Best Puzzle Games

LEGO The Incredibles

Released: Jun 15, 2018

Critic rating: 72.3 / 100

Rating: E10+

Genres: Platform, 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 The Incredibles takes players on an adventure where they’ll control their favourite Incredibles characters and team up as a family to conquer crime and family life.

Lemmings

Released: Feb 14, 1991

Critic rating: 67.6 / 100

Rating: E

Genres: Puzzle

Platforms: Acorn Archimedes, Amiga CD32, Commodore CDTV, Amiga

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen

Lemmings is a puzzle-platform game developed by DMA Design and published by Psygnosis in 1991.

Kirby's Avalanche

Released: Feb 1, 1995

Critic rating: 72.0 / 100 • 23 votes

Rating: E

Genres: Puzzle, Strategy

Platforms: Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Wii

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen

King Dedede has challenged Kirby and other members of Dream Land to an Avalanche Competition in the Dream Fountain.

Happy Game

Released: Oct 28, 2021

Critic rating: 72.0 / 100 • 28 votes

Rating: T

Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie

Platforms: Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch

Game modes: Single player

A little boy falls asleep to a horrible nightmare.

MediEvil

Released: Oct 25, 2019

Critic rating: 64.0 / 100

Rating: T

Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure

Platforms: PlayStation 4

Game modes: Single player

MediEvil is a modern reimagining of the 1998 action-adventure game MediEvil.

Scribblenauts

Released: Sep 15, 2009

Critic rating: 78.8 / 100

Rating: E10+

Genres: Puzzle

Platforms: Nintendo DS

Game modes: Single player

What Will You Write?

Dysmantle

Released: Nov 16, 2021

Critic rating: 83.0 / 100

Rating: T

Genres: Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Adventure, Indie

Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

The open world action RPG where you can ruin everything.

Max: The Curse of Brotherhood

Released: Dec 20, 2013

Critic rating: 73.6 / 100

Rating: E10+

Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure

Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch

Game modes: Single player

In its core Max: The Curse of Brotherhood is a physics-based puzzle/platformer and set in a 2.5D environment with a free and cinematic camera.

Flight of the Amazon Queen

Released: Dec 31, 1995

Critic rating: 71.8 / 100 • 36 votes

Rating: E

Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure

Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, DOS, Amiga

Game modes: Single player

Flight of the Amazon Queen follows a pilot for hire named Joe King who is hired to fly a famous actress to her next job, but ends up in a lightning storm and crashes deep in the Amazon Jungle.

My Memory of Us

Released: Oct 9, 2018

Critic rating: 70.3 / 100

Rating: E10+

Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie

Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch

Game modes: Single player

Sometimes it’s not about the history.

Pikuniku

Released: Jan 24, 2019

Critic rating: 74.8 / 100

Rating: E

Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie

Platforms: Google Stadia, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Pikuniku is a puzzle and adventure game set in a colorful world.

Resident Evil 0

Released: Jan 19, 2016

Critic rating: 70.3 / 100

Rating: M

Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Adventure

Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch

Game modes: Single player

Be prepared to relive the first nightmare in Resident Evil 0, a remastered version of the popular prequel to the original Resident Evil game.

LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2

Released: Nov 14, 2017

Critic rating: 73.8 / 100

Rating: E10+

Genres: Platform, 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 Marvel Super Heroes 2 is a Lego-themed action-adventure video game developed by Traveller's Tales.

The Painscreek Killings

Released: Sep 27, 2017

Critic rating: 71.7 / 100 • 30 votes

Rating: T

Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Adventure, Indie

Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)

Game modes: Single player

The Painscreek Killings is a first-person, explorable mystery solving game set in a fictional town of United States in the 1990s.

Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles

Released: Jul 17, 2017

Critic rating: 68.3 / 100

Rating: E

Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie

Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch

Game modes: Single player

Unwind and enjoy the slow life in Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles, a relaxing open-world adventure game.

The Looker

Released: Jun 17, 2022

Critic rating: 71.7 / 100 • 45 votes

Genres: Puzzle, Indie

Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)

Game modes: Single player

You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

Bad Piggies

Released: Sep 27, 2012

Critic rating: 75.0 / 100

Rating: E

Genres: Puzzle

Platforms: BlackBerry OS, Windows Phone, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac

Game modes: Single player, Battle Royale

Bad Piggies is a puzzle video game and a spin-off to Angry Birds.

Obduction

Released: Aug 24, 2016

Critic rating: 67.0 / 100

Rating: E10+

Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie

Platforms: Windows Mixed Reality, PlayStation 4, PlayStation VR, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, SteamVR, Mac, Oculus Rift, Xbox One

Game modes: Single player

From Cyan, the indie studio that brought you Myst and Riven comes a whole new adventure that will become your world.

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.

Event[0]

Released: Sep 14, 2016

Critic rating: 75.1 / 100

Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie

Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac

Game modes: Single player

"Event[0] is a game about building a personal relationship with a machine.

The Escapists 2

Released: Aug 22, 2017

Critic rating: 75.4 / 100

Rating: T

Genres: Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Tactical, Adventure, Indie

Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

The Escapists 2 is the forthcoming sequel to the sandbox prison-escape game which will include, in a first for the series, drop in/drop out play for up to four players in both local and online play.

Poppy Playtime: Chapter 4 - Safe Haven

Released: Jan 30, 2025

Critic rating: 71.6 / 100 • 21 votes

Rating: T

Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie

Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch

Game modes: Single player

Brace yourself for the darkest chapter yet in the epic Poppy Playtime saga.

Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's Curse

Released: Dec 4, 2013

Critic rating: 70.7 / 100

Rating: T

Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure

Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch

Game modes: Single player

Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's Curse is a classical point & click adventure.

Badland

Released: Apr 4, 2013

Critic rating: 70.0 / 100

Rating: E

Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Arcade

Platforms: BlackBerry OS, Windows Phone, Android, iOS

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Badland is an award-winning atmospheric side-scrolling action-adventure game that takes platforming to the next level with innovative use of physics in level design.

Hexcells Plus

Released: Dec 9, 2013

Critic rating: 71.5 / 100 • 30 votes

Rating: E

Genres: Puzzle, Strategy, Indie

Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac

Game modes: Single player

Hexcells Plus is a standalone expansion to Hexcells that contains 36 new and more challenging puzzles.