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Puzzle games. In this category solving puzzles is the main purpose of gameplay. These titles usually don’t have any story or have it in a very simple form. Playing requires good perception and skills of logical thinking, strategic planning and recognizing schemes.

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Pyramid Solitaire Saga
Pyramid Solitaire Saga

Puzzle 01 May 2012

Another production by King, this time a variation on Solitaire. Players travel around the world with a certain Helena, exploring ancient culture and finding ancient treasures.

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Puzzle Craft
Puzzle Craft

Puzzle 16 July 2012

Puzzle Craft is a PC-based mix of match-3 mechanisms with economic strategy. The player is cast as the mayor of a modest village, and the task is to collect food and raw materials and expand the infrastructure, which he does within the mini puzzle game, where he manipulates objects on the map in a way that allows to obtain strings of at least three of the same type.

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The Elder Scrolls: Legends
The Elder Scrolls: Legends

Puzzle 09 March 2017

A strategy card game set in the universe of a well-known RPG series that has been developed since 1994 by Bethesda Softworks. In terms of game mechanics, The Elder Scrolls: Legends takes after the competing Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft, and the gameplay comes down to dueling with a self-built deck of cards representing heroes, equipment, spells, skills etc.

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Ghosts of Memories
Ghosts of Memories

Puzzle 16 October 2015

An unusual logic game developed by a Polish studio Paplus International. The developers were inspired by the popular Monument Valley. The plot of Ghost of Memories tells the story of a lone adventurer who acquires an ancient scepter during one of his travels. The artifact speaks with the voice of a woman trapped inside the scepter’s head. She offers to unlock the powers dormant in the item if the hero decides to free her.

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Hero Emblems
Hero Emblems

Puzzle 07 January 2015

A successful combination of an RPG and a match-three puzzler - Hero Emblems is a game set in a fantastical world facing destruction. It can be saved by only four daredevils, who continue the legacy of old heroes, maintaining the peace and order all over the world. They have to use the force locked in four magic artifacts in order to stop the god of evil returning life. In Hero Emblems, the player has to fight groups of opponents and powerful bosses.

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Pokemon Shuffle
Pokemon Shuffle

Puzzle 18 February 2015

Pokemon Shuffle is a free-to-play match-3 game with optional microtransactions. We play as a pokemon trainer who duels wild pocket monsters. if we win, the pokemon we have defeated is added to our collection. Gameplay focuses on aligning three or more elements of the same kind into horizontal and vertical lines. We move small squares with pokemon icons around a small board. In order to attack, we have to align at least three pokemon icons of the same type (i.e.

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Evolve: Hunters Quest
Evolve: Hunters Quest

Puzzle 29 January 2015

A logical match-3 game featuring elements typical for fighting games – Evolve: Hunters Quest, developed by 2K games is a production based on the free-to-play business model with optional microtransactions. The player gets to visit the world known from the popular shooter called Evolve. The plot of Hunters Quest goes in line with its original – a squad of futuristic hunters have to fight beasts inhabiting an alien planet, exept the gameplay mechanics are slightly different.

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A Day in the Woods
A Day in the Woods

Puzzle 28 October 2011

Three-dimensional puzzle game, created on the basis of the classic fairy tale about the Red Hood. The production offers an interesting gameplay mechanics, inspired by children's popular sliding puzzles, and enjoys a stylish, "wooden" graphic design.

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Icebreaker: A Viking Voyage
Icebreaker: A Viking Voyage

Puzzle 20 June 2013

An adventure puzzle-arcade game with brave Vikings in the main roles. The title, designed for mobile devices running iOS and Android, is an extended version of the award-winning flash game with the same title.

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HOOK
HOOK

Puzzle 19 January 2015

A two-dimensional logic game developed by Polish studio Rainbow Train. The title features minimalistic visuals and gameplay mechanics. The latter focuses on unraveling twines with hooks at their ends. The presence of hooks forces the players to unravel the lines in the right order and to use various switches that change the situation on the map (they can either make the task easier or much more complicated).

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Dungeon Raid
Dungeon Raid

Puzzle 14 November 2010

Unusual combination of logical game with RPG elements. The game consists in drawing mines on the board. 3 of the same elements, symbolizing swords, shields, gold or magical potions. We use the funds, improvements and experience gained in this way to develop our hero's abilities and equip him with better and better weapons, armour and equipment.

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Gunpowder
Gunpowder

Puzzle 31 March 2015

Gunpowder is a puzzle game set in the Wild West where players have to carefully plan and create an explosion. The game's plot loosely refers to the legend of Robin Hood. A rich businessman called Grimshaw intends to build a railway all the way through a small town, not caring about the fate of its citizens. A lone vigilante Incendio, equipped only with a barrel of gunpowder and his cunning, stands up for them. The game offers 150 diversified levels, each of them being split into 5 chapters.

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SHENZHEN I/O
SHENZHEN I/O

Puzzle 17 November 2016

A complicated logic game in which we design and test electronic circuits. SHENZHEN I/O was developed by the independent studio Zachtronics that specializes in creating complex logic educational titles focusing on engineering, electronics, programming, and chemistry. In SHENZHEN I/O, we assume the role of a beginner engineer who gets hired by an electronics company in the Chinese city of Shenzhen.

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Star Wars: Puzzle Droids
Star Wars: Puzzle Droids

Puzzle 27 April 2017

A logic match-3 game set in the Star Wars universe. The production was developed by Disney and is distributed in the free-to-play business model. The gameplay is based on the characteristic solutions of the genre – on two-dimensional boards covered with square fields where various symbols appear at random. The player’s task is to create chains of at least three elements of the same type – the more made at the same time, the bigger the reward.

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Kula World
Kula World

Puzzle 10 July 1998

Kula World is a three-dimensional puzzle game in which the player controls the beach ball. Its task is to get out of the suspended in the air levels in the shape of geometric solids. The levels are full of traps and difficulties, and a special feature of production is the ability to roll to the side of the ground, resulting in a change in gravity of the environment.

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We Were Here
We Were Here

Puzzle 03 February 2017

An unusual, first-person perspective logic game developed by Total Mayhem Games. The title is a game focused on cooperation mode. We Were Here takes place in a mysterious, abandoned castle in the middle of nowhere. One of the players assumes the role of a man imprisoned in a small part of the fortress. The second player has access to a much greater area and is tasked with finding and freeing his companion.

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I Expect You to Die
I Expect You to Die

Puzzle 06 December 2016

A logic game developed with VR headsets in mind by Schell Games, an American indie studio. In the game, we assume the role of a spy whose task is to escape unharmed from rooms riddled with traps. The action is presented from the first-person perspective, while the gameplay boils down to solving numerous escape-room kind of puzzles. While playing, we have to, for example, disable explosives or neutralize various kinds of traps. The protagonist’s telekinetic abilities will surely come in handy.

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The Gardens Between
The Gardens Between

Puzzle 20 September 2018

An unusual adventure game developed by The Voxel Agents - an independent studio. The main protagonists of the game are a stubborn girl named Arina and her young, yet incredibly intelligent friend - Frendt. They land in a world made of their memories and objects related to them. The two friends are tasked with discovering the secrets of this world.

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Gorogoa
Gorogoa

Puzzle 14 December 2017

An unusual logic game developed by Buried Signal. The game was created by Jason Roberts, who was responsible both for the code and for the visuals of the title. The main protagonist of Gorogoa is a boy who collects mysterious items related to religion. The story of the game is filled with symbols and abstract references to faiths from all over the world. The key aspect of gameplay is solving riddles that take the form of movable puzzles that consist of up to four scenes.

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Super Blackjack Battle II Turbo Edition
Super Blackjack Battle II Turbo Edition

Puzzle 03 March 2017

Super Blackjack Battle II Turbo Edition is a production that allows you to compete for the title of the best Blackjack specialist in history. Created by Stage Clear Studios, the game has a title and certain flavors, such as the styling of the characters, alluding to Capcom's famous Super Street Fighter II Turbo fight.

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The Talos Principle VR
The Talos Principle VR

Puzzle 17 October 2017

Special version of 2014 first-person puzzle game that consists of the base title and the official expansion named Road to Gehenna. It has been developed for virtual reality sets, resulting in different controls. However, every other aspect of the game remained unchanged from the original.

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The Room: Old Sins
The Room: Old Sins

Puzzle 25 January 2018

The fourth installment of the popular logic game series with adventure elements. The game continues the convention featured in its predecessors; nonetheless, the developers have prepared an entirely new chapter in the story and enhanced the gameplay mechanics.

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Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle
Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle

Puzzle 13 April 2018

A horror game under the license of the Friday the 13th franchise. In this game, filled to the brim with black humor, the player assumes the role of Jason Voorhees who visits camps and murders his victims.

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Melbits World
Melbits World

Puzzle 14 November 2018

A colourful puzzle game enriched with arcade elements, in which we take control over the titular Melbits - creatures inhabiting a data cloud. While playing Melbits World, our task is to safely guide the Melbits through the consecutive levels, which are swarming with various traps.

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