List of puzzle video games
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This is a partial list of notable puzzle-based computer games and video games, sorted by general category.
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[edit] Visual matching
[edit] Falling block puzzles
In these video games, the player must match individual pieces which fall onto the puzzle.
- Tetris; for a full list of Tetris-like games, see List of Tetris variants.
- Columns and similar games:
- Magic Jewelry (Columns-clone for NES)
- Klax
- Dr. Mario
- Drop Mania and similar games:
- Bejeweled (aka Diamond Mine) and similar games:
- Pnickies and similar games:
- Wario's Woods
- Yoshi
- Squarez Deluxe
- Meteos
[edit] Advancing blocks puzzles
In these video games a block of puzzle pieces advances on the player, who must prevent them from reaching the bottom of the playing area.
- Magical Drop
- Money Puzzle Exchanger (aka Money Idol Exchanger)
- Puzzle Bobble (aka Bust-a-Move) and similar games:
[edit] Other visual-matching puzzles
- Alchemy
- Biniax
- BOXit
- BrickShooter
- Collapse
- Devet
- Hexic
- Kalimee
- Lines (aka ColorLines)
- Loopz
- Lumines
- Lumines II
- Magnetica (aka PuzzLoop)
- Panel de Pon and similar games:
- Perception
- Plotting and similar games:
- Puyo Puyo and similar games:
- Rainbow Mystery
- SameGame
- Sega Swirl
- Swing
- Uo Poko
- Yoshi's Cookie
[edit] Logic puzzles
These are video-game versions of traditional pen-and-paper logic puzzles.
[edit] Hidden object
[edit] Maze/obstacle course navigation
- Abashera
- Atomix (for C64, Amiga, PC etc.)
- Ballance
- Bomberman
- ChuChu Rocket!
- Kuru Kuru Kururin
- Kururin Paradise
- Marble Drop
- Marble Madness
- Mercury
- Oxyd
- Pac-Man series (Ms. Pac-Man et al.); see List of maze chase games
- Polarium
- Rush Hour
- Sokoban
- Theseus and the Minotaur
- Kye
[edit] Single character control
- Bombuzal
- Boulderdash
- Deadly Rooms of Death
- Eggerland series
- Eets
- Intelligent Qube
- Krusty's Fun House
- Magical Puzzle Popils
- Narbacular Drop
- Oddworld series
- Portal (developed by same team as Narbacular Drop)
- Pushover
- Repton
[edit] Multiple character control
- Gobliiins!
- Lemmings
- The Lost Vikings
- Pingus
- Pitman (aka Power Paws) for the GameBoy
[edit] Construction
[edit] Multiple puzzle types
- Deadly Rooms of Death
- The Fool's Errand
- WarioWare, Inc.
- Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day!
- Big Brain Academy