Android puzzle games are probably the most popular and successful genre in all of mobile gaming. There are simple puzzle games with cute, cartoon themes and there are sophisticated puzzle games with great graphics and more advanced themes. Which ones are the best? Here are the best Android puzzle games.
10000000
[Price: $2.89]
This is a half puzzle game and half dungeon crawler that costs $2.89US and has no in app purchases. Here is how it works. You start out walking down a hallway. When you run into a bad guy, you must swipe through the Bejeweled-style puzzle below to use items, attack, defend, or heal. You keep going until you die and then you get bounced back to your castle. You must then use the resources gained to upgrade yourself and rebuild your castle. There is no free version but what you see is pretty much what you get so there isn’t much that you’re missing. It’s highly rated and a lot of fun.
Angry Birds (all of them)
[Price: Free with in app purcahses]
Love it or hate it, Angry Birds is among the most successful puzzle games of all time. The puzzle is you must figure out how to knock down structures and kill all the pigs with the limited number of birds that you have. It’s been around for years and pretty much everyone has already played it. The series is getting a little old and dated but it’s still a great time waster with hundreds of levels stretched out over many games. It’s also still a great puzzle game for kids if you have those. They’re all free with in app purchases.
CSI: Hidden Crimes
[Price: Free with in app purchases]
CSI: Hidden Crimes is a hidden objects puzzle game where you play as a member of the CSI. Yes, that popular one that everyone watches. You will investigate crime scenes, find clues, and run down leads much like they do in the actual show. You can team up with friends to help you find the bad guys and put them behind bars. The game is also regularly updated with new episodes and more content for you to play. It’s free to play with in app purchases so it won’t cost you a dime to get started. Fans of the show should definitely try this out.
Candy Crush Saga
[Price: Free with in app purchases]
Candy Crush Saga is like Angry Birds. A lot of people love it and a lot of people hate it. However, it is one of the most successful puzzle games of all time and millions of people enjoy it all around the world. It’s much like Bejeweled where you must mix and match shapes to clear levels. There is a social component and much like every Facebook game, your friends will either be stoked that you’re playing or hate you eternally for sending them constant game invites. Candy Crush Saga doesn’t always take the highest road but that doesn’t make the game any less addicting or popular.
Cut the Rope (all of them)
[Price: Varies]
Cut the Rope is a very popular puzzle game where you must cut ropes to drop the candy into the mouth of an adorable little monster. The game play is easy to understand but getting through levels can be difficult once you really get into it. There are several Cut the Rope titles available with prices ranging from free to $1.99. Some of them also have in app purchases. It’s a fun little game, it’s great for kids and adults, and it won’t break the bank. Also, cute monsters are awesome.
Duet
[Price: Free / $3.00 (as an in app purchase)]
Duet is a brain-teaser puzzle game where you must spin two orbs around to avoid obstacles. It sounds easy but there are points where you won’t understand how your brain knows to do what it’s supposed to do and that’s all part of the fun. The game graphics are minimalist but elegant and the music is extremely well done. The core game is totally free but you can get things like daily challenges, various other challenges, and other content (along with ad removal) if you fork over the $3.00.
Hitman GO
[Price: $4.99 with in app purchases]
Hitman GO is a title out of Square Enix that every Hitman fan will probably enjoy. The game features unique diorama-style graphics that look high quality and present the game well. You navigate your little figurine along a grid path to either avoid enemies or kill them all. You can complete each level in various ways which adds to the challenge and the developers have added levels as recently as two months ago (at the time of this writing). It’s something a little bit different, it’s a lot of fun, and it sports an impressive 4.6 rating in the Google Play Store.
Monument Valley
[Price: $3.99 with in app purchases]
Monument Valley is a geometric puzzle game where you must move your character (the Princess) along a path to reach the end. The twist is that each level is carefully crafted to shift, spin, move, and otherwise re-shape itself using optical illusions and clever graphics. It’s not the longest game but there are definitely parts of it that are mind blowing. It has a high rating in the Play Store, stellar reviews from everywhere, and it really is a lot of fun to play. It’s $3.99 well spent.
Strata
[Price: $2.99 with in app purchases]
Strata is a sophisticated puzzle game with minimal graphics and a fun premise. You use strategically placed ribbons to create color patterns and that’s how you progress. There are hundreds of grids, a musical element (this game is best played with headphones), and the last update introduced Google Play Games cloud saving so you can move between devices. Some have lamented that it’s too easy but even the people who complain about this game give it a positive rating and Strata currently rocks a 4.6 in the Google Play Store.
Super Hexagon
[Price: $2.99]
Super Hexagon is an incredibly complicate and difficult puzzle game. It contains minimalist graphics and a techno sound track as you try to maneuver your way to victory. Here is how it works. You have a hexagon in the center with an arrow. You must spin that arrow around the hexagon to avoid the walls that are collapsing down upon you. It’s very challenging and sometimes even disorienting but even that is part of the challenge. It has received high marks in its reviews and more recent reviews have added Google Play Games services. There are also no in app purchases.
The Room 1 and 2
[Price: $0.99 and $2.99 respectively]
The Room and The Room 2 are easily the best looking games on this list. The graphics are sharp and phenomenal and it’s pretty evident that someone put a lot of effort into creating them. In The Room and The Room 2, you must navigate through intricately placed puzzles to make your way to the end. It’s part optical illusion and part hidden objects which makes the game even more fun. To give you a concept of just how good these games are, the first version has a 4.8 rating in the Play Store. The second version has a near-impossible 4.9 rating even after 100,000 downloads. We recommend you pick up one of them and if you like it (statistics say that you will), we recommend you pick up the other one too!
Threes!
[Price: $1.99]
Threes! is a puzzle game where you must match numbered tiles to create new numbered tiles and then match those numbered tiles to other numbered tiles. It’s like this. You move a three tile onto another three tile and you create a six tile. You must then combine that with another six tile to get a 12 tile. This continues until you run out of space and the game ends. It’s highly addictive and has seen massively popularity and success on Android and iOS. There is also a very popular clone of this app called 2048 which is essentially the same thing but with multiples of two instead of three and another somewhat successful clone called Fives.
Where’s My Water 1 and 2
[Price: Varies]
Where’s My Water is a game made by Disney and is a sibling of a number of other “Where’s My” games including Where’s My Mickey and Where’s My Perry. All of the games have the same premise. You must dig a path through a level and let the water flow to its objective. It’s physics-based so you’ll need to take things like gravity into account. Where’s My Water 2 as well as the Mickey and Perry variants are free with in app purchases while the original Where’s My Water is $1.99 with in app purchases. You can’t go wrong with any of them. They’re pretty fun games, great for kids and adults, and they are something a little bit different.
World of Goo
[Price: $4.99]
World of Goo is a fun little puzzle game where you must use your pieces of goo to build your way to the next level. You win if you can make it to the end without running out of little goo pieces and you get the full score for the level if you can do it in only a certain number of goo pieces. It’s $4.99 but there are no in app purchases. The game features colorful graphics and has received high marks from most reviewers (including us).
Wrap up
If we missed any epic Android puzzle games, leave us a comment and let us know!