Puzzle 2006 for PC — top best games in the Puzzle genre

Tomb Raider: Legend - a game in the Puzzle genre

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

Game released: PC → 11 April 2006

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 75/100

This third-person action-adventure follows Lara Croft as she travels the world in search of one of history’s greatest artifacts. The quest brings figures from her...

Still Life

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

Game released: PC → 3 September 2008

Players: 9/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Still Life is a detective adventure with quest elements and mini-games about an FBI employee who is investigating a series of bloody murders from the authors of...

Psychonauts

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

Game released: PC → 14 June 2007

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 87/100

Psychonauts is an action-adventure platformer with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. The plot follows a young special agent named Raz, who learns to use his...

Paradise (2006)

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 4 May 2007

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 57/100

Paradise (2006) - an exciting point and click adventure with lots of puzzles from the creators of the Syberia series. The events of the game will take you to the...

Tomb Raider: Anniversary

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

Game released: PC → 1 June 2006

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Tomb Raider: Anniversary is an anniversary edition of the adventure saga about the legendary tomb raider Lara Croft. The game is based on the very first part of the...

Longest Journey

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Cyberpunk, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 1 May 2007

Players: 10/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 91/100

Longest Journey is a stunning graphic adventure where the player controls the protagonist, April Ryan, on her journey between parallel universes. Begin an exciting...

Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones

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

Game released: PC → October 2009

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones is a continuation of the dynamic action slasher with a third-person view, which is the third part of The Sands of Time series...

Prey 2006

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

Game released: PC → 21 July 2006

Players: 8/10

Prey is an adventure shooter with a first-person view in a sci-fi setting. The events of the game will tell the story of a young mechanic, Tommy, from the Cherokee...

Luxor 2

Arcade, Action, Top-down view, Puzzle, Casual game

Game released: PC → 10 October 2006

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 49/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Set among the pyramids of ancient Egypt, this arcade puzzle game spans 88 levels. The player controls a winged scarab, firing at approaching magical spheres and...

Tomb Raider 4: The Last Revelation

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

Game released: PC → 24 August 2006

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 84/100

This action-adventure with platforming elements follows Lara Croft as she accidentally frees the god Set from a secret tomb in Egypt. To stop him and prevent the...

Neighbours from Hell: Revenge Is a Sweet Game

Puzzle, Logic, Side view

Game released: PC → 25 August 2006

Players: 8.1/10

How to Get Your Neighbor: Sweet Revenge is a side-scrolling arcade puzzle game. You have to try on the role of the simple Woody to take revenge on your evil...

Eets

Arcade, Action, Strategy, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Sandbox, Indie, Casual game

Game released: PC → 24 May 2006

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 79/100

This puzzle platformer combines character movement with physics-based challenges. The player helps Eets overcome obstacles by using objects and interactions in the...

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...

Tomb Raider: Chronicles

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

Game released: PC → 10 August 2006

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 60/100

An action-adventure with platforming and puzzle elements follows four previously untold adventures of Lara Croft in search of ancient artifacts. The settings...

Pajama Sam 2: Thunder and Lightning aren't so Frightening

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

Game released: PC → 2 October 1998

Steam: 98/100

This puzzle adventure follows Sam, the world’s youngest superhero, as he travels to a weather factory in the sky to overcome his fear of thunderstorms. He...

Cake Mania

Arcade, Action, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 28 February 2006

Metacritic: 55/100

This arcade game follows the fast-paced work of a bakery, where customers’ orders must be handled in time. The player bakes cakes, ices and decorates them, then...

Lula 3D

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Adult game

Game released: PC → 27 April 2007

Players: 7.6/10

Lula 3D is a continuation of the erotic adventure now in full 3D. Lula, a seductive busty blonde and part-time producer of an erotic film, finds herself in a...

TrackMania Sunrise eXtreme

Racing, First-person view, Third-person view, Top-down view, Puzzle, Sandbox

Game released: PC → 20 November 2009

TrackMania Sunrise eXtreme is a first-person race with a mixture of puzzle and sandbox from the developers of the Nadeo SAS studio. The game is published by Deep...

Bejeweled Deluxe

Strategy, Third-person view, Puzzle, Casual game, Match-3 (Three in a row)

Game released: PC → 30 August 2006

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 87/100

This casual match-three puzzle is built around matching gems. The player swaps adjacent gems to form horizontal or vertical lines of three or more of the same type...

Chuzzle Deluxe

Strategy, First-person view, Puzzle, Casual game, Match-3 (Three in a row)

Game released: PC → 30 August 2006

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 94/100

A casual match-three puzzle in which rows of fuzzy creatures called Chuzzles are shifted to make color matches. Matched Chuzzles pop and return to their test-tube...

Scrubbles

Arcade, Action, Strategy, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle

Game released: PC → 20 June 2006

Scrubbles is a third-person arcade game with action, strategy and puzzle elements from the developers of Oberon Media, Inc.. The game is published by Oberon Media...

Ys Origin

Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Puzzle, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: PC → 31 May 2012

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Ys Origin is an isometric action role-playing game set in the Ys fantasy universe. The plot of the game tells about events that took place 700 years before the...

Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None

Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 19 October 2007

Metacritic: 59/100

This adventure game with puzzles is based on a classic detective story: ten people are stranded at a mansion on Shipwreck Island, where their host has invited them...

Secrets of Da Vinci: Forbidden Manuscript

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

Game released: PC → 8 June 2006

Metacritic: 69/100

This adventure and investigation game follows a mystical quest set during the Renaissance in Leonardo da Vinci’s last home, the Manoir du Cloux, now known as the...

Spy Fox in "Dry Cereal"

Arcade, Adventure, Educational game (Education), Third-person view, Puzzle, Point & Click, Casual game

Game released: PC → 4 December 2006

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 96/100

This children’s point-and-click adventure follows the secret agent SPY Fox as he searches for Mr. Udderly, rescues the cows, and tries to stop William the Kid from...

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...

Kaptein Sabeltann

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 15 September 2006

Kaptein Sabeltann is a third-person action game with a dash of platforming and puzzles from the developers from the Artplant AS studio. The publishers of the game...

Bookworm Deluxe

Strategy, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 30 August 2006

Players: 5.5/10

This word-forming puzzle challenges players to connect adjacent letters on a grid to make words. Completed words disappear, and the remaining letters fall to fill...

Loco

Arcade, Action, In real time, Top-down view, Puzzle, Trains

Game released: PC → 3 February 2006

Players: 10/10

Loco is a dynamic arcade puzzle game in the "three in a row" genre, where you have to help the teddy bear driver sort out the trailers with...

Pirate Poppers

Arcade, Action, Strategy, Top-down view, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 14 April 2006

Pirate Poppers is a top-down arcade game with a dash of action, strategy and puzzle from Mystery Studio. The game is published by PlayFirst...

Big Money! Deluxe

Action, Strategy, Puzzle, Casual game

Game released: PC → 30 August 2006

Players: 5.6/10

Steam: 95/100

This casual puzzle game with action and strategy elements centers on collecting coins and building wealth. The player gathers loot before the pile of coins reaches...

Spy Fox 2: Some Assembly Required

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

Game released: PC → 1 December 2006

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 94/100

This puzzle adventure follows Spy Fox as he sets out to stop S.M.E.L.L.Y. and its dogbot. The organization's commander, Napoleon LeRoach, has hidden the robot's OFF...

Holiday Bonus

Strategy, Third-person view, Puzzle, Casual game, Match-3 (Three in a row), Arcade

Game released: PC → 18 December 2006

Steam: 93/100

This winter-themed match-3 puzzle game centers on lining up seasonal shapes against snowy landscapes. Holiday Bonus combines casual arcade rounds with progression...

Darwinia

Action, Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Puzzle, God Simulator

Game released: PC → 3 April 2012

Steam: 78/100

This real-time strategy game blends action and puzzles in a digital world inhabited by intelligent creatures called Darwinians. When a dangerous virus disrupts...

Freddi Fish 2: The Case of the Haunted School House

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

Game released: PC → 1 December 2006

Steam: 98/100

Freddi Fish 2: The Case of the Haunted School House is a third-person adventure with a mix of educational game and puzzle game from the developers of Humongous...

Prism: Light the Way

Arcade, Action, Strategy, Top-down view, Puzzle

Game released: PC → November 2006

Steam: 65/100

Metacritic: 73/100

A light-based puzzle game in which beams must be colored, split, bounced and bent to form the right pattern. In Prism: Light the Way, players solve 120 puzzles that...

Syberia: The Collector's Edition

Collection, Adventure, Point & Click, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 29 September 2006

Steam: 85/100

This point-and-click adventure follows Kate Walker, a young lawyer from New York sent to an Alpine valley to handle the sale of an old automaton factory. As she...

Putt-Putt Saves the Zoo

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

Game released: PC → 23 January 2007

Players: 7/10

Steam: 97/100

This children’s adventure and puzzle game takes place at the Cartown Zoo, where the grand opening is at risk: food is running low, and all the baby animals are...

Conflict: Global Terror

Action, Shooter, Strategy, Stealth, In real time, First-person view, Third-person view, Puzzle, Historical

Game released: PC → 20 January 2006

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 62/100

This tactical action game follows a special forces squad confronting the terrorist group March 33, drawing on counterterrorism training and experience from...

Safecracker: The Ultimate Puzzle Adventure

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

Game released: PC → 29 August 2007

Players: 10/10

Steam: 59/100

Metacritic: 63/100

A first-person puzzle adventure about a safecracker hired by the family of a recently deceased wealthy man to find his will in the family mansion. Duncan W. Adams...

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Best Games in the Puzzle genre of 2006 for PC (Game released)