Games Game Genres Puzzle

Puzzle

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Best Games in the Puzzle genre of 2026 for PC (Game in development)

Hela: of Mice & Magic

Action, Adventure, Online, Platformer, Puzzle, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game, Exploration, Open world

Game in development: PC → 1 December 2026

Anticipation Rating: 8.8/10

A cozy adventure about a small but very brave mouse who sets out on a journey to save the life of his mistress. A kind sorceress has fallen ill, and her familiar...

4:AM

Adventure, Stealth, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Horror

Game in development: PC → 10 December 2026

Steam: 90/100

A cinematic stealth adventure in a dark world of the near future, where the usual laws of reality no longer apply. At exactly 04:00, Ayla wakes up among the ruins...

Escape Academy 2: Back 2 School

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game, Exploration, Open world, Visual novel

Game in development: PC → 5 November 2026

A sequel to the adventure puzzle game where players must master the art of escape. This time, the academy becomes a full open world, with a new campus filled with...

Never Sort By Color

Simulation, Puzzle, Casual game, Hidden Objects

Game in development: PC → 10 November 2026

Anticipation Rating: 5/10

A first-person meditative simulator about sorting through a huge pile of plastic parts and restoring order in an old workshop. Under the rubble of blocks, there is...

Aeterna Lucis

Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Anime / Manga, Side view, Exploration, Fantasy, Metroidvania

Game in development: PC → 3 December 2026

Continuation of Aeterna Noctis, but with a new character. After the events of the first part, the Queen of Light must stop the destruction of the world by...

Professor Layton and the New World of Steam

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Anime / Manga, Steampunk

Game in development: PC → 10 December 2026

Anticipation Rating: 7.5/10

The events of the game take place in the city of Steam Bison, located in America, one year after Professor Layton and the Unwound Future. The city is highly...

Hope in the City

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

Game in development: PC → 11 November 2026

A detective adventure about a 17-year-old schoolgirl named Hope, who tries to uncover the mysterious disappearance of her parents in the Chinese city of Shenyang...