Discworld
Released: Mar 17, 1995
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Mac, DOS, Sega Saturn, PlayStation, Sega CD
Game modes: Single player
Discworld is a game released for PC (subsequently Mac, and Playstation) by Teeny Weeny / Perfect 10 studios in 1995.
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light
Released: Aug 18, 2010
Critic rating: 78.9 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Google Stadia, PlayStation 3, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Xbox 360, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light is a platform action video game developed by Crystal Dynamics and published by Square Enix for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and iOS as part of the Tomb Raider series through digital distribution.
Bejeweled 3
Released: Dec 7, 2010
Critic rating: 78.3 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Discover all-new ways to play the world’s #1 puzzle game.
Runaway: A Road Adventure
Released: Jul 6, 2001
Critic rating: 76.6 / 100 • 65 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
Runaway: A Road Adventure is a point and click adventure game developed by Péndulo Studios, S.L.
Concrete Genie
Released: Sep 26, 2019
Critic rating: 81.9 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PlayStation VR
Game modes: Single player
Concrete Genie is a game about Ash, a young boy who is bullied but discovers a magical paint that might save his home town.
Far: Lone Sails
Released: May 17, 2018
Critic rating: 77.5 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Far: Lone Sails is a vehicle adventure game.
Beyond Oasis
Released: Dec 1, 1994
Critic rating: 76.6 / 100 • 37 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Linux, Wii, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Prince Ali has excavated a gold armlet which belonged to a powerful sorcerer.
Audiosurf 2
Released: May 26, 2015
Critic rating: 76.5 / 100 • 40 votes
Genres: Music, Puzzle, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
By blending gameplay with music visualization, Audiosurf puts you inside your music in a way nothing else can.
Samorost 1
Released: May 20, 2021
Critic rating: 76.5 / 100 • 40 votes
Rating: E10+
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
Explore the beginnings of the Samorost series in the space gnome’s original bite-sized adventure, formerly released in 2003.
Electronic Super Joy
Released: Aug 23, 2013
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Music, Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Electronic Super Joy is a brutally hard platformer set in a world of pulse-pounding electronic music.