The most interesting puzzle games released in 2014
All the best and most popular games of the year, upcoming releases, and hits from the past. Use filters to narrow down search.
Letter Quest: Grimm's Journey
Puzzle
January 30, 2014
An unusual logic game that combines a turn-based RPG with elements of the popular board game Scrabble, developed by Bacon Bandit Games. In Letter Quest: Grimm’s Journey, we assume the role of two grim reapers called Grimm and Rose who have to face hordes of ghosts, monsters, and other evil spawn using only the power of… words. While playing, we traverse five varied lands and fight turn-based battles with enemies, which allows us to enhance our character and weapons as we progress in the game. Combat itself is quite unusual, since subsequent clashes involve forming words from a grand dictionary that consists of roughly 190 thousand English words. Damage dealt to an enemy depends on the amount of points scored for a given word. The effect can be further modified with the use of magical potions and items that we can buy for jewels obtained in the course of the game.
Dead Man's Draw
Puzzle
February 6, 2014
Gambling card game, maintained in pirate style. The aim of the game is to draw cards from the deck to achieve a higher score than the opponent. In addition to traditional cards, there are also special cards that can reverse the course of more than one duel. The essence of the game boils down to making risky decisions, which in one moment may bring us wealth or end the duel with a shameful defeat.
99 Bricks Wizard Academy
Puzzle
February 18, 2014
99 Bricks Wizard Academy is a puzzle game in which we build a magical tower. Various blocks falling from the sky serve as a building material and we have to adjust them in such a way that they create subsequent levels of the building. By the way, it is also necessary to defend the structure against competitive magicians trying to destroy it.
Another Case Solved
Puzzle
February 20, 2014
Developed by the native ATGames studio, a detective puzzle game with elements of adventure and RPG. In the game we play the role of a detective, who in the times of candy prohibition deals with solving further criminal riddles. The game combines 'Match 3' production elements and guess-style social games with an RPG character development system.
Hearthstone
Puzzle
March 11, 2014
A card logic game set in the fantasy universe of Azeroth, known from the Warcraft franchise. The game was developed by Blizzard Entertainment company, who mention the cult card game Magic: The Gathering as one of their major inspirations. Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft lets you pick one of the nine available character classes and build you own deck of cards, which you can use in battles against the AI (tutorials) or living opponents (duels, tournaments). Gameplay mechanics are based on a set of easy to learn rules. Victory is rewarded with new cards. The game is based on free-to-play model with optional microtransactions, which means that although you can play Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft for free, some elements require payment.
Pokemon Link: Battle!
Puzzle
March 12, 2014
Pokemon Link: Battle! is a 3DS-ready continuation of Pokemon Link!, a title released in 2006 on the Nintendo DS console. Again, we are dealing with a logical game in which the battles between the defeats are shown in the form of a puzzle from the Tetris or Bejeweled series. Our goal is to put all 700 available creatures in our collection. You can play on your own or in cooperation with up to four people.
Cut the Rope: Triple Treat
Puzzle
March 25, 2014
A special version of a funny logic-arcade game, popular on mobile devices. The title is a compilation of the basic version of the game and its two stand-alone extensions, and there are more than 650 different and demanding levels at the disposal of players.
Monument Valley
Puzzle
April 3, 2014
A puzzle game in which we lead a silent princess I'm going through the surrealistic world of title monuments, helping her by manipulating the environment and creating optical illusions. Monument Valley is distinguished by its artistic, minimalist graphic design, inspired by Japanese paintings and paintings by Maurits Cornellis Escher.
Might & Magic: Duel of Champions - Forgotten Wars
Puzzle
April 9, 2014
An official expansion for Might and Magic: Duel of Champions by Ubisoft, released for consoles as a standalone production combining the DLC and the base game. Forgotten Wars is once again set in the fantasy universe; you create a hero, assemble your deck and participate in epic duels, in which you have to bring down the opponent's health to zero. You do it with your cards depicting heroes, events, monsters, spells, special buildings and strokes of luck. The gameplay is turn-based and focused mostly on ranked duels and tournaments. The expansion adds four new card packs, each consisting of 120 cards: Void Rising, Herald of the Void, Forgotten Wars, and Five Towers — 650 cards to collect in total.
No Heroes Allowed: No Puzzles Either!
Puzzle
April 15, 2014
A free-to-play puzzle game that is the fifth installment of the series known from the PSP. We play the role of God of Destruction - Badman, who interjects the heroes into the dungeon, harnessing them into slave labor, thanks to which he will be able to create a powerful and invincible army. The game is a combination of match 3 entertainment with elements of strategy games and RPG.
Hitman GO: Definitive Edition
Puzzle
April 17, 2014
A spin-off entry in the popular Hitman franchise, launched in 2000 by Eidos. Hitman GO has been developed for mobile devices and unlike the full-scale games in the series, it combines elements of stealth, turn-based strategy and puzzles. There doesn't feature a storyline, and the gameplay focuses on missions that come down to eliminating certain people according to Agent 47's contract. We play in turns and have to reach a given point in the level unnoticed, and then discreetly eliminate our target while completing various side objectives on the way. The maps are small, and our actions have to be carefully planned to avoid drawing attention. Game is characterized by its unusual visuals; the in-game locations are presented in the form of paper models, with all characters being represented by pawns that resemble board games figurines.
Rube Works: The Official Rube Goldberg Invention Game
Puzzle
April 19, 2014
A humorous puzzle game based on the work of American cartoonist Rube Goldberg, in which we solve riddles, creating complicated and often incomprehensible from the construction point of view of the machine. The production is characterized by a characteristic comic book design.
Bubble Witch 2 Saga
Puzzle
May 15, 2014
Continuation of the game Bubble Witch Saga from 2012. In production we help the witch Stella and her cats to drive the evil forces out of the fantastic and once peaceful land. The game is based on shooting with colourful bubbles at other elements of this type at the top of the board.
Pokemon Art Academy
Puzzle
June 19, 2014
A spin-off title to the Pokémon series, in the form of an educational game, in which we learn to draw the eponymous creatures. We take on the role of a young artist who creates his first work under the watchful eye of professor Andy. On each stage, our teacher introduces new gameplay elements, starting from the basic technique of drawing shapes and coloring, then raising difficulty and teaching us more advanced ways of drawing. Pokémon Art Academy was designed to quickly teach anyone to create their own good-looking images. Our works, created on 3Ds’ screen, can then be easily printed, saved on a memory card and published at Miiverse to present them to other home-grown artists.
Pushmo World
Puzzle
June 19, 2014
The third installment of the popular logical series, launched by Pullblox and Fallblox. In the game we play the role of a friendly cat cat sumo wrestler named Mello, and our task is to free the kids, trapped by a mysterious swindler. In order to do this we have to climb to the top of special block structures.
City 2048
Puzzle
June 25, 2014
City 2048 is a mobile puzzle game released on Android. According to the title, it combines solutions of puzzles type 2048 with the theme of city construction. The game takes place on the board with sixteen square fields and our task is to combine pairs of identical tiles, which allows us to get one new one with a greater level of complexity.
MouseCraft
Puzzle
July 8, 2014
Produced by homegrown studio Crunching Koalas, a fun puzzle and arcade game that combines elements of two legendary titles: Tetris and Lemming. In the game we take control over not very resourceful mouse community, which all its actions are subordinated to gaining more pieces of cheese. While playing, we learn the story of a certain mad, feline scientist, whose character accompanies us through each level. The gameplay mechanics combines features of both mentioned titles.
Magic 2015: Duels of the Planeswalkers
Puzzle
July 16, 2014
Another edition of one of the most popular adaptations of the cult card game, developed by Stainless Games studio in cooperation with the publisher of the paper version, Wizards of the Coast. At the heart of the game is the rivalry between powerful mages, each of whom has their own deck of cards, symbolizing spells, special abilities, magical items or monsters. The game ends when all life points are taken from the opponent.
Hearthstone: Curse of Naxxramas
Puzzle
July 23, 2014
First DLC add-on for Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft, enriching this online collectible card game from Blizzard with an extensive story-based campaign for single player mode. Game is played on a specially prepared interactive board and the plot is set in the titular Naxxramas necropolis, known from the World of Warcraft game. When traversing five districts of the city we encounter completely new bosses, such as spider Maexxna or an undead monster called Loatheb. To defeat the antagonists armed with powerful special abilities, the expansion introduces a set of completely new cards, representing, among others, new skills. What is worth noting, cards gained in the course of the campaign can be used also during online matches in the Arena. For the best players there is also the special Heroic mode, offering much more of a challenge, as well as a new card back to our collection in reward.
The Brave Furries
Puzzle
August 4, 2014
A puzzle game created by the Polish studio Crazy Goat Games. While having fun we must help the cheerful creatures of Furries to save their companions kidnapped by the Evil Sorcerer. The game is based on solving uncomplicated puzzles that we come across during our adventure.
Road Not Taken
Puzzle
August 5, 2014
Unusual combination of classic roguelike production with elements of adventure and puzzle games. The game was developed by Spry Fox, an independent studio so far known mainly from social games. It was inspired by Robert Frost's poem of the same title. The action of the game takes place in mystical forest full of dangers and the player becomes a guard whose task is to find lost children. Gameplay boils down to exploration of randomly generated levels, interaction with the environment and solving puzzles.
Back to Bed
Puzzle
August 6, 2014
Original puzzle game developed by an independent studio Bedtime Gaming as a continuation of a student project from 2011. The action takes place in the surreal world of dreams, and its protagonist is a man named Bob, who suffers from narcolepsy. Players take on the role of a small creature, symbolizing the subconscious part of the hero responsible for his self-preservation instinct, and their task is to influence the actions of the sleepwalking Bob so that he can safely return to his bed.
Contraption Maker
Puzzle
September 3, 2014
Contraption Maker is a puzzle game developed by Spotkin studio. The game consists in creating crazy sequences of cause and effect with the use of objects and animals. On each board it is up to the players to set the available objects in such a way that after releasing the map, all of them in total give the desired effect.