A rough list of every puzzle game I’ve played, ranked by overall quality.
For the global ratings, I mainly analyze the puzzle design and the game’s quality. How well the mechanics are used, how ambitious and creative a game is, how polished it is, the quality of life features etc. I’m a firm believer that a good puzzle is a hard one, puzzles are by essence supposed to challenge you as much as possible, which is why difficulty is generally very tied to quality in my ratings. I know, a difficult puzzle is not necessarily a well-designed one, or a concept can be so convoluted that you’re hardly having fun. I’m not a robot, my enjoyment of the game also counts. And just like a hard game can feel too convoluted, an easy game can also be pure fun and gain some points.
| Global | Games |
|---|---|
| 0/5 (Bad) | Magnetic: Cage Closed • Time Breaker • Frame of Mind • Poorzzle |
| 0.5/5 (Bad+) | Summertime Madness • MIND: Path to Thalamus • Genius Moves • Astrodelia • SokoFrog |
| 1/5 (Decent) | QUBE • Spring Falls • Sigils of Elohim • Path of Giants • Monument Valley • Unpacking • Ouros |
| 1.5/5 (Decent+) | Quantum Conundrum • LIT: Bend The Light • Disoriented • Thinking With Time Machine • Rethink Evolved 1 • Rethink Evolved 3 • The Looker • Manifold Garden • QUBE 2 • Faraway Proximity • Ethereal • Linelith • 20 Small Mazes • Handshakes • Push The Cat with WASD • Professor Goodboi’s Ballistics • Gravity • Portal: Forbidden Testing Tracks • Treasure Journey • Robot Detour • Arranger • SPIN Protocol • Shrink Rooms |
| 2/5 (Good) | The Turing Test • Rethink 1 • Rethink Evolved 2 • The Swapper • Helltaker • What Lies in the Multiverse • Blooby Block • Splash Dino • Lines On Sides • LightRay • Candle Prick • Mycelium Heaven • Blobun • Double Trip |
| 2.5/5 (Good+) | QUBE 2 (Lost Orbit) • Superliminal • Ever Forward • Kine • Closure • A Good Snowman Is Hard To Build • Hue • Sensorium • Evan’s Remains • QUBE 10th Anniversary • Temple of Snek • Dodo • ReThink Evolved 4 • The Legend of Lumina • ReThink 5 • Paper Trail |
| 3/5 (Very Good) | Rethink 2 • Gravitas • English Country Tune • Linelight • Braid • Perspective • Relicta • The Pedestrian • Hourglass • Deleveled • Hiding Spot • Pipe Push Paradise • Snaliens • Altered • Aperture Tag • Platonic • Mooselutions • Liquidum • AssassInvisible • Nurikabe World • So Fart Away |
| 3.5/5 (Very Good+) | Filament • Timelie • QUBE 2 (Aftermath) • The Bridge • The Sojourn • Lightmatter • Cosmic Express • Antichamber • Tetrobot & Co • Meet me at NooN • Room to Grow • Portal Revolution • Panda Go • Dungeon and Puzzles • Little Square Things • Toki Tori 2+ • Chroma Zero • Inner Tao • Court of the Wanderers • Croquet Conundrum • The Electrifying Incident • Only Sliding |
| 4/5 (Great) | Rethink 3 • Snakebird • Puddle Knights • The Entropy Centre • Slider • Understand • Reliquia Park • Star Stuff |
| 4.5/5 (Great+) | Portal • Portal Reloaded • Rexaura • Rethink 4 • Supraland • Supraland Six Inches Under • A Monster’s Expedition • Pâquerette Down the Bunburrows • Taiji • The Talos Principle 2 • Patrick’s Parabox • Isles of Sea and Sky |
| 5/5 (Perfect) | Baba Is You • The Talos Principle • Portal 2 • Portal Stories: Mel • Stephen’s Sausage Roll • The Witness • Bonfire Peaks • Recursed • Void Stranger • Magicube • Magnet Block • I Wanna Lockpick • Ligo • Gentoo Rescue |