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Best Puzzle games in 2026
The 182 best Puzzle games, ranked from 10,320 critic and player ratings.
Also covers brain teaser.
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 10,320 ratings between them.
- Rankings are recomputed hourly; this one was last rebuilt on 28 September 2026.
Ranking, page 3
101
Zuma Deluxe
78
/100
102
Deliver Us the Moon
78
/100
103
Syberia
77
/100
104
Old Man's Journey
77
/100
105
PAC-MAN CHAMPIONSHIP EDITION 2
77
/100
106
Kathy Rain
77
/100
107
The Unfinished Swan
77
/100
108
Broken Age
77
/100
109
Samorost 2
76
/100
110
DISTRAINT
76
/100
111
Deponia Doomsday
76
/100
112
McPixel
76
/100
113
Bugsnax
76
/100
114
Obduction
76
/100
115
Aperture Desk Job
76
/100
116
Circle of Blood
75
/100
117
Rusty Lake Roots
75
/100
118
Fran Bow
75
/100
119
Still Life
75
/100
120
Roundabout
75
/100
121
Sherlock Holmes: Crimes & Punishments
75
/100
122
Comix Zone
75
/100
123
Samorost
74
/100
124
The Turing Test
74
/100
125
Peggle 2
74
/100
126
Penumbra: Overture
74
/100
127
A Little to the Left
74
/100
128
Gone Home
74
/100
129
Timberman
73
/100
130
The Room
73
/100
131
The Testament of Sherlock Holmes
73
/100
132
Kona
73
/100
133
Draugen
73
/100
134
Distraint: Deluxe Edition
73
/100
135
Cogs
73
/100
136
Crash Bash
72
/100
137
Layers of Fear
72
/100
138
Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs
72
/100
139
LEGO Jurassic World
72
/100
140
Rusty Lake Paradise
71
/100
141
Hook
71
/100
142
AER - Memories of Old
71
/100
143
King Oddball
71
/100
144
Somerville
70
/100
145
Maquette
70
/100
146
Glass Masquerade
70
/100
147
Frozen Free Fall: Snowball Fight
70
/100
148
Microsoft Minesweeper
69
/100
149
Twelve Minutes
69
/100
150
Neighbours from Hell Compilation
69
/100
Zuma Deluxe
78
/100
102
Deliver Us the Moon
78
/100
103
Syberia
77
/100
104
Old Man's Journey
77
/100
105
PAC-MAN CHAMPIONSHIP EDITION 2
77
/100
106
Kathy Rain
77
/100
107
The Unfinished Swan
77
/100
108
Broken Age
77
/100
109
Samorost 2
76
/100
110
DISTRAINT
76
/100
111
Deponia Doomsday
76
/100
112
McPixel
76
/100
113
Bugsnax
76
/100
114
Obduction
76
/100
115
Aperture Desk Job
76
/100
116
Circle of Blood
75
/100
117
Rusty Lake Roots
75
/100
118
Fran Bow
75
/100
119
Still Life
75
/100
120
Roundabout
75
/100
121
Sherlock Holmes: Crimes & Punishments
75
/100
122
Comix Zone
75
/100
123
Samorost
74
/100
124
The Turing Test
74
/100
125
Peggle 2
74
/100
126
Penumbra: Overture
74
/100
127
A Little to the Left
74
/100
128
Gone Home
74
/100
129
Timberman
73
/100
130
The Room
73
/100
131
The Testament of Sherlock Holmes
73
/100
132
Kona
73
/100
133
Draugen
73
/100
134
Distraint: Deluxe Edition
73
/100
135
Cogs
73
/100
136
Crash Bash
72
/100
137
Layers of Fear
72
/100
138
Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs
72
/100
139
LEGO Jurassic World
72
/100
140
Rusty Lake Paradise
71
/100
141
Hook
71
/100
142
AER - Memories of Old
71
/100
143
King Oddball
71
/100
144
Somerville
70
/100
145
Maquette
70
/100
146
Glass Masquerade
70
/100
147
Frozen Free Fall: Snowball Fight
70
/100
148
Microsoft Minesweeper
69
/100
149
Twelve Minutes
69
/100
150
Neighbours from Hell Compilation
69
/100