The Top 10 Best Puzzle Games To Play Right Now

Here are the rest of our picks for the best puzzle games you need to play right now.

Baba Is You

You are the rules, and the rules are you in Baba Is You, the indie puzzle megahit where there are no laws that you can’t reinvent (or break, or combine). Charmingly depicted with a deceptively simple appearance, Baba Is You is a head-scratcher where you can change the rules as you play. Solve puzzles by combining nouns – Flag, Baba, Rock – with descriptors and verbs, and make the win condition, hazards and even what you control subject to what you’ve created. It’s hard to grasp, but when you get it, You Is Win.

Superliminal

Optical illusions and the surreality of perspective work their magic in Superliminal, a first-person puzzle game that sees you navigating through a not-quite bad dream. You’ll need to think outside the box – often literally – to traverse the dream world, manipulating objects and gaining a greater understanding of depth than you thought possible. Superliminal wants you to make your own exits, change your surroundings and subvert your own expectations. A surprisingly wholesome take on the puzzle genre, with a neat message about personal growth hidden amongst the pink corridors and giant cheese slices. Experimental therapy never looked so tempting.

Myst VR

Return once more to the Age of Myst: the legendary puzzle game moves into another dimension with Myst VR. The island has never looked so good, and the enigma, deep lore and story of betrayal still has the power to captivate almost 30 years later. Updated for the modern era (you can take snapshots, instead of filling in notebooks like the Zodiac Killer), Myst VR is still the king of the environmental puzzle, and longtime fans are sure to get a kick out of physically opening the famous linking books.

Unpacking

Settle in with Unpacking, undisputed “cosiest game” on the list, where you help unpack a person’s life and learn about them along the way. Leaning towards the meditative side of puzzle gaming – there are no timers here – Unpacking nevertheless stokes the urge to get a level just right, with beautifully-drawn possessions slotting in like a Tetris dream. The highly detailed pixel art is the cherry on top of the experience, ensuring you really care about placing that frog plushie in the best place possible.

Unheard

Become an Acoustic Detective in Unheard, a game about solving crimes through the power of eavesdropping. Like many of the best puzzle games, Unheard takes a mechanic and extrapolates on it, with players returning to crime scenes to tease out voices, find suspects, and discover motives all through sound alone. One for fans of radio dramas and non-linear experiences, where you’ll feel deeply satisfied when you reach the outcome of the individual cases. Essentially: you’re a fly, on a wall, in a trenchcoat.

So there you have it: our full list of the top 10 best puzzle games to play right now, from Unheard to Unpacking and everything unbetween. Mystified by a missing entry? Solve it over on our Twitter!

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