Finest 24 puzzle PS4/PS5 Video games

Do you may have a PS4/PS5? Do you wish to play some video games that’ll check your thoughts in a puzzling method? Then take a look at these 22 titles!

#23 Hogwarts Legacy

 

Launch Date: 10 Feb 2023 | Platform: PC PS5 Xbox Sequence X|S
(PS4 Xbox One April 4, 2023) Change (July 25, 2023)
Digicam: Third Individual
Multiplayer: No
Co-op: (Native: No | On-line: No)
Style: Open World, RPG, Fantasy, Motion RPG

Steam | PlayStation | Xbox

Relating to puzzle video games, you need ones that can check you however not weigh you down as you attempt to work your method from one problem to the subsequent. There’s such a factor as “an excessive amount of problem.” With Hogwarts Legacy, you received’t have to fret about that downside.

The sport completely balances puzzles that can check your magical means whereas making you assume outdoors the field.

You enter Hogwarts as a “particular case” and get to craft the journey you want. That features whether or not you wish to be a Darkish Witch/Wizard. So maybe the most important puzzle to resolve is the place you’ll take your character!

#22 LEGO Builder’s Journey

Let’s begin with a LEGO recreation as a result of these are nearly at all times enjoyable to play. However what would possibly shock you is that LEGO Builder’s Journey takes an atmospheric strategy to puzzle-solving.

Within the recreation, you’ll be a “Builder,” and it’s your job to go to numerous ranges and remedy the puzzles that lie inside them by inserting blocks in the correct spot. Generally you’ll do it so you’ll be able to transfer your character. Different occasions you’ll do it as a result of it’ll “activate” part of the puzzle and open up new choices. You received’t know till you begin your journey.

Then, head into inventive mode and see what LEGO wonders you’ll be able to create.

#21 Return of the Obra Dinn

The Return of the Obra Dinn is a beloved puzzle recreation that places you in a novel setting and challenges you to determine a profound thriller.

Merely put, in 1802, a ship referred to as the Obra Dinn was despatched off on a journey to ship 200 kilos of cargo. The voyage can be laborious however not unimaginable. Nevertheless, the ship by no means arrived at its vacation spot and was declared misplaced.

Quick ahead 5 years, the ship landed on a seashore with clear injury. Nevertheless, there was no crew.

As an insurance coverage investigator, you’ll board the ship and search it for clues about what occurred.

#20 Chicory: A Colourful Story

What’s a extra simple puzzle recreation than attempting to fill in a black & white world with coloration? That’s the goal of Chicory: A Colourful Story. Within the land you’re set in, a legendary artist named Chicory is famend for her artistry. However in the future, she vanishes. Together with her goes all the colours of the world.

You might be Chicory’s #1 fan! You come upon the comb and should use it to offer the world again the colours it must dwell! Via your coloring, you’ll have an effect on the setting, achieve new talents, assist save animals, and extra!

You would possibly assume the sport wouldn’t have a lot content material as a consequence of its coloring ebook nature. But it surely’s filled with sidequests, collectibles, and extra!

#19 Preserve Speaking and No one Explodes

How a few recreation you’ll be able to play with pals that’ll check your communication expertise?

In Preserve Speaking and No one Explodes, certainly one of you’ll play a “defuser.” You might be trapped in a room with a bomb, and you’ve got minutes to disarm it. The excellent news is that your different pals have the directions to diffuse it!

However the guidelines are the sport state they’ll’t take a look at the bomb. So it’s essential to describe it to them so you will get the directions it’s essential to flip it off.

Every spherical provides you a unique bomb. So be particular along with your phrases and get out alive!

#18 The Gardens Between

Generally puzzle video games inform extra profound tales than you’d anticipate. The Gardens Between is a wonderful instance of that. The story follows Arina and Frendt, two pals who find yourself in a world that appears like a dream.

However as they discover the islands they’re on; they discover that it’s full of things from their lives. Extra particularly, objects which are straight tied to their friendship. In order they enterprise ahead, they’ll remedy puzzles, manipulate time, and learn the way a lot their friendship has meant to 1 one other.

So for those who’re on the lookout for a puzzle recreation with a touching story, right here you go!

#17 Statik

We put Statik a bit decrease on the record as a result of it’s a VR title, and we all know a few of you don’t personal one.

Within the recreation, you’re put in a puzzle-solving state of affairs that’s something however peculiar. Why is that? Since you don’t acknowledge something round you! You’re serving to a physician you don’t know whereas caught in a spot you don’t keep in mind nor can go away, and the palms you employ to resolve the puzzles aren’t technically yours!

You’ll must push by way of to resolve the brand new puzzles which are born every day. In fact, your senses will assist you remedy all the things. However in a spot the place your senses are consistently tricked, what are you presupposed to imagine?

#16 Ghost Large

Right here’s one other VR title to check out for those who appreciated the final one.

You’re the Ghost Large, who is just not solely a ghost however a protector of a younger boy named Louis. It’s your job to maintain him protected and to assist him when wanted. Particularly, you’ll assist him to beat the puzzles and obstacles the world throws at him.

As you assist Louis, you’ll slowly construct belief with him. Then by way of him, you’ll be taught extra in regards to the world Louis resides in. The sport goes deeper than you would possibly assume. So dive into this VR world and see what wonders it has to point out you.

#15 The Pedestrian

On condition that there are such a lot of puzzle video games on the market, it’s laborious to search out one which feels actually distinctive. The Pedestrian is one such recreation. We are saying that with out hesitation, and also you’ll perceive why while you dive into the title.

The sport contains a distinctive mixture of 2D and 3D worlds. Particularly, you’ll play as a 2D “particular person” that occurs to be on indicators littered throughout a 3D world. You need to work your method by way of the indicators to get to the subsequent stage.

It sounds straightforward, however there are some challenges alongside the way in which. All when you discover a strong world vigorous.

#14 Carto

What if, to control the world round you, you want solely mess with the map the world is on?

Carto is a recreation that allows you to just do that. You play as, properly, Carto! They’ve been separated from their grandmother and are determined to search out her. To take action, they’ll wander across the land and use their distinctive talents to warp the map to open up new paths.

Doing so may also unlock new story beats and assist you discover different individuals on the planet. The extra you journey, the extra you uncover and be taught in regards to the world. You’ll even get pals that can assist you alongside your journey.

#13 Hue

Are you prepared for a color-coded journey that can make sure you take note of the world round you? In Hue, you play a younger boy on a quest to search out his father. You’ll enterprise by way of a harmful world filled with coloration and should use that coloration to keep away from its risks.

How can coloration change the world? Easy, as a result of by altering the background colours of the world, you’ll get the obstacles to merge with it and change into invisible. In order that purple platform you’re caught on can vanish in a blink for those who change the background to that very same coloration!

So swap colours, and dive deep into the world to be taught the reality!

#12 Superliminal

As we’ve already proven you, and also you’ll see once more quickly, many puzzle video games like to screw along with your notion of the world. Superliminal is a title that does that below the context of you being in a dream it’s a must to get up from.

You might be present process an “experimental program” inside your desires and should discover a method out. However that’s laborious to do when your thoughts is telling you one factor is there, however you’ll be able to manipulate it to do one thing unimaginable.

Work your method by way of the degrees of your thoughts, overcome the challenges an AI places on you, and get up!

#11 Gorogoa

Many will fortunately let you know that video video games are artwork, and they’re. However in Gorogoa, that idea is taken to a complete new stage.

As a result of on this mixture of puzzle and narrative title, you’ll witness the inventive works of Jason Roberts, who crafted 1000’s of work for the sport.

These work are the backdrop for all the things you do within the title. You’ll work with the artwork to try to remedy the puzzles which are inherently there. Resembling getting a hen to go to a bowl of meals. Or opening a doorway for an individual to stroll by way of.

Dive into the artwork, see how one can manipulate it, and witness the artwork unfold!

#10 The Final Campfire

On this planet of The Final Campfire, you painting a being referred to as an Ember. Sadly, that Ember has change into misplaced and should discover its method house. All of the whereas on the lookout for that means in its life.

You’ll journey by way of an odd but stunning world teeming with life to search out the belongings you search. You’ll encounter beings which are misplaced similar to you, in addition to creatures that give the land life.

The extra you journey, the extra you’ll construct hope for your self. You notice that you’re a spark that may carry a lot to the world, and hunt down a sure campfire to go mild.

It’s time to start out your journey!

#9 RiME

In RiME, you play a younger boy who awakens on a mysterious island. There are numerous issues that populate the island, however the largest is a tower that you simply’re inexplicably drawn to. As you journey to the tower’s peak, you’ll have to resolve puzzles and overcome challenges that hinder your progress.

A fox additionally appears keen that can assist you, so take its recommendation when it offers it.

However you don’t must focus solely on the general purpose. As a substitute, you’ll be able to wander the island and uncover a few of its secrets and techniques. You can even work together with a number of the different animals you discover!

#8 Difficult Towers

Who doesn’t love a puzzle recreation that places you on a clock and in opposition to your mates?

In Difficult Towers, you’re a wizard attempting to assemble a tower to dwell in. The issue is that different wizards are attempting to construct their towers concurrently you. So that you’ll stack blocks and attempt to maintain them as balanced as attainable so you can also make a tower excessive sufficient to clear the purpose!

However be warned! The opposite wizards are jealous of you, and can ship darkish magic your method to knock your tower down! So return the favor and clear the purpose earlier than they achieve this you’ll be able to reign supreme!

#7 Manifold Backyard

Have you ever ever performed video games that pressure you to vary your perspective so you’ll be able to see the puzzle because it actually is? Manifold Backyard is one other a kind of titles, and also you’ll must maintain altering your mindset to get the solutions you want.

The important thing mechanic right here is gravity. Via gravity manipulation, you’ll soar across the superbly rendered world and try to realize the view it’s essential to maintain going. Once you remedy the puzzle, the world types round you, and also you’ll have one thing even prettier to take a look at.

The world is damaged, and it’s as much as you to set it proper!

#6 The Talos Precept

Welcome to a spot that is senseless to you. You’re a robotic that awakens to search out itself in an space the place expertise is historical and futuristic concurrently. The one who made you has given you a process. You need to go all through the land and remedy puzzles.

At first, that doesn’t appear dangerous. However the extra puzzles you remedy, the extra you’ll marvel why you’re following orders when you already know nothing about your self. With over 120 puzzles to resolve, you’ll have choices on what to do along with your time.
However the query stays, will you attempt to discover out who you’re within the meantime?

#5 The Forgotten Metropolis

What if we informed you that there was once a Roman metropolis that was actually cursed? Mentioned curse would kill everybody within the metropolis ought to a single particular person die. How would you try to interrupt such a curse?

That’s the puzzle it’s essential to remedy in The Forgotten Metropolis. The sport helps you to journey 2000 years again in time and endure a time loop the place you’ll want to avoid wasting the town or actually die attempting. The sport is non-linear, and your selections will have an effect on how issues progress. With a number of endings out there, don’t be afraid to strive one thing new or surprising.

The town’s destiny is in your palms, so don’t blow it!

#4 Tetris Impact

Tetris Impact is a kind of video games that you could play alone, however you’ll love enjoying it with pals simply as a lot.

The title takes the basic gameplay and offers it a visible and auditory overhaul. The great thing about the sport traces within the backgrounds and music that occurs as you do every spherical. There’s even a marketing campaign that’ll take you throughout 30 phases filled with visible wonders and nice beats.

After that’s completed, head to the multiplayer, the place you’ll be able to play in opposition to others, then immediately discover yourselves engaged on the identical board with each other! The title is a recreation for the senses, and it’s essential to strive it out.

#3 What Stays of Edith Finch

The final of the narrative puzzle dramas, What Stays of Edith Finch, places you in a mansion with the final surviving member of a household line. However the thriller grows as you marvel why Edith is the one one alive.

You’ll wander the household house and discover solutions in recollections to reply this. However these recollections are tied to footage of previous members of the family. So that you’ll relive the important thing moments of their lives all the way in which till their demise.

The extra you dive into the recollections, the extra the puzzle turns into clearer. A profound story of life and demise awaits you on this place. Are you able to see the place it leads?

#2 The Witness

Like sure others on this record, The Witness is a title that focuses on you going round and fixing puzzles.

The twist is that you simply awaken on an island you haven’t any recollection of and no reminiscence of who you’re, both. So the one method to discover the reality about your self and this place is to resolve its quite a few puzzles.

Oh, and we do imply quite a few. The place has over 500 puzzles so that you can remedy. Every of them will check you in a different way. Add to that. You are able to do them in any order! So enterprise across the island and see the place issues take you.

#1 Inside

What’s Inside? That may be a way more disturbing query than you notice.

The sport is likely one of the titles from PlayDead, which implies you’re going to get a recreation that’s way more in-depth and darkish than you’d anticipate from a title with easy graphics.

You play as a younger boy who’s drawn to a sure place. That place is harmful, but it’s essential to go deeper into it to resolve the thriller of what’s occurring. Remedy puzzles to get additional in, and keep away from getting caught by those who work there.

What is that this place? What’s its goal? What does it must do with you? Leap in and discover out!