The Best Puzzle Games for Nintendo Switch - Page 3

Update : Loco Motive added at rank #48.
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The Last Campfire (2020)

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Playstation 4 IOS iPhone PC Windows Nintendo Switch Xbox One

The Last Campfire is a puzzle adventure game with a beautiful story and immersive atmosphere. You play as an ember, a traveler who gets lost from a pack of explorers at the beginning of the game in an unusual strange world. Your job is to comfort these travelers by entering their dream state and freeing them from their slumber.

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What we like:
  • Beautiful story
  • Immersive atmosphere
  • Inventive puzzles
  • Lovely visuals
  • Poetic soundtrack with Nordic voice talent
  • Promotes hope friendship and kindness
What could be improved:
  • Lacking in number of puzzles and they are not difficult even at the end

  • puzzle
  • narration
  • adventure
  • relaxing

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The Wild at Heart (2021)

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88
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Xbox One Mac OS PC Windows Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Xbox Series X

The Wild at Heart is a beautiful and joyous tale of discovery, full of quirky characters, exploration and puzzles. You play as Wake, a young scallywag searching for excitement who stumbles upon an adventure to save the world and reunite the Greenshields. With its hand-drawn art style, mysterious creatures and day-night cycle adding tension to the gameplay, you'll be sure to have some exciting escapades!

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What we like:
  • Quirky characters with unique traits
  • Beautiful artstyle
  • Light combat & puzzles that increase in difficulty
  • Day-night cycle adding tension to the gameplay
What could be improved:
  • The standard loop:go here - do that
  • Parts of the narrative are well-honed

  • puzzle
  • hand-drawn
  • crafting
  • fantasy
  • story
  • action-adventure
  • adventure
  • supernatural
  • emotional
  • time-management
  • pikmin
  • 2d
  • atmospheric
  • survival
  • rich

23

Lost in Play (2022)

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92
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PC Windows Playstation 4 Android Mac OS Nintendo Switch IOS iPhone Playstation 5 j IOS iPhone (IOS iPhone)

Go on adventures and solve puzzles on this feel-good journey with a brother and sister as they explore dreamscapes and befriend magical creatures. Lost in their imagination, Toto and Gal must stick together and solve puzzles to find their way home.


  • puzzle
  • point-and-click
  • wholesome
  • mystery
  • adventure
  • fantasy
  • item
  • hand-drawn
  • story
  • cartoony
  • funny
  • surreal
  • colourful
  • family-friendly
  • comedy

24

Far: Changing Tides (2022)

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85
Review score
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Playstation 4 Xbox One Nintendo Switch Xbox Series X Playstation 5 PC Windows

In FAR: Changing Tides, you'll embark on a captivating adventure in a beautifully flooded world. As Toe, you'll navigate stormy waters, explore forgotten ruins, and dive into unknown depths. You'll captain your own seafaring vessel, solve puzzles, and search for a new home. With a mesmerizing soundtrack and stunning visuals, this game offers an immersive and unique experience.

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What we like:
  • Stunning visuals and captivating soundtrack
  • Engaging puzzles and resource management
  • Immersive and atmospheric gameplay
  • Unique vehicle control and customization
  • Emotional and thought-provoking journey
What could be improved:
  • Occasional softlock issues
  • Repetitive tasks

  • puzzle
  • vehicle
  • sailing
  • underwater
  • submarine
  • platform
  • post-apocalyptic
  • atmospheric
  • adventure
  • 2.5d
  • relaxing
  • puzzling
  • narrative

25

Trine 5: A Clockwork Conspiracy (2023)

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82
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Xbox One Nintendo Switch Xbox Series X Playstation 5 Playstation 4 PC Windows Xbox Series X/s

Unleash your creativity in Trine 5: A Clockwork Conspiracy, a magical journey full of challenging puzzles and epic boss fights. Join a wizard, a thief, and a knight to push back a fearsome army and restore peace. Experience stunning visuals, unique character abilities, and thrilling multiplayer action in this unforgettable adventure.

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What we like:
  • Challenging yet fun gameplay
  • Stunning graphics
  • Exciting multiplayer possibilities
  • Variety of character abilities
  • Engaging boss fights
What could be improved:
  • Presence of glitches and bugs
  • Tedious achievement hunting
  • Some puzzles may feel overly complex
  • Less engaging compared to previous Trine games

  • platform
  • puzzle
  • cooperative
  • physics
  • local

26

Chants of Sennaar (2023)

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85
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Nintendo Switch Xbox Series X Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Xbox One PC Windows

Embark on a mysterious and addictive puzzling adventure in Chants of Sennaar. Explore stunning environments, decipher languages, and piece together a captivating story through visual storytelling. With a compact install size, amazing visuals, and lush sound design, this game offers a unique and immersive experience. The glyph mechanics and language deciphering are surprisingly addictive, although the stealth sections could have been better. If you're looking for a fresh and captivating gaming experience, Chants of Sennaar is a must-play.

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What we like:
  • Unique and addictive glyph mechanics
  • Stunning visuals and immersive environments
  • Captivating visual storytelling
  • Compact install size
  • Lush sound design
What could be improved:
  • Stealth sections could have been better

  • puzzle
  • stealth
  • adventure
  • translation
  • puzzling

27

The Entropy Centre (2022)

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Xbox One Nintendo Switch PC Windows Playstation 4 Playstation 5 Xbox Series X

Dive into The Entropy Centre, a mind-bending puzzle adventure set in a colossal space station. You'll reverse time, solve challenging puzzles, and uncover an engaging story with a witty AI companion. Will you conquer the conundrums and uncover the truth that awaits?

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What we like:
  • Smart and challenging puzzles
  • Engaging storyline with witty dialogue
  • Unique time-reversal mechanic
  • Stunning visuals and immersive world
What could be improved:
  • Some puzzles can be frustrating
  • Lack of truly hard puzzles
  • Repetitive dialogues
  • Unnecessary combat sections

  • puzzle
  • first-person
  • manipulation
  • sci-fi
  • time
  • futuristic
  • platform
  • funny
  • mind-bending
  • artificial
  • intelligence

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Tin Hearts (2023)

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Xbox Series X Nintendo Switch Xbox One osvr PC Windows Playstation 5 Playstation 4

Step into the magical world of Tin Hearts, a captivating puzzle-adventure game. Guide tin soldiers through whimsical levels, solve ingenious riddles, and unravel the touching tale of inventor Albert J. Butterworth. With enchanting animation, a poignant soundtrack, and a decent length of gameplay, Tin Hearts is the perfect treat for puzzle enthusiasts.


What we like:
  • Challenging and inventive puzzles
  • Beautiful graphics and design
  • Engaging and emotional narrative
  • Memorable music
  • Satisfying length of gameplay
What could be improved:
  • Suboptimal isometric view can make puzzles hard to understand
  • Difficulty in placing and manipulating objects
  • Forced camera movement

  • puzzle
  • steampunk
  • lemmings
  • alternate-timeline
  • manipulation
  • platform
  • relaxing
  • fiction
  • first-person
  • time
  • vr
  • narration
  • 3d
  • choices
  • magic

29

Storyteller (2023)

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75
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Nintendo Switch Mac OS Android IOS iPhone PC Windows

Storyteller is an award-winning puzzle game about building stories. Start with a title, settings and characters and create a story that fits the story’s description. Play with stories of love, intrigue, crime, monsters, betrayal, and more!

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  • puzzle
  • romance
  • narrative
  • detective

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Timelie (2020)

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90
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PC Windows Nintendo Switch Mac OS

Timelie is a stealth puzzle game in which you play as a little girl and her cat, who must find their way out of an abstract world through a tiled layout. You can control and manipulate time, fast-forwarding and rewinding the world around you at will. You also have the ability to fix bridges, floors and areas that previously broke with special shards. It promotes a single-player cooperative experience, where you control both the young girl and her cat to complete tasks. The visuals are reminiscent of Monument Valley while the soundtrack is vibey.

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What we like:
  • Unique single-player cooperative experience
  • Time control mechanic
  • Easy to pick up and learn
  • Stylish visuals
  • Vibey soundtrack
  • Non linear stages
  • Varied difficulty levels
What could be improved:
  • Must be precise when selecting tiles for actions

  • stealth
  • puzzle
  • time
  • cats
  • manipulation
  • time-manipulation
  • strategy
  • surreal
  • adventure
  • robots
  • discovery
  • isometric
  • trial-and-error
  • anime-looking
  • stealth-puzzle

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