Why we Love Puzzle Games (and Our Faves)
All games have their perks – RPG games give us an escape from reality, adventure games make us feel badass, cooking games that make us feel like chefs, and much much more. Puzzle games allow us to train our minds, relieve boredom, and connect with friends.
What is a puzzle game?
Puzzle games have been around for years, with the first being Tetris. Puzzle games are based on solving problems and typically get harder and harder the further you get into the game. The grand saying is perfect when it comes to this genre: practice makes perfect. Another great way to use these games is to play against your friends if you want to find out who’s smarter. It’s super easy to get competitive with it and that’s what we find so addicting and fun about them!
At The Casual App Gamer, we’ve reviewed a fair amount of puzzle games with quite a few we can’t get enough of. So here’s a list of our favorites you NEED to play right away:
Draw It
“Make sure you draw fast and quick to beast the competition, as you only have a limited amount of time on the clock to draw as many objects as possible.
It doesn’t matter if you’re an artist or can only sketch! You too will fall in love with this addictive fast-paced drawing game.” – Kwalee
What we thought: Draw It is a great game to test your quick art skills. You’re under the clock and the computer needs to guess your drawing before your opponents. It’s definitely more challenging than it looks!
iOS Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/draw-it/id1451505313?mt=8
Android Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kwalee.drawit&hl=en
Company: Kwalee
Genre: Puzzle, Indie Games
Rated: 4+
Offers in-app Purchases
Best Fiends
“Join over 80,000,000 people who are already playing this top-rated FREE puzzle adventure! Enter the world of Minutia and collect cute characters, level them up, and defeat the Slugs! With more than 3,000 levels, enjoy hours and hours of fiendish fun!” – Seriously
What we thought: Best Fiends is something we became addicted to after playing it for the first time. After seeing every YouTuber on the platform promoting it, it was hard to say no. The energy system let us down a bit but we understand the hustle!
iOS Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/best-fiends-puzzle-adventure/id868013618?mt=8
Android Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.Seriously.BestFiends&hl=en_GB
Company: Seriously
Rated: 4+
Offers in-app Purchases
Scribblenauts Remix
“Help Maxwell acquire the Starite by creating any object, bringing it to life and using it to solve each challenge.
Let your imagination run wild in this groundbreaking puzzle game. Summon to life a ‘colossal, winged car’ or a ‘shy, frost-breathing, robotic hippopotamus’! If you can think it, you can create it.” – Warner Bros
What we thought: With Scribblenauts Remix, your imagination is your weapon. The levels are unique, fun, and not repetitive in the slightest. For only 99p ($1.23), this game could keep you entertained for hours!
iOS Link: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/scribblenauts-remix/id444844790?mt=8
Android Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wb.goog.scribbleremix&hl=en_GB
Company: Warner Bros.
Genre: Puzzle
Rated: 9+
Offers in-app Purchases
Word Cookies
“The Best word searching puzzle game “Word Cookies” is here! Word Cookies is a simple yet, exciting word searching puzzle game that literally makes you keep playing!
Are you ready to find all the delicious word cookies at your kitchen oven?
Embrace your brain power as you discover the words. The aim of the game is to find all of the hidden words. With this game, you can easily improve your vocabulary, concentration, and spelling skills.” – BitMango
What we thought: Word Cookies was not only fun and lighthearted but also addicting. It’s very easy to play this for hours (providing you don’t run out of coins) and we couldn’t get enough!
iOS Link: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/word-cookies/id1153883316?mt=8
Android Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bitmango.go.wordcookies&hl=en_GB
Company: BitMango
Genre: Puzzle Word Game
Rated: 4+
Offers in-app Purchases
Tomb of the Mask
“Tomb of the Mask is an arcade game, which takes place in an infinite procedurally generated vertical labyrinth. Seeking for adventure you get into a tomb, where you find a strange mask. You wear it and suddenly realize that you can now climb walls – easily and promptly. And that’s when all the fun begins.” – Playgendary
What we thought: Tomb of the mask requires quick thinking, precision, and recognition. The retro vibes brought everything together as one on top of that.
iOS Link: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/tomb-of-the-mask/id1057889290?mt=8
Android Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.playgendary.tom&hl=en
Company: Playgendary
Genre: Arcade
Rated: 9+
Offers in-app purchases
UNO! Mobile!
“Play the world’s number one card game in a whole new way in UNO!™ The classic card game comes to your mobile device with all-new rules, tournaments, modes of play, and much more! Whether you’re at home, on the go, a UNO veteran or completely new, UNO!™ is the ultimate competitive family-friendly game! Ready. Set. UNO!™” – Mattel 163 Limited
What we thought: As soon as we played UNO! Mobile for the first time, we knew it was going to stay on our phones. And it still is! With regular updates and challenges against friends, it never gets boring.
iOS Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/uno/id1344700142?mt=8
Android Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.matteljv.uno&hl=en_US
Company: Mattel 163 Limited
Genre: Games
Rated: 4+
Offers in-app Purchases
If you ever find yourself in a slump with games, puzzle games are going to change your life. If you already have a favorite puzzle game that isn’t on the list, please let us know what it is and why you love it!
Happy gaming and stay casual!