Best Puzzle Games of the 2010s
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wildon 17 of 29 rankings2
Outer Wildson 6 of 29 rankings3
Portal 2on 4 of 29 rankings4
What Remains of Edith Finchon 1 of 29 rankings5
The Cat Ladyon 1 of 29 rankings6
Preyon 1 of 29 rankings7
Resident Evil 7: Biohazardon 1 of 29 rankings8
The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worldson 1 of 29 rankings9
Papers, Pleaseon 1 of 29 rankings10
Shadow of the Tomb Raideron 1 of 29 rankings11
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sonson 1 of 29 rankings12
Return of the Obra Dinnon 1 of 29 rankings13
Sexy brutaleon 1 of 29 rankings14
Antichamberon 1 of 29 rankings15
Valiant Hearts: The Great War™ / Soldats Inconnus : Mémoires de la Grande Guerre™on 1 of 29 rankings16
Keep Talking and Nobody Explodeson 1 of 29 rankings17
The Witnesson 2 of 29 rankings18
The Talos Principleon 1 of 29 rankings19
The Last Guardianon 1 of 29 rankings20
Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battleon 1 of 29 rankings21
Deponiaon 1 of 29 rankingsHow this ranking is made
According to Made the Cut's census of 29 independent rankings, recounted 19 October 2026, the best Puzzle game of the 2010s is The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, followed by Outer Wilds and Portal 2.
How this is counted
This chart counts 29 ranking sources, one voice each: the published ranking of games from that source with the most titles whose genre is Puzzle and released in the 2010s, cut down to those titles, in the order that source listed them. A title's place is its average position across all sources counted: a title someone left off their ranking counts as tied with their last place (here, that source ranked titles of this kind and left this one out). A small pull toward the middle keeps one enthusiastic list from crowning a #1. Every title in the computed chart has a numbered position, with its source count shown beside it. It is recounted whenever a ranking is published, changed or removed, last on 19 October 2026. Member rankings and attributed external lists use the same calculation. Multiple lists from one member or external author count once; linked slices add no extra vote. Frozen links, private or unlisted lists and unmatched titles are never counted. The full method.
12 of the 29 published rankings of games this counts, in the order they were published.