Puzzle 2021 — top best games in the Puzzle genre

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Indie, Survival, Comedy, Space

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 25 February 2021

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Breathedge is a science fiction adventure action game with a first-person view and survival elements. The game tells the story of an ordinary guy and his pet who...

100 Doors - Escape from Prison

Logic, Puzzle, Adventure, Hidden Objects, Casual game

Game released: PC, iOS, Android → 15 June 2022

Players: 7.2/10

100 Doors — Escape from Prison is an adventure point and click hidden object puzzle game. You will meet Beren, a young, curious journalist who finds herself...

Down in Bermuda

Adventure, Isometric, Puzzle, Indie, Casual game, Hidden Objects

Game released: PC, Mac, iOS, Xbox One, Android → 14 January 2021

The main character is a pilot named Milton, who gets caught in a storm and finds himself trapped in the famous Bermuda Triangle. He explores the islands and solves...

Sherlock Holmes Chapter One

Adventure, Puzzle, Action, Third-person view, Detective

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5 → 16 November 2021

Players: 7.2/10

Metacritic: 74/100

An adventure detective story about the legendary Sherlock Holmes from the creators of The Sinking City. The game tells the story of the famous detective's earlier...

LOLLIPOP!

Arcade, Puzzle, Adult game, Match-3 (Three in a row), Anime / Manga

Game released: PC → 1 June 2021

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 76/100

LOLLIPOP! is an anime arcade puzzle game for adults in the “three in a row” genre. For making combinations you will be rewarded with pictures and animations of sexy...

We Were Here Together

Arcade, Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 10 October 2019

Players: 7.7/10

A story about two companions trapped within the icy walls of an ancient citadel, where every room oozes mystery and the joker's laughter echoes through the gloomy...

The Longing

Adventure, Side view, Puzzle, Arcade, Platformer

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android → 5 March 2020

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 79/100

The Longing is an unusual game, the main feature of which lies in its length. The fact is that it will take 400 days to complete the game. Even if a player enters...

Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince

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

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Stadia → 8 October 2019

Players: 9.4/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince is a sequel to the popular side-scrolling puzzle platformer in a fantasy setting. This time, three heroes will go in search of the...

Townscaper

Strategy, Arcade, Puzzle, Indie, Simulation

Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One → 26 August 2021

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 63/100

Townscaper is a vibrant casual strategy game in which the player builds a city on an island. The player selects colors and creates blocks of houses on a grid, and...

Sky: Children of the Light

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Online

Game released: iOS, Android, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, PC → 18 July 2019

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Multiplayer adventure from the creators of Journey and Flower. Players take control of the Children of Light, who bring light from the heavens to where it is...

Myst

Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Virtual Reality (VR), Remake

Game released: PC, Mac, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PlayStation 5 → 26 August 2021

Players: 7.8/10

A remake of the iconic adventure quest Myst, released in 1993 and becoming one of the most influential games of its time. The story once again takes you to a...

Cube Escape Collection

Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Point & Click

Game released: PC, Mac, iOS, Android → 14 October 2020

Players: 9.5/10

Cube Escape Collection is an adventure puzzle game in the point and click genre. In this classic anthology of adventure games, you follow the path of Dale...

Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon

Top-down view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Logic, Match-3 (Three in a row), Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PC, iOS, Android → 13 December 2021

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon is an adventure puzzle game with roguelike elements in the Shovel Knight series. The game features 10 characters, a story mode and...

PICO PARK

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie, Side view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch → 7 May 2021

Players: 6.3/10

PICO PARK is a fun multiplayer puzzle platformer with action elements and a side view. In the game you need to collect all the keys in the level and get to the...

We Were Here

Horror, First-person view, Puzzle, Logic, Free game, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC, Mac, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 3 February 2017

Players: 8.8/10

An atmospheric co-op adventure where two strangers find themselves separated by the walls of an ancient castle amidst the Antarctic ice. One is trapped in a...

Not An Angels: Erotic Puzzle

Arcade, Puzzle, Adult game, Free game

Game released: PC, Mac → 8 January 2021

Players: 7.8/10

Not An Angels: Erotic Puzzle is a shareware arcade puzzle game for adults. By solving puzzles you can unlock sexually explicit images. As you progress, you will...

Call of the Sea

Adventure, Puzzle, First-person view

Game released: PC, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 → 8 December 2020

Players: 9.6/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Call of the Sea is an atmospheric first-person adventure set in the Pacific Ocean in 1934, inspired by the works of H. P. Lovecraft. Ira will tell the story of the...

Inscryption

Card game, Horror, Roguelike, First-person view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Puzzle

Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 19 October 2021

Players: 9.6/10

Metacritic: 86/100

Inscryption is a first-person card puzzle horror game from the creator of Pony Island. In the game, you will find yourself in the cabin of Leshy, from which you...

Neighbours Back From Hell

Logic, Puzzle, Side view, Action

Game released: Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC, iOS, Android → 8 October 2020

Players: 7.7/10

Neighbors Back From Hell is a modern re-release of two parts of the How to Get Your Neighbor puzzle. The new product received updated graphics, doubled frame rate...

Unpacking

Arcade, Simulation, Business / Management, Isometric, Puzzle

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4 → 2 November 2021

Players: 9.5/10

Metacritic: 83/100

Unpacking is a meditative arcade puzzle game with an isometric camera view, where you can relive the familiar experience of taking items out of boxes and putting...

The Room 4: Old Sins

Logic, Puzzle, First-person view, Adventure, Indie, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 11 February 2021

Players: 7.9/10

The Room 4: Old Sins is the continuation of the first-person puzzle adventure in the "The Room" series. The story of the game begins with the disappearance of an...

The Rewinder

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

Game released: PC, Mac, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S → 10 September 2021

An adventure based on Chinese mythology. The main character's name is Yun, he is the last known "Rewinder" who can communicate with spirits and examine other...

Baldo: The Guardian Owls

Action, Adventure, Puzzle

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, iOS → 27 August 2021

Baldo: The Guardian Owls is an action-adventure game with lots of puzzles for mobile platforms. You have to travel through the open world, fight enemies, including...

Chicory: A Colorful Tale

Adventure, Puzzle, Top-down view, Indie, Role-playing game

Game released: PC, Mac, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 10 June 2021

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 89/100

Chicory: A Colorful Tale is an adventure puzzle game with RPG elements and a top-down view. The game is about a dog who wields a magic brush. You'll use the power...

Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Horror, Isometric, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 22 April 2021

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion is an adventure RPG puzzle game with horror elements and an isometric view. You are a nice baby turnip who was declared an enemy of...

Beyond a Steel Sky

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

Game released: PC, Linux, iOS, Mac, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 16 July 2020

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 72/100

Beyond a Steel Sky is an action-adventure game with a third-person view in a sci-fi setting, which is a continuation of the cult Beneath a Steel Sky. In the game...

Do Something

Adventure, Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Horror, Post-apocalyptic, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 16 December 2021

Do Something is a third-person zombie action adventure game in the vein of Resident Evil, developed by just one person using the Unity engine. The events of the...

Firework

Indie, Adventure, Side view, Horror, Puzzle, Mysticism / Supernatural, Visual novel

Game released: PC → 4 February 2021

Players: 10/10

Firework is a side-scrolling indie horror adventure with visual novel elements. An accidental fire at a funeral forces police to re-investigate a closed mass murder...

PUSS!

Arcade, Puzzle, Side view

Game released: PC, Mac, PlayStation 4, Android, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 2 August 2018

Players: 9.7/10

Metacritic: 64/100

PUSS! — an acid arcade puzzle game with a side view, where you have to control a cat who has found himself in another dimension. The main task is to find a...

Golf Club Wasteland

Adventure, Golf, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Android, iOS → 3 September 2021

Players: 9.9/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Golf Club Wasteland is an adventure platformer with futuristic puzzle elements. The rich fled to Mars, but ventured back to desolate Earth for a round of golf. Each...

Scarf

Arcade, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 23 December 2021

The game tells the story of a cute creature named Haik, who wears a long red scarf. As you progress, this piece of clothing helps the hero fly, interact with the...

Moncage

Indie, Arcade, Puzzle, Platformer, First-person view

Game released: PC, iOS, Android → 15 November 2021

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Moncage is an abstract puzzle platformer with a first-person view where you explore a mysterious cube. Each face of the cube is a window into a unique world, and...

Heavenly Bodies

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

Game released: PC, Mac, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4 → 7 December 2021

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Heavenly Bodies is a co-op physics simulation game where astronauts solve various puzzles in zero gravity. Players will have to push, pull, and twist various...

Operation: Tango

Adventure, Online, Futurism (Future), First-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Puzzle, Casual game

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch → 1 June 2021

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 72/100

An espionage-themed action-adventure game in which two players undertake dangerous missions around the world. One player becomes an agent, and the second a hacker...

Lilulu

Puzzle, Isometric, Adventure, Anime / Manga

Game released: iOS, Android → 28 January 2021

Lilulu is an anime-style isometric puzzle adventure game. This is a game dedicated to the study of the mental state of the character Lilulu with an unusual mental...

Oddworld: Soulstorm

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 4, PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 6 April 2021

Players: 9.7/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Oddworld: Soulstorm is a continuation of the arcade platformer with a side view, where we will once again play as Abe the Mudokon. The events of the game will...

Path of Giants

Casual game, Indie, Puzzle, Adventure, Fantasy, Hidden Objects

Game released: PC, Mac, iOS, Android, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One → 15 February 2020

Players: 9.9/10

The player controls three explorers who are trying to find lost treasures in ice caves and snowy cliffs. You can switch between characters to use their skills to...

The Jackbox Party Pack 7

Arcade, Puzzle, Board / Group Game, Indie, Logic

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5 → 15 October 2020

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 76/100

The Jackbox Party Pack 7 is a new part of a collection of fun arcade games for a large company. The game has a lot of different mini-games that will not let you get...

Cyber Manhunt

Simulation, Indie, Role-playing game, Puzzle, Cyberpunk, Horror

Game released: PC, Mac, Android, iOS → 3 February 2021

Players: 6.8/10

Cyber Manhunt is an adventure simulator with role-playing elements in a cyberpunk setting, in which you can try yourself as a hacker. You have to monitor the...

Superliminal

Logic, Puzzle, First-person view, Adventure

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 5, iOS, Android → 5 November 2020

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 78/100

An adventure puzzle game based on optical illusions. The player solves various puzzles and interacts with objects using an ambiguous perspective. With its help, you...

Puzzle

Best Games in the Puzzle genre of 2021 (Game released)