Puzzle 2016 for PC — top best games in the Puzzle genre

Human Fall Flat - a game in the Puzzle genre

Third-person view, Puzzle, Logic, Cooperative (co-op), Online

Game released: PC → 22 July 2016

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Human: Fall Flat is an arcade puzzle game in a large open world with a third-person view. You'll be able to explore the environment and solve physics puzzles to...

Samorost 3

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Futurism (Future), Indie, Point & Click, Puzzle, Fantasy

Game released: PC → 24 March 2016

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Samorost 3 is a continuation of the fantastic adventure from the developers of Samorost 2, Machinarium and Botanicula. The main character is a gnome who seems to...

Haydee

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

Game released: PC → 26 September 2016

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 84/100

Haydee is a hardcore action puzzle game with a third-person perspective. In this game you control Gyde, a half-woman, half-robot, in search of a way out of a...

35MM

Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Post-apocalyptic, Walking Simulator, Survival horror, Hidden Objects

Game released: PC → 28 May 2016

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 57/100

35MM is a post-apocalyptic adventure with a first-person view from domestic developer Sergei Noskov. The game takes place in Russia, where a mysterious epidemic has...

Unravel

Arcade, Adventure, Puzzle, Side view, Action

Game released: PC → 9 February 2016

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Unravel is a side-scrolling arcade adventure with various puzzles. The platformer will tell the story of a knitted man — Yarny, who stretches like a ball with...

The Witness

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

Game released: PC → 26 January 2016

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 87/100

The Witness is an arcade adventure puzzle game with a first-person view. The action takes place on an island full of mysteries. The island is an open world where...

Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Simulation

Game released: PC → 27 October 2016

Players: 8/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You is a first-person puzzle adventure game based on George Orwell's novel 1984. You have to take on the role of Big Brother and monitor...

Ori and The Blind Forest: Definitive Edition

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie, Metroidvania

Game released: PC → 14 June 2016

Players: 9.8/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 89/100

Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition is an expanded edition of the indie adventure platformer. The game tells the story of a little guardian spirit named...

Rusty Lake Hotel

Adventure, Indie, Puzzle, Side view, Horror, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 29 January 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 93/100

Rusty Lake Hotel is a side-scrolling arcade adventure game with horror elements inspired by the cult TV series Twin Peaks by David Lynch. The plot centers on...

SUPERHOT

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Virtual Reality (VR)

Game released: PC → 25 February 2016

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 83/100

SUPERHOT is a first-person shooter-puzzle game from the Polish studio SUPERHOT Team. The main feature of the game mechanics is the passage of time — only...

Lara Croft GO

Strategy, Isometric, Puzzle, Turn-based, Logic, Tactics, Adventure

Game released: PC → 4 December 2016

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Lara Croft GO is a turn-based tactical puzzle game with an isometric camera view about everyone's favorite tomb raider. The game continues the traditions of Hitman...

Pony Island

Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Demons

Game released: PC → 4 January 2016

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Pony Island is a logic puzzle game from the developers of Daniel Mullins Games. The story is that the devil locks the player in an arcade, and in order to get out...

Angels of Death

Role-playing game, Adventure, Horror, Anime / Manga, Indie, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 20 December 2016

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 95/100

Angels of Death is a role-playing adventure with Japanese-style horror elements. The events of the game unfold around Ray and Zack, who, by a terrible accident...

Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter

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

Game released: PC → 27 May 2016

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter is an action-adventure game with a third-person view. In the game you will find five cases that Sherlock Holmes and his famous...

True Fear: Forsaken Souls

Adventure, Horror, Puzzle, Exploration, Hidden Objects

Game released: PC → 19 October 2016

Players: 9/10

Steam: 92/100

True Fear: Forsaken Souls is a mystical point and click adventure with horror elements and a lot of puzzles. The events of the game take place in an old house that...

Agatha Christie - The ABC Murders

Adventure, Third-person view, Hidden Objects, Puzzle, Visual novel

Game released: PC → 4 February 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Agatha Christie — The ABC Murders — a point-and-click adventure based on the detective novels of Agatha Christie. Players will take on the role of the...

Hitman GO

Strategy, Isometric, Turn-based, Tactics, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 23 February 2016

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 77/100

A turn-based strategy puzzle set in the Hitman universe, where Agent 47 tackles missions across levels presented as miniature dioramas. The player moves along fixed...

SUPERHOT VR

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Puzzle, Virtual Reality (VR)

Game released: PC → 5 December 2016

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 79/100

SUPERHOT VR is a special version of the game for virtual reality devices HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and PlayStation VR. You will find an innovative control scheme that...

Space Rangers: Quest

Role-playing game, Adventure, Puzzle, Visual novel, Science fiction, Space

Game released: PC → 5 September 2016

Players: 9/10

Steam: 56/100

Space Rangers: Quest is a sci-fi text adventure with role-playing elements in the Space Rangers universe. You will have to investigate the nature of a new threat...

Alone in the Dark (1992)

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

Game released: PC → 13 December 2016

Players: 6.5/10

Steam: 92/100

Alone in the Dark (1992) — action-horror with a third-person view and puzzle elements. Suspicious suicide. A terrible curse. Evil force. Finally, an evil dark...

htoL#NiQ: The Firefly Diary

Arcade, Adventure, Puzzle, Side view, Anime / Manga, Strategy

Game released: PC → 18 May 2016

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 67/100

Metacritic: 58/100

htoL#NiQ: The Firefly Diary — side-scrolling adventure arcade puzzle game. You will control a firefly, whose main task is to illuminate the path and guide the...

Alone in the Dark 2

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

Game released: PC → 13 December 2016

Steam: 71/100

Alone in the Dark 2 is a third-person action game with a touch of horror and puzzle from the studio Infogrames Europe SA. The game is published by Infogrames Europe...

Bear With Me

Adventure, Puzzle, , Hidden Objects, Detective

Game released: PC → 8 August 2016

Players: 6.2/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Bear With Me is a noir point and click adventure that tells the story of a little girl, Amber. She has to find her missing brother Flint and turns to Ted E., a...

Resident Evil: Origins Collection

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

Game released: PC → 22 January 2016

Resident Evil: Origins Collection is a special edition that contains re-releases of two legendary games in the Resident Evil series. You can expect updated versions...

Hue

Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Adventure, Indie

Game released: PC → 30 August 2016

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Hue is a side-scrolling arcade puzzle game with platforming elements. In it you have to remake the world by changing its background color. Together with a character...

Westport Independent

Strategy, Business / Management, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Simulation

Game released: PC → 21 January 2016

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 63/100

Westport Independent — management strategy with logic puzzles. You will become the editor-in-chief of a newspaper, who edits news texts every day before...

Flame in the Flood

Adventure, Isometric, Puzzle, Indie, Survival

Game released: PC → 24 February 2016

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Flame in the Flood is a survival adventure game in which the player will wander through procedurally generated levels, exploring the slums of the United States...

Fantastic Contraption

Arcade, Simulation, Virtual Reality (VR), Puzzle, Strategy

Game released: PC → 5 April 2016

Steam: 72/100

Fantastic Contraption is an arcade simulator for virtual reality devices HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and PlayStation VR. You'll be transported to a bizarre world where...

SHENZHEN I/O

Simulation, Educational game (Education), Puzzle, Logic

Game released: PC → 17 November 2016

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 95/100

SHENZHEN I/O is a programmer simulator with elements of an educational game. You have to get a job in a large Chinese company and develop software code for...

Crystal Rift

Role-playing game, Horror, First-person view, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie, Dungeons

Game released: PC → 30 March 2016

Steam: 58/100

Metacritic: 37/100

Crystal Rift is a first-person role-playing adventure in the spirit of classic games like Eye of Beholder, supporting HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and PlayStation VR...

Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma

Adventure, Puzzle, Visual novel

Game released: PC → 29 June 2016

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma is the third game in the Zero Escape series, taking place between 999 and Virtue's Last Reward. Like its predecessors, the game...

NightCry

Adventure, Horror, Point & Click, Exploration, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 29 March 2016

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 60/100

Metacritic: 44/100

This third-person horror adventure takes place aboard a luxury cruise liner, where a murder turns the guests against one another and a threatening presence soon...

Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair

Arcade, Adventure, Puzzle, Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Detective

Game released: PC → 18 April 2016

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 81/100

This detective visual novel follows a school trip to the abandoned Jabberwock Island, where Monokuma restarts a deadly game. Students from Hope’s Peak Academy must...

Layers of Fear: Inheritance

Adventure, Horror, DLC, First-person view, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: PC → 2 August 2016

Players: 5.9/10

Steam: 76/100

Layers of Fear: Inheritance is an addition to the adventure puzzle game with horror elements and a first-person view Layers of Fear. The main character will be the...

The Turing Test

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

Game released: PC → 30 August 2016

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 77/100

The Turing Test is a sci-fi action puzzle game with a first-person view. You will be transported to one of the largest moons of Jupiter — Europa. In the role...

The Revenge of Johnny Bonasera: Episode 1

Indie, Adventure, Side view, Puzzle, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 1 October 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 84/100

The Revenge of Johnny Bonasera: Episode 1 is an indie adventure quest in the point and click genre with puzzle elements. This is the story of Johnny Bonasera, a...

Poly Bridge

Arcade, Puzzle, Indie, Side view, Construction, Simulation

Game released: PC → 12 July 2016

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 73/100

The game allows you to build bridges from different parts. Buildings must comply with the laws of physics, especially those parts that relate to the resistance of...

SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell

Arcade, Action, Platformer, First-person view, Puzzle, Parkour

Game released: PC → 28 July 2016

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 95/100

SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell is an arcade action platformer with a first-person view that combines the ideas of Quake 3 and the complexity of Super Meat Boy. The...

Slayaway Camp

Arcade, Strategy, Horror, Isometric, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: PC → 25 October 2016

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 88/100

Slayaway Camp is an exciting strategy game with horror elements and a lot of puzzles. You have to get used to the role of a maniac killer, calling himself...

Six Sides of the World

Logic, Puzzle, Science fiction, Arcade, Casual game, Indie, Action

Game released: PC → 20 January 2016

Steam: 84/100

Six Sides of the World is an atmospheric arcade puzzle game in a sci-fi setting, where you will explore various cubic planets that are filled with various traps. As...

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Best Games in the Puzzle genre of 2016 for PC (Game released)