Puzzle 2021 for PlayStation 5 — top best games in the Puzzle genre

It Takes Two - a game in the Puzzle genre

Arcade, Adventure, Online, Platformer, Cooperative (co-op), Puzzle

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 26 March 2021

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 87/100

It Takes Two is a co-op platformer where you and your friends become toys. At the center of the game are two dissimilar heroes Cody and May, who were turned into...

Little Nightmares 2

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 25 August 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...

Sherlock Holmes Chapter One

Adventure, Puzzle, Action, Third-person view, Detective, Open world

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 16 November 2021

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 75/100

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...

TOEM

Arcade, Adventure, Isometric, Puzzle, Indie, Exploration

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 17 September 2021

Players: 9/10

Steam: 99/100

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...

Twelve Minutes

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 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...

Chicory: A Colorful Tale

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 10 June 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...

Beyond a Steel Sky

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 14 December 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...

Superliminal

Logic, Puzzle, First-person view, Adventure

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 7 July 2021

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 93/100

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...

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: PlayStation 5 → 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...

Operation: Tango

Adventure, Online, Futurism (Future), First-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Puzzle, Casual game, Free game

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 1 June 2021

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 90/100

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...

Call of the Sea

Adventure, Puzzle, First-person view

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 11 May 2021

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 86/100

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...

Manifold Garden

Puzzle, Logic, Indie, First-person view, Exploration

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 20 May 2021

Players: 7/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Manifold Garden is an atmospheric puzzle game from independent developer William Chir. The game is imbued with the creativity of the surrealist artist Escher. The...

Tormented Souls

Adventure, Third-person view, Indie, Action, Survival horror, Horror, Puzzle

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 27 August 2021

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Tormented Souls is a third-person psychological horror game inspired by classic horror films Resident Evil, Silent Hill and Alone in the Dark. The main character is...

White Shadows

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 7 December 2021

Players: 5.3/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 73/100

White Shadows is an indie action adventure with platforming elements and a side view. Much time has passed since the Great War. Humanity is half human, half animal...

Roki

Adventure, Indie, Side view, Puzzle, Casual game

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 28 October 2021

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 92/100

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...

Oddworld: Soulstorm

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 6 April 2021

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 65/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Oddworld: Soulstorm is a continuation of the arcade platformer with a side view, where we will once again play as Abe the Mudokon. The events of the game will...

Maquette

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 2 March 2021

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 70/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Maquette is a recursive puzzle game with a first-person view. The main feature of the game world is that all buildings, plants and other objects are both tiny and...

The Jackbox Party Pack 7

Arcade, Puzzle, Board / Group Game, Indie, Logic, Comedy, Trivia

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 24 November 2021

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 96/100

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...

The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 4 August 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...

Golf Club Wasteland

Adventure, Golf, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Post-apocalyptic, Casual game

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 3 September 2021

Players: 9.9/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Golf Club Wasteland is an adventure platformer with futuristic puzzle elements. The rich fled to Mars, but ventured back to desolate Earth for a round of golf. Each...

Hoa

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 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...

The Pedestrian

Puzzle, Logic, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 29 January 2021

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 82/100

The Pedestrian is a 2.5D puzzle platformer in which a pedestrian icon moves through public signs set within a dynamic 3D world. This textless adventure conveys its...

Greak: Memories of Azur

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 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...

Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 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...

Aeterna Lucis

Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Anime / Manga, Side view, Exploration, Fantasy, Metroidvania

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 15 December 2021

Continuation of Aeterna Noctis, but with a new character. After the events of the first part, the Queen of Light must stop the destruction of the world by...

Dreaming Sarah

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 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...

Shantae: Risky's Revenge

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 19 October 2021

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 78/100

This platform action game with metroidvania elements follows half-genie Shantae on an adventure through the magical land of Sequin. She faces the pirate Risky Boots...

Heavenly Bodies

Logic, Puzzle, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Space, Simulation

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 7 December 2021

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 95/100

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...

Doctor Who: The Lonely Assassins

Indie, Adventure, Puzzle, Visual novel, Horror, Science fiction, Casual game

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 12 August 2021

Steam: 91/100

Doctor Who: The Lonely Assassins is an indie horror adventure in the style of a visual novel with fantasy elements. Building on the horrifying legacy of the Weeping...

KID A MNESIA EXHIBITION

Adventure, Puzzle, First-person view, Exploration

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 19 November 2021

Players: 10/10

KID A MNESIA EXHIBITION is an adventure puzzle game with a first-person view. It is a space of fever dreams in a structure built from the collected and reborn...

In Sound Mind

Action, Shooter, Puzzle, First-person view, Horror

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 28 September 2021

Players: 8/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 74/100

In Sound Mind is a psychological horror game with a first-person view. You wake up in the corridors of a strange building, where the environment takes on a life of...

Pretty Girls Mahjong Solitaire

Casual game, Anime / Manga, Puzzle

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 7 October 2021

Steam: 76/100

This mahjong solitaire puzzle centers on clearing tile layouts to gradually reveal five characters. To complete a round, the player matches pairs of available tiles...

I Am Dead

Indie, Adventure, Puzzle

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 9 August 2021

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 78/100

I Am Dead is a heartwarming puzzle-adventure game about the afterlife from the creators of Hohokum and Wilmot's Warehouse, in which a deceased museum director...

DARQ

Action, Horror, Indie, Side view, Adventure, Puzzle

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 25 March 2021

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 76/100

DARQ is an indie horror game that puts you in a lucid nightmare. The game tells the story of Lloyd, a boy caught in a nightmare. By exploring the darkest corners of...

Recompile

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 19 August 2021

Steam: 67/100

Metacritic: 61/100

Recompile is a fast-paced third-person action platformer set in a sci-fi setting that takes you into a digital world filled with bosses, logical puzzles and...

The Plane Effect

Adventure, Puzzle, Futurism (Future), Isometric, Horror

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 23 September 2021

Steam: 61/100

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...

Ever Forward

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Indie, Strategy

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 7 December 2021

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 65/100

Ever Forward is an atmospheric adventure with exciting puzzles and a third-person view. The game takes place in a mysterious world, somewhere between reality and...

Jumanji: The Video Game

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 22 October 2021

Players: 5.3/10

Steam: 53/100

Jumanji: The Video Game is an exciting action-adventure game with a third-person view, based on the film “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle”. As brave heroes, you have...

Ball laB

Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Casual game

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 8 December 2021

Players: 5.3/10

Steam: 64/100

Ball laB is a hardcore platformer with minimalistic graphics and a side view. In the game you have to control the ball and overcome 60 levels. The main feature of...

Bone Marrow

Arcade, Indie, Strategy, Puzzle, Top-down view, Tactics, Fantasy / Medieval, Casual game

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 6 August 2021

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 69/100

Bone Marrow is a dark fantasy version of the popular math puzzle game 2048. You have to fight against a computer opponent, combining weapons and armor. The main...

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Best Games in the Puzzle genre of 2021 for PlayStation 5