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Best Puzzle games on PlayStation 4
The 79 best Puzzle games on PlayStation 4, ranked from 20,401 critic and player ratings.
The best Puzzle game on PlayStation 4 right now is Return of the Obra Dinn, with a critic score of 95/100 — 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 20,401 ratings between them.
- Rankings are recomputed hourly; this one was last rebuilt on 28 September 2026.
Top 50
01
Return of the Obra Dinn
In this 1-bit first-person mystery game, a merchant ship called the Obra Dinn has appeared at a London harbor, years after being declared lost at sea. As an insurance adjuster, the player must examine the ship for clues.
95
/100
02
N++ (NPLUSPLUS)
90
/100
03
Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Amnesia: The Dark Descent is a survival horror video game by Frictional Games. The game features a protagonist named Daniel exploring a dark and foreboding castle, while trying to maintain his sanity by avoiding monsters and other terrifying obstructions. The game was critically well received.
89
/100
Return of the Obra Dinn
In this 1-bit first-person mystery game, a merchant ship called the Obra Dinn has appeared at a London harbor, years after being declared lost at sea. As an insurance adjuster, the player must examine the ship for clues.
95
/100
02
N++ (NPLUSPLUS)
90
/100
03
Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Amnesia: The Dark Descent is a survival horror video game by Frictional Games. The game features a protagonist named Daniel exploring a dark and foreboding castle, while trying to maintain his sanity by avoiding monsters and other terrifying obstructions. The game was critically well received.
89
/100
04
Cocoon
Cocoon is a puzzle adventure game developed by Geometric Interactive and published by Annapurna Interactive. Players control a small insect-like creature navigating interconnected worlds contained within orbs, solving environmental puzzles by carrying and using these orbs to manipulate space and progression.
89
/100
05
Dreams
89
/100
06
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
07
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
08
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
09
What Remains of Edith Finch
What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of short stories about a cursed family in Washington State. Each story offers a chance to experience the life of a different family member with stories ranging from the early 1900s to the present day. The gameplay and tone of the stories are as varied as the family members themselves. The only constants are that each is played from a first-person perspective and that each story ends with that family member's death. It's a game about what it feels like to be humbled and astonished by the vast and unknowable world around us. You'll follow Edith Finch as she explores the history of her family and tries to figure out why she's the last Finch left alive.
87
/100
10
DmC: Devil May Cry
DmC: Devil May Cry is the fifth game in the hack-and-slash third-person action series and the first not largely developed by Capcom. This title is a reimagining of the series, with the same protagonist Dante, but set in an alternate universe. The Dante in this game is very different from before, doing away with the trademark white hair and altering the main character as well as the game's tone with a much more Western influence. The gameplay is still largely identical as Dante engages many opponents with a fast fighting style, stringing together combos and hits in quick succession.
85
/100
11
The Talos Principle
85
/100
12
Katamari Damacy Reroll
85
/100
13
Day of the Tentacle Remastered
85
/100
14
S
The Walking Dead
84
/100
15
B
SOMA
84
/100
16
S
Grim Fandango Remastered
84
/100
17
Thimbleweed Park
84
/100
18
Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords
84
/100
19
Manifold Garden
84
/100
20
S
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
83
/100
21
P.T.
83
/100
22
Road 96
83
/100
23
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
82
/100
24
Gorogoa
82
/100
25
Ether One
82
/100
26
Amnesia: Rebirth
82
/100
27
The Walking Dead: Season Two
81
/100
28
Abzu
81
/100
29
Donut County
80
/100
30
I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream
80
/100
31
Tricky Towers
80
/100
32
Superliminal
80
/100
33
The Gardens Between
79
/100
34
D
Life Is Strange
79
/100
35
LEGO Builder’s Journey
78
/100
36
Deliver Us the Moon
78
/100
37
Old Man's Journey
77
/100
38
PAC-MAN CHAMPIONSHIP EDITION 2
77
/100
39
The Unfinished Swan
77
/100
40
Broken Age
77
/100
41
Deponia Doomsday
76
/100
42
Bugsnax
76
/100
43
Obduction
76
/100
44
Fran Bow
75
/100
45
Roundabout
75
/100
46
Sherlock Holmes: Crimes & Punishments
75
/100
47
The Turing Test
74
/100
48
Peggle 2
74
/100
49
A Little to the Left
74
/100
50
Gone Home
74
/100
Cocoon
Cocoon is a puzzle adventure game developed by Geometric Interactive and published by Annapurna Interactive. Players control a small insect-like creature navigating interconnected worlds contained within orbs, solving environmental puzzles by carrying and using these orbs to manipulate space and progression.
89
/100
05
Dreams
89
/100
06
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
07
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
08
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
09
What Remains of Edith Finch
What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of short stories about a cursed family in Washington State. Each story offers a chance to experience the life of a different family member with stories ranging from the early 1900s to the present day. The gameplay and tone of the stories are as varied as the family members themselves. The only constants are that each is played from a first-person perspective and that each story ends with that family member's death. It's a game about what it feels like to be humbled and astonished by the vast and unknowable world around us. You'll follow Edith Finch as she explores the history of her family and tries to figure out why she's the last Finch left alive.
87
/100
10
DmC: Devil May Cry
DmC: Devil May Cry is the fifth game in the hack-and-slash third-person action series and the first not largely developed by Capcom. This title is a reimagining of the series, with the same protagonist Dante, but set in an alternate universe. The Dante in this game is very different from before, doing away with the trademark white hair and altering the main character as well as the game's tone with a much more Western influence. The gameplay is still largely identical as Dante engages many opponents with a fast fighting style, stringing together combos and hits in quick succession.
85
/100
11
The Talos Principle
85
/100
12
Katamari Damacy Reroll
85
/100
13
Day of the Tentacle Remastered
85
/100
14
S
The Walking Dead
84
/100
15
B
SOMA
84
/100
16
S
Grim Fandango Remastered
84
/100
17
Thimbleweed Park
84
/100
18
Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords
84
/100
19
Manifold Garden
84
/100
20
S
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
83
/100
21
P.T.
83
/100
22
Road 96
83
/100
23
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
82
/100
24
Gorogoa
82
/100
25
Ether One
82
/100
26
Amnesia: Rebirth
82
/100
27
The Walking Dead: Season Two
81
/100
28
Abzu
81
/100
29
Donut County
80
/100
30
I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream
80
/100
31
Tricky Towers
80
/100
32
Superliminal
80
/100
33
The Gardens Between
79
/100
34
D
Life Is Strange
79
/100
35
LEGO Builder’s Journey
78
/100
36
Deliver Us the Moon
78
/100
37
Old Man's Journey
77
/100
38
PAC-MAN CHAMPIONSHIP EDITION 2
77
/100
39
The Unfinished Swan
77
/100
40
Broken Age
77
/100
41
Deponia Doomsday
76
/100
42
Bugsnax
76
/100
43
Obduction
76
/100
44
Fran Bow
75
/100
45
Roundabout
75
/100
46
Sherlock Holmes: Crimes & Punishments
75
/100
47
The Turing Test
74
/100
48
Peggle 2
74
/100
49
A Little to the Left
74
/100
50
Gone Home
74
/100
Frequently asked questions
What is the best Puzzle game on PlayStation 4?
Return of the Obra Dinn currently tops the ranking with a score of 95/100 across 476 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.