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Best Puzzle games on iOS
The 80 best Puzzle games on iOS, ranked from 17,003 critic and player ratings.
The best Puzzle game on iOS right now is Cut the Rope, with a critic score of 93/100 — updated September 2026.
How this ranking is built
- Games are ranked on the aggregated critic score out of 100 imported from IGDB and Metacritic, never on Tier's own grades.
- A game only enters the ranking with at least 80 external ratings, so a single enthusiastic review never outranks a proven classic.
- Each game is ranked in one genre only, the one that defines it best, so the same title never tops two different genre charts.
- Community grades from F to S are shown next to every game, and only stated as a fact above 5 Tier ratings.
- Release window covered: 1970 to 2026.
- 50 games are listed on this page, carrying 17,003 ratings between them.
- Rankings are recomputed hourly; this one was last rebuilt on 28 September 2026.
Top 50
01
Cut the Rope
Cut the Rope is a series of physics-based puzzle video games developed by ZeptoLab for several platforms and devices. The objective of the Cut the Rope games is to feed candy to a little green creature named Om Nom while collecting stars. In each level, the candy hangs by one or several of the titular ropes which the player must cut with a swipe of their finger using the device's touchscreen. Using various objects such as floating bubbles and bellows, the candy must also be manipulated around obstacles to get to Om Nom's mouth. Each level pack introduces new challenges. Levels are scored with a zero to three star rating, according to how many stars the player picked up, and a point score depending on the number of stars collected and the amount of time taken to complete the level. Game received multiple award, for example: Apple Design Award 2011, British Academy Video Games Awards 2011 and many others.
93
/100
02
Sanitarium
A psychological horror point-and-click adventure game in which a man wakes up in a near-deserted sanitarium after a car crash without any recollection of who he is or how he got there.
92
/100
03
Return to Monkey Island
Return to Monkey Island, the long-awaited follow-up to the legendary Secret of Monkey Island and Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge by Ron Gilbert's Terrible Toybox in collaboration with Devolver Digital and Lucasfilm Games, coming 2022.
92
/100
Cut the Rope
Cut the Rope is a series of physics-based puzzle video games developed by ZeptoLab for several platforms and devices. The objective of the Cut the Rope games is to feed candy to a little green creature named Om Nom while collecting stars. In each level, the candy hangs by one or several of the titular ropes which the player must cut with a swipe of their finger using the device's touchscreen. Using various objects such as floating bubbles and bellows, the candy must also be manipulated around obstacles to get to Om Nom's mouth. Each level pack introduces new challenges. Levels are scored with a zero to three star rating, according to how many stars the player picked up, and a point score depending on the number of stars collected and the amount of time taken to complete the level. Game received multiple award, for example: Apple Design Award 2011, British Academy Video Games Awards 2011 and many others.
93
/100
02
Sanitarium
A psychological horror point-and-click adventure game in which a man wakes up in a near-deserted sanitarium after a car crash without any recollection of who he is or how he got there.
92
/100
03
Return to Monkey Island
Return to Monkey Island, the long-awaited follow-up to the legendary Secret of Monkey Island and Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge by Ron Gilbert's Terrible Toybox in collaboration with Devolver Digital and Lucasfilm Games, coming 2022.
92
/100
04
Beneath a Steel Sky
Beneath a Steel Sky is a cyberpunk, point and click, adventure game. You assume the role of Robert Foster and embark on a quest to make the world a better place, along with your robot companion Joey.
91
/100
05
The Longest Journey
The Longest Journey is an amazing graphical adventure, where the player controls the protagonist, April Ryan, on her journey between parallel universes. Embark on an exciting and original journey of discovery, where you will explore, solve puzzles, meet new people, face terrifying monsters, learn, grow, and live the adventure of a lifetime!
91
/100
06
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?
90
/100
07
The Witness
The Witness is a single-player game in an open world with dozens of locations to explore and over 500 puzzles. This game respects you as an intelligent player and it treats your time as precious. There's no filler; each of those puzzles brings its own new idea into the mix. So, this is a game full of ideas.
88
/100
08
The Room Two
Unique events transport you to the halls of a long-forgotten crypt. The only means of escape lies locked within a stone pedestal, along with a note from your mysterious ally. His words promise assistance, but only serve to entice you into a compelling world of mystery and exploration.
88
/100
09
Tales from the Borderlands
Tales from the Borderlands is a five part episodic game series. Set on the unforgiving world of Pandora after the events seen in Borderlands 2, this is a story full of Borderlands' trademark humor, following two adventurers on their quest for greatness.
88
/100
10
Machinarium
Machinarium is award-winning independent adventure game developed by the makers of Samorost and Botanicula. A little robot who’s been thrown out to the scrap yard behind the city must return and confront the Black Cap Brotherhood and save his robot-girl friend.
88
/100
11
What Remains of Edith Finch
87
/100
12
Peggle
87
/100
13
Florence
86
/100
14
The Room 4: Old Sins
86
/100
15
Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: LeChuck's Revenge
86
/100
16
The Talos Principle
85
/100
17
Day of the Tentacle Remastered
85
/100
18
S
The Walking Dead
84
/100
19
S
Grim Fandango Remastered
84
/100
20
Thimbleweed Park
84
/100
21
Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords
84
/100
22
Manifold Garden
84
/100
23
S
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
83
/100
24
Divide By Sheep
83
/100
25
Gorogoa
82
/100
26
Botanicula
82
/100
27
Broken Sword 2 - The Smoking Mirror (Remastered)
82
/100
28
The Walking Dead: Season Two
81
/100
29
Donut County
80
/100
30
I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream
80
/100
31
Syberia 2
80
/100
32
Tricky Towers
80
/100
33
Angry Birds
80
/100
34
The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
80
/100
35
Tales of Monkey Island
80
/100
36
Superliminal
80
/100
37
PAC-MAN Championship Edition DX+
79
/100
38
The Gardens Between
79
/100
39
Crayon Physics Deluxe
79
/100
40
Samorost 3
79
/100
41
D
Life Is Strange
79
/100
42
Zuma
78
/100
43
Zuma's Revenge!
78
/100
44
LEGO Builder’s Journey
78
/100
45
Zuma Deluxe
78
/100
46
Syberia
77
/100
47
Old Man's Journey
77
/100
48
Kathy Rain
77
/100
49
The Unfinished Swan
77
/100
50
Broken Age
77
/100
Beneath a Steel Sky
Beneath a Steel Sky is a cyberpunk, point and click, adventure game. You assume the role of Robert Foster and embark on a quest to make the world a better place, along with your robot companion Joey.
91
/100
05
The Longest Journey
The Longest Journey is an amazing graphical adventure, where the player controls the protagonist, April Ryan, on her journey between parallel universes. Embark on an exciting and original journey of discovery, where you will explore, solve puzzles, meet new people, face terrifying monsters, learn, grow, and live the adventure of a lifetime!
91
/100
06
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?
90
/100
07
The Witness
The Witness is a single-player game in an open world with dozens of locations to explore and over 500 puzzles. This game respects you as an intelligent player and it treats your time as precious. There's no filler; each of those puzzles brings its own new idea into the mix. So, this is a game full of ideas.
88
/100
08
The Room Two
Unique events transport you to the halls of a long-forgotten crypt. The only means of escape lies locked within a stone pedestal, along with a note from your mysterious ally. His words promise assistance, but only serve to entice you into a compelling world of mystery and exploration.
88
/100
09
Tales from the Borderlands
Tales from the Borderlands is a five part episodic game series. Set on the unforgiving world of Pandora after the events seen in Borderlands 2, this is a story full of Borderlands' trademark humor, following two adventurers on their quest for greatness.
88
/100
10
Machinarium
Machinarium is award-winning independent adventure game developed by the makers of Samorost and Botanicula. A little robot who’s been thrown out to the scrap yard behind the city must return and confront the Black Cap Brotherhood and save his robot-girl friend.
88
/100
11
What Remains of Edith Finch
87
/100
12
Peggle
87
/100
13
Florence
86
/100
14
The Room 4: Old Sins
86
/100
15
Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: LeChuck's Revenge
86
/100
16
The Talos Principle
85
/100
17
Day of the Tentacle Remastered
85
/100
18
S
The Walking Dead
84
/100
19
S
Grim Fandango Remastered
84
/100
20
Thimbleweed Park
84
/100
21
Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords
84
/100
22
Manifold Garden
84
/100
23
S
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
83
/100
24
Divide By Sheep
83
/100
25
Gorogoa
82
/100
26
Botanicula
82
/100
27
Broken Sword 2 - The Smoking Mirror (Remastered)
82
/100
28
The Walking Dead: Season Two
81
/100
29
Donut County
80
/100
30
I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream
80
/100
31
Syberia 2
80
/100
32
Tricky Towers
80
/100
33
Angry Birds
80
/100
34
The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
80
/100
35
Tales of Monkey Island
80
/100
36
Superliminal
80
/100
37
PAC-MAN Championship Edition DX+
79
/100
38
The Gardens Between
79
/100
39
Crayon Physics Deluxe
79
/100
40
Samorost 3
79
/100
41
D
Life Is Strange
79
/100
42
Zuma
78
/100
43
Zuma's Revenge!
78
/100
44
LEGO Builder’s Journey
78
/100
45
Zuma Deluxe
78
/100
46
Syberia
77
/100
47
Old Man's Journey
77
/100
48
Kathy Rain
77
/100
49
The Unfinished Swan
77
/100
50
Broken Age
77
/100
Frequently asked questions
What is the best Puzzle game on iOS?
Cut the Rope currently tops the ranking with a score of 93/100 across 199 ratings. Ranking updated September 2026.
How is this ranking built?
Games are ranked on their aggregated critic score out of 100, with a minimum vote threshold so a single glowing review never outranks a proven classic; the Tier community's own F-to-S grades are shown alongside each game.