Best Puzzle Games

The best Puzzle games ranked by Belly Score. See what The Belly thinks of the top Puzzle titles.

Looking for the best Puzzle games? This list ranks every Puzzle title The Belly has scored, from the highest verdicts down to the lowest. Puzzle is one of the core genres in the Belly Score database, and each game here has been evaluated on fun factor, gameplay, controls, creativity, presentation, staying power, and that hard-to-define Belly Factor. Use the rankings to find your next Puzzle obsession — or see where your favorites landed.

9.8

Shadow of the Colossus

Action-Adventure · Puzzle

PlayStation 2 · PlayStation 3 · PlayStation 4

FantasyMythologyNature / Wilderness+1

AtmosphericEmotionalMelancholic+3

9.7

Ikaruga

Shooter · Puzzle

Arcade · Dreamcast · Nintendo GameCube · Xbox 360 · PC · Nintendo Switch · PlayStation 4 · Android

Sci-FiFuturistic

IntenseChallengingPrecision-Focused+3

9.7

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

Adventure · Action · Puzzle

Nintendo Switch

9.6

BLUE PRINCE

Adventure · Strategy · Puzzle

PC · PlayStation · Xbox

ExploratoryMysteriousDiscovery-Driven+12

9.6

ICO

Action-Adventure · Puzzle · Platformer

PlayStation 2 · PlayStation 3

FantasyAncient / HistoricalMonsters

AtmosphericDreamlikeEmotional+3

9.5

LittleBigPlanet

Platformer · Puzzle · Sandbox

PlayStation 3

FantasyCute / WholesomeSurreal

PlayfulQuirkyWhimsical+2

9.4

OFF

RPG · Adventure · Puzzle

PC · Nintendo Switch · Mac OS X

PsychologicalSurrealDreamlike+1

MysteriousUnsettlingSurreal+3

9.4

Zuma Deluxe

Puzzle

Windows · Xbox · Palm OS · Windows Mobile · J2ME · Xbox 360 · Macintosh · iPod Classic · BREW · DoJa · PlayStation 3 · Xbox One

Ancient / Historical

Fast-PacedFranticChallenging+2

9.4

DOORS

Survival · Horror · Puzzle

Roblox

SupernaturalMonstersPsychological

CreepySuspensefulTense+2

9.4

Plants vs. Zombies

Strategy · Puzzle

Windows · macOS · Xbox 360 · PlayStation 3 · iOS · Nintendo DS · PlayStation Vita · Android · Windows Phone

ZombiesComedyNature / Wilderness

StrategicTacticalFunny+3

9.2

The Last Guardian

Action-Adventure · Puzzle

PlayStation 4

FantasyNature / Wilderness

AdventurousDiscovery-DrivenImmersive+3

9.2

AMERICAN MCGEE'S ALICE

Action · Horror · Platformer · Adventure · Puzzle

PC · PlayStation · Xbox

ExploratoryAdventurousDark+15

9.2

WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!

Action · Party · Puzzle

Game Boy Advance · Wii U · Nintendo Switch

ComedySurrealWorkplace

Fast-PacedFranticChaotic+3

9.1

AMBIDEXTRO

Action · Platformer · Puzzle

PC · PlayStation · Xbox · Nintendo Switch

DarkFast-PacedFrantic+6

9.1

Pikmin

Strategy · Puzzle

GameCube · Wii · Nintendo Switch

Sci-FiSpaceAlien+1

AdventurousStrategicCharming+3

9.1

Pikmin 3

Strategy · Puzzle · Action

Wii U · Nintendo Switch

Sci-FiSpaceAlien+1

AdventurousExploratoryStrategic+3

9.0

The 25th Ward: The Silver Case

Adventure · Visual Novel · Puzzle

Mobile · Windows · macOS · Linux · PlayStation 4 · Nintendo Switch

CyberpunkDystopianDetective / Mystery+1

MysteriousDarkUnsettling+3

8.9

999: NINE HOURS, NINE PERSONS, NINE DOORS

Adventure · Puzzle

Nintendo Switch · PlayStation · PC · Mobile

MysteriousExploratoryDiscovery-Driven+11

8.9

Great God Grove

Adventure · Puzzle

Microsoft Windows · macOS · Nintendo Switch · Xbox One · Xbox Series X/S

FantasyMythologyComedy+1

FunnyQuirkyWeird+2

8.9

CAPTURED 2

Action · Adventure · Horror · Puzzle · Survival

PC · Steam

SupernaturalContemporaryMonsters+4

ExploratoryDiscovery-DrivenMysterious+27

8.9

BOOKWORM ADVENTURES: VOLUME 2

RPG · Puzzle

PC

AdventurousDiscovery-DrivenRelaxing+9

8.9

BOOKWORM ADVENTURES

RPG · Puzzle

PC

AdventurousDiscovery-DrivenCozy+10

8.8

DRAGON BALL Z: DOKKAN BATTLE

RPG · Puzzle · Action

Android · iOS

FantasyMartial ArtsSuperhero

EpicIntenseStrategic+3

8.7

Limbobbia

Puzzle · Horror

Roblox

SurrealComedyPsychological

WeirdChaoticAtmospheric+3