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 2005

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Half-Life 2

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Science fiction

November 16, 2004

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 93/100

Half-Life 2 is a continuation of the legendary adventure shooter with a first-person view. You once again have to lift the crowbar of the scientist-researcher...

Shadow of the Colossus

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

October 18, 2005

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 91/100

Shadow of the Colossus — action-adventure game with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. You take on the role of a hero named Wander, who must go through...

Gothic 2

Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Open world, Gothic

November 29, 2002

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Gothic 2 is a continuation of the legendary action role-playing game with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. The action takes place shortly after the events...

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...

Still Life

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

April 14, 2005

Players: 9/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Still Life is a detective adventure with quest elements and mini-games about an FBI employee who is investigating a series of bloody murders from the authors of...

Zuma Deluxe

Action, Strategy, Top-down view, Puzzle, Logic, Match-3 (Three in a row), Arcade

December 8, 2003

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Zuma Deluxe is a fun logic puzzle game with match-3 elements and a top-down view. Simple and interesting gameplay awaits you. While controlling the frog, you need...

Psychonauts

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Comedy, Adventure

April 19, 2005

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 87/100

Psychonauts is an action-adventure platformer with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. The plot follows a young special agent named Raz, who learns to use his...

Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones

Action, Slasher, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure, Parkour

December 1, 2005

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones is a continuation of the dynamic action slasher with a third-person view, which is the third part of The Sands of Time series...

Syberia 2

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

March 29, 2004

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Syberia 2 is a continuation of the exciting point and click adventure with a third-person view. The game will continue the story of Kate Walker, who went on a...

Lula 3D

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Adult game

June 22, 2005

Players: 7.6/10

Lula 3D is a continuation of the erotic adventure now in full 3D. Lula, a seductive busty blonde and part-time producer of an erotic film, finds herself in a...

Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay

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

June 1, 2004

Players: 9.9/10

Metacritic: 90/100

Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay — a bounty hunter named Jones brings Riddick, the main character of the game, to the maximum security prison...

Longest Journey

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

December 3, 1999

Players: 10/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 91/100

Longest Journey is a stunning graphic adventure where the player controls the protagonist, April Ryan, on her journey between parallel universes. Begin an exciting...

Legacy of Kain: Defiance

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

November 11, 2003

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 73/100

This third-person fantasy action-adventure follows two vampires: Kain, an all-powerful demigod, and Raziel, a demonic angel of death. They travel through a world...

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...

Cold Fear

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

March 3, 2005

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 68/100

This action-horror game with survival elements follows Tom Hansen, a U.S. Coast Guard officer sent to board a drifting Russian whaling ship during a storm in the...

Half-Life 2: Lost Coast

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

October 27, 2005

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 89/100

Half-Life 2: Lost Coast is an add-on for the adventure first-person shooter Half-Life 2. The game is a technology showcase that demonstrates the addition of HDR...

Cave Story

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

January 4, 2005

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 89/100

This futuristic action-platformer combines shooting and puzzles with the story of an amnesiac boy who wakes in a dark cave. As he explores the world, he discovers a...

Return to Mysterious Island

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

November 2, 2004

Players: 9.9/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Return to Mysterious Island is an adventure with elements of quests and mini-games about a young traveler who sailed alone around the world. The game will tell the...

Ape Escape: On the Loose

Action, Stealth, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Sports game, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Snowboard, Table tennis, Adventure

March 17, 2005

Metacritic: 66/100

This adventure platformer follows a pursuit through time as escaped monkeys threaten to alter history. After the mischievous monkey Specter takes a professor’s...

Ultimate Block Party

Puzzle

December 13, 2005

Metacritic: 76/100

This arcade puzzle game challenges players to clear the playfield by matching and twisting colored blocks. The task becomes more difficult as blocks change size or...

Mortal Kombat: Deception

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Platformer, Third-person view, Isometric, Puzzle, Chess game

October 4, 2004

Players: 6.8/10

Metacritic: 77/100

A fighting game in the Mortal Kombat series, featuring matches that combine hand-to-hand combat with weapon use. Mortal Kombat: Deception includes secret and...

Neighbours from Hell: Revenge Is a Sweet Game

Puzzle, Logic, Side view

June 20, 2003

Players: 8.1/10

How to Get Your Neighbor: Sweet Revenge is a side-scrolling arcade puzzle game. You have to try on the role of the simple Woody to take revenge on your evil...

Lemmings (1994)

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

February 14, 1991

Lemmings (1994) is a third-person strategy game with a hint of puzzle from the developers at DMA Design Limited. The main publisher of the game is Psygnosis...

Egyptian Prophecy

Adventure, Educational game (Education), First-person view, Puzzle, Point & Click

March 29, 2004

Steam: 55/100

Metacritic: 73/100

This first-person point-and-click adventure is set in ancient Egypt, where Maya, a young magician, investigates strange incidents at a construction site on the...

Zyrx

Strategy, Puzzle

October 15, 2005

Zyrx is a strategy game with a bit of a puzzle twist from the developers at Robotube Games, LLC. The game is published by Robotube Games, LLC. The PC version of...

Super Drop Mania

Action, Puzzle

March 2005

Super Drop Mania is an action game with a hint of puzzle from the developers from the studio Ninai Games, Inc.. The game is published by Fathammer Ltd.. For some...

Labyrinth of Time

Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Point & Click

January 2, 1993

Steam: 76/100

This first-person adventure puzzle centers on a labyrinth connecting different eras and offering its creator a path to rule the Earth. King Minos commissioned its...

Æon Flux

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

November 15, 2005

Metacritic: 68/100

Set 400 years in the future, this third-person action game takes place after a disease has wiped out most of Earth’s population. The only protected settlement is...

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...

Disney's Winnie the Pooh's Rumbly Tumbly Adventure

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle

March 8, 2005

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 59/100

This puzzle adventure follows Winnie the Pooh and his friends through five birthday-themed adventures in the Hundred Acre Wood. Players can take control of Winnie...

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney

Simulation, Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Anime / Manga, Visual novel

September 15, 2005

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 74/100

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney — In the first case of the game, Phoenix Wright, under the watchful eye of Mia Fey, successfully defends his first client and...

Qwak

Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Arcade

September 15, 2005

Qwak is an action game with a mixture of platformer and puzzle from developers from the Team17 Software Limited studio. The game is published by Team17 Software...

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)

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

November 8, 2005

Players: 6.1/10

Metacritic: 69/100

This third-person action-adventure, based on the film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, follows the dangerous trials of the Triwizard Tournament. Harry is...

Bejeweled 2

Action, Strategy, Puzzle, Logic, Casual game, Match-3 (Three in a row)

November 5, 2004

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 69/100

This match-three puzzle game features four ways to play. Puzzle mode challenges players to solve handcrafted brain teasers against the clock, while Endless mode...

Luxor

Arcade, Action, Top-down view, Puzzle, Casual game, Strategy

April 5, 2005

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 69/100

This action-puzzle game is set in Ancient Egypt, where Isis calls on the hero to stop Set and his minions. Spheres advance toward the pyramids, and the player fires...

Smart Bomb

Action, Strategy, Top-down view, Puzzle

May 10, 2005

Metacritic: 45/100

This action puzzle game challenges players to defuse sophisticated AI bombs through a series of 3D puzzles. Each bomb consists of modules arranged in tiers...

Chuzzle Deluxe

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

May 12, 2005

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 94/100

A casual match-three puzzle in which rows of fuzzy creatures called Chuzzles are shifted to make color matches. Matched Chuzzles pop and return to their test-tube...

Metroid Prime 2: Echoes

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

November 15, 2004

Metacritic: 92/100

This science-fiction first-person shooter follows bounty hunter Samus Aran as she searches for missing Federation troopers on Aether, a planet divided into light...

Darkest Fear

Adventure, Horror, Top-down view, Puzzle

December 15, 2005

Players: 9.9/10

Darkest Fear is a top-down adventure with a touch of horror and puzzle from the studio Rovio Mobile Ltd.. The main publisher of the game is MFORMA Group Inc.. The...

6 Colors

Strategy, Top-down view, Puzzle

July 5, 2005

6 Colors is a top-down strategy game with puzzle elements from the developers at Pyva.net studio. The game is published by...

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