Games that have great puzzle-design. The puzzles need to be logical and internally consistent.
Suveh Nux, by David Fisher 5 votes "Puzzles all..." [+]"Puzzles all belong to a consistent system. Very satisfying and fun." ( - Full review) --Emily Short... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Emily Boegheim... (No comment) [+](No comment) --J'onn Roger... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Guinnea... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Sobol... Vote for this game | |
All Things Devours, by half sick of shadows 4 votes "great craftsmanship" [+]"great craftsmanship: works out to be a nice puzzle indeed" --DAB... "Possibly the best..." [+]"Possibly the best time-travel puzzle game." --JDC... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --DJ... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Sobol... Vote for this game | |
Delightful Wallpaper, by Andrew Plotkin ('Edgar O. Weyrd') 3 votes "The house puzzle will be one I remember for a while. Very fun." [+]"The house puzzle will be one I remember for a while. Very fun.: The house puzzle is internally logical and consistent and a lot of fun to map out and solve. The second puzzle is more trial-and-error but still puts a neat twist on the "mansion murder" genre." ( - Full review) --seryph... "Surreal, but..." [+]"Surreal, but awesome: the puzzles make sense without being too easy, and the game helps provide notetaking support." () --Emily Short... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Sobol... Vote for this game | |
Ad Verbum, by Nick Montfort 3 votes "Unusual word-based puzzles." [+]"Unusual word-based puzzles." --Emily Short... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --DJ... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Sobol... Vote for this game | |
Savoir-Faire, by Emily Short 2 votes "Has a system of..." [+]"Has a system of sympathetic magic that's particularly well thought out." --Gemma Bristow... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Lance Cirone... Vote for this game | |
Adventurer's Consumer Guide, by Øyvind Thorsby 2 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Bernie... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Sobol... Vote for this game | |
A Change in the Weather, by Andrew Plotkin 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Denk... Vote for this game | |
Rematch, by Andrew D. Pontious 1 vote "One main puzzle,..." [+]"One main puzzle, but surprisingly many steps..." --JDC... Vote for this game | |
Spider and Web, by Andrew Plotkin 1 vote "One of the most..." [+]"One of the most clever puzzles!" ( - Full review) --Simon Deimel... Vote for this game | |
Zork, by Tim Anderson, Marc Blank, Bruce Daniels, and Dave Lebling 1 vote "The original Zork" [+]"The original Zork: This version of Zork was much larger than the final product, and had a lot more puzzles." --Ant-Fan... Vote for this game | |
The Plant, by Michael J. Roberts 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Walter Sandsquish... Vote for this game | |
Alone, by Paul Michael Winters 1 vote "Especially one puzzle" [+]"Especially one puzzle" ( - Full review) --Denk... Vote for this game | |
Fingertips: Who's Knockin' On The Wall?, by Melvin Rangasamy 1 vote "randomized" [+]"randomized: deductive reasoning puzzle" () --DAB... Vote for this game | |
Scroll Thief, by Daniel M. Stelzer 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Floating Info... Vote for this game | |
One Eye Open, by Caelyn Sandel (as Colin Sandel) and Carolyn VanEseltine 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Wade Clarke... Vote for this game | |
Zork III, by Dave Lebling, Marc Blank 1 vote "the royal puzzle is the greatest" [+]"the royal puzzle is the greatest" () --Denk... Vote for this game | |
Lists and Lists, by Andrew Plotkin 1 vote "can be regarded..." [+]"can be regarded as a puzzler in my humble opinion" () --DAB... Vote for this game | |
Poll created on December 30, 2008