Puzzle Video Games42
Puzzle games. In this category solving puzzles is the main purpose of gameplay. These titles usually don’t have any story or have it in a very simple form. Playing requires good perception and skills of logical thinking, strategic planning and recognizing schemes.
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Angry Birds Blast
Puzzle 21 December 2016
A logic game which is a new entry in the famed Angry Birds series. This time, we are dealing with a game inspired by match-3 (tile matching) games, but some of the mechanics are a bit different from what the genre has accustomed us to. The players are facing levels of differing shape, filled with tiles and balloons whose colors correspond to the colors of the birds trapped inside. Our job is to free the required number of birds, which means puncturing the right balloons.
Agent A: A Puzzle in Disguise
Puzzle 28 October 2015
A puzzle game in which our task is to track down and intercept Ruby La Rouge - an enemy intelligence spy. The gameplay scheme is based on solving puzzles of increasing difficulty level, focused on manipulation of found objects or elements of the environment.
Snipperclips: Cut It out, Together
Puzzle 03 March 2017
Snipperclips: Cut It Out, Together is an original puzzle game developed by SFB Games and published by Nintendo for their Nintendo Switch console. Various riddles that require not only creative thinking, but also good reflexes and strict player cooperation are the core elements of gameplay. In Snipperclips: Cut It Out, Together we play as paper characters whose shape we can change so that they complement the shapes of characters created by other players, leading to the puzzle being solved.
Floor Plan
Puzzle 26 June 2016
A unique logic puzzle game by Turbo Button, developed for virtual reality headgear. In Floor Plan you play as an unfortunate person, who gets stuck in an elevator, and your task is to fix the machine and escape. The game utilizes a first-person view; you are unable to move and you can only look around by moving your head. The game focuses on riding the elevator and stopping on various floors, where various puzzles await, some of them more complicated than the others.
SHENZHEN I/O
Puzzle 17 November 2016
A complicated logic game in which we design and test electronic circuits. SHENZHEN I/O was developed by the independent studio Zachtronics that specializes in creating complex logic educational titles focusing on engineering, electronics, programming, and chemistry. In SHENZHEN I/O, we assume the role of a beginner engineer who gets hired by an electronics company in the Chinese city of Shenzhen.
Fritz 15
Puzzle 15 February 2016
Developed by ChessBase, another installment of one of the most popular chess series. In comparison to the previous part, Fritz 15 introduces a new game mode called Friend, in which your AI-controlled opponent adjusts his style to match your skill, may throw in remarks on possible tactical maneuvers during practice matches, and also can point out your mistakes. Moreover, Fritz 15 offers a special algorithm, which highlights your strong and weak points in each phase of the match.
I Expect You to Die
Puzzle 06 December 2016
A logic game developed with VR headsets in mind by Schell Games, an American indie studio. In the game, we assume the role of a spy whose task is to escape unharmed from rooms riddled with traps. The action is presented from the first-person perspective, while the gameplay boils down to solving numerous escape-room kind of puzzles. While playing, we have to, for example, disable explosives or neutralize various kinds of traps. The protagonist’s telekinetic abilities will surely come in handy.
In Between
Puzzle 21 August 2015
A remarkable logic game created by Gentlymad - a German developer. In Between is rather serious when it comes to atmosphere, because it focuses on death and coming to terms with the inevitability of fate. The player assumes the role of a male who is over 30 years old and is losing his fight against cancer. According to the doctors, he has no more than several weeks remaining.
Tumblestone
Puzzle 12 July 2016
A dynamic multiplayer-oriented action game by The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild, and a combination of the mechanics of casual match-3 games with elements of such classic titles as Tetris or Asteroids. In Tumblestone, you shoot falling colorful blocks with a laser beam located at the bottom of the screen. Your goal is to clear all the blocks by matching three elements of the same color, which makes them disappear.
Fable Fortune
Puzzle 22 February 2018
A card game set in the universe known from the Fable series. The title was developed by Flaming Fowl, a studio that consists of former employees of Lionhead Studios – the creators of the previous entries in this popular franchise. As in other games of the genre, the gameplay focuses on duels played by using cards collected by the player in the game. The player can select from many heroes with different abilities and bonuses that can be used during the duels.
Farm Heroes Super Saga
Puzzle 20 June 2016
Another installment in the popular casual series created by King.com. It is a direct sequel to Farm Heroes Saga that was released in 2013. This time the player is tasked with stopping the evil Rancid who obtained the supercropsies and uses them to achieve his villainous goals. The story of the game is just an excuse for the actual gameplay which in Farm Heroes Super Saga is based on the rules of the match-3 genre.
Paint it Back
Puzzle 17 October 2013
An interesting puzzle game in which we play the role of a beginner artist. Our task is to help a more experienced colleague reconstruct his damaged collection. The production represents a sub-species nonogram, based on the popular Sudoku.
klocki
Puzzle 13 July 2016
A minimalistic logic game developed by Rainbow Train studio, creators of such games like HOOK and oO. klocki contains 80 varied levels on which the player must combine various types of lines. Seemingly easy, the game becomes much more demanding as the player progress through the levels and is introduced to more than a dozen of new mechanics.
Hearthstone: One Night in Karazhan
Puzzle 11 August 2016
Another expansion to the blockbuster digital card game Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft by the Blizzard company. The add-on One Night in Karazhan introduces new adventure, in which we are invited to a great party organized by wizard Medivh in the titular tower. We meet various prominent people, like the majordomo Moroes, against whom obviously we can duel. All of this to find the host who has mysteriously vanished at the beginning of the party.
Hearthstone: Journey to Un'Goro
Puzzle 06 April 2017
Another official expansion to the free-to-play card game Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft by Blizzard Entertainment. This time the developers send us to the unexplored forest of the Un’Goro crater, which is inhabited by intriguing, but also very dangerous species of fauna and flora. We follow the team of explorers led by Elise Starseeker, encountering mighty dinosaurs, wild elementals, carnivorous plants and many other interesting organisms.
Potion Explosion
Puzzle 25 January 2017
A match-3 logic puzzle game and an adaptation of a board game of the same name. The production was developed by Clangore. The game takes place in the Horribilorum Sorcery Academy, and your task is to brew increasingly complicated potions. To succeed, you have to follow the instructions and choose the right ingredients. When you clear one of them, just like in any other match-3 game, the ones above them fall down, often diametrically changing the whole board.
Adventure Pop
Puzzle 31 January 2017
A tile-matching game distributed in a free-to-play model. Adventure Pop sees us assume control over Penelope – an adventure seeker that has to face a group of airborne pirates in her search for her missing friends. The game takes place on a two-dimensional field filled with colored marbles. Our job is to clear the area by firing projectiles of a matching color. A successful match clears a set of identical marbles, resulting in additional bonuses.
Where Cards Fall
Puzzle 19 September 2019
Where Cards Fall is an original logical game created by two independent developers, The Game Band and Snowman. The game features simple, cartoonish visuals that work really well with the polished animations and catchy, atmospheric soundtrack. Combined with the subject chosen by the developers, all of that creates an intriguing game. Where Cards Fall focuses on the process of growing up and on the effects of one's youth on the adult life.
The Gardens Between
Puzzle 20 September 2018
An unusual adventure game developed by The Voxel Agents - an independent studio. The main protagonists of the game are a stubborn girl named Arina and her young, yet incredibly intelligent friend - Frendt. They land in a world made of their memories and objects related to them. The two friends are tasked with discovering the secrets of this world.
Chime Sharp
Puzzle 19 July 2016
An upgraded version of Chime – a well-received mix of a logic and a rhythm game released in 2010. The new edition does not differ much from its predecessor – we are given a grid that is gradually filled with player-inserted blocks creating quads – rectangle and square shaped fields that are at least 3x3 in size. Completed figures unlock the further parts of the music track that accompany our actions.
Hidden Folks
Puzzle 15 February 2017
Hidden Folks is an original puzzle game created by Adriaan de Jongh and Sylvain Tegroeg. Gameplay is based on a simple, although a rather unusual scheme. The game takes place on a dozen or so 2D, monochromatic boards where we have to find all of the targets, which can be characters or specific items. Our search for them is hampered by the necessity to use the game's environment to find some of them (i.e.
She Remembered Caterpillars
Puzzle 17 January 2017
She Remembered Caterpillars is a isometric 2D puzzle game developed by Ysbryd Games. She Remembered Caterpillars takes us to a weird world where we have to find our missing father. A bigger emphasis, however, is put on the gameplay mechanics (manipulating the colors), not the plot. During the game we will control colorful creatures that move around small maps and can only cross bridges that are of the same color as them.
Pony Island
Puzzle 04 January 2016
Unusual independent game created by Daniel Mullins for the Ludum Dare 31 in 2014 and then released for the Steam platform. The player directs a character trapped in a diabolic game, and his task is to get out and save his soul. Pony Island stands out mainly due to its gameplay. There are typical arcade sequences in the game, but it is much more important to be able to interfere with the code of a fictional application, which takes the form of simple logical games.
Kula World
Puzzle 10 July 1998
Kula World is a three-dimensional puzzle game in which the player controls the beach ball. Its task is to get out of the suspended in the air levels in the shape of geometric solids. The levels are full of traps and difficulties, and a special feature of production is the ability to roll to the side of the ground, resulting in a change in gravity of the environment.