Sure, we’ll always love the pure, minimalist puzzles offered by the likes of Sudoku or Picross, but I think 2024 is a reminder that the way we think of puzzle games needs to be broadened.

Cocoon is an absolute marvel of a puzzle game. It’s chock-full of puzzles that encourage “aha” moments due to their elegant presentation and intuitive design; the sheer simplicity of some of ...

Puzzle games used to be a simple genre with a simple idea. You solve puzzles for time-killing enjoyment. However, the genre ballooned in a big way on mobile. It’s one of the most popular genres ...

Naturally with a game as intriguing as that we wanted to interview the brains behind its creation, 20-year old Dan Smith; an individual who won the BAFTA Young Game Design award for his prototype ...

I am now 24 hours deep into a nightmare, and my GOTY list is one game longer. The hundreds of block-pushing Sokoban-meets-Cave Noire puzzles in Void Stranger are just the surface layer of what I ...

Cocoon is a stellar puzzle game for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X. Its game designer spoke to Polygon about what levels were hardest to design.