Puzzle 2004 for GameCube — top best games in the Puzzle genre

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time - a game in the Puzzle genre

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure, Parkour

Game released: GameCube → 26 February 2004

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 88/100

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is an action-adventure game with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. Among the scorched sands of Persia, an ancient legend...

Beyond Good & Evil

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

Game released: GameCube → 27 February 2004

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 86/100

This science-fiction action adventure takes place on Hyllis, a planet under siege by an alien race. Young reporter Jade becomes involved with the rebel organization...

Resident Evil Code: Veronica

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

Game released: GameCube → 12 March 2004

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Resident Evil Code: Veronica is a dark action-horror game with a third-person view in the Resident Evil universe. The game will tell about the events taking place...

Puyo Pop Fever

Strategy, In real time, Puzzle, Anime / Manga

Game released: GameCube → 20 July 2004

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 72/100

An arcade puzzle game built around matches in which players link colored Puyos into chains and send nuisance pieces to their opponents. In Fever Mode, the goal is...

Pikmin 2

Action, Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: GameCube → 8 October 2004

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 90/100

This strategy game with action and puzzle elements follows Captain Olimar as he returns to the planet inhabited by the Pikmin to collect treasure and save his...

Scooby Doo!: Mystery Mayhem

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: GameCube → 2 March 2004

Metacritic: 55/100

This puzzle-focused action adventure follows Scooby-Doo and his friends as they investigate a series of ghost sightings. Their routine case takes a dangerous turn...

Metroid Prime 2: Echoes

Arcade, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle

Game released: GameCube → 26 May 2005

Metacritic: 92/100

This science-fiction first-person shooter follows bounty hunter Samus Aran as she searches for missing Federation troopers on Aether, a planet divided into light...

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)

Action, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: GameCube → 2 June 2004

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 68/100

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) — the game is very similar to its predecessors, such as the Philosopher's Stone and Know Wonder's Chamber of...

Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy

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

Game released: GameCube → 20 February 2004

Players: 6.5/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 74/100

This third-person action-adventure draws on the mythology of ancient Egypt. Sphinx travels between worlds through magical portals to thwart Set’s plans and recover...

Dragon's Lair 3D: Return to the Lair

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: GameCube → 9 April 2004

Metacritic: 63/100

This third-person fantasy action platformer with puzzles follows Dirk the Daring, a brave but clumsy knight, through the dangerous, labyrinthine halls of a castle...

Pure Evil 2-pack

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

Game released: GameCube → 22 December 2004

Pure Evil 2-pack is a third-person action game with a touch of horror and puzzle. The main publisher of the game is Capcom Co., Ltd.. The game is sometimes also...

Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius - Attack of the Twonkies (2004)

Action, Third-person view, Puzzle, Adventure

Game released: GameCube → 11 February 2005

Metacritic: 65/100

This action-adventure with puzzle-solving follows an invasion of Retroville by aliens from the comet Twonkus-3. Music agitates the creatures, causing them to...

Mario Party 6

Action, Strategy, Platformer, Third-person view, Top-down view, Puzzle, Board / Group Game, Mario Game

Game released: GameCube → 18 March 2005

Metacritic: 71/100

A party board game featuring characters from the Mushroom Kingdom, with players competing in minigames and using a microphone for voice-controlled challenges. Mario...

Carmen Sandiego: The Secret of the Stolen Drums

Action, Stealth, Platformer, First-person view, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: GameCube → 13 September 2004

Metacritic: 54/100

An action-adventure with stealth and platforming elements follows A.C.M.E. agent-in-training Cole Gannon as he investigates the disappearance of African antiquities...

Tak 2: The Staff of Dreams (2004)

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: GameCube → 11 October 2004

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 73/100

This action platformer with puzzles follows Tak as he sets out to recover the Nightmare Scepter and defeat the evil shaman Tlaloc. Now more experienced, he learns...

SpongeBob SquarePants: The Movie (2004)

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: GameCube → 27 October 2004

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 74/100

An action platformer based on the film, in which SpongeBob and his friend Patrick set out on a perilous journey to Shell City to retrieve King Neptune’s stolen...

Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures

Arcade, Action, Third-person view, Top-down view, Puzzle, Legend of Zelda

Game released: GameCube → 7 April 2005

Metacritic: 86/100

An action-adventure in the world of The Legend of Zelda, where Link uses the magical Four Swords to split into four colored copies and oppose Vaati’s forces. The...

Asterix and Obelix: Kick Buttix

Action, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Comics

Game released: GameCube → 18 June 2004

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 59/100

This action-adventure with puzzles is set in 50 BC, when Rome has occupied nearly all of Gaul. While Asterix and Obelix are out hunting, Caesar’s troops capture the...

Polar Express (2004)

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: GameCube → 2 November 2004

Metacritic: 40/100

This action-platformer with puzzles, based on the film The Polar Express, follows a train journey to meet Santa Claus at the North Pole. A mysterious Conductor...

Spyro: A Hero's Tail

Action, Platformer, Puzzle

Game released: GameCube → 12 November 2004

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 62/100

This action platformer with puzzle elements follows Spyro as he defends the Dragon Realms from the evil Red Dragon. The villain has scattered light-sapping Dark...

Pitfall: The Lost Expedition (2004)

Action, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: GameCube → 20 February 2004

Players: 7.4/10

Metacritic: 71/100

This third-person action adventure with puzzles takes place in the jungles of Peru, where treasure hunter Pitfall Harry searches for ancient artifacts and races...

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Best Games in the Puzzle genre of 2004 for GameCube