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 2009

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Manhunt 2

Action, Horror, Stealth, Third-person view, Puzzle, Adult game

October 29, 2007

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 66/100

Manhunt 2 is a continuation of the scandalous action game with a third-person view and horror elements. During secret laboratory tests, a fatal mistake occurred...

Tomb Raider: Underworld

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

November 18, 2008

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Tomb Raider: Underworld is a third-person adventure action game in which Lara Croft explores ancient and uncharted locations concealing mysteries of the underworld...

Silent Hill

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

February 24, 1999

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 86/100

Silent Hill is a mesmerizing action-horror game with a third-person view and puzzles. The events of the game will tell the story of writer Harry Mason, who went to...

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...

Tomb Raider: Legend

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

April 7, 2006

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 75/100

This third-person action-adventure follows Lara Croft as she travels the world in search of one of history’s greatest artifacts. The quest brings figures from her...

Syberia

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

May 30, 2002

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 66/100

Syberia is a legendary adventure puzzle game with a third-person view. The game tells the story of Kate Walker, a lawyer from New York, who goes on a deal to sell...

Resident Evil (2002)

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

March 22, 2002

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Resident Evil (2002) — third-person horror game with puzzle elements. The game is distinguished by its photorealistic environment. The game features new...

Machinarium

Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Combat robots, Point & Click, Side view

October 16, 2009

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 87/100

Machinarium is an amazing quest about the robot Josef, who seeks to return his beloved. The game has mesmerizing hand-drawn graphics and truly mind-bending puzzles...

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...

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...

Return to Mysterious Island 2

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

June 19, 2009

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 64/100

Return to Mysterious Island 2 is an adventure logic puzzle game with a first-person view in the point and click genre. Mina's rescue at the end of the first game...

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...

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

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

October 28, 2003

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 88/100

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is an action-adventure game with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. Among the scorched sands of Persia, an ancient legend...

Gardenscapes

Adventure, First-person view, Top-down view, Puzzle, Match-3 (Three in a row)

October 1, 2009

Players: 6.7/10

Gardenscapes is a fun, top-down adventure with puzzle elements. You have to combine identical objects into one row while traveling through the garden. After each...

Mystery Case Files: Ravenhearst

Action, Third-person view, Puzzle, Hidden Objects, Point & Click

December 15, 2006

Steam: 89/100

This point-and-click hidden-object adventure follows the mysteries of Ravenhearst Manor, whose history has been surrounded by rumors for decades. Taking the role of...

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...

Coraline

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle

January 27, 2009

Players: 6/10

Metacritic: 42/100

This action-adventure game with puzzles is based on the film Coraline and unfolds in 3D environments, including the Pink Palace and the unpredictable Other World...

Worms 2: Armageddon

Strategy, Puzzle, Turn-based, Tactics, Side view

July 1, 2009

Players: 7.4/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Worms 2: Armageddon is a special edition of the tactical strategy Worms 2 for consoles and mobile devices. The game will tell about the famous and “unsinkable...

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...

Prey 2006

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

July 11, 2006

Players: 8/10

Prey is an adventure shooter with a first-person view in a sci-fi setting. The events of the game will tell the story of a young mechanic, Tommy, from the Cherokee...

LittleBigPlanet

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

October 27, 2008

Players: 9.3/10

Metacritic: 91/100

LittleBigPlanet — Players can control a fully customizable Sackperson (often known as Sackboy). This Sackperson is controlled using the left analog stick...

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...

Angry Birds

Tactics, Logic, Puzzle, Side view

December 11, 2009

Players: 8/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Angry Birds is a tactical puzzle game with a side view. In this game you have to take revenge on the greedy pigs who stole the eggs. You will be able to use the...

Resident Evil Zero

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

November 12, 2002

Players: 7.4/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Resident Evil Zero is an exciting action-horror game with a third-person view in the Resident Evil universe. One of the S.T.A.R.S. units sent to the vicinity of the...

4 Elements

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

August 25, 2008

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 88/100

This fantasy match-3 puzzle follows an ancient kingdom whose four-element magic has been corrupted by evil forces. The player must restore the altars and return...

Trine

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Cooperative (co-op)

July 2, 2009

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 82/100

This fantasy action-platformer with physics-based puzzles follows a wizard, a knight and a thief whose fates become bound by a mysterious artifact called the Trine...

A Vampyre Story

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

May 31, 2008

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 74/100

This comic adventure follows Mona, a young opera singer kidnapped by vampire Baron Shrowdy von Kiefer and held in a castle in the gloomy land of Draxsylvania. When...

Peggle

Arcade, Puzzle, Logic, Side view, Match-3 (Three in a row), Casual game

February 27, 2007

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 88/100

Peggle is a fun side-scrolling arcade puzzle game. You have to shoot a limited number of balls at the walls and at the same time you need to hit the multi-colored...

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)

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

June 30, 2009

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 60/100

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) — in the game you can freely travel throughout all the lands of Hogwarts and cast spells on any object, like its...

Cube Escape

Puzzle, Horror, Adventure, Detective, Online, Free game, Point & Click

June 9, 2009

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 95/100

A detective named Dale Vandermeer finds himself in a strange room and cannot remember how he got here. He must solve all the puzzles to get free and get his...

Whispered World

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

August 28, 2009

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 70/100

This point-and-click fantasy adventure follows Sadwick, who dreams of a mysterious blue sphere and a world collapsing around him. The oracle Shana foretells the end...

Tomb Raider 4: The Last Revelation

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

November 15, 1999

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 84/100

This action-adventure with platforming elements follows Lara Croft as she accidentally frees the god Set from a secret tomb in Egypt. To stop him and prevent the...

Sublustrum

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle

May 29, 2008

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 63/100

This first-person adventure puzzle follows a middle-aged writer who receives a strange invitation from a brother he has not seen for years. When he arrives, his...

Spyro: Year of the Dragon

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle

October 10, 2000

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 91/100

This platform action game follows Spyro as he sets out to recover a brood of stolen dragon eggs. A gateway to the Forgotten World has been uncovered in the Dragon...

Path

Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Walking Simulator, Indie

March 18, 2009

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 79/100

This horror adventure set in the modern day draws on older versions of the Little Red Riding Hood tale. Six sisters are sent one at a time through the forest to...

Braid

Action, Strategy, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Sandbox, Indie

August 6, 2008

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 92/100

Braid is a 2D puzzle-platformer with painterly visuals. Setting out from a house in the city, the protagonist travels through a series of worlds to rescue an...

Secret Files 2: Puritas Cordis

Adventure, Puzzle, Point & Click

August 29, 2008

Players: 10/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 64/100

Secret Files 2: Puritas Cordis — Point and Click quest with puzzle elements. The world is in crisis. The elements and devastation are raging everywhere. Our...

Edge (2010)

Action, Platformer, Isometric, Puzzle, Indie

January 4, 2009

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 77/100

A retro-styled platformer with puzzle elements in which the player controls a cube and rolls through levels. Along the way, the cube collects prisms and searches...

Myst (1995)

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

September 24, 1993

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

Pikmin 2

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

April 29, 2004

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 90/100

This strategy game with action and puzzle elements follows Captain Olimar as he returns to the planet inhabited by the Pikmin to collect treasure and save his...

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