Puzzle 2018 for PC — top best games in the Puzzle genre

Shadow of the Tomb Raider - a game in the Puzzle genre

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Open world

Game released: PC → 14 September 2018

Players: 8/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Shadow of the Tomb Raider is an action-adventure game with a third-person perspective that tells about the new adventures of Lara Croft. Lara must navigate through...

Breathedge

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Indie, Survival, Comedy, Space, Sandbox

Early Access: PC → 13 September 2018; Game released: PC → 25 February 2021

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Breathedge is a science fiction adventure action game with a first-person view and survival elements. The game tells the story of an ordinary guy and his pet who...

Unravel Two

Arcade, Adventure, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Online

Game released: PC → 9 June 2018

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Unravel Two is the second part of an exciting side-scrolling adventure puzzle game. Now Yarny will travel in company with a similar creature woven from blue yarn...

Granny

Adventure, Stealth, First-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Survival horror, Horror, Online

Game released: PC → 20 November 2018

Steam: 94/100

A survival horror game in which the main character finds himself trapped in the home of a creepy old woman. Waking up in a dark room with a headache, he finds a...

Bloons TD 6

Arcade, Strategy, Puzzle, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Online

Game released: PC → 18 December 2018

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 97/100

Bloons TD 6 is an arcade puzzle game with strategy elements in the tower defense genre for mobile platforms. Controlling the fighting monkeys, you need to destroy...

Council

Action, Adventure, Puzzle, Interactive movie, Role-playing game, Detective

Game released: PC → 13 March 2018

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Council is an interactive adventure where you have to make difficult decisions and directly influence the plot. The game takes you to 1793. You will play as a...

Little Nightmares - The Residence

Adventure, Horror, DLC, Puzzle, Side view

Game released: PC → 22 February 2018

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 82/100

Little Nightmares — The Residence is an add-on for the side-view horror adventure Little Nightmares. The main character has to find out who is hiding behind...

Mirror

Simulation, Puzzle, Anime / Manga, Adult game, Match-3 (Three in a row)

Game released: PC → 19 April 2018

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 90/100

Mirror is an exciting match-3 puzzle game with elements of a dating simulator for adults. The game will delight you with attractive girls with whom you will fight...

Beholder 2

Adventure, Stealth, Puzzle, Side view, Strategy, Simulation, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 5 December 2018

Players: 8/10

Steam: 81/100

Beholder 2 is a continuation of the side-view adventure strategy that will take you to a world where totalitarianism has reached almost every citizen. The main...

Rusty Lake Paradise

Adventure, Puzzle, Point & Click, Indie

Game released: PC → 11 January 2018

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 93/100

Rusty Lake Paradise is a point-and-click puzzle game with beautiful visuals and a dark atmosphere. The game takes place on a small island in the 18th century. After...

Chuchel

Adventure, Puzzle, Side view, Casual game, Comedy, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 7 March 2018

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Chuchel is an unusual side-scrolling adventure from the creators of Samorost 3, Botanicula and Machinarium. Starring an angry, hairy, slightly nice, screaming and...

FAR: Lone Sails

Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Post-apocalyptic, Side view, Exploration

Game released: PC → 17 May 2018

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 81/100

FAR: Lone Sails is a side-scrolling adventure puzzle platformer set in a post-apocalyptic setting. The main character will have to cross the dry ocean in an amazing...

Shadow of the Tomb Raider - The Forge

Action, Shooter, Adventure, DLC, Third-person view, Puzzle, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 13 November 2018

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 39/100

Shadow of the Tomb Raider — The Forge is an add-on for the third-person action-adventure game Shadow of the Tomb Raider. In the expansion, Lara must travel to...

Puzzle With Your Friends

Casual game, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: PC → 24 April 2018

Steam: 85/100

This casual puzzle game challenges players to assemble jigsaws featuring artwork from indie games and various artists. It offers a single-player mode as well as...

I'm on Observation Duty

Horror, Puzzle, Indie, Hidden Objects

Game released: PC → 14 December 2018

Steam: 95/100

Atmospheric horror built around the search for anomalies on surveillance cameras. Several screens show empty rooms where small changes gradually appear: paintings...

Do Not Feed the Monkeys

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Point & Click, Business / Management, Strategy

Game released: PC → 24 October 2018

Players: 8/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Do Not Feed the Monkeys is a unique first-person puzzle adventure game with pixel graphics. The game will give you the opportunity to invade the privacy of...

39 Days to Mars

Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Steampunk, Side view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 25 April 2018

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 71/100

39 Days to Mars is a side-scrolling co-op steampunk puzzle adventure. The game will tell the story of Sir Albert Weeks and his pilot Clarence Baxter, who decided to...

My Memory of Us

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

Game released: PC → 9 October 2018

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 71/100

My Memory of US is an adventure arcade platform with a side view. The game will tell the story of two friends - a girl and a boy who found themselves in different...

STAY

Adventure, Horror, Indie, Side view, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 16 May 2018

Steam: 93/100

STAY is an unusual adventure with a side view and horror elements. Quinn woke up in a closed room, where there is only a computer connected to the chat you are in...

Ultimate Custom Night

Horror, First-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Free game, Survival horror

Game released: PC → 27 June 2018

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 94/100

Ultimate Custom Night is a free-to-play horror puzzle game with a first-person view in the Five Nights at Freddy's universe. You have to confront 50 different...

Super Street: The Game

Arcade, Third-person view, Puzzle, Racing

Game released: PC → 11 September 2018

Players: 5.6/10

Steam: 44/100

Super Street: The Game is a racing arcade game with a third-person view in which you can completely disassemble and reassemble a car. The game features an advanced...

Dandara

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Metroidvania

Game released: PC → 6 February 2018

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 72/100

Dandara is an adventure action-platformer with a side view. You will witness the story of a young girl named Dandara, who wakes up in a world unfamiliar to her and...

Return of the Obra Dinn

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Detective, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 18 October 2018

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 89/100

Return of the Obra Dinn is an adventure detective from the creator papers, please, which will tell about the Dinn Disablast, which hides many secrets. You have to...

Moss

Action, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Virtual Reality (VR), Adventure

Game released: PC → 7 June 2018

Players: 10/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Moss is a third-person puzzle adventure game for HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Windows Mixed Reality Valve Index and PlayStation VR. The events unfold around the cute...

Evergarden

Puzzle, Strategy, Adventure

Game released: PC → 16 August 2018

Steam: 23/100

A puzzle game with strategy and adventure elements unfolds in a mysterious forest that must be restored and explored. On a board, the player combines plants to...

Donut County

Arcade, Puzzle, Logic, Casual game, Indie

Game released: PC → 28 August 2018

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Donut County is an unusual arcade puzzle game. The essence of the game is that you have to control a hole that grows when various objects fall into it. You need to...

CrossCode

Role-playing game, Action, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Indie

Game released: PC → 20 September 2018

Players: 9.8/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 83/100

CrossCode is a top-down action RPG in a fantasy style. This game combines SNES-style 16-bit graphics with smooth physics, a fast-paced combat system, and engaging...

The Room Three

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

Game released: PC → 13 November 2018

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 90/100

The Room Three is a continuation of the point-and-click adventure puzzle game. The plot tells about a certain Master who locked the main character in an ominous...

Blind

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

Game released: PC → 18 September 2018

Steam: 66/100

Metacritic: 62/100

Blind is a first-person action-adventure game for virtual reality devices HTC Vive, OSVR, Oculus Rift and PlayStation VR. The events of the game will tell about a...

The Gardens Between

Adventure, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Hidden Objects, Walking Simulator

Game released: PC → 19 September 2018

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 79/100

The Gardens Between is a side-scrolling fantasy adventure from Australian developers The Voxel Agents. The events unfold around the girl Ariana and the boy Frendt...

Protocol

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

Game released: PC → 20 November 2018

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 73/100

Protocol is an exciting adventure shooter with a first-person view and support for virtual reality devices. The main character goes to the Arctic Circle, where he...

DYING: Reborn

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

Game released: PC → 11 January 2018

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 38/100

This first-person adventure puzzle game in the room escape genre unfolds in the dark rooms of an unfamiliar hotel. Protagonist Mathew wakes there with little memory...

Ghost of a Tale

Arcade, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure, Stealth

Game released: PC → 13 March 2018

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Ghost of a Tale is an adventure arcade platformer with a third-person view in a medieval world. The events of the game take place in a parallel universe where...

Train Valley 2

In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Puzzle, Trains, Logic, Strategy

Early Access: PC → 29 March 2018; Game released: PC → 15 April 2019

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 90/100

Train Valley 2 is a continuation of the railway economic puzzle with an isometric camera view. You have to manage your own railway company and lead it through the...

7 Billion Humans

Arcade, Top-down view, Puzzle, Indie, Simulation

Game released: PC → 23 August 2018

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 93/100

7 Billion Humans is the sequel to the fun indie puzzle game Human Resource Machine. This time you have to automate a swarm of employees so that they become part of...

We Were Here Too

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Puzzle, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 2 February 2018

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 69/100

The sequel to We Were Here takes you into the heart of an ancient castle, lost in darkness. Every room holds a mystery, and the walls seem to whisper of those who...

PUSS!

Arcade, Puzzle, Side view, Indie, Horror, Demons

Game released: PC → 2 August 2018

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 64/100

PUSS! — an acid arcade puzzle game with a side view, where you have to control a cat who has found himself in another dimension. The main task is to find a...

Long Reach

Adventure, Puzzle, Side view, Action, Indie

Game released: PC → 14 March 2018

Players: 10/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 64/100

Long Reach is a psychological thriller executed in the style of pixel art. The game takes place in a world where everyone craves power, be it money, divine blessing...

Shadow of the Tomb Raider - The Pillar

Action, Shooter, Adventure, DLC, Third-person view, Puzzle, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 18 December 2018

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 59/100

Shadow of the Tomb Raider — The Pillar is an add-on for the third-person action-adventure game Shadow of the Tomb Raider. In the expansion, the fearless Lara...

Lucid Dream Adventure

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

Game released: PC → 8 October 2018

Players: 10/10

Steam: 81/100

Lucid Dream Adventure is a side-scrolling horror adventure with puzzle elements. The second chapter of Lucid Dream Adventure continues the fairytale story of Lucy...

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Best Games in the Puzzle genre of 2018 for PC