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: 8.5/10

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...

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...

Fez

Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: Xbox 360, PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, PS Vita, Mac, iOS, Nintendo Switch → 13 April 2012

Players: 7.1/10

Metacritic: 90/100

Fez is a side-scrolling indie adventure platformer. The action takes place in a 3D world, allowing the player to explore and traverse colorful worlds by rotating...

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...

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: 9/10

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...

In Sound Mind

Action, Shooter, Puzzle, First-person view, Horror

Game released: PC, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch → 28 September 2021

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 74/100

In Sound Mind is a psychological horror game with a first-person view. You wake up in the corridors of a strange building, where the environment takes on a life of...

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...

Unpacking

Arcade, Simulation, Business / Management, Isometric, Puzzle

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

Players: 9.4/10

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...

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...

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...

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...

Tetris Effect

Arcade, First-person view, Puzzle, Logic, Side view, Virtual Reality (VR)

Game released: PlayStation 4, PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5 → 18 August 2021

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 92/100

Tetris Effect — a classic arcade puzzle game for PlayStation VR virtual reality devices from the creators of Rez. The game is dedicated to the "Tetris syndrome...

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...

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...

Townscaper

Strategy, Arcade, Puzzle, Indie, Simulation

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

Players: 7.8/10

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...

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...

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...

Hoa

Platformer, Adventure, Puzzle, Action, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S → 24 August 2021

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Hoa is an indie platformer with a side view and elements of the puzzle. You are waiting for breathtaking drawings, hand -drawn, excellent music and a pacifying...

KeyWe

Indie, Arcade, Puzzle, Cooperative (co-op), Action, Isometric

Game released: PC, Xbox One → 31 August 2021

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 73/100

KeyWe is a cute co-op postal puzzle game starring Jeff and Debra, two little kiwi birds who work in a quaint post office. Having no hands, they must jump, clap...

PICO PARK

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

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...

Evergate

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

Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 1 September 2020

Players: 7.1/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Evergate is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer. The events of the game take place in an amazing afterlife, where two souls have to change their fate and...

Escape Simulator

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

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux → 19 October 2021

Players: 10/10

Escape Simulator is an adventure puzzle game with a first-person view. Alone or together with a friend, you can go explore mysterious rooms in which many riddles...

Hello Engineer: Scrap Machines Constructor

Action, Logic, Puzzle, Online, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future)

Game released: Stadia, PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch → 26 October 2021

Players: 8.8/10

The player is engaged in building various vehicles. The main characters are children who are opposed by a mysterious neighbor from Hello Neighbor. This time...

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...

TOEM

Arcade, Adventure, Isometric, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: PC, Mac, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, iOS, Android → 17 September 2021

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 79/100

A black-and-white adventure about travel, memories, and seeing the world through a camera lens. Everything is built around observation and the moment—each frame...

Alchemist Simulator

Action, Adventure, Simulation, First-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 23 October 2020

Players: 8.7/10

Alchemist Simulator is an unusual adventure simulator with a first-person view, where you try on the role of a real alchemist. As you progress, you will complete...

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...

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...

Paradise Lost

Adventure, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Puzzle

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 24 March 2021

Players: 6/10

Metacritic: 62/100

Paradise Lost is a first-person action-puzzle adventure that takes you to an alternate history where World War II did not end in 1945. After 20 years of military...

The Longing

Adventure, Side view, Puzzle, Arcade, Platformer

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

Players: 7.8/10

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...

Time Loader

Adventure, Platformer, Arcade, Indie, Puzzle

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 3 November 2021

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Time Loader is the adventure of a little robot who goes back in time to change the tragic events that forever changed the fate of his creator. All your actions will...

Webbed

Side view, Arcade, Puzzle, Platformer

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch → 9 September 2021

Players: 9.4/10

A game about a spider who goes on an exciting journey to save her lover from a bird. The main character can use the web to overcome obstacles and solve puzzles...

Recompile

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

Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 19 August 2021

Metacritic: 61/100

Recompile is a fast-paced third-person action platformer set in a sci-fi setting that takes you into a digital world filled with bosses, logical puzzles and...

Thomas Was Alone

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

Game released: Mac, PC, PlayStation 3, PS Vita, iOS, Android, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Wii U, Nintendo Switch → 30 June 2012

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Thomas Was Alone is a side-scrolling indie adventure platformer with puzzle elements. In this game, you have to guide a group of rectangles through a series of...

There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension

Adventure, Indie, Arcade, Isometric, Simulation, Puzzle, Role-playing game, Action

Game released: PC, Android, iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch → 6 August 2020

Players: 9.9/10

Metacritic: 88/100

There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension is an indie action-adventure game in the point and click genre with an isometric view and puzzle elements. This is a fun adventure...

S.W.A.N.: Chernobyl Unexplored

Action, Horror, Puzzle, First-person view

Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4 → 26 April 2021

S.W.A.N.: Chernobyl Unexplored is a sci-fi horror puzzle game set in the Chernobyl zone. The plot begins in the first few months after the disaster at the S.W.A.N...

I Am Dead

Indie, Adventure, Puzzle

Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, Mac, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 8 October 2020

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 78/100

I Am Dead is a heartwarming puzzle-adventure game about the afterlife from the creators of Hohokum and Wilmot's Warehouse, in which a deceased museum director...

Karma - Incarnation 1

Arcade, Adventure, Puzzle, Side view

Game released: PC, Mac, Android, iOS, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 19 October 2016

Players: 9.4/10

Karma — Incarnation 1 is a fun side-scrolling adventure. You have to get used to the role of a worm named Pip, who, according to the plan, was supposed to...

7 Billion Humans

Arcade, Top-down view, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android → 23 August 2018

Players: 8.8/10

7 Billion Humans is the sequel to the fun indie puzzle game Human Resource Machine. This time you have to automate a swarm of employees so that they become part of...

Vaporum: Lockdown

Role-playing game, Action, First-person view, Steampunk, Puzzle

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

Players: 7.1/10

Vaporum: Lockdown — a hardcore role-playing action game with a first-person view in a steampunk style, which is a prequel to the original game Vaporum. The events...

Puzzle

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