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
Statuses
Best Games in the Puzzle genre of 2015 (Game released)
Game released: PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, iOS, Android, Nintendo Switch → 3 September 2013
Players:
8.7/10
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...
Game released: iOS, Android, PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 28 October 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...
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: PC, Mac, Wii U, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android, Linux → 15 October 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...
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, 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: 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, 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: 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...
Metroidvania, Puzzle, Platformer, Adventure, Side view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Exploration, Casual game
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S → 13 March 2015
Steam:
90/100
The girl Sarah got into an accident and is in a coma. You need to explore the dream world, collect objects and communicate with strange characters to help her wake...
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android, Windows Phone, PS Vita, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3 → 24 September 2015
Players:
7.4/10
Steam:
77/100
Metacritic:
64/100
Doodle God is a casual, logical game for all ages. You will have four elements in your hands: air, water, earth and fire. By combining them, the player will receive...
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: PlayStation 2, PC, Windows Mobile, Xbox, Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch, Mac → 26 August 2005
Players:
8.7/10
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...
Game released: PC, Mac, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Wii U, Xbox One → 30 May 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...
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: 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...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Puzzle, Dungeons
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, iOS → 11 April 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...
Game released: iPad, iPhone, Nintendo DSi, PlayStation 4, Nintendo DS, iOS, PC, PlayStation 5 → 26 October 2011
Steam:
87/100
Metacritic:
78/100
This platform action game with metroidvania elements follows half-genie Shantae on an adventure through the magical land of Sequin. She faces the pirate Risky Boots...
Game released: DOS, Mac, PC-98, PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 → 23 September 1994
Players:
6.9/10
Steam:
91/100
Metacritic:
85/100
System Shock is a legendary shooter with a first-person view and elements of a role-playing game in a cyberpunk style. The game takes place in the year 2072, where...
Game released: PlayStation 4, PS Vita, PC, Mac, Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Linux → 27 January 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...
Game released: Android, iOS, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC, Mac, Linux → 19 August 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...
Game released: PC, Mac, Wii U, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Linux → 13 December 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...
Game released: iOS, Android, PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Windows Phone → 27 August 2015
Players:
8.5/10
Steam:
92/100
Metacritic:
84/100
Lara Croft GO is a turn-based tactical puzzle game with an isometric camera view about everyone's favorite tomb raider. The game continues the traditions of Hitman...
