Best Puzzle Games
1,136 Puzzle games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
BurgerTime
Released: Aug 25, 1982
Critic rating: 76.4 / 100 • 41 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Strategy, Arcade
Platforms: ColecoVision, Arcade, PC-8800 Series, Sharp X1, Intellivision, DOS, Apple II, Sharp MZ-2200, Texas Instruments TI-99, MSX
Game modes: Single player, Split screen
BurgerTime is a 1982 arcade game created by Data East for its DECO Cassette System.
I Expect You to Die
Released: Nov 30, 2016
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Meta Quest 2, Windows Mixed Reality, PlayStation VR, SteamVR, Oculus Rift, Oculus Quest
Game modes: Single player
I Expect You To Die is a virtual reality puzzle game that places you in the well-polished shoes of an elite secret agent.
Agent A: A Puzzle In Disguise
Released: Oct 28, 2015
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
A suave secret agent adventure game.
Mr. Shifty
Released: Apr 13, 2017
Critic rating: 63.9 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Fighting, Shooter, Puzzle, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Quit creeping through shadows, stop surveilling security patterns, and ditch the fancy toys.
Shadow Warrior 2
Released: Oct 13, 2016
Critic rating: 77.8 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
"Shadow Warrior 2 is the stunning evolution of Flying Wild Hog’s offbeat first-person shooter following the further misadventures of former corporate shogun Lo Wang.
That Dragon, Cancer
Released: Jan 11, 2016
Critic rating: 77.5 / 100
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Ouya, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
An immersive, narrative videogame that retells Joel Green's 4-year fight against cancer through about two hours of poetic, imaginative gameplay that explores themes of faith, hope and love.
Bulb Boy
Released: Oct 29, 2015
Critic rating: 82.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
One gloomy night, Bulb Boy wakes suddenly from a frightening nightmare to discover that evil has overshadowed the Bulbhouse.
LEGO Builder's Journey
Released: Dec 20, 2019
Critic rating: 77.2 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, visionOS, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
A story about play, connections and adventure.
Samorost 2
Released: Dec 8, 2005
Critic rating: 76.3 / 100 • 94 votes
Rating: E10+
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Web browser, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
Samorost2, the sequel to free browser based game Samorost1 is a short point-and-click adventure in which you must help out a little space gnome as he searches for his dog, which has been taken away by aliens.
Coromon
Released: Dec 21, 2020
Critic rating: 82.5 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Fighting, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Coromon is a modern monster taming game with retro pixelart.
Shapez
Released: Jun 7, 2020
Critic rating: 76.2 / 100 • 28 votes
Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
Shapez is a game about building factories to automate the creation and combination of increasingly complex shapes within an infinite map.
Kuru Kuru Kururin
Released: Mar 21, 2001
Critic rating: 79.5 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Arcade
Platforms: Wii U, Game Boy Advance
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
The story begins when Kururin’s brothers and sisters go missing, and it is up to him to find them.
Myst
Released: Dec 10, 2020
Critic rating: 72.3 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Oculus VR, Meta Quest 2, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation VR2, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), SteamVR, PlayStation 5, Mac, Oculus Rift, Xbox One, Oculus Quest
Game modes: Single player
A reimaged version developed by Cyan, this version builds the original from the ground up to enable play in VR and flatscreen PC, with new art, sound, interactions, and optional puzzle randomisation.
Hob
Released: Sep 26, 2017
Critic rating: 72.1 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
Hob is set on a beautiful and dangerous unknown world, with buzzing life above and the whirrs of mysterious machinery below.
The Excavation of Hob's Barrow
Released: Sep 28, 2022
Critic rating: 74.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
The Excavation of Hob's Barrow is a folk horror narrative-driven adventure.
Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow Comes Today
Released: Apr 10, 2015
Critic rating: 73.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
"Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow Comes Today" is the first part of the "Dead Synchronicity" series: help Michael face a dying reality, a universe that’s fading away.
Star Trek: Elite Force II
Released: Jun 20, 2003
Critic rating: 76.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
In this sequel to the first person action game, you resume the role of Alexander Munro, chief of the Hazard Team, Starfleet's elite security unit.
XIII
Released: Nov 18, 2003
Critic rating: 73.2 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle
Platforms: Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
XIII is a cel-shaded first-person shooter based on the popular Belgian cult comic created by Jean Van Hamme and illustrated by William Vance.
The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom
Released: Feb 17, 2010
Critic rating: 81.3 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
Enter a macabre and comical silent world filled with mischief, time travel and delicious pie.
The Lost Vikings
Released: Apr 29, 1993
Critic rating: 76.0 / 100 • 91 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Strategy
Platforms: Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Famicom
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
The Lost Vikings is a puzzle-platform video game developed by Silicon & Synapse (now Blizzard Entertainment) and published by Interplay.
Zuma Deluxe
Released: Dec 8, 2003
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Arcade
Platforms: Windows Mobile, Palm OS, Xbox, PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox 360, Legacy Mobile Device
Game modes: Single player
An enhanced version, called Zuma Deluxe, was released for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X as well as an Xbox Live Arcade download for the Xbox 360 and a PlayStation Network download for the PlayStation 3.
Human Resource Machine
Released: Oct 15, 2015
Critic rating: 74.3 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Wii U, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
"Human Resource Machine is a puzzle game.
The Jackbox Party Pack 4
Released: Oct 17, 2017
Critic rating: 76.0 / 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
The biggest and fourthiest addition to this storied party game franchise features the blanking fun sequel Fibbage 3 and its new game mode, Fibbage: Enough About You; the web-based frame game Survive the Internet; the spooky date-a-thon Monster Seeking Monster; the deranged debate match Bracketeering; and the one-up art game Civic Doodle.
Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince
Released: Oct 7, 2019
Critic rating: 78.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Google Stadia, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Featuring an all-new story that reunites Amadeus, Pontius, and Zoya, Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince returns to the magic of 2.5D with the puzzle-platforming gameplay that defined a genre in Trine 1 and 2.
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
Released: Jul 13, 2018
Critic rating: 84.2 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle
Platforms: Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Captain Toad stars in his own puzzling quest on the Nintendo Switch system!