Games Game Genres Puzzle

Puzzle

A genre of games that is based on classic tabletop logic games, puzzles, etc. To complete levels, players are required to "flex their brains." Additionally, speed, accuracy, and good reaction are often needed. Such games include both classic puzzles and more complex projects in terms of gameplay (mind-breaker games).

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Best Games in the Puzzle genre of 2001

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Silent Hill 2 (2001)

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Mysticism / Supernatural, Logic, Survival

September 25, 2001

Players: 9.3/10

Metacritic: 89/100

Silent Hill 2 (2001) — mystical action-horror with puzzle elements and third-person view. James Sunderland comes to Silent Hill after receiving a letter from...

Resident Evil Code: Veronica

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

February 3, 2000

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Resident Evil Code: Veronica is a dark action-horror game with a third-person view in the Resident Evil universe. The game will tell about the events taking place...

Resident Evil 3: Nemesis

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

September 22, 1999

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Resident Evil 3: Nemesis is a continuation of the series of popular action-horror games with a third-person view. You will once again plunge into the chaos of the...

Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare

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

May 18, 2001

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 73/100

This third-person survival horror adventure follows supernatural detective Edward Carnby as he investigates a murder on Shadow Island. After his friend Charles...

Fear Effect 2: Retro Helix

Action, Shooter, Horror, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Anime / Manga, Adventure

February 21, 2001

Players: 10/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 84/100

The return to Hong Kong in 2048 reveals the events leading up to Fear Effect and shows how the team of mercenaries Hana, Royce, Dick, and the mysterious Rain was...

Onimusha: Warlords

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Slasher

January 25, 2001

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Onimusha: Warlords is a third-person action-adventure game set in 16th century Japan. A mysterious creature kidnaps Princess Yuki, whom the young hero Samanosuke...

American McGee's Alice

Action, Shooter, Horror, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle

October 6, 2000

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 85/100

This action platformer blends shooter and horror elements as Alice returns to Wonderland, a place she can barely recognize. The Mushroom Forest is afflicted by...

Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver

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

June 1, 1999

Players: 9.6/10

Metacritic: 91/100

Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver is an action-adventure game with a third-person view, which is a sequel to the game Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain. Events take place 1500...

Tomb Raider: Chronicles

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

November 21, 2000

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 60/100

An action-adventure with platforming and puzzle elements follows four previously untold adventures of Lara Croft in search of ancient artifacts. The settings...

Spider-Man 2: Enter Electro

Action, Third-person view, Puzzle, Comics

October 19, 2001

Players: 6.4/10

Metacritic: 74/100

Spider-Man 2: Enter Electro — Shortly after the symbiote invasion, a series of robberies led by Electro take place in New York. While Spider-Man notices one...

Project Eden

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Post-apocalyptic

October 8, 2001

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 72/100

This futuristic action shooter with puzzle elements follows an investigation into an equipment malfunction at the Real Meat factory. The player controls a...

Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2

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

October 31, 2001

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 66/100

Metacritic: 79/100

This gothic fantasy action-adventure with puzzle elements continues the story of Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver. Raziel pursues Kain through different eras of...

Necronomicon: The Dawning of Darkness

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

May 25, 2001

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 47/100

Dracula: The Resurrection

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Third-person view, Puzzle, Interactive movie, Casual game, Point & Click

February 6, 2000

Players: 7/10

Steam: 54/100

Metacritic: 67/100

This adventure horror follows a man who sets out to save his beloved wife. On the journey into darkness, the player explores catacombs and hidden...

Pikmin

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

October 26, 2001

Metacritic: 83/100

This real-time strategy game follows a spaceman who crash-lands on a strange planet inhabited by Pikmin, plant-like creatures that obey his orders. The player...

Sonic Advance

Action, Platformer, Puzzle

December 20, 2001

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 87/100

Sonic Advance is a side-scrolling action platformer with puzzle elements. In this game, you have four playable characters to choose from: Sonic the Hedgehog, Miles...

Bejeweled Deluxe

Strategy, Third-person view, Puzzle, Casual game, Match-3 (Three in a row)

March 1, 2001

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 87/100

This casual match-three puzzle is built around matching gems. The player swaps adjacent gems to form horizontal or vertical lines of three or more of the same type...

Myst 3: Exile

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Casual game

May 7, 2001

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 65/100

This first-person adventure puzzle game continues the story of Myst, where books open portals to other worlds and past conflicts shape the present. The player...

AmerZone: The Explorer's Legacy (1998)

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Point & Click, Casual game

June 15, 1998

Steam: 80/100

This first-person adventure puzzle follows a young reporter who visits elderly explorer Alexandre Valembois and learns about his expedition to the mysterious region...

Schizm: Mysterious Journey

Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Exploration

June 15, 2001

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 100/100

Schizm: Mysterious Journey is a first-person adventure with a hint of puzzle from developer Detalion. The game is published by Brightstar Entertainment Ltd. and...

TechnoMage: Return of Eternity

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Isometric, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval

November 24, 2000

Players: 10/10

TechnoMage: Return of Eternity is a third-person RPG with action, adventure, puzzle and fantasy elements from the masters at Sunflowers Interactive Entertainment...

Shrek

Action, Third-person view, Puzzle

November 14, 2001

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 49/100

A third-person action game with puzzles, Shrek finds his peace in the swamp disturbed by fairy-tale characters asking for help. He sets out on a series of missions...

Runaway: A Road Adventure

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

August 9, 2002

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Set in New York in 2000, this point-and-click adventure follows Brian, a college student nearing graduation who is attacked by mobsters. On the run with a...

Sanity: Aiken's Artifact

Action, Third-person view, Top-down view, Puzzle

September 26, 2000

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 73/100

This science-fiction action game combines third-person and top-down perspectives with puzzle elements. Set in the future, it depicts people developing extraordinary...

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...

Gangsters 2

Role-playing game, Strategy, Business / Management, Isometric, Puzzle

June 1, 2001

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 61/100

A strategy game with management elements about small-time gangster Joey Bane, who seeks to avenge his father's death and rise to power in the criminal underworld...

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...

Martian Gothic: Unification

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

April 30, 2000

Players: 7.4/10

Martian Gothic: Unification is a third-person action game with shooter, horror and puzzle elements from developers from the Creative Reality studio. The main...

Fatal Frame

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Survival

December 13, 2001

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 74/100

Fatal Frame is a Japanese-style third-person action-horror adventure game. Armed with a camera, the young girl Miku Hinasaki, along with an ancient camera, goes in...

Silent Hill 2: Restless Dreams

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Survival

December 19, 2001

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Silent Hill 2: Restless Dreams is an enhanced version of the game, first released on XBox and later ported back to PS2 and PC. Most of the gameplay consists of...

Pong: The Next Level

Arcade, Action, Puzzle, Arkanoid

October 22, 1999

An arcade take on table tennis, Pong: The Next Level reworks the game of Pong through matches and solo challenges. Matches against computer-controlled opponents...

Prince of Persia 3D

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle

September 17, 1999

Players: 9.1/10

Men in Black: The Series - Crashdown

Action, In real time, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle

October 12, 2001

Metacritic: 59/100

This first-person science-fiction action game, based on the animated series Men in Black, follows agents Jay and Kay as they try to thwart Alpha and his army of...

Seven Seas Deluxe

Strategy, Warships / Submarines, Top-down view, Puzzle, Turn-based

October 16, 2001

Players: 10/10

Seven Seas Deluxe also known as Seven...

Who Wants To Be A Millionaire: 3rd Edition

First-person view, Puzzle, Educational game (Education)

June 11, 2001

Players: 10/10

Who Wants To Be A Millionaire: 3rd Edition is a first-person puzzle game with educational game elements from the masters at Jellyvision studio. The game is...

Golden Sun

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Isometric, Top-down view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Japanese role-playing game

August 1, 2001

Metacritic: 91/100

This fantasy role-playing game takes place in a world threatened by forces of darkness seeking the lost art of Alchemy. The hero and their companions must stop the...

ICO

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval

September 24, 2001

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 90/100

This action-adventure game with platforming and puzzle elements follows Ico, a boy born with horns who is taken to a mysterious castle to be sacrificed in the...

Resident Evil: Gaiden

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Isometric, Top-down view, Puzzle

December 14, 2001

Players: 10/10

Resident Evil: Gaiden is a first-person action game with shooter, horror and puzzle elements from developers from Capcom and M4 Ltd. studios. Sometimes the game is...

Metal Walker

Role-playing game, Strategy, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Anime / Manga, Combat robots

December 24, 1999

Metal Walker is a top-down role-playing game with a mixture of strategy, puzzle, anime/manga and robot simulator from the developers of Capcom Co., Ltd.. The game...

MindRover: The Europa Project

Shooter, Strategy, Educational game (Education), Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Tanks, Combat robots

May 23, 2001

Players: 10/10

MindRover: The Europa Project is a third-person shooter with a mixture of strategy, educational game, puzzle, tank simulator and robot simulator from developers...

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