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).
Years
Platforms
PlayStation 3Xbox 360PS VitaPSPNintendo 3DSNintendo DSWindows PhoneAmazon Fire TVNvidia ShieldOuyaBlackBerry
Statuses
Best Games in the Puzzle genre of 2014 (Game released)
Action, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Post-apocalyptic, Interactive movie, Zombies, Point & Click
Game released: PC, Mac, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, iOS, PS Vita, Ouya, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Wii U, Nintendo Switch → 24 April 2012
Players:
9.2/10
Steam:
97/100
Metacritic:
83/100
Walking Dead: Season 1 is an episodic third-person interactive adventure based on Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead comics. The main character is a black guy named...
Game released: Android, iPad, Linux, Mac, PC, PS Vita, iPhone, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Windows Phone, BlackBerry, iOS, Xbox One → 10 May 2012
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...
Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Nintendo Switch → 20 January 2015
Players:
9/10
Metacritic:
82/100
Resident Evil HD Remaster is an improved edition of the legendary action-horror game with a third-person view for modern platforms. The game will delight you with...
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, iOS, Android, Windows Phone, PS Vita, Xbox One → 4 October 2013
VGTimes:
7.0/10
Players:
8.4/10
Steam:
88/100
Metacritic:
57/100
Knock-knock is an adventure puzzle game with horror elements and a side view. In the depths of a dense forest there is a wooden house. A man lives in this house...
Game released: Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, PC, Windows Mobile, Xbox, iOS, Android, Mac, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 → 25 November 2008
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...
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Android, iOS, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 → 11 December 2014
Players:
9.4/10
Steam:
95/100
Metacritic:
85/100
Talos Principle is a first-person adventure puzzle game in a sci-fi setting from the creators of Serious Sam. In an unknown place, deserted and seemingly divorced...
Game released: PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 29 September 2014
Players:
8/10
Steam:
89/100
Metacritic:
74/100
Sherlock Holmes: Crimes & Punishments is a third-person adventure detective story based on the works of Arthur Conan Doyle. This time the famous detective will have...
Game released: Mac, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC, PS Vita, iOS, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Android, Nintendo Switch → 21 December 2011
Players:
8.7/10
Steam:
69/100
Metacritic:
88/100
A dark adventure platformer built on the atmosphere of silence, loneliness, and constant danger. The story tells about a boy who sets out to find his missing...
Game released: PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android → 22 November 2013
Players:
6.7/10
Steam:
89/100
Metacritic:
61/100
Contrast is a puzzle platformer that combines a three-dimensional fantasy world with a mysterious two-dimensional shadowscape. Its central mechanic is shifting...
Game released: iOS, Android, PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S → 3 April 2014
Players:
8.6/10
Steam:
97/100
Metacritic:
89/100
Meditative puzzle with minimalistic graphics. In the game, each level is an independent story, designed in its own unique style, where the building becomes not just...
Game released: PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Mac, iOS, PS Vita, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Wii U, Nintendo Switch → 17 December 2013
Players:
8.9/10
Steam:
95/100
Metacritic:
80/100
In a post-apocalyptic world overrun by the undead, Clementine searches for safety and learns to survive after being orphaned. The Walking Dead: Season 2 continues...
Game released: PC, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, iOS, Android, Nintendo Switch → 25 June 2014
Players:
9.4/10
Steam:
93/100
Metacritic:
80/100
Valiant Hearts: The Great War is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set during the First World War. The game tells the story of five people who help a...
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 11 August 2014
Players:
10/10
Steam:
95/100
Metacritic:
84/100
Mini Metro is a real-time management strategy where you can understand all the intricacies of the subway. Your task is simple — to develop a metro scheme in a...
Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Android, Mac, Linux → 6 June 2013
Players:
7.7/10
Steam:
94/100
Metacritic:
84/100
Trine 2: Complete Story is a complete edition of the atmospheric action platformer with a side view in the fantasy setting of Trine 2, which contains all previously...
Game released: iOS, Android, PC, Windows Phone, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Linux → 17 April 2014
Players:
7.4/10
Steam:
85/100
Metacritic:
77/100
A turn-based strategy puzzle set in the Hitman universe, where Agent 47 tackles missions across levels presented as miniature dioramas. The player moves along fixed...
Game released: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC, Wii U, Mac, Linux, iOS, Amazon Fire TV → 23 January 2013
VGTimes:
6.0/10
Players:
9.1/10
Steam:
84/100
Metacritic:
69/100
The Cave is a new creation by Ron Gilbert, the father of the cult games Monkey Island and Maniac Mansion, as well as Double Fine Productions, the studio responsible...
