

You build structures out of “links” and “nodes” which obey the laws of physics. And sure enough, that’s exactly what you do, through a series of 50 physics-based puzzles.

Help it return home by guiding it through a series of interdimensional portals,” states the beginning of this game. Just you, a physics engine and an armadillo.” – PC Gamer UK “It’s a game that’s precisely as ambitious as it needs to be. Shoutout to Tomorrow Corporation’s other games: Little Inferno and Human Resource Machine are also brilliant.

World of Goo is one of the games that kickstarted the indie boom, and it’s not hard to see why– this game has aged like a fine wine. Bridge gaps, build towers, or descend into a pit, all while dealing with gravity.Ĭombine the fun gameplay with a darkly comedic, anti-capitalist story, a strong visual theme, and interesting level gimmicks, and you’ve got possibly the best puzzle game of all time. To get to the pipe, you’ll need to build structures out of your Goo balls– balancing the need to build a stable structure while trying to get as many of them to the end as possible. You’re given a small structure made of Goo, and can attach more Goo balls to the structure. World of Goo has a simple concept: get goggly-eyed balls of Goo to a pipe at the end of the level. “As clever as it is stylish, as darkly humourous as it is challenging and as infinitely playable as it is addictive, we simply love World Of Goo to pieces….” ~ Official Nintendo Magazine UK Thanks to both Metacritic scores and our own ability to distinguish between the quality level of titles like Sonic Frontiers and Imagine Party Babyz, we settled on the following list:

No, Patrick, pachinko is not a puzzle game. So while we’re going off the games’ Metascore to get a more objective result, we’re ignoring some of the site’s more… questionable categorization and scoring decisions. It was also, regrettably, a dark age for game review scores, because game reviewers held casual games to a lower standard. The seventh generation was a golden age for casual games and indie games. Why the sarcasm quotes? Well, you might notice that almost all these games are seventh-gen “casual” titles. Thankfully, Metacritic’s got us covered, with an “objective” list of the best puzzle games of all time. There are so many good puzzle games that it’s hard to pick the best. If you want your head to be more than an eyebrow holder, you can pick up a puzzle game and practice using your noggin.
