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Best Puzzle games on PC
The 154 best Puzzle games on PC, ranked from 12,560 critic and player ratings.
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 12,560 ratings between them.
- Rankings are recomputed hourly; this one was last rebuilt on 29 September 2026.
Ranking, page 2
51
Gorogoa
82
/100
52
Botanicula
82
/100
53
Ether One
82
/100
54
Broken Sword 2 - The Smoking Mirror (Remastered)
82
/100
55
Amnesia: Rebirth
82
/100
56
The Walking Dead: Season Two
81
/100
57
The Cat Lady
81
/100
58
Abzu
81
/100
59
Donut County
80
/100
60
I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream
80
/100
61
Syberia 2
80
/100
62
The Secret of Monkey Island
80
/100
63
Tricky Towers
80
/100
64
Angry Birds
80
/100
65
The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
80
/100
66
Tales of Monkey Island
80
/100
67
Superliminal
80
/100
68
PAC-MAN Championship Edition DX+
79
/100
69
The Gardens Between
79
/100
70
Crayon Physics Deluxe
79
/100
71
Samorost 3
79
/100
72
D
Life Is Strange
79
/100
73
Zuma
78
/100
74
Zuma's Revenge!
78
/100
75
LEGO Builder’s Journey
78
/100
76
Zuma Deluxe
78
/100
77
Deliver Us the Moon
78
/100
78
Syberia
77
/100
79
Old Man's Journey
77
/100
80
PAC-MAN CHAMPIONSHIP EDITION 2
77
/100
81
Kathy Rain
77
/100
82
The Unfinished Swan
77
/100
83
Broken Age
77
/100
84
Samorost 2
76
/100
85
DISTRAINT
76
/100
86
Deponia Doomsday
76
/100
87
McPixel
76
/100
88
Bugsnax
76
/100
89
Obduction
76
/100
90
Aperture Desk Job
76
/100
91
Circle of Blood
75
/100
92
Rusty Lake Roots
75
/100
93
Fran Bow
75
/100
94
Still Life
75
/100
95
Roundabout
75
/100
96
Sherlock Holmes: Crimes & Punishments
75
/100
97
Comix Zone
75
/100
98
Samorost
74
/100
99
The Turing Test
74
/100
100
Peggle 2
74
/100
Gorogoa
82
/100
52
Botanicula
82
/100
53
Ether One
82
/100
54
Broken Sword 2 - The Smoking Mirror (Remastered)
82
/100
55
Amnesia: Rebirth
82
/100
56
The Walking Dead: Season Two
81
/100
57
The Cat Lady
81
/100
58
Abzu
81
/100
59
Donut County
80
/100
60
I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream
80
/100
61
Syberia 2
80
/100
62
The Secret of Monkey Island
80
/100
63
Tricky Towers
80
/100
64
Angry Birds
80
/100
65
The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
80
/100
66
Tales of Monkey Island
80
/100
67
Superliminal
80
/100
68
PAC-MAN Championship Edition DX+
79
/100
69
The Gardens Between
79
/100
70
Crayon Physics Deluxe
79
/100
71
Samorost 3
79
/100
72
D
Life Is Strange
79
/100
73
Zuma
78
/100
74
Zuma's Revenge!
78
/100
75
LEGO Builder’s Journey
78
/100
76
Zuma Deluxe
78
/100
77
Deliver Us the Moon
78
/100
78
Syberia
77
/100
79
Old Man's Journey
77
/100
80
PAC-MAN CHAMPIONSHIP EDITION 2
77
/100
81
Kathy Rain
77
/100
82
The Unfinished Swan
77
/100
83
Broken Age
77
/100
84
Samorost 2
76
/100
85
DISTRAINT
76
/100
86
Deponia Doomsday
76
/100
87
McPixel
76
/100
88
Bugsnax
76
/100
89
Obduction
76
/100
90
Aperture Desk Job
76
/100
91
Circle of Blood
75
/100
92
Rusty Lake Roots
75
/100
93
Fran Bow
75
/100
94
Still Life
75
/100
95
Roundabout
75
/100
96
Sherlock Holmes: Crimes & Punishments
75
/100
97
Comix Zone
75
/100
98
Samorost
74
/100
99
The Turing Test
74
/100
100
Peggle 2
74
/100