Puzzle 2016 for Xbox One — top best games in the Puzzle genre

Ori and The Blind Forest: Definitive Edition

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie, Metroidvania

Game released: Xbox One → 11 March 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...

Unravel

Arcade, Adventure, Puzzle, Side view, Action

Game released: Xbox One → 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: Xbox One → 13 September 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...

SUPERHOT

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

Game released: Xbox One → 3 May 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...

Teslagrad

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Indie, Steampunk

Game released: Xbox One → 9 March 2016

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Teslagrad is an arcade quest with platformer elements and futurism style. In this game, you use the power of electromagnetism to solve puzzles and battle horrors as...

Dear Esther

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

Game released: Xbox One → 20 September 2016

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...

Song of the Deep

Arcade, Adventure, Warships / Submarines, Puzzle, Side view, Metroidvania, Action

Game released: Xbox One → 12 July 2016

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Song of the Deep is a side-scrolling arcade adventure. The setting was a sunken city that hides many secrets and mysteries and where the main character’s father was...

Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter

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

Game released: Xbox One → 25 October 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...

Pac-Man 256

Arcade, Action, Top-down view, Puzzle, Casual game

Game released: Xbox One → 21 June 2016

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Pac-Man 256 is a continuation of the popular top-down arcade game starring Pac-Man. The game is made in an unusual style: the main character is followed by a wave...

Batman: Arkham Knight Game of the Year Edition

Action, Stealth, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Comics

Game released: Xbox One → 28 July 2016

Players: 8.8/10

Batman: Arkham Knight Game of the Year Edition is an expanded edition of the third-person action game Batman: Arkham Knight with all the additions and updates. The...

Enigmatis 2: The Mists of Ravenwood

Adventure, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Hidden Objects, Casual game

Game released: Xbox One → 25 November 2016

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 97/100

Enigmatis 2: The Mists of Ravenwood is a hidden object adventure puzzle game set in a fantasy setting. You have to go on a dangerous adventure on the trail of a...

The Turing Test

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

Game released: Xbox One → 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...

Flame in the Flood

Adventure, Isometric, Puzzle, Indie, Survival

Game released: Xbox One → 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...

Among the Sleep

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

Game released: Xbox One → 3 June 2016

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 66/100

Among the Sleep is an adventure puzzle game with a first-person view and horror elements. The main character is a very young child. He is hiding from a mysterious...

Hue

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

Game released: Xbox One → 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...

Agatha Christie - The ABC Murders

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

Game released: Xbox One → 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...

Azkend 2: The World Beneath

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

Game released: Xbox One → 3 May 2016

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...

Lumo

Arcade, Puzzle, Indie, Adventure, Isometric

Game released: Xbox One → 22 June 2016

Steam: 70/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Lumo is an isometric platform adventure built around exploring rooms, each presenting a self-contained challenge. It draws on platformers from the 1980s and early...

I, Zombie

Stealth, Top-down view, Puzzle

Game released: Xbox One → 31 August 2016

Steam: 72/100

A top-down stealth puzzle game in which the player leads a group of zombies and must infect every human on the map. Each infected person joins the horde and can be...

Resident Evil: Origins Collection

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

Game released: Xbox One → 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...

Marvel Puzzle Quest: Dark Reign

Role-playing game, Arcade, Adventure, Logic, Match-3 (Three in a row), Puzzle, Free game

Game released: Xbox One → 4 February 2016

Steam: 62/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Marvel Puzzle Quest: Dark Reign is an arcade puzzle game in the match-three genre. You will unite your favorite characters from the Marvel universe (including Iron...

Armikrog

Adventure, Futurism (Future), Logic, Point & Click, Puzzle

Game released: Xbox One → 23 August 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 62/100

Metacritic: 56/100

Armikrog is a plasticine adventure from the creators of NeverWicked and Jim the Worm. Join space explorer Tomminaut and his blind, talking alien dog, Keybeak, to...

Rise of the Tomb Raider: Cold Darkness Awakened

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

Game released: Xbox One → 29 March 2016

Players: 10/10

Rise of the Tomb Raider: Cold Darkness Awakened — addition to the action adventure with a third-person view. According to the plot of the add-on, you have to...

Bridge Constructor Stunts

Arcade, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Simulation

Game released: Xbox One → 16 December 2016

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 57/100

Bridge Constructor Stunts is an arcade puzzle game for mobile devices, where instead of bridges you will build ramps and trampolines. Even the slowest trucks will...

Layers of Fear: Inheritance

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

Game released: Xbox One → 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...

Yesterday Origins

Adventure, Puzzle, Point & Click

Game released: Xbox One → 17 November 2016

Players: 9/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Yesterday Origins is a classic point-and-click adventure and the sequel to Pendulo Studios' Yesterday. The plot of the project tells about a man named John...

Tetrobot and Co.

Arcade, Platformer, Logic, Puzzle, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Xbox One → 16 March 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 75/100

This puzzle platformer follows Psy, a microscopic robot built to help repair Tetrobot, a popular but imperfect machine. Maya created Psy as Tetrobot’s little...

Nightmares from the Deep: The Siren's Call

Puzzle, Logic, Hidden Objects

Game released: Xbox One → 26 August 2016

Players: 1/10

Metacritic: 69/100

A hidden-object puzzle game in which the player must answer the siren’s call and defeat the cruel Mayor Murray and his sea monster, the...

In Between

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

Game released: Xbox One → 8 June 2016

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 70/100

Metacritic: 68/100

In Between — arcade side-scrolling indie adventure. The game tells a sad story about a man who is dying of cancer. The main character will have to delve into...

140

Platformer, Music game, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: Xbox One → 7 September 2016

Players: 9/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 70/100

A minimalist puzzle platformer in which obstacles are tied to the rhythm of electronic music. The player controls a geometric shape in an abstract, colorful world...

King Oddball

Arcade, Shooter, Platformer, Indie, Casual game, Puzzle

Game released: Xbox One → 9 September 2016

Players: 7/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 65/100

This arcade puzzle game follows a king who swings a boulder with his tongue and uses it to destroy targets. The player chooses when to release the rock, with...

Monochroma

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

Game released: Xbox One → 24 June 2016

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 61/100

Monochroma is an atmospheric puzzle platformer with horror elements and a side view. The game takes place in a gloomy industrial world. You will learn the story of...

Tumblestone

Arcade, Online, Puzzle, Logic, Match-3 (Three in a row), Indie

Game released: Xbox One → 16 July 2016

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Tumblestone is an action-puzzle game with a story campaign and competitive multiplayer. Players solve increasingly difficult puzzles, help a sausage make friends...

A Boy and His Blob

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Side view, Adventure, Remake

Game released: Xbox One → 20 January 2016

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 80/100

A Boy and His Blob is a fascinating puzzle-platformer with a side view in a sci-fi setting, which is a remake of David Crane's A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on...

Rise of the Tomb Raider: Baba Yaga - Temple of the Witch

Action, Shooter, Adventure, DLC, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: Xbox One → 26 January 2016

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Rise of the Tomb Raider: Baba Yaga — Temple of the Witch is an addition to the action adventure with a third-person view. Under the influence of poisonous...

Manual Samuel

Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Side view

Game released: Xbox One → 14 October 2016

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Manual Samuel is a fun adventure game that tells the story of Samuel. He is handsome and rich, but most importantly, he is dead. Samuel decides to make a deal with...

Brick Breaker

Arcade, Action, Puzzle

Game released: Xbox One → 26 April 2016

Steam: 35/100

Brick Breaker is a popular classic arcade puzzle game in which you use a ball to break blocks with different properties. More than a hundred exciting levels, many...

TurnOn

Arcade, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Side view, Indie, Casual game, Adventure

Game released: Xbox One → 1 June 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 67/100

TurnOn is a side-scrolling arcade platformer in a sci-fi setting. The main character is a sparkle that travels along wires and helps people in a de-energized city...

Organic Panic

Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Logic, Action, Casual game, Indie

Game released: Xbox One → 1 April 2016

Steam: 40/100

This physics-based action platformer with puzzles follows organic characters battling the cronies of meat and cheese. Levels are fully destructible, and liquids...

Drawful 2

Arcade, Puzzle, Board / Group Game, Indie, Online, Casual game

Game released: Xbox One → 21 June 2016

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 91/100

Drawful 2 is an exciting board arcade game for a large company. Together with your friends, using controllers and phones, you will have to create absurd drawings...

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Best Games in the Puzzle genre of 2016 for Xbox One