$ best puzzle & exploration games
← all gamesThe top-rated Puzzle & Exploration games on PC and PlayStation, 2015→today, ranked by a blend of Metacritic critics and real player sentiment. Showing the top 25. Open in the interactive ranker →
| # | Game | Year | Platform | Tier | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chants of Sennaar◆Rundisc | 2023 | PCPS | S | 98.2 |
| 2 | The Case of the Golden Idol◆Color Gray Games | 2022 | PC | S | 97.8 |
| 3 | The Looker◆Subcreation Studio | 2022 | PC | S | 97 |
| 4 | There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension◆Draw Me A Pixel | 2020 | PC | S | 94.8 |
| 5 | Cocoon◆Geometric Interactive | 2023 | PCPS | S | 94.8 |
| 6 | The Room 4: Old SinsFireproof Games | 2018 | PC | S | 94.7 |
| 7 | The Past Within◆Rusty Lake | 2022 | PC | S | 94.6 |
| 8 | Baba Is You◆Hempuli Oy | 2019 | PC | S | 94.2 |
| 9 | Prune◆Joel McDonald | 2015 | PC | A | 93.7 |
| 10 | The Room Three◆Fireproof Games | 2015 | PC | A | 93.6 |
| 11 | Neva◆Nomada Studio | 2024 | PCPS | A | 93.6 |
| 12 | Tetris EffectEnhance Games | 2018 | PCPS | A | 92.9 |
| 13 | Tetris Effect: Connected◆Monstars | 2020 | PCPS | A | 92.9 |
| 14 | Pony Island◆Daniel Mullins Games | 2016 | PC | A | 92.2 |
| 15 | Outer Wilds◆Mobius Digital | 2019 | PCPS | A | 92.1 |
| 16 | The Mortuary Assistant◆DreadXP | 2022 | PC | A | 91.8 |
| 17 | Supraland◆Supra Games | 2019 | PCPS | A | 91.6 |
| 18 | Detention◆RedCandleGames | 2017 | PCPS | A | 91.4 |
| 19 | Reventure◆Pixelatto | 2019 | PC | A | 91.1 |
| 20 | Return to Monkey IslandLucasfilm | 2022 | PCPS | A | 91.1 |
| 21 | Florence◆Annapurna Interactive | 2018 | PC | A− | 90.9 |
| 22 | We Were Here Forever◆Total Mayhem Games | 2022 | PCPS | A− | 90.4 |
| 23 | Paradigm◆Jacob Janerka | 2017 | PC | A− | 90.2 |
| 24 | Monument Valley 2ustwo games | 2017 | PC | A− | 90 |
| 25 | Creaks◆Amanita Design | 2020 | PCPS | A− | 90 |