Best Puzzle games on Steam

Unlike generic lists, our puzzle game recommendations are based on a rigorous analysis of Steam user reviews. We believe that player feedback is the most reliable indicator of a game's true quality and enjoyment. Our algorithm evaluates user reviews to identify puzzle games that consistently deliver exceptional experiences. This means you can be confident that our lists feature only the best puzzle games on Steam, validated by the community itself.

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A Fisherman's Tale

Bend and twist reality in A Fisherman's Tale, the mind-bending VR puzzle adventure game in which being turned upside down and inside out is not merely a play on words.

Price 14.99€
Rating 8.9
Release 22 Jan 2019

while True: learn()

You’re a machine learning specialist who makes neural networks but your cat seems to be better at it. Now you must solve puzzles to build a cat-to-human translation system (who knows what else this cat is capable of!). Earn a fortune, buy kickass cat outfits, learn how machine learning really works!

Price 10.79€
Rating 8.9
Release 17 Jan 2019

What Never Was

What Never Was is a short, story-driven first-person game focused on exploration and puzzle-solving about Sarah, having to shoulder the arduous task of clearing out her grandfathers attic, and soon finds that not everything about the attic is what it seems.

Price Free to play
Rating 9.1
Release 11 Jan 2019

Catherine Classic

Catherine: a tale of love, betrayal, and the terror of commitment. Experience the mature action-adventure-puzzle game unlike any other from the makers of the Persona series, now enhanced for PC in all its Classic glory. Is love over? Climb to the top or die trying.

Price 19.99€
Rating 8.5
Release 10 Jan 2019

La Rana

In La Rana, players explore the lost Rain Temple of Rana. Play as a small spirit frog who is the temple's last remaining caretaker. Traverse its grand chambers and winding passages to restore its former power and revive your fellow frog spirits along the way.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.8
Release 01 Jan 2019

Heartbound

Heartbound is a non-traditional role-playing game about a boy, his dog, secrets, and sanity.

Price 9.75€
Rating 8.4
Release 24 Dec 2018

ATOM RPG: Post-apocalyptic indie game

ATOM RPG is a post-apocalyptic indie game, inspired by classic CRPGs: Fallout, Wasteland, Deus Ex, Baldur's Gate and many others.

Price 14.99€
Rating 8.1
Release 19 Dec 2018

GRIS

Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.

Price 14.79€
Rating 9.5
Release 13 Dec 2018

永冻之壳 The Shell of Permafrost

A girl, draped in mystery and chased by an evil fate, escapes from a frozen land. Now, a year later, with her memory gradually returning, she is forced to make an important decision.

Price Free to play
Rating 9.2
Release 09 Dec 2018

Nya Nya Nya Girls (ʻʻʻ)_(=^・ω・^=)_(ʻʻʻ)

The game is a classic puzzle with three levels of difficulty.

Price -51% 0.49€
Rating 7.8
Release 08 Dec 2018

Iris.Fall

Iris.Fall is a puzzle adventure game featuring striking visuals and a spellbinding theme of "light and shadow".

Price 12.49€
Rating 8.5
Release 07 Dec 2018

Katamari Damacy REROLL

The beloved roll-em-up game returns with fully updated graphics, completely recreated cutscenes and in full HD!

Price 19.99€
Rating 9.0
Release 06 Dec 2018

Simmiland

Simmiland is a god-like card game. In this game you indirectly influence a small civilization by manipulating their surroundings by playing cards 🃏🃏🃏 Playing cards on different biomes and objects will result in different findings. The way you play the game will define how mankind will develop!

Price 3.99€
Rating 8.5
Release 30 Nov 2018

Broken Reality

A humorous adventure set in a 3D parody of the internet. Diverse puzzles, beautiful worlds, friends, experiences, upgrades and more, await those who 'log on'!

Price 14.99€
Rating 8.9
Release 29 Nov 2018

Darksiders III

Return to an apocalyptic Earth in Darksiders III, a hack-n-slash Action Adventure where players assume the role of FURY in her quest to hunt down and dispose of the Seven Deadly Sins. The most enigmatic of the Four Horsemen, FURY must bring balance to the forces that now ravage Earth.

Price 39.99€
Rating 7.5
Release 27 Nov 2018

The Crown of Leaves

Roui, a resilient city dandy, a half-educated jeweler and the author of scientific magic articles, was met with a colossal failure and must return to his homeland Latori.

Price 4.49€
Rating 9.1
Release 26 Nov 2018

Granny

You have to escape Granny`s house...You have five days...

Price 3.99€
Rating 9.0
Release 20 Nov 2018

The Kite

The Kite is a small dramatic point-and-click adventure. The game highlights the problems of a struggling family.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.8
Release 19 Nov 2018

Sam & Max Hit the Road

Grab your nightstick, squeal like a siren, and Hit the Road with Sam & Max, Freelance Police, as they attempt to crack their toughest case.

Price 5.89€
Rating 9.0
Release 16 Nov 2018

Indiana Jones® and the Emperor's Tomb™

As Indiana Jones, you’ll travel to 1935 China to prevent a powerful artifact from falling into evil hands. This globe-spanning adventure pits you against evil Nazis and the Asian underworld. It’ll take more than just a trusty whip and pistol to avoid the perils of the Emperor’s Tomb.

Price 5.89€
Rating 8.8
Release 16 Nov 2018

Dark Fantasy: Jigsaw Puzzle

Jigsaw puzzles have never been this atmospheric! Dark Fantasy will take you on a journey through gloomy portraits.

Price 2.99€
Rating 8.4
Release 16 Nov 2018

Marble It Up! Ultra

Roll, bounce, boost, and blast your way to victory in Marble It Up! Ultra - the ultimate marble platformer. Chase the records of your friends and the world's best players through a vast campaign - or face them head-on in thrilling multiplayer mayhem. Get ready to roll!

Price 29.99€
Rating 8.7
Release 16 Nov 2018

Zup! S

Minimal physical puzzle with explosions

Price 1.99€
Rating 9.5
Release 15 Nov 2018

Bad Dream: Fever

The world is covered in strange ink, an unknown plague has gathered its cruel harvest. The city seems to be completely empty and dead, but in its every corner there are manifestations of fear, sorrow, loneliness and suffering.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.8
Release 15 Nov 2018

Golf Peaks

A relaxing puzzle game where you climb mountains by playing golf. Pick the right cards, avoid hazards and conquer over 120 summits!

Price 4.99€
Rating 9.0
Release 13 Nov 2018

The Room Three

Lured to a remote island, you find yourself confined within the rooms of an ominous mansion. You must draw upon all your puzzle-solving ability to navigate a series of trials devised by a mysterious figure known only as “The Craftsman”. Do you have what it takes to escape?

Price 5.99€
Rating 9.3
Release 13 Nov 2018

Red Matter

Red Matter is a story-driven VR puzzle adventure game set during a dystopian sci-fi Cold War. Take on the role of Agent Epsilon, an astronaut of the Atlantic Union dispatched to an abandoned Volgravian moon base on a faraway planet. Your mission: to investigate a shady top secret research project.

Price 24.99€
Rating 8.6
Release 10 Nov 2018

Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales

Discover a brand new RPG from the creators of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Facing an imminent invasion, Meve — war-veteran and Queen of Lyria and Rivia — is forced to once again enter the warpath and set out on a dark journey of destruction and revenge.

Price 19.99€
Rating 8.7
Release 09 Nov 2018

Nonogram - Master's Legacy

Master's Legacy - discover all beauty of Nonogram puzzles (multiple game modes, level sizes), master painting skills in Editor and share works with friends in Workshop. Become The Greatest.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.1
Release 08 Nov 2018

TSIOQUE

TSIOQUE (pronounced: "chiock") is a dark but playful Point & Click adventure, hand-animated in meticulous, frame-by-frame 2D. Escape the clutches of an Evil Wizard and discover the secrets hidden within the spellbound castle of your ancestors.

Price 11.59€
Rating 9.0
Release 07 Nov 2018

Leisure Suit Larry - Wet Dreams Don't Dry

My new adventure takes me from the end of the ’80s directly into the 21st century and wow, how the world has changed! While my view of the world and women from way back in the 1980s collides with modern reality, I’m all set to date my way across the modern world!

Price 29.99€
Rating 8.2
Release 07 Nov 2018

True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 2

True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 2 is the sequel to one of the best rated horror escape games, acclaimed for its story and the atmosphere of horror mystery.

Price 9.99€
Rating 8.7
Release 02 Nov 2018

Umfend

The glass sphere burst in the night of 1996. The world of distortion opened its gates and took away from you someone very important. However, in 2005, the past emerges again to hunt you once more. An atmospheric horror about love and time.

Price -90% 0.99€
Rating 8.3
Release 30 Oct 2018

The Witch's House MV

A young girl, Viola, is drawn inexorably to a mysterious manor that seems to change behind her back. It is a place of pain, turmoil and death. Plumb its detestable depths and abominable history. Untangle riddles that bar your perilous path. And flee the hellish halls of The Witch’s House.

Price 14.79€
Rating 9.2
Release 30 Oct 2018

Corpse Party: Book of Shadows

An anthology series that serves as a Corpse Party sequel, prequel, midquel, and alternate universe tale all in one. Rejoin old friends for a deeper dive into the haunted halls of Heavenly Host Elementary...

Price 14.99€
Rating 8.2
Release 29 Oct 2018

Mojo 2: Mia

"Mojo 2: Mia” is a new version of the famous game “2048”, an original approach to this well-known puzzle. Beautiful Mia will keep you company during the game. The more points you get, the less clothes remain on the girl.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.7
Release 26 Oct 2018

The Mirror Lied

This isn't a horror game. Nothing will jump out at you.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.3
Release 25 Oct 2018

EXAPUNKS

The year is 1997. You used to be a hacker, but now you have the phage. You made a deal: one hack, one dose. There’s nothing left to lose… except your life.

Price 19.50€
Rating 9.0
Release 22 Oct 2018

Return of the Obra Dinn

Lost at sea 1803 ~ The good ship Obra Dinn.

Price 19.50€
Rating 9.5
Release 18 Oct 2018

Viviette

Exploration, puzzles and a touch of classic horror awaits you! Uncover the secrets and mysteries of Neuville's Mansion. Test your logic against diverse puzzles, locate and use a variety of items, and don't lose your sense of direction, as navigation itself becomes an obstacle in your path!

Price 9.99€
Rating 8.3
Release 18 Oct 2018

Wenjia

Wenjia is a 2D platform game with puzzle-solving elements. Players can freely travel between two realms (the material world and the energy world), each of them with different challenges and obstacles. Players must utilize both realms’ mechanisms to reach their final goal.

Price 7.39€
Rating 7.5
Release 17 Oct 2018

The Hex

In a creaky old tavern, in a forgotten corner of the video-game universe, a storm is raging. An anonymous caller suggests that there is a murder plot. Six video game protagonists are the only plausible suspects...

Price 8.19€
Rating 9.1
Release 16 Oct 2018

God's Basement

God's Basement is a first-person, narrative-driven, single player horror game. Uncover the secrets of an afterlife shrouded in mystery, as an entity known as "The Operator" leads you deeper into the fringes of a seemingly eternal purgatory.

Price -80% 2.49€
Rating 7.1
Release 16 Oct 2018

The MISSING: J.J. Macfield and the Island of Memories

J.J. scours Memoria Island to find her best friend, who has gone missing during a camping trip. In order to save her best friend, she puts her own body and life on the line, reviving infinitely, as she presses forward. Why did she go missing? What is going on in this world?

Price 24.99€
Rating 8.5
Release 11 Oct 2018

My Memory of Us

My Memory of Us is a moving fairy tale about friendship and hope in the darkest moments of our times. Enter a hand-crafted, gorgeously animated 2D world full of adventure, exploration, stealth and puzzles. Meet the kids brought up in different worlds and help them survive during times of occupation.

Price 14.99€
Rating 8.7
Release 09 Oct 2018

Mark of the Ninja: Remastered

In Mark of the Ninja, you'll know what it is to truly be a ninja. You must be silent, agile and clever to outwit your opponents in a world of gorgeous scenery and flowing animation.

Price 16.79€
Rating 9.3
Release 09 Oct 2018

Giraffe Town

A giraffe born with slippery feet sets out to find love...

Price 2.99€
Rating 7.6
Release 02 Oct 2018

Chinese Parents

In this casual sim set in China, you step into the shoes of an average kid from birth towards the end of your high school. Study hard, have fun, make friends and face your ultimate challenge, the “Gaokao”. What will your life be after that? And when you have a child, will you be a Tiger Parent?

Price 8.19€
Rating 9.0
Release 28 Sep 2018