Editing List of puzzle video games

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{{see also|List of maze video games}}
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{{Puzzles |Lists}}

This is a partial list of notable [[puzzle video game]]s, sorted by general category.

==Tile matching==
{{main|Tile-matching video game}}
Tile-matching video games are a type of puzzle video game where the player manipulates tiles in order to make them disappear according to a matching criterion. There are a great number of variations on this theme.

===Falling block puzzles===
Puzzle pieces advance into the play area from one or more edges, typically falling into the play area from above. Player must match or arrange individual pieces to achieve the particular objectives defined by each game.
*''[[Alien Hive]]''
*''[[Baku Baku Animal]]''
*''[[Blueprint 3D]]''
*''[[Clockwiser]]''
*''[[Columns (video game)|Columns]]''
*''[[Dialhex]]''
*''[[Dr. Mario]]''
*''[[Drop Mania]]''
*''[[Dream of Pixels]]''
*''[[Faces (video game)|Faces]]''
*''[[Klax (computer game)|Klax]]''
*''[[Lumines]]''
*''[[Meteos]]''
*''[[Moujiya (video game)|Moujiya]]''
*''[[Oh My God! (video game)|Oh My God!]]''
*''[[Pac-Attack]]''
*''[[Pnickies]]''
*''[[Puyo Puyo]]''
*''[[Puzzle Fighter|Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo]]''
*''[[Rampage Puzzle Attack]]''
*''[[Suika Game]]''
*''[[Super Swap]]''
*''[[Tactic (video game)|Tactic]]''
*''[[Tecmo Stackers]]''
*''[[Tetris]]''
*''[[Trioncube]]''
*''[[Uo Poko]]''
*''[[Wario's Woods]]''
*''[[Welltris]]''
*''[[Wordtris]]''
*''[[Yoshi (game)|Yoshi]]''

===Advancing blocks puzzles===
Block-shaped puzzle pieces advance onto the board from one or more edges (i.e. top, bottom, or sides). The player tries to prevent the blocks from reaching the opposite edge of the playing area.
*''[[Ball Fighter]]''
*''[[Collapse (game)|Collapse]]''
*''[[Critter Crunch]]''
*''[[Frozen Bubble]]''
*''[[Luxor (video game)|Luxor]]'' series
*''[[Magical Drop]]''
*''[[Magnetica]]''
*''[[Money Puzzle Exchanger]]''
*''[[Puzzle League]]'' series
*''[[Poker Smash]]''
*''[[Puzzle Bobble]]'' (a.k.a. ''Bust-a-Move'')
*''[[Puzzle Link]]'', ''[[Puzzle Link 2]]''
*[https://www.unscrambleit.net/wordle-unlimited-unblocked/ Wordle Unlimited]
*''[[Quarth]]''
*''[[Snood (game)|Snood]]''
*''[[Starsweep]]''
*''[[TiQal]]'', also a ''rising'' block game
*''[[Zuma (video game)|Zuma]]''

===Other matching puzzles===
*''[[2048 (video game)|2048]]''
*''[[Alchemy (game)|Alchemy]]''
*''[[Bejeweled (video game)|Bejeweled]]''
*''[[GNUbik]]''
*''[[Godzilla (2014 film)|Godzilla]]: Smash3''
*''[[Gunpey]]''
*''[[Gyromancer]]''
*''[[Hexic]]''
*''[[HuniePop]]'', ''[[HuniePop 2: Double Date]]''
*''[[Loopz]]''
*''[[Lumines]]'', ''[[Lumines II]]''
*''[[MNUM2]]''
*''[[Perception (computer game)|Perception]]''
*''[[Pixel Defenders Puzzle]]''
*[[Piyo Blocks 2|''Piyo Blocks'']]
*''[[Plotting (video game)|Plotting]]''
*''[[Prism (video game)|Prism]]''
*''[[Puchi Puchi Virus]]''
*''[[Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords]]'', ''[[Puzzle Quest: Galactrix]]'', ''[[Puzzle Quest 2]]''
*''[[Puzznic]]''
*''[[Rainbow Web]]''
*''[[SameGame]]''
*''[[Sega Swirl]]''
*''[[Swing (video game)|Swing]]''
*''[[Wind and Water: Puzzle Battles]]''
*''[[Yoshi's Cookie]]''
*''[[Yosumin DS]]''
*''[[Zoop]]''
*''[[Zoo Keeper (video game)|Zoo Keeper]]''

==Logic puzzles==
*[https://store.steampowered.com/app/3044540/Riddle_Tower Riddle Tower]
*''Atsumari''
*''[[Colour Cross]]''
*''[[Mario's Picross]]''
*''[[POP4 (video game)|POP4]]''
*''[[Strimko]]''
*''[[Sudoku Gridmaster]]''
*''[[Life Eater]]''

==Hidden object==
*''[[Black Box (game)|Black Box]]''
*''[[Criminal Case (game)|Criminal Case]]''
*''[[Drawn (series)|Drawn]]'' series
*''[[Mystery Case Files]]'' series
*''[[Minesweeper (video game)|Minesweeper]]'', ''[[Minesweeper (video game)#Variants|MineSweeper3D]]''

==Obstacle course navigation==
*''[[A Good Snowman Is Hard To Build]]''
*''[[A Monster's Expedition]]''
*''[[Archer Maclean's Mercury]]''
*''[[Atomix (computer game)|Atomix]]''
*''[[Baba Is You]]''
*''[[Ballance (video game)|Ballance]]''
*''[[Bomberman]]''
*''[[Bonfire Peaks]]''
*''[[Castlequest]]''
*''[[ChuChu Rocket!]]''
*''[[Dash Galaxy in the Alien Asylum]]''
*''[[English Country Tune]]''
*''[[Enigma (2007 video game)|Enigma]]''
* ''[[Golf Peaks]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/switch-eshop/golf_peaks|title=''Golf Peaks Review'' (Switch eShop)|last=Reseigh-Lincoln|first=Dom|work=[[Nintendo Life]]|date=2019-03-15|accessdate=2023-04-10}}</ref>
*'' iWing Maze 2''
*''[[Kumoon]]''
*''[[Kuru Kuru Kururin]]''
*''[[Kururin Paradise]]''
*''[[Kye (video game)|Kye]]''
*''[[Lasertank]]''
*''[[Marble Blast Ultra]]''
*''[[Marble Drop]]''
*''[[Marble Madness]]''
*''[[Navigator (video game)|Navigator]]''
*''[[Oxyd]]''
*''[[Patrick's Parabox]]''
*''[[Pico Park]]''
*''[[Polarium]]''
*''[[Pretentious Game]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pocketgamer.com/articles/056138/pretentious-game/|title=Pretentious Game|last=Howitt|first=Grant|work=[[Pocket Gamer]]|date=December 20, 2013|access-date=January 29, 2019}}</ref>
*''[[Puzzle Dimension]]''
*''[[Railbound]]''
*''[[Rush Hour (board game)|Rush Hour]]''
*''[[Snakebird (video game)|Snakebird]]''
*''[[Sokoban]]''
*''[[Sokobond]]''
*''[[SokoSolve]]''
*''[[Switchball]]''
*''[[Theseus and the Minotaur]]''
*''[[XOR_(video_game)|XOR]]''

==Single character control==
*''[[Adventures of Lolo]]'' and the ''[[Eggerland]]'' series
*''[[Antichamber]]''
*''[[Banana (1986 video game)|Banana]]''
*''[[Bobby Carrot]]''
*''[[BoxBoy!]]'' series
*''[[Boxxle]]''
*''[[Braid (video game)|Braid]]''
*''[[Bombuzal]]''
*''[[Boulder Dash (video game)|Boulderdash]]''
*''[[Buster Bros.]]'' series
*''[[Closure (video game)|Closure]]''
*''[[Deadly Rooms of Death]]''
*''[[Diabolical Digits]]''
*''[[Eets]]''
*''[[Enigma Prison]]''
* ''[[The Entropy Centre]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/the-entropy-centre-review|title=''The Entropy Centre Review''|last=Hafer|first=Leana|work=[[IGN]]|date=2022-11-03|accessdate=2023-04-09}}</ref>
*''[[Faraway: Puzzle Escape|Faraway]]'' series
*''[[I.Q.: Intelligent Qube]]''
*''[[Incredipede]]''
*''[[Interphase (video game)|Interphase]]''
*''[[Islands of Insight]]''
*''[[Journey to the Planets]]''
*''[[Kickle Cubicle]]''
*''[[Krusty's Fun House]]''
*''[[Kula World]]''
*''[[Kwirk]]''
*''[[Limbo (video game)|Limbo]]''
*''[[Lode Runner]]''
*''[[Magical Puzzle Popils]]''
*''[[Mind: Path to Thalamus]]''
*''[[Moai-kun]]''
*''[[Mole Mania]]''
*''[[Myst]]'' series
*''[[Narbacular Drop]]''
*''[[Oddworld]]'' series
*''[[Please, Don't Touch Anything]]''
*''[[Pneuma: Breath of Life]]''
*''[[Portal (video game)|Portal]]'' and ''[[Portal 2]]''
*''[[Pitman (video game)|Pitman]]''
*''[[Pushmo]]'' series
*''[[Pushover (game)|Pushover]]''
*''[[Q.U.B.E.]]''
*''[[Quantum Conundrum]]''
*''[[Repton (video game)|Repton]]''
*''[[Return of the Obra Dinn]]''
*''[[Roniu's Tale]]''
*''[[Scratches (video game)|Scratches]]''
*''[[Scribblenauts (video game)|Scribblenauts]]''
*''[[Sheep, Dog 'n' Wolf]]''
*''[[Solomon's Key]]'' and ''[[Solomon's Key 2]]''
*''[[Stacking (video game)|Stacking]]''
*''[[Superliminal]]''
*''[[Supraland]]''
*''[[Sutte Hakkun]]''
*''[[Taiji (video game)|Taiji]]''
*''[[Teardown (video game)|Teardown]]''
*''[[The Room (video game)|The Room]]'' series
*''[[The Swapper]]''
*''[[The Talos Principle]]'' and ''[[The Talos Principle 2]]''
*''[[The Turing Test (video game)]]''
*''[[The White Door]]''
*''[[The Witness (2016 video game)|The Witness]]''
*''[[Toki Tori]]''
*''[[Unmechanical]]''
*''[[Void Stranger]]''
*''[[WitchWay]]''

==Multiple character control==
*''[[Dumb Little Creatures]]''
*''[[Echochrome]]'', ''[[Echochrome 2]]''
*''[[Fireboy and Watergirl in the Forest Temple]]''
*''[[Gobliiins!]]''
*''[[Humanity (video game)|Humanity]]''
*''[[Mario vs. Donkey Kong (series)]]''
*''[[Pingus (video game)|Pingus]]''
*''[[Pitman (video game)|Pitman]]'' (a.k.a. ''Catrap'')
*''[[Spirits (video game)|Spirits]]''
*''[[The Brainies]]''
*''[[The Lost Vikings]]''
*''[[Scarab Tales]]''

===Lemmings series===
*''[[3D Lemmings]]''
*''[[All New World of Lemmings]]''
*''[[Christmas Lemmings]]''
*''[[Lemmings (computer game)|Lemmings]]''
*''[[Lemmings 2: The Tribes]]''
*''[[Lemmings Revolution]]''
*''[[Oh No! More Lemmings]]''

==Construction==
*''[[Armadillo Run]]''
*''[[Amazing Alex]]''
*''[[Bridge Craft Story]]''
*''[[Bridge Constructor]]''
*''[[Crazy Machines]]'', ''[[Crazy Machines 2]]''
*''[[Elefunk]]''
*''[[Fantastic Contraption (2008 video game)]]''
*''[[Fantastic Contraption (2016 video game)]]''
*''[[Pipe Mania]]''
*''[[Poly Bridge (video game)|Poly Bridge]]'', ''[[Poly Bridge 2]]'', ''[[Poly Bridge 3]]''
*''[[The Incredible Machine (game)|The Incredible Machine]]''
*''[[World of Goo]]''

==Algorithmic==
*''[[7 Billion Humans]]''
*''[[Human Resource Machine]]''
*''KOHCTPYKTOP: Engineer of the People''
*''[[Manufactoria]]''
*''[[SpaceChem]]''
*''[[Zachary Barth|The Codex of Alchemical Engineering]]''

==Multiple puzzle types==
*''[[3 in Three]]''
*''[[Azada_(video_game)|Azada]]''
*''[[Big Brain Academy]]''
*''[[Blue Toad Murder Files]]''
*''[[Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day!]]''
*''[[Castles (video game)]]''
*''Castle Breakout''
*''[[Dr. Brain]] series''
*''[[Faraway: Puzzle Escape]]''
*''[[Machinarium]]''
*''[[Milo (video game)|MILO]]''
*''[[Professor Layton]]'' series
*''[[Puzzle Agent]]'', ''[[Puzzle Agent 2]]''
*''[[Puzzle Panic]]''
*''[[Safecracker: The Ultimate Puzzle Adventure]]''
*''[[Smart Games Challenge]]'' series
*''[[The 7th Guest]]''
*''[[The 11th Hour (video game)|The 11th Hour]]''
*''[[The Daedalus Encounter]]''
*''[[The Dig (video game)|The Dig]]''
*''[[The Fool's Errand]]''
*''[[WarioWare (series)|WarioWare, Inc.]]''
*''[[Yohoho! Puzzle Pirates]]''

==Collections==
*''[[Microsoft Entertainment Pack]]''
*''[[Microsoft Entertainment Pack: The Puzzle Collection]]''
*''[[Zillions of Games]]''

==Other==
*''[[Blek]]''
*''[[Check Man]]''
*''[[Chocolate Castle]]''
*''[[CrossworDS]]'' ([[Nintendo DS|NDS]])
*''[[Cube Escape]]''
*''[[Devil Dice]]''
*''[[Every Extend Extra]]''
*''[[Flow Free]]''
*''[[Gemsweeper]]''
*''[[Kula World]]''
*''[[Mr Driller]]''
*''[[Photo Spot]]''
*''[[Shanghai solitaire]]''
*''[[The Password Game]]''
*''[[UFO: A Day in the Life]]''
*''[[Wheel of Fortune (video game)]]''
*''[[Word War 5]]''

== References ==
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{{Video game lists by genre}}

[[Category:Lists of video games by genre|Puzzle]]
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