Puzzles have been a beloved game genre for decades now. Even before the genre was revived and carried into the digital gaming world, puzzle games have been the center of excitement and curiosity for most gamers.

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With Apple keeping up its promise of delivering good games through its subscription-based gaming entertainment Apple Arcade, the availability of puzzle-based games is relatively high. Some are outright bizarre with the subgenres they blend in, while some stay true to their original characters. But either way, this is an excellent time to be a puzzles fan and a mobile gamer!

10 Spyder

Spyder

Spyder is an exclusive Apple Arcade spy adventure puzzle game from Sumo Digital. As from its name, the game lets the player control a miniature 8-legged robot called Agent 8. The controllable pocket-friendly British spy is humankind's last hope against the vicious S.I.N. who would stop at nothing to take over the world or destroy it.

The game sets up the narrative at the beginning of each mission, and the tasks are etched out in sequential orders giving the players the primary objectives. However, it is in the hands of the one controlling Agent 8 to find clues, tackle challenges, and save the day!

9 Creaks

Creaks

Creaks is weird, supernatural, and out of the ordinary for the human mind to comprehend, but that does nothing to take away the fun the game brings. Taking style notes from filmmaker Tim Burton, the game combines elements such as mystery, myth, and folklore in its highly satisfying puzzles.

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The player controls a nobody who needs help fixing a broken bulb in his bedroom. But things take a weird turn when a peeling wallpaper on the wall reveals an entrance to another world that changes the next few hours of his life in ways difficult to explain.

8 The Last Campfire

The Last Campfire

Sean Murray and his team at Hello Games are among the few game developers who would go down in gaming history to have a redemption arc like never before. But between chaos and rise to promised glory, the studios managed to squeeze in The Last Campfire in 2020.

The Last Campfire is a top-down fantasy puzzle solver that follows Ember, one of the enigmatic souls in the fairy tale world. With the forces of nature rising against his friends, Ember must solve puzzles to bring back his lost friends and restore things to their rightful balance.

7 Murder Mystery Machine

Murder Mystery Machine

Murder Mystery Machine is a little different with its puzzle game formula. Taking the keynotes of a crime thriller, the game tasks players with hunting for clues and solving puzzles, breaking new horizons in an otherwise shut case.

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The game follows Cassandra Clarke, a new recruit of the District Crime Agency partnered with a disinterested veteran Nate Huston in a case that could shut their careers with one wrong move. The episodic game can remind the players of the detective mode from the Arkham games but yet manages to stand out on its own.

6 Mini Motorways

Mini Motorways

The 2019 game debuted exclusively on the Apple Arcade and, with bankable success, made its way to Windows and Nintendo Switch in the subsequent years. Mini Motorways from Dinosaur Polo Club is a puzzle game that challenges the players' quick wit and foreplanning.

Just like most indie games, Mini Motorways takes a minimalistic approach to its visuals. The game is about connecting roads to buildings of the same color to ease the commute between buildings. However simple it may sound, the challenge here lies when the game starts generating new buildings in random places, which might disrupt the existing flow plan. Too much traffic, and it's game over. A fun game to sink some good brain hours into.

5 Assemble With Care

Assemble With Care

The 2019 game from UsTwo games is a puzzle game that focuses on fixing broken objects that carry a reason for the restoration process. Items such as Audio Cassettes and Analog cameras make their way into the game. The player must showcase their handy skills and choose the right tools and methods to restore them.

The game features pleasant visuals, and the prelude for every item adds a more emotional touch. However, the best part about Assemble With Care is that it functions like an ASMR session, adding more satisfaction while solving the puzzles every time.

4 Patterned

Patterened

For anyone who enjoyed board games before the digital age, jigsaws were the OG of puzzle games, and this 2019 release does enough to keep it as authentic as possible on the digital screen. Patterned from developer studio BorderLeap, is a collection of digitally rendered sceneries that players need to piece together to complete levels.

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The game is beautiful, satisfying, and pleasant in its own right. In addition, the game has a good number of puzzles and modes like timers to make the challenge even more compelling.

3 Inmost

Inmost

A puzzle adventure game from Hidden Layer Games, Inmost does not shy away from exploring the deep and dark sides of human emotions. The game's visuals are intentionally retro and add the much-needed eerie vibes that the game demands.

The sidescroller follows the path of a young girl, an armed knight, and an adult man whose stories are interlinked through emotions, and as the story progresses, the narrative unveils various twists and turns that can leave the player haunted and short of words. A must-try!

2 What The Golf!

What the Golf

What the Golf is funny, absurd, and satisfyingly addictive. The game from Triband takes the laws of game physics and throws them down the dumpster. A parody of Mini Golf but with anything and everything that is not a golf ball.

Words do not do justice to the foolishness of the game's context, but one must also understand that the game is self-aware of what it is. This is one of the puzzle games where players can sink hours of their everyday lives without realizing that they did so.

1 Where Cards Fall

Where the cards fall

Where Cards Fall is an isometric and glamorous puzzle game that combines a pleasant storyline with stellar visuals and challenging puzzles. The game from The Game Band development studio debuted as an Apple Arcade exclusive in 2019. Its success kicked off a series of ports to mainstream gaming consoles and PCs.

The player takes control of a boy who takes a spiritual trip down memory lane in search of the true meaning of life. Every distant memory is a location from his past, with fragments missing and broken. Players must spread a deck of cards to build bridges, elevators, weights, and even large-scale buildings to complete the memory puzzle from available clues.

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