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

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 April 2021

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 72/100

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...

Little Nightmares 2

Arcade, Adventure, Horror, Platformer, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Puzzle

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 February 2021

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Little Nightmares 2 is a continuation of the horror platformer with quest elements. This time a co-op has appeared in the game and the two of you will have to...

Townscaper

Strategy, Arcade, Puzzle, Indie, Simulation, Construction, Sandbox, Casual game, City Building

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 August 2021

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 95/100

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, Open world, Exploration

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 June 2021

Players: 9/10

Steam: 86/100

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...

The Longing

Adventure, Side view, Puzzle, Arcade, Platformer, Point & Click, Walking Simulator, Exploration

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 April 2021

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 92/100

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...

Unpacking

Arcade, Simulation, Business / Management, Isometric, Puzzle, Casual game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 2 November 2021

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 93/100

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...

Dreaming Sarah

Metroidvania, Puzzle, Platformer, Adventure, Side view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Exploration, Casual game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 5 March 2021

Steam: 90/100

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...

TOEM

Arcade, Adventure, Isometric, Puzzle, Indie, Exploration

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 September 2021

Players: 9/10

Steam: 98/100

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...

S.W.A.N.: Chernobyl Unexplored

Action, Horror, Puzzle, First-person view, Survival horror, Adventure

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 September 2021

Steam: 63/100

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...

Chicory: A Colorful Tale

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 December 2021

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 97/100

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, Exploration

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 April 2021

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 95/100

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...

Tetris Effect

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 8 October 2021

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 94/100

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...

Thomas Was Alone

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Adventure, Side view, Science fiction

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 February 2021

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 93/100

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...

Atelier Ryza 2: Lost Legends & the Secret Fairy

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Anime / Manga, Adventure, In real time, Exploration, Crafting, Turn-based, Puzzle

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 3 December 2020

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Atelier Ryza 2: Lost Legends & the Secret Fairy is a Japanese-style role-playing adventure viewed from the third person, which is a sequel to Atelier Ryza: Ever...

LEGO Builder's Journey

Arcade, Puzzle, Isometric, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 June 2021

Steam: 80/100

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...

Hoa

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 August 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 92/100

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...

Rain on Your Parade

Action, Isometric, Comedy, Indie, Casual game, Puzzle, Stealth

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 April 2021

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 78/100

A fun arcade game with an isometric camera view. A mischievous cloud wants to ruin the lives of absolutely everyone on the planet. She travels the world inventing...

Weaving Tides

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 May 2021

Steam: 83/100

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...

PUSS!

Arcade, Puzzle, Side view, Indie, Horror, Demons

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 February 2021

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 92/100

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...

Fez

Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 April 2021

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 91/100

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...

Twelve Minutes

Action, Adventure, Top-down view, Indie, Point & Click, Puzzle

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 7 December 2021

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 68/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Twelve Minutes is an interactive top-down thriller that follows the relationship of a married couple whose lives are dramatically changed by a police officer who...

Lamentum

Adult game, Adventure, Action, Side view, Indie, Puzzle, Survival horror, Exploration, Horror

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 31 August 2021

Players: 8/10

Steam: 87/100

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...

The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark

Side view, Adventure, Puzzle, Point & Click, Detective, Comedy

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 April 2021

Steam: 95/100

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...

Baldo: The Guardian Owls

Action, Adventure, Puzzle, Role-playing game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 August 2021

Steam: 66/100

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...

Genesis Noir

Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Point & Click, Exploration, Puzzle

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 March 2021

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Genesis Noir is a third-person noir adventure where you have to save humanity from destruction. The event itself will tell the secrets of the universal Big Bang and...

Creepy Tale 2

Action, Adventure, Indie, Side view, Point & Click, Puzzle

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 7 October 2021

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 86/100

Creepy Tale 2 is a continuation of the action-adventure game with a side view and horror elements. These are dark times. A mysterious evil is terrorizing the...

A Boy and His Blob

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 4 November 2021

Steam: 82/100

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...

Tetragon

Puzzle, Side view, Platformer, Arcade, Fantasy / Medieval, Casual game, Adventure

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 August 2021

Steam: 64/100

Tetragon is a fun side-scrolling puzzle platformer in a fantasy setting. The game takes place in the world of Tetragon — a huge mysterious universe with...

Backworlds

Free game, Logic, Puzzle, Side view, Platformer, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 May 2021

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 97/100

Backworlds is a side-scrolling adventure puzzle platformer in which you can influence the game world using a special eraser. This is what the main game mechanics...

Greak: Memories of Azur

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Fantasy, Metroidvania, Puzzle

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 August 2021

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Greak: Memories of Azur is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer. You will take on the role of three siblings: Grek, Adara and Rydel, who will guide them...

Inked: A Tale of Love

Arcade, Platformer, Isometric, Puzzle, Casual game, Adventure

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 August 2021

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Inked: A Tale of Love is a hand-drawn adventure puzzle platformer with an isometric camera view. You will take on the role of a nameless samurai who must go through...

Kathy Rain: Director’s Cut

Adventure, Side view, Point & Click, Detective, Puzzle

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 October 2021

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 87/100

Kathy Rain: Director's Cut is a side-scrolling point and click adventure. Extended version of the plot: with a longer final part, hundreds of lines of additional...

Beyond a Steel Sky

Adventure, Futurism (Future), Third-person view, Action, Puzzle, Point & Click, Cyberpunk

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 30 November 2021

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 88/100

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...

TOHU

Adventure, Side view, Point & Click, Casual game, Puzzle

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 January 2021

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 70/100

TOHU is a cute 2D platformer in an unusual setting. In the game you have to try on the role of a heroine who can turn into her mechanical alter ego. Together with...

Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania

Arcade, Third-person view, Platformer, Puzzle, Logic, Board / Group Game, Cooperative (co-op), Action, Online

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 5 October 2021

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania is a remaster of the exciting third-person arcade game in the Super Monkey Ball series. Expect 300 recreated labyrinth levels (from...

Omno

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 December 2021

Steam: 91/100

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...

Minute of Islands

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 18 March 2021

Steam: 78/100

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...

Let's play! Oink Games

Arcade, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Board / Group Game, Casual game, Online

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 December 2021

Steam: 79/100

Let's play! Oink Games is a collection of exciting board games for a fun company, where you and your friends will go in search of underwater treasures, become big...

Blizzard Arcade Collection

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

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...

The Game of Life 2

Isometric, Puzzle, Board / Group Game, Tactics, Business / Management, Online, Card game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 March 2021

Players: 5.3/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 53/100

The Game of Life 2 is a board game with tactical elements and an isometric view. You will be able to choose and change your character. The journey of life requires...

Puzzle

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