Puzzle game recommendations

The mental click of solving a well-designed puzzle is a pleasure no other genre delivers. From Portal to minimalist indies, these are the best puzzle picks to exercise your brain.

The 25 best puzzle games

1. 1

   Portal 2 (2011)

   PlayStation · PC — PS Store ↗

   95
2. 2

   The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D (2011)

   Nintendo — Nintendo ↗

   94
3. 3

   Cut the Rope (2010)

   Nintendo · PC — Nintendo ↗

   93
4. 4

   Maniac Mansion: Day of the Tentacle (1993)

   PC

   93
5. 5

   Chants of Sennaar (2023)

   PlayStation · Nintendo · PC — Steam ↗

   93
6. 6

   Patrick's Parabox (2022)

   PC — Steam ↗

   93
7. 7

   A Castle Full of Cats (2022)

   PC — Steam ↗

   93
8. 8

   Paper Lily - Chapter 1 (2023)

   PC

   93
9. 9

   Braid (2008)

   PlayStation · PC — PS Store ↗

   92
10. 10

    Banjo-Kazooie (1998)

    Nintendo

    92
11. 11

    Prune (2015)

    PC — Steam ↗

    92
12. 12

    Threes! (2014)

    PC — Steam ↗

    92
13. 13

    A Monster's Expedition (2020)

    PC — Steam ↗

    92
14. 14

    Gorogoa (2017)

    PlayStation · Nintendo · PC — PS Store ↗ · Nintendo ↗

    92
15. 15

    Sally Face (2016)

    PlayStation · Nintendo · PC — PS Store ↗ · Nintendo ↗

    92
16. 16

    Cube Escape Collection (2020)

    PC — Steam ↗

    92
17. 17

    The Case of the Golden Idol (2022)

    PC — Steam ↗

    92
18. 18

    Webbed (2021)

    Nintendo · PC — Steam ↗

    92
19. 19

    Opus Magnum (2017)

    PC

    92
20. 20

    The Room VR: A Dark Matter (2020)

    PlayStation · PC — PS Store ↗ · Steam ↗

    92
21. 21

    The Looker (2022)

    PC

    92
22. 22

    Samsara Room (2020)

    PC

    92
23. 23

    Helltaker (2020)

    PC

    92
24. 24

    Cube Escape: Paradox (2018)

    PC

    92
25. 25

    Peggle Deluxe (2007)

    PC

    92

How this list was built: we start from a catalog of 20,827 PlayStation, Nintendo and PC games, then filter and sort by score — the critic score (Metacritic or IGDB) where it exists, the player score in the exceptions (hover a score to see its source). It is updated along with the catalog.