Best Puzzle Games
1,156 Puzzle games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Tales from the Borderlands
Released: Nov 25, 2014
Critic rating: 87.8 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Tales from the Borderlands is a five part episodic game series.
Katamari Damacy
Released: Mar 18, 2004
Critic rating: 85.3 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen
The King of All Cosmos accidentally destroyed the stars and—having recovered—wants the prince to rebuild them.
Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors
Released: Dec 10, 2009
Critic rating: 90.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Visual Novel
Platforms: Nintendo DS
Game modes: Single player
The game is a murder mystery visual novel with a heavy story focus that requires multiple playthroughs to figure out and involves puzzle rooms used to progress through the story with dialogue choices to be made inbetween them.
Finding Paradise
Released: Dec 14, 2017
Critic rating: 93.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
A story-driven experience about two doctors traversing through a dying man's memories to artificially fulfill his last wish.
Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection
Released: Oct 7, 2015
Critic rating: 85.1 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4
Game modes: Single player
Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection is a remastered compilation of the action-adventure shooter platform video games Drake's Fortune, Among Thieves, and Drake's Deception.
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
Released: May 30, 2013
Critic rating: 86.3 / 100 • 58 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Visual Novel
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Nintendo 3DS, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
A remaster of the original Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, released exclusively as part of the Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy bundle.
LocoRoco
Released: Jun 23, 2006
Critic rating: 91.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation Portable, Legacy Mobile Device
Game modes: Single player
The peaceful world of the LocoRoco are under attack by the not-so-nice Moja Corps!
Tetris
Released: Nov 1, 1989
Critic rating: 86.3 / 100 • 942 votes
Genres: Puzzle, Arcade
Platforms: Nintendo Entertainment System
Game modes: Single player
Tetris is a puzzle video game created by Soviet software engineer Alexey Pajitnov in the mid-1980s.
Hypnospace Outlaw
Released: Mar 12, 2019
Critic rating: 84.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Hypnospace Outlaw is a '90s internet simulator in which players act as Enforcers, volunteer moderators who scour Hypnospace's surreal network of weird and wonderful websites to hunt down wrongdoers while also keeping an eye on their inbox, avoiding viruses and adware, and downloading a plethora of apps that may or may not be useful.
Into the Breach
Released: Feb 27, 2018
Critic rating: 90.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Indie
Platforms: Google Stadia, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
The remnants of human civilization are threatened by gigantic creatures breeding beneath the earth.
Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers
Released: Dec 17, 1993
Critic rating: 86.2 / 100 • 74 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, DOS
Game modes: Single player
The adventure of Gabriel Knight starts with gathering materials for his new book, and ends up becoming a fight for his very soul.
Zero Escape: The Nonary Games
Released: Mar 24, 2017
Critic rating: 89.1 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Visual Novel
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation Vita, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Zero welcomes you to take part in both the Nonary Game and the Nonary Game: Ambidex Edition as the award-winning escape-the-room visual novels Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors (999) and its sequel, Virtue’s Last Reward (VLR), are together for the first time.
Cocoon
Released: Sep 29, 2023
Critic rating: 89.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Cocoon is a puzzle adventure game developed by Geometric Interactive and published by Annapurna Interactive.
Return to Monkey Island
Released: Sep 19, 2022
Critic rating: 91.8 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Return to Monkey Island, the long-awaited follow-up to the legendary Secret of Monkey Island and Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge by Ron Gilbert's Terrible Toybox in collaboration with Devolver Digital and Lucasfilm Games, coming 2022.
Devotion
Released: Feb 19, 2019
Critic rating: 89.3 / 100
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
‘Devotion’ is a first-person atmospheric horror game set in the 1980s Taiwan.
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Remastered
Released: Oct 7, 2015
Critic rating: 86.1 / 100 • 161 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4
Game modes: Single player
Reacquaint yourself with fortune hunter Nathan Drake through a tale of life-threatening danger, exotic locations and heroic rescue missions.
Pentiment
Released: Nov 15, 2022
Critic rating: 84.8 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: 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
A 16th-century narrative adventure set in Upper Bavaria, following Andreas Maler, a journeyman artist working in the bygone scriptorium of Kiersau Abbey during a time of great social unrest.
Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem
Released: Jun 23, 2002
Critic rating: 90.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo GameCube
Game modes: Single player
Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem is a psychological horror action adventure, released in 2002 by Nintendo for the Gamecube.
Silent Hill 3
Released: May 23, 2003
Critic rating: 88.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player
Silent Hill 3 is the third installment in the Silent Hill series.
Off
Released: Jun 5, 2008
Critic rating: 86.0 / 100 • 57 votes
Genres: Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
The player is tasked with controlling the Batter and guiding him on his quest to "purify" the world of spirits.
AI: The Somnium Files - Nirvana Initiative
Released: Jun 23, 2022
Critic rating: 87.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Visual Novel
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Newly-appointed Special Agent Mizuki and her AI partner Aiba are tasked to solve the bizarre Half Body serial killings in this sequel to the critically acclaimed AI: The Somnium Files.
The Rise of the Golden Idol
Released: Nov 12, 2024
Critic rating: 88.6 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
The Award-winning detective saga returns.
Donkey Kong
Released: Jun 14, 1994
Critic rating: 90.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Arcade
Platforms: Nintendo 3DS, Game Boy
Game modes: Single player
Donkey Kong is a Game Boy game which starts out with the premise of being a straight remake of the original Donkey Kong arcade game.
Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition
Released: Jan 28, 2014
Critic rating: 88.1 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Google Stadia, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition is a re-release of Tomb Raider, developed by Crystal Dynamics and published by Square-Enix for the Playstation 4 and the Xbox One.
SteamWorld Dig 2
Released: Sep 21, 2017
Critic rating: 89.1 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Google Stadia, PlayStation 4, Linux, Nintendo 3DS, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
SteamWorld Dig 2 takes you on a platform mining adventure forged in Metroidvania flames.