Best Puzzle Games on Steam

Unlike generic lists, our game recommendations use a rigorous analysis of Steam user reviews to identify and feature only the best, community-validated puzzle games.

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Paradigm Paradigm is a surreal adventure game set in the strange and post apocalyptic Eastern European country of Krusz. Play as the handsome mutant, Paradigm, whose past comes back to haunt him in the form of a genetically engineered sloth that vomits candy.

Price -98% 0.40€
Rating 9.0
Release 05 Apr 2017
Thimbleweed Park™ In Thimbleweed Park, a dead body is the least of your problems. Switch between five playable characters to uncover the surreal secrets of this strange town in a modern mystery adventure game from the creators of Monkey Island and Maniac Mansion. The deeper you go, the weirder it gets.

Price 19.99€
Rating 9.0
Release 30 Mar 2017
Oik 2 Casual physics puzzle

Price -29% 0.70€
Rating 8.8
Release 28 Mar 2017
Sumoman Sumoman is an adventure puzzle platformer with advanced physics, destructible objects and the ability to reverse time. Solve various physical puzzles, trying to keep the unstable Sumoman on his feet in challenging environments.

Price -91% 1.15€
Rating 7.5
Release 28 Mar 2017
Snake Pass Slither, coil and climb your way to the top of Haven Tor in this one of a kind physics based, puzzle platform adventure from award winning independent studio Sumo Digital!

Price -98% 0.49€
Rating 7.7
Release 28 Mar 2017
Bomb Squad Academy Save the world one wire at a time with Bomb Squad Academy, a puzzle game where you have to defuse bombs under a time constraint.

Price 4.99€
Rating 8.1
Release 27 Mar 2017
Therian Saga Therian Saga is a MMORPG that tries to stand out of the crowd by offering a compelling storytelling surrounded by a massive mathematical set of rules that define the world your hero will evolve in. It could be said that it borrows elements from old-time MUD games, strategy games and even tabletops RPG.

Price Free to play
Rating 6.8
Release 27 Mar 2017
Grass Cutter - Mutated Lawns Challenge lawn monsters!

Price Free to play
Rating 8.1
Release 24 Mar 2017
Zero Escape: The Nonary Games Kidnapped and taken to an unfamiliar location, nine people find themselves forced to participate in a diabolical Nonary Game by an enigmatic mastermind called Zero. Why were they there? Why were they chosen to put their lives on the line? And more importantly, who can be trusted?

Price 24.99€
Rating 9.0
Release 24 Mar 2017
Kona Northern Canada, 1970. A strange blizzard ravages Atamipek Lake. Step into the shoes of a detective to explore the eerie village, investigate surreal events, and battle the elements to survive. Kona is a chilly interactive tale you won't soon forget.

Price -96% 0.66€
Rating 8.0
Release 17 Mar 2017
Cosmic Express Plan the train route for the universe's most awkward space colony!

Price -98% 0.42€
Rating 8.6
Release 16 Mar 2017
Nephise Nephise is a short and atmospheric puzzle game with narration. It is a relaxing and mysterious experience especially with the help of its music.

Price 0.99€
Rating 6.7
Release 14 Mar 2017
aMAZE aMaze is a straight-forward and surprisingly-difficult celebration of the simple beauty of the maze.

Price -82% 0.37€
Rating 7.8
Release 14 Mar 2017
LEAVES - The Return Mononino and the Treefruities fared well without you - until another disaster scattered the leaves of their home tree. Once more, take on the journey and challenging puzzles along the way.

Price -84% 0.79€
Rating 7.8
Release 14 Mar 2017
Death Squared Death Squared is a co-op puzzle game about cooperation, communication, and robot explosions. You should buy it!

Price -98% 0.40€
Rating 8.4
Release 13 Mar 2017
Another Adventure Just another stupid adventure game

Price 1.99€
Rating 8.8
Release 10 Mar 2017
2Dark 2Dark is a stealth adventure game developed by Frédérick Raynal, the pioneer of survival horror games and creator of Alone in the Dark®. Make your way through the lairs of psychopaths, unravel intrigue where madness mingles with horror, and, above all, save the kids!

Price -98% 0.70€
Rating 7.4
Release 10 Mar 2017
Bad Dream: Coma Welcome in Bad Dream: Coma. A point & click game where unique minimalistic art style creates an unforgettable and atmospheric experience. Travel through the surreal and disturbing dreamland where everything depends on your actions. You can't die but you can suffer greatly...

Price -95% 0.46€
Rating 8.8
Release 09 Mar 2017
Darkarta: A Broken Heart's Quest Collector's Edition Haunted by mysterious curses from her orphanage days, Mary is finally forced to confront the truth behind her past. Step into the enchanted Netherworld—a realm where destiny is written in blood and every choice shapes her fate. An award-winning adventure blending mystery, emotion, and dark fantasy.

Price -76% 2.39€
Rating 8.7
Release 08 Mar 2017
LEAVES - The Journey Travel to the mystic lands of Mononino and help the Treefruities to recover the lost leaves of their home tree. Search for clues to master the many puzzles and challenges on your journey.

Price -90% 0.51€
Rating 7.6
Release 07 Mar 2017
Morphblade In Morphblade you move around a grid slicing, smashing and bursting waves of nasty red bugs. Each tile you move to transforms you into a different weapon: on a Blades hex you can slice enemies on either side of you, on an Arrow you can launch yourself through two enemies in a row.

Price -92% 0.41€
Rating 8.5
Release 03 Mar 2017
Belko VR: An Escape Room Experiment Exploring the themes in THE BELKO EXPERIMENT, the Belko VR – Escape Room Experiment provokes the question: “What does it take to survive at work?” Players are prompted to solve a series of challenging puzzles in order to escape from their office before a microchip in their head explodes.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.1
Release 02 Mar 2017
Stories Untold Stories Untold is a compilation tape of four experimental adventures, including a remaster of the original hit episode “The House Abandon”.

Price -96% 0.42€
Rating 8.4
Release 27 Feb 2017
City Climber City Climber is a silly physics-based game about a floppy ragdoll climber, who has to save the world. Find your way through diverse hand-crafted environments and enjoy funny challenges full of falling and destruction.

Price -73% 1.37€
Rating 7.1
Release 24 Feb 2017
Four Last Things Four Last Things is a very silly pythonesque adventure made from Renaissance-era paintings and public domain recordings of classical music. It is about sin, and the Four Last Things – Death, Judgement, Heaven and Hell – and strives to be intelligent and ridiculous in equal measures.

Price -75% 2.46€
Rating 9.1
Release 23 Feb 2017
Shift Happens Shift Happens is a cooperative platformer for two. You and a friend shift your mass, throw each other and puzzle your way through four stages of stylized imaginary worlds. Including the occasional backstabbing and taunting. Play with a friend on a couch, online or even special singleplayer levels.

Price -97% 0.46€
Rating 7.6
Release 22 Feb 2017
Linked Relaxing, minimalistic 2d-puzzle game.

Price -97% 0.14€
Rating 8.6
Release 20 Feb 2017
Zup! 4 Minimal physical puzzle with explosions

Price 1.99€
Rating 8.7
Release 20 Feb 2017
Mahjong Play a Zen game! Rediscover the famous traditional Chinese game. Find all the matching pairs of tiles, being careful not to become blocked in, to get to the end of each level. Concentration and perceptiveness are needed to finish the gorgeous boards that we have produced for you.

Price -31% 6.94€
Rating 7.8
Release 20 Feb 2017
The Mooseman You are the Mooseman and you have the ability to see all that is hidden to the mortal eye. You are about to visit three layers of this universe - the first one is the Lower World where dead reside…

Price -71% 2.28€
Rating 8.4
Release 17 Feb 2017
The Wardrobe - Even Better Edition Inspired by the great ‘90s classics such as 'Monkey Island', 'Day of the Tentacle', 'Tony Tough' and 'Sam & Max: Hit the Road', "The Wardrobe" has a strong sense of humour, but isn't shy about dealing with mature and non-politically correct themes.

Price 14.99€
Rating 7.6
Release 15 Feb 2017
Hidden Folks Search for hidden folks in hand-drawn, interactive, miniature landscapes. Unfurl tent flaps, cut through bushes, slam doors, and poke some crocodiles! Rooooaaaarrrr!!!!!

Price -96% 0.72€
Rating 9.4
Release 15 Feb 2017
Oik Casual physics puzzle

Price -29% 0.70€
Rating 8.6
Release 14 Feb 2017
Dear Esther: Landmark Edition Dear Esther immerses you in a stunningly realised world, a remote and desolate island somewhere in the outer Hebrides. As you step forwards, a voice begins to read fragments of a letter: 'Dear Esther...' - and so begins a journey through one of the most original first-person games of recent years.

Price -91% 0.99€
Rating 7.3
Release 14 Feb 2017
Wayout 2: Hex Can you find it again?

Price -79% 0.42€
Rating 8.1
Release 10 Feb 2017
Phoning Home A tale of survival about two shipwrecked robots - ION and ANI - on their life-defining journey in this unique genre-mix of exploration, puzzle and survival.

Price Free to play
Rating 6.6
Release 07 Feb 2017

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