Best Puzzle Games
1,157 Puzzle games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
The Secret World
Released: Jul 3, 2012
Critic rating: 72.1 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
The Secret World is a massively-multiplayer online world with a unique modern-day setting and unparalleled storytelling.
Hitman Go
Released: Apr 17, 2014
Critic rating: 74.9 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Puzzle, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Platforms: Windows Phone, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS
Game modes: Single player
Hitman GO is a turn-based puzzle game with beautifully rendered diorama-style set pieces.
The Pedestrian
Released: Jan 29, 2020
Critic rating: 72.5 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
The Pedestrian is a 2.5D puzzle platformer that takes place on 2d public signs in a 3d world.
Darksiders II: Deathinitive Edition
Released: Oct 27, 2015
Critic rating: 75.6 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Fighting, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: Google Stadia, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
A remastered version of the 2012 release, Darksiders II.
The White Door
Released: Jan 8, 2020
Critic rating: 77.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie, Visual Novel
Platforms: Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
Robert Hill wakes up in a Mental Health facility and suffers from severe memory loss.
Knights and Bikes
Released: Aug 27, 2019
Critic rating: 78.1 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Knights and Bikes is a co-op action adventure game set in a beautifully hand drawn 3D world.
Deus Ex GO
Released: Aug 18, 2016
Critic rating: 83.0 / 100
Genres: Puzzle, Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Platforms: Windows Phone, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS
Game modes: Single player
Deus Ex GO is a turn-based infiltration puzzle game set in a stylized interpretation of the Deus Ex Universe.
Samorost
Released: Dec 31, 2003
Critic rating: 74.3 / 100 • 86 votes
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Web browser, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Samorost is a short point-and-click adventure game.
de Blob
Released: Jul 8, 2008
Critic rating: 82.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Wii, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen
de Blob is a 3D platformer where players maneuver their hero, de Blob.
Tiny and Big: Grandpa's Leftovers
Released: Jun 19, 2012
Critic rating: 78.8 / 100
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Tiny & Big, a comic styled jump and slice platformer, gives you the unique ability to shape a whole world at your will!
Hitman Go: Definitive Edition
Released: Feb 23, 2016
Critic rating: 77.6 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Puzzle, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation Vita
Game modes: Single player
Hitman Go is a simple to play, but difficult to master turn-based strategy game set in a stunning interpretation of the Hitman universe.
Lacuna
Released: May 20, 2021
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
A murder.
Syndicate
Released: Feb 21, 2012
Critic rating: 78.7 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Set in 2069, Syndicate takes players into a dark, Machiavellian world run without government oversight with many syndicates vying for total dominance of their local market place.
Fran Bow
Released: Aug 27, 2015
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Fran Bow is a creepy adventure game that tells the story of Fran, a young girl struggling with a mental disorder and an unfair destiny.
Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis
Released: Sep 25, 2006
Critic rating: 78.3 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle
Platforms: Wii U, Nintendo DS
Game modes: Single player
It seems folks love those Mini Mario toys.
RiME
Released: May 26, 2017
Critic rating: 72.6 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
A third-person exploratory action/adventure title in which a boy ends up on a mysterious island and makes his way through its highly stylized environments, containing puzzles and slight navigation challenges, to get to the bottom of why he's ended up there and to reach the end of the road he's inadvertently begun to travel.
Helltaker
Released: May 11, 2020
Critic rating: 74.0 / 100 • 183 votes
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie, Visual Novel
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.
Klonoa: Empire of Dreams
Released: Jul 19, 2001
Critic rating: 74.0 / 100 • 22 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Wii U, Game Boy Advance
Game modes: Single player
A colorful and fun puzzle game with inventive level design, filled with great ideas that bring joy and delight to any gamer that enjoys a challenge.
Hue
Released: Aug 30, 2016
Critic rating: 77.9 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Hue is a stark puzzle platformer where you shift the hue of the world, creating rifts when colours collide.
Gone Home
Released: Aug 15, 2013
Critic rating: 73.8 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
A first-person exploratory game taking place in 1995 in which Katie, a university student back from Europe, arrives at her family's newly inherited mansion only to find nobody there, with a note from her younger sister Sam suggesting that she's left home.
Luigi's Mansion 2 HD
Released: Jun 27, 2024
Critic rating: 78.2 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
A remaster of the 3DS game for Nintendo Switch.
Mortal Kombat: Deception
Released: Oct 4, 2004
Critic rating: 76.7 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Fighting, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Card & Board Game
Platforms: Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen
Mortal Kombat: Deception is the sixth installment in the Mortal Kombat franchise.
Paper Mario: Sticker Star
Released: Nov 10, 2012
Critic rating: 78.8 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo 3DS
Game modes: Single player
A sticky situation has never been so fun!
Type: Rider
Released: Oct 10, 2013
Critic rating: 81.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, PlayStation Vita, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Type:Rider is an adventure puzzle game that brings gaming experience to a whole new daring level.
Kirby's Dream Course
Released: Sep 21, 1994
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Sport
Platforms: Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Wii, Wii U, New Nintendo 3DS, Super Famicom
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen
Kirby's Dream Course is a 1994 miniature golf video game developed by HAL Laboratory and Nintendo EAD and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES).