Best Puzzle Games
1,156 Puzzle games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Dig Dug II: Trouble in Paradise
Released: Mar 1, 1985
Critic rating: 67.4 / 100 • 28 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Strategy
Platforms: Family Computer Disk System, Arcade, Wii, Family Computer, Wii U, Nintendo Entertainment System
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
DIG DUG has decided to chill out from the pressures of the real world by taking a long overdue vacation on a beautiful Caribbean island.
Trace Memory
Released: Feb 24, 2005
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Visual Novel
Platforms: Nintendo DS
Game modes: Single player
The events of the game take place on the fictional Blood Edward Island.
Anna's Quest
Released: Jul 2, 2015
Critic rating: 65.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Dragons, witches, trolls...
Little Misfortune
Released: Sep 18, 2019
Critic rating: 61.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Point-and-click, Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Little Misfortune is an interactive story, focused on exploration and characters, both sweet and dark, where your choices have consequences.
Stasis
Released: Aug 31, 2015
Critic rating: 66.7 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Stasis is a point-and-click, sci-fi, horror adventure game played from a unique isometric perspective.
Hey! Pikmin
Released: Jul 13, 2017
Critic rating: 66.6 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo 3DS
Game modes: Single player
Captain Olimar has crashed on an unknown planet inhabited by Pikmin and his first 2D platformer will give you a new perspective on his adorably fierce partners.
We Were Here
Released: Feb 3, 2017
Critic rating: 67.2 / 100 • 157 votes
Rating: E10+
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), SteamVR, PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Lost and separated in an abandoned castle set in a frozen wasteland.
Agatha Christie: The ABC Murders
Released: Feb 4, 2016
Critic rating: 63.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
The ABC Murders is an adventure and investigation game adapted from the classic Agatha Christie novel.
Mappy
Released: Mar 1, 1983
Critic rating: 67.1 / 100 • 41 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.
Columns
Released: Mar 1, 1990
Critic rating: 67.1 / 100 • 57 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Strategy
Platforms: Arcade, Sharp X68000, Linux, Wii, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, PC (Microsoft Windows), TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine, Mac, FM Towns, Super Famicom
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen
Go back in time to a bygone civilization: the ancient world of Phoenicia.
Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality
Released: Apr 20, 2017
Critic rating: 71.8 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Windows Mixed Reality, PlayStation VR, SteamVR, Oculus Rift
Game modes: Single player
Rick and Morty have teleported into your living room for a cutting-edge VR adventure from Adult Swim Games and Owlchemy Labs (Job Simulator).
Silent Hill: Homecoming
Released: Sep 30, 2008
Critic rating: 66.7 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
Silent Hill: Homecoming is the sixth installment in the Silent Hill survival horror series.
Armikrog
Released: Sep 30, 2015
Critic rating: 57.2 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Point-and-click, Platform, Puzzle, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Wii U, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Armikrog is a unique stop motion clay animated point and click adventure game from the creators of Earthworm Jim and the Neverhood.
Q*bert
Released: Oct 18, 1982
Critic rating: 64.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Arcade
Platforms: Arcade, PlayStation 3
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Q*bert was a popular arcade game that was released on a large number of consoles in the early 1980s.
Rise & Shine
Released: Jan 13, 2017
Critic rating: 60.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
The game mixes pure shooting arcade with the use of different bullets to solve all the situations Rise will find on his path.
Infra
Released: Jan 15, 2016
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
Infra is an atmospheric and completely non-violent first-person puzzle/adventure that deals with the issues of deteriorating infrastructure.
Capsized
Released: Apr 29, 2011
Critic rating: 63.2 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Capsized is a fast paced 2D platformer focused on intense action and exploration.
The Silver Case
Released: Oct 7, 2016
Critic rating: 67.8 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Visual Novel
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
This is the first time "The Silver Case" has been fully localized to English.
Ghost Master
Released: May 23, 2003
Critic rating: 67.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Strategy
Platforms: Xbox, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player
Ghost Master is a strategy game with a difference.
Half-Life: Blue Shift
Released: Jun 12, 2001
Critic rating: 60.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Puzzle
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Half-Life: Blue Shift is an expansion pack for Valve Software's science fiction first-person shooter video game Half-Life.
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.
AER: Memories of Old
Released: Oct 25, 2017
Critic rating: 68.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Transform into a bird and fly to explore and experience a vibrant world of floating islands in the sky.
Leisure Suit Larry: Wet Dreams Don't Dry
Released: Nov 7, 2018
Critic rating: 65.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Hey ladies, I’m back in business!
Alone in the Dark
Released: Sep 1, 1992
Critic rating: 60.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Acorn Archimedes, PC-9800 Series, PC (Microsoft Windows), 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, Mac, DOS, FM Towns
Game modes: Single player
Alone in the Dark is one of the first survival horror games and the first to utilize 3D models superimposed on pre-rendered backgrounds, which would become a key inspiration for upcoming horror games at the time, like the Resident Evil franchise.
Mario Party DS
Released: Nov 8, 2007
Critic rating: 55.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure, Card & Board Game
Platforms: Wii U, Nintendo DS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
He's captured Mario and his friends in his pursuit of a crystal that the group collected when it fell from the sky, and he doesn't hesitate to shrink them to miniature size to get rid of them and get his hands on the other four crystals.