Best Puzzle Games
1,136 Puzzle games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Bomberman 64
Released: Sep 26, 1997
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100 • 75 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo 64, Wii U
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
The evil Altair is using the Omni Cube to drain the energy from Planet Bomber.
The Jackbox Party Pack 2
Released: Oct 12, 2015
Critic rating: 78.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Music, Puzzle, Strategy, Quiz/Trivia, Indie
Platforms: Amazon Fire TV, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
The sequel to the party game The Jackbox Party Pack, featuring 5 new party games!
20 Small Mazes
Released: Feb 16, 2024
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100 • 23 votes
Genres: Puzzle, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
This is a puzzle game with twenty small mazes.
Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs
Released: Sep 10, 2013
Critic rating: 72.6 / 100
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Dear Esther comes a new first-person horrorgame that will drag you to the depths of greed power and madness.
Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit
Released: Sep 25, 2012
Critic rating: 73.7 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Strategy, Quiz/Trivia, Adventure, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
Ash, a skeletal rabbit and the prince of Hell, has inherited the role of ruler of Hell from his father.
Ronin
Released: Jun 30, 2015
Critic rating: 70.6 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Strategy, Tactical, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Ronin (stylized as RONIN) is a 2015 turn-based action platformer video game developed by Polish indie developer Tomasz Wacławek, designer at polish indie studio Flying Wild Hog, and published by Devolver Digital.
Cube Escape: Arles
Released: Jun 1, 2015
Critic rating: 69.8 / 100 • 36 votes
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Web browser, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
Cube Escape: Arles is the third episode of the Cube Escape series and part of the Rusty Lake story.
Sherlock Holmes Versus Jack the Ripper
Released: May 24, 2009
Critic rating: 66.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
Sherlock Holmes is back with an investigation in this adventure game.
Pokémon Picross
Released: Dec 2, 2015
Critic rating: 71.7 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Strategy
Platforms: Nintendo 3DS
Game modes: Single player
The Pokémon and Picross franchises combine on 3DS.
The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle
Released: Dec 31, 1989
Critic rating: 69.7 / 100 • 22 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle
Platforms: Nintendo Entertainment System
Game modes: Single player
The Crazy Castle series is an action-puzzle game series created by Kemco and released on the Famicom Disk System, NES, Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance.
Mischief Makers
Released: Jun 27, 1997
Critic rating: 69.7 / 100 • 34 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle
Platforms: Nintendo 64
Game modes: Single player
Mischief Makers is a Single-Player Video Game for the Nintendo 64 that was released in the United States on October 1st, 1997.
Resident Evil Code: Veronica
Released: Feb 3, 2000
Critic rating: 69.7 / 100 • 77 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Dreamcast
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Resident Evil Code: Veronica is the fourth video game in Capcom's Resident Evil survival horror series.
The Bridge
Released: Feb 22, 2013
Critic rating: 69.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Strategy, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Wii U, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
A black-and-white puzzle game inspired by the art of M.
Little Inferno
Released: Nov 18, 2012
Critic rating: 65.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Wii U, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Congratulations on your new Little Inferno Entertainment Fireplace!
Cube Escape: The Lake
Released: Apr 29, 2015
Critic rating: 69.6 / 100 • 38 votes
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Web browser, Android, iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
Cube Escape: The Lake is the second episode of the Cube Escape series and part of the Rusty Lake story.
Cold Fear
Released: Mar 15, 2005
Critic rating: 67.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player
Tom Hansen is just another guy in the U.S.
A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia
Released: Jan 1, 1990
Critic rating: 77.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Wii, Family Computer, Nintendo Entertainment System
Game modes: Single player
A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia is a 1989 video game developed by Imagineering for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES).
Little Nightmares: The Hideaway
Released: Nov 9, 2017
Critic rating: 69.5 / 100 • 22 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
The Hideaway is the second area the Runaway Kid passes through in Little Nightmares's DLC, Secrets of the Maw.
What Never Was
Released: Jan 10, 2019
Critic rating: 69.4 / 100 • 28 votes
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
What Never Was is a short, story-driven first-person game focused on exploration and puzzle-solving about Sarah, having to shoulder the arduous task of clearing out her grandfathers attic, and soon finds that not everything about the attic is what it seems.
King's Quest III: To Heir is Human
Released: Oct 1, 1986
Critic rating: 69.4 / 100 • 28 votes
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Apple IIGS, Atari ST/STE, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, DOS, Amiga, Apple II, TRS-80
Game modes: Single player
King's Quest III: To Heir is Human is an adventure game in the King's Quest series.
Resident Evil 2
Released: Jan 21, 1998
Critic rating: 55.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Nintendo GameCube, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation, PlayStation Portable, Dreamcast
Game modes: Single player
Resident Evil 2 is a sequel to the first Resident Evil title.
Papetura
Released: May 7, 2021
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Point-and-click, 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
Papetura is an atmospheric point & click, adventure game, handcrafted entirely out of paper.
Microsoft Minesweeper
Released: Oct 8, 1990
Critic rating: 69.3 / 100 • 101 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
Microsoft Minesweeper (formerly just Minesweeper, and also known as Flower Field) is a minesweeper-type video game created by Curt Johnson, originally for IBM's OS/2, that was ported to Microsoft Windows by Robert Donner, both Microsoft employees at the time.
Plug & Play
Released: Feb 2, 2015
Critic rating: 60.0 / 100
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
Run, hit, switch, fall, love, plug, pull.
Dino Crisis
Released: Jul 1, 1999
Critic rating: 60.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation, PlayStation Portable, Dreamcast
Game modes: Single player
Dino Crisis is a survival horror video game developed and published by Capcom in 1999.