Puzzle 2015 — top best games in the Puzzle genre

October 15, 2015

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Human Resource Machine is an indie puzzle game from the developer World of Goo. We have to use office workers to solve the next puzzle and get promoted to the next...

Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons

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

August 7, 2013

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons is a unique action-adventure game with many interesting puzzles. The story revolves around two brothers who must overcome obstacles and...

Fran Bow

Adventure, Horror, Puzzle, Point & Click

August 27, 2015

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 96/100

Fran Bow is an atmospheric point and click adventure with horror elements. A very interesting story awaits you of a girl who is not at all crazy. But still, the...

Walking Dead: Season 1

Action, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Post-apocalyptic, Interactive movie, Zombies, Point & Click

April 24, 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...

Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Third-person view, Collection, Puzzle

October 7, 2015

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 86/100

Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection is a collection that includes the first three games in the Uncharted series while making proper use of all the features of...

Resident Evil (1996)

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

March 22, 1996

Players: 8/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 91/100

Resident Evil (1996) — action-horror with a third-person view and puzzle elements. July 24, 1998. Monstrous murders began to occur in the vicinity of Raccoon...

Limbo

Action, Horror, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Indie

July 21, 2010

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 91/100

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...

Agent A: A Puzzle in Disguise

Adventure, Logic, Science fiction, Puzzle, Point & Click, Exploration

October 28, 2015

Players: 10/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Agent A is an episodic point and click adventure game for mobile platforms, made in the style of the sixties. You have to escape from various types of premises...

Resident Evil HD Remaster

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

November 27, 2014

Players: 8.9/10

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...

Kitty Powers' Matchmaker

Simulation, Business / Management, Puzzle, Side view, Adult game, Casual game, Indie

September 19, 2014

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Kitty Powers' Matchmaker is a fun dating simulator. The player runs his own dating agency under the leadership of Kitty Powers. You'll have to match endless clients...

Knock-knock

Arcade, Horror, Logic, Indie, Side view, Puzzle

October 4, 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...

Sanitarium

Adventure, Horror, Isometric, Puzzle, Point & Click

April 30, 1998

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 93/100

Sanitarium is a graphic quest with an isometric camera view and horror elements. The main character gets into a car accident and loses his memory. In a vain attempt...

White Day: A Labyrinth Named School

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

November 25, 2015

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 67/100

White Day: A Labyrinth Named School is an adventure horror game with a first-person view. The events of the game tell the story of schoolchildren who find...

Quiplash

Arcade, Puzzle, Board / Group Game, Logic, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game, Online, Comedy

June 30, 2015

Steam: 93/100

Quiplash is a fun quiz for a group of 3 to 8 people, in which participants must give the funniest answer to a given question. The player who scores the most points...

Talos Principle

Arcade, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Science fiction

December 11, 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...

Contrast

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Logic, Indie

November 14, 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...

Among the Sleep

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Puzzle, Indie

May 29, 2014

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 66/100

Among the Sleep is an adventure puzzle game with a first-person view and horror elements. The main character is a very young child. He is hiding from a mysterious...

Her Story

Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Mysticism / Supernatural, Detective, Puzzle, Exploration

June 23, 2015

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 89/100

Her Story is a mystical indie adventure with a first-person view. In this game, you sit in front of a mothballed desktop computer that is registered in a police...

Besiege

Puzzle, Logic, Sandbox, Simulation, Strategy, Action, Medieval era

January 28, 2015

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 94/100

A construction game in which the player creates unique medieval siege engines and uses them to destroy fortified fortresses. Players can build siege weapons...

Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power

Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Cooperative (co-op)

August 20, 2015

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 60/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power is a colorful continuation of the fantasy platformer from developers from Frozenbyte. The plot of the game tells about the...

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...

Teslagrad

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Indie, Steampunk

December 13, 2013

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Teslagrad is an arcade quest with platformer elements and futurism style. In this game, you use the power of electromagnetism to solve puzzles and battle horrors as...

Legend of Grimrock

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Puzzle, Dungeons

April 11, 2012

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Legend of Grimrock is an action role-playing game with a first-person view in a fantasy setting. A group of prisoners are sentenced to death by exile to the...

The Walking Dead: Season 2

Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Interactive movie, Zombies, Point & Click

December 17, 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...

Gems of War

Role-playing game, Online, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Logic, Free game, Match-3 (Three in a row), Puzzle

November 20, 2014

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 75/100

Gems of War is a logic puzzle game in the genre of three in a row with elements of a role-playing game. Players will find themselves in a vast universe in which...

Armikrog

Adventure, Futurism (Future), Logic, Point & Click, Puzzle

September 30, 2015

Players: 10/10

Steam: 62/100

Metacritic: 56/100

Armikrog is a plasticine adventure from the creators of NeverWicked and Jim the Worm. Join space explorer Tomminaut and his blind, talking alien dog, Keybeak, to...

Pac-Man 256

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

August 19, 2015

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Pac-Man 256 is a continuation of the popular top-down arcade game starring Pac-Man. The game is made in an unusual style: the main character is followed by a wave...

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...

The Swapper

Arcade, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Indie, Side view, Science fiction, Space

May 30, 2013

Players: 10/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Side-scrolling arcade puzzle platformer in a sci-fi setting. In this game, a lone astronaut will explore a cave created by aliens. In order to get to its secrets...

Year Walk

Adventure, Puzzle, Side view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Horror

February 21, 2013

Players: 10/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Year Walk is a first-person adventure set in 19th-century Sweden and based on an old ritual used to glimpse the future. The protagonist ventures into a dark forest...

Toby: The Secret Mine

Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Indie, Adventure

October 20, 2015

Steam: 65/100

Metacritic: 56/100

Toby: The Secret Mine is a side-scrolling arcade platformer with puzzle elements. The main character Toby is trying to find out where his friends disappeared. He...

Rusty Lake Hotel

Adventure, Indie, Puzzle, Side view, Horror, Point & Click

December 14, 2015

Players: 10/10

Steam: 94/100

Rusty Lake Hotel is a side-scrolling arcade adventure game with horror elements inspired by the cult TV series Twin Peaks by David Lynch. The plot centers on...

Grim Fandango Remastered

Arcade, Action, Third-person view, Puzzle, Adventure, Point & Click, Comedy

January 26, 2015

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 83/100

A puzzle adventure set in a blend of film noir and Mexican folklore. Manny Calavera works as a travel agent at the Department of Death, selling souls tickets for a...

Tormentum: Dark Sorrow

Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, , Puzzle

March 4, 2015

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Tormentum: Dark Sorrow is a fantasy adventure puzzle with horror elements. The game's protagonist is deprived of his memory and is imprisoned against his will in a...

Tetris Ultimate

Arcade, Puzzle, Side view, Casual game

November 11, 2014

Players: 5/10

Steam: 32/100

Metacritic: 64/100

Tetris Ultimate is the return of the iconic side-scrolling arcade puzzle game Tetris. The game has six game modes and multiplayer, which can take up to four people...

Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes

First-person view, Puzzle, Board / Group Game, Logic, Indie, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op)

October 8, 2015

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 98/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes is a co-op VR puzzle game about defusing a bomb. One of the participants has an explosive device with a timer on the screen, but...

In Verbis Virtus

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Fantasy, Exploration

May 22, 2014

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 78/100

This first-person fantasy adventure follows a wizard searching for an ancient power inside a lost temple. As the hero explores its forgotten chambers, they discover...

Infinifactory

First-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Construction

June 30, 2015

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 95/100

This first-person sandbox puzzle game is about building factories that assemble products for alien overlords. In a fully 3D environment, the player designs and runs...

Hitman GO

Strategy, Isometric, Turn-based, Tactics, Puzzle

April 17, 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...

Badland

Arcade, Adventure, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view

April 4, 2013

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Badland is an adventure, arcade puzzle platformer with a view. As a bizarre creature, you have to fly through colorful locations, avoiding various obstacles...

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Best Games in the Puzzle genre of 2015