Puzzle games represent what may be modern gaming’s link to the most ancient eras of human history: spatial and logic puzzles have been with us for millennia. They’re designed to poke at our brains and stretch our reasoning powers in new and interesting ways, and coming up with solutions can be incredibly satisfying (who hasn’t punched the air in victory after working out a tricky Portal test chamber?).
There’s not a lot of AAA development put into puzzle games these days, though, and a lot of the puzzle games that do come out seem to be made for mobile devices. But people are still making great puzzle games, and here are our picks for the Top Ten Puzzle Games of 2015.
Let us know which of these is your favorite, or tell us about one we’ve missed in the comments section below.
