Best Puzzle Games

Blackthorne

Released: Sep 23, 1994

Critic rating: 70.4 / 100 • 51 votes

Rating: T

Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure

Platforms: Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega 32X, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, DOS, Game Boy Advance, Super Famicom

Game modes: Single player

In Blackthorne, players take on the role of Kyle Blackthorne, a lethal commando equipped with brute strength, animal cunning, and a mysterious past that he has just begun to remember.

Serious Sam 3: BFE

Released: Nov 22, 2011

Critic rating: 70.8 / 100

Rating: M

Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Indie

Platforms: PlayStation 3, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen

Serious Sam 3: BFE is a first-person action shooter, a glorious throwback to the golden age of first-person shooters where men were men, cover was for amateurs and pulling the trigger made things go boom.

Cube Escape: Harvey's Box

Released: Jun 1, 2015

Critic rating: 70.4 / 100 • 35 votes

Genres: Puzzle, Adventure

Platforms: Web browser, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac

Game modes: Single player

Cube Escape: Harvey’s Box is the fourth episode of the Cube Escape series and part of the Rusty Lake story.

realMyst

Released: Nov 15, 2000

Critic rating: 70.3 / 100 • 22 votes

Rating: E

Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure

Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac

Game modes: Single player

realMyst is a 3D remake of the 1993 adventure game Myst, developed by Cyan and released in 2000.

Mario Party 9

Released: Mar 2, 2012

Critic rating: 73.7 / 100

Rating: E

Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Card & Board Game

Platforms: Wii

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Grab your friends and family and captain the crew to victory!

Candle

Released: Nov 11, 2016

Critic rating: 70.5 / 100

Rating: E10+

Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie

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

Game modes: Single player

Candle is an adventure with challenging puzzles.

Intelligent Qube

Released: Jan 9, 1997

Critic rating: 60.0 / 100

Rating: E

Genres: Puzzle, Strategy

Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation, PlayStation Portable, Legacy Mobile Device

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Intelligent Qube is a puzzle game for the PlayStation.

The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords - Anniversary Edition

Released: Sep 28, 2011

Critic rating: 70.3 / 100 • 26 votes

Rating: E10+

Genres: Puzzle, Adventure

Platforms: Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo DSi

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Anniversary Edition is a special commemorative version of the 2003 Game Boy Advance release, The Legend of Zelda: A Link To The Past & Four Swords.

Runaway 3: A Twist of Fate

Released: Nov 26, 2009

Critic rating: 70.3 / 100 • 23 votes

Rating: T

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

Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Nintendo DS

Game modes: Single player

Runaway: A Twist of Fate is a point-and-click graphical adventure.

Poker Night 2

Released: Apr 24, 2013

Critic rating: 65.0 / 100

Rating: M

Genres: Puzzle, Sport, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Card & Board Game

Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360

Game modes: Single player

Poker Night 2 is a poker video game developed by Telltale Games.

Angry Birds Seasons

Released: Oct 21, 2010

Critic rating: 70.2 / 100 • 49 votes

Rating: E

Genres: Puzzle, Strategy, Arcade

Platforms: BlackBerry OS, Web browser, Nintendo 3DS, Windows Phone, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac

Game modes: Single player

Angry Birds Seasons is a special edition of Angry Birds that takes the furious fowl through the world’s celebrations!

In Other Waters

Released: Apr 3, 2020

Critic rating: 71.0 / 100

Rating: E10+

Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Adventure, Indie

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

Game modes: Single player

In a future where humanity's ceaseless consumption has expanded out to encompass the stars, and Earth's last biological life clings to a poisoned planet, In Other Waters tells the story of Ellery Vas, a biologist who stumbles upon extraterrestrial life.

Crayon Physics Deluxe

Released: Dec 29, 2008

Critic rating: 70.0 / 100

Genres: Puzzle, Indie

Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac

Game modes: Single player

Crayon Physics Deluxe is a 2D physics puzzle / sandbox game, in which you get to experience what it would be like if your drawings would be magically transformed into real physical objects.

Dragon Ball Z: Dokkan Battle

Released: Jan 30, 2015

Critic rating: 70.2 / 100 • 27 votes

Rating: T

Genres: Fighting, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Card & Board Game

Platforms: Android, iOS

Dragon Ball Z: Dokkan Battle is a anime action-puzzle game that features 2D visuals and animations set in the Dragon Ball world where the timeline has been thrown into chaos and DB characters from the past and present come face to face in new and exciting battles!

The Past Within

Released: Nov 2, 2022

Critic rating: 70.2 / 100 • 33 votes

Rating: T

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

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

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

The Past Within is the new co-op experience from Rusty Lake!

The Sinking City

Released: Jun 27, 2019

Critic rating: 70.0 / 100

Rating: M

Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure

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

Game modes: Single player

The Sinking City is a game of investigation genre taking place in a fictional open world inspired by the works of H.P.

Metal Gear Solid: VR Missions

Released: Sep 29, 1999

Critic rating: 70.0 / 100

Rating: M

Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Adventure

Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation, PlayStation Portable

Game modes: Single player

Metal Gear Solid: VR Missions is an add-on disk that includes 300 missions, ranging from missions that are more advanced levels of the training missions in MGS to solving mysteries.

Volume

Released: Aug 18, 2015

Critic rating: 70.4 / 100

Rating: E10+

Genres: Puzzle, Tactical, Indie

Platforms: PlayStation 4, PlayStation VR, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation Vita

Game modes: Single player

Volume is a near-future retelling of the Robin Hood legend, starring Danny Wallace (Thomas Was Alone), Charlie McDonnell and award-winning, critically-acclaimed actor Andy Serkis (The Lord of the Rings, Planet of the Apes) as Gisborne.

Solomon's Key

Released: Jul 1, 1986

Critic rating: 70.1 / 100 • 25 votes

Rating: E

Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Arcade

Platforms: Arcade, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum, Atari ST/STE, DOS, Amstrad CPC, Sega Master System/Mark III

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Solomon's Key is a puzzle game developed by Tecmo in 1986 for arcade release on custom hardware based on the Z80 chipset.

The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords

Released: Dec 2, 2002

Critic rating: 70.1 / 100 • 24 votes

Rating: E

Genres: Puzzle, Adventure

Platforms: Game Boy Advance

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords is a multiplayer game in the Zelda series originally released together with The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past for the Game Boy Advance.

Mappy

Released: Mar 1, 1983

Critic rating: 70.0 / 100 • 38 votes

Rating: E

Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Strategy

Platforms: Arcade, PC-8800 Series, Sharp X1, Wii, Sega Game Gear, iOS, Wii U, FM-7, NEC PC-6000 Series, MSX

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer

The player guides Mappy the police mouse through the mansion of the cats called Mewkies (Meowky in the U.S.

Distraint

Released: Oct 21, 2015

Critic rating: 65.0 / 100

Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie

Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)

Game modes: Single player

Distraint is a 2D psychological horror adventure game for PC.

Pokémon Trozei!

Released: Oct 20, 2005

Critic rating: 70.0 / 100

Rating: E

Genres: Puzzle, Strategy

Platforms: Nintendo DS

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer

A crazy departure from your normal Pokémon game, Pokémon Trozei is a speedy puzzle game that will send your stylus flying!

Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective

Released: Jun 19, 2010

Critic rating: 50.0 / 100

Rating: T

Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure

Platforms: iOS, Nintendo DS

Game modes: Single player

Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective is a puzzle/adventure game for the Nintendo DS and iOS.

The Conduit

Released: Jun 23, 2009

Critic rating: 70.0 / 100

Rating: T

Genres: Shooter, Puzzle

Platforms: Wii, Android

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer

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