Best Puzzle Games
1,136 Puzzle games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Mario Paint
Released: Jul 14, 1992
Critic rating: 73.0 / 100 • 71 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Music, Puzzle, Simulator
Platforms: Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Famicom
Game modes: Single player
Mario Paint is an educational game that allows anyone to create simple pictures, paint over black and white pictures, or free draw their own using the specially developed SNES Mouse.
Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls
Released: Sep 25, 2014
Critic rating: 74.4 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation Vita
Game modes: Single player
Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls is a horror action adventure spin-off game in the Danganronpa series of visual novel games, taking place between the events of Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc and Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair.
Lone Survivor
Released: Mar 27, 2012
Critic rating: 81.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
From the creator of Soul Brother and Soundless Mountain II, comes an original and adult Psychological Horror.
Bound
Released: Aug 16, 2016
Critic rating: 71.7 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PlayStation VR
Game modes: Single player
Bound is a 3D platformer designed for people with the desire to concentrate on the narrative side of games and experience a mature story.
We Were Here Expeditions: The FriendShip
Released: Sep 14, 2023
Critic rating: 72.9 / 100 • 33 votes
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
Partner up with your friend online and test your friendship by solving puzzles together in an abandoned amusement park.
Maquette
Released: Mar 2, 2021
Critic rating: 76.4 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
MAQUETTE is a first-person recursive puzzle game that takes you into a world where every building, plant, and object are simultaneously tiny and staggeringly huge.
Twelve Minutes
Released: Aug 19, 2021
Critic rating: 78.8 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Twelve Minutes is a real-time top-down interactive thriller with an accessible click and drag interface.
Ether One
Released: Mar 25, 2014
Critic rating: 82.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
Ether One is a first person adventure that deals with the fragility of the human mind.
De Blob 2
Released: Feb 22, 2011
Critic rating: 75.4 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Wii, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
In de Blob 2 Comrade Black and the Inkies are back with a whole new plot to rid the world of color.
Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney
Released: Apr 12, 2007
Critic rating: 74.4 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Visual Novel
Platforms: Nintendo 3DS, Android, iOS, Nintendo DS
Game modes: Single player
Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney, released in Japan as Gyakuten Saiban 4, is the fourth video game in the Ace Attorney series.
Wario's Woods
Released: Feb 19, 1994
Critic rating: 72.8 / 100 • 21 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Strategy
Platforms: Nintendo 3DS, Wii, Family Computer, Wii U, Nintendo Entertainment System
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Wario's Woods is a puzzle game similar to Tetris or Columns, but with a twist.
Snake Pass
Released: Mar 28, 2017
Critic rating: 72.2 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Simulator, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Welcome to Snake Pass; a physical action-puzzle game that sees the player slither, curl and climb their way through increasingly challenging worlds filled with evermore intricate obstacles and fiendishly mind-bending objectives!
Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion
Released: Apr 22, 2021
Critic rating: 76.7 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Avoid paying taxes, solve plantastic puzzles, harvest crops and battle massive beasts all in a journey to tear down a corrupt vegetable government!
Do Not Feed the Monkeys
Released: Oct 23, 2018
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Do Not Feed the Monkeys is a digital voyeur simulator: a narrative-driven game where you invade the privacy of dozens of strangers and witness their most intimate moments, while you struggle to keep up to date with paying the rent and putting some food on the table.
Beyond a Steel Sky
Released: Jun 25, 2020
Critic rating: 76.2 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
From Charles Cecil, creator of the Broken Sword series, with art direction by Dave Gibbons, legendary comic book artist behind ‘Watchmen’, comes ‘Beyond a Steel Sky’, the long awaited sequel to the cult classic ‘Beneath a Steel Sky’.
Siren: Blood Curse
Released: Jul 13, 2008
Critic rating: 74.7 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3
Game modes: Single player
A TV crew from America arrive to research and film an exposé on the urban myth of Hanuda, the Vanished Village, where human sacrifices are said to have taken place.
We Were Here Together
Released: Oct 10, 2019
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
As we explore these frozen wastes, misfortune strikes once again.
Forager
Released: Apr 18, 2019
Critic rating: 70.5 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Forager is the popular crafting, exploration and base building game that can best be defined as “the idle game that you want to actively keep playing”.
Hexcells
Released: Sep 12, 2013
Critic rating: 72.6 / 100 • 39 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
Hexcells is an ambient logic puzzle game in the vein of minesweeper.
Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris
Released: Dec 8, 2014
Critic rating: 75.1 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Google Stadia, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris is the sequel to Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, and the second game in a spin-off from the main Tomb Raider series.
while True: learn()
Released: Jan 17, 2019
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
You're a machine learning specialist who makes neural networks but your cat seems to be better at it.
Little Nightmares III
Released: Oct 10, 2025
Critic rating: 78.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Embark on a new adventure in the unique world of Little Nightmares.
Scribblenauts Unlimited
Released: Nov 13, 2012
Critic rating: 72.2 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo 3DS, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Wii U
Game modes: Single player
Venture into a wide-open world where the most powerful tool is your imagination.
Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?
Released: Apr 23, 1985
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Commodore C64/128/MAX, TRS-80 Color Computer, DOS, Apple II
Game modes: Single player
Woldwide crime wave!
Quantum Conundrum
Released: Jun 21, 2012
Critic rating: 74.1 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
In Quantum Conundrum, players take on the role of a young kid dropped off on his uncle's doorstep for the weekend; his uncle just so happens to be the brilliant, eccentric inventor, Professor Fitz Quadwrangle.