Best Puzzle Games
1,136 Puzzle games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
State of Mind
Released: Aug 15, 2018
Critic rating: 69.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
State of Mind is a futuristic thriller game delving into transhumanism.
Angry Birds Star Wars
Released: Nov 8, 2012
Critic rating: 63.8 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Strategy, Arcade
Platforms: BlackBerry OS, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Nintendo 3DS, Wii, Windows Phone, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Wii U, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Split screen
Join an epic adventure with the Angry Birds in the legendary Star Wars universe, re-mastered for gaming systems!
Enigmatis: The Ghosts of Maple Creek
Released: Sep 29, 2011
Critic rating: 69.2 / 100 • 22 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: BlackBerry OS, PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Imagine waking up after a powerful storm as the sun goes down.
Back to Bed
Released: Aug 6, 2014
Critic rating: 72.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Ouya, Linux, Windows Phone, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Wii U, PlayStation Vita, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Back to Bed is an artistic 3D puzzle game with a surreal twist.
Retro City Rampage
Released: Oct 9, 2012
Critic rating: 72.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Racing, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Nintendo 3DS, Wii, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
Retro City Rampage is a downloadable action-adventure video game for WiiWare, Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network and Microsoft Windows developed by Vblank Entertainment.
Ever Oasis
Released: Jun 13, 2017
Critic rating: 80.5 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo 3DS
Game modes: Single player
"From the team behind The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D comes a daring new adventure that expands on everything RPG fans love about the genre.
Subsurface Circular
Released: Aug 17, 2017
Critic rating: 67.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
When the truth is buried, go underground.
Never Alone: Foxtales
Released: Jul 28, 2015
Critic rating: 69.1 / 100 • 26 votes
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Co-operative
Spring has come to the Arctic and Nuna and Fox return in Never Alone: Foxtales -- the first expansion to 2014’s award-winning indie hit Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna).
Somerville
Released: Nov 15, 2022
Critic rating: 67.5 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Somerville is a science fiction adventure game that follows a family separated in the aftermath of a large-scale catastrophe involving extraterrestrial forces.
Reus
Released: May 16, 2013
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
In Reus, you control powerful giants that help you shape the planet to your will.
Valley
Released: Aug 23, 2016
Critic rating: 68.4 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Explore the vast and beautiful world of Valley using the power of the L.E.A.F.
Rochard
Released: Sep 27, 2011
Critic rating: 73.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Rochard is a game where manipulating gravity and using the G-Lifter (a gravity device used to easily move weighty objects around) are crucial elements for success.
Ao Oni
Released: Dec 31, 2008
Critic rating: 69.1 / 100 • 38 votes
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
Hiroshi and his three friends, Takuro, Takeshi, and Mika, decide to visit an abandoned mansion that is rumored to be haunted.
Samsara Room
Released: Apr 29, 2020
Critic rating: 69.0 / 100 • 62 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Web browser, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
You woke up in a mysterious room you have never seen before.
Transformice
Released: May 1, 2010
Critic rating: 69.0 / 100 • 42 votes
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Web browser, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
Transformice is a multiplayer game, where you are a small mouse out to get a cheese and bring the cheese back to the hole.
Scorn
Released: Oct 14, 2022
Critic rating: 63.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player
Scorn is an atmospheric first person horror adventure game set in a nightmarish universe of odd forms and somber tapestry.
Rule of Rose
Released: Jan 19, 2006
Critic rating: 60.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player
Rule of Rose is a survival horror game in which the player, who controls Jennifer, explores the game environments and furthers the plot by accomplishing tasks and experiencing cut-scenes while sporadically encountering enemies and bosses.
Draugen
Released: May 29, 2019
Critic rating: 71.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Draugen is a first-person psychological horror adventure, set amongst the deep fjords and towering mountains of Norway’s awe-inspiring west coast.
The Whispered World
Released: Aug 28, 2009
Critic rating: 60.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
The beautiful adventure game The Whispered World whisks the player away to a fascinating fantasy world.
A Story About My Uncle
Released: May 28, 2014
Critic rating: 69.0 / 100
Rating: EC
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
A Story About My Uncle is a non-violent First-Person platform adventure game built in the Unreal Engine.
Myst V: End of Ages
Released: Sep 20, 2005
Critic rating: 67.5 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Myst V: End of Ages is a 2005 adventure video game, and the fifth and final installment in the Myst series.
Conarium
Released: Jun 6, 2017
Critic rating: 72.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Conarium is a chilling Lovecraftian game, which follows a gripping story involving four scientists and their endeavor to challenge what we normally consider to be the ‘absolute’ limits of nature.
Q.U.B.E.
Released: Dec 17, 2011
Critic rating: 67.5 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Simulator, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Q.U.B.E.
Party Hard
Released: Aug 25, 2015
Critic rating: 68.9 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Fighting, Puzzle, Simulator, Strategy, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Party Hard is a tactical game about stopping parties.
Runaway 2: The Dream of the Turtle
Released: Nov 17, 2006
Critic rating: 60.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Wii, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Nintendo DS
Game modes: Single player
Runaway 2: The Dream of the Turtle is a point and click adventure game released by Péndulo Studios, S.L.