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Outer Wilds

Explore a solar system and unravel its mysteries.

Strategically plant trees to create regions of similar shape and color.

Jigsaws and arithmetic are combined in this cat-powered circuitry-building game.

Ascend a tower, deciphering the languages of its inhabitants.

Help DadHog bring his hedgehog children home by sticking together (literally) and rotating through grid-based puzzles.

Push and roll trees to build bridges through an expansive open world.

Build and optimize complex circuits to fix corrupted files and recover lost images.

Battle monsters and level up your dicey heroes in this roguelike strategy game.

Split and merge to rescue your Starpuffs in this simultaneous-movement puzzler.

A tricky puzzle game about changing the rules.

Gameplay:

Not grid-based

Platform:

Linux

MacOS

Nintendo Switch

iPad

Return of the Obra Dinn
A grisly detective mystery aboard a ghost, merchant ship.
Outer Wilds
Explore a solar system and unravel its mysteries.
Tunic
What appears to be a difficult Souls-like adventure game hides layers of secrets and discoveries.
Chants of Sennaar
Ascend a tower, deciphering the languages of its inhabitants.
The Case of the Golden Idol
The story of a mysterious artefact told through twelve whodunits.
The Witness
A beautiful island of maze-like line-drawing puzzles.
Portal
Solve test chambers with a portal gun in this first-person classic.
Fez
Explore the third dimension in this retro-style 2D puzzle platformer.
The Talos Principle
Overcome Elohim's tests in this philosophical first-person puzzler.
Lorelei and the Laser Eyes
You have been invited to Hotel Letztes Jahr, a strange manor full of lateral puzzles and a dark past.
Myst
A genre-defining adventure across enigmatic worlds.
Portal 2
Portal returns with an expansive story, new mechanics, and a co-op mode.

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