time to honor one of the best yet least
appreciated genres in the video game
industry
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top ten
puzzle video games just so there’s no
confusion we’re focusing on games that
were designed specifically to be in
video game form we won’t be focusing on
ones based on pen and paper or board
games like words with friends or Sudoku
number 10 peggle let’s get things
bouncing with a game about unicorns that
shoot balls loosely drawing inspiration
from Japanese pachinko machines this
game has you bouncing marbles off
multiple nodes in order to score sweet
combo points it notably gets a crown of
Awesome for spontaneously breaking out
into Beethoven’s Ode to Joy with
flashing rainbows
number nine Professor Layton series this
oh so lovable Sherlock Holmes inspired
character with his sidekick Luke take
care of all of contemporary London’s
problems by solving puzzles which are
analogous to the real-life situations
just a dash of puzzle solving in with
seven games in the series along with an
upcoming crossover with Phoenix Wright
these games are sure to get your
thinking caps working even if that
doesn’t work on Layton himself some
teams called any room number eight
lemmings before Rockstar North had
players running over hookers and
stabbing crack dealers in Grand Theft
Auto they were known as DMA design and
their number one success came in the
form of telling brainless lemmings what
to do
guiding these hapless creatures over a
hundred and twenty levels covered in
traps and environmental hazards it was
up to the player to make sure that most
but most likely not all of the little
guys got home safely
plus any time you got frustrated you
could always let out your rage by
blowing up a few of them
number seven missed this immersive PC
experience had players wash up on a
mysterious island solving puzzles to
find books that take you to different
worlds
these puzzles really racked your brain
over seemingly simple things like
turning off the lights to see a screen
Myst was so dense that the original game
shipped with a blank notebook to jot
down clues in players looking to scratch
that inch can look for the spiritual
sequel abduction number six braid talk
about never judging a book by it’s cover
though it looks like a platformer its
mechanic for rewinding time makes it
essentially a puzzle game and not just
any standard puzzle game with each world
the laws of time manipulation changes so
for example in one instance the enemies
only move when you move and the next
reversing time brings forth a shadow
version of yourself
number five meteos this was arguably the
first must-own title on the BS in this
game you have to line up three or more
blocks to propel a stack of blocks off
the screen and towards your opponents
though sometimes you need to chain your
lineups in order to get enough of a
boost what sets this game apart from
others on this list is its multiplayer
as matches can get incredibly tense as
you struggle to hang on there’s an xbox
live version available but in all
honesty the game is best suited for
touchscreen play
Oh
at number four the jeweled and candy
crush saga
sometimes the best puzzle games are
often the most simple and strangely
addictive drawing inspiration from
Tetris here in the goal is to line up
three of the same jewels in order to
make them disappear and shift the board
add a candy-themed art style and a
dangerously addictive free-to-play
system into the mix and you have the
highest-grossing game on iOS and Android
tasty tasty number three World of Goo a
game that’s it’s interesting as its
backstory it was developed by two former
EA employees on their laptops in a
coffee shop that had free Wi-Fi
combining an insanely charming art style
and an astounding physics engine this
game has you build bridges and other
bizarre structures out of pieces of goop
to transport said goo over various
hazards the more goo you use to achieve
your goal the less you can save in the
end so you have to keep your creative
wits handy number 2 portal just when you
thought puzzle games could never hit
mainstream success again Along Came
valve with a surprisingly amazing puzzle
game set in the chambers of the Aperture
Science Center players are armed only
with a gun that can create portals even
more of a surprise was the hilarious
dialogue that comes from the malevolent
computer GLaDOS who’s writing the show
any contact with the chamber floor will
result in
unsatisfactory mark on your official
testing record followed by Death
rounding out the mind-bending puzzles
with some of the best writing ever seen
in a game while the cake may have been a
lie the portal games are never a
disappointment we before we unveil our
top pick let’s take a look at a few of
the honorable mentions that had us
killing time
number one Tetris was there ever any
doubt it’s a timeless classic that
seeing multiple versions released on
many platforms yet its core gameplay
after all these years still remains the
same since its debut in the 1980s plus
it’s now used with scientific studies in
order to treat lazy eye syndrome and the
1999 Tetris world champion now has a PhD
in physics so anyone who’s ever said
video games are bad for you never played
Tetris there are so many fantastic
puzzle games to choose from so it’s
likely we forgot a few of your favorites
so let us know in the comments and for
more procrastinating top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
appreciated genres in the video game
industry
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top ten
puzzle video games just so there’s no
confusion we’re focusing on games that
were designed specifically to be in
video game form we won’t be focusing on
ones based on pen and paper or board
games like words with friends or Sudoku
number 10 peggle let’s get things
bouncing with a game about unicorns that
shoot balls loosely drawing inspiration
from Japanese pachinko machines this
game has you bouncing marbles off
multiple nodes in order to score sweet
combo points it notably gets a crown of
Awesome for spontaneously breaking out
into Beethoven’s Ode to Joy with
flashing rainbows
number nine Professor Layton series this
oh so lovable Sherlock Holmes inspired
character with his sidekick Luke take
care of all of contemporary London’s
problems by solving puzzles which are
analogous to the real-life situations
just a dash of puzzle solving in with
seven games in the series along with an
upcoming crossover with Phoenix Wright
these games are sure to get your
thinking caps working even if that
doesn’t work on Layton himself some
teams called any room number eight
lemmings before Rockstar North had
players running over hookers and
stabbing crack dealers in Grand Theft
Auto they were known as DMA design and
their number one success came in the
form of telling brainless lemmings what
to do
guiding these hapless creatures over a
hundred and twenty levels covered in
traps and environmental hazards it was
up to the player to make sure that most
but most likely not all of the little
guys got home safely
plus any time you got frustrated you
could always let out your rage by
blowing up a few of them
number seven missed this immersive PC
experience had players wash up on a
mysterious island solving puzzles to
find books that take you to different
worlds
these puzzles really racked your brain
over seemingly simple things like
turning off the lights to see a screen
Myst was so dense that the original game
shipped with a blank notebook to jot
down clues in players looking to scratch
that inch can look for the spiritual
sequel abduction number six braid talk
about never judging a book by it’s cover
though it looks like a platformer its
mechanic for rewinding time makes it
essentially a puzzle game and not just
any standard puzzle game with each world
the laws of time manipulation changes so
for example in one instance the enemies
only move when you move and the next
reversing time brings forth a shadow
version of yourself
number five meteos this was arguably the
first must-own title on the BS in this
game you have to line up three or more
blocks to propel a stack of blocks off
the screen and towards your opponents
though sometimes you need to chain your
lineups in order to get enough of a
boost what sets this game apart from
others on this list is its multiplayer
as matches can get incredibly tense as
you struggle to hang on there’s an xbox
live version available but in all
honesty the game is best suited for
touchscreen play
Oh
at number four the jeweled and candy
crush saga
sometimes the best puzzle games are
often the most simple and strangely
addictive drawing inspiration from
Tetris here in the goal is to line up
three of the same jewels in order to
make them disappear and shift the board
add a candy-themed art style and a
dangerously addictive free-to-play
system into the mix and you have the
highest-grossing game on iOS and Android
tasty tasty number three World of Goo a
game that’s it’s interesting as its
backstory it was developed by two former
EA employees on their laptops in a
coffee shop that had free Wi-Fi
combining an insanely charming art style
and an astounding physics engine this
game has you build bridges and other
bizarre structures out of pieces of goop
to transport said goo over various
hazards the more goo you use to achieve
your goal the less you can save in the
end so you have to keep your creative
wits handy number 2 portal just when you
thought puzzle games could never hit
mainstream success again Along Came
valve with a surprisingly amazing puzzle
game set in the chambers of the Aperture
Science Center players are armed only
with a gun that can create portals even
more of a surprise was the hilarious
dialogue that comes from the malevolent
computer GLaDOS who’s writing the show
any contact with the chamber floor will
result in
unsatisfactory mark on your official
testing record followed by Death
rounding out the mind-bending puzzles
with some of the best writing ever seen
in a game while the cake may have been a
lie the portal games are never a
disappointment we before we unveil our
top pick let’s take a look at a few of
the honorable mentions that had us
killing time
number one Tetris was there ever any
doubt it’s a timeless classic that
seeing multiple versions released on
many platforms yet its core gameplay
after all these years still remains the
same since its debut in the 1980s plus
it’s now used with scientific studies in
order to treat lazy eye syndrome and the
1999 Tetris world champion now has a PhD
in physics so anyone who’s ever said
video games are bad for you never played
Tetris there are so many fantastic
puzzle games to choose from so it’s
likely we forgot a few of your favorites
so let us know in the comments and for
more procrastinating top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
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