Puzzle 2004 for PC — top best games in the Puzzle genre

Half-Life 2 - a game in the Puzzle genre

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

Game released: PC → 24 November 2004

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 93/100

Half-Life 2 is a continuation of the legendary adventure shooter with a first-person view. You once again have to lift the crowbar of the scientist-researcher...

Gothic 2

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

Game released: PC → 29 November 2005

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Gothic 2 is a continuation of the legendary action role-playing game with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. The action takes place shortly after the events...

Black Mirror (2003)

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

Game released: PC → 28 May 2004

Players: 8/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 58/100

This third-person adventure horror game follows Samuel Gordon, who returns to his family estate after a long absence and investigates the death of his ancestor...

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...

Silent Hill 3

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

Game released: PC → 8 February 2007

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 events. In an...

Syberia 2

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

Game released: PC → 29 August 2008

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Syberia 2 is a continuation of the exciting point and click adventure with a third-person view. The game will continue the story of Kate Walker, who went on a...

Silent Hill 4: The Room

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

Game released: PC → 30 September 2004

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Silent Hill 4: The Room is a mystical action-horror game with a third-person view and puzzle elements. The goal of the game is to help the character Henry Townsend...

Shoujo Attack!

Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PC → 3 January 2004

Shoujo Attack! is a third-person strategy game with a mix of puzzle, anime/manga and fantasy games from the masters at Lemma Soft. The game is published by Lemma...

Legacy of Kain: Defiance

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

Game released: PC → 19 July 2007

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 through a world...

Beyond Good & Evil

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

Game released: PC → 13 May 2008

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 rebel organization...

Chicago 1930

Action, Strategy, Fighting, In real time, Third-person view, Isometric, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 16 June 2008

Players: 9.8/10

Steam: 70/100

A real-time tactical game about a war between the Mafia and the police in 1930s Chicago. Don Falcone seeks control of the city’s districts, while a special task...

Journey to the Center of the Earth (2003)

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Logic, Casual game, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 13 November 2003

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 45/100

Metacritic: 65/100

This third-person adventure with puzzles follows Ariane, a photojournalist who is caught in a rockslide while working in Iceland and ends up in a world beneath the...

Leisure Suit Larry: Love for Sail!

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

Game released: PC → 29 July 2004

Steam: 86/100

Leisure Suit Larry: Love for Sail! is a continuation of the exciting "point and click" adventure series about the forty-year-old balding womanizer Larry Laffer. The...

Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay

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

Game released: PC → 28 February 2005

Players: 9.9/10

Metacritic: 90/100

Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay — a bounty hunter named Jones brings Riddick, the main character of the game, to the maximum security prison...

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...

Legacy of Kain Series: Blood Omen 2

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

Game released: PC → 31 July 2008

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 66/100

Metacritic: 70/100

This third-person action adventure with horror elements follows the vampire Kain and his attempts to rule Nosgoth. The story unfolds as he explores detailed 3D...

Space Rangers

Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Turn-based

Game released: PC → 10 November 2010

Players: 8.3/10

Space Rangers — the game takes place in space, in the distant future, at the beginning of the 31st century. The galaxy is inhabited by 5 intelligent...

Return to Mysterious Island

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

Game released: PC → 18 January 2008

Players: 9.9/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Return to Mysterious Island is an adventure with elements of quests and mini-games about a young traveler who sailed alone around the world. The game will tell the...

Cubis 2

Strategy, Isometric, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 12 November 2004

A puzzle game played on an isometric board, where the goal is to make matches from cubes of different colors. The player shoots new cubes toward those already on...

Feeding Frenzy

Action, Educational game (Education), Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 17 March 2004

Metacritic: 65/100

This arcade action game puts the player in control of a fish that hunts smaller sea creatures and evades larger ones. The more it eats, the bigger it grows...

Ghost Master

Strategy, Horror, First-person view, Third-person view, Isometric, Comedy, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 21 December 2006

Players: 9/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 81/100

This strategy game with adventure and resource-management elements puts ghosts and other supernatural beings under the player’s command, sending them to frighten...

Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon

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

Game released: PC → 6 January 2009

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 turns out that...

Pilot Brothers 3: Back Side of the Earth

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

Game released: PC → 11 June 2004

Steam: 66/100

Pilot Brothers 3: Back Side of the Earth is a continuation of the fun adventures of two detectives. It's spring 1958. Tireless detectives and adventurers, the Pilot...

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...

Bejeweled 2

Action, Strategy, Puzzle, Logic, Casual game, Match-3 (Three in a row)

Game released: PC → 5 November 2004

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 69/100

This match-three puzzle game features four ways to play. Puzzle mode challenges players to solve handcrafted brain teasers against the clock, while Endless mode...

Egyptian Prophecy

Adventure, Educational game (Education), First-person view, Puzzle, Point & Click

Game released: PC → March 2009

Steam: 55/100

Metacritic: 73/100

This first-person point-and-click adventure is set in ancient Egypt, where Maya, a young magician, investigates strange incidents at a construction site on the...

Puyo Pop Fever

Strategy, In real time, Puzzle, Anime / Manga

Game released: PC → 24 September 2004

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 72/100

An arcade puzzle game built around matches in which players link colored Puyos into chains and send nuisance pieces to their opponents. In Fever Mode, the goal is...

Kasparov Chessmate

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Top-down view, Puzzle, Board / Group Game, Turn-based, Chess game

Game released: PC → 2 April 2004

Players: 5.5/10

Kasparov Chessmate is a strategy with an isometric view with elements of puzzles and chess games from developers from the studio Hexacto Games Inc.. The game is...

Scrabble Blast! (2004)

Strategy, Educational game (Education), Top-down view, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 1 April 2004

Scrabble Blast! (2004) is a top-down strategy game with a mixture of educational game and puzzle from the developers of funkitron, Inc.. The game is published by...

Back to Earth

Arcade, Action, Flight Simulator, Platformer, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie

Game released: PC → 10 June 2004

This arcade action game with flight-simulation and platforming elements follows a hero abducted by aliens and taken on a journey through space. Along the way, he...

SpongeBob SquarePants: The Movie (2005)

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 27 October 2004

Players: 10/10

SpongeBob SquarePants: The Movie (2005) is a third-person adventure with puzzle elements from the developers of Heavy Iron Studios. The game is published by THQ...

Neighbours from Hell 2: On Vacation

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

Game released: PC → 28 March 2006

Players: 7.4/10

Trivial Pursuit: Unhinged

Strategy, Isometric, Top-down view, Puzzle, Board / Group Game

Game released: PC → 22 October 2004

Metacritic: 55/100

Trivial Pursuit: Unhinged turns a trivia contest about movies, stars, sports and news into a free-for-all in which players can hinder one another. Players answer...

Myst 4: Revelation

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Casual game

Game released: PC → 11 March 2005

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 67/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Myst IV: Revelation is a first-person adventure puzzle game about family secrets and a plot involving two of Myst’s most sinister villains. The player explores...

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...

Renex 3

Educational game (Education), Top-down view, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 2 May 2004

Renex 3 is a top-down educational game with puzzle elements from the masters at Nordos Game Studio. The main publisher of the game is Nordos Game...

Insaniquarium! Deluxe

Action, In real time, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Casual game, Simulation

Game released: PC → 20 November 2008

Steam: 97/100

This real-time aquarium simulation has players care for fish and defend them from invading aliens. Happy, well-fed fish reward the player with coins and jewels...

Zoo Vet

Simulation, Educational game (Education), First-person view, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 28 April 2006

Zoo Vet is a first-person simulator with a mixture of educational game and puzzle from the studio Legacy Interactive Inc.. The main publisher of the game is Legacy...

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)

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

Game released: PC → 26 June 2008

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 68/100

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) — the game is very similar to its predecessors, such as the Philosopher's Stone and Know Wonder's Chamber of...

Dark Fall: The Journal

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

Game released: PC → 19 June 2002

Players: 1/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 68/100

This first-person adventure horror game takes place at the abandoned Dowerton station in Dorset, England. After receiving a frightened, cryptic message from his...

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Best Games in the Puzzle genre of 2004 for PC