The most interesting puzzle games released in 2018
All the best and most popular games of the year, upcoming releases, and hits from the past. Use filters to narrow down search.
Pathfinder Duels
Puzzle 04 January 2018
Pathfinder Duels is a card game based on the popular RPG system Pathfinder. The cards feature character classes and monsters known from the handbooks, including mighty dragons that have their own separate mechanics. The in-game illustrations are high-quality and their style resembles that of their source material.
Pic-a-Pix Deluxe
Puzzle 04 January 2018
An enhanced and remastered version of Pic-a-Pix Color, in which the players have to paint boxes of diagrams to create pixellated pictures. The game offers both single player and local cooperation mode for three players.
Cytus II
Puzzle 18 January 2018
A sequel to the game from 2012, which combines the gameplay model typical of rhythm games with an elaborate science fiction story. The game was developed by Rayark Games, a company known for many similar titles.
Vesta
Puzzle 19 January 2018
Vesta is a logic action game set in a post-apocalyptic world. The title is created by the independent studio FinalBoss Games from Spain. You assume the roles of a girl named Vesta and her friend Droid, and go through a maze filled with traps and enemies.
Pipe Push Paradise
Puzzle 19 January 2018
A puzzle game in which our task is to build properly functioning water installations, using individual fragments of pipes. Pipe Push Paradise offers colorful 3D graphics and 47 boards with increasing difficulty.
The Room: Old Sins
Puzzle 25 January 2018
The fourth installment of the popular logic game series with adventure elements. The game continues the convention featured in its predecessors; nonetheless, the developers have prepared an entirely new chapter in the story and enhanced the gameplay mechanics.
We Were Here Too
Puzzle 02 February 2018
A logic puzzle game developed with a co-op mode in mind, and a sequel to the well-received We Were Here. We Were Here Too by Total Mayhem Games features familiar mechanisms, giving the players the task of solving the mystery of a grim castle and reuniting the separated protagonists.
Samsara
Puzzle 07 February 2018
A two-dimensional logic game that gives the player indirect control of a girl by the name of Zee. She is trapped in a strange, dualistic world with both a regular and a dark side to it. The latter is inhabited by a shadow that imitates the girl's movements. Both the characters have to reach portals serving the role of destination points - this must happen in order for the player to complete a given level.
Pop-Up Pilgrims
Puzzle 13 February 2018
A 2D logic game for PlayStation VR. The objective is to lead a group of pilgrims across dangerous locations.
Love Balls
Puzzle 14 February 2018
A simple puzzle game, in which our task is to bring together the title balls; in order to do this we draw lines and various shapes on which the balls roll. Love Balls consists of a series of puzzles with gradually increasing levels of difficulty.
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.
Scribblenauts Showdown
Puzzle 06 March 2018
The sixth installment in a series of logic-adventure games, which has gained approval both among the players and the industry media. The game stands out with the amount of freedom the player is given when it comes to approaching different puzzles. Scribblenauts Showdown was developed by 5th Cell and published by Warner Bros.
Cotrio
Puzzle 07 March 2018
A logic puzzle game consisting of over eighty puzzles involving manipulating numbers. In Cotrio, you fill round fields with three random numbers so that the sum of the first two equals the third one. The game also features thirty picturesque backgrounds to make the experience even more pleasant.
Q.U.B.E. 2
Puzzle 13 March 2018
Q.U.B.E. 2 is a logic game, in which players observe the action from the first-person perspective. The game resembling the Portal series was developed by the Welsh Toxic Games and is based on Unreal Engine 4 created by Epic.
Enchanting Mahjong Match
Puzzle 15 March 2018
A logic game inspired by the western incarnation of the tile-based Mahjong. The main purpose of the game is finding identical tiles and removing them from the game board. The game features one hundred and forty puzzles of varying difficulty levels, which await the players.
Umiro
Puzzle 29 March 2018
An indie logic puzzle game set in the fantasy world of Umiro. You control two characters gathering special crystals, which are the only things that can bring the world back to life and give you back your memory.
Hearthstone: The Witchwood
Puzzle 12 April 2018
Another expansion for Hearthstone, a card game set in the Warcraft universe, developed by Blizzard Entertainment. The expansion focuses on the land of Gilneas and adds 135 new cards and some previously unseen rules.
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.
Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle
Puzzle 13 April 2018
A horror game under the license of the Friday the 13th franchise. In this game, filled to the brim with black humor, the player assumes the role of Jason Voorhees who visits camps and murders his victims.
Mirror
Puzzle 19 April 2018
Mirror is an erotic puzzle game where you match gems on the board in sets of three or more.
Inked
Puzzle 26 April 2018
A platform/logic game developed by Somnium Games. The player assumes control of a nameless ronin who embarks on a quest to find Aiko, his missing love interest. The title sports characteristic graphics that are reminiscent of ink-on-paper drawings.
Scalak
Puzzle 10 May 2018
A logic game, in which the players have to form 3D figures of various shapes. The graphics in Scalak are minimalist, and the gameplay is accompanied by relaxing music.
Framed Collection
Puzzle 17 May 2018
A set of two logic games previously released for mobile devices. The player is tasked with placing the individual stills of an interactive comic in a way that enables the hero to safely escape the area.
Homo Machina
Puzzle 17 May 2018
A 2D title, in which we explore… a human body presented as a huge, mechanized factory. This humorous game is inspired by medical illustrations by doctor Fritz Kahn.
Shift Quantum
Puzzle 29 May 2018
A two-dimensional logic/platform game from the makers of Epistory. The game is based on a web browser application entitled Shift. During the course of the game, the players have to shift between two dimensions in order to solve a series of logic puzzles.
Hexologic
Puzzle 29 May 2018
Hexologic is a puzzle game developed first for mobile devices and then brought to other platforms. It has been inspired by classic puzzles like Sudoku but doesn’t blindly recreate their rules, as there are additional mechanics to enhance the gameplay.
Dude, Stop
Puzzle 01 June 2018
Original puzzle game, in which we solve uncomplicated riddles. On the other hand, however, we can ignore the commands, which does not escape the attention of the narrator commenting on our actions.
Lumines Remastered
Puzzle 26 June 2018
A two-dimensional puzzle game inspired by to classic title of the genre and one of the first games of this type to be released – the good old Tetris. It is a remastered version of 2005 Lumine, which was available only on PlayStation Portable handheld console. The game thoughtfully builds on classic ideas and adds some new features.
18 Floors
Puzzle 03 July 2018
An adventure puzzle game using the escape room convention. Players have to solve a number of puzzles of increasing difficulty, which allow them to get out of subsequent rooms. The title was created with virtual reality goggles in mind.
Varenje
Puzzle 03 July 2018
Varenje mixes elements of hidden object games with puzzle game. The game was developed by an independent Play Cute studio.
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.
Fracter
Puzzle 13 July 2018
Fracter is an unusual action adventure game with logic puzzle elements, in which you wander around a strange labyrinth and solve puzzles involving mirrors, reflections, and light. The game was developed by indie studio 4L Games.
Art Strip Poker
Puzzle 25 July 2018
Another entry in the popular series of mature games developed by Polish studio Torquemada Games. Similarly to previous entries in the series, the players are tasked with playing poker against attractive girls who reveal more of their bodies as they lose. What distinguishes Art Strip Poker from other similar games is the fact that the models are naked since the beginning – the only thing that hides their body is a layer of paint.
Star Trek Adversaries
Puzzle 26 July 2018
A digital free-to-play card game based on the famous Star Trek universe, known from movies and TV series. Star Trek Adversaries was developed by Pupper Master Games.
Picross S2
Puzzle 02 August 2018
Picross S2 is a puzzle game whose aim is to create images by painting the fields of the diagrams. The whole is based on the principles of the puzzle known as "painting by numbers".
Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Champions
Puzzle 02 August 2018
A card game set in the Warhammer: Age of Sigmar universe that combines real cards with augmented reality. The game was developed by PlayFusion, also known for creating Lightseekers based on a similar formula.
Hearthstone: The Boomsday Project
Puzzle 07 August 2018
Another expansion for Hearthstone – a digital card game set in the universe of Warcraft and developed by Blizzard Entertainment. It focuses on the land of Gilneas and adds 135 cards and a few unexpected rules.
Happy Glass
Puzzle 14 August 2018
A puzzle game in which our task is to draw lines on which water flows down to fill the glasses. The issue is hampered by obstacles that emerge at successive levels, which require increasing ingenuity in order to be circumvented or used.
7 Billion Humans
Puzzle 23 August 2018
Another game by Tomorrow Corporation, known for e.g. Little Inferno. It is a sequel to the 2015 Human Resource Machine. The gameplay focuses on programming people to do various tasks.
Donut County
Puzzle 28 August 2018
A colorful logic and adventure game in which we control a hole that absorbs objects placed on small three-dimensional boards. The title was created for over five years and has been awarded many times at festivals of independent productions.
Claybook
Puzzle 31 August 2018
A logic game with arcade elements, which lets you play with some virtual clay. You play from a perspective of a child, spending time in his or her room on viewing an amazing book. Each of its pages is a new world built entirely of clay. In-game levels offer a variety of action/logic challenges, most of which are based on the physics of objects – the engine mimics the movement of clay objects quite realistically.
Scribblenauts Mega Pack
Puzzle 18 September 2018
Compilation of two Scribblenauts games: Scribblenauts Unlimited and Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure, which has been enriched with additional elements.
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.
EXAPUNKS
Puzzle 22 October 2018
A complex puzzle game in which we hack secured networks and devices. This requires proper programming of the robots operating inside the computer systems - in order to do so, we have to learn a programming language that was invented especially for the needs of the game.
Word Sudoku by POWGI
Puzzle 23 October 2018
Classic puzzle game, which is an electronic version of the popular numerical puzzle Sudoku. In addition to the standard version of the game, the title also offers a verbal version.
Gwent: The Witcher Card Game
Puzzle 23 October 2018
A stand-alone version of collective card game (CCG) that debuted in the bestselling RPG, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, by CD Project RED, and quickly became acknowledged as one of the best minigames in history. In Gwent: The Witcher Card Game players compete against each other with progressively collected decks of cards from five different factions. As in most CCG, the gameplay is turn-based, but quite unusually, the player’s objective is to gather more attack points than opponent.
Euclidean Skies
Puzzle 25 October 2018
A logical game, which is a continuation of the well received Euclidean Lands, published in 2017. Production offers dozens of levels, full of puzzles and dangerous opponents, as well as beautiful graphics (with support for augmented reality technology). The independent developer Miro Straka is responsible for its creation.
Swap This!
Puzzle 02 November 2018
A match-3 puzzle game, in which we combine colored ice cubes with frozen animals. Swap This! offers four gameplay modes as well as full support for touch screen controls.
DERU: The Art of Cooperation
Puzzle 07 November 2018
Unique two-dimensional cooperation logic-arcade game prepared with two players in mind. Each of the participants controls a small geometric figure, which has to reach the target, but on their way there are deadly rays of energy.
Cefore
Puzzle 09 November 2018
A unique logic puzzle game by Pixelz Games. Cefore takes place in the future, when space flight is common, and the protagonist is a mustached scientist, whose task is to gather information on various planets. However, his approach to the job is quite unorthodox, as he gathers the data (as well as useful materials and resources) by destroying elements of the environment.
Tetris Effect
Puzzle 09 November 2018
A production based on the license of the most famous video game in history. Tetris Effect draws not only from Alexey Pajitnov's work, but also from projects by Tetsuya Mizuguchi.
Golf Peaks
Puzzle 12 November 2018
A small puzzle game in which we have to bring the golf ball into the hole using several pre-determined action cards. Afterburn studio in Lodz is responsible for creating the production.
Melbits World
Puzzle 14 November 2018
A colourful puzzle game enriched with arcade elements, in which we take control over the titular Melbits - creatures inhabiting a data cloud. While playing Melbits World, our task is to safely guide the Melbits through the consecutive levels, which are swarming with various traps.
Squishies
Puzzle 20 November 2018
Squishies is a colorful platform puzzle game dedicated to devices that support virtual reality. The player's task is to help the title creatures to find their way home. Brainseed Factory studio is responsible for the production.
Artifact
Puzzle 28 November 2018
A collectible card game set in the universe of Dota 2 and created by Valve company. Like in other games from the genre, the players construct decks using cards from their collections and then face each other in duels. There are many heroes available from the original MOBA game, which can be played and moved between three lanes.
Hearthstone: Rastakhan's Rumble
Puzzle 04 December 2018
Fourteenth expansion to the hit card game Hearthstone from Blizzard. The add-on introduces 135 new cards to the game, thematically related to trolls, and complements the title with new page types, a new single player mode and an unprecedented mechanic called Carnage.
Clinically Dead
Puzzle 06 December 2018
An unusual production by Pawel Mogila from Mogila Games. The title features elements characteristic for logic, action, platform, and even stealth games. You assume the role of Samson who, as the title outright states, is clinically dead. This means that for him, the time has stopped – due to that, he can contemplate his whole life. This translates into traveling through surreal places, which symbolize the hero’s mind, and talking with his own subconsciousness.
Iris.Fall
Puzzle 07 December 2018
An adventure game with logical elements. While playing in Iris.Fall we get to know the fate of the title Iris - a girl who travels the mysterious theatre, following her cat. The title was created thanks to NEXT Studio.
One Word by POWGI
Puzzle 18 December 2018
A puzzle game where players are required to complete quotations known from history with words searched for in a field of randomly selected letters. The title has a total of six hundred puzzles.
