Best Puzzle Games
1,157 Puzzle games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Black & White
Released: Mar 25, 2001
Critic rating: 74.8 / 100 • 144 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Play the role of a deity in a land where the surroundings are yours to shape and its people are yours to lord over.
Penumbra: Overture
Released: Mar 30, 2007
Critic rating: 74.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Penumbra:Overture is a first person survival horror game, emphasizing on survival and problem solving instead of mindless violence and gore.
Please, Don't Touch Anything
Released: Mar 26, 2015
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Web browser, PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Please, Don’t Touch Anything is a cryptic, brain-racking button-pushing simulation.
Angry Birds
Released: Dec 11, 2009
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Strategy, Arcade
Platforms: BlackBerry OS, PlayStation 3, Windows Phone, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, PlayStation Portable
Game modes: Single player
Angry Birds is a 2009 physics-based casual puzzle video game developed by Finnish video game developer Rovio Entertainment.
Surgeon Simulator 2013
Released: Apr 19, 2013
Critic rating: 80.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
Surgeon Simulator 2013 is a darkly humorous over-the-top operation sim game where players become Nigel Burke, a would-be surgeon taking life into his own shaky hands (one keyboard button for each finger), performing life-saving surgical maneuvers on a passive patient.
Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow Comes Today
Released: Apr 10, 2015
Critic rating: 73.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, 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.
Binary Domain
Released: Feb 16, 2012
Critic rating: 72.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
The Machine Age has begun in the immersive and atmospheric squad-based shooter Binary Domain.
Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising
Released: Oct 6, 2009
Critic rating: 79.4 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Simulator, Strategy, Tactical
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising is a game about a fictitious conflict on one of the Sakhalin islands, a conflict that is in danger of erupting onto a global scale.
Ico
Released: Jan 12, 2012
Critic rating: 74.7 / 100 • 46 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3
Game modes: Single player
Experience the wonder and magic of one of the most beloved video games of all time, now available with full HD graphics, 7.1 surround sound, and stereoscopic 3D support.
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard - Banned Footage Vol. 1
Released: Jan 31, 2017
Critic rating: 76.3 / 100
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Google Stadia, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
This newly unearthed footage exposes further secrets from the dark past of the Baker family: - Escape a bedroom turned prison cell in "Bedroom" Where would the Baker family be without Marguerite's good ol' home cooking? Having woken up restrained in bed with one of her horrifying meals before you, you must find a way to escape without her noticing. - Fight off waves of bloodthirsty enemies in "Nightmare" Tossed into a basement crawling with lurching black Molded, your only chance is to shoot your way to survival. Keep moving, keep your wits about you, and keep hope alive, and maybe you can survive until morning… - Extra game mode: "Ethan Must Die" Unlike the banned footage chapters, which are linked directly to the main story of Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, "Ethan Must Die" hurls you into an entirely separate universe where the Baker mansion has been remade: It is now a trap-laden house of horrors designed to kill any intruder. Prepare yourself for the ultimate challenge!
Orcs Must Die! 3
Released: Jul 14, 2020
Critic rating: 76.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Google Stadia, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Orc Must Die!
Resident Evil Code: Veronica X
Released: Mar 22, 2001
Critic rating: 74.6 / 100 • 149 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Nintendo GameCube, Dreamcast, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player
Resident Evil Code: Veronica X is a port of the original game with additional content comprised of improved graphics along with an extra nine minutes of cutscenes.
Hexcells Infinite
Released: Sep 1, 2014
Critic rating: 74.6 / 100 • 30 votes
Genres: Puzzle, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
Hexcells Infinite is the third game in the series of ambient logic puzzle games.
Comix Zone
Released: Aug 2, 1995
Critic rating: 74.6 / 100 • 143 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Linux, Wii, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360, Game Boy Advance
Game modes: Single player
Comix Zone is an action platformer in which players control Sketch Turner as he progresses through panels of his comic book, hoping to reach the end and escape before his own creations finish him off.
Papo & Yo
Released: Aug 14, 2012
Critic rating: 74.6 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
A semi-autobiographical 3D puzzle platformer in which a boy named Quico is transported from his abusive home into a dreamlike favela where he has to lead an easygoing creature named Monster through the world with the help of his sister and Lula, his robotic doll, while protecting himself and his companions from Monster's frenzy fits brought on by an addiction to poison frogs.
Assemble With Care
Released: Sep 19, 2019
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Indie, Arcade, Visual Novel
Platforms: Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
From the studio that brought you Monument Valley, comes a story about taking things apart and putting ourselves back together.
Kona
Released: Mar 17, 2017
Critic rating: 76.7 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Google Stadia, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
A story-driven survival game set in 1970's Quebec in which Carl Flaubert, a private detective sent to the fictional Atamipek Lake to investigate a deceptively simple case, must solve the mystery surrounding the region while surviving the harsh Northern Canadian winter.
Gemini Rue
Released: Feb 24, 2011
Critic rating: 65.0 / 100
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
Gemini Rue is a neo-noir classic adventure game from the creator of acclaimed Blackwell Series, Wadjet Eye Games.
Tails Noir
Released: Jun 8, 2021
Critic rating: 77.5 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie, Visual Novel
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Unfold the mysteries of a dystopic animal society inhabiting retrofuturistic Vancouver in a noir stealth adventure coming in 2019.
Poly Bridge
Released: Jul 12, 2016
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Unleash your engineering creativity with an engaging and fresh bridge-building simulator with all the bells and whistles.
Death Squared
Released: Mar 13, 2017
Critic rating: 70.4 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Strategy, Tactical, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Death Squared is a co-op puzzle game about cooperation, communication, and robot explosions.
Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare
Released: May 18, 2001
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation, PlayStation Portable
Game modes: Single player
Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare is the fourth installment in the survival horror video game series Alone in the Dark.
LEGO Jurassic World
Released: Jun 11, 2015
Critic rating: 72.8 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Nintendo 3DS, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Wii U, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Following the epic storylines of Jurassic Park, The Lost World: Jurassic Park and Jurassic Park III, as well as Jurassic World, LEGO Jurassic World is the first videogame where players will be able to relive and experience all four Jurassic films.
Resident Evil Zero
Released: Nov 12, 2002
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo GameCube
Game modes: Single player
Resident Evil Zero is a third-person survival horror video game and a prequel to the first Resident Evil.
PixelJunk Eden
Released: Jul 31, 2008
Critic rating: 87.3 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Co-operative
Utterly unique and spellbindingly beautiful, PixelJunk Eden welcomes you to a psychedelic world unlike anything you’ve ever experienced before.