Puzzle 2010 for PC — top best games in the Puzzle genre

Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light - a game in the Puzzle genre

Action, Platformer, Isometric, Puzzle, Cooperative (co-op), Adventure

Game released: PC → 28 September 2010

Players: 6/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 81/100

A cooperative isometric action platformer set in the Tomb Raider universe. Players once again take on the role of legendary tomb raider Lara Croft, this time...

Amnesia: The Dark Descent

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Survival horror, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 8 September 2010

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Amnesia: The Dark Descent is an adventure horror game with a first-person view. The events of the game will tell the story of Daniel, who wakes up in a deserted...

Worms 2: Armageddon

Strategy, Puzzle, Turn-based, Tactics, Side view

Game released: PC → 26 August 2010

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Worms 2: Armageddon is a special edition of the tactical strategy Worms 2 for consoles and mobile devices. The game will tell about the famous and “unsinkable...

Darksiders

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Post-apocalyptic, Adventure, Slasher

Game released: PC → 27 April 2012

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Set in a demon-ravaged post-apocalyptic world, this third-person action game follows War, the first Horseman of the Apocalypse, who is accused of bringing about the...

Gardenscapes

Adventure, First-person view, Top-down view, Puzzle, Match-3 (Three in a row)

Game released: PC → 15 May 2011

Players: 6.7/10

Gardenscapes is a fun, top-down adventure with puzzle elements. You have to combine identical objects into one row while traveling through the garden. After each...

Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars - The Director's Cut

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

Game released: PC → 25 February 2011

Players: 6/10

Steam: 100/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars - The Director's Cut - One of the all-time classic adventures, the multiple BAFTA nominated Broken Sword: Director's Cut takes...

Braid

Action, Strategy, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Sandbox, Indie

Game released: PC → 15 February 2011

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 92/100

Braid is a 2D puzzle-platformer with painterly visuals. Setting out from a house in the city, the protagonist travels through a series of worlds to rescue an...

Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands

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

Game released: PC → 8 June 2010

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands is an atmospheric action adventure game with a third-person view in the Prince of Persia universe. The main character goes to...

Whispered World

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

Game released: PC → 8 October 2010

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 70/100

This point-and-click fantasy adventure follows Sadwick, who dreams of a mysterious blue sphere and a world collapsing around him. The oracle Shana foretells the end...

Dark Tales: Edgar Allan Poe's Murders in the Rue Morgue

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 1 January 2010

Players: 4.6/10

Dark Tales: Edgar Allan Poe's Murders in the Rue Morgue is a first-person adventure with puzzle elements from developers at ERS G-Studio. The main publisher of the...

LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4

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

Game released: PC → 15 June 2011

Players: 9/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 79/100

This LEGO-style adventure platformer follows the first four Harry Potter stories, from Privet Drive to the Triwizard Tournament. Players can take control of Harry...

Ecco the Dolphin

Action, Third-person view, Puzzle, Adventure

Game released: PC → 1 June 2010

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 53/100

This action-adventure with puzzles follows Ecco, a dolphin searching for his family after a strange whirlpool sweeps them from their home bay. He explores a vast...

Voodoo Dice

Puzzle, Board / Group Game, Casual game

Game released: PC → 15 July 2010

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 61/100

Voodoo Dice is a puzzle game with action elements set in a 3D world. The player travels between different maps, fights enemies, and solves puzzles. Progress...

The Sims 3: Ambitions

Simulation, DLC, In real time, Third-person view, Puzzle, Sandbox

Game released: PC → 2 June 2010

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 74/100

An expansion for The Sims 3 that adds new careers and lets players direct Sims’ actions while they are at work. A Sim can become a firefighter, private...

Back to the Future: The Game

Adventure, Third-person view, Collection, Futurism (Future), Puzzle

Game released: PC → 22 December 2010

Players: 9.9/10

Metacritic: 66/100

Back to the Future: The Game is an episodic adventure based on the film trilogy "Back to the Future." Six months after the events of the third part of the movie...

Aquaria

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Puzzle, Sandbox, Metroidvania, Indie, Exploration

Game released: PC → 7 December 2007

Players: 9.9/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Aquaria is a metroidvania set in a vast underwater world filled with living creatures and ancient secrets. Naija, a solitary ocean dweller, searches for her family...

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...

Gray Matter

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

Game released: PC → 25 February 2011

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 72/100

This gothic mystery adventure follows neurobiologist David Styles, who has become a recluse at Dread Hill House after a tragic accident. Street magician Samantha...

Bejeweled 3

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

Game released: PC → 7 December 2010

Players: 4.9/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 78/100

This match-three puzzle game centers on making combinations of gems across eight modes. In Classic, new gems fall into place after matches, allowing further...

Lost Horizon

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

Game released: PC → 24 September 2010

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Lost Horizon is an adventure puzzle game with a third-person view. The year is 1936, soldiers of the Third Reich roam the world in search of occult weapons for...

Columns

Strategy, In real time, Puzzle, Casual game

Game released: PC → 13 September 2010

Steam: 76/100

Columns is a puzzle game set in ancient Phoenicia, where colorful jewels fall from the top of the playfield. The player matches three or more jewels of the same...

Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse

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

Game released: PC → 16 September 2011

Steam: 98/100

This comedy adventure with puzzles follows Sam & Max as their investigation begins after Max finds a mysterious toy that lets him glimpse the future. Soon...

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...

Drawn: The Painted Tower

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

Game released: PC → 19 January 2011

Players: 10/10

Steam: 85/100

This first-person fantasy adventure follows an attempt to save Iris by exploring the Painted Tower. A curse has locked each floor, and the protagonist must solve...

Still Life 2

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

Game released: PC → 11 August 2009

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 44/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Still Life 2 is a continuation of the detective adventure with many puzzles and an exciting plot. The events of the game continue the story told in Still Life...

Desktop Dungeons

Role-playing game, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Roguelike, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 17 October 2010

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Desktop Dungeons is a turn-based puzzle roguelike that sends a hero into fantasy dungeons laid out on a single screen. Each expedition takes place in a randomly...

Runaway: A Twist of Fate

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

Game released: PC → 25 March 2010

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 79/100

This third-person point-and-click adventure follows Brian’s disappearance and his girlfriend Gina’s efforts to find him and disprove the rumors surrounding his...

Zen Bound 2

Strategy, Puzzle, Casual game, Indie

Game released: PC → 16 November 2010

Steam: 90/100

A puzzle game about painting wooden sculptures by wrapping them in rope. Each level presents a spatial challenge that players solve by inspecting the object and...

Youda Legend: The Golden Bird of Paradise

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 2 January 2010

Youda Legend: The Golden Bird of Paradise is a first-person adventure with a hint of puzzle from the developers at Youda Games. The game is published by Youda...

Wispa Forest

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

Game released: PC → 16 September 2010

Wispa Forest is a third-person adventure game with puzzle and fantasy elements from Two Tonic Game Studios, LLC. The game is published by Reflexive Entertainment...

Blue Toad Murder Files: The Mysteries of Little Riddle

Adventure, First-person view, Third-person view, Puzzle, Board / Group Game, Turn-based, Casual game

Game released: PC → 4 December 2010

Steam: 90/100

This detective adventure with puzzles is set in the quiet village of Little Riddle, where the investigators must solve a murder. Players explore locations on a map...

Nelson Tethers: Puzzle Agent

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

Game released: PC → 27 January 2011

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 68/100

This puzzle adventure follows Nelson Tethers, an agent with the U.S. Department of Puzzle Research, as he investigates the town of Scoggins. After the Scoggins...

Puzzle Quest 2

Role-playing game, Strategy, Isometric, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Casual game

Game released: PC → 12 August 2010

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Puzzle Quest 2 is a strategy role-playing game with puzzle elements and an isometric view. Each character has five main attributes. Strength (red) increases a...

Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Puzzle, Star Wars

Game released: PC → 15 September 2010

Players: 5.5/10

Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures is a Star Wars themed online multiplayer game developed by Sony Online Entertainment. First announced on June 1, 2010, the game is...

Twisted Lands: Shadow Town

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 21 October 2010

Players: 8.8/10

Twisted Lands: Shadow Town — adventure puzzle game with a first-person view in the horror genre. Welcome to the City of Shadows. There are beaches, but you...

Mystery Case Files: Prime Suspects

Action, Third-person view, Puzzle, Casual game, Hidden Objects

Game released: PC → 21 April 2010

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 87/100

This casual hidden-object puzzle follows an investigation into the theft of the Queen’s Hope Diamond. The player searches illustrated locations for clues, works to...

Tidalis

Strategy, Puzzle, Sandbox, Casual game, Indie

Game released: PC → 16 July 2010

Steam: 68/100

Sam & Max: Season Two

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Comics, Indie

Game released: PC → 30 April 2010

Steam: 100/100

Sam & Max: Season Two is a third-person adventure with a hint of puzzle from the masters at Telltale, Inc.. The game is published by Telltale, Inc.. In some...

Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge - Special Edition

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

Game released: PC → 7 July 2010

Players: 10/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 86/100

This humorous puzzle adventure follows pirate Guybrush Threepwood as he explores environments and interacts with objects. Alongside classic point-and-click...

Island: Castaway

Adventure, Isometric, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 30 September 2010

Players: 8.8/10

Island: Castaway - After being shipwrecked, your main goal is to survive, although getting off the island would be great too. But first, you have to rise up and...

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Best Games in the Puzzle genre of 2010 for PC