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Best Puzzle games in 2026
The 182 best Puzzle games, ranked from 4,356 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.
- 32 games are listed on this page, carrying 4,356 ratings between them.
- Rankings are recomputed hourly; this one was last rebuilt on 28 September 2026.
Ranking, page 4
151
Bendy and the Ink Machine
68
/100
152
Back to the Future: The Game
68
/100
153
Lure of the Temptress
67
/100
154
Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter
67
/100
155
Uncanny Valley
67
/100
156
Silent Hill: Homecoming
67
/100
157
Among the Sleep
66
/100
158
LEGO Worlds
66
/100
159
Close To The Sun
66
/100
160
Poppy Playtime
66
/100
161
Escape Plan
65
/100
162
ADR1FT
64
/100
163
Cube Escape: Paradox
64
/100
164
The LEGO Movie Videogame
64
/100
165
Scorn
63
/100
166
We Were Here
63
/100
167
The Suicide of Rachel Foster
63
/100
168
Puzzle Agent 2
63
/100
169
Pneuma: Breath of Life
63
/100
170
Dragonsphere
63
/100
171
Rusty Lake Hotel
61
/100
172
Plug & Play
60
/100
173
Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon
60
/100
174
Alone in the Dark 1
60
/100
175
Lucius
59
/100
176
Saw: The Video Game
58
/100
177
DreadOut
55
/100
178
Myst
55
/100
179
Lost: Via Domus
54
/100
180
Syberia 3
50
/100
181
Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
50
/100
182
The Dig
45
/100
Bendy and the Ink Machine
68
/100
152
Back to the Future: The Game
68
/100
153
Lure of the Temptress
67
/100
154
Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter
67
/100
155
Uncanny Valley
67
/100
156
Silent Hill: Homecoming
67
/100
157
Among the Sleep
66
/100
158
LEGO Worlds
66
/100
159
Close To The Sun
66
/100
160
Poppy Playtime
66
/100
161
Escape Plan
65
/100
162
ADR1FT
64
/100
163
Cube Escape: Paradox
64
/100
164
The LEGO Movie Videogame
64
/100
165
Scorn
63
/100
166
We Were Here
63
/100
167
The Suicide of Rachel Foster
63
/100
168
Puzzle Agent 2
63
/100
169
Pneuma: Breath of Life
63
/100
170
Dragonsphere
63
/100
171
Rusty Lake Hotel
61
/100
172
Plug & Play
60
/100
173
Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon
60
/100
174
Alone in the Dark 1
60
/100
175
Lucius
59
/100
176
Saw: The Video Game
58
/100
177
DreadOut
55
/100
178
Myst
55
/100
179
Lost: Via Domus
54
/100
180
Syberia 3
50
/100
181
Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
50
/100
182
The Dig
45
/100