Wobbly men solve physics puzzles badly; No Brakes Games.
A mother and child through impossible architecture; the sequel.
Somersault past robots, search furniture, "another visitor; stay a while, stay forever".
Draw subway lines for a growing city until it jams; the minimalist transit puzzle.
Place buildings on small islands for points; ten-minute city-building calm.
Translate a dead language across a river of moons; Inkle's archaeology.
Decipher five languages in a Tower of Babel; the linguistics puzzle game of 2023.
One five-letter word a day and a grid to share; the New York Times bought it in 2022.
A dead man possesses objects to rewind deaths; Shu Takumi's puzzle mystery.
Ninety-nine players on one screen, sending garbage lines at whoever is closest to topping out.
A blob in a labyrinth of secrets within secrets; the 2024 Metroidvania of hidden layers.
Perspective is size: a small chess piece becomes a giant when you walk back.
Four panels you rearrange like a comic to tell a story; one artist, seven years.
Puzzle boxes inside puzzle boxes on a touchscreen; Fireproof Games.
One player sees the bomb, the others read the manual; talk fast.
A fox with a sword and an instruction manual in a language you cannot read; Zelda as archaeology.
A little robot in a rusty city; Amanita Design's hand-drawn point-and-click.
A non-Euclidean maze that lies to you; Alexander Bruce's first-person puzzle.
Be a horrible goose in an English village; House House's to-do list of mischief.
Push the rules around to change what wins; the purest puzzle game.
Unpack boxes across eight moves and learn a life from what goes where.
An arcade cabinet programmed by the devil; the meta-game before Inscryption.
Tetris with a Rez soundtrack and VR; Mizuguchi makes blocks transcendent.
Two puzzle games swap boards mid-match; Sega's crossover.
Impossible architecture from Escher on a phone; ustwo's perfect ninety minutes.
A robot solves puzzles in Greek ruins while a voice asks what it is; Croteam's philosophy.
A gnome and a flute across nine worlds; Amanita's most beautiful.
A haunted hotel floor by floor with a vacuum cleaner; Next Level Games.
A divorcing couple shrunk into dolls, co-op only; Hazelight's 2021 Game of the Year.
Time moves only when you move; the FPS as a puzzle.
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