The Best Puzzle Games for Nintendo Switch - Page 5

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Update : Loco Motive added at rank #48.
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Patrick's Parabox (2022)

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Playstation 5 Nintendo Switch PC Windows Mac OS Linux

Patrick's Parabox offers a unique and inventive twist on the classic sokoban block-pushing puzzle genre. You'll need to guide a two-eyed box to the exit, while navigating cleverly crafted levels filled with over 350 handcrafted puzzles - think inside and outside the box!

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What we like:
  • Over 350 puzzles
  • Unique twist on sokoban puzzle genre
  • Recursive paradoxes for an extra challenge
  • Variety of new mechanics introduced
  • Optional challenges for added complexity
What could be improved:
  • Some levels can be tricky to solve without hints

  • sokoban
  • puzzle
  • logic
  • minimalist
  • abstract
  • 2d

42

The Last Cube (2022)

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Nintendo Switch Xbox One Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Linux Mac OS PC Windows

Cube puzzler and an epic adventure. Stamp stickers to the sides of your cube to imbue each surface with unique powers, which are vital to solving puzzles and finding secrets.

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  • puzzle
  • platform
  • 3d
  • science
  • artificial
  • intelligence
  • logic
  • atmospheric
  • movement
  • colourful
  • sci-fi
  • third-person
  • futuristic
  • grid
  • robots

43

Access Denied: Escape (2023)

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90
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j PC Windows Playstation 4 Playstation 5 Xbox Series X Xbox One Nintendo Switch

Access Denied: Escape is a puzzle game where you have to hack data vaults and interact with various devices to escape.

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  • escape
  • room
  • futuristic
  • puzzle
  • cyberpunk
  • device-hacking
  • atmospheric
  • linear
  • realistic
  • multiple-endings
  • single-player
  • 3d
  • exploration
  • mystery
  • first-person

44

Carto (2020)

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Unleash your inner cartographer in Carto, a heartwarming puzzle adventure game. Shape your world by rearranging map pieces, unlocking new paths and stories. With enchanting visuals, a captivating soundtrack, and a unique gameplay mechanic, you'll immerse yourself in hours of fun and exploration.

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What we like:
  • Longer gameplay than expected
  • Gorgeous art and engaging storyline
  • Unique puzzle style with high replay value
  • Charming dialogue and characters
  • Well-hidden secrets add to the fun
What could be improved:
  • No hint system for when you're stuck
  • Inconsistent puzzle difficulty
  • Some game mechanics lack clear explanations

  • puzzle
  • adventure
  • relaxing
  • tile
  • hand-drawn
  • exploration
  • story
  • cartoony
  • cute
  • comic

45

Magical Drop VI (2023)

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

Follow the story, battle a cast of whimsical characters, set new records, solve puzzles, engage your friends and family in local multiplayer, or compete against players from around the world through online play.

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  • multiplayer
  • pvp
  • puzzle
  • magic
  • attack
  • score
  • anime
  • pve
  • comedy
  • local
  • colourful
  • arcade
  • cute
  • relaxing
  • online

46

Mini Motorways (2019)

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IOS iPhone PC Windows Mac OS Nintendo Switch

Mini Motorways is a city-building game that challenges you to craft the road system of a growing city. You have limited resources to manage traffic, build roads and bridges, and create roundabouts. You must carefully plan your layout in order to encourage growth and minimize traffic jams.


What we like:
  • Challenging gameplay
  • Intuitive design
  • Beautiful visuals
  • Relaxing soundtrack
  • Color-blind mode
What could be improved:
  • Can be difficult to manage traffic on complex maps
  • Limited resources can make it hard to keep up with the demand of the city

  • minimalist
  • puzzle
  • management
  • simulation
  • city-building
  • strategy 
  • strategy
  • zen
  • pause
  • relaxing
  • fast-forward
  • grid

47

Portal: Companion Collection (2022)

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95
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Nintendo Switch

Portal and Portal 2 come to Nintendo Switch with all the groundbreaking gameplay, dark humor, and exploration that earned the series hundreds of awards. Maneuver objects--and yourself--through space to puzzle your way through the mysterious Aperture Science Laboratories.

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  • cooperative
  • puzzle
  • split-screen
  • compilation
  • fluid
  • playing
  • first-person
  • paint
  • online
  • narrative
  • mind-bending
  • fps
  • local
  • multiplayer
  • inventive

48

Loco Motive (2024)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows

On the Reuss Express a passenger has been murdered, and you’re the prime suspects. Uncover a thrilling mystery and solve satisfying point and click puzzles to prove your innocence! A slapstick adventure, packed full of deadly surprises, shocking twists and larger than life characters!

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  • point-and-click
  • detective
  • puzzle
  • mystery
  • comedy
  • crime
  • adventure
  • pixel
  • investigation
  • noir
  • funny
  • classic
  • trains

49

Return to Monkey Island (2022)

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Join Guybrush Threepwood on an adventure in the Monkey Island series with Return to Monkey Island. Experience an intuitive design with puzzles that are tricky yet solvable, self-referential humour, familiar music with a modern edge and voice acting from the original cast. Enjoy accessibility features like subtitles, level adjustments and post-credit sequences.

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What we like:
  • Intuitive design
  • Puzzles are tricky yet solvable
  • Self-referential humour
  • Familiar music with a modern edge
  • Voice acting from original cast
  • Accessibility features available such as subtitles
  • Level adjustments and post-credit sequences
What could be improved:
  • Art style may be off-putting for some players
  • Colour blind players may not benefit from all of the accessibility features
  • No insult-based combat as in previous titles

  • point-and-click
  • adventure
  • puzzle
  • pirates
  • inventory
  • classic
  • funny

50

Backfirewall (2023)

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

Hello and welcome to Backfirewall_, a first-person tragicomic adventure set inside a smartphone. You are the update assistant. Solve wacky puzzles to counter the update and save the previous operating system from deletion. The fate of the System is in your hands!


  • comedy
  • puzzle
  • narration
  • first-person
  • adventure
  • exploration
  • british
  • funny
  • narrative
  • story
  • endings
  • must-buy
  • platform-lite
  • casual

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