Puzzle 2021 for Xbox One — top best games in the Puzzle genre

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

Game released: Xbox One → 6 April 2021

Players: 8.5/10

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...

Oddworld: Soulstorm

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

Game released: Xbox One → 30 November 2021

Players: 9.7/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Oddworld: Soulstorm is a continuation of the arcade platformer with a side view, where we will once again play as Abe the Mudokon. The events of the game will...

Unpacking

Arcade, Simulation, Business / Management, Isometric, Puzzle

Game released: Xbox One → 2 November 2021

Players: 9.4/10

Metacritic: 83/100

Unpacking is a meditative arcade puzzle game with an isometric camera view, where you can relive the familiar experience of taking items out of boxes and putting...

Lamentum

Adult game, Adventure, Action, Side view, Indie, Puzzle

Game released: Xbox One → 31 August 2021

Players: 8/10

Lamentum is a dark side-scrolling action adventure game set in New England in the mid-19th century. The game tells the story of a young aristocrat named Victor. He...

Hoa

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

Game released: Xbox One → 24 August 2021

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Hoa is an indie platformer with a side view and elements of the puzzle. You are waiting for breathtaking drawings, hand -drawn, excellent music and a pacifying...

Out of Line

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

Game released: Xbox One → 7 July 2021

Metacritic: 70/100

Out of Line is a side-scrolling adventure puzzle platformer set in a fantasy setting. An exciting journey awaits you, filled with mesmerizing puzzles and a vibrant...

Vaporum: Lockdown

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

Game released: Xbox One → 10 December 2021

Players: 7.1/10

Vaporum: Lockdown — a hardcore role-playing action game with a first-person view in a steampunk style, which is a prequel to the original game Vaporum. The events...

Paradise Lost

Adventure, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Puzzle

Game released: Xbox One → 24 March 2021

Players: 6/10

Metacritic: 62/100

Paradise Lost is a first-person action-puzzle adventure that takes you to an alternate history where World War II did not end in 1945. After 20 years of military...

Retro Machina

Role-playing game, Indie, Isometric, Action, Adventure, Puzzle

Game released: Xbox One → 12 May 2021

Retro Machina is an action-adventure game with role-playing elements and an isometric camera view. In a world long devastated, the last city remains. Protected by a...

Townscaper

Strategy, Arcade, Puzzle, Indie, Simulation

Game released: Xbox One → 30 November 2021

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 63/100

Townscaper is a vibrant casual strategy game in which the player builds a city on an island. The player selects colors and creates blocks of houses on a grid, and...

Alchemist Adventure

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Slasher, Isometric, Puzzle

Game released: Xbox One → 10 June 2021

Alchemist Adventure is an isometric action adventure game set in the abandoned region of Isur. Once upon a time, famous master alchemists lived here, but now only...

Myst

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

Game released: Xbox One → 26 August 2021

Players: 7.8/10

A remake of the iconic adventure quest Myst, released in 1993 and becoming one of the most influential games of its time. The story once again takes you to a...

Balan Wonderworld

Puzzle, Arcade, Indie, Platformer, Adventure, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Action

Game released: Xbox One → 26 March 2021

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 43/100

Balan Wonderworld is an arcade action-platformer with puzzle and adventure elements in an anime style and a third-person view. Led by a mysterious maestro named...

Roki

Adventure, Indie, Side view, Puzzle

Game released: Xbox One → 28 October 2021

Players: 9.4/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Roki is an atmospheric side-scrolling adventure steeped in the spirit of Scandinavian folklore. The game will tell the story of a young girl, Tova, who goes on a...

Ever Forward

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Platformer, Futurism (Future)

Game released: Xbox One → 7 December 2021

Players: 7.4/10

Metacritic: 65/100

Ever Forward is an atmospheric adventure with exciting puzzles and a third-person view. The game takes place in a mysterious world, somewhere between reality and...

KeyWe

Indie, Arcade, Puzzle, Cooperative (co-op), Action, Isometric

Game released: Xbox One → 31 August 2021

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 73/100

KeyWe is a cute co-op postal puzzle game starring Jeff and Debra, two little kiwi birds who work in a quaint post office. Having no hands, they must jump, clap...

Operation: Tango

Adventure, Online, Futurism (Future), First-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Puzzle, Casual game

Game released: Xbox One → 1 July 2021

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 72/100

An espionage-themed action-adventure game in which two players undertake dangerous missions around the world. One player becomes an agent, and the second a hacker...

Lost Words: Beyond the Page

Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view

Game released: Xbox One → 6 April 2021

Metacritic: 76/100

Lost Words: Beyond the Page is an adventure puzzle-platformer with a side view set in a fantasy world, created by the writer of Mirror's Edge (2008), Tomb Raider...

Bonkies

Arcade, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Puzzle, Side view, Futurism (Future)

Game released: Xbox One → 29 January 2021

Metacritic: 76/100

Bonkies is a fun side-scrolling co-op arcade puzzle game in a sci-fi setting, designed for up to 4 people to play together. Each player takes control of a highly...

Alchemist Simulator

Action, Adventure, Simulation, First-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: Xbox One → 10 November 2021

Players: 8.7/10

Alchemist Simulator is an unusual adventure simulator with a first-person view, where you try on the role of a real alchemist. As you progress, you will complete...

Protocol

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

Game released: Xbox One → 30 April 2021

Players: 9.5/10

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...

I Am Dead

Indie, Adventure, Puzzle

Game released: Xbox One → 9 August 2021

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 78/100

I Am Dead is a heartwarming puzzle-adventure game about the afterlife from the creators of Hohokum and Wilmot's Warehouse, in which a deceased museum director...

LEGO Builder's Journey

Arcade, Puzzle, Isometric

Game released: Xbox One → 25 November 2021

Metacritic: 78/100

LEGO Builder's Journey is a lyrical puzzle game set in an amazing world. You will go on a journey with a father and his child, where they will have to assemble...

Space Otter Charlie

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

Game released: Xbox One → 18 March 2021

Space Otter Charlie is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a sci-fi setting. The game takes place in the distant future, when humanity has abandoned...

Faraday Protocol

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

Game released: Xbox One → 12 August 2021

Players: 1/10

Faraday Protocol is a first-person action-puzzle adventure set in a retro-futuristic style where you take on the role of an alien archaeologist who ends up in a...

Tangle Tower

Adventure, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: Xbox One → 6 October 2021

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Tangle Tower is a detective point and click adventure where you have to solve the exciting murder mystery of Freya Fellow. You'll explore a strange and mysterious...

Baldo: The Guardian Owls

Action, Adventure, Puzzle

Game released: Xbox One → 27 August 2021

Baldo: The Guardian Owls is an action-adventure game with lots of puzzles for mobile platforms. You have to travel through the open world, fight enemies, including...

Heaven Dust

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Isometric, Puzzle

Game released: Xbox One → 12 March 2021

Players: 3.2/10

Heaven Dust is an isometric action-horror game in the spirit of Resident Evil, but with a modified visual style. The game features challenging puzzles and multiple...

Surgeon Simulator 2

Logic, Puzzle, First-person view, Action, Simulation, Cooperative (co-op), Online

Game released: Xbox One → 2 September 2021

Players: 8.9/10

Surgeon Simulator 2 is a sequel to the trashy action simulator of a surgeon, which can now be played with four players in co-op. Compared to the original, the...

Tandem: A Tale of Shadows

Adventure, Puzzle, Platformer, Fantasy

Game released: Xbox One → 21 October 2021

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Young Emma and her teddy bear try to solve the mystery of the disappearance of the famous magician Thomas Kane. The game takes place in five worlds, imbued with the...

Ball laB

Platformer, Puzzle, Side view

Game released: Xbox One → 8 December 2021

Players: 5.3/10

Ball laB is a hardcore platformer with minimalistic graphics and a side view. In the game you have to control the ball and overcome 60 levels. The main feature of...

Down in Bermuda

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

Game released: Xbox One → 14 January 2021

The main character is a pilot named Milton, who gets caught in a storm and finds himself trapped in the famous Bermuda Triangle. He explores the islands and solves...

Dreaming Sarah

Metroidvania, Puzzle, Platformer, Adventure, Side view, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: Xbox One → 5 March 2021

The girl Sarah got into an accident and is in a coma. You need to explore the dream world, collect objects and communicate with strange characters to help her wake...

Beyond a Steel Sky

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

Game released: Xbox One → 14 December 2021

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 72/100

Beyond a Steel Sky is an action-adventure game with a third-person view in a sci-fi setting, which is a continuation of the cult Beneath a Steel Sky. In the game...

inbento

Puzzle, Educational game (Education)

Game released: Xbox One → 30 July 2021

Metacritic: 76/100

A game with educational elements on the theme of Japanese cuisine. The player arranges lunches in bento boxes, repeating recipes, and follows a cute story about...

PUSS!

Arcade, Puzzle, Side view

Game released: Xbox One → 19 February 2021

Players: 9.7/10

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...

Beasts of Maravilla Island

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Casual game, Exploration, Fantasy

Game released: Xbox One → 9 July 2021

Beasts of Maravilla Island is a casual action-adventure game with a third-person view in the fantasy genre. The protective magic of the island of Maravilla is...

Minute of Islands

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Side view

Game released: Xbox One → 18 March 2021

Metacritic: 72/100

Minute of Islands is a side-scrolling adventure puzzle platformer set in a post-apocalyptic setting. In the game, you will take on the role of an experienced...

Karma - Incarnation 1

Arcade, Adventure, Puzzle, Side view

Game released: Xbox One → 14 May 2021

Players: 9.4/10

Karma — Incarnation 1 is a fun side-scrolling adventure. You have to get used to the role of a worm named Pip, who, according to the plan, was supposed to...

Blizzard Arcade Collection

Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Isometric, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, Futurism (Future), Collection

Game released: Xbox One → 19 February 2021

Metacritic: 77/100

Blizzard Arcade Collection is a re-release of three classic games in one set from Blizzard, which includes the updated Lost Vikings, Blackthorne and Rock 'n Roll...

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Best Games in the Puzzle genre of 2021 for Xbox One