Wordle is a word puzzle that gives players six chances to guess a five-letter word. Originally created by software engineer ...

I think that fans of the puzzle genre will be refreshed by The Lift’s new take on problem-solving. Overall, the execution of the fiddling-and-fixing gameplay is spot-on, and there’s great satisfaction ...

Sometimes, even good games have a bad puzzle. We list the puzzles in games that are completely frustrating and hard to beat.

NYT Strands is fast becoming a go-to alternative for those who find Wordle too straightforward or who have exhausted the appeal of Connections. The game’s charm lies in its mix of linguistic ...

Puzzle games usually wear their stories on the inside. Quietly. The narrative is folded into the mechanics themselves, so the big "aha!" moments don't come from reading a wall of text; they come from ...

Walking into a room you’ve never been in before can be one of the most nerve-racking experiences one can go through. Without prior knowledge of who’s in there, what those people are like, and where ...

The puzzle game genre is unbelievably vast, including everything from cozy mobile titles and daily brain teasers to dark puzzle-platformers and detective games. As a result, trying to narrow down the ...

Despite that, or perhaps because of it, The Times only occasionally releases new game offerings—typically one per year. So that makes Monday’s release of Pips, the latest permanent addition to the ...

In 1978, Jerry Slocum assembled the first International Puzzle Party in his living room. Now it’s a global event. By Siobhan Roberts Siobhan Roberts reported from the International Puzzle Party in ...

I love puzzles in games as much as the next guy, but even I have to acknowledge some lack of originality. Case in point: I think we’ve had enough “move mirrors around to direct a beam of light" ...

The newest addition to the Pokemon spin-off game franchise is Pokemon Friends, a puzzle game for Nintendo Switch and mobile that was a surprise reveal during the July 2025 Pokemon Presents. In this ...

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