Puzzle 1997 — top best games in the Puzzle genre

Resident Evil (1996)

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Survival horror, Adventure, Zombies

March 22, 1996

Players: 8/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 91/100

Resident Evil (1996) — action-horror with a third-person view and puzzle elements. July 24, 1998. Monstrous murders began to occur in the vicinity of Raccoon...

Tomb Raider (1996)

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Adventure

November 14, 1996

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 86/100

This third-person action-adventure follows Lara Croft as she searches for the pieces of an ancient artifact called the Scion. Her quest takes her through Incan...

Clock Tower (1995)

Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle

September 14, 1995

Players: 7.4/10

Clock Tower (1995) is a point and click adventure game with 3D graphics. The player can use a PlayStation controller or mouse to move the cursor around the screen...

Tomb Raider 2

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Adventure

November 21, 1997

Players: 7/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 85/100

This third-person action platformer follows Lara Croft on a journey around the world to find the Dagger of Xian, an artefact said to grant its possessor the power...

Super Mario 64

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Mario Game

June 23, 1996

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 90/100

Super Mario 64 — One day, Princess Peach called Mario to her castle with an offer to eat the cake she baked and drink tea. Mario arrives at the castle and...

Last Express

Adventure, In real time, First-person view, Puzzle, Point & Click

January 26, 2011

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 86/100

This first-person real-time adventure is set aboard the Orient Express in the run-up to World War I. American Robert Cath receives a mysterious message from a...

Leisure Suit Larry: Love for Sail!

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Adult game, Point & Click

December 5, 1996

Steam: 86/100

Leisure Suit Larry: Love for Sail! is a continuation of the exciting "point and click" adventure series about the forty-year-old balding womanizer Larry Laffer. The...

Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee

Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Adventure

September 18, 1997

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee is a side-scrolling action platformer with puzzle elements. Chosen by the fickle finger of fate, Master First Class was catapulted into a...

Magical Drop 3

Arcade, Strategy, In real time, Puzzle, Anime / Manga

June 20, 1997

This arcade puzzle game pits tarot-themed characters against one another on a field of colored drops. The character at the bottom of the screen grabs drops and...

Chasm: The Rift

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Sandbox, Old school

September 30, 1997

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 81/100

Chasm: The Rift is an old-school first-person shooter set in a dark fantasy and science fiction setting. In the game you will take on the role of a nameless marine...

Beyond Time

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle

November 1997

Players: 8.9/10

Beyond Time is a first-person adventure with a hint of puzzle from Jones and Jones Multimedia. The game is published by DreamCatcher Interactive Inc.. Beyond Time...

Norse by Norse West: The Return of the Lost Vikings

Action, Strategy, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval

April 18, 1997

This puzzle-platformer sequel to The Lost Vikings follows the Vikings after they are captured again by the alien Tomator and sent through time. Erik, Olaf and...

Riven: The Sequel to Myst

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Point & Click

October 29, 1997

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Riven: The Sequel to Myst is a continuation of the cult adventure series Myst. The events of the game take place in the world of Riven, to which the Wanderer went...

Atlantis: The Lost Tales

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle

September 30, 1997

Atlantis: The Lost Tales is a first-person adventure with a dash of puzzle from developers Cryo Interactive Entertainment. The game is published by Cryo Interactive...

Pet in TV

Simulation, Adventure, Business / Management, Third-person view, Puzzle

May 23, 1997

Pet in TV is a third-person simulator with a mixture of adventure, business simulation and puzzle from the masters at Sony Computer Entertainment Incorporated. The...

The Note

Action, Horror, First-person view, Puzzle

January 17, 1997

The Note — action-adventure game with horror elements and first-person view. Linda, Toshi and Dave, three members of a high school occult group, go missing...

Cleopatra's Fortune

Action, Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Puzzle, Anime / Manga

February 14, 1997

Cleopatra's Fortune is a third-person action game with a mixture of strategy, puzzle and anime/manga game from Taito Corporation. The game is published by Taito...

Prisoner of Ice

Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Point & Click

December 23, 1997

Steam: 73/100

This puzzle adventure horror game follows an American Office of Naval Intelligence agent investigating a Nazi plot during World War II. Aboard the Royal Navy...

Relentless: Twinsen's Adventure

Action, Adventure, Isometric, Puzzle, Exploration

December 15, 1995

Steam: 90/100

This isometric action-adventure follows Twinsen, a young Quetch on the planet Twinsun, as he sets out to stop dictator Dr. FunFrock and save the planet. Imprisoned...

Wanderer

Action, Strategy, Top-down view, Puzzle

October 22, 1997

Steam: 88/100

Wanderer is a top-down action game with a dash of strategy and puzzle. Wanderer may be in development for PC, but that version has not yet been...

Enemy Zero

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle

December 13, 1996

Enemy Zero — aboard the biological research space station AKI, Laura Lewis is in deep cryogenic sleep. The air in the chamber dissipates when the ship's...

Blast Corps

Action, Racing, Third-person view, Puzzle

February 28, 1997

Metacritic: 90/100

This action-puzzle game with racing elements tasks the player with clearing a route for a carrier transporting defective nuclear missiles to a safe detonation site...

11th Hour

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Puzzle, Point & Click

November 30, 1995

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 43/100

Kirby's Star Stacker

Strategy, Puzzle

January 25, 1997

Kirby's Star Stacker is a strategy game with puzzle elements from developers from the studio HAL Laboratory, Inc.. The main publisher of the game is Nintendo Co...

Curse of Monkey Island

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Point & Click

November 1, 1997

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 89/100

This third entry in the Monkey Island series is a third-person adventure about pirate Guybrush Threepwood, who faces the demon pirate LeChuck and tries to save...

Money Puzzle Exchanger

Action, Strategy, Top-down view, Puzzle, Anime / Manga

August 29, 1997

Money Puzzle Exchanger is a top-down action game with a mixture of strategy, puzzle and anime/manga game from the FACE studio. The main publisher of the game is...

New Beetle Tracks and Gaps

Strategy, Top-down view, Puzzle

September 24, 1997

New Beetle Tracks and Gaps is a top-down strategy game with puzzle elements from the developers at BBDO Interactive GmbH. The main publisher of the game is...

Intelligent Qube

Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Isometric, Puzzle

January 9, 1997

This puzzle tests intelligence and reflexes as huge, deadly cubes roll towards the player. They must be destroyed to clear a path and survive the onslaught...

UmiharaKawase: Shun

Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Anime / Manga, Side view

February 28, 1997

UmiharaKawase: Shun is a side view arcade game with platformer, puzzle and anime or manga elements from developers from Jackpot, Japan Clary Business and Studio...

Broken Sword: The Smoking Mirror

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Exploration, Historical

October 31, 1997

Metacritic: 69/100

This adventure game combines puzzles and exploration with a conspiracy involving drug kingpin Karzac and the prophesied return of the ancient Mayan god...

Ark of Time

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle

February 28, 1997

Ark of Time is a third-person adventure with puzzle elements from Trecision S.p.A.. The game is published by International Computer Entertainment Ltd.. The game is...

Pilotwings 64

Simulation, Action, Shooter, Strategy, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Third-person view, Helicopters, Puzzle, Sports game

June 23, 1996

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Pilotwings 64 is a flight simulator set in a vast three-dimensional environment. Players control several types of aircraft and complete flight tests, earning pilot...

Alundra

Action, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Japanese role-playing game, Adventure

April 11, 1997

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 86/100

This fantasy adventure with Japanese role-playing elements follows Alundra, summoned to a troubled village by strange visions. A great evil lurks there, and the...

OverBlood

Action, Horror, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Cyberpunk

August 2, 1996

OverBlood is a first-person action game with a touch of horror and puzzles from the studio Riverhill Soft Inc.. The game is published by Riverhill Soft Inc.. For...

Kyodai

Strategy, Top-down view, Puzzle, Anime / Manga, Sandbox

March 24, 1997

Kyodai is a top-down strategy game with a mix of puzzle, anime/manga, and sandbox. Sometimes the game is also called Lunatic Shanghai and Kyôdai Mah...

Chronomaster

Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle

April 1997

Chronomaster is a third-person adventure with a twist of puzzle from the masters at DreamForge Intertainment, Inc.. The game's primary publisher is Capstone...

Ecstatica 2

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Exploration, Adventure

June 13, 1997

Ecstatica 2 is a third-person action game with a dash of horror, puzzle and fantasy from the developers at Andrew Spencer Studios. The main publisher of the game is...

Tetris Plus

Action, Strategy, In real time, Puzzle

August 30, 1996

Tetris Plus is an action game with strategy and puzzle elements from the masters from the Natsume Co., Ltd. studio. The game is published by Jaleco Ltd.. Perhaps...

Young Dilbert Hi-Tech Hijinks

Educational game (Education), Puzzle

October 1997

Young Dilbert Hi-Tech Hijinks is an educational puzzle game from the masters at KnowWonder, Inc.. The game's primary publisher is KnowWonder...

Virtual Chess 2

Strategy, Educational game (Education), First-person view, Top-down view, Puzzle, Board / Group Game, Historical, Turn-based, Chess game

November 1997

Virtual Chess 2 is a first-person strategy game with a mixture of educational game, puzzle game, historical game and chess games from the developers of Titus France...

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Best Games in the Puzzle genre of 1997