List of puzzle video games

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Puzzles

Types

|  Guessing

* Riddle
* Situation

Logic

* Dissection
* Induction
* Logic grid
* Self-reference

Mechanical

* Combination
* Construction
* Disentanglement
* Lock
* Go problems
* Folding
* Stick
* Tiling

* Tour
* Sliding
* Chess

Maze (Logic maze)

Word and Number

* Crossword
* Sudoku

Puzzle video games

* Mazes

Metapuzzles

Topics

* Brain teaser
* Dilemma
* Joke
* Optical illusion
* Packing problems
* Paradox
* Problem solving
* Puzzlehunt
* Syllogism
* Tale

Lists

* Impossible puzzles
* Maze video games
* Nikoli puzzle types
* Puzzle video games
* Puzzle topics

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This is a partial list of notable puzzle video games, sorted by general category.

## Tile matching

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Main article: 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

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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
* Dialhex
* Dr. Mario
* Drop Mania
* Dream of Pixels
* Faces
* Klax
* Lumines
* Meteos
* Moujiya
* Oh My God!
* Pac-Attack
* Pnickies
* Puyo Puyo
* Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo
* Rampage Puzzle Attack
* Suika Game
* Super Swap
* Tactic
* Tecmo Stackers
* Tetris
* Trioncube
* Uo Poko
* Wario's Woods
* Welltris
* Wordtris
* Yoshi

### Advancing blocks puzzles

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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
* Critter Crunch
* Frozen Bubble
* 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
* Wordle Unlimited
* Quarth
* Snood
* Starsweep
* TiQal, also a rising block game
* Zuma

### Other matching puzzles

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

## Logic puzzles

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* Riddle Tower
* Atsumari
* Colour Cross
* Mario's Picross
* POP4
* Strimko
* Sudoku Gridmaster
* Life Eater

## Hidden object

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* Black Box
* Criminal Case
* Drawn series
* Mystery Case Files series
* Minesweeper, MineSweeper3D

## Obstacle course navigation

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* A Good Snowman Is Hard To Build
* A Monster's Expedition
* Archer Maclean's Mercury
* Atomix
* Baba Is You
* Ballance
* Bomberman
* Bonfire Peaks
* Castlequest
* ChuChu Rocket!
* Dash Galaxy in the Alien Asylum
* English Country Tune
* Enigma
* Golf Peaks[1]
* iWing Maze 2
* Kumoon
* Kuru Kuru Kururin
* Kururin Paradise
* Kye
* Lasertank
* Marble Blast Ultra
* Marble Drop
* Marble Madness
* Navigator
* Oxyd
* Patrick's Parabox
* Pico Park
* Polarium
* Pretentious Game[2]
* Puzzle Dimension
* Railbound
* Rush Hour
* Snakebird
* Sokoban
* Sokobond
* SokoSolve
* Switchball
* Theseus and the Minotaur
* XOR

## Single character control

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* Adventures of Lolo and the Eggerland series
* Antichamber
* Banana
* Bobby Carrot
* BoxBoy! series
* Boxxle
* Braid
* Bombuzal
* Boulderdash
* Buster Bros. series
* Closure
* Deadly Rooms of Death
* Diabolical Digits
* Eets
* Enigma Prison
* The Entropy Centre[3]
* Faraway series
* I.Q.: Intelligent Qube
* Incredipede
* Interphase
* Islands of Insight
* Journey to the Planets
* Kickle Cubicle
* Krusty's Fun House
* Kula World
* Kwirk
* 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 and Portal 2
* Pitman
* Pushmo series
* Pushover
* Q.U.B.E.
* Quantum Conundrum
* Repton
* Return of the Obra Dinn
* Roniu's Tale
* Scratches
* Scribblenauts
* Sheep, Dog 'n' Wolf
* Solomon's Key and Solomon's Key 2
* Stacking
* Superliminal
* Supraland
* Sutte Hakkun
* Taiji
* Teardown
* The Room series
* The Swapper
* The Talos Principle and The Talos Principle 2
* The Turing Test (video game)
* The White Door
* The Witness
* Toki Tori
* Unmechanical
* Void Stranger
* WitchWay

## Multiple character control

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* Dumb Little Creatures
* Echochrome, Echochrome 2
* Fireboy and Watergirl in the Forest Temple
* Gobliiins!
* Humanity
* Mario vs. Donkey Kong (series)
* Pingus
* Pitman (a.k.a. Catrap)
* Spirits
* The Brainies
* The Lost Vikings
* Scarab Tales

### Lemmings series

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* 3D Lemmings
* All New World of Lemmings
* Christmas Lemmings
* Lemmings
* Lemmings 2: The Tribes
* Lemmings Revolution
* Oh No! More Lemmings

## Construction

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* 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, Poly Bridge 2, Poly Bridge 3
* The Incredible Machine
* World of Goo

## Algorithmic

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* 7 Billion Humans
* Human Resource Machine
* KOHCTPYKTOP: Engineer of the People
* Manufactoria
* SpaceChem
* The Codex of Alchemical Engineering

## Multiple puzzle types

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* 3 in Three
* 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
* 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
* The Daedalus Encounter
* The Dig
* The Fool's Errand
* WarioWare, Inc.
* Yohoho! Puzzle Pirates

## Collections

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* Microsoft Entertainment Pack
* Microsoft Entertainment Pack: The Puzzle Collection
* Zillions of Games

## Other

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* Blek
* Check Man
* Chocolate Castle
* CrossworDS (Nintendo DS)
* Cube Escape
* Devil Dice
* Every Extend Extra
* Flow Free
* Gemsweeper
* Kula World
* Mr Driller
* No One Has to Die
* Photo Spot
* Shanghai solitaire
* The Password Game
* Tricky Towers
* UFO: A Day in the Life
* Wheel of Fortune (video game)
* Word War 5

## References

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1. ^ Reseigh-Lincoln, Dom (2019-03-15). "Golf Peaks Review (Switch eShop)". Nintendo Life. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
2. ^ Howitt, Grant (December 20, 2013). "Pretentious Game". Pocket Gamer. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
3. ^ Hafer, Leana (2022-11-03). "The Entropy Centre Review". IGN. Retrieved 2023-04-09.

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Lists of video games by genre

Action|

* Battle royale
* Beat 'em up
* Fighting
* Maze
* Platformer
* First-person shooter
* Light-gun
* Third-person shooters
* Shoot 'em ups
* Survival
* Vehicular combat

Role-playing|

* MMORPG
* Roguelike
* Tactical role-playing

Simulation|

* Business simulation
* City-building
* God
* Space flight simulator
* Theme park management

Sports (team)|

* American football
* Association football
* Australian rules football
* Baseball
* Basketball
* Cricket
* Ice hockey
* Volleyball
* Rugby union

Sports (individual)|

* Professional wrestling
* Sumo
* Golf
* Racing
* Snowboarding

Strategy|

* 4X
* Artillery
* Chess
* Shogi
* Grand strategy
* MOBA
* Real-time strategy
* MMORTS
* Real-time tactics
* Turn-based strategy
* MMOTBS
* turn-based tactics

Others|

* Alternate reality
* Collectible card
* Educational
* Erotic
* Eroge
* Graphic adventure
* Horror
* MMO
* MUD
* Party
* Puzzle
* Quiz

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