This poll is part of the 2024 IFDB Awards. The rules for the competition can be found here, and a list of all categories can be found here.
This award is for the most outstanding puzzle design in a game from 2024. Voting is open to all IFDB members.
Suggested games include those in the following search:
https://ifdb.org/search?searchbar=published%3A2024
If a game published in 2024 does not appear in this search, you may edit the game page to include the correct publication year.
| Familiar Problems, by Daniel Stelzer, Ada Stelzer, Sarah Stelzer 10 votes | |
| The Bat, by Chandler Groover 9 votes | |
| The Trials of Rosalinda, by Agnieszka Trzaska 8 votes | |
| Hildy, by J. Michael 8 votes | |
| A Very Strong Gland, by Arthur DiBianca 7 votes | |
| You, by Carter X Gwertzman 6 votes | |
| Winter-Over, by Emery Joyce and N. Cormier 6 votes | |
| Nonverbal Communication, by Allyson Gray 5 votes | |
| Last-Minute Magic, by Ryan Veeder 5 votes | |
| The Den, by Ben Jackson 4 votes | |
| Bureau of Strange Happenings, by Phil Riley 4 votes | |
| Welcome, by Ryan Veeder 3 votes | |
| The Little Match Girl at the Battle of the Gray Peaks, by Ryan Veeder 2 votes | |
| Under the Cognomen of Edgar Allan Poe, by Jim Nelson 2 votes | |
| An Account of Your Visit to the Enchanted House & What You Found There, by Mandy Benanav 2 votes | |
| The Little Match Girl and His Holiness Pope Pius IX, by Ryan Veeder 2 votes | |
| A Train to Piccadilly, by Marco Innocenti 1 vote | |
| PARANOIA, by Charm Cochran 1 vote | |
| Yurf, by spaceflounder 1 vote | |
| Why Pout?, by Andrew Schultz 1 vote | |
Poll created on February 1, 2025