Puzzle 2005 for Xbox — top best games in the Puzzle genre

Half-Life 2 - a game in the Puzzle genre

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

Game released: Xbox → 17 November 2005

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 93/100

Half-Life 2 is a continuation of the legendary adventure shooter with a first-person view. You once again have to lift the crowbar of the scientist-researcher...

Still Life

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

Game released: Xbox → 6 June 2005

Players: 9/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Still Life is a detective adventure with quest elements and mini-games about an FBI employee who is investigating a series of bloody murders from the authors of...

Zuma Deluxe

Action, Strategy, Top-down view, Puzzle, Logic, Match-3 (Three in a row), Arcade

Game released: Xbox → 2 December 2005

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Zuma Deluxe is a fun logic puzzle game with match-3 elements and a top-down view. Simple and interesting gameplay awaits you. While controlling the frog, you need...

Psychonauts

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

Game released: Xbox → 3 February 2006

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 87/100

Psychonauts is an action-adventure platformer with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. The plot follows a young special agent named Raz, who learns to use his...

Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones

Action, Slasher, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure, Parkour

Game released: Xbox → 9 December 2005

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones is a continuation of the dynamic action slasher with a third-person view, which is the third part of The Sands of Time series...

Cold Fear

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Survival horror

Game released: Xbox → 15 March 2005

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 68/100

This action-horror game with survival elements follows Tom Hansen, a U.S. Coast Guard officer sent to board a drifting Russian whaling ship during a storm in the...

Neighbours from Hell: Revenge Is a Sweet Game

Puzzle, Logic, Side view

Game released: Xbox → 11 March 2005

Players: 8.1/10

How to Get Your Neighbor: Sweet Revenge is a side-scrolling arcade puzzle game. You have to try on the role of the simple Woody to take revenge on your evil...

Æon Flux

Arcade, Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: Xbox → 14 April 2006

Metacritic: 68/100

Set 400 years in the future, this third-person action game takes place after a disease has wiped out most of Earth’s population. The only protected settlement is...

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)

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

Game released: Xbox → 17 November 2005

Players: 6.1/10

Metacritic: 69/100

This third-person action-adventure, based on the film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, follows the dangerous trials of the Triwizard Tournament. Harry is...

Myst 4: Revelation

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Casual game

Game released: Xbox → 29 March 2005

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 67/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Myst IV: Revelation is a first-person adventure puzzle game about family secrets and a plot involving two of Myst’s most sinister villains. The player explores...

Disney's Chicken Little

Arcade, Action, Third-person view, Puzzle, Adventure, Anime / Manga

Game released: Xbox → 17 November 2005

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 67/100

Metacritic: 65/100

A third-person action-adventure based on Disney’s animated film Chicken Little follows the chick and his friends through events from the movie and beyond. Missions...

Fatal Frame 2: Crimson Butterfly

Action, Horror, First-person view, Third-person view, Puzzle, Survival

Game released: Xbox → 25 January 2005

Players: 9.5/10

Metacritic: 81/100

This survival horror story follows twin sisters Mio and Mayu Amakura as they find themselves in an abandoned village. After spotting a crimson butterfly in the sky...

Bust-a-Move Deluxe

Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: Xbox → 21 July 2006

Metacritic: 67/100

Bust-a-Move Deluxe is a third-person strategy game with a hint of puzzle from the masters at Taito Corporation. The game is published by Majesco Sales, Inc.. Ultra...

Neighbors from Hell

Strategy, Adventure, In real time, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: Xbox → 11 March 2005

Players: 5.8/10

Metacritic: 69/100

This puzzle-oriented adventure strategy game follows a plan to get revenge on an unpleasant neighbor by sneaking into his house and setting traps. Cameras capture...

Madagascar (2005)

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: Xbox → 24 May 2005

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 70/100

An action-platform adventure based on the DreamWorks animated film, Madagascar follows four Central Park Zoo animals: a lion, a zebra, a giraffe and a hippo. The...

Dino and Aliens

Arcade, Action, Strategy, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: Xbox → 23 June 2005

Dino and Aliens is a third-person arcade game with a mixture of action, strategy and puzzle from the studio NevoSoft. The main publisher of the game is Oberon...

Open Season (2006)

Action, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: Xbox → 12 September 2006

Metacritic: 59/100

This third-person action adventure follows Boog, a domesticated bear who ends up in the forest three days before hunting season begins. Alongside the fast-talking...

Codename: Kids Next Door - Operation: V.I.D.E.O.G.A.M.E.

Action, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: Xbox → 11 October 2005

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 49/100

A third-person action game with puzzles based on the animated series Codename: Kids Next Door, it features 14 levels, each with a different style. Players control...

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Action, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: Xbox → 11 July 2005

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 35/100

This third-person action game with puzzles follows Charlie Bucket on a tour of Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory. After finding a Golden Ticket, he explores its...

Ed, Edd n Eddy: The Mis-Edventures

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: Xbox → 3 November 2005

Ed, Edd n Eddy: The Mis-Edventures is a third-person action game with a mixture of platforming and puzzles from the studio A2M. The main publisher of the game is...

Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 3: Night of the Quinkan

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Combat robots, Adventure, Indie

Game released: Xbox → 11 October 2005

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 67/100

This action platformer with arcade and puzzle elements follows an invasion by the Quinkan, an ancient evil from another world. After the Bush Rescue team disbands...

Tork: Prehistoric Punk

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: Xbox → 12 January 2005

Metacritic: 62/100

This third-person action platformer with puzzle elements follows a prehistoric boy who travels through time to find those who kidnapped his father and destroyed his...

Super Monkey Ball Deluxe

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

Game released: Xbox → September 2005

Metacritic: 80/100

This arcade puzzle collection brings together stages from Super Monkey Ball and Super Monkey Ball 2, where players guide a monkey inside a ball through each course...

Conflict: Global Terror

Action, Shooter, Strategy, Stealth, In real time, First-person view, Third-person view, Puzzle, Historical

Game released: Xbox → 30 September 2005

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 62/100

This tactical action game follows a special forces squad confronting the terrorist group March 33, drawing on counterterrorism training and experience from...

Conker: Live & Reloaded

Action, Shooter, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle

Game released: Xbox → 30 June 2005

Players: 1/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Conker: Live & Reloaded is a third-person team shooter that mixes combat campaigns with humor and battles set in the past and the future. Its multiplayer mode...

Hello Kitty: Roller Rescue

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Anime / Manga

Game released: Xbox → 2 December 2005

Players: 9.8/10

Metacritic: 64/100

This 3D action platformer stars Hello Kitty in a world populated by Sanrio characters. The player explores the world, encounters characters and villains, and solves...

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2004)

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle

Game released: Xbox → 14 January 2005

Metacritic: 61/100

This first-person adventure with puzzle-solving follows a series of five investigations alongside the CSI team. The player examines crime scenes, searches for...

Ninja Gaiden Black

Action, Fighting, First-person view, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: Xbox → 21 October 2005

Metacritic: 94/100

This action game continues the story of Ninja Gaiden, with players once again controlling the ninja Ryu Hayabusa through new missions. Cinematic cutscenes provide...

Spy vs Spy (2005)

Arcade, Action, Strategy, Stealth, Third-person view, Puzzle, Comics

Game released: Xbox → 29 April 2005

Players: 7.4/10

Metacritic: 46/100

This comedic espionage action game, based on characters from MAD Magazine, combines stealth and strategy. White Spy and Black Spy compete to retrieve top-secret...

Animaniacs: The Great Edgar Hunt

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: Xbox → 29 August 2005

Players: 9.6/10

Metacritic: 65/100

This third-person platformer based on the animated series Animaniacs follows its characters as they search for and collect the stolen Edgars. Players use each...

Frogger: Ancient Shadow

Arcade, Action, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: Xbox → 28 September 2005

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 52/100

This arcade action game with puzzle elements follows Frogger as he explores seven worlds and tries to save his home, Firefly Swamp, from Dr. Wani’s plans. Across...

Without Warning

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: Xbox → 1 November 2005

Metacritic: 45/100

A third-person shooter about a radical terrorist group seizing the Peterson-Daniels chemical facility. To prevent an ecological disaster, a covert operations team...

Puzzle

Best Games in the Puzzle genre of 2005 for Xbox (Game released)