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Best Puzzle games on PC
The 154 best Puzzle games on PC, ranked from 9,175 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 9,175 ratings between them.
- Rankings are recomputed hourly; this one was last rebuilt on 29 September 2026.
Ranking, page 3
101
Penumbra: Overture
74
/100
102
A Little to the Left
74
/100
103
Gone Home
74
/100
104
Timberman
73
/100
105
The Room
73
/100
106
The Testament of Sherlock Holmes
73
/100
107
Kona
73
/100
108
Draugen
73
/100
109
Distraint: Deluxe Edition
73
/100
110
Cogs
73
/100
111
Layers of Fear
72
/100
112
Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs
72
/100
113
LEGO Jurassic World
72
/100
114
Rusty Lake Paradise
71
/100
115
Hook
71
/100
116
AER - Memories of Old
71
/100
117
King Oddball
71
/100
118
Somerville
70
/100
119
Maquette
70
/100
120
Glass Masquerade
70
/100
121
Frozen Free Fall: Snowball Fight
70
/100
122
Microsoft Minesweeper
69
/100
123
Twelve Minutes
69
/100
124
Neighbours from Hell Compilation
69
/100
125
Bendy and the Ink Machine
68
/100
126
Back to the Future: The Game
68
/100
127
Lure of the Temptress
67
/100
128
Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter
67
/100
129
Uncanny Valley
67
/100
130
Silent Hill: Homecoming
67
/100
131
Among the Sleep
66
/100
132
LEGO Worlds
66
/100
133
Close To The Sun
66
/100
134
Poppy Playtime
66
/100
135
ADR1FT
64
/100
136
Cube Escape: Paradox
64
/100
137
The LEGO Movie Videogame
64
/100
138
Scorn
63
/100
139
We Were Here
63
/100
140
The Suicide of Rachel Foster
63
/100
141
Puzzle Agent 2
63
/100
142
Pneuma: Breath of Life
63
/100
143
Dragonsphere
63
/100
144
Rusty Lake Hotel
61
/100
145
Plug & Play
60
/100
146
Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon
60
/100
147
Alone in the Dark 1
60
/100
148
Lucius
59
/100
149
Saw: The Video Game
58
/100
150
DreadOut
55
/100
Penumbra: Overture
74
/100
102
A Little to the Left
74
/100
103
Gone Home
74
/100
104
Timberman
73
/100
105
The Room
73
/100
106
The Testament of Sherlock Holmes
73
/100
107
Kona
73
/100
108
Draugen
73
/100
109
Distraint: Deluxe Edition
73
/100
110
Cogs
73
/100
111
Layers of Fear
72
/100
112
Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs
72
/100
113
LEGO Jurassic World
72
/100
114
Rusty Lake Paradise
71
/100
115
Hook
71
/100
116
AER - Memories of Old
71
/100
117
King Oddball
71
/100
118
Somerville
70
/100
119
Maquette
70
/100
120
Glass Masquerade
70
/100
121
Frozen Free Fall: Snowball Fight
70
/100
122
Microsoft Minesweeper
69
/100
123
Twelve Minutes
69
/100
124
Neighbours from Hell Compilation
69
/100
125
Bendy and the Ink Machine
68
/100
126
Back to the Future: The Game
68
/100
127
Lure of the Temptress
67
/100
128
Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter
67
/100
129
Uncanny Valley
67
/100
130
Silent Hill: Homecoming
67
/100
131
Among the Sleep
66
/100
132
LEGO Worlds
66
/100
133
Close To The Sun
66
/100
134
Poppy Playtime
66
/100
135
ADR1FT
64
/100
136
Cube Escape: Paradox
64
/100
137
The LEGO Movie Videogame
64
/100
138
Scorn
63
/100
139
We Were Here
63
/100
140
The Suicide of Rachel Foster
63
/100
141
Puzzle Agent 2
63
/100
142
Pneuma: Breath of Life
63
/100
143
Dragonsphere
63
/100
144
Rusty Lake Hotel
61
/100
145
Plug & Play
60
/100
146
Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon
60
/100
147
Alone in the Dark 1
60
/100
148
Lucius
59
/100
149
Saw: The Video Game
58
/100
150
DreadOut
55
/100