Best Puzzle Games
1,157 Puzzle games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
LEGO DC Super-Villains
Released: Oct 16, 2018
Critic rating: 70.1 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Puzzle, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Lego DC Super-Villains is a Lego-themed action-adventure platform video game developed by Traveller's Tales.
Alice: Madness Returns
Released: Jun 14, 2011
Critic rating: 72.4 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
Return to Wonderland and experience an all new nightmare as Alice fights to regain her sanity as she fights for the truth behind her past.
Hexic HD
Released: Nov 16, 2005
Critic rating: 85.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle
Platforms: Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
Hexic HD is the next puzzle hit from Alexey Pajitnov, the original creator of "Tetris." Rotate groups of three hexes to form clusters of like-colored tiles.
A Good Snowman is Hard to Build
Released: Feb 25, 2015
Critic rating: 76.5 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
A puzzle game about being a monster and making snowmen.
Trüberbrook
Released: Mar 12, 2019
Critic rating: 76.7 / 100
Rating: T
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
Enjoy an adventurous vacation to a 1960's parallel universe!
Stick it to the Man!
Released: Nov 19, 2013
Critic rating: 78.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Wii U, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
On an ordinary day, hard hat tester; Ray has a bizarre accident and wakes up with a giant pink spaghetti arm sticking out of his brain, giving him extraordinary mind-reading powers.
Batman: Arkham VR
Released: Oct 13, 2016
Critic rating: 73.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation VR, PC (Microsoft Windows), SteamVR, Oculus Rift
Game modes: Single player
Your quest to clean up Gotham has only just begun – and now it’s even more terrifying than it’s ever been.
Dead Space 3
Released: Feb 5, 2013
Critic rating: 73.7 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Dead Space 3 is a 2013 survival horror action video game developed by Visceral Games and published by Electronic Arts for PlayStation 3, Windows, and Xbox 360.
TimeShift
Released: Oct 30, 2007
Critic rating: 75.4 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Master time to become the ultimate weapon!
Librarian: Tidy Up the Arcane Library!
Released: Apr 30, 2026
Critic rating: 73.0 / 100 • 32 votes
Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
Librarian: Tidy Up the Arcane Library!
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 • 34 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!
Shapez
Released: Jun 7, 2020
Critic rating: 72.7 / 100 • 29 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.
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’.