GamesRadar - PC Puzzle Games

Grappling Hook

Sep 21, 2009

This is essentially a very promising tech demo, and you can’t help feeling that some publisher will snap it up, and in a couple of years we’ll see a more polished version of the game. Better to wait until then.

Machinarium

Oct 16, 2009

The winner for Excellence in Visual Art from the 2009 Independent Games Festival and one of the PAX10, this robot-filled world makes us wish we had metal skin. Available via download on Impulse.

Gyromancer

Nov 18, 2009

Square-Enix and PopCap team up for Gyromancer, a puzzle/RPG hybrid that uses Bejeweled Twist's game mechanic at the heart of its battle system. Available via Steam.

Lucidity

Oct 7, 2009

A great visual style isn’t enough to keep this puzzler from growing stale. Only available via download.

Bookworm Adventures: Volume 2

Jul 30, 2009

A serious RPG word-game that has you fighting off enemies with your scrabble-esque tiles. Bookworm is a balanced game with much to offer. Rule of thumb: avoid three-letter words!

Chains

Nov 25, 2008

Chains has the most satisfyingly squishy physics since... well, since that other indie physics-based sphere-em-up – Land of Gunk, was it? In common with 2DBoy’s hit, Ivan and Philip Traykov’s game makes a virtue of the underlying mechanics behind the puzzles.

Bumps

May 27, 2009

This darling little puzzler has a nice look, but it does so little new that it's not preferable to its many casual puzzle game competitors.

Murder, She Wrote

Featuring five stand-alone mysteries, Murder, She Wrote takes place primarily in the quaint New England town of Cabot Cove, Maine. Each case follows acclaimed crime novelist Jessica Fletcher, a sharp-eyed senior citizen with a nose for clues, as she unravels a series of puzzling murders.

Puzzle Chronicles

Battle with puzzle combat that's based on real-time action and collect armor and weapons with every opponent you best.

Sudoku Ball - Detective

Pick locks, investigate clues, and complete sudoku puzzles on a 3D ball to solve murders just like Sherlock Holmes did.

Yosumin!

May 27, 2009

Yosumin! is definitely a fun to play puzzler with a cute Japanese flair to it, but in the long run this probably won't hold your attention nearly as long as the insanely addicting PopCap outings of the same genre.

Cogs

Apr 14, 2009

As casual as a puzzle game can get. Cogs is satisfying to solve, but won't keep you interested for long. Available for download from Steam.

Braid

Apr 10, 2009

The artistic, post-modern masterpiece comes to PC, just as great as it is on the 360.

Droplitz

Jun 25, 2009

Droplitz starts hard and stays that way, but once you figure out the rhythm, this original pipe-creation puzzler stands out as a downloadable gem.

MEVO & the Grooveriders

Mar 19, 2009

Mevo happens to be a cheap date at best but ultimately fails in including integration of rythm with action and contains unlockables that fail to be anything but cosmetic.

Crayon Physics Deluxe

Jan 7, 2009

It's an old-style physics puzzler except animated in the most charming crayon illustrations around.

Puzzlegeddon

Nov 27, 2008

A seemingly simple and super addictive puzzler that may be too much for those with weak nerves.

Gravity

Nov 28, 2008

A slim set of gravity based puzzles that is sorely lacking in good physics.

Bejeweled Twist

Oct 28, 2008

The slow pace and simple gameplay will turn off some, but this new version of Bejeweled is just as addictive as the previous versions, by which we mean very.

Peggle Nights

Sep 16, 2008

Aside from some new features and characters, this doesn't add too much to the crazy addictiveness of the Peggle series, which makes it only pretty great instead of awesome.