Puzzle Games

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

"Hallucinogens, fax machines, parapsychology, and TV guides": One of the decade's best detective games is getting a sequel - and the demo is already here

Electronic puzzler Linkito connects to a release date at the Future Game Show Summer Showcase

My most-anticipated puzzle game of 2024 from the Behind the Frame devs finally has a release date

Devs behind beloved color-matching puzzler Grindstone and top-down soulslike Below reveal the spiritual successor to their beloved 15-year-old Nintendo DS game

This paper-folding puzzler about leaving home is beautifully, maddeningly satisfying

Lorelei and the Laser Eyes review: "Totally engrossing, effortlessly stylish, and one of the best puzzle games of 2024"

How to get the Crow Country fairy tree lady code and phrase

How to solve the Crow Country swan boat puzzle and a whole lot more

Crow Country review: "a lovingly built greatest hits mix of retro horror ideas"

Professor Layton studio CEO wants to make "erotic" and "violent" games one day and I'm afraid of what that means

15-year-old kid demolishes the game of Tetris, obliterating every major world record and pouring cheese over his head to celebrate

One of the longest-running series in gaming is back for the 34th entry in 24 years

Botany Manor is a beautiful puzzle game about making flowers bloom in the most unexpected ways possible

After making an iconic puzzle game so hard he could barely beat it himself 11 years later, dev teases a new game that's even harder

How this open-world puzzle game classic helped us come to terms with human extinction by tapping into our thirst for storytelling