Best Puzzle Games on Steam
Games about solving problems through logic, pattern recognition, rules, or experimentation.
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1Portal 2 - The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!
Apr 18, 2011
In this game, you can…
- hit a chapter title that literally says "this is the part where he kills you" as the game turns it into a set-piece
- bounce across chambers with repulsion gel, build insane speed with propulsion gel, then paint walls to make new portal surfaces
- play co-op where each robot has its own portal gun, and your solution can break the bridge your partner is standing on
- wake up from long-term stasis, get guided by a friendly AI, and then have the main villain come back online
- use portals to redirect lasers, light bridges, and tractor beams through moving machinery to power your way forward
- chain portals to fling yourself over pits, launch cubes onto buttons, and keep extending the same trick into bigger gaps
- replay co-op stages for least time and least portals, racing friends as they knock you off the leaderboard
- drop into community-made test chambers and keep getting brand-new puzzles long after the story ends
2Hogwarts Legacy - Hogwarts Legacy is an immersive, open-world action RPG. Now you can take control of the action and be at the center of your own adventure in the wizarding world.
Feb 10, 2023
In this game, you can…
- turn an enemy into an explosive barrel, then throw them into their friends.
- stuff rescued magical beasts into an enchanted suitcase, then take them back to your secret room.
- build up a personal Room of Requirement base to brew potions, grow plants, decorate, and care for beasts.
- sneak around Hogwarts at night and pick locks to loot houses and cabinets.
- learn the Unforgivable Curses and cast Crucio or Avada Kedavra in fights.
- fly a broom or Hippogriff across the countryside and skim low over the ground from Hogwarts to the Highlands.
- chain spells to float enemies, burn them, and slam them into the ground in rapid duels.
- learn new spells in class, then immediately use them to unlock paths and solve castle secrets.
3Half-Life 2 - Reawakened from stasis in the occupied metropolis of City 17, Gordon Freeman is joined by Alyx Vance as he leads a desperate human resistance. Experience the landmark first-person shooter packed with immersive world-building, boundary-pushing physics, and exhilarating combat.
Nov 16, 2004
In this game, you can…
- use a gravity gun to turn junk into weapons, tools, and stepping stones mid-fight.
- launch a saw blade and slice an enemy clean in half.
- pick up a random can, throw it at a guard, and watch him chase you down.
- carry one specific object for ages because the world stays physically consistent.
- drive a buggy across huge stretches of coast and ruins while the same looming tower stays in sight.
- storm a fortified prison complex as a full-scale set-piece assault.
- walk into a chapter the game treats like horror, with zombies howling and shadows jumping rooftop to rooftop.
- solve small puzzles by moving real objects through water, fire, and weight, instead of hitting switches.
4Tomb Raider Game of the Year - Tomb Raider explores the intense origin story of Lara Croft and her ascent from a young woman to a hardened survivor.
Mar 4, 2013
In this game, you can…
- upgrade your bow into fire arrows and napalm arrows that change how fights play out.
- chain climbing-axe routes, rope arrows, and rope ascenders to open new vertical paths through cliffs, ruins, and hidden areas.
- craft and scavenge upgrades until your weapons evolve into heavier gear like an automatic rifle with a grenade launcher.
- survive a shipwrecking storm and scramble to reunite with your crew while the island's people, animals, and ancient forces hunt you down.
- silently pick off guards with a bow from treetops at night.
- find hidden tombs that each play like their own puzzle space, tucked off the main survival route.
- escape collapsing set pieces where planes crash, villages tumble, and you keep pushing forward through the destruction.
- hunt animals for food and tackle survival side objectives like blowing up old sea mines.
5It Takes Two - Embark on the craziest journey of your life in It Takes Two. Invite a friend to join for free with Friend’s Pass and work together across a huge variety of gleefully disruptive gameplay challenges. Winner of GAME OF THE YEAR at the Game Awards 2021.
Mar 25, 2021
In this game, you can…
- pilot a pair of underpants.
- dj a night club inside an air conditioning vent for a crowd of living glow sticks.
- stop the story to play mini-games where you can electrocute the other player.
- fly a plane made of underpants later on.
- use a magnet turret to shoot magnets and turn a wall into a huge co-op traversal puzzle.
- fight through a shooter chapter where one player stuns enemies with goop while the other ignites bugs with flares.
- drop into an isometric hack-and-slash chapter where one player is a wizard and the other is a knight.
- get shrunk into dolls so a bed, a book, and a tiny pond become massive obstacles you have to climb and cross together.
6Human Fall Flat - Human Fall Flat is a hilarious, light-hearted platformer set in floating dreamscapes that can be played solo or with up to 8 players online. Free new levels keep its vibrant community rewarded.
Jul 22, 2016
In this game, you can…
- lay siege to a Viking village, launch yourself from a catapult, slam a rock into a chasm with a battering ram, then barrel-ride through fjords to a longboat finish.
- play online with up to eight people, where seven other players flail around the same objectives and everything becomes a moving pileup.
- learn to scale walls, start chaining speed hops, and even pull off stuff like climbing straight up or "levitating" with a stick.
- grab your friends by the arms and collars, hoist them up, then toss them off cliffs or into the void when they get in the way.
- break a window, stack mattresses into a janky staircase, and climb through to skip the route the level clearly wanted you to take.
- swing on vines like Tarzan, row boats, fire yourself out of catapults, and mess with trucks and cranes to move through puzzles.
- drag a plank around for 20 minutes, finally line it up as a perfect bridge, then watch it vanish the moment you celebrate.
7Resident Evil 2 - A deadly virus engulfs the residents of Raccoon City in September of 1998, plunging the city into chaos as flesh eating zombies roam the streets for survivors. An unparalleled adrenaline rush, gripping storyline, and unimaginable horrors await you. Witness the return of Resident Evil 2.
Jan 24, 2019
In this game, you can…
- board up first-floor windows so zombies stop climbing in for good.
- walk instead of run because some enemies track you by sound, and sprinting can get you jumped.
- cripple zombies by cutting their legs with a knife, then pull that same knife back out of them to reuse it.
- be hunted through the police station by Mr. X, who can show up mid-map-check and force you to run.
- shoot enemies until limbs come off and bodies pile up physically, with other zombies stumbling over the mess.
- spin items in your inventory to reveal hidden mechanisms, turning a "key item" into something usable.
- watch rooms turn blue on the map when you've collected everything inside, so you can route-plan with confidence.
- play two campaigns where Leon and Claire get different weapons, characters, scenes, and unique final bosses.
8Portal - Portal™ is a new single player game from Valve. Set in the mysterious Aperture Science Laboratories, Portal has been called one of the most innovative new games on the horizon and will offer gamers hours of unique gameplay.
Oct 10, 2007
In this game, you can…
- fall into a portal to build speed, then explode out the other across impossible gaps.
- watch a simple cube become a lifesaver when it blocks a deadly energy ball for you.
- solve fights without shooting by redirecting enemies and danger through portals and props.
- place a blue portal and an orange portal to make an instant entrance and exit.
- use portals to turn a drop into a slingshot, launch onto a ledge, grab a cube midair, and land on a button before a hazard triggers.
- hear an AI narrate and taunt you the whole time, like the facility is watching and lying.
- tip over a turret that looked terrifying and it just collapses and stops.
- rip pieces off the final boss, carry each one to an incinerator, and repeat the cycle three times to finish it.
9Stray - Lost, alone and separated from family, a stray cat must untangle an ancient mystery to escape a long-forgotten cybercity and find their way home.
Jul 19, 2022
In this game, you can…
- hide inside a cardboard box to slip through restricted areas and sneak past patrols.
- team up with a little flying drone that translates robot speech, unlocks doors, carries your items, and helps you recover lost memories.
- meow on command, purr, scratch things up, and shove bottles off shelves just because you can.
- fall through a broken pipe into an underground robot city, get separated from your cat family, and climb your way back toward the surface.
- squeeze through gaps, crawl along pipes, and hop rooftops to reach places built for humans but perfect for a cat.
- distract a shopkeeper with a blaring mixtape, sneak in disguised as a box, and piece together a path forward by poking at anything that looks interesting.
- dash through a swarming chase where creatures drop from above and you have to zigzag through alleys without getting caught.
- walk across keyboards to type nonsense, mess with board games, and nuzzle robot legs until they react.
10Batman™: Arkham Knight - Batman™: Arkham Knight brings the award-winning Arkham trilogy from Rocksteady Studios to its epic conclusion. Developed exclusively for New-Gen platforms, Batman: Arkham Knight introduces Rocksteady's uniquely designed version of the Batmobile.
Jun 23, 2015
In this game, you can…
- race at full speed, eject out of the Batmobile, and immediately glide across Gotham's skyline without stopping.
- use voice synthesis to give commands in enemies' voices, then pick them off one by one as they search for you.
- drive captured criminals to the police station yourself while they talk in the back seat.
- call your Batmobile from anywhere in Gotham.
- transform the Batmobile from a race car into a tank instantly.
- snap into stealth and chain fear takedowns on several enemies in rapid succession, leaving the rest panicking and exposed.
- swap mid-fight between Batman and allies like Robin, Nightwing, or Catwoman and trigger coordinated tag-team finishers.
- get sudden horror-style jump scares and surprise story beats in the middle of a Batman game.
