Best Puzzle Games
1,136 Puzzle games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time
Released: Nov 28, 2005
Critic rating: 90.7 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Wii U, Nintendo DS
Game modes: Single player
The famous Mario Brothers return in this sequel to the humorous Superstar Saga.
CrossCode
Released: Sep 20, 2018
Critic rating: 81.1 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
A retro-inspired 2D Action RPG set in the distant future.
Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
Released: Oct 23, 2007
Critic rating: 91.5 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Puzzle
Platforms: PlayStation 3
Game modes: Single player
Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction (known as Ratchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction in most PAL countries) is a 2007 platformer video game developed by Insomniac Games and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 3.
Lost in Play
Released: Aug 10, 2022
Critic rating: 90.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Go on a feel-good adventure with a brother and sister as they explore dreamscapes and befriend magical creatures.
BioShock: The Collection
Released: Sep 13, 2016
Critic rating: 84.2 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
BioShock: The Collection is a game bundle consisting of remastered 1080p editions of BioShock, BioShock 2 and BioShock Infinite along with their accompanying downloadable content.
Shadow Complex
Released: Aug 19, 2009
Critic rating: 85.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Shadow Complex is a side-scrolling action-adventure game presented in a 2.5D style, where the world is rendered in three dimensions but movement stays on a two-dimensional plane.
AI: The Somnium Files
Released: Sep 17, 2019
Critic rating: 86.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Visual Novel
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Play as detective Kaname Date on the case of an elusive serial killer in this thrilling, sci-fi murder mystery.
Stephen's Sausage Roll
Released: Apr 18, 2016
Critic rating: 100.0 / 100
Genres: Puzzle, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
"A simple 3d puzzle game."
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD
Released: Mar 4, 2016
Critic rating: 85.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Wii U
Game modes: Single player
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD is a Wii U enhanced remaster of the original game.
True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 1
Released: Oct 19, 2016
Critic rating: 90.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
True Fear: Forsaken Souls takes the best of the psychological thriller, blending in fun and intuitive gameplay mechanics.
Machinarium
Released: Oct 16, 2009
Critic rating: 87.5 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Machinarium is award-winning independent adventure game developed by the makers of Samorost and Botanicula.
Phantasmagoria 2: A Puzzle of Flesh
Released: Nov 30, 1996
Critic rating: 84.9 / 100 • 30 votes
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), DOS
Game modes: Single player
Curtis Craig is a quiet young man.
Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted
Released: May 28, 2019
Critic rating: 90.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Meta Quest 2, PlayStation VR2, PlayStation 4, PlayStation VR, PC (Microsoft Windows), SteamVR, Meta Quest 3, Oculus Rift, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Oculus Quest
Game modes: Single player
Five Nights at Freddy’s: Help Wanted is a collection of classic and original mini-games set in the Five Nights universe.
Dishonored
Released: Oct 9, 2012
Critic rating: 84.8 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
Dishonored is an immersive first-person action game that casts you as a supernatural assassin driven by revenge.
Operation: Tango
Released: Jun 1, 2021
Critic rating: 90.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Puzzle, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative
It takes two to save the world in this Asymmetrical Spy Thriller.
Is This Seat Taken?
Released: Aug 7, 2025
Critic rating: 84.8 / 100 • 23 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Is This Seat Taken?
Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes
Released: Jul 16, 2015
Critic rating: 84.3 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Indie
Platforms: Meta Quest 2, Windows Mixed Reality, PlayStation 4, Linux, Gear VR, PlayStation VR, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, SteamVR, Mac, Oculus Rift, Daydream, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Oculus Quest
Game modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative
One player is trapped in a virtual room with a ticking time bomb they must defuse.
The Incredible Machine 2
Released: Dec 31, 1994
Critic rating: 84.8 / 100 • 29 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, DOS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
This game involves puzzle solving, while creating wacky machines.
Peggle Nights
Released: Sep 3, 2008
Critic rating: 84.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
The sun has set at the Peggle Institute, but the bouncy delight has just begun!
Professor Layton and the Curious Village
Released: Feb 15, 2007
Critic rating: 87.5 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Visual Novel
Platforms: Android, iOS, Nintendo DS
Game modes: Single player
In the curious village of St.
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
Released: Jan 24, 2017
Critic rating: 85.2 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Google Stadia, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation VR, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard is the first game of the Resident Evil series to switch from 3rd-person to fully 1st-person perspective.
Katamari Damacy Reroll
Released: Dec 6, 2018
Critic rating: 84.9 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Google Stadia, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen
When the King of All Cosmos accidentally destroys all the stars in the sky, he orders you, his pint-sized princely son, to put the twinkle back in the heavens above.
Radiant Historia
Released: Nov 3, 2010
Critic rating: 82.5 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo DS
Game modes: Single player
In the midst of an unending war for dominance between two super-powers, Special Intelligence Agent Stocke is assigned to a routine escort mission that goes horribly awry.
Planet of Lana
Released: May 23, 2023
Critic rating: 93.3 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
A young girl and her loyal friend embark on a rescue mission through a colorful world full of cold machines and unfamiliar creatures.
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
Released: Sep 20, 2019
Critic rating: 86.6 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
As Link, you awaken in a strange land away from Hyrule, where animals talk and monsters roam.