Puzzle 2016 — top best games in the Puzzle genre

Nobodies: Murder cleaner - a game in the Puzzle genre

Game released: iOS, Android → 19 May 2020

Players: 9.7/10

Nobodies: Murder cleaner is an adventure puzzle game in the point and click genre. After the hitmen have eliminated their target, someone must clean up the mess...

Deponia

Adventure, Puzzle

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One → 6 August 2012

Players: 9/10

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...

Human Resource Machine

Puzzle, Logic, Indie

Game released: PC, Mac, Wii U, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android → 15 October 2015

Players: 9.1/10

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...

35MM

Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 28 May 2016

Players: 8.4/10

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...

Teslagrad

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

Game released: PC, Mac, Wii U, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 13 December 2013

Players: 7.7/10

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...

Human Fall Flat

Third-person view, Puzzle, Logic

Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 → 22 July 2016

Players: 7.8/10

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...

The Tiny Bang Story

Adventure, Puzzle, Side view

Game released: iOS, PC, Mac, Android, Windows Phone, Linux, Nintendo Switch → 28 January 2012

Players: 8.7/10

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...

SUPERHOT

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Virtual Reality (VR)

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 25 February 2016

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 83/100

SUPERHOT is a first-person shooter-puzzle game from the Polish studio SUPERHOT Team. The main feature of the game mechanics is the passage of time — only...

Haydee

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

Game released: PC → 26 September 2016

Players: 8.8/10

Haydee is a hardcore action puzzle game with a third-person perspective. In this game you control Gyde, a half-woman, half-robot, in search of a way out of a...

Yesterday Origins

Adventure, Puzzle

Game released: Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC, Mac, Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch → 17 November 2016

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 74/100

Yesterday Origins is a classic point-and-click adventure and the sequel to Pendulo Studios' Yesterday. The plot of the project tells about a man named John...

Rusty Lake Hotel

Adventure, Indie, Puzzle, Side view, Horror

Game released: PC, Mac, Android, iOS → 29 January 2016

Players: 10/10

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...

Machinarium

Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Side view

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

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...

The Witness

Arcade, Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Logic

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, iOS, Xbox One, Android → 26 January 2016

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 87/100

The Witness is an arcade adventure puzzle game with a first-person view. The action takes place on an island full of mysteries. The island is an open world where...

Flame in the Flood

Adventure, Isometric, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: PC, Mac, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 24 February 2016

Players: 8.5/10

Flame in the Flood is a survival adventure game in which the player will wander through procedurally generated levels, exploring the slums of the United States...

Unravel

Arcade, Adventure, Puzzle, Side view

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 9 February 2016

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Unravel is a side-scrolling arcade adventure with various puzzles. The platformer will tell the story of a knitted man — Yarny, who stretches like a ball with...

The Revenge of Johnny Bonasera: Episode 1

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

Game released: PC, Android, iOS, Mac, Linux → 1 October 2016

Players: 10/10

The Revenge of Johnny Bonasera: Episode 1 is an indie adventure quest in the point and click genre with puzzle elements. This is the story of Johnny Bonasera, a...

Eternal Maze Puzzle Adventure

Puzzle, Arcade, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: Android, iOS → 7 December 2016

Eternal Maze Puzzle Adventure is a top-down pixel puzzle game for mobile platforms. The game tells the atmospheric story of a farmer who gets lost in the fields of...

Psychonauts

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle

Game released: Linux, Mac, PlayStation 2, PC, Xbox, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4 → 12 June 2012

Players: 9.6/10

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...

Song of the Deep

Arcade, Adventure, Warships / Submarines, Puzzle, Side view

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 12 July 2016

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 69/100

Song of the Deep is a side-scrolling arcade adventure. The setting was a sunken city that hides many secrets and mysteries and where the main character’s father was...

Tricky Towers

Arcade, Puzzle, Board / Group Game, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 4, PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 2 August 2016

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 72/100

Tricky Towers is a side-scrolling arcade puzzle game inspired by the popular Tetris. As in the original game, you have to build a tower from familiar figures and...

Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle

Game released: PC, Mac → 27 October 2016

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You is a first-person puzzle adventure game based on George Orwell's novel 1984. You have to take on the role of Big Brother and monitor...

Blade & Bones

Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4 → 30 November 2016

Players: 7.1/10

Blade & Bones is an action role-playing game with a lot of riddles and puzzles and a third-person view. You have to explore a world filled with various secrets and...

Bridge Constructor

Arcade, Puzzle, Logic, Side view

Game released: PC, iOS, Android, Mac, Linux, Nintendo Switch, PS Vita, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 16 October 2013

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 62/100

Bridge Constructor is a side-scrolling arcade puzzle game. Using the proposed materials, you have to build the strongest bridge that can withstand various types of...

Resident Evil: Origins Collection

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

Game released: Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC → 22 January 2016

Resident Evil: Origins Collection is a special edition that contains re-releases of two legendary games in the Resident Evil series. You can expect updated versions...

The Room Three

First-person view, Puzzle, Logic

Game released: iOS, Android, Amazon Fire TV, PC → 4 November 2015

Players: 9.6/10

Metacritic: 90/100

The Room Three is a continuation of the point-and-click adventure puzzle game. The plot tells about a certain Master who locked the main character in an ominous...

Tumblestone

Arcade, Online, Puzzle, Logic, Match-3 (Three in a row)

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Wii U, Android → 12 July 2016

Metacritic: 71/100

Tumblestone is an arcade game with a mixture of online games and puzzles from the developers of The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild studio. The game is published by...

Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes

First-person view, Puzzle, Board / Group Game, Logic, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 → 8 October 2015

Players: 8.7/10

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...

House of 1000 Doors: Serpent Flame

Adventure, Arcade, Indie, Puzzle, Logic

Game released: PC, Mac → 16 June 2016

Players: 10/10

House of 1000 Doors: Serpent Flame is an arcade adventure hidden object game. As a young girl, Kate, you will explore a gloomy mansion and try to save the world...

Enigmatis 2: The Mists of Ravenwood

Adventure, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Android, iOS, Windows Phone, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 5 June 2014

Players: 7.7/10

Enigmatis 2: The Mists of Ravenwood is a hidden object adventure puzzle game set in a fantasy setting. You have to go on a dangerous adventure on the trail of a...

The Turing Test

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

Game released: Xbox One, PC, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X/S → 30 August 2016

Players: 6.6/10

Metacritic: 77/100

The Turing Test is a sci-fi action puzzle game with a first-person view. You will be transported to one of the largest moons of Jupiter — Europa. In the role...

Ori and The Blind Forest: Definitive Edition

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: PC, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 14 June 2016

Players: 9.8/10

Metacritic: 89/100

Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition is an expanded edition of the indie adventure platformer. The game tells the story of a little guardian spirit named...

Farm Animal Picture Match

Arcade, Educational game (Education), Puzzle

Game released: iOS, Android → 7 March 2016

Farm Animal Picture Match is an arcade educational puzzle game for kids. The player's main task is to find and match identical pictures of animals that can be found...

Terrarium Land

Arcade, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle

Game released: PC, Linux → 29 March 2016

Terrarium Land is a top-down arcade puzzle game in a futuristic setting. The main character of the game is the robot Tix, who is shipwrecked on an unknown planet...

Pocket Kingdom

Puzzle, Steampunk, Side view

Game released: PC, iOS → 8 December 2016

Players: 10/10

Pocket Kingdom is a fun puzzle platformer with a side view in steampunk style. You will play as an adventurer who goes in search of a mysterious kingdom. Expect...

Six Sides of the World

Logic, Puzzle, Science fiction, Arcade

Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, Wii U → 20 January 2016

Six Sides of the World is an atmospheric arcade puzzle game in a sci-fi setting, where you will explore various cubic planets that are filled with various traps. As...

Westport Independent

Strategy, Business / Management, Puzzle, Logic, Indie

Game released: PC, Mac, Android, iOS, Linux → 21 January 2016

Players: 6.9/10

Westport Independent — management strategy with logic puzzles. You will become the editor-in-chief of a newspaper, who edits news texts every day before...

Archibald's Adventures

Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Logic

Game released: PSP, iOS, Mac, PC → 16 July 2010

Archibald's Adventures is an arcade puzzle game with platform elements. As Archibald, you'll skate through a variety of levels, overcoming obstacles and solving...

UnderEarth

Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Indie

Game released: PC, Mac → 22 June 2016

UnderEarth is an adventure puzzle game with a first-person view. As a specialist engineer, you are sent to a large research and development complex to find out why...

Bridge Constructor Stunts

Arcade, Puzzle, Logic, Indie

Game released: iOS, Android, PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 24 September 2015

Players: 5.5/10

Bridge Constructor Stunts is an arcade puzzle game for mobile devices, where instead of bridges you will build ramps and trampolines. Even the slowest trucks will...

Goetia

Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC, Mac, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 14 April 2016

Players: 3.7/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Goetia is a point and click adventure with a side view. The main character is the ghost of a girl, Abigail Blackwood, who died forty years ago and returned to the...

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Best Games in the Puzzle genre of 2016 (Game released)