Best Clever Games

“Revolutionary puzzle game where players manipulate the rules themselves by pushing words around, requiring profound logical rethinking of game mechanics.”

Baba Is You is a puzzle game where the rules you have to follow are present as blocks you can interact with. By manipulating them, you can change how the game works, repurpose things you find in the levels and cause surprising interactions!

“Expansive island filled with intricate, layered line-drawing puzzles that teach and challenge perception and deduction progressively.”

You wake up, alone, on a strange island full of puzzles that will challenge and surprise you.

“Iconic physics-based puzzle-platformer with portal guns enabling clever spatial manipulation and humorous narrative twists.”

The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

“Mind-bending first-person exploration with non-Euclidean geometry and optical illusion puzzles that defy expectations of space.”

Antichamber is a mind-bending psychological exploration game where nothing can be taken for granted. Discover an Escher-like world where hallways wrap around upon each other, spaces reconfigure themselves, and accomplishing the impossible may just be the only way forward.

“Philosophical first-person puzzles integrating lasers, drones, and existential narrative for deep intellectual engagement.”

The Talos Principle is a first-person puzzle game in the tradition of philosophical science fiction. Made by Croteam and written by Tom Jubert (FTL, The Swapper) and Jonas Kyratzes (The Sea Will Claim Everything).

“Programming-like chemical synthesis puzzles requiring symbolic logic to build reactors for complex molecule assembly.”

Zachtronics is back with an ambitious new design-based puzzle game. Take on the role of a Reactor Engineer working for SpaceChem, the leading chemical synthesizer for frontier colonies. Construct elaborate factories to transform raw materials into valuable chemical products!

“Groundbreaking portal-gun physics puzzles introducing spatial teleportation in a witty sci-fi testing facility.”

Portal™ is a new single player game from Valve. Set in the mysterious Aperture Science Laboratories, Portal has been called one of the most innovative new games on the horizon and will offer gamers hours of unique gameplay.

“Zachtronics alchemy automation puzzle demanding efficient machine designs through logical track-laying and transmutations.”

Opus Magnum is the latest open-ended puzzle game from Zachtronics, the creators of SpaceChem, Infinifactory, and SHENZHEN I/O. Design and build machines that assemble potions, poisons, and more using the alchemical engineer’s most advanced tool: the transmutation engine!

“Perspective-shifting first-person puzzler exploiting optical illusions and forced perspective for surreal solutions.”

Perception is reality. In this mind-bending first-person puzzler, you escape a surreal dream world through solving impossible puzzles using the ambiguity of depth and perspective.

“Assembly-language programming puzzles disguised as office worker tasks, teaching computation through visual logic.”

Program little office workers to solve puzzles. Be a good employee! The machines are coming... for your job. From the creators of World of Goo and Little Inferno.

“Open-ended circuit-building and coding puzzles simulating hardware design with cryptic manuals and optimization challenges.”

BUILD CIRCUITS. WRITE CODE. RTFM.

“Hand-drawn panel-shifting puzzles evolving into a narrative-driven mechanic of zooming, rotating, and juxtaposing images.”

Gorogoa is an elegant evolution of the puzzle genre, told through a beautifully hand-drawn story designed and illustrated by Jason Roberts. Winner of Debut Game at the 2018 BAFTA Games Awards, as well as Best Mobile Game and the Innovation Award at the GDC 2018 Choice Awards.

“First-person factory-building puzzles for aliens, emphasizing conveyor logic and spatial efficiency in sci-fi settings.”

Infinifactory is a sandbox puzzle game by Zachtronics, the creators of SpaceChem and Infiniminer. Build factories that assemble products for your alien overlords, and try not to die in the process.

“Obfuscated assembly coding puzzles to repair a quantum computer, blending programming with narrative discovery.”

TIS-100 is an open-ended programming game by Zachtronics, the creators of SpaceChem and Infinifactory, in which you rewrite corrupted code segments to repair the TIS-100 and unlock its secrets. It’s the assembly language programming game you never asked for!

“First-person puzzle adventure with reusable mechanics and non-linear exploration for clever environmental interactions.”

A puzzle game where the rooms are items and the items are rooms. Get to the goal by moving, rearranging and duplicating rooms and altering the structure of the world.

“Infinite looping architecture with gravity shifts creating Escher-like puzzles of perpetual motion and color collection.”

Rediscover gravity and explore an Escher-esque world of impossible architecture. Witness infinity in first-person and master its rules to solve physics-defying puzzles. Cultivate a garden to open new paths forward, where an eternal expanse awaits.

“Atmospheric platformer with cloning and body-swapping mechanics enabling intricate matter manipulation puzzles.”

What if someone knew your mind better than you did? The Swapper is an award-winning, narrative driven puzzle game set in the furthest reaches of space.

“Rotation-based platformer puzzles revealing a 2D world as 3D through perspective shifts and secret codes.”

Gomez is a 2D creature living in a 2D world. Or is he? When the existence of a mysterious 3rd dimension is revealed to him, Gomez is sent out on a journey that will take him to the very end of time and space. Use your ability to navigate 3D structures from 4 distinct classic 2D perspectives.

“Stealth puzzle game where rewiring doors and gadgets creates emergent solutions to infiltrate levels ingeniously.”

Gunpoint is a stealth puzzle game that lets you rewire its levels to trick people. You play a freelance spy who takes jobs from his clients to break into high security buildings and steal sensitive data.

“Deceptively simple 3D sokoban variant with sausages demanding extreme precision and foresight in cooking puzzles.”

A simple 3d puzzle game.

“Time-manipulation platformer puzzles with rewinding, slowing, and object-specific time effects for elegant solutions.”

This is the original version of Braid from 2009, which may not work well on newer systems. For an updated version of the game with nicer graphics, more levels and a large amount of developer commentary, see Braid, Anniversary Edition.

“Puzzle-platformer breaking the fourth wall with meta-mechanics like pause buttons and sound toggles for unique solutions.”

Every level introduces a unique solution method, breaking the fourth wall between the game and the player in unprecedented ways. From using a pause button to halt threats to turning off the sound to put an enemy NPC to sleep, the game continually surprises and engages players.

“Steampunk tile-sliding puzzles to assemble intricate machines, rewarding efficient and creative constructions.”

Cogs is a puzzle game where players build machines from sliding tiles. Players can choose from 50 levels and 3 gameplay modes. New puzzles are unlocked by building contraptions quickly and efficiently. Inventor Mode: Starting with simple puzzles, players are introduced to the widgets that are used to build machines — gears, pipes,...

“Sudoku variant with seemingly impossible grids using minimal givens, solvable through advanced logic techniques.”

Miracle Sudoku features beautiful puzzles that at first glance look impossible to solve!! Indeed, some of our Miracle puzzles have as few as two givens digits (!) but you will find them all to be solvable with a bit of clever logic!

“Clever detective puzzle game requiring logical deduction”

Lost at sea 1803 ~ The good ship Obra Dinn.

“Clever open-world mystery puzzle about exploring a solar system”

Named Game of the Year 2019 by Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer, and The Guardian, Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop.

“Spiritual successor to Incredible Machine with physics-based contraptions and extensive level editor for Rube Goldberg ingenuity.”

The spiritual successor to The Incredible Machine from its original designer and programmer. Play 100s of puzzles. Build and share elaborate contraptions with an huge variety of parts and critters.

“Clever puzzle game combining snake and bird with challenging logic”

Do you like puzzles, fruit and the notion of crossing a snake with a bird for no good reason? If the answer to at least one of those questions is yes, then Snakebird might be the game for you. Solve your way through this headscratcher of a puzzle game and help the snakebirds sate their hunger.

“Minimalist but clever logic puzzle connecting shapes”

Deceptively simple. Infinitely complex. LYNE is a minimalist puzzle game that will knot your brain as it calms your soul. Connect the shapes. Fill the board. Lose yourself in the interflowing paths of LYNE.

“Collection of extremely hard, brain-twisting tabletop puzzles designed specifically for smart players.”

Mind games is a great set of extremely hard brain twisting puzzles! Warning: this game is for smarties! Only one out of ten people can solve the first puzzle!

A cooking puzzle game about arranging beautiful bento lunches! Solve 120+ recipes, play with food, think inside the box and enjoy a heartwarming story in this culinary brain-teaser!

Twist and move hex pieces to connect yarn threads for playful felines. A charming twist on classic hex pipes puzzle!

Meet 50 hand-drawn, funny cats and let them make you smarter by matching 2, 3, 4 or 5 of them on a board in 5 game modes.

Cipheur is a free cryptogram game, allowing you to test your logic and language skills against 100 quotes by famous people. Do your best to discover intriguing patterns, unfold the coded messages step by step, and enjoy the incomparable satisfaction of deciphering another sentence.

Turn the crank, rotate the gears, push the levers, Use the catapult, explode it, or fly it...From grilling sausages with a pulley, gears, rubberbands and a candle to firing a cannon with a basketball, these wacky brain-teasers will light up your imagination with creative and addictive fun.

We transform science into delightful gamesFor decades, researchers have created tasks that measure cognitive abilities. We’ve adapted some of these tasks and made some of our own, creating cognitive games. It makes you smarter!

We transform science into delightful gamesFor decades, researchers have created tasks that measure cognitive abilities. We’ve adapted some of these tasks and made some of our own, creating cognitive games. It makes you smarter!

The best Logic Puzzle game on Steam.

Tricky doors is a captivating game that offers a variety of puzzles. Find a creative way to get out of each room. Tricky doors is a point-and-click game in the "escape the room" genre with plenty of mini-games and complicated quests.

Every woman has some secret. Try to reveal it. Find the differences in two almost identical pictures and upgrade your concentration and observation skills.

If you have a knack for explosives, the Bomb Club welcomes you! Meet new bombs, uncover new challenges, and create awesome chain reactions in this explosive puzzle game!

A new puzzle game of wits and recognition.

A cozy, relaxing puzzle game all about cats. Solve brain-twisting logic clues to sort picky cats into their favorite boxes. Unlock stickers as you play to use in your Sticker-book to create your own cute cuddly cat scenes!

The next generation of puzzle games is here! Combining simple arithmetic with colorful cages and logical problem solving, this new puzzle game makes sure you never have to guess—and you don’t have to be a math wiz!

This is a novel puzzle game. It creatively asks you to control two people simultaneously. The game consists of three chapters and the levels become more and more difficult. Its a perfect game to exercise your brain.

Puzzle GO! is a casual jigsaw puzzle game. Players use the mouse to adjust the position of the tiles to restore the picture. As a player, this game provides multiple exquisite CGs as levels. At the same time, the game has carefully prepared a rich achievement system for players.

A good game for learning and self-development. Here you will find a lot of interesting and useful things.

The best Sudoku game on Steam.

Bilattice is a massive puzzle game featuring over 300 hand-crafted levels and tons of unique mechanics. The mechanics interact with each other in endlessly interesting ways to produce hours of mind-bending content. The sheer number of clever gimmicks offered by this game is hard not to appreciate.

Go on a puzzle-solving adventure around the world. Enjoy beautiful locations and atmospheric music. Play classic mahjong solitaire game and recover your lost artifacts.

With your brilliant robe and magic powers, it’s time to build some Tricky Towers! Stack your bricks in this land of fable, whose marvelous tower will be the most stable? Battle your friends and rise to fame, in this frantic physics game.

Sumetrick is a mind training minimalist design game that's chained to the symmetry. Simple gameplay - you need to fill gameboard in symmetry way by clicking on framed cells. Do that faster and be as good as Chack Knorris. But don't forget to eat sometimes...

Riichi Mahjong - A fun, strategic variant of the classic multiplayer game!

Colorful Recolor is a fast-paced puzzle game with a kaleidoscopic collection of brain teasers. Play through 100 levels with engaging mechanics, striking biomes, 10+ distinct elements, and an abundance of colors. Paint your way through this colorful world!

It's Game Time! Throw the dice, shuffle the cards and put your strategy to the test with latest version of Encore Classic Puzzle & Board Games. This classic game collection features all time classic games including: Chess, Backgammon, Dominoes, Kakuro Crosswords, Mahjongg, and much more!

The beautiful girlis are waiting for you to conquer.

Minesweeper, but you only solve each situation once.

UMAMI is a cozy 3D food puzzle game where every level is a handcrafted, sensory experience. Tinker, rotate, and fit wooden blocks together to build mouthwatering food towers and fantastical cakes, all in a comfy atmosphere, like tidying a bento box for the soul.

Is a game in the genre of "hidden object", in which you need to find all the male genitals on a large location drawn in the style of "doodling". The game location depicts a fantastic world with alien plants and buildings in the foreground

Crazy Machines 2 is packed with all new features to help you create your wackiest "Rube Goldberg-style" contraptions yet! All new elements, plus an amazing 3D physics engine lets you craft even more complex gadgets and effects.