Puzzle Video Games44
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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Vandals
Puzzle 12 April 2018
A turn-based logic puzzle game resembling the 2014 Hitman GO. You play as a street artist, who creates their art in heavily guarded places. The production was developed by French studio Cosmografik.
The Spectrum Retreat
Puzzle 10 July 2018
An FPP logic puzzle game, in which you find yourself in a mysterious hotel and can't remember your past. The gameplay is based on color manipulation.
Monster Rancher Battle Card: Episode II
Puzzle 23 March 2000
Spin-off of the Monster Rancher series, in which we fight for cards with other fans of Battle Cards game, existing in the universe of the series. Our goal in the Monster Rancher Battle Card: Episode II is the acquisition of new cards, which is effective by winning subsequent clashes or using the functionality that allows you to generate new items of the collection, based on the data stored on CDs.
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.
Bubble Witch 3 Saga
Puzzle 11 January 2017
A simple arcade game by King. Unlike its predecessors, the game can be played not only in browser, but also on Facebook and mobile devices. The story once again focuses on Stella the witch, whose task is to defend a magical world from the evil cat called Wilbur. The antagonist kidnaps the Fairy Queen and imprisons good ghosts and friendly owls. The gameplay in Bubble Witch 3 Saga still focuses on shooting colorful bubbles at the ones hanging in the upper part of the 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.
Gorogoa
Puzzle 14 December 2017
An unusual logic game developed by Buried Signal. The game was created by Jason Roberts, who was responsible both for the code and for the visuals of the title. The main protagonist of Gorogoa is a boy who collects mysterious items related to religion. The story of the game is filled with symbols and abstract references to faiths from all over the world. The key aspect of gameplay is solving riddles that take the form of movable puzzles that consist of up to four scenes.
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.
Death Squared
Puzzle 14 March 2017
An online logic game focusing on tight cooperation between the participants, created by the Australian SMG Studio. The players assume the roles of sympathetic, cubic robots whose goal is to reach the platforms bearing the same color as their body.
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.
Card Thief
Puzzle 19 March 2017
Card Thief is an original mixture of card and stealth games developed by Tinytouchtales. We play as an experienced thief who has four heists to do. The contents of particular heists is randomly generated so that we can replay them many times. During our missions we will have to hide in the shadows, put off torches, avoid being detected, and steal valuable items. Our actions, events, characters, and items are presented like in a card game.
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.
Waddle Home
Puzzle 07 July 2016
A logic game inspired by the popular Lemmings series from the 1990s. Waddle Home was created by Archiact Interactive, specifically for VR goggles. The player assumes the role of an alien whose task is to lead a group of penguins through 3D levels filled with different traps, pits and other obstacles. In each of the 40 in-game levels, the player's goal is to set a route for their subordinates, who are constantly walking towards one direction and change it only when bumping into a wall.
Framed 2
Puzzle 14 June 2017
A prequel to the first Framed, an indie puccle game developed by Australian studio Loveshack Entertainment. The game once again relies on the setting of hardboiled novels, only this time set in Asia, where the protagonist has been framed for a crime he did not commit. He has no choice, but to clear his name before he gets caught by real criminals or the police. Framed 2 employs comics panel-based narrative, constructed in a way that will allow the protagonist to get out of trouble.
Manifold Garden
Puzzle 18 October 2019
An original puzzle game with exploration elements, created by a small debuting team, William Chyr Studio. Manifold Garden takes the players to an irrational world where laws of physics are constantly being broken. The core of the game lies in exploration of unusual surroundings, unraveling its mysteries and rules but also solving numerous puzzles which requires the players to think unconventionally.
Statik
Puzzle 27 April 2017
Developed by Tarsier Studios, Statik is a logic puzzle game, which utilizes functionalities offered by PlayStation VR. The game takes players to a mysterious laboratory in which scientists conduct secret experiments to discover the full potential of the human brain.
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.