Puzzle 2021 — top best games in the Puzzle genre

100 Doors - Escape from Prison - a game in the Puzzle genre

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...

Breathedge

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Tiny Room Stories Town Mystery

Puzzle, Detective, Hidden Objects, Exploration, Indie

Game released: PC, Android, iOS, Mac → 26 February 2021

Players: 9.7/10

The main character of the game is a private detective who went to a small town at the request of his father. All the residents of the city have disappeared, and...

Protocol

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

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 20 November 2018

Players: 9.5/10

Protocol is an exciting adventure shooter with a first-person view and support for virtual reality devices. The main character goes to the Arctic Circle, where he...

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...

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...

Lamentum

Adult game, Adventure, Action, Side view, Indie, Puzzle

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

Players: 8/10

Lamentum is a dark side-scrolling action adventure game set in New England in the mid-19th century. The game tells the story of a young aristocrat named Victor. He...

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...

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...

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...

Unbound: Worlds Apart

Adventure, Action, Platformer, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, Logic, Puzzle

Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One → 28 July 2021

Metacritic: 78/100

Unbound: Worlds Apart is an atmospheric puzzle platformer with a side view in a fantasy setting. The main character, named Soli, can create magical portals...

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...

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...

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...

Roki

Adventure, Indie, Side view, Puzzle

Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 23 July 2020

Players: 9.4/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Roki is an atmospheric side-scrolling adventure steeped in the spirit of Scandinavian folklore. The game will tell the story of a young girl, Tova, who goes on a...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Weaving Tides

Adventure, Puzzle, Platformer, Action, Top-down view, Indie, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PC, Mac, Nintendo Switch → 27 May 2021

Weaving Tides is an atmospheric puzzle platformer with an isometric camera view in a fantasy setting. In the game you will go to conquer the wonderful world of...

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...

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...

The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark

Side view, Adventure, Puzzle

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One X, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Stadia, Android → 15 April 2021

Metacritic: 84/100

The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark is a point and click adventure puzzle game with a side view. Twin Lakes is a damn town. Damned enough to pay attention...

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...

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...

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