puzzle game
Logic-based entertainment activity
A puzzle game is a video game or other game centered on solving puzzles—challenges requiring logic, pattern recognition, spatial reasoning, or creative thinking rather than reflexes or combat skills.
The genre ranges from simple matching games to elaborate brain-teasers: Tetris, Portal, Wordle.
Many games blend puzzle elements with other genres: a puzzle-platformer, an escape room puzzle game.
- Rubik's CubeRotating color-matching puzzle
- SudokuLogic grid puzzle
- KenKenArithmetic logic puzzle
- MinesweeperGrid-based bomb-avoidance puzzle
- escape roomLocked puzzle-solving venue
Bejeweled · match three · Mastermind · jigsaw · crossword · word search · hidden object · solve · tiles · concentration · clues · unlock · pattern · brain · Wordle · pieces · escape · challenge
- educational gamesbrain teaser, flash cards, Scrabble, crossword, word search
- gamesboard games, card games, video games, chess, party games
- puzzlespuzzles, sudoku, crossword, jigsaw, logic puzzles
- tabletop gamesboard games, card games, backgammon, chess, checkers
- video gamesvideo games, gameplay, Fortnite, arcade, consoles
- interactive mediavideo games, apps, interactive fiction, mobile apps, mobile games
puzzle gamebutton masher
Indiscriminate rapid-presser
idle game · clicker game · beat 'em up · shooter · fighting game
puzzle gameathletic competition
Organized physical contest
contact sport · outdoor sport · team sport · football · basketball