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A list of Released Puzzle indie games video games for PC sorted by popularity among gamers.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Mirror
Puzzle 19 April 2018
Mirror is an erotic puzzle game where you match gems on the board in sets of three or more.
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.
Craftomation 101
Puzzle 2025 (early access since 19 February 2024)
A mix of a logical and strategy game with simulation elements, similar to the Colobot project. Craftomation 101 has us visit an ice planet which must be terraformed with our help. This can be achieved using robots we can program to perform various tasks.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Mirror 2: Project X
Puzzle 21 January 2022
Mirror 2: Project X is a sequel to the popular puzzle game with RPG elements and a fair dose of eroticism. The fantasy worlds have been replaced with a secret organization that has a lot in common with SCP, and the plot centers around a captured succubus.
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.
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.
The Room
Puzzle 28 July 2014
The Room is a novel production combining elements of HOPA and logic game genre. The game is a remake of a critically-acclaimed mobile title, and was developed by an independent studio, Fireproof Games. The action of The Room takes place in the eponymous space, in which an extraordinarily complicated safe hides many secrets. The task is to get into the safe by solving a set of logic puzzles.
The Looker
Puzzle 17 June 2022
Full of specific humor, a free parody of the game The Witness, developed by the independent Subcreation Studio. Grab a red marker, equip yourself with a gun and begin the puzzle-filled The Looker. There's a lot of running around ahead of you and plotting the swirls according to the guidelines.
Sky Beneath
Puzzle canceled
A mix of TPP platform game and puzzle game, in which we play the role of Cassie with the technology that allows her to manipulate gravity. In Sky Beneath, we're going through futuristic stages, avoiding obstacles and solving ingenious environmental puzzles.
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.
Fieldrunners
Puzzle 24 May 2012
Fieldrunners is a classic tower defence production. We deploy turrets on the battlefield to neutralize the incoming waves of enemy units before they reach the player's base.