The most interesting puzzle games released in 2017
All the best and most popular games of the year, upcoming releases, and hits from the past. Use filters to narrow down search.
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.
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.
Red's Kingdom
Puzzle 19 January 2017
A puzzle game in which we play as the titular squirrel. To save our hero's kidnapped father and recover the stolen Golden Nut, the main character must defeat Mad King Mac. While playing Red's Kingdom we will have to solve puzzles and eliminates enemies, while also gaining new skills.
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.
We Were Here
Puzzle 03 February 2017
An unusual, first-person perspective logic game developed by Total Mayhem Games. The title is a game focused on cooperation mode. We Were Here takes place in a mysterious, abandoned castle in the middle of nowhere. One of the players assumes the role of a man imprisoned in a small part of the fortress. The second player has access to a much greater area and is tasked with finding and freeing his companion.
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.
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.
Super Blackjack Battle II Turbo Edition
Puzzle 03 March 2017
Super Blackjack Battle II Turbo Edition is a production that allows you to compete for the title of the best Blackjack specialist in history. Created by Stage Clear Studios, the game has a title and certain flavors, such as the styling of the characters, alluding to Capcom's famous Super Street Fighter II Turbo fight.
The Elder Scrolls: Legends
Puzzle 09 March 2017
A strategy card game set in the universe of a well-known RPG series that has been developed since 1994 by Bethesda Softworks. In terms of game mechanics, The Elder Scrolls: Legends takes after the competing Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft, and the gameplay comes down to dueling with a self-built deck of cards representing heroes, equipment, spells, skills etc.
Euclidean Lands
Puzzle 10 March 2017
An outstanding puzzle game (better known under the name of notSureAboutNameYet), created by independent developer Miro Straka. The title of Euclidean Lands refers to the mathematical term of Euclidean space, and we play as a wanderer traversing surrealistic lands made of cubic blocks. During his journey, the protagonist faces various puzzles, most of which come down to correct environment manipulation. We can freely rotate not only whole levels, but also single blocks – like in the Rubik's cube.
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.
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.
Kami 2
Puzzle 28 March 2017
An independent puzzle game, which consists in arranging the colorful figures visible on the screen, so that one color occupies the whole image. The production is a continuation of Kami from 2014.
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.
Pic-a-Pix Color
Puzzle 13 April 2017
Graphic puzzle game, which is based on the popular Picross puzzle, also known as "number painting". The title offers a total of 150 puzzles of varying degrees of complexity.
Odyssey: The Next Generation Science Game
Puzzle 19 April 2017
Developed by a small independent studio The Young Socrates, Odyssey: The Next Generation Science Game is a logic adventure game with many educational values. In the game, the player follows the story of a girl, who along with her father, who is an archeologist, and the rest of the family were imprisoned by pirates on one of the Caribbean islands.
Star Wars: Puzzle Droids
Puzzle 27 April 2017
A logic match-3 game set in the Star Wars universe. The production was developed by Disney and is distributed in the free-to-play business model. The gameplay is based on the characteristic solutions of the genre – on two-dimensional boards covered with square fields where various symbols appear at random. The player’s task is to create chains of at least three elements of the same type – the more made at the same time, the bigger the reward.
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.
GNOG
Puzzle 02 May 2017
A funny puzzle game that allows you to solve riddles resembling three-dimensional puzzles, stylized on the colored heads of monsters. Production uses virtual or augmented reality technologies. It was created by an independent studio KO_OP and released by Double Fine Presents.
OVIVO
Puzzle 12 May 2017
OVIVO is a platform game in which players take on the role of a creature named OVO, which travels through the black and white world. IzHard studio is responsible for production and release.
Neverout
Puzzle 18 May 2017
A puzzle game in which we try to find the exit from more than 60 rooms in the shape of a cube. At first, the game requires that we simply turn the levels (thanks to which we can access the ceilings or walls) but with time we face more and more difficult challenges.
Grab the Bottle
Puzzle 22 May 2017
Grab the Bottle is a logic-arcade game in which the player's task is to control the elongated human flexible arm so that it can reach to the bottle on the board. The title is the work of the Finnish studio Kamina Dimension.
Monument Valley 2
Puzzle 30 May 2017
The second entry in the popular series of puzzle games developed by an independent studio ustwo. The title features a completely new plot, in which the player learns about the fate of a mother who travels with her child through a fantasy world.
Persian Nights: Sands of Wonders
Puzzle 07 June 2017
The next HOPA production in Artifex Mundi's publishing portfolio. The game, which was developed by the Sodigital studio, takes the players to a fairy tale version of Persia, which is ruled with an iron fist by Grand Vizier Zaved.
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.
Chess Ultra
Puzzle 21 June 2017
An advanced chess simulator adapted to support VR headsets. Chess Ultra allows us to compete against other players or AI that offers ten difficulty levels, which determine how many moves can the computer read in advance and the probability of it making a mistake. The action is observed from the first-person perspective. We can learn both the basics and advanced strategies in the tutorial. In total, the developers prepared eighty chess challenges (e.g. winning a game within seven turns).
Boost Beast
Puzzle 20 July 2017
A cartoonish production from the match-3, genre created by Arzest studio and Arc System Works company. Boost Beast takes the player to an alternate reality, in which all humans have changed into blood-thirsty zombies after a mysterious meteor crashed on Earth. Only the animals led by dog Alec are left to resolve that crisis. Gameplay encompasses turn-based battles with undead taking place on more than 200 arenas - two-dimensional battlefields made of square fields filled with colorful elements.
Eden: Renaissance
Puzzle 24 July 2017
Eden: Renaissance is a puzzle game created by The Last Kind studio. The player control a young archeologist who came across remnants of an alien civilization during his trip to Antarctica. Along with one of their representatives, the titular Eden, we have to save the world and find a way back home. The game uses turn-based mechanics and we have to safely lead our characters from the starting point to the finish line.
Puzzle Adventure Blockle
Puzzle 03 August 2017
A funny logic game, in which the gameplay is based on rotating entire levels. By doing that we help the hero to reach the exit, collect various items and avoid dangers. Puzzle Adventure Blockle has two main characters – a cat called Kulu, who was sent by Katz city mayor to find seven stones that can help him to take over the world, and beautiful goddess, Arkia, who can manipulate levels.
Swim Out
Puzzle 08 August 2017
A puzzle game in which we play the role of a swimmer trying to get from one end of the pool to the other. Completion of the task is complicated by the fact that our client cannot cross the road for the rest of the people taking the bath. More than a hundred levels await completion in Swim Out, and the game resembles a chess game - the title forces us to plan our next moves in advance.
Hearthstone: Knights of the Frozen Throne
Puzzle 10 August 2017
Hearthstone: Knights of the Frozen Throne is the sixth expansion for the free-to-play card game Hearthstone. It was developed by Blizzard Entertainment and can be bought through the game’s store for either real or in-game currency. This expansion focuses on Lich King’s army and his kingdom of Northrend. Just like the Whispers of the Old Gods DLC, Knights of the Frozen Throne tells an alternate version of the well-known events.
Homescapes
Puzzle 15 August 2017
Homescapes is a match-3 game in which we deal with the renovation of the main character's parents' house. By solving puzzles consisting in matching colorful symbols, we gain money to buy new furniture or repair damaged equipment.
Top Gear: Road Trip
Puzzle 17 August 2017
A mobile logic game developed by the Finnish developer Motorious Entertainment. As the title suggests, the game is based on the popular TV show – Top Gear, aired by BBC Britain. In Top Gear: Road Trip, the player gets to travel across Great Britain, France, Italy, and other regions of Europe. During the game, one not only visits the aforementioned territories but also participates in multiple races, acquires new cars, and completes tasks based on the challenges from the TV show.
Archaica: The Path of Light
Puzzle 08 September 2017
A logic game inspired by Chromatron and Aargon. Archaica: The Path Of Light is the debut production of TwoMammoths, a Polish development studio. The title puts an incredibly responsible task in the player’s hands: to save the humanity from extinction. To achieve this, we have to activate special defense mechanisms by leading a beam of light through the forgotten path of the ancients.
Light Tracer
Puzzle 26 September 2017
A logic puzzle game by Oasis Games, known from many mobile, web-based PC productions, such as Tiger Knight: Empire War. You play as a divine being, who helps a princess in climbing a dangerous tower. You make her task easier by showing her the way with a special wand. You can also manipulate the surroundings, turning maps right and left, raising or moving platforms, etc.
Geostorm
Puzzle 26 September 2017
A puzzle game based on an action film under the same title. During the game in Geostorm we play the three heroes, whose task is to obtain information about natural disasters that take place all over the world. The game, during which the action is shown in an isometric projection, consists in traversing the location and solving riddles.
Puzzle Fighter
Puzzle 27 September 2017
A puzzle game developed for mobile devices as continuation of 90’s Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo. It has been developed by Japanese company Capcom.
Picross S
Puzzle 28 September 2017
Another entry in the popular series of logic games known from Nintendo’s mobile consoles. Picross S is the first entry in the series developed for Nintendo Switch. The gameplay is based on the principles of a puzzle invented by the Japanese artist Non Ishida. This puzzle is known as “paint by numbers”. Similarly to the previous game, in Picross S the player is tasked with painting the fields of a diagram in such way that they create a pixel drawing.
PUSH
Puzzle 10 October 2017
A logic game, in which the player’s task is to press all of the buttons that have been displayed on the 3D objects. This relatively simple concept is transformed into a challenge due to the lack of any hint system. The key to success in the case of most puzzles is to find the order, in which certain buttons must be pressed, or to discover the meaning of the symbols, that have been connected to the buttons.
Metropolis: Lux Obscura
Puzzle 11 October 2017
Combining the visual novel adventure with a "combine three elements" logic game. The hero of the game is Jon Lockhart, who immediately after leaving prison starts looking for people responsible for framing him into murder and arrest. The production draws inspiration from comics and noir crime films.
The Talos Principle VR
Puzzle 17 October 2017
Special version of 2014 first-person puzzle game that consists of the base title and the official expansion named Road to Gehenna. It has been developed for virtual reality sets, resulting in different controls. However, every other aspect of the game remained unchanged from the original.
Diamond Diaries Saga
Puzzle 30 October 2017
A match-3 game in which we play as Lucy, a collector of precious jewels. The gameplay in Diamond Diaries Saga takes place on a board filled with colourful crystals; by combining three or more elements of the same colour, we gradually bring down the diamond at the top which the girl desires for the necklace.
Fill-a-Pix: Phil's Epic Adventure
Puzzle 02 November 2017
Fill-a-Pix: Phil's Epic Adventure is a puzzle game in which we deal with arranging beautiful pixel-art pictures from different parts of the world. Its creation is the responsibility of independent studios Lightwood Games and Conceptis Ltd.
Dragon Quest Rivals
Puzzle 02 November 2017
A card game developed by Square-Enix, set in a fantasy world of the Dragon Quest series. We participate in turn-based one-on-one fights, during which we use our own card decks with pictures of characters and enemies known from other entries in this series (such as Huser from Dragon Quest X or Camus and Martin from Dragon Quest XI) – each of the characters has their unique abilities and using them is the key to success.
Death Coming
Puzzle 06 November 2017
An unusual logic game, in which you assume the role of the Reaper – Death’s agent. Your goal is to kill people in every possible way. The tricky part is that there is no direct control over any character. All the player can do is to manipulate the environment and lure their prey into all kinds of death traps.
AdVenture Communist
Puzzle 16 November 2017
Another game that belongs to the clicker genre. It was developed by Hyper Hippo Games. The player starts the game as a farmer owning a small patch of land, where he grows potatoes. By working effectively the player gains resources that can be used for buying more terrain, hiring employees (recruited among the “comrades”) and for expanding the business with mining, weapon production and drug production.
Hydropuzzle
Puzzle 17 November 2017
An interesting adventure-logical game inspired by Andrzej Kondratiuk's film Hydrozagadek. The production was developed by the Polish independent artist Przemyslaw Sobstel.
Riddlord: The Consequence
Puzzle 01 December 2017
A logic puzzle game inspired by The Room series, developed by Russian studio Amrita. You play as Jack Reed, a former detective, who has to face the mysterious Riddlord. The game features supernatural elements and cases inspired by real-life unsolved crimes.
Hearthstone: Kobolds and Catacombs
Puzzle 07 December 2017
The eleventh expansion to the popular card game developed by Blizzard. The players are given 135 new cards inspired by Kobolds and the catacombs they inhabit, which are also filled with many monsters and treasures. Moreover, this expansion introduces the single player mode into the game.
Opus Magnum
Puzzle 07 December 2017
A logic game created by Zachtronics Industries. The protagonist is Anataeus Vaya, the most promising scientist of his generation who has just took the position of Head Alchemist in one of the oldest and richest families in town. His new employers hide a dark secret. The players’ task is to discover what lurks behind the facet of the seemingly perfect family. To do so, they have to build alchemical machines that can create necessary products.
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.
Bridge Constructor Portal
Puzzle 20 December 2017
A simple puzzle game created by ClockStone studio in the agreement with Valve company, and a crossover of Portal and Bridge Constructor series. The players must build various and often complex constructions in order to safely transport the cargo from one side of the map to the other. There are many obstacles to overcome, including turrets, lasers and acid pools.