Editing Puzzle video game (section)

== Sub-genres ==
=== Physics game ===
[[File:The Splatters 03.jpg|thumb|''[[The Splatters]]'', a physics-based [[Xbox Live Arcade]] game]]
A physics game is a type of logical puzzle video game wherein the player must use the [[Game physics|game's physics]] and environment to complete each puzzle. Physics games use consistent physics to make games more challenging.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4530631.stm|title=Game physics starts to get real|last=Ward|first=Mark|date=2005-05-14|work=[[BBC News]]|access-date=2010-03-27}}</ref> The genre is popular in online [[flash game]]s and [[mobile game]]s. Educators have used these games to demonstrate principles of physics.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/living/article/225568|title=Video games getting deeper|last=Thompson|first=Jane|date=2007-06-15|work=The Star|access-date=2010-03-27}}</ref>

Physics-based logic puzzle games include ''[[The Incredible Machine (1993 video game)|The Incredible Machine]]'', ''[[Portal (video game)|Portal]]'', ''[[The Talos Principle]]'', ''[[Braid (video game)|Braid]]'', ''[[Fez (video game)|Fez]]'', ''[[World of Goo]]'', and ''[[Cut the Rope]]'', as well as projectile collision games such as ''[[Angry Birds]]'', ''[[Peggle]]'', ''[[Monster Strike]]'', and ''[[Crush the Castle]]''.

=== Programming game ===
Programming games require writing code, either as text or using a visual system, to solve puzzles. Examples include ''[[Rocky's Boots]]'' (1982), ''[[Robot Odyssey]]'' (1984), ''[[SpaceChem]]'' (2011), and ''[[Infinifactory]]'' (2015).

=== Exploration ===
This sub-genre includes point-and-click games that often overlap with adventure games and [[walking simulator]]s. Unlike logical puzzle games, these games generally require [[inductive reasoning]] to solve. The defining trait is that the player must experiment with mechanisms in each level before they can solve them. Exploration games include ''[[Myst]]'', ''[[Limbo (video game)|Limbo]]'', and ''[[The Dig (video game)|The Dig]]''. [[Escape room]] games such as ''[[The Room (video game)|The Room]]'' involve detailed exploration of a single location.

=== Sokoban ===
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Sokoban games, such as its 1982 namesake title, or block-pushing games, involve pushing or pulling blocks on a grid-like space to move them into designated positions without blocking the movement of other blocks. Similar games include ''[[Baba is You]]'' and ''[[Patrick's Parabox]]''.

=== Hidden object game ===
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A hidden object game, sometimes called hidden picture or hidden object puzzle adventure (HOPA), is a genre of puzzle video game in which the player must find items from a list that are hidden within a scene.<ref name="retro">{{Cite journal|journal=Retro Gamer|issue=53|publisher=Imagine Publishing|title=Ally Noble Desert Island Disks|page=79|quote=Hidden object games ... For example, you're a detective looking for clues in a picture ... they might be in monochrome on the wallpaper or peeping out from behind something.}}</ref> Hidden object games are a popular trend in [[casual game|casual gaming]].<ref name="ew">{{cite web|author=Kim|first=Albert|date=September 30, 2008|title=Casual Games: 'Peggle Nights' and 'The Lost Cases of Sherlock Holmes'|url=https://ew.com/article/2008/10/01/casual-games-peggle-nights-and-more/|work=EW.com|quote=}}</ref><ref name="ign">{{cite web|author=George Roush|date=October 17, 2008|title=Everest: Hidden Expedition iPhone Review|url=http://uk.wireless.ign.com/articles/921/921322p1.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090224091043/http://uk.wireless.ign.com/articles/921/921322p1.html|archive-date=February 24, 2009|work=IGN}}</ref>

=== Tile-matching ===
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In tile-matching video games, the player manipulates tiles in order to make them disappear according to a matching criterion. The genre began with 1985's ''[[Chain Shot!]]'' and has similarities to falling-block games such as ''Tetris.'' This genre includes games that require pieces to be swapped such as ''[[Bejeweled (video game)|Bejeweled]]'' or ''[[Candy Crush Saga]]'', games that adapt the classic [[tile-based game]] [[Mahjong]] such as ''[[Mahjong Trails]]'', and games in which pieces are shot on the board such as ''[[Zuma (video game)|Zuma]]''. Puzzle games based on ''Tetris'' include tile-matching games where the matching criterion is to place a given number of tiles of the same type so that they adjoin each other. That number is often three, and the corresponding subset of tile-matching games is referred to as match-three games.