Best Puzzle Games
1,136 Puzzle games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Candy Crush Saga
Released: Apr 12, 2012
Critic rating: 57.8 / 100 • 80 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Strategy, Arcade
Platforms: Amazon Fire TV, Windows Phone, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS
Game modes: Single player, Co-operative
Candy Crush Saga is a free-to-play match-three puzzle video game released by King as a variation of their browser game Candy Crush.
Resident Evil Survivor
Released: Jan 27, 2000
Critic rating: 57.7 / 100 • 74 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation
Game modes: Single player
Resident Evil Survivor is the first Resident Evil title to be rendered in real time as opposed to making use of pre-rendered backdrops.
Contrast
Released: Nov 15, 2013
Critic rating: 56.7 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Contrast is a puzzle/platform game where you can move between a fantastic 3D world and a mysterious shadowy universe in 2D in the blink of an eye.
King's Quest II: Romancing the Throne
Released: Jun 20, 1985
Critic rating: 57.3 / 100 • 29 votes
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Apple IIGS, Atari ST/STE, Mac, DOS, Amiga, Apple II
Game modes: Single player
King's Quest II: Romancing the Throne is an adventure game in the King's Quest series.
Still Life 2
Released: Apr 3, 2009
Critic rating: 57.0 / 100 • 38 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Who is hiding behind Mr.
Mario Party: Island Tour
Released: Nov 21, 2013
Critic rating: 55.1 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Strategy, Adventure, Card & Board Game
Platforms: Nintendo 3DS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Mario Party: Island Tour lets you take the fun on the road with your Nintendo 3DS system!
35MM
Released: May 27, 2016
Critic rating: 56.9 / 100 • 27 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Post-apocalyptic story about two travelers who set out on a long journey in the wasteland, left by people after the global epidemic.
I am Bread
Released: Dec 3, 2014
Critic rating: 53.6 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
I am Bread is an action-adventure simulation game.
Saw
Released: Oct 6, 2009
Critic rating: 40.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Puzzle
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
The story centers on Detective David Tapp who awakens in a decrepit, abandoned asylum.
Hexen: Beyond Heretic
Released: Oct 30, 1995
Critic rating: 37.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG)
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, DOS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen
While you were battling the evil forces of D'Sparil, the other Serpent Riders were busy sowing the seeds of destruction in other dimensions.
Syberia 3
Released: Apr 20, 2017
Critic rating: 44.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Syberia 3 takes you inside an enchanting, mysterious universe full of life for you to explore in 3D.
Toby: The Secret Mine
Released: Oct 20, 2015
Critic rating: 59.1 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Wii U, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
A challenging puzzle platformer inspired by games like Limbo and Badland.
Castlevania
Released: Jan 26, 1999
Critic rating: 74.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo 64
Game modes: Single player
Take control of Reinhardt Schneider, a whip-toting Vampire Killer who has waited his whole life to meet his destiny, or Carrie Fernandez, a young girl with a strong magical presence who is mysteriously drawn to Dracula's evil Castlevania.
Leisure Suit Larry: Reloaded
Released: Jun 27, 2013
Critic rating: 48.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
Leisure Suit Larry Reloaded is an enhanced remake of Leisure Suit Larry 1: In the Land of the Lounge Lizards (1991), which is in turn a remake of Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards (1987) inspired by Softporn Adventure (1981).
City Connection
Released: Jul 1, 1985
Critic rating: 49.0 / 100
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Racing, Adventure
Platforms: Arcade, ZX Spectrum, MSX
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
City Connection is a 1-2 player comedic racing adventure platform game in which you control a car that can never be stopped.
Septerra Core: Legacy of the Creator
Released: Oct 31, 1999
Critic rating: 40.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG)
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
At the very heart of Septerra lies the Core, a huge Biocomputer.
Deadfall Adventures
Released: Nov 15, 2013
Critic rating: 54.7 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Deadfall Adventures is an action-driven first-person shooter, spiced up with elements from action-adventure games.
Daikatana
Released: May 23, 2000
Critic rating: 50.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Daikatana is a first-person shooter action role-playing game developed by Ion Storm.
Lucius
Released: Oct 26, 2012
Critic rating: 45.0 / 100
Rating: PEGI 18
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
“Here is wisdom.
Vane
Released: Jan 15, 2019
Critic rating: 48.4 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
Vane is an atmospheric adventure about unraveling the secrets of an unknown land, finding your place in it, and pulling at the threads of the world to make a change.
Alone in the Dark
Released: Jun 20, 2008
Critic rating: 45.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
Alone in the Dark is a reboot of the original game and the fifth installment of the series.
Dracula: Resurrection
Released: Jun 7, 2000
Critic rating: 51.1 / 100 • 26 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, PlayStation
Game modes: Single player
Dracula: Resurrection is a point-and-click adventure game set in Transylvania after the events of Bram Stoker’s *Dracula*.
Mario Party 6
Released: Nov 18, 2004
Critic rating: 40.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Card & Board Game
Platforms: Nintendo GameCube
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Mario Party 6 offers a new batch of games that require both your fingers and your voice.
Mario Party 7
Released: Jul 11, 2005
Critic rating: 30.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Card & Board Game
Platforms: Nintendo GameCube
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
You can play more than 80 new minigames in the most recent Mario-themed party game, Mario Party 7.
Pokémon Channel
Released: Jul 18, 2003
Critic rating: 50.2 / 100 • 28 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo GameCube
Game modes: Single player
Pokémon Channel is a 2003 video game in the Pokémon series for the GameCube, developed by Ambrella and published by Nintendo and The Pokémon Company.