Puzzle 2005 — top best games in the Puzzle genre

Half-Life 2 - a game in the Puzzle genre

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

Game released: Mac, PC, Xbox, Linux, Nvidia Shield → 26 May 2010

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

Game released: PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 → 17 February 2006

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

Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch → 29 November 2005

Players: 9.3/10

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

Game released: Dreamcast, GameCube, PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PSP, PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 → 15 November 2000

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

Game released: PC, Xbox → 3 September 2008

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...

Legacy of Kain: Defiance

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

Game released: PlayStation 2, PC, Xbox, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 → 9 May 2005

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...

Zuma Deluxe

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

Game released: PC, J2ME, Mac, Palm OS, PlayStation 3, Windows Mobile, Xbox, Xbox 360 → 8 December 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...

Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones

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

Game released: GameCube, Mac, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PSP, Wii, PC, Xbox, Xbox 360 → 1 December 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...

Return to Mysterious Island

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

Game released: iPad, iPhone, Mac, Symbian, PC, Windows Mobile → 14 September 2010

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...

Half-Life 2: Lost Coast

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

Game released: PC, Linux → 27 October 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...

Neighbours from Hell: Revenge Is a Sweet Game

Puzzle, Logic, Side view

Game released: PC, PlayStation 2, Xbox, iOS → 25 August 2006

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...

Billy Blade and the Temple of Time

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure

Game released: PC → 8 April 2005

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 72/100

Billy Blade and the Temple of Time is a third-person arcade game with elements of action, fighting, platforming, puzzle, anime/manga and fantasy games from Iridon...

Ankh: Reverse the Curse

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

Game released: Mac, PC → 12 April 2007

Steam: 81/100

Ankh: Reverse the Curse is an exciting point and click adventure with a third-person view. The events of the game will tell the story of young Assil, the son of the...

Cold Fear

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

Game released: PlayStation 2, PC, Xbox → 15 March 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...

Cave Story

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

Game released: Amiga, Linux, Mac, Nintendo DSi, Wii, PC, Nintendo 3DS → 8 July 2008

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...

Brain Age²: More Training in Minutes a Day!

Action, Educational game (Education), Puzzle, Logic, Mini-game / browser-based

Game released: Nintendo DS → 20 August 2007

Metacritic: 77/100

A collection of 17 exercises designed to train memory, attention, and other mental skills. Activities include playing simple tunes on a keyboard and watching a...

Syberia 2

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

Game released: PlayStation 2, PC, Windows Mobile, Xbox, Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch, Mac → 26 August 2005

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...

Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay

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

Game released: PC, Xbox → 28 February 2005

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...

Myst (1995)

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

Game released: 3DO, Amiga, CD-i, iPhone, Jaguar, Mac, PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PSP, SEGA Saturn, PC, Windows 3.x, Windows Mobile → 1995

This first-person adventure takes place on the mysterious island of Myst, where the player explores the surroundings and solves puzzles. Movement takes place...

Onimusha: Warlords

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

Game released: PlayStation 2, PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 7 June 2002

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...

Longest Journey

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

Game released: PC, iOS → 1 May 2007

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...

Go! Sudoku

Strategy, Educational game (Education), Top-down view, Puzzle

Game released: PlayStation 3, PSP → 7 December 2006

Metacritic: 63/100

This Sudoku puzzle game challenges players to fill a grid with the numbers 1 to 9, ensuring that each row, column and 3×3 box contains every number exactly once. It...

Mortal Kombat: Deception

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

Game released: GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox, PSP → 28 February 2005

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...

Lula 3D

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Adult game

Game released: PC → 27 April 2007

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...

Darkest Fear

Adventure, Horror, Top-down view, Puzzle

Game released: iPhone, J2ME → 13 August 2008

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...

Neighbors from Hell

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

Game released: PlayStation 2, PC, Xbox → 11 March 2005

Players: 5.8/10

Metacritic: 69/100

This puzzle-oriented adventure strategy game follows a plan to get revenge on an unpleasant neighbor by sneaking into his house and setting traps. Cameras capture...

I-Ninja

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

Game released: GameCube, PlayStation 2, PC, Xbox → 4 December 2003

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 75/100

I-Ninja — The game begins with a ninja in training (whose name is simply Ninja) sneaking into the enemy camp to save his sensei (who is simply called Sensei...

Psychonauts

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

Game released: Linux, Mac, PlayStation 2, PC, Xbox, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4 → 12 June 2012

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...

Dino and Aliens

Arcade, Action, Strategy, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: PC, Xbox → 2004

Dino and Aliens is a third-person arcade game with a mixture of action, strategy and puzzle from the studio NevoSoft. The main publisher of the game is Oberon...

Egyptian Prophecy

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

Game released: PC, Windows Mobile → March 2009

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...

Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None

Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: Wii, PC → 29 April 2008

Metacritic: 59/100

This adventure game with puzzles is based on a classic detective story: ten people are stranded at a mansion on Shipwreck Island, where their host has invited them...

Myst 4: Revelation

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Casual game

Game released: Mac, PC, Xbox → 29 September 2004

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 67/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Myst IV: Revelation is a first-person adventure puzzle game about family secrets and a plot involving two of Myst’s most sinister villains. The player explores...

Kya: Dark Lineage

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

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 28 May 2005

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 69/100

This action platformer with puzzles follows Kya, who is stranded in a mysterious world and searches for her brother and a way home. She encounters the peaceful...

2005 MiniGame MultiCart

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Strategy, Platformer, Third-person view, Top-down view, Collection, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Board / Group Game, Fantasy / Medieval, Tanks

Game released: Atari 2600 → November 2005

Players: 1/10

2005 MiniGame MultiCart is a third-person arcade game with a mixture of action, shooter, strategy, platformer, puzzle, fantasy game and tank simulator. The game is...

Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project

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

Game released: PC, Xbox 360, iOS → 10 March 2009

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 58/100

This third-person action platformer sends Duke Nukem to New York City in pursuit of the villain Mech Morphix. Duke fights across skyscraper rooftops and through...

Puyo Pop Fever

Strategy, In real time, Puzzle, Anime / Manga

Game released: Dreamcast, GameCube, Game Boy Advance, Mac, Nintendo DS, Palm OS, PlayStation 2, PSP, PC, Xbox, Xbox 360 → 24 February 2004

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 72/100

An arcade puzzle game built around matches in which players link colored Puyos into chains and send nuisance pieces to their opponents. In Fever Mode, the goal is...

TrackMania Sunrise eXtreme

Racing, First-person view, Third-person view, Top-down view, Puzzle, Sandbox

Game released: PC → 20 November 2009

TrackMania Sunrise eXtreme is a first-person race with a mixture of puzzle and sandbox from the developers of the Nadeo SAS studio. The game is published by Deep...

ChessRogue

Role-playing game, Strategy, Third-person view, Top-down view, Puzzle, Board / Group Game, Turn-based

Game released: Linux, PC → 30 May 2005

ChessRogue is a third-person role-playing game with a mixture of strategy and...

Killer7

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

Game released: GameCube, PlayStation 2, PC → 15 July 2005

Players: 10/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Killer7 is a dynamic first-person shooter. The game tells the story of a 60-year-old killer and schizophrenic named Harman Smith. Smith has the power of the "God...

GripShift

Arcade, Racing, Third-person view, Puzzle, Sandbox

Game released: PlayStation 3, PSP, Xbox 360 → 4 January 2007

Metacritic: 71/100

GripShift is an arcade racing game that combines stunt driving with puzzle-like challenges on twisting tracks. Players choose from six characters and customize...

Puzzle

Best Games in the Puzzle genre of 2005 (Game released)