Puzzle Games

26 years ago, a legendary Japanese arcade studio created a whole new category of Tetris - now they're finishing their canceled sequel and bringing it to Steam

It took 34 years for someone to actually beat the original NES Tetris – now it's coming to Switch so you can try for yourself

The best hidden object games to lose yourself in

This viral death game might actually take over the world once it adds multiplayer this Halloween

With Super Mario Party Jamboree, Nintendo's finally letting you cut out the random nonsense that's defined its multiplayer games for decades

35 years after the iconic puzzler's release, someone has finally beat NES Tetris' 255 levels and achieved 'Rebirth'

With Monument Valley 3 just months away, Ustwo Games reminiscences on developing for and beyond mobile and nonviolent games

"Lost" Professor Layton game that only released in Japan 16 years ago is getting an unofficial translation after being discovered on an old phone

Take revenge on the company that worked you into the grave with Office Fight's physics-based destruction

The retro collection Tetris has always deserved is finally coming, complete with the incredible SNES battle Tetris variant that's been lost in Japan for 31 years

After 22 years, the one and only game Sega developed for PS1 finally has an English translation, and it's a gateway to the '00s world of J-pop idols and Hamtaro anime

Squirrel with a Gun is, delightfully, exactly what it says on the tin, and it's out on Steam next week

Bionic Bay is a physics-bending sci-fi platformer that looks like Limbo via Portal

Creator of iconic puzzle game says anniversary remaster "sold like dog s**t," and now his company "can't afford to pay anyone"

The Star Named EOS is a beautiful, deliberate puzzle game where most everything is "a meaningful clue"

Indie dev thought their puzzle game "would just die out," but "a weird sales curve" and TikTok virality led to "great" success a year after launch

Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure had me curious at its reveal, but its clever puzzles and gorgeous art sold me so hard I've been thinking about it for months