Best Xbox Puzzle and Word Games
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Manifold Garden
Manifold Garden is a stunning puzzle game, one that will leave a lasting impact on you, not just for its thought-provoking puzzles, but by virtue of t... Read More
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Beautiful Katamari
Beautiful Katamari is a very unique game, and because of that you'll definitely find yourself strangely drawn to it. The ridiculousness of it will mak... Read More
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The Sexy Brutale
The Sexy Brutale is the perfect example of an interesting concept and excellent execution. Sure, it might have its issues, but underneath the unique p... Read More
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FAR: Changing Tides
Mysterious, beautiful, and almost dreamlike, FAR: Changing Tides betters its predecessor, delivering a truly memorable and engaging seafaring journey.... Read More
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The Turing Test
The Turing Test is delivered well, resplendent in Unreal 4, and carries a few genuinely interesting moments that make some of the more languid ’downti... Read More
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Bridge Constructor Portal
A cool, well-executed Portal spin-off/mash-up, Bridge Constructor Portal takes one of Valve's dormant franchises and neatly transposes it into an ... Read More
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Max: The Curse of Brotherhood
For what it is, Max: The Curse of Brotherhood is a charming, yet rather restrictive 2D, puzzle-platformer. Despite its limited scope, lack of replayab... Read More
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Sparkle Unleashed
Addictive and entertaining, Sparkle Unleashed is a more than competent Zuma-style puzzler for Xbox One that's definitely worth a look. Go on. Get ... Read More
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Dr. Kawashima’s Body and Brain Exercises
There's a potentially great game lurking somewhere beneath the surface of Body and Brain Exercises, but this isn't it. Even a test featuring Pac-Man i... Read More
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Pneuma: Breath of Life
Pneuma: Breath of Life should have been the kind of game you turn to between Call of Duty sessions, but instead it's a slightly insipid, short-liv... Read More
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Sometimes in games you want to set the world to rights and leave a path of destruction in your wake, but there are times when you want to be challenged mentally. That’s when puzzle and word genre games are absolutely perfect! The emphasis in puzzle and word genre games is, as the name suggests: puzzle solving. It could be something more cinematic and taxing like Valve’s Portal games, or it could be something more complex and visually engaging like The Witness. Puzzle and word genre games are where you go when you want to be mentally challenged! Here’s the best puzzle and word games that Xbox has to offer.