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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. more
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Backpack Battles
Puzzle 08 March 2024
A multiplayer PvP auto battler. Backpack Battles tasks us with properly preparing our character before combat, setting up items in their backpack to maximize their combat capabilities.
Balatro
Puzzle 20 February 2024
A roguelike card game loosely based on the poker rules. Balatro has us participate in solo card duels, gradually unlocking new card decks and joker cards with unique abilities and effects. The game offers a story campaign, as well as various single challenges.
The Witness
Puzzle 26 January 2016
A first-person adventure game with logic puzzles, developed by the creator of Braid – Jonathan Blow and his independent studio Number None. The game takes you to a large, mysterious island, whose all inhabitants vanished without a trace. Gameplay has you explore this vast world, solve logic puzzles, and search for clues that will help you solve the mysteries of this place. Game mechanics resemble the cult Myst series.
Viewfinder
Puzzle 18 July 2023
Viewfinder is an FPP puzzle game developed by Sad Owl Studios, in which the player is tasked with manipulating perspective by various means, e.g. taking photos. The game is distinguishable by its surreal atmosphere.
A Little to the Left
Puzzle 08 November 2022
A relaxing puzzle game aimed towards players fond of organizing space. A Little to the Left has us sorting items to keep them ordered - the actual order is up to us.
HuniePop 2: Double Date
Puzzle 08 February 2021
Erotic-puzzle game with visual novel elements developed by the independent studio HuniePot. In HuniePop 2: Double Date we play a casanova, whose task is to satisfy the needs of an ancient evil that plans to destroy the universe.
Station to Station
Puzzle 03 October 2023
Station to Station is a puzzle game, in which players create railway connections and construct accompanying buildings. The visuals are voxel-based, while the gameplay does its best to be relaxing.
Boxes: Lost Fragments
Puzzle 01 February 2024
A puzzle game in which our main goal is to get out of a mysterious mansion. All the tools needed to achieve that are hidden inside complex boxes-puzzles. Boxes: Lost Fragment was created by Big Loop Studios, a developer with experience in creating similar titles.
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.
World of Goo 2
Puzzle 23 May 2024
The second installment in a series of puzzle games starring the titular goo. World of Goo 2 tasks us with creating structures from blobs of goo, dealing with the laws of physics and increasing difficulty.
Poly Bridge 2
Puzzle 28 May 2020
Continuation of the simulation and logic game of the independent Dry Cactus studio. In Poly Bridge 2 we play the role of a bridge constructor, and the game consists in leading all vehicles to a destination separated by a river.
Uplink: Trust is a Weakness
Puzzle 21 November 2001
Uplink: Trust is a Weakness is a puzzle game produced by Introversion Software development studio, allowing the player to play the role of a hacker working for multinational corporations. The game consists in breaking various codes and security systems, stealing secrets and even conducting sabotage actions.
The Enjenir
Puzzle 2024 (early access since 18 December 2023)
A puzzle and arcade game with an advanced physics engine. In The Enjenir we build various structures from scratch (which have to be strong enough not to fall apart right after the design phase), and we control the hero directly by controlling each of his limbs separately.
We Were Here Expeditions: The FriendShip
Puzzle 14 September 2023
The fifth game in the puzzle-adventure series We Were Here. We Were Here Expeditions: The FriendShip has us playing as two sailors, ending up in an abandoned amusement park on a deserted island while following a distress call.
Poly Bridge 3
Puzzle 30 May 2023
The third installment in a series of puzzle-simulation games tasking us with designing and building bridges. Poly Bridge 3 features an expansive campaign, a sandbox mode and custom mod tools support.
Inscryption
Puzzle 19 October 2021
The work of Daniel Mullins - author of the original Pony Island and The Hex - combining elements of card games, FPP adventure games and roguelikes. In Inscryption we get to the Leszy's hut and in order to leave it we have to fight a victorious card duel with him.
Paper Trail
Puzzle 21 May 2024
Paper Trail is a puzzle game with a world made of double-sided pieces of paper. The protagonist, freshman Paige, has the power to fold them in such a way as to create a path for herself to places inaccessible to others.
Helltaker
Puzzle 11 May 2020
Helltaker is a free game that combines elements of adventure, arcade and puzzle game. The player impersonates a young man who goes to hell to flirt with demonic girls.
Mirror
Puzzle 19 April 2018
Mirror is an erotic puzzle game where you match gems on the board in sets of three or more.
Escape Simulator
Puzzle 19 October 2021
FPP puzzle game in which our task is to escape from various escape rooms. In Escape Simulator you can play solo, but the title shines in co-op mode.
Hypermind
Puzzle June 2024 (early access since 15 March 2022)
A puzzle game by independent developer recursionstudio, inspired by Portal, The Legend of Zelda and The Talos Principle. The player's task is to traverse chambers and solve puzzles using a multifunctional cannon that bends the laws of physics.
Cocoon
Puzzle 29 September 2023
A puzzle adventure game, in which we solve puzzles while traveling between worlds contained in small spheres. Cocoon was directed by Jeppe Carlsen, the main designer of Limbo and Inside.
Unmechanical
Puzzle 08 August 2012
A puzzle platformer about a robot that tries to get out of a mysterious maze. The game consists of about 30 physical, mental or memory puzzles. Most of them are solved by interacting with the environment, e.g. moving objects. The production is distinguished by quite climatic graphics and music.
Monument Valley 2: Panoramic Edition
Puzzle 12 July 2022
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.