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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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The Talos Principle
The Talos Principle

Puzzle 13 October 2015

A unique first-person puzzle game developed by the Croatian Croteam studio, the creators of the Serious Sam series. Our character wakes up in a world filled with ancient ruins and advanced technology, where he finds 120 puzzles prepared by a creator, employing various laws of physics and different mechanics. We travel across the game’s world nonlinearly, choosing our own path and completing the tasks presented to us, which consist of e.g.

The Talos Principle 2
The Talos Principle 2

Puzzle 02 November 2023

The Talos Principle 2 is a first-person puzzle game, in which we explore a megastructure in a robot-inhabited world. The game features many clever puzzles and an extensive, philosophical story.

Balatro
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
A Little to the Left

Puzzle 15 February 2024

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 Turing Test
The Turing Test

Puzzle 24 January 2017

A sci-fi FPP logic puzzle game by Bulkhead Interactive, a studio founded by the creators of Pneuma: Breath of Life. The story takes place an unspecified number of years in the future, when scientists discover a seemingly harmless alien life form on Jupiter's moons. You play as an astronaut named Ava Turing, whose task is to examine the new species, and who ends up finding more than she expected. The Turing Test is a part of the FPP logic puzzle genre, popularized by the Portal series.

The Witness
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.

Q.U.B.E. 2
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.

Viewfinder
Viewfinder

Puzzle 12 December 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.

We Were Here Expeditions: The FriendShip
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.

Yu-Gi-Oh! Legacy of the Duelist: Link Evolution
Yu-Gi-Oh! Legacy of the Duelist: Link Evolution

Puzzle 24 March 2020

Extended edition of Yu-Gi-Oh! Legacy of the Duelist, prepared for the Nintendo Switch console. The title offers all the additional content issued for the original edition and adds more than two thousand cards. In addition, it introduces the latest rules of the paper card game Yu-Gi-Oh!, including a completely new type of monster cards.

Gwent: The Witcher Card Game
Gwent: The Witcher Card Game

Puzzle 04 December 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.

Yu-Gi-Oh! Legacy of the Duelist
Yu-Gi-Oh! Legacy of the Duelist

Puzzle 30 July 2015

Another entry in the popular virtual card game series, based on a collective card game on the license of Kazuki Takahashi‘s manga from 1996. It has been developed by Other Ocean studio, which worked on titles like Mortal Combat Arcade Kollektion, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night and Spider-Man: Edge of Time. We are taken to a special program known as Duelist Simulator, in which the best players face each other, recreating events of five Yu-Gi-Oh! series.

Hidden Through Time
Hidden Through Time

Puzzle 12 March 2020

A puzzle game where we search for specific items on large, varied boards. In addition, in Hidden Through Time you will find an extensive editor allowing you to create your own stages and share them with the whole community.

Persian Nights: Sands of Wonders
Persian Nights: Sands of Wonders

Puzzle 17 August 2018

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.

Iris.Fall
Iris.Fall

Puzzle 07 January 2021

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.

Neighbours back From Hell
Neighbours back From Hell

Puzzle 08 October 2020

Neighbours back From Hell is a set of improved versions of two funny puzzle games from the early 20th century. The package was developed by Farbworks studio. In both games our main goal is to make neighbours' lives miserable.

Paper Trail
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.

Persian Nights 2: The Moonlight Veil
Persian Nights 2: The Moonlight Veil

Puzzle 11 December 2020

The next instalment of Persian Nights series, belonging to the hidden object genre, prepared by Sodigital studio and Polish company Artifex Mundi. In Persian Nights 2: The Moonlight Veil we go to Persia and try to save the main hero's sister.

Gorogoa
Gorogoa

Puzzle 22 May 2018

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.

Gwent: Iron Judgment
Gwent: Iron Judgment

Puzzle 02 October 2019

The third add-on to the card game Gwent, which takes place in a world inspired by the novels of Andrzej Sapkowski (known from The Witcher series from the CD Projekt RED studio). The background to the expansion is the war in which the kingdom of Redonia is involved. Add-on introduces 80 new cards and several mechanics.

The Room VR: A Dark Matter
The Room VR: A Dark Matter

Puzzle 26 March 2020

Another main part of the series of puzzle games from Fireproof Games. The Room VR: A Dark Matter tells the story of a London police investigation into the disappearance of a well-known Egyptologist in 1908.

Hitman GO: Definitive Edition
Hitman GO: Definitive Edition

Puzzle 24 February 2016

A spin-off entry in the popular Hitman franchise, launched in 2000 by Eidos. Hitman GO has been developed for mobile devices and unlike the full-scale games in the series, it combines elements of stealth, turn-based strategy and puzzles. There doesn't feature a storyline, and the gameplay focuses on missions that come down to eliminating certain people according to Agent 47's contract.

Lumo
Lumo

Puzzle 24 May 2016

An old-school logic game featuring elements of adventure and platformer games. This is the debut of the Triple Eh? studio led by Gareth Noyce. Lumo pays tribute to various games from the 80s and 90s. The gameplay consists of exploring over 400 different chambers, where the player mainly solves puzzles, avoids traps and discovers secrets.

Metropolis: Lux Obscura
Metropolis: Lux Obscura

Puzzle 04 April 2018

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.