The 50 Best Puzzle Games of All Time

We'd like to thank all of these games for making us feel incredibly dumb at one point or another.

Not Available Lead
Complex Original

Image via Complex Original

Not Available Lead

Long before the Wii brought casual games to consoles and mobile devices kick started a new era of pick-up-and-play and socially driven titles for gamers and non-gamers alike, there were puzzle games. Whether you prefer a hardcore match-three session, brain teasers or just a five minute distraction on your morning commute, this genre has something for everyone.

And given that developers can twist a player’s brain in any number of directions—reflexes, memory, logistics and cognitive awareness of all kinds, to name a few—puzzle games arguably have the widest appeal of any type of game. Put on your thinking cap for Complex’s countdown of the 50 Best Puzzle games of all time.

RELATED: The 50 Greatest Soldiers in Video Games

RELATED: The 50 Best FIFA Players of All Time

RELATED: The 50 Worst Video Game Endings 

50. Kirby’s Avalanche

Not Available Interstitial

49. Brain Age

Not Available Interstitial

48. The Lost Vikings

Not Available Interstitial

47. Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords

Not Available Interstitial

46. Rampart

Not Available Interstitial

45. Peggle

Not Available Interstitial

44. Swarm

Not Available Interstitial

43. Wario’s Woods

Not Available Interstitial

42. Monsters Ate My Condo

Not Available Interstitial

41. Edge Extended

Not Available Interstitial

40. Bust A Move

Not Available Interstitial

39. Ilomilo

Not Available Interstitial

38. VVVVVV

Not Available Interstitial

37. Columns

Not Available Interstitial

36. The Adventures of Lolo

Not Available Interstitial

35. Kirby’s Star Stacker

Not Available Interstitial

34. Trials HD

Not Available Interstitial

33. Devil Dice

Not Available Interstitial

32. Picross DS

Not Available Interstitial

31. Mr. Driller

Not Available Interstitial

30. Lumines

Not Available Interstitial

29. World of Goo

Not Available Interstitial

28. Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo

Not Available Interstitial

27. Fluidity

Not Available Interstitial

26. Oddworld: Abe’s Exoddus

Not Available Interstitial

25. Pokemon Puzzle League

Not Available Interstitial

24. Stacking

Not Available Interstitial

23. No One Can Stop Mr. Domino

Not Available Interstitial

22. A Boy and His Blob

Not Available Interstitial

21. The Incredible Machine

Not Available Interstitial

20. Professor Layton and the Unwound Future

Not Available Interstitial

19. Mario Vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem!

Not Available Interstitial

18. Intelligent Qube

Not Available Interstitial

17. Echochrome

Not Available Interstitial

16. Hotel Dusk: Room 215

Not Available Interstitial

15. The Splatters

Not Available Interstitial

14. Dr. Mario

Not Available Interstitial

13. Candy Crush Saga

Not Available Interstitial

12. Super Scribblenauts

Not Available Interstitial

11. Trash Panic

Not Available Interstitial

10. Limbo

Not Available Interstitial

9. Catherine

Not Available Interstitial

8. Tetris Attack

Not Available Interstitial

7. Braid

Not Available Interstitial

6. Fez

Not Available Interstitial

5. Ghost Trick

Not Available Interstitial

4. Lemmings

Not Available Interstitial

3. Portal 2

Not Available Interstitial

2. Picross 3D

Not Available Interstitial

1. Tetris

Not Available Interstitial

Latest in Pop Culture