Puzzle 2003 for PlayStation 2 — 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: PlayStation 2 → 12 December 2003

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...

Syberia

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Point & Click

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 28 March 2003

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 66/100

Syberia is a legendary adventure puzzle game with a third-person view. The game tells the story of Kate Walker, a lawyer from New York, who goes on a...

Silent Hill 3

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Mysticism / Supernatural, Survival

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 5 August 2003

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 79/100

The game is a direct continuation of the first Silent Hill and tells about the already matured Heather, who finds herself in a heap of incredible...

Legacy of Kain: Defiance

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure, Slasher

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 9 May 2005

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 73/100

This third-person fantasy action-adventure follows two vampires: Kain, an all-powerful demigod, and Raziel, a demonic angel of death. They travel...

Beyond Good & Evil

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

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 14 November 2003

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...

I-Ninja

Action, Fighting, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 13 February 2004

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 75/100

I-Ninja — The game begins with a ninja in training (whose name is simply Ninja) sneaking into the enemy camp to save his sensei (who is simply...

Fatal Frame 2: Crimson Butterfly

Action, Horror, First-person view, Third-person view, Puzzle, Survival

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 12 February 2005

Players: 9.5/10

Metacritic: 81/100

This survival horror story follows twin sisters Mio and Mayu Amakura as they find themselves in an abandoned village. After spotting a crimson...

Curse: The Eye of Isis

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

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 15 December 2004

Players: 5.7/10

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 61/100

Set in 1890, this survival horror adventure begins at a British natural history museum, where a gang of thugs has stolen the Egyptian statue known as...

Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness

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

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 20 June 2003

Players: 5.8/10

Steam: 60/100

An action-adventure with platforming and puzzle elements follows Lara Croft after she is accused of murdering her former mentor, Werner Von Croy, and...

Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb

Action, Third-person view, Puzzle, Adventure

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 4 September 2003

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 70/100

This third-person action adventure sends Indiana Jones to China in 1935, where he must keep a powerful artifact from falling into the wrong hands...

Wallace & Gromit in Project Zoo

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 7 October 2003

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 65/100

This action-adventure platformer with puzzles follows Wallace and Gromit as they attempt to free a zoo from Feathers McGraw. The penguin has...

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds

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

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 24 October 2003

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 73/100

This third-person action-adventure based on the Buffy the Vampire Slayer series follows Buffy and her friends as they confront an ancient enemy known...

Disney's The Haunted Mansion

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 30 March 2004

Players: 9.9/10

Metacritic: 70/100

This third-person action horror game with puzzles follows Zeke Holloway as he tries to rid a haunted mansion of evil spirits while keeping fear at...

Kya: Dark Lineage

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 28 May 2005

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 69/100

This action platformer with puzzles follows Kya, who is stranded in a mysterious world and searches for her brother and a way home. She encounters...

Wild Arms 3

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Puzzle, Turn-based

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 21 February 2003

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 78/100

This role-playing game with turn-based combat and puzzles is set in the wasteland world of Filgaia, where fortune hunters known as Drifters roam the...

EyeToy: Play

Simulation, Action, Fighting, Football, Music game, Third-person view, Puzzle, Sports game, Arkanoid

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 11 February 2004

Metacritic: 80/100

A collection of 12 mini-games across several genres, controlled by the player’s movements in front of the camera. Activities include music, puzzles...

Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Point & Click

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 30 September 2004

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 55/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon — a murder has been committed in Paris — the victim was Vernon Blier, an underground hacker. It later...

Fatal Frame

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

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 9 October 2003

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 74/100

Fatal Frame is a Japanese-style third-person action-horror adventure game. Armed with a camera, the young girl Miku Hinasaki, along with an ancient...

Alter Echo

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

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 26 September 2003

Players: 6.5/10

Metacritic: 62/100

This third-person science-fiction action game, with fighting and puzzle elements, follows Nevin, a reluctant hero who can manipulate time and change...

Shrek Super Party

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

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 14 February 2003

Players: 1/10

Metacritic: 33/100

A party board game based on the Shrek animated film, where its characters compete in a collection of minigames. Players choose Shrek, Princess Fiona...

Silent Hill 2: Restless Dreams

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

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 28 February 2003

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Silent Hill 2: Restless Dreams is an enhanced version of the game, first released on XBox and later ported back to PS2 and PC. Most of the gameplay...

Fur Fighters

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 2 April 2003

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Fur Fighters is a third-person action platformer with puzzles, following a squad of furry commandos. The team sets out to free their families from...

Frogger's Adventures: The Rescue

Arcade, Action, Third-person view, Top-down view, Puzzle

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 29 October 2003

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 59/100

An arcade game with action and puzzle elements, Frogger travels through seven varied worlds, dodging enemies and searching for clues to solve...

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow

Action, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: PlayStation 2 → June 2007

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 50/100

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow — The player takes on the role of Jack Sparrow, Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann in typical...

Disney's Treasure Planet

Action, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 12 November 2002

Disney's Treasure Planet is a third-person action game with a hint of puzzle from the developers from Magenta Software Ltd.. The game is published by...

Jak 2

Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Adventure

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 11 March 2004

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 87/100

This futuristic action platformer with puzzles follows Jak, whose exposure to Dark Eco experiments has awakened an uncontrollable dark side...

Whiplash (2003)

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

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 5 March 2004

Metacritic: 67/100

Whiplash is an action platformer about two animals shackled together as they try to escape from an animal product-testing corporation and sabotage...

Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy

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

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 22 April 2004

Players: 6.5/10

Steam: 93/100

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...

Wild Arms Alter Code: F

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Puzzle, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 15 November 2005

Players: 6.3/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Set on the fantasy planet Filgaia, this turn-based role-playing game follows three heroes in a world threatened by harsh conditions and savage...

Rygar: The Legendary Adventure

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

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 10 July 2003

Metacritic: 52/100

This action-adventure game set in a world of Greco-Roman mythology follows the warrior Rygar as he travels across the sundered Island of Argus to...

Bombastic

Action, Strategy, Isometric, Puzzle

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 16 January 2004

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 72/100

This arcade puzzle game revolves around moving explosive dice that must be linked into matching combinations to clear each level. Once connected, the...

Galerians: Ash

Action, Horror, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Survival

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 28 March 2003

Metacritic: 50/100

A futuristic survival horror game with science-fiction elements, Galerians: Ash continues the series as a 3D action thriller. Six years after Rion...

Asterix and Obelix: Kick Buttix

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

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 14 September 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...

SEGA AGES 2500 Vol.7: Columns

Arcade, Action, Strategy, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 18 December 2003

SEGA AGES 2500 Vol.7: Columns is a third-person arcade game with action, strategy and puzzle elements from the masters of the 3D Ages studio. The...

Gregory Horror Show

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Anime / Manga

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 5 December 2003

Gregory Horror Show is a third-person action game with horror, puzzle and anime/manga elements from Capcom Co., Ltd.. The main publisher of the game...

Dark Cloud 2

Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 10 October 2003

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 87/100

This fantasy action RPG follows a young inventor and a time-travelling warrior as they uncover a secret linking the past, present and future. The...

Futurama

Action, Shooter, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Comics

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 14 August 2003

Metacritic: 59/100

An action-adventure game with shooter, platforming, and puzzle elements based on the animated series Futurama, it follows an attempt to stop Mom...

Herdy Gerdy

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 9 January 2003

Metacritic: 69/100

This platform game with puzzle elements follows Gerdy, an apprentice herder who travels across an island to lift an evil spell from his father. Along...

RTX: Red Rock

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

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 27 June 2003

Metacritic: 49/100

Set in 2103, this futuristic third-person shooter with puzzle elements follows an alien invasion of a Martian colony. Biomechanically enhanced...

Mojo!

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

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 26 August 2003

Metacritic: 63/100

A 3D puzzle game with action elements in which every move consumes Mojo energy. The player works through a chain of increasingly difficult stages...

Puzzle

Best Games in the Puzzle genre of 2003 for PlayStation 2