A Fold Apart is a puzzle game that explores the emotional rollercoaster of a long-distance relationship — in a world of folding paper.

A Fold Apart is a puzzle game that explores the emotional rollercoaster of a long-distance relationship — in a world of folding paper. After career choices force them along separate paths, a Teacher and Architect vow to make their long-distance relationship work at any cost.

A Little Perspective is a puzzle game where you rotate the world to see things from a different angle and find new paths to the goal.

A Little Perspective is a puzzle game where you rotate the world to see things from a different angle and find new paths to the goal. Like an Escher picture (and like the PlayStation 3 game, Echochrome) the perspective affects which platforms you can roll your cube onto.

A Monster's Expedition is a puzzle game where a monster finds creatures on an island and learns about the history of humanity.

A Monster's Expedition is a puzzle game where a monster finds creatures on an island and learns about the history of humanity. The puzzle is how to get from one island to the next.

A Puzzle in Time is a puzzle game set in a laboratory.

A Puzzle in Time is a puzzle game set in a laboratory. Your task is to escape the room and prove time travel is possible by solving puzzles set over four different years.

Baba is You requires some lateral thinking.

Baba is You requires some lateral thinking. Each level is controlled by rules written on the screen, such as ‘Lava is Hot’, ‘Wall is Stop’ and ‘Flag is Move’.

Boom Blox is a puzzle game on the Wii, designed by Steven Spielberg, where motion controls are used to direct projectiles at towers in surprisingly accurate and engaging ways.

Boom Blox is a puzzle game on the Wii, designed by Steven Spielberg, where motion controls are used to direct projectiles at towers in surprisingly accurate and engaging ways. This extends beyond Jenga-style play to offer physics-based puzzles where you must keep structures standing or knock specific elements down.

Daylife in Japan is a jigsaw puzzle game.

Daylife in Japan is a jigsaw puzzle game. You choose the difficulty and the animated puzzle picture which is then divided in jigsaw pieces scattered around the play area.

Death Squared is a cooperative puzzle game for 1, 2 or 4 players.

Death Squared is a cooperative puzzle game for 1, 2 or 4 players. Together, you solve puzzles by guiding a robot to a colour-coded goal.

Dish Life: The Game is a puzzle narrative game where you play a stem cell researcher, managing a laboratory and growing stem cells.

Dish Life: The Game is a puzzle narrative game where you play a stem cell researcher, managing a laboratory and growing stem cells. You begin as an undergraduate in the lab, and start growing your stem cells, which are complete with animated faces.

Elebits (also known as Eledees) is a light-gun shooting adventure.

Elebits (also known as Eledees) is a light-gun shooting adventure. To play you point at the screen with the Wii Remote and use your gun to move objects around and solve puzzles as well as shooting things.

Escape Simulator is a puzzle game where you try and escape a series of rooms.

Escape Simulator is a puzzle game where you try and escape a series of rooms. Like a real escape room, you look in drawers, read books, and solve riddles to provide the tools you need to escape.

Everything is an unusual game that simulates a world where you can become any object.

Everything is an unusual game that simulates a world where you can become any object. It sounds strange and not much fun, but the enjoyment is in discovering how small or how big a thing you can become.

Happy Atoms is a puzzle game about the world of chemistry and molecules.

Happy Atoms is a puzzle game about the world of chemistry and molecules. You take on quests to discover molecules as you explore the world.

Homescreen is a puzzle game.

Homescreen is a puzzle game. You play as a duck trapped in a house.

Hot Swap is a platform game where you can flip gravity and jump through the ground.

Hot Swap is a platform game where you can flip gravity and jump through the ground. The sky becomes the ground and the ground becomes the sky.

Kolumno is a puzzle game where you drop a ball down the side of a sphere aiming to reach the bottom without being blocked.

Kolumno is a puzzle game where you drop a ball down the side of a sphere aiming to reach the bottom without being blocked. Your task is to manipulate the ball so it fits the rotating elements with gaps in them.

Lab Rat is a tile-based puzzle game with an emphasis on satire.

Lab Rat is a tile-based puzzle game with an emphasis on satire. You work in a machine-learning facility where you take on scenarios chosen for you by the metrics-obsessed AI that monitors, profiles, and taunts you as you progress.

Linelight is a puzzle game about complex circuits.

Linelight is a puzzle game about complex circuits. Your task is to move a small line of light along the correct path to collect diamonds and unlock the next area.

Not Not, A Brain-Buster is a puzzle game about following simple instructions in a limited time.

Not Not, A Brain-Buster is a puzzle game about following simple instructions in a limited time. All you have to do is read the instructions and then direct your character in one of four directions.

Patrick's Parabox is a puzzle game where you move, and move through, boxes within boxes.

Patrick's Parabox is a puzzle game where you move, and move through, boxes within boxes. Like a Russian doll, inside each box is another level that you can navigate to create a nested set of puzzles.

Perspective is a running and jumping game where you control a 2D character in a 3D world.

Perspective is a running and jumping game where you control a 2D character in a 3D world. Like the Flatland novel, your 2D character can only experience a slice of the 3D world, so you must move your 3D character around to find a perspective that grants access to the climbable surfaces to progress.

Qomp is a bat and ball game with a difference.

Qomp is a bat and ball game with a difference. You control the ball rather than the bat and only use a single button to switch the direction of your ball character.

Retimed is a multiplayer shooting game where players can create a bubble that slows down time.

Retimed is a multiplayer shooting game where players can create a bubble that slows down time. This makes the usual frantic shooting and dodging more achievable as when you are in danger you have more time to get out of the way.

Schim is a traversal game where you run and jump from shadow to shadow.

Schim is a traversal game where you run and jump from shadow to shadow. The world around you (and its shadows) are in motion so you need to carefully plan and time your movement.

Schrodinger's Cat Burglar is a stealth puzzle game where you play Mittens the cat who can use quantum theory to divide in two.

Schrodinger's Cat Burglar is a stealth puzzle game where you play Mittens the cat who can use quantum theory to divide in two. You play by controlling Mittens and infiltrating a secret research facility and taking advantage of being able to be in two places at the same time.

Sensorium is a puzzle game set in a freely explorable island.

Sensorium is a puzzle game set in a freely explorable island. You need to solve puzzle to access rooms, which usually contain more puzzles granting access to deeper recesses of the buildings.

Snakebird is a puzzle game about movement, shapes and gravity.

Snakebird is a puzzle game about movement, shapes and gravity. You control multiple snakes on a quest for fruit.

Solas 128 is a thinking puzzle game where you redirect rhythmic pulses of light to restart an ancient machine.

Solas 128 is a thinking puzzle game where you redirect rhythmic pulses of light to restart an ancient machine. You rotate and position mirrors to connect light sources and unlock further puzzles.

Sometimes You Die is an unusual sliding and jumping game.

Sometimes You Die is an unusual sliding and jumping game. As you play there is a written narrative on the walls of each level that discusses game design, player motivation and the metaphysics of life.

The Devil's Calculator is a mathematical puzzle full of logic brain teasers.

The Devil's Calculator is a mathematical puzzle full of logic brain teasers. An evil calculator has its normal arithmetic operators replaced with sadistically obscure functions.

The Last Cube is a puzzle platform game where you guide a cube through a series of 3D mazes to save the world from destruction.

The Last Cube is a puzzle platform game where you guide a cube through a series of 3D mazes to save the world from destruction. Because you have to get the right side of the cube on the right square to trigger abilities and progress, it creates a fascinating mix of puzzle, platform and story.

Viewfinder is a puzzle adventure game where your camera doesn't just take pictures but reshapes the fabric of reality around you.

Viewfinder is a puzzle adventure game where your camera doesn't just take pictures but reshapes the fabric of reality around you. By taking and holding up pictures you create new ways to traverse the world and solve environmental puzzles.

World Splitter is a platform puzzle game with a dual dimension challenge.

World Splitter is a platform puzzle game with a dual dimension challenge. In each level, you need to collect a series of characters and get to the exit.

World of Goo is a puzzle game where you use balls of goo to create bridges that span increasingly large chasms and obstacles.

World of Goo is a puzzle game where you use balls of goo to create bridges that span increasingly large chasms and obstacles. The game simulates real-world physics to determine if structures are strong enough and when they collapse.

American Arcadia is a running and jumping game where you solve puzzles to escape your televised life in an opulent but overly controlled futuristic city.

American Arcadia is a running and jumping game where you solve puzzles to escape your televised life in an opulent but overly controlled futuristic city. The game is set in a 70’s retro-future city of high luxury.

Bionic Bay is a running and jumping game with a difference.

Bionic Bay is a running and jumping game with a difference. Set in a burning future you rush through the world with parkour skills and a unique swap ability.

Cocoon is a puzzle adventure where you play a winged creature transporting orbs through a mysterious world.

Cocoon is a puzzle adventure where you play a winged creature transporting orbs through a mysterious world. The twist is that placing orbs in a portal grants access to the worlds within worlds and creates a complex nested puzzle.

Ctrl Alt Ego is a puzzle game where you a disembodied character taking control of robots and electronics to move around, interact and solve the puzzles.

Ctrl Alt Ego is a puzzle game where you a disembodied character taking control of robots and electronics to move around, interact and solve the puzzles. Using a combination of stealth and problem solving to progress the story and get to the bottom of what's going on.

Cubric is a puzzle game where you play a robot trapped inside a maze.

Cubric is a puzzle game where you play a robot trapped inside a maze. Unusually, the maze is three dimensions and made up of six moveable cubes.

Karlson is a platform game where you take on shooting, running and jumping challenges to complete the level by getting to the tongue-in-cheek Milk prize.

Karlson is a platform game where you take on shooting, running and jumping challenges to complete the level by getting to the tongue-in-cheek Milk prize. The focus is on skilled movement and precision shooting.

Kitty Q A Quantum Adventure is an escape-room where you use outside-the-box thinking to solve puzzles in an odd world with quantum physics themes.

Kitty Q A Quantum Adventure is an escape-room where you use outside-the-box thinking to solve puzzles in an odd world with quantum physics themes. It's unusual not only because the puzzles are approachable and visual appealing but because they each reference observations, experiments and phenomena from this strange field of science.

LOCK is a puzzle game about escaping rooms.

LOCK is a puzzle game about escaping rooms. LOCK stands for Logic Operated Combination Keep, referring to a digital password protected door lock.

Luigi's Mansion is an adventure game where you investigate a haunted mansion to capture the ghosts.

Luigi's Mansion is an adventure game where you investigate a haunted mansion to capture the ghosts. As long-standing Nintendo character Luigi, you play a ghostbuster to capture various mischievous ghouls and rescue Mario.

Luigi's Mansion 2, or Luigi's Mansion Dark Moon in the US, is an adventure game about investigating five haunted houses in a community overrun by ghosts.

Luigi's Mansion 2, or Luigi's Mansion Dark Moon in the US, is an adventure game about investigating five haunted houses in a community overrun by ghosts. As Luigi, you use your flashlight and ghost trap in the mansions, capturing ghosts and collecting fragments of the Dark Moon.

Luigi's Mansion 3 is an adventure game where you explore the intricate rooms of a haunted hotel to find and capture ghosts.

Luigi's Mansion 3 is an adventure game where you explore the intricate rooms of a haunted hotel to find and capture ghosts. As in the first two games, you move through the rooms, finding secrets and treasures, and vacuuming up ghosts.

Press X to Puzzle is a one button puzzle game.

Press X to Puzzle is a one button puzzle game. You press or hold a single button in order to progress to the next screen.

Psychonauts 2 is a running, jumping and puzzle-solving game where you play Raz who has psychic abilities that let him delve into the minds of others.

Psychonauts 2 is a running, jumping and puzzle-solving game where you play Raz who has psychic abilities that let him delve into the minds of others. In the game, you control Raz as he enters their mental worlds and uses other Psi-Powers (telekinesis, pyrokinesis, and levitation) to survive.

QV (QV: The Dimension Painter on iOS) is a puzzle game about using portals to push buttons with blocks.

QV (QV: The Dimension Painter on iOS) is a puzzle game about using portals to push buttons with blocks. You are tasked with collecting the shattered crystals to save the realms from impending destruction by solving the series of puzzles.

Ruffy and the Riverside is an action-adventure game set in the hand-drawn world of Riverside.

Ruffy and the Riverside is an action-adventure game set in the hand-drawn world of Riverside. You run, jump and explore the world with one big twist: you can swap any material to help you get where you need to go.

Seven Scrolls is a puzzle game where you explore a dungeon, kill enemies and get to the exit.

Seven Scrolls is a puzzle game where you explore a dungeon, kill enemies and get to the exit. What's unusual is that the rules of the game change as you pick up scrolls.

Shady Part of Me is a narrative platform game where you play as a young girl and her shadow.

Shady Part of Me is a narrative platform game where you play as a young girl and her shadow. You help her overcome emotional struggles by solving 2D and 3D puzzles.

Supraland is an adventure game that involves exploring, running, jumping, solving puzzles, and fighting monsters.

Supraland is an adventure game that involves exploring, running, jumping, solving puzzles, and fighting monsters. You play a member of the Red Village and you must discover why the Blue Village has sabotaged your water supply.

Ten People Ten Colors is a puzzle game where you help walking figures get to the exit.

Ten People Ten Colors is a puzzle game where you help walking figures get to the exit. It's unusual because you can only control the level's background colour.

The Beginner's Guide is a narrative game where you explore a series virtual environments while the game's creator tells a story about the person who made each space.

The Beginner's Guide is a narrative game where you explore a series virtual environments while the game's creator tells a story about the person who made each space. This introspection presents a raw and at times heartbreaking look into the mind of the narrator.

The Entropy Centre is a time-shifting puzzle adventure where you can move objects back through time.

The Entropy Centre is a time-shifting puzzle adventure where you can move objects back through time. You explore the futuristic levels and solve puzzle by using you gun to move object in space but also in time.

The Swapper is a platform adventure where you explore a damaged space station to collect orbs that open doors into other areas.

The Swapper is a platform adventure where you explore a damaged space station to collect orbs that open doors into other areas. Unusually, you can clone your character multiple times and then control it to help you solve puzzles and progress in various ways.

There Is No Game is a comedic adventure with a strange twist.

There Is No Game is a comedic adventure with a strange twist. From the outset, the game’s narrator insists that there is no game to play.

Tied Together is a platform game for two to four players tied together.

Tied Together is a platform game for two to four players tied together. Like a three-legged-race you have to co-ordinate how you move.

Troubleshooting is a shooting game set inside an old family computer.

Troubleshooting is a shooting game set inside an old family computer. You explore the inner workings of the operating systems to hunt a virus, fix the WiFi, and become an actual JPEG.

Blind Drive is a driving adventure game you play with audio rather than visuals.

Blind Drive is a driving adventure game you play with audio rather than visuals. You are Donnie and are in a scientific study that has got out of control.

Braid is a platform game, not dissimilar to Mario World, that appears simple but has a twist.

Braid is a platform game, not dissimilar to Mario World, that appears simple but has a twist. The movement of your character is connected to the progression of time in a mind-bending manner.

Garten of Baban is a horror adventure where you explore Banban's Kindergarten to discover the truth behind the horrific goings-on.

Garten of Baban is a horror adventure where you explore Banban's Kindergarten to discover the truth behind the horrific goings-on. Play involves solving puzzles and collecting items to progress deeper into the halls of the building.

Gravity Rush is a running, jumping and exploration adventure game.

Gravity Rush is a running, jumping and exploration adventure game. You play as Kat, an amnesiac with the power to manipulate gravity.

Pony Island is an adventure game where you are trapped in a computer by the Devil.

Pony Island is an adventure game where you are trapped in a computer by the Devil. You need to crash the computer to escape and stumble upon the Pony Island game that appears unstable.

Portal 2 is an action adventure where you traverse through increasingly complex (and dangerous) test chamber obstacle courses.

Portal 2 is an action adventure where you traverse through increasingly complex (and dangerous) test chamber obstacle courses. By creating two connected portals (if you walk into one, you walk out the other) you must move yourself around the rooms to escape.

Quadrilateral Cowboy is an adventure in a 1990 retro-cyberpunk world where you take on covert mission to infiltrate buildings and security systems.

Quadrilateral Cowboy is an adventure in a 1990 retro-cyberpunk world where you take on covert mission to infiltrate buildings and security systems. You carefully explore each level hacking security by typing commands into your grey-market equipment.

Qube 2 (Q.U.B.E.

Qube 2 (Q.U.B.E. 2) is a puzzle adventure game where you play as archaeologist, Amelia Cross, who has awoken in an alien building with no memory of why she is there (and what the strange gloves she is wearing are for).

Superliminal is a puzzle game incorporating optical illusions and forced perspective.

Superliminal is a puzzle game incorporating optical illusions and forced perspective. As you play and explore you can manipulate objects so that when put down their perspective, scale and size have changed.

The Talos Principle 2 is a puzzle game where you explore and unravel the mystery of a futuristic robot society.

The Talos Principle 2 is a puzzle game where you explore and unravel the mystery of a futuristic robot society. You move between zones and solve puzzles by guiding beams of light, manipulating gravity, and switching between robot bodies.

Boundary is an online shooting game set in zero-gravity environments where you work in teams to defeat your opponents.

Boundary is an online shooting game set in zero-gravity environments where you work in teams to defeat your opponents. It sounds similar to other squad-based shooting games, but the lack of gravity takes away any sense of orientation.

Hardspace: Shipbreaker is a spaceship salvage simulation game where you disassembling out of use craft panel by panel.

Hardspace: Shipbreaker is a spaceship salvage simulation game where you disassembling out of use craft panel by panel. The challenge is that the ships are built to survive space and tough to take apart so you must use a wide array of tools to reduce them to their salvageable parts.

Inscryption starts as a card-based adventure where you build a deck of cards to take on adventures and battles.

Inscryption starts as a card-based adventure where you build a deck of cards to take on adventures and battles. To this, it adds escape-room-style puzzles, both in the card game and in the room in which you are playing.

Observation is a narrative adventure game that puts you on a space station to solve a power outage and find missing crew.

Observation is a narrative adventure game that puts you on a space station to solve a power outage and find missing crew. However, here you play the role of the SAM, the System Administration Maintenance artificial intelligence software, rather than human protagonist.

Uncharted: Drake's Fortune is an action-adventure where you, treasure hunter Nathan Drake, follow in the footsteps of your ancestor Sir Francis Drake in search of El Dorado.

Uncharted: Drake's Fortune is an action-adventure where you, treasure hunter Nathan Drake, follow in the footsteps of your ancestor Sir Francis Drake in search of El Dorado. You run, jump, fight, shoot, and explore a rich world that unfolds a film-like narrative about Drake and the people he meets.