Puzzle 2021 for Nintendo Switch — top best games in the Puzzle genre

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 April 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...

Fez

Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 April 2021

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...

Unpacking

Arcade, Simulation, Business / Management, Isometric, Puzzle

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 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...

Sky: Children of the Light

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 June 2021

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...

Lamentum

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 31 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...

Hoa

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 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...

Tetris Effect

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 8 October 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...

Retro Machina

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 May 2021

Retro Machina is an action-adventure game with role-playing elements and an isometric camera view. In a world long devastated, the last city remains. Protected by a...

Townscaper

Strategy, Arcade, Puzzle, Indie, Simulation

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 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...

Out of Line

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 18 August 2021

Metacritic: 70/100

Out of Line is a side-scrolling adventure puzzle platformer set in a fantasy setting. An exciting journey awaits you, filled with mesmerizing puzzles and a vibrant...

Vaporum: Lockdown

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 March 2021

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...

Balan Wonderworld

Puzzle, Arcade, Indie, Platformer, Adventure, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Action

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 March 2021

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 43/100

Balan Wonderworld is an arcade action-platformer with puzzle and adventure elements in an anime style and a third-person view. Led by a mysterious maestro named...

Thomas Was Alone

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 February 2021

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...

Bonkies

Arcade, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Puzzle, Side view, Futurism (Future)

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 January 2021

Metacritic: 76/100

Bonkies is a fun side-scrolling co-op arcade puzzle game in a sci-fi setting, designed for up to 4 people to play together. Each player takes control of a highly...

Super Magbot

Adventure, Action, Side view, Indie, Platformer, Puzzle, Futurism (Future)

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 June 2021

Players: 5.5/10

Super Magbot is a fast-paced side-scrolling action platformer set in a sci-fi setting. In the game you will try on the role of a robot explorer who will have to...

TOEM

Arcade, Adventure, Isometric, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 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...

Weaving Tides

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

Game released: 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...

Haven Park

Isometric, Puzzle

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 5 August 2021

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 68/100

A bright game about a chick named Flint. He arranges his grandmother's park and helps visiting tourists. You will have to communicate a lot with various quirky...

Umurangi Generation

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 5 June 2021

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Umurangi Generation is an indie adventure shooter with a first-person view in a fantasy style. Set in Tauranga Aotearoa, in the wake of the looming crisis, you are...

Lost Words: Beyond the Page

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 April 2021

Metacritic: 76/100

Lost Words: Beyond the Page is an adventure puzzle-platformer with a side view set in a fantasy world, created by the writer of Mirror's Edge (2008), Tomb Raider...

Baldo: The Guardian Owls

Action, Adventure, Puzzle

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 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...

LEGO Builder's Journey

Arcade, Puzzle, Isometric

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 June 2021

Metacritic: 78/100

LEGO Builder's Journey is a lyrical puzzle game set in an amazing world. You will go on a journey with a father and his child, where they will have to assemble...

A Boy and His Blob

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 4 November 2021

Metacritic: 80/100

A Boy and His Blob is a fascinating puzzle-platformer with a side view in a sci-fi setting, which is a remake of David Crane's A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on...

The Longing

Adventure, Side view, Puzzle, Arcade, Platformer

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 April 2021

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...

Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion

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

Game released: 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...

Faraday Protocol

Adventure, Indie, Action, Puzzle, First-person view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 August 2021

Players: 1/10

Faraday Protocol is a first-person action-puzzle adventure set in a retro-futuristic style where you take on the role of an alien archaeologist who ends up in a...

Unbound: Worlds Apart

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 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...

Tandem: A Tale of Shadows

Adventure, Puzzle, Platformer, Fantasy

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 October 2021

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Young Emma and her teddy bear try to solve the mystery of the disappearance of the famous magician Thomas Kane. The game takes place in five worlds, imbued with the...

The Plane Effect

Adventure, Puzzle, Futurism (Future), Isometric

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 September 2021

The Plane Effect is a dark adventure puzzle game with an isometric camera view in a sci-fi setting. The game tells the story of an office worker named Solo, who is...

Chicory: A Colorful Tale

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 December 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...

Timelie

Logic, Puzzle, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Stealth, Adventure

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 December 2021

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Timelie is an adventure stealth puzzle game with an isometric camera view in a sci-fi setting where you need to manipulate time. In the game you have to control a...

Beyond a Steel Sky

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 30 November 2021

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...

Ayo the Clown

Role-playing game, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 July 2021

Metacritic: 75/100

Ayo the Clown is an adventure platformer with a variety of puzzles and role-playing elements. You have to help the cute clown Ayo in search of his missing dog Bo...

Mutropolis

Adventure, Puzzle, Science fiction

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 18 February 2021

Metacritic: 71/100

A science fiction adventure set on the abandoned planet Earth in the year 5000. The protagonist and a team of archaeologists are exploring the ruins of an ancient...

Minute of Islands

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 18 March 2021

Metacritic: 72/100

Minute of Islands is a side-scrolling adventure puzzle platformer set in a post-apocalyptic setting. In the game, you will take on the role of an experienced...

Beasts of Maravilla Island

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Casual game, Exploration, Fantasy

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 June 2021

Beasts of Maravilla Island is a casual action-adventure game with a third-person view in the fantasy genre. The protective magic of the island of Maravilla is...

PUSS!

Arcade, Puzzle, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 February 2021

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...

Dreaming Sarah

Metroidvania, Puzzle, Platformer, Adventure, Side view, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 5 March 2021

The girl Sarah got into an accident and is in a coma. You need to explore the dream world, collect objects and communicate with strange characters to help her wake...

Blizzard Arcade Collection

Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Isometric, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, Futurism (Future), Collection

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 February 2021

Metacritic: 77/100

Blizzard Arcade Collection is a re-release of three classic games in one set from Blizzard, which includes the updated Lost Vikings, Blackthorne and Rock 'n Roll...

Omno

Arcade, Third-person view, Adventure, Exploration, Logic, Indie, Platformer, Casual game, Puzzle

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 December 2021

Metacritic: 77/100

Omno is a third-person, open-world puzzle-platformer adventure game. In the game you will go to conquer the ancient world of wonders with many interesting riddles...

Puzzle

Best Games in the Puzzle genre of 2021 for Nintendo Switch