Best 2025 Video Games for puzzle design

#1

Puzzle design was consistently praised for co-op dependence, teamwork, and creativity, with only occasional simplicity noted.

#2

Puzzle design received praise in limited evidence, especially for a psychic-camera sequence that felt fun and surprisingly challenging.

#3

Puzzle design receives limited but positive evidence, with one review saying Silksong makes puzzle-solving and hidden-path discovery feel effortless.

#4

Puzzle design was often praised for clever material interactions and challenge rooms, but several reviewers felt some puzzles were too easy, bypassable, or constrained.

#5

One review praised each section as a puzzle-like stealth space where guards, terrain, and limited gear create solvable challenges.

#6

Puzzle support was praised where gadgets expanded both combat and puzzle-solving options.

#7

Puzzle design was broadly a strength, with many reviewers praising clever, thematic, challenging puzzles, though some found certain clues obtuse, culturally unclear, or overlong.

#8

Puzzle evidence was limited but positive, focused on the Interchange and its light energy-routing puzzles that kept exploration engaged.

#9

Puzzle evidence centered on rooftop route-finding, which one reviewer found meaningfully puzzle-like within Lumiose traversal.

#10

Puzzle design receives a mild positive note for being logical and not slowing the action down.

#11

Puzzles were generally satisfying and boss-like, though psychic mechanics were sometimes called familiar or clunky.

#12

Puzzles were generally light but appreciated when they used environmental elements, timing, and exploration paths.

#13

Puzzle design drew the widest split: many praised cooperative, elegant, rewarding ideas, while others found bridge-building repetitive or underwhelming.

#14

Puzzle design was lightly covered, with reviewers describing simple exploration puzzles as enjoyable but rarely demanding.

#15

Puzzle evidence was mixed: environmental puzzles earned praise, but the probe-based resource puzzle was criticized as fiddly and low-value.

#16

The one puzzle-related event mention was positive but limited, describing it as a nice diversion that needs more support.

#17

Puzzle design is light but useful as part of open-area exploration and adventure variety.

#18

Puzzle design drew mixed responses: several praised time and environmental puzzles as a good break from combat, while others found them simple, padded, or underdeveloped.

#19

Puzzle design was mixed to negative: a few simple puzzles were praised for the right complexity, but multiple reviews wanted more depth or found specific puzzles clunky.

#20

Puzzle design has limited evidence, but one puzzle-like ground-pound interaction was criticized as confusing when the game fails to explain it.

#21

Puzzle design split reviewers sharply but leaned negative overall: some praised clarity or co-op richness, while many found puzzles obvious, repetitive, or overly simple.

#22

Puzzle design drew consistent criticism for being too easy, overly guided, or lacking meaningful problem-solving.

#23

Puzzle design receives a low score from a reviewer who calls several puzzles overly simple and almost pointless.