29 Best Environmental Puzzle Games for PC

Hello Neighbor is an Action, Stealth, Horror-Survival, and Single-player video game developed by Dynamic Pixels and published by tinyBuild Games. The game takes place in the fictional land and introduces a variety of levels. The player assumes the role of the protagonist and his primary objective is to sneak into the basement of his neighbor’s home to unearth the terrible mystery. Each neighbor has its unique behavior, depending on the past action of the player. According to the story, the protagonist finds himself moving into a new home across the street of strange neighbors, who seems to be keeping a mystery in their home’s basement. The ultimate task of the player is to get into the home, collect objects needed to access and unlock the basement of the home. During the exploration, the player needs to move carefully without making any noise, otherwise the neighbor will chase and catch him. There are four inventory spaces available, same kind of items can’t be placed together in the same space. With superb gameplay, immersive soundtracks, high detailed graphics and smooth controls, Hello Neighbor is the best game to play and enjoy.

Inside is an Adventure, Puzzle-Platform, and Single-player video game created and published by Playdead. The game offers side-scroll elements and lets you get into the role of a young boy to dive into the game world. The game offers the similar gameplay like Limbo. In the game, your main goal is to explore the surreal environment, solve a series of challenging puzzles and earn points. The character can run, walk, climb, swim, and interact and use objects to overcome obstacles to progress in the game. After progressing in the game, the boy gets the ability to control the bodies of enemies to complete puzzles. According to the story, the red-shirted boy trapped in a strange city populated with zombie-like peoples, worms, and pigs. In the game, you must use farm equipment and animals to escape to the city. With the best mechanics, addictive and immersive gameplay, superb visuals and exciting story, Inside is the best game to play and enjoy.

Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens is an Action-Adventure, Third-person Perspective, Single-player and Multiplayer Lego-themed video game developed by TT Fusion and published by Warner Bros. Interactive. The game serves as the 5th title in the series of Lego Star Wars and offers the similar gameplay to its predecessor. It comes with new Multi-Builds system, which enable the player to use various building options. Using these options, the player can smash and rebuilt structures in certain sections. To get into the world, the player must select his character and engage himself in battle against enemies, hide behind various cover and take part in blaster battles to score the points. Up to 200 playable characters available to use including Finn, Poe Dameron, Captain America, Rey, Han Solo, Kylo Ren, and more. It offers a fast-paced gameplay including dogfights, arena-based aerial battles, etc. that the player has never experienced before. Exciting Gameplay, Multiple Building Option, etc. are prominent features to enjoy.

Rise of the Tomb Raider offers a wonderful combination of Action-Adventure, RPG and Hack and Slash aesthetics. This remake of the original Tomb Raider game by Crystal Dynamics features a new ace for the protagonist and allows you to be Lara Croft and go on an epic journey to free your friends from the pirates taking refuge on a distant and god-forsaken island. Equipped with only a Bow and Arrows, you’ll have to survive through hostile environments, encounter the most notorious and vindictive groups of pirates and enjoy immersing yourself into hardcore action and thrill filled game-play. As compared to the previous Tomb Raider games, you’ll experience enhanced mechanics and visuals, a totally new story and plenty of new perks available with the purchase. With a third-person perspective, a new face of protagonist and boldness of the character, Rise of the Tomb Raider offers a totally immersive and one of its kind gaming experience.

The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth combines the elements of Rough-like, Dungeon Crawling, Shooter, Action-Adventure and Horror developed and published by Nicalis. The game supports both single and multiplayer modes and offers an exciting story of the Binding of Isaac inspired by the childhood of McMillen growing up in a religious family. You take on the role of the young boy known as Isaac whose mother locks the protagonist in his room and convinced she is doing the job of god. His mother wants to sacrifice Isaac to prove here faith, Isaac becomes scared and escapes to the basement and lock himself. The game takes place in the fictional underground world full of monsters, and strange creatures. Explore the game world, fight against monsters, and other creatures to complete several missions and earn points that you can use to unlock upgrades. You have to gather items and power-ups to enhance your abilities and take down foes. With addictive gameplay, superb mechanics, and brilliant visuals, The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth is the wonderful game to play and enjoy.

DreadOut: Keepers of The Dark focuses on Horror-Survival, Adventure, Exploration and Third-person Perspective gameplay developed and published by Digital Happiness. The game offers a breathtaking environment known a DreadOut Universe full of strange and brutal creatures. You can take on the role of the female protagonist named as Linda and your primary objectives is to assist the protagonist to face the challenging world and missions. The game centers on the event, in which the protagonist was transported into the mirror realm. A thrilling worlds that attack up to eight haunted dominions where over thirteen ghosts are ready to welcome the protagonist in the most horrific ways. Explore the realm from the first-person perspective, find clues, and interact with environment and objects and attempt to complete missions to progress. The main objective is to survive as long as possible by facing deadly ghosts and enemies. There are up to eight realms offering non-realm gameplay. You can explore the world from a third-person view and in battle first-person view. Try it out, and you’ll enjoy.

Ether One is an Adventure, First-person Perspective, VR (Virtual Reality), and Single-player Walking Simulation, developed and published by White Paper Games. In the game, the player steps into the shoes of the protagonist named as Restorer, whose main job is to interrogate the Jean Thompson’s thought, a sixty-nine-year-old woman diagnosed with dementia. During the adventure, the player struggles to reconstruct the memories of the old lady using 3D simulations of the details she can remember in the Pinwheel’s town while solving tricky puzzles that become tough to master as the player proceed through the game. The game offers the mixture of First-person Exploration and Puzzle-solving elements. The player is capable of projecting him into the thoughts of an old lady, who is suffering from mental illness. He can manipulate the environment from a first-person viewpoint, interact with objects and can freely roam around the open-ended world to solve the challenging problems. Ether On includes core features such as First-person Adventure, Open Narrative Exploration, Puzzle Solving, and more. Check it out, and have fun.

Deadfall Adventures is an Action-Adventure, FPS (First-person Shooter), Single-player and Multiplayer video game created by The Farm 51 and published by Nordic Games for multiple platforms. The game takes place in the Universe of the Allan Quatermain and set in the year 1938, where the player takes on the role of the protagonist, a famous adventurer named as James Lee Quatermain, the great-grandson of Allan Quartermain. The player acts as the U.S. agent in the game with a task to travel to Egypt for the Heart of Atlantis. According to the story, the rival organization such as Russians and the Nazis are looking to obtain the device for their unholy purpose. The player explores the world from a first-person perspective, the battle against enemies, and kill them using a series of weapons. The player can interact with environment and NPCs to get information about the task. The player will receive experience points which he can use to upgrade his powers, weapons and equipment. Deadfall Adventures includes prominent features such as First-person Gameplay Experience, Adventurer Equipment (Treasure Map, Compass, Flashlight, etc.), Picturesque Locations, etc. Try it out, and you’ll like it.

The Room: Old Sins is an Adventure, Puzzle, Hidden object, and Single-player video game developed and published by Fireproof Games. The game puts the player to the strange place where tactile exploration meets the captivating story and the challenging puzzles. The story focuses on the disappearance of an engineer and his wife provokes the hunt for a valuable artifact. During the gameplay, the player explores the variety of unsetting locations, follow the series of clues and navigate the contraptions as the player unearth the mysteries within the Manor. The ultimate task of the player is to manipulate the complex dollhouse comprises several rooms and each room serves as the portal to a breathtaking environment. During the gameplay, the player examine plenty of objects to find out hidden objects. The player can share his progress between various devices to unlock achievements. The Room: Old Sins offers prominent features such as Ultimate Puzzle Box, Pick-up and Play Design, Intuitive Touch Controls, Atmospheric Audio, and more.

Lume is a marvelously engaging and quite addictive 3D Adventure and Puzzle video game that offers Action aesthetics as well. The game is all set up on a cardboard like environment and allows you to set yourself up into the character of a young girl who lives in her grandfather’s home. In the start of the game, the electricity goes out and the game tasks you to go on an adventure to restore it by solving a series of challenging puzzles. While on your adventure, your grandfather mysteriously disappears and you get an additional task to find him. In a world entirely made of cardboard and papers, you must solve the puzzles to find you grandfather and restore the power and enjoy the puzzle-adventure aesthetics. Lume offers brilliant visuals, an awesome story-line and an immersive game-play to enjoy.

The 11th Hour is a wonderful addition to the series of The 7th Guest. This wonderful Puzzle Adventure video game will once again take you to an abandoned mansion, lock you up good and will let you escape by solving the challenging puzzles. The game allows you to be the famous Carl Denning Jr. who works a T.V to host a Mystery show named as Case Unsolved. After the sudden disappearance of your girlfriend and the producer, it is now your duty to solve the mystery and finally know about the truth. The 11th Hour takes you to the abandoned mansion and tasks you to solve some really interesting and challenging puzzles in order to know the real thing. Interaction with objects, collecting them and solving puzzles by combining them or by using them individually are the trickiest parts of the game, so you better be good at that. With a whole bunch of amazing puzzles, the creepiest setting of the game, brilliant visuals, a good story and a wonderfully immersive game-play, The 11th Hour is a great game Adventure and Puzzle video game to play and enjoy.

The Eyes of Ara is an Adventure, Point and Click, Puzzle, and Single-player video game with Hidden Object elements developed and published by 100 Stones Interactive. The game centers on a remote Island filled with ancient castles, the heroic legends, and strange monsters. For years, the island remained undisturbed and quiet, but the people of town recall the old horror stories, violent storms, and dancing in the mist. A recent radio signal informs the people about a strange creature has awoken inside the castle and someone has to go to investigate. You can take on the role of the protagonist, and your primary task is to manipulate the world from the first-person perspective, find clues and analyze them to solve puzzles. There are a variety of levels, and each level requires a completion of individual objectives to progress through the game. It offers tactile gameplay, containing complex puzzles, elaborate puzzles, interaction with environments, and hand on experience, etc. The Eyes of Ara includes key features such as Immersive Environments, Tactile Gameplay, Minimalist Interface, Countless Secrets to discover, and more. Try it out, and you’ll enjoy it.

Doors is an Adventure, Puzzle, Horror, and Single-player Strategy game developed and published by Calvin Weibel. The game takes place in the breathtaking strange world where you can assume the role of the protagonist. You must traverse a mysterious world from the first-person perspective to find the bacon. The world is full of hardcore puzzles, and a variety of levels. Each level contains multiple doors, some of them leads to bacon, while other doors result in death. Explore the strange world, find out where you are, and unearth the secret behind the scenes. The gameplay is inspired by The Stanley Parable, Limbo, and the Portal series. In the beginning, you will face two different doors such as red and blue, and you must select one of them to continue the game. If you choose the correct door, you will receive bacon and need to solve puzzles to earn points, but if you select the wrong door, you will face death. Doors offer core features such as Strange Environments, different Doors, mind-bending Puzzles, and more. Try it out, and you’ll enjoy it.

The Room Two developed and published by Fireproof Games is a Puzzle, Hidden Object, and Single-player video game for multiple platforms. It is the sequel to The Room released in 2012 and takes place in the 3D environments. As the previous title, each level is set in a single room and tasks the player with accomplishing mind-bending puzzles, involving gathering clues and different parts to unlock boxes. The game has an exciting gameplay and the player manipulate the room from a first-person perspective. There are several rooms and each room offers different puzzles in various locations, and the player can move freely. As the game progresses, it becomes challenging to play and the player needs to earn enough points to become the master. In each level, the player struggles to find the exit and move on to the next level. The Room Two offers prominent features such as Touch Controls, Realistic Locations, Detailed Objects, Multi Language, and more. Try it out.

The House of Da Vinci is an Adventure, Puzzle, Strategy, and Single-player video game developed by Blue Brain Games for multiple platforms. The game takes place in the stunning world where the player needs to solve the mechanical puzzle, find hidden objects, and find a way to escape from the rooms. To progress through the game, the player needs to use his wits to find out the reason behind the disappearance of the master. It offers authentic atmosphere environment where the player can interact with objects to find the clue and can use them to solve logic puzzles to earn points. The game will unlock further levels and puzzles, as the player advances through the game. It brings the twisters and baffling riddles, based on the invention of Leonardo. During the gameplay, the player explores the workshop of Leonardo, encounter war machines, mechanical puzzles, lockboxes and more. Master Unique Mechanics, Peek into the Past, Experience the Renaissance, Intuitive touch Controls, etc. are prominent features of the game.

Starship Titanic is a Point-and-Click, Graphics Adventure and Single-player Puzzle video game developed by The Digital Village and published by Nightdive Studios. The game offers the huge starship where the game takes place, and the player is tasked with repairing by finding the missing parts of the control system. The main gameplay involves interacting with bots inside the ship and solving the mind-bending puzzles. It introduces the text parser like other Adventure games where the player can interact with other characters. The story starts with the house of the player character on the planet Earth, which is demolished when a cruise ship crash-lands through the roof. The game is played from a first-person viewpoint and can move on the ship by clicking on the locations using the mouse cursor and moving to the next frame. The player can also use the mouse to pick up and store items in his inventory and can use when needs. In the starting of the game, the player has a device known as PET (Person Electronic Thing), serving as the toolbar on the screen’s top. The device has five modes such as Personal Baggage, Chat-O-Mat, Remote Thingummy, Designer Room Number, and more.

The Last Express is an Adventure and Single-player video game created by Smoke Car Productions and published by Interplay Entertainment. The game puts the player in charge of the protagonist, who is an American with a task to join the Orient Express, days before the start of WWI. It comes with the non-linear storyline and the events in the game conducted within real-time. The player controls the character from a first-person perspective to explore the environment of the train while cut-scenes being conducted in a third-person viewpoint. The environment of the game takes place in the entirely within real-time. The storyline of the game is set in 1914, on the final journey made by the Orient Express from Paris to Constantinople. Most events of the game appear in the train, consisting of two baggage vehicles, two sleeping cars, a restaurant car, and a private car. The player must explore the world, interact with NPCs, and struggle to solve the complex puzzles to move to the next levels. With addictive gameplay, superb graphics, and smooth controls, The Last Express is the best game to play.

I Expect You to Die is a Puzzle, Virtual Reality, and Single-player video game played from a first-person Perspective, developed and published by Schell Games. The player steps into the boot of the protagonist named as James Bond, who is a spy and the player is tasked to complete a series of challenging levels. In the game, the player needs to solve challenging puzzle scenarios, ranging from destroying an airplane in a car to salvaging a submarine. There are lots of events, mostly are timed and need quick decision to continue. Lots of objects are hidden in the environment, and the player must manipulate the world to figure out the object to solve the puzzles. The level difficulty will be increased as the player proceeds through the game. The story revolves around the protagonist, who joins the Enchanted Operative Division and struggle to take down Dr Zor and blast his evil plans to become the best spy in the world. With impressive gameplay, detailed graphics, and wonderful controls, I Expect You to Die is the action-packed video game to play.

Titanic Honor and Glory is an Adventure, Point-and-Click, and Single-player video game developed by Vintage Digital Revival. The game takes place in the fictional New York City in the past year 1912. It puts the player in the role of the protagonist, named as Owen Robert Morgan, who visits his friend and mistakenly suspected of a brutal crime that the player didn’t commit. Now, the player must struggle to follows the criminals onboard to clear his name. During the gameplay, the player needs to perform specific tasks, once he is on board ship. In the game, the player has 2-hour and forty minutes to complete the challenging mystery and capture the real culprits. It has three modes such as Tour mode, Simulator mode, and Multiplayer mode. In Tour mode, the player must navigate both the city and the ship at his leisure with no restriction of the Story mode while in Simulator mode, the player has a chance to sail the Titanic ship on the massive ocean. With challenging gameplay, superb mechanics, and brilliant controls, Titanic Honor and Glory is the best game to play.

Tales of Escape is an Adventure, Puzzle-based, Co-op, Single-player and Multiplayer video game, created and published by OnSkull Games for Microsoft Windows. The game brings the series of adventures for Virtual Reality (VR) and lets the player collect his friends and select the story to play. During the gameplay, the player has to battle against the clock to solve the challenging puzzles and struggle to escape room as fast as possible or take the time for the unique experience of an epic story each time. The game offers an epic story, revolving around the event of 1964, where the black rock mine was closed due to the landslide, gold and people were stuck inside forever inside the mine. According to the rumours, the people who trapped inside the mine guard the gold ever since as living dead. Lots of adventurers have tried to get access to gold but failed. After lots of attempts, the player becomes successful to locate an old corridor that takes the player into the mine’s depth, but a landslide stuck the player inside. During the journey, the player encounters an old elevator in working position, and he must find a way out quickly because the level of oxygen is running low.

Receiver is a First-person Perspective, and Single-player video game developed and published by Wolfire Games for Multiple Platforms. The game tries to portray the realistic gun mechanics through the use of unique reloading system, where the reloading’s each step is assigned a different button. In the game, the player scavenges audio tapes and items which uncover the storyline in the randomly generated environment. In the game, the player as the protagonist must search for eleven audio taps scattered around the randomly generated land. Flashlights and ammunition are scattered throughout the game environment to collect as well. The player starts the game with a handgun, either a Colt M1911A1 pistol, a Smith and Wesson Model 10 Revolver, or a Fire Glock 17 Pistol. The player has a random inventory of spare magazines and ammunition for his weapon, and the game starts with the player searching for audio tapes using the flashlight. The player will encounter sentry turrets and hover drones while navigating the environment that will attack the player to kill. With immersive gameplay, superb mechanics, and stunning graphics, Receiver is the best game to play.

Necronomicon: The Dawning of Darkness is an Adventure, Point-and-Click, and Single-player video game developed by Cryo Interactive and published by Microids. The game takes the player in the world of Necronomicon, where the scholar named as William H. Stanton is mysteriously thrust into the dark world of the occult. It takes place in the historic year 1927, where Stanton is in his drawing room when his childhood best friend named Edgar appears at his door. According to the story, the friend of the protagonist seems distraught, and it gives a metallic pyramid to him, telling him not to give it to anyone. After seeing the bad condition of his friend, Stanton is visited by the doctor who informs the protagonist about his friend who has lost his mind. Now, Stanton knows that there is something more to the story, and he decides to locate Edgar, but during the exploration, he discovers a horrifying secret that invades all of humanity. Necronomicon: The Dawning of Darkness includes core features such as 18 Documents that the player can access anytime, Helpful Videos, Additional Texts, Improve Sound Design, and more.

Darwin Project is an awesome 3D Action-Adventure, Third-person Shooter and Online Multiplayer video game that offers Survival elements as well, developed and published by Scavengers Studio for Microsoft Windows. The game takes the player in the dystopian post-apocalyptic themed world in the Northern Canadian Rockies. As the preparation for the massive ice-age, a new project (half live-entertainment and half science experience) is released, known as Darwin Project and it challenges up to 10 characters to survive in the harsh and cold landscapes while struggling to battle remain the last by defeating other participants in the treacherous arena. Using the environmental clues, the player can easily track the location or position of his enemy they left behind. To become successful, the player needs to become the creative with the use of crafted traps to take down enemies. There are several playable characters available and the player selects his favorite one to jump into the world. The show director is the master and the host, who controls and maintain the arena with nuclear bombs, gravity storms, zone closures, and the power of the voice. Darwin Project includes keys features such as Live Actions, Arena-shaping Powers, Show Director, Manhunt and Survival Gameplay, and more. Try it out, and you’ll love it.

XING: The Land Beyond is an Adventure, First-person Perspective, Atmospheric Puzzle, and Single-player Relaxing video game, developed and published by White Lotus Interactive. The game offers a strange gameplay that you have never experienced before. In the game, you died and find yourself in the world full of mysterious locations and strange lands. Your body may be gone, and your afterlife has just begun, where you will encounter a variety of mysterious lands, full of thoughts and long lost. The ultimate task is to follow the unforgotten stories, gather rare artifacts and struggle to solve the environment mental puzzles, while engaging in VR (Virtual Reality) experience. You must uncover the secrets as you make your way through challenging adventures in the game. The game offers dynamic day/night system with dynamic weather condition. You can explore the world from the first-person perspective, interact with environment and effort to solve the tricky puzzles to move to the next levels. XING: The Land Beyond includes prominent features such as First-person Perspective, Environmental-based Puzzles, Day-Night Cycle, and more. Check it out, and have fun.

Robot Arena III is a Sports, Building, Robots, Single-player and Multiplayer Simulation developed by Gabriel Interactive and published by Octopus Tree for Microsoft Windows. The game takes the player in the amazing world of Robot Arena, where the players as the robotic designers face off to watch whose created robot will rule the ring. The player can jump into the Bot Lab, where he has an opportunity to build his dream robot from scratch, or customize already build robotic warriors using lots of accessories, items and weapons. In deadly arenas, the player will confront his metallic opponent in the ring filled with environmental devious traps and hazards. The ultimate task of the players to battle against each other and struggle to remain the last in the competition to win the level. During the gameplay, the player can build and test his robots in the lab, and can participate in competitions to earn massive rewards. The player can choose from a huge variety of components, including pistons, motors, weapons and more. With addictive gameplay, superb mechanics, and detailed environment, Robot Arena III is the best game to play.

Rising World is a Voxel based Sandbox, Action-Adventure, Indie and RPG video game that takes you to an amazing world of procedurally generated and fully destructible environments. Co-op mode of the game allows you to play this cool game with your friends and have an amazingly addictive game-play experience. Your duty in the game is to explore, gather resources, craft basic tools to dig and store the resources fight off the enemies, survive and build massive cities or huge castles etc. You can get help from your friends and build the whole game world together if you want. With random game worlds, modifiable gaming environments, over 200 different materials to build, great environmental physics and so cool upgrades this game is quite fun to play and enjoy.

DeadCore, developed by 5 Bit Games is a First-Person Action-Adventure and Physics-Based Puzzle-Platform video game set in an alternate reality. The game lets the players traverse through a number of environmental hazards by using their special abilities and eliminate the enemies by the use of futuristic weapons and skills. The basic objective of the game is to reach to the top of a revolutionary Tower and finish the level. DeadCore is one of the best games of this specific genre and is a great source of entertainment for all the enthusiasts. With a number of challenging puzzles, a lot of different environments to go through, Unique skills and abilities to master, DearCore offers beautifully created visuals, objective-based story and an engaging game-play to enjoy.

The Witness is an Adventure, Puzzle, First-person Perspective and Single-player Exploration video game created and published by Thekla, Inc. The game offers a beautiful world where it takes place and has an exciting gameplay based on Exploration of the Open-Ended world like Myst. The tropical Island full of human-made and natural structures and the player must navigate the landscapes, interact with the environment and solve a variety of mind-bending puzzles based on interaction with complex mazes hidden within the specific areas. In the start, the player has to find the clues to complete each puzzle and recording spread around the globe. The player takes on the unnamed protagonist, who explores an island with various natural formations and numerous structures. The island is split into different sections, and each offers its unique challenges, a set of puzzles and more. During exploration, the player can experience the most beautiful world that he has never seen before. There are dozens of locations to manipulate with more than five-hundred puzzles to accomplish or solve. Each puzzle brings a new idea and challenge. With addictive features, superb mechanics, and wonderful graphics, The Witness is the best game to enjoy.

MouseCraft is an Adventure, Strategy, Puzzle and Action video game developed and published by Crunching Koalas. The game takes place the marvelous world where the player has to assist the crazy cat scientist in his project to solve a variety of mysteries. The primary aim is to create a secure path using different bricks for lots of mice and collect valuables, fight against enemies and solve complex puzzles. The player can use different blocks to create a path, blow up things and can overcome environmental obstacles to progress through 80 handcrafted levels. Assist the cat to unlock the mice-powered machine. The game world consists of up to four different locations and introduces level editor to create a unique level. Unlock achievements and score the highest points to become the master. Make the path for mice to reach at the end of the level. MouseCraft offers prominent features such as Eighty Levels, four different Locations, Level Editor, and more. Try it out, and you’ll enjoy it.