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Puzzle Games

Puzzle games usually involve logic, strategy, pattern recognition, sequence solving, and word completion, as well as other skills.

Their roots trace back quite a ways, including jigsaw puzzles and more modern inventions such as Rubik's Cube. The genre can be difficult to describe as the gameplay is often abstract and involves arranging geometric shapes or colors to achieve a "victory" of some sort. While winning takes skill, it's also usually a fairly mundane, silly accomplishment, such as lining up all the colors on each side of a Rubik's Cube.

Tetris is probably the best known puzzle game, with Minesweeper running a close second. Online puzzle games (or ones that at least involve a computer) are growing in popularity, as they're a quick, accessible way to occupy and entertain oneself.

Try some of the free online puzzle games here in the left column of the page.