Puzzle 2012 for PC — top best games in the Puzzle genre

Walking Dead: Season 1 - a game in the Puzzle genre

Action, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Post-apocalyptic, Interactive movie, Zombies, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 24 April 2012

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Walking Dead: Season 1 is an episodic third-person interactive adventure based on Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead comics. The main character is a black guy named...

Deponia

Adventure, Puzzle, Point & Click, Comedy

Game released: PC → 6 August 2012

Players: 9/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Deponia is a fun point and click adventure with lots of puzzles. The game will allow you to plunge into a fantastic comedy adventure revolving around the incredible...

Botanicula

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

Game released: PC → 8 May 2012

VGTimes: 8.0/10

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Botanicula is an adventure arcade puzzle game with a third-person view. In this game you will find a relaxing atmosphere, a huge number of detailed locations that...

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...

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...

LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7

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

Game released: PC → 18 November 2011

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 73/100

LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7 is an adventure arcade action platformer with a third-person view in the Harry Potter universe. The game is based on the last three...

Bad Piggies

Arcade, Puzzle, Side view

Game released: PC → 27 September 2012

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 83/100

Bad Piggies is a side-scrolling arcade puzzle game. The bad pigs are hunting for eggs again — but, as usual, nothing goes according to plan. You have to...

To the Moon

Adventure, Top-down view, Puzzle, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: PC → 6 July 2012

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 83/100

An indie adventure game created using the RPG Maker engine. The game tells the story of two young doctors, Eva and Neil, who give people another chance to live...

Deadlight

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

Game released: PC → 25 October 2012

VGTimes: 9.0/10

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Deadlight is a hardcore side-scrolling action-adventure platformer with horror elements. The main character, Randal Wayne, is a former park security guard who finds...

7th Guest

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

Game released: PC → 9 February 2012

Players: 8/10

Steam: 77/100

7th Guest is a classic "point and click" adventure with horror elements and a first-person view. Henry Stauffe, a rich man with a sinister past, invited six guests...

Nightmares from the Deep: The Cursed Heart

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Hidden Objects, Casual game

Game released: PC → 19 April 2012

Steam: 91/100

This hidden-object adventure puzzle follows a museum owner who sets out after an undead pirate has kidnapped her daughter. The pirate plans to resurrect his beloved...

Legend of Grimrock

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Puzzle, Dungeons

Game released: PC → 11 April 2012

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Legend of Grimrock is an action role-playing game with a first-person view in a fantasy setting. A group of prisoners are sentenced to death by exile to the...

Journey Down: Chapter One

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

Game released: PC → 18 May 2012

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 72/100

This point-and-click adventure with puzzles follows Bwana and his sidekick Kito as they struggle to make ends meet at a run-down gas station in Kingsport Bay, on...

Vessel

Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Indie

Game released: PC → 1 March 2012

Players: 6.3/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Vessel is a fun puzzle platformer with action elements and a side view. The events of the game take place in the amazing world of mechanical machines that have...

Stacking

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: PC → 6 March 2012

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 82/100

This third-person puzzle adventure takes place in a vintage world inhabited by living Russian nesting dolls. Charlie Blackmore, the smallest doll in the world, sets...

Resonance (2012)

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

Game released: PC → 25 July 2012

Players: 10/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 76/100

This point-and-click adventure with puzzles follows four ordinary people whose lives become entangled after the unexpected death of a particle physicist. They race...

Kairo

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

Game released: PC → 24 April 2013

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 66/100

This first-person 3D adventure takes place in a lost world of abstract architecture and ancient monuments. The player explores unusual rooms and solves puzzles by...

Snapshot

Arcade, Adventure, Puzzle, Logic, Side view, Indie, Casual game

Game released: PC → 30 August 2012

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Snapshot is a side-scrolling adventure arcade puzzle game. The game will tell the story of a cute robot named Peak, who is collecting mysterious energy scattered...

Dear Esther

Adventure, First-person view, Walking Simulator, Exploration, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 26 April 2012

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Dear Esther is an atmospheric adventure with a first-person view. The main character is a man staying on an island in the Hebrides archipelago. The island is...

Thomas Was Alone

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Adventure, Side view, Science fiction

Game released: PC → 30 June 2012

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Thomas Was Alone is a side-scrolling indie adventure platformer with puzzle elements. In this game, you have to guide a group of rectangles through a series of...

La Mulana Ex

Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Logic, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: PC → 13 July 2012

La Mulana Ex is a side view arcade game with platformer, puzzle, fantasy and indie elements from Nigoro and Pygmy Studio. The game is published by Active Gaming...

House of 1000 Doors: Family Secrets

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

Game released: PC → 24 January 2012

Steam: 97/100

House of 1000 Doors: Family Secrets is an indie adventure puzzle game in the point and click genre with a first-person view. An adventure awaits you in an ancient...

Azkend 2: The World Beneath

Strategy, Puzzle, Hidden Objects, Match-3 (Three in a row)

Game released: PC → 14 March 2012

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 68/100

This match-three adventure puzzle takes place in an underground world, where the protagonist makes a journey back towards civilization. Inspired by the works of...

Back to the Future: The Game - Episode 4: Double Visions

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

Game released: PC → 29 April 2011

Metacritic: 71/100

This puzzle adventure episode continues the story of Marty McFly and First Citizen Brown in 1986 Hill Valley. With the Hill Valley Expo in town, the two must work...

Captain Morgane and the Golden Turtle

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

Game released: PC → 30 March 2012

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 63/100

Captain Morgane and the Golden Turtle is a third-person adventure with puzzle elements from the developers of Wizarbox. The game is published by Deep...

Lost Chronicles of Zerzura

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

Game released: PC → 3 February 2012

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 76/100

This point-and-click adventure with puzzles is set in Barcelona in 1514, during the Renaissance and the Inquisition. Two brothers run a workshop: one is building a...

Bridge Constructor

Arcade, Puzzle, Logic, Side view, Simulation, Casual game, Indie

Game released: PC → 16 October 2013

Players: 10/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 62/100

Bridge Constructor is a side-scrolling arcade puzzle game. Using the proposed materials, you have to build the strongest bridge that can withstand various types of...

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...

Hero of the Kingdom

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

Game released: PC → 20 December 2012

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 92/100

Hero of the Kingdom is an adventure strategy game with RPG elements and an isometric camera view. The game tells the story of a young hero whose father is kidnapped...

BioShock Infinite: Industrial Revolution

In real time, Puzzle, Mini-game / browser-based

Game released: PC → 22 October 2012

Players: 6.3/10

BioShock Infinite: Industrial Revolution is a browser-based puzzle game from Lazy 8 Studios. The main publisher of the game is 2K...

Lone Survivor

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

Game released: PC → 23 April 2012

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 81/100

This psychological survival horror follows a masked man trying to escape a city ravaged by disease as he questions whether what he sees is real. Hunger and...

Virus Named Tom

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Isometric, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: PC → 1 August 2012

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 65/100

This action-puzzle platformer follows TOM, a virus created for revenge after a corporation fires its creator, Dr. X. Players rewire circuits to spread the virus...

Scribblenauts Unlimited

Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Logic, Adventure, Arcade, Side view, Casual game

Game released: PC → 15 February 2013

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Scribblenauts Unlimited — side-scrolling arcade adventure puzzle game. Welcome to an adventure in a vast world where your most powerful tool is your...

Triple Town

Arcade, Strategy, Puzzle, Logic, Casual game

Game released: PC → 6 December 2012

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Triple Town is an arcade puzzle game with strategy elements. Your task is to collect plants, houses, etc. into groups. Moreover, the system is multi-level: when...

Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP

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

Game released: PC → 16 April 2012

Players: 10/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 85/100

This exploratory action-adventure follows a wandering warrior monk on a quest through a mythic realm of mountains and forests in a Bronze Age setting. Events are...

Beyond Oasis

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Top-down view, Puzzle, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure

Game released: PC → 3 May 2012

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 100/100

This top-down action-adventure with role-playing elements follows Prince Ali, who uncovers a gold armlet once belonging to a powerful sorcerer. When Ali puts it on...

Adventures of Shuggy

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

Game released: PC → 13 June 2012

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 77/100

A puzzle platformer about Shuggy, who inherits a castle inhabited by goblins, ghouls, zombies, and robots. To make his new home liveable, he explores more than 100...

Critter Crunch

Strategy, Third-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Casual game

Game released: PC → 11 September 2012

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 87/100

A puzzle game built around a food chain in which creatures feed on one another until they burst. Single-player modes include Adventure and Puzzle, while multiplayer...

Containment: The Zombie Puzzler

Arcade, Action, Puzzle, Casual game, Indie

Game released: PC → 2 March 2012

Players: 5/10

Steam: 89/100

An action puzzle game about containing a zombie outbreak in Franklin County. To defeat the undead, the player surrounds them with survivors of the same color, while...

Unmechanical

Arcade, Adventure, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Logic, Indie

Game released: PC → 8 August 2012

Players: 6.2/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 76/100

This puzzle adventure follows a journey to freedom through a fantastical world of flesh, rock, and steel. The player explores the surroundings and solves more than...

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Best Games in the Puzzle genre of 2012 for PC