Puzzle 2017 for PC — top best games in the Puzzle genre

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

Game released: PC → 20 April 2017

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 45/100

Metacritic: 50/100

Syberia 3 is a continuation of the legendary adventures of Kate Walker. The nomadic Yukul tribe finds Kate Walker left for dead on the shores of the icy sea. During...

Little Nightmares

Adventure, Horror, Side view, Platformer, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 27 April 2017

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 81/100

A dark tale in which the main character Six must find a way out of an underwater vessel filled with creepy creatures. The inhabitants of the in-game world also...

Shift Happens

Arcade, Online, Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 22 February 2017

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Shift Happens is a side-scrolling co-op arcade action platformer. The game tells the story of two jelly-like creatures named Bizmo and Plom. After the accident...

We Were Here

Horror, First-person view, Puzzle, Logic, Free game, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 3 February 2017

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 89/100

An atmospheric co-op adventure where two strangers find themselves separated by the walls of an ancient castle amidst the Antarctic ice. One is trapped in a...

Maniac Mansion

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

Game released: PC → 18 December 2017

Steam: 87/100

This point-and-click adventure with puzzles follows Dave and his friends as they try to rescue Sandy from Dr. Fred’s mansion before he begins an experiment on her...

Detention

Adventure, Horror, Puzzle, Indie, Side view, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: PC → 12 January 2017

Players: 9.9/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Detention is an indie puzzle game with horror elements and a side view. At Greenwood High School, located in a remote mountainous area, two students are trapped...

Bendy and the Ink Machine

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Puzzle, Free game

Game released: PC → 27 April 2017

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Bendy and the Ink Machine is an episodic adventure with horror elements and a first-person perspective. Visually, the game is made in the style of the first...

L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files

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

Game released: PC → 14 November 2017

Players: 9.8/10

Steam: 49/100

Metacritic: 82/100

L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files is a detective adventure with lots of puzzles and a first-person view for virtual reality devices HTC Vive and Oculus Rift in the...

SUPERHOT VR

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

Game released: PC → 5 December 2016

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 79/100

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...

White Day: A Labyrinth Named School

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

Game released: PC → 22 August 2017

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 67/100

White Day: A Labyrinth Named School is an adventure horror game with a first-person view. The events of the game tell the story of schoolchildren who find...

Talos Principle VR

First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Logic, Virtual Reality (VR), Adventure

Game released: PC → 17 October 2017

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 83/100

Talos Principle VR is a special version of a spatial puzzle game with a first-person view for virtual reality devices HTC Vive and Oculus Rift. In an unknown place...

Black Mirror

Adventure, Horror, Puzzle, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 28 November 2017

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 47/100

Metacritic: 57/100

Black Mirror (2017) — point and click horror adventure with puzzle elements. Since childhood, our hero, David, has been tormented by nightmares and visions...

Gorogoa

Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Casual game

Game released: PC → 14 December 2017

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Gorogoa is a quirky puzzle adventure with beautiful, hand-drawn worlds. To complete the game, you need to move windows with worlds around the screen, placing them...

Rakuen

Adventure, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Point & Click, Puzzle, Japanese role-playing game, Role-playing game

Game released: PC → 10 May 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Rakuen is a fantastic adventure in Japanese style. The game tells the story of a little boy who has been lying in the hospital for a long time and is very bored. He...

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...

Death Squared

Arcade, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game

Game released: PC → 14 March 2017

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Death Squared is an arcade puzzle game from the developers of SMG Studio. The game has a cooperative mode in which you can solve various problems together with...

Sexy Brutale

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

Game released: PC → 11 April 2017

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Sexy Brutale is a point and click adventure with a side view, inspired by the movie "Groundhog Day", because the main character has to relive the same day over and...

The House of Da Vinci

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Historical, Hidden Objects, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 24 November 2017

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 81/100

Atmospheric adventure puzzle game inspired by The Room series. The player takes on the role of an apprentice to the great Leonardo da Vinci and goes in search of...

Mainlining

Simulation, Adventure, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: PC → 26 January 2017

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 73/100

After MI7 is hacked, the player investigates a cyber-criminal network with the goal of bringing its members to justice. Mainlining is a hacking adventure played...

Snake Pass

Arcade, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Logic, Simulation, Adventure, Exploration

Game released: PC → 28 March 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Snake Pass is a third-person arcade puzzle game with a fantasy setting. When a mysterious villain threatens the heroes' peaceful lives, Noodle the snake and Doodle...

Under Leaves

Arcade, Puzzle, Logic, Hidden Objects, Music game

Game released: PC → 27 April 2017

Steam: 95/100

Under Leaves is a wonderful arcade puzzle game in which you have to find many animals hidden in the thick of watercolor illustrations. In the game you can travel...

Hidden Folks

Hidden Objects, Casual game, Puzzle, Indie, Adventure, Isometric

Game released: PC → 15 February 2017

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 81/100

The player tries to find all the hidden people or other objects in hand-drawn interactive pictures. There are 32 areas and more than 300 hidden objects available...

Rime

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

Game released: PC → 26 May 2017

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Rime is an action-adventure puzzle game played from a third-person perspective. You have to go to a fantastic and harsh world that holds many secrets and mysteries...

Land of Pain

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

Game released: PC → 13 September 2017

Steam: 77/100

Land of Pain is a first-person horror adventure with a variety of puzzles, inspired by the works of American writer Howard Phillips Lovecraft. Something strange is...

Legend of the Skyfish

Adventure, Indie, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 24 February 2017

Steam: 66/100

Metacritic: 80/100

An adventure game that combines puzzles and combat in a large handcrafted world. Players explore 45 levels with hand-painted art, solve puzzles, and battle unusual...

Journey Down: Chapter Three

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

Game released: PC → 21 September 2017

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 92/100

Journey Down: Chapter Three is the final point and click episode of the Journey Down adventure. The game follows Lina, a young girl who searches for a lost book and...

The Franz Kafka Videogame

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

Game released: PC → 6 April 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 63/100

Metacritic: 64/100

The Franz Kafka Videogame is an adventure puzzle game based on the works of Franz Kafka. You play as a hero named K. He receives a lucrative offer and goes abroad...

Another Lost Phone: Laura's Story

Adventure, Puzzle, Interactive movie, Text quest, Indie, Casual game, Detective

Game released: PC → 21 September 2017

Steam: 91/100

Another Lost Phone: Laura's Story is an unusual adventure for mobile platforms. The game is based on the gameplay where all the events take place on someone's phone...

I Expect You To Die

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Virtual Reality (VR), Strategy

Game released: PC → 25 April 2017

Players: 9/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 82/100

I Expect You To Die is a first-person puzzle adventure game for Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and PlayStation VR. In the game you will play the role of an elite secret...

Darkest Hunters

Arcade, Top-down view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Match-3 (Three in a row), Casual game, Strategy, Adventure

Game released: PC → 27 September 2017

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 51/100

Darkest Hunters — top-down arcade puzzle game in the genre of "three in a row" in a fantasy setting. Having chosen a hero, you have to fight bloodthirsty...

Vaporum

Role-playing game, Action, First-person view, Puzzle, Steampunk, Dungeons

Game released: PC → 28 September 2017

Players: 6/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Vaporum is a hardcore action RPG with a first-person view in a steampunk style, inspired by the classic games Eye of Beholder and Dangeon Master from 1983. A...

Death Coming

Arcade, Simulation, Isometric, Puzzle, Casual game, Strategy

Game released: PC → 7 November 2017

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 83/100

Death Coming is an arcade puzzle simulator with an isometric camera view, where you take on the role of the grim reaper, who collects the souls of the dead and...

Bridge Constructor Portal

Arcade, Puzzle, Logic, Side view, Simulation, Strategy

Game released: PC → 20 December 2017

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Bridge Constructor Portal is a driving crossover of the Bridge Constructor and Portal series. You will play the role of a new employee of the Aperture Science...

Troll and I

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

Game released: PC → 21 March 2017

Players: 5.6/10

Steam: 35/100

Metacritic: 39/100

Troll and I is an action-adventure game with a third-person perspective set in a fantasy world. The game tells a funny story about the friendship between a human...

Eventide 3: Legacy of Legends

Arcade, Adventure, Puzzle, Match-3 (Three in a row), Casual game, Hidden Objects

Game released: PC → 28 September 2017

Steam: 83/100

Eventide 3: Legacy of Legends is an adventure arcade puzzle game in the match-3 genre. Take on the role of Mary Gilbert, world-renowned botanist and keeper of the...

Temple of Aluxes

First-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Free game, Virtual Reality (VR), Adventure

Game released: PC → 25 October 2017

Steam: 77/100

An adventurous VR game where the player explores a lost temple and tries to escape by solving various puzzles. The gameplay includes searching for treasures and...

Opus Magnum

Simulation, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: PC → 7 December 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 97/100

Opus Magnum is an indie puzzle game with simulation elements in a medieval setting. You have to take on the role of a powerful alchemist. Unravel the mysterious...

Misao

Adventure, Horror, Side view, Puzzle, Exploration

Game released: PC → 25 October 2017

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 94/100

Pinstripe

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie, Side view, Casual game

Game released: PC → 24 April 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Pinstripe is an atmospheric side-scrolling exploration adventure from developer Coma and Skinny. The events of the game take place in Hell, where the main character...

Little Nightmares - The Depths

Adventure, Horror, DLC, Puzzle, Side view

Game released: PC → 7 July 2017

Players: 6.3/10

Steam: 66/100

Metacritic: 62/100

Little Nightmares — The Depths is an add-on for the side-scrolling horror adventure Little Nightmares. The add-on tells an alternative story to the original...

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Best Games in the Puzzle genre of 2017 for PC (Game released)