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 2016 (Game released)
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: PC, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Mac → 22 July 2016
Players:
7.8/10
Steam:
95/100
Metacritic:
69/100
Human: Fall Flat is an arcade puzzle game in a large open world with a third-person view. You'll be able to explore the environment and solve physics puzzles to...
Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Mac, Linux → 6 August 2012
Players:
9/10
Steam:
77/100
Metacritic:
73/100
Deponia is a fun point and click adventure with lots of puzzles. The game will allow you to plunge into a fantastic comedy adventure revolving around the incredible...
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...
Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Post-apocalyptic, Walking Simulator, Survival horror, Hidden Objects
Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 28 May 2016
Players:
8.4/10
Steam:
57/100
35MM is a post-apocalyptic adventure with a first-person view from domestic developer Sergei Noskov. The game takes place in Russia, where a mysterious epidemic has...
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: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5 → 18 October 2016
Players:
5.2/10
Steam:
82/100
Metacritic:
73/100
A collection of two games that recreate the magical world of Harry Potter in LEGO style, covering all seven books and eight films. Players are immersed in a journey...
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: 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...
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 → 8 October 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...
Game released: iOS, PC, Mac, Android, Windows Phone, Linux, Nintendo Switch → 28 January 2012
Players:
8.7/10
Steam:
86/100
Metacritic:
63/100
The game takes place in a funny universe where you need to piece together a planet destroyed by a meteorite. The game uses point-and-click mechanics in the best...
Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch, Mac, Linux → 30 August 2016
Players:
9.4/10
Steam:
92/100
Metacritic:
77/100
Hue is a side-scrolling arcade puzzle game with platforming elements. In it you have to remake the world by changing its background color. Together with a character...
Game released: iOS, Android, PC, Windows Phone, PlayStation 4, PS Vita → 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: 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...
