Puzzle 2001 for PC — top best games in the Puzzle genre

Resident Evil 3: Nemesis - a game in the Puzzle genre

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

Game released: PC → 1 September 2005

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Resident Evil 3: Nemesis is a continuation of the series of popular action-horror games with a third-person view. You will once again plunge into the chaos of the...

Silent Hill 2 (2001)

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

Game released: PC → 2 December 2002

Players: 9.3/10

Metacritic: 89/100

Silent Hill 2 (2001) — mystical action-horror with puzzle elements and third-person view. James Sunderland comes to Silent Hill after receiving a letter from...

Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver

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

Game released: PC → 26 April 2012

Players: 9.6/10

Metacritic: 91/100

Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver is an action-adventure game with a third-person view, which is a sequel to the game Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain. Events take place 1500...

Bust-A-Move

Arcade, Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Puzzle, Anime / Manga

Game released: PC → 18 May 2001

An arcade puzzle game and a spin-off of Bubble Bobble, Bust-A-Move challenges players to clear a field of colored bubbles. Each round begins with bubbles arranged...

Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare

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

Game released: PC → 14 February 2007

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 73/100

This third-person survival horror adventure follows supernatural detective Edward Carnby as he investigates a murder on Shadow Island. After his friend Charles...

Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2

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

Game released: PC → 2 August 2007

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 66/100

Metacritic: 79/100

This gothic fantasy action-adventure with puzzle elements continues the story of Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver. Raziel pursues Kain through different eras of...

American McGee's Alice

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

Game released: PC → 11 January 2001

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 85/100

This action platformer blends shooter and horror elements as Alice returns to Wonderland, a place she can barely recognize. The Mushroom Forest is afflicted by...

Myst 3: Exile

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Casual game

Game released: PC → March 2006

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 65/100

This first-person adventure puzzle game continues the story of Myst, where books open portals to other worlds and past conflicts shape the present. The player...

Necronomicon: The Dawning of Darkness

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Puzzle, Point & Click, Casual game

Game released: PC → 25 May 2001

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 47/100

Mr. Driller

Arcade, Simulation, Strategy, Platformer, Anime / Manga, Puzzle, Action

Game released: PC → 4 May 2001

Mr. Driller is an arcade puzzle game in which Susumu Hori drills through blocks to make his way underground. Players dig downward, dodge falling blocks, and aim to...

Outcast (1999)

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

Game released: PC → 20 April 2010

This science-fiction action-adventure sends former special forces operative Cutter Slade to the parallel world of Adelpha. After an alien life form damages a probe...

Dracula: The Last Sanctuary

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Puzzle, Casual game

Game released: PC → March 2009

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Dracula: The Last Sanctuary — After rescuing Mina, Jonathan Harker and his lover return to London with the mysterious Dragon Ring. As they begin to enjoy a...

Beyond Atlantis 2

Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle

Game released: PC → 9 February 2009

Players: 10/10

Steam: 40/100

Metacritic: 75/100

This first-person adventure with puzzles follows Ten, a descendant of Seth, the hero of the first Atlantis. Ten carries the powers of light and must face his mortal...

Seven Seas Deluxe

Strategy, Warships / Submarines, Top-down view, Puzzle, Turn-based

Game released: PC → 16 October 2001

Players: 10/10

Seven Seas Deluxe also known as Seven...

Project Eden

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

Game released: PC → 23 June 2008

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 72/100

This futuristic action shooter with puzzle elements follows an investigation into an equipment malfunction at the Real Meat factory. The player controls a...

Runaway: A Road Adventure

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

Game released: PC → 14 March 2007

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Set in New York in 2000, this point-and-click adventure follows Brian, a college student nearing graduation who is attacked by mobsters. On the run with a...

Gangsters 2

Role-playing game, Strategy, Business / Management, Isometric, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 23 January 2004

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 61/100

A strategy game with management elements about small-time gangster Joey Bane, who seeks to avenge his father's death and rise to power in the criminal underworld...

Enemy Zero

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

Game released: PC → 15 June 2001

Enemy Zero — aboard the biological research space station AKI, Laura Lewis is in deep cryogenic sleep. The air in the chamber dissipates when the ship's...

Planet of the Apes (2002)

Action, Fighting, Third-person view, Puzzle, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: PC → 4 October 2001

Metacritic: 41/100

Planet of the Apes (2002) is a third-person action game with fighting and puzzle elements from Visiware. The game is published by Fox Interactive, Inc. and Ubisoft...

Prince of Persia 3D

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 3 October 2001

Players: 9.1/10

Tile World

Strategy, Top-down view, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 19 August 2001

Tile World is a top-down strategy game with puzzle...

Fur Fighters

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 11 October 2004

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 the evil General...

Hellboy: Dogs of the Night

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

Game released: PC → 23 May 2001

Players: 7.7/10

Hellboy: Dogs of the Night is a third-person action game with a touch of horror and puzzle from developers from Cryo Studios North America. The main publisher of...

Super Bust-A-Move

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

Game released: PC → 19 October 2001

Metacritic: 76/100

An arcade puzzle game about matching and popping bubbles. Players tackle challenges involving conveyor belts, unlock secret characters, and rescue captives. The...

Stupid Invaders

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 2 November 2001

Players: 4/10

Metacritic: 65/100

A puzzle adventure built around comedy inspired by popular culture, Monty Python and The X-Files. Stupid Invaders pairs its toilet humor and comic situations with...

Looney Tunes: Sheep Raider

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

Game released: PC → 9 July 2004

Metacritic: 72/100

This 3D stealth platformer with puzzles, based on the Looney Tunes cartoons, follows Ralph Wolf as he tries to reach a flock of sheep without being caught by Sam...

Sheep (2002)

Top-down view, Arcade, Strategy, Puzzle, Farm Simulator

Game released: PC → 14 October 2008

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 73/100

This arcade puzzle game follows a flock of lost sheep that turn out to be intelligent beings from another planet. The player guides them through convoluted mazes...

AmerZone: The Explorer's Legacy (1998)

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Point & Click, Casual game

Game released: PC → 1 April 2009

Steam: 80/100

This first-person adventure puzzle follows a young reporter who visits elderly explorer Alexandre Valembois and learns about his expedition to the mysterious region...

Atlantis: The Lost Tales

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 5 July 2011

Atlantis: The Lost Tales is a first-person adventure with a dash of puzzle from developers Cryo Interactive Entertainment. The game is published by Cryo Interactive...

Blair Witch Experience (Special Limited Edition Collector's Set)

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

Game released: PC → 13 March 2001

Blair Witch Experience (Special Limited Edition Collector's Set) is a third-person action game with a touch of horror and puzzle from Human Head Studios, Inc...

Curse of Monkey Island

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

Game released: PC → 31 January 2007

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 89/100

This third entry in the Monkey Island series is a third-person adventure about pirate Guybrush Threepwood, who faces the demon pirate LeChuck and tries to save...

Vengeance of the Chicken

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 22 February 2001

Vengeance of the Chicken is a third-person adventure with puzzle elements. Vengeance of the Chicken is also known as Vengence of the...

Blair Witch, Volume 2: The Legend of Coffin Rock

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

Game released: PC → June 2001

Metacritic: 56/100

This adventure horror game combines action and puzzle-solving in 1886 Burkittsville. A mysterious character with an unknown past awakens as baffling events begin to...

Mortadelo y Filemón: El Escarabajo de Cleopatra

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

Game released: PC → 27 May 2005

Mortadelo y Filemón: El Escarabajo de Cleopatra is an adventure with a third-person view from the developers from the studio Alcachofa Soft S.L.. The game is...

Blair Witch, Volume 3: The Elly Kedward Tale

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

Game released: PC → 26 January 2001

Metacritic: 55/100

This action horror game combines puzzle-solving with spell-based combat. Set in 1785, it takes place a few weeks after Elly Kedward, known as the Blair Witch, was...

In Cold Blood

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 27 January 2009

Metacritic: 67/100

This adventure action game with puzzles follows John Cord, an agent of the British Secret Service M16. Players control Cord as he travels around the...

Alchemy Deluxe

Strategy, Top-down view, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 29 August 2001

Players: 10/10

Alchemy Deluxe is a top-down strategy game with puzzle elements from PopCap Games, Inc.. The game is published by PopCap Games...

Mystery of the Druids

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

Game released: PC → 31 December 2001

Steam: 49/100

Metacritic: 49/100

Mystery of the Druids is an adventure puzzle game with a third-person view. In this classic adventure, you take on the role of young Scotland Yard detective Brent...

Intellivision Rocks

Game released: PC → November 2001

Intellivision Rocks is a first-person arcade game with elements of simulation, action, shooter, horror, baseball simulator, billiards simulator, flight simulator...

Ultimate Adventure Games Pack Vol.1

Adventure, Educational game (Education), First-person view, Collection, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 9 July 2001

Ultimate Adventure Games Pack Vol.1 is a first-person adventure with a mix of educational game and puzzle game from the masters at Cryo Interactive Entertainment...

Puzzle

Best Games in the Puzzle genre of 2001 for PC (Game released)