Puzzle games

Puzzle games are all about thinking and logic. To proceed in these games, you have to solve puzzles with cleverness or agility.

List of Puzzle games

This is a list of free/libre puzzle games:

Game	Screenshot	Last Release	Genres	Description
2048		2015-10-20	Puzzle	2048 2048 Genre Puzzle Latest release Rolling  (Announcement) Release date October 20th, 2015 Platforms Android, Web Developer Gabriele Cirulli Code license MIT Media license MIT P. language JavaScript Contribute 2048 is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Homepage Source Code 2048 is a puzzle game by Gabriele Cirulli. The game can be played in a web browser, and a port exists for Android.
54321		2001-11-16	puzzle	54321 Genre puzzle Latest release 1.0.2001.11.16 Release date November 16th, 2001 Developer Patrick Fleckenstein Code license a very simple copyleft license Media license a very simple copyleft license P. language C++ Library SDL, libpng, zlib Contribute 54321 is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Development Project 54321 is a set of four-, three- and two-dimensional (all presented as a number of 2D boards on the screen) implementations of five classic puzzle games. It is written in C++ by Patrick Fleckenstein for the 1mb SDL Game Programming Contest sponsored by Linux Journal, Loki Software, and No Starch Press. The latest downloadable version is v1.0.2001.11.16.
Anagramarama		July 1st, 2003	Puzzle	Anagramarama Genre Puzzle Latest release 0.2 Release date July 1st, 2003 Developers Colm Gallagher, Alan Grier, Thomas Plunkett, Toby A. Inkster, Shard Code license GPL 2+ Media license GPL 2+ Contribute Anagramarama is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Anagramarama is a cutesy little game where you try to form as many words as possible from given letters in a limited time. It is licensed under the GNU GPL version 2+. This game does not require 3D hardware acceleration.
Atomix		2016-09-19	Puzzle	Atomix Atomix Genre Puzzle Latest release 3.22.0  (Announcement) Release date September 19th, 2016 Code license GPLv2+ Media license GPLv2+ P. language C Contribute Atomix is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Development Project Source Code Atomix is a puzzle game designed for GNOME, in which the player must arrange "atoms" to build molecules by pushing the atoms, which move until they hit a wall.
Berusky II		2014-01-18		Berusky II Latest release 0.10  (Announcement) Release date January 18th, 2014 Code license GPLv2 Media license GPLv2 Contribute Berusky II is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Homepage Source Code Bug/Feature Tracker Berusky II or Bugs Escape 3D is a puzzle game based on Berusky. A Berusky II Original Soundtrack is available for download from the website under a CC BY-SA license.
Biniax		May 15th, 2009	Puzzle	Biniax Biniax-2 Genre Puzzle Latest release 1.30 Release date May 15th, 2009 Developer Jordan Tuzsuzov Code license zlib/libpng license Media license CC-BY 3.0 Library SDL Contribute Biniax is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Biniax is a puzzle arcade game by Jordan Tuzsuzov. The code is distributed under the zlib/libpng license, and data under a Creative Commons Attribution license.
Block Attack - Rise of the Blocks		2019-05-25	Puzzle games	Block Attack - Rise of the Blocks Screenshot of Block Attack - Rise of the Blocks Genre Puzzle games Latest release 2.5.0  (Announcement) Release date May 25th, 2019 Developer Poul Sander Code license GPLv2 Media licenses CC-BY-SA, GPLv2, Public domain P. language C++ Library SDL, PhysicsFS Contribute Block Attack - Rise of the Blocks is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Development Project Source Code Block Attack - Rise of the Blocks is a puzzle game inspired by Nintendo's Tetris Attack and written by Poul Sander. It uses SDL and is licensed under the GPL v2.The latest release is version 2.5.0 on May 25th, 2019.
Brain Workshop		October 12th, 2010	Puzzle	Brain Workshop Genres Puzzle Latest release 4.8.1 Release date October 12th, 2010 Developer Paul Hoskinson, Jonathan Toomim Code license GPL P. language Python Contribute Brain Workshop is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Brain Workshop is a puzzle game designed for the purpose of mental exercise written by Paul Hoskinson.The latest version of the game is 4.8.1 released on October 12,th, 2010. It is written in the Python programming language and is licensed under the GPL.
Brickshooter		May 7, 2008	Puzzle	Puzzle games Genre Puzzle Latest release 0.04 Release date May 7, 2008 Code license GPL Media license GPL Library SDL Contribute Puzzle games is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Brickshooter is a GPL Puzzle game. The latest version of the game is 0.0.4 on May 7th, 2008. It uses the SDL library.
Brikx		2009-09-03	Puzzle	Brikx Brikx Genre Puzzle Latest release 0.4.5 Release date September 03rd, 2009-09 Developer Bokorn Code license GNU General Public License v2 Media license GNU General Public License v2 P. language C++ Contribute Brikx is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Development Project Bug/Feature Tracker Brikx is a puzzle game with the goal to clear levels navigating your way around walls. It is licensed under the GPL.
Caph		2010-10-25	Physics simulation, puzzle	Caph Caph Genre Physics simulation, puzzle Latest release 1.1 Release date October 25th, 2010 Developer Roman Belov Code license GPL v3+ Media license GPL v3+ P. language C Contribute Caph is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Development Project Source Code Bug/Feature Tracker Caph is a physics simulation puzzle game in which the player has to get a red and a green circle together. Similar to the proprietary Crayon Physics game, Caph has the user draw objects such as ramps, fulcra, levers, and weights to move a ball to the destination using the laws of physics.
Chroma		2019-04-26	Puzzle
Chrzaszcz		2013-09-12	Puzzle	chrzaszcz chrzaszcz Genre Puzzle Latest release 0.1.0 Release date September 12th, 2013 Code license GPL Media license GPL P. language C++ Library SDL Contribute chrzaszcz is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Development Project chrząszcz (meaning beetle in Polish) is a maze game in which the player needs to pass through chambers. The chambers are connected by locked doors which require keys that can be obtained by trading with Orcs. chrząszcz was started in 2009, but was revived in 2013.
Consomaton		2016-06-17	puzzle, programming	consomaton Solving the second level of consomaton (click to view animation) Genre puzzle, programming Latest release 1.0.0  (Announcement) Release date June 17th, 2016 Developer Kenta Cho (ABA) Code license "MIT" P. language TypeScript (compiled to JavaScript) Library Node.js and JavaScript libraries Contribute consomaton is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Development Project Consomaton is a puzzle game revolving around cellular automata. The player has to set or change the rules of the automaton so that they transform a given starting state in a console to another given goal state.
CuteMaze		2018-07-20	Puzzle	CuteMaze The mouse actor Genre Puzzle Latest release 1.2.4  (Announcement) Release date July 20th, 2018 Developer Graeme Gott Code license GPL Library Qt Contribute CuteMaze is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Homepage CuteMaze is a puzzle game written by Graeme Gott and licensed under the GPL. The latest version of the game is 1.1.1 released on February 3rd, 2014. It uses the Qt library.
Domino On Acid		2009-12-23	Puzzle	Domino On Acid Domino On Acid Genre Puzzle Latest release 2009.12.22 Release date December, 23rd, 2009 Developer Matthias S. Benkmann Code license GPLv2 Media license GPLv2 P. language Java Contribute Domino On Acid is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Development Project Source Code Domino is a natural deduction visualization in the form of a game of unusual dominoes. It was written in Java by Matthias Benkmann starting in 2000. It was licensed under the GPLv2. This a colorful variant of dominoes is a simple matching game. The inference rules of natural deduction are the basis for the game. Proof of a tautology are coded as solvable level.
Einstein Puzzle			Puzzle	Puzzle games Genre Puzzle Code license GPL Library SDL Contribute Puzzle games is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Einstein Puzzle is a puzzle game based on an old DOS game called Sherlock, based on the “zebra puzzle” or “Einstein’s puzzle” (which is often thought to have been invented by Albert Einstein) and written using SDL. It licensed under the GPLv2.
Enigma		2013-04-02	Puzzle	Enigma Enigma Genre Puzzle Latest release 1.20  (Announcement) Release date April 2nd, 2013 Code license GPL v2 P. language C++ Library SDL Contribute Enigma is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Development Project Source Code Bug/Feature Tracker Forum Enigma is a puzzle game licensed under the GPL. The latest version of the game is 1.20 released on April 2, 2013. It uses the SDL library.
Fish Fillets - Next Generation		2011-09-09	Puzzle, Sokoban-style	Fish Fillets - Next Generation Fish Fillets - Next Generation Genre Puzzle, Sokoban-style Latest release 1.0.1 Release date September 9th, 2011 Developer Ivo Danihelka Code license GPL Media license GPL P. language C++ and Lua Library SDL Contribute Fish Fillets - Next Generation is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Development Project Source Code Bug/Feature Tracker Fish Fillets - Next Generation is a puzzle game. Fish Fillets was a commercial game until 2004 when it is licensed under the GPL. This rewrote for modern operating systems adds the "Next Generation" to the title. It is written in C++, with Lua used for level scripting and the game uses the SDL library. The voice dialogs are in Czech. The subtitles have been translated into multiple languages — see the categories of this article at the bottom.
Frozen Bubble		2010-08-06	Puzzle	Puzzle games Frozen Bubble 2 in network mode Genre Puzzle Latest release 2.2.1beta1 (==2.212) Release date 2010-08-06 Developers see #Contributors Code license GPLv2 Media license GPLv2 P. language Perl Library SDL Contribute Puzzle games is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Frozen Bubble is a bubble-popping puzzle game. The latest version of the game is 2.2.1beta1 released on August 6th, 2010. It is licensed under the GNU GPL version 2.
GNOME Games			Please add the Gameinfo template to the article	This article needs update. This article should be split into one article per game GNOME Games or GNOME Games Collection was a collection of sixteen small games in a variety of styles and genres for the GNOME desktop (similar to KDE Games and Simon Tatham's Portable Puzzle Collection). As of GNOME 3.8 the games were separated into individual packages and the collection doesn't exist anymore.
Gem Drop X		August, 2003	Puzzle game	Puzzle games Gem Drop X Genre Puzzle game Latest release 0.9 Release date August, 2003 Developer New Breed Software Code license GPL P. language C Libraries SDL, SDL_image, SDL_mixer Contribute Puzzle games is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Gem Drop X is a fast puzzle game. Placing gems in vertical lines destroys them and ultimately leads to completion of a level. It has been compared to "Tetris meets Space Invaders." The author is Bill Kendrick of New Breed Software. It is written in the C programming language.
Hex-a-hop		2009-11-05	Puzzle	Hex-a-hop Hex-a-hop Genre Puzzle Latest release 1.1.0 Release date November 5th, 2009 Developer Tom Beaumont Code license GPL v2 or later Media license GPL v2 or later, Sounds: Creative Commons Sampling Plus, CC-BY-SA P. language C++ Library SDL Contribute Hex-a-hop is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Development Project Source Code Bug/Feature Tracker Hex-a-hop is a hexagonal tiles based puzzle game written by Tom Beaumont. The player controls a girl, who has to destroy all green tiles by jumping on them. In addition to the green tiles there are plenty of other kind of tiles with varying functionality gradually introduced.
Intricacy		2019-01-20	Puzzle	Intricacy Intricacy Genre Puzzle Latest release 0.7.2  (Announcement) Release date Jan 20th, 2019 Developer mbays Code license GPL v3 Media license GPL v3 P. language Haskell Library SDL Curses Contribute Intricacy is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Homepage Intricacy is a multiplayer lock-picking puzzle game, in which players design locks and try to pick the locks devised by others.
Jamp		2009-08-26	Physics, puzzle	Jamp Jamp Genre Physics, puzzle Latest release 1.0.2 Release date August 26th, 2009 Developer David Perrenoud Code license GPL v3 Media license GPL v3 P. language C++ Contribute Jamp is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Development Project Jamp is a physics puzzle game. The player controls a squirrel character inside a wheel-like cage, using contraptions and the laws of physics to move the character to the destination. Jamp was created by a Swiss pupil.
KDE Games			Please add the Gameinfo template to the article	KDE Games is a division of the KDE project, creating a collection of quality games for KDE desktop. It is similar to GNOME Games and Simon Tatham's Portable Puzzle Collection. Most games are distributed under GPLv2.
Krank		2007-02-28	dexterity	Krank Krank Genre dexterity Latest release 0.7 / 0.7+dfsg2-2 Release date 2007-2008 Developer Thorsten Kohnhorst (aka monsterkodi); sound by legoluft; replacement free images by Slava Anishenko; other images by these people Code license public domain Media license public domain; probably non-free backgrounds and a font in the original distribution P. language Python Library Pygame Contribute Krank is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Homepage Source Code Krank is a game of dexterity made by Thorsten Kohnhorst. The game is released into public domain and the source code is available on sourceforge. The original game contains possibly non-free backgrounds and a font, which in Debian have been replaced with ones by Slava Anishenko.
LTris		2013-10-29	Puzzle, Tetris-like	LTris LTris Genre Puzzle, Tetris-like Latest release 1.0.19  (Announcement) Release date October 29th, 2013 Developer Michael Speck Code license GPLv2 Media license GPLv2 P. language C Library SDL Contribute LTris is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Development Project Source Code Bug/Feature Tracker Forum LTris is a Tetris clone written by Michael Speck. It uses the SDL library. The latest version of the game is 1.0.14 on December 25th, 2009. It is licensed under the terms of the GPLv2.
LevelHead	no image		spatial memory puzzle	levelHead Genre spatial memory puzzle Developer Julian Oliver Code license GNU GPL 3 Media license CC BY-SA 3.0 Contribute levelHead is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. levelHead is a spatial memory game which uses the concept of "augmented reality" (or is it "augmented virtuality"?) for its input. The player holds a solid plastic cube with patterns on its sides before a camera, and controls the game world by tilting the cube.
Lix		2019-07-18	Puzzle	Lix Genre Puzzle Latest release 0.9.29  (Announcement) Release date 18 July 2019 Developer Simon Code license CC0 Media license Various: CC0, CC BY-SA 3.0, Bitstream Vera Fonts Copyright P. language D Contribute Lix is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Development Project Source Code Bug/Feature Tracker Chat Forum In Lix you need to guide small humanoid creatures, the lix, to the exit. You can't control them directly, but you can give them one of a number of skills, like digging, bashing, bridge building, exploding, and more to advance through the landscape. There are over 700 levels in singleplayer mode. There's also a multiplayer mode in which you compete online to lead the most lix to your exit. A level editor is included.
Marble Marcher		2019-02-07	Puzzle	Marble Marcher Marble Marcher Genre Puzzle Latest release 1.1.1  (Announcement) Release date February 7, 2019 Platforms Linux, Windows Code license GPLv2 Media license GPLv2 Contribute Marble Marcher is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Homepage Marble Marcher is a 3D game showcasing a fully ray marched graphics and making use of fractals and a fractal collision engine, with 24 levels to unlock. Due to the nature of the rendering technique it is very demanding on the graphics card and may require a modern dedicated GPU. In the game the player controls a ball rolling on the surface of various 3D fractals, with the goal of getting to the finish zone as quickly as possible, in a fashion similar to for example Neverball. From version 1.1.1 there are cheats available once all levels have been finished. These include a free 3D view and fractal parameter modification so that the game can be used as a real-time 3D fractal exploration tool.
Me and My Shadow		2018-11-03	Platform, Puzzle	Me and My Shadow Me and My Shadow 0.4 Genre Platform, Puzzle Latest release 0.5a  (Announcement) Release date November 3rd, 2018 Developer Edward Lii Code license GPL Media license CC BY-SA, CC0, CC-BY a. o. P. language C++ Contribute Me and My Shadow is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Development Project Source Code Bug/Feature Tracker Forum Me and My Shadow is a platform and puzzle game in which the player's shadow plays an important role. The game uses only monochrome colours, fitting the shadow-theme. There is set of tutorial levels which explain the controls, tactics and puzzles elements.
Memonix		July 13th, 2007	Puzzle, memory	Memonix Genre Puzzle, memory Latest release 1.6_080519 (code), 1.6_070717 (data) Release date July 13th, 2007 Developer Viewizard Code license GPLv3 P. language C++ Contribute Memonix is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Memonix is a set of “brain teasers, puzzle and memory games” for kids created by Viewizard. It is written in the C++ programming language. The latest version is 1.6_070717 (2007-07-17) for Art and 1.6_080519 (2008-05-19) for Code. The source code and both source and built data are released under the GPL v3.
Minilens		2016-04-17	Puzzle game	Minilens Minilens Genre Puzzle game Latest release 1.2  (Announcement) Release date April 17th, 2016 Code license GPLv3+ Media license GPLv3+ Engine Godot P. language GDScript Contribute Minilens is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Homepage Source Code Bug/Feature Tracker Minilens is a puzzle game where you dispose of waste and collect flowers. You can also place bombs to destroy blocks.
N2048		2014-06-16	Puzzle	n2048 n2048 Genre Puzzle Latest release 0.1  (Announcement) Release date June 16th, 2014 Developer Dettus Code license 2-clause BSD P. language C Library ncurses Contribute n2048 is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Homepage n2048 is an ncurses implementation of the popular puzzle game 2048.
Neverball		2014-05-21	Puzzle	Neverball Screenshot of Neverball v1.4.0 Genre Puzzle Latest release 1.6.0  (Announcement) Release date May 21st, 2014 Developer Robert Kooima Code license GPL Media license GPL Contribute Neverball is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Homepage Neverball is a puzzle game in which the player guides a ball through various obstacle courses. The game, including the media, is licensed under the GPL. There is a game based on Neverball, called Neverputt.
Numpty Physics		2012-08-31	Physics simulation, puzzle	Numpty Physics Numpty Physics Genre Physics simulation, puzzle Latest release 0.3.3 Release date August 31st, 2012 Developer Tim Edmonds Code license GPLv3+ Media license GPLv3+ Engine Box2D P. language C++ Contribute Numpty Physics is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Development Project Source Code Bug/Feature Tracker Numpty Physics is a drawing puzzle game, where the goal is to draw shapes on a drawing to get two given objects to touch.
OGS Mahjong		2012-09-23	Puzzle, Boardgame	OGS Mahjong Genre Puzzle, Boardgame Latest release 1.0 Release date 2012-09-23 Developer Opensource Game Studio Code license GPL Engine Ogre3D P. language C++ Contribute OGS Mahjong is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. OGS Mahjong is a simple mahjong solitaire game with nice 3D graphics and relaxing soundtrack. It has been developed by the Opensource Game Studio and licensed under GPL (version 3). This game requires 3D hardware with support of OpenGL 2 or later. There are versions for Windows and Linux.
OpenAlchemist		October 12th, 2008	Puzzle	Puzzle games Genres Puzzle Latest release 0.3 Release date October 12th, 2008 Developers Antoine Morineau (graphics), Guillaume Delhumeau (code), silkut (win32 port), MrPouit (Ubuntu packages) Code license GPLv2+ Media license CC-BY-SA 2.0 P. language C++ Library ClanLib Contribute Puzzle games is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. OpenAlchemist is a falling block puzzle game created in C++. The source code is licensed under the GPLv2++ and the media is licensed under the CC-BY-SA. The latest version of the game is 0.3 released on October 12th, 2008. It uses the ClanLib library. It was made as a clone of a web flash game called NaturalChimie.
Palapeli		2011-01-26	Puzzle	Palapeli Genres Puzzle Latest release 1.2 (KDE SC 4.6) Release date 2011-01-26 Developer Stefan Majewsky and others Code license GPLv2 P. language C++ Libraries Qt, KDE libs Contribute Palapeli is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Palapeli is a jigsaw puzzle game from the KDEGames collection.
Pathological		July 17, 2003		Puzzle games Screenshot of Pathological 1.1.3 Latest release 1.1.3 Release date July 17, 2003 Developers John-Paul Gignac, Matthias Le Bidan (soundtrack), Carrie Bloomfield (logo), Mike Brenneman (board designs; artwork based on his work), Kim Gignac (artwork); other people in credits: T. Francis Chen, Steve Mills, Paul Preney, Paul Prescod, Alesh Slovak, Peter Tkacz, Dale Wick Code license GPLv2+ Media license GPLv2+ P. language Python Library Pygame Contribute Puzzle games is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Pathological is a puzzle game similar to “Logical” by Rainbow Arts, written by John-Paul Gignac who was inspired by Frozen Bubble. It is written in the Python programming language using the Pygame library. It is licensed under the GPL. The latest version of the game is 1.1.3 released on July 17, 2003. This game does not require 3D hardware acceleration.
Pingus		2011-12-24	Puzzle game	Pingus Pingus' first level Genre Puzzle game Latest release 0.7.6  (Announcement) Release date December 24th, 2011 Developers Ingo Ruhnke, David Philippi Code license GPL Media license GPL Library SDL Contribute Pingus is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Homepage Source Code Bug/Feature Tracker Pingus is a clone of the proprietary puzzle game Lemmings, but makes use of penguins. The game uses SDL, however it once used ClanLib. The entire game, including its media are licensed under the GNU General Public License.
Primrose		May 11 th, 2009	Puzzle	Primrose Genre Puzzle Latest release 6 Release date May 11 th, 2009 Developer Jason Rohrer Code license Public domain Media license Public domain Library SDL Contribute Primrose is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Primrose is a puzzle game by Jason Rohrer and Jason Rohrer's sixth game. It uses the SDL library, with the exception of the iPhone OS port. It has been released into the public domain. The source code is available on the home page, so this is free software. Rohrer charges $2.99 for the iPhone OS version of Primrose. The latest version of the game is version 6 released on May 11rd, 2009.
Rabbit Escape			Puzzle	Rabbit Escape Genre Puzzle Latest release 0.12  ([Another exciting new feature: water. It flows, it can put out fires, but it can also drown rabbits. Be careful! 20 new water levels, making a total of 180! Announcement]) Release date 2019-03-05 Developer Andy Balaam and the Rabbit Escape developers Code license GPLv2 Media license GPLv2 P. language Java Library Android, Template:Swing Contribute Rabbit Escape is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Development Project Source Code Bug/Feature Tracker Forum Rabbit Escape is a game of rescuing rabbits, inspired by Lemmings and Pingus. Control your rabbits by dropping tokens that give them special abilities. See whether you can help them survive until they reach the exit! Choose abilities like bridge-building, wall-climbing and digging, and drop tokens for your rabbits to pick up. Help your rabbits find their way from the entrance to the exit. If you rescue enough rabbits, you can go on to the next level. Create your own levels! Rabbits are controlled by dropping tokens that give them abilities. Often puzzles involve using one rabbit to free others.
Raincat		2013-12-13	Puzzle	Raincat Genre Puzzle Latest release 1.1.1.3  (Announcement) Release date December 13th, 2013 Code license 3-clause BSD Media license CC-BY-SA-3.0 P. language Haskell Contribute Raincat is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Homepage Raincat is a 2D puzzle game written in Haskell. To win you need to keep the cat out of the rain.
SDL-Ball		October 1st, 2014	arcade	SDL-Ball Genres arcade Latest release 1.02 Release date October 1st, 2014 Developer Jimmy Christensen Code license GPL Media license GPL P. language C++ Libraries SDL, OpenGL Contribute SDL-Ball is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. SDL-Ball is an arcade breakout-like game. It is written by Jimmy Christensen and licensed under the GPLv3. The latest version of the game is 1.01 released on January 11th, 2009. It is written in the C++ programming language using the SDL library.
Simon Tatham's Portable Puzzle Collection		2020-03-18	Puzzle games collection	Simon Tatham's Portable Puzzle Collection Genre Puzzle games collection Latest release 20200318  (Announcement) Release date March 18th, 2020 Developer Simon Tatham and others Code license Expat Media license Expat P. language C Library GTK Contribute Simon Tatham's Portable Puzzle Collection is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Homepage Source Code Simon Tatham's Portable Puzzle Collection is a collection of multi-platform single-player puzzle games written mostly by Simon Tatham and licensed under the Expat license. Portions of the collection are by Richard Boulton, James Harvey, Mike Pinna, Jonas Kölker, Dariusz Olszewski, Michael Schierl, Lambros Lambrou, Bernd Schmidt, Steffen Bauer, Lennard Sprong and Rogier Goossens. It is built on top of a special environment, which makes it easy to make new games, like 3D Maze by Edward Macnaghten, and port them to new platforms by creating new front-ends. The games have been ported to Java with NestedVM and to JavaScript with asm.js, so they are available as web games on the collection's homepage. They are also available on Android and iThings.
Stringrolled			Puzzle platformer	Puzzle games screenshot Genres Puzzle platformer Developers Code by Joel Bouchard Lamontagne aka logicow, artwork by Isabelle Bouchard aka Windbladeicepuppy, music by Reduz, sound by Hubert Lamontagne aka madbrain and Coda Code license public domain Media license public domain P. language Python Library Pygame Contribute Puzzle games is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Stringrolled, or Upsilon Cat, or Upsilon Cat in Stringrolled, is a puzzle platformer. It was created in September 2008 for PyWeek, and won as an individual entry by Joel Bouchard Lamontagne with artwork contributed by other people. It was released into public domain and the source code is available on Pyweek, so this is free software. It is written in the Python programming language and uses the Pygame library.
Sudokuki		2016-03-08	Puzzle	Sudokuki Sudokuki Genre Puzzle Latest release 1.2.4  (Announcement) Release date March 8th, 2016 Developer Sylvain Vedrenne Code license GPL v3 Media license GPL v3 P. language Java, C Contribute Sudokuki is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Development Project Source Code Bug/Feature Tracker Forum Sudokuki is a multi-platform Sudoku game written in Java. It is licensed under the GPL version 3+.
System Syzygy		2018-10-21	Puzzle	System Syzygy System Syzygy Genre Puzzle Latest release 1.0.1  (Announcement) Release date Oct 21st, 2018 Developer Matthew D. Steele Code license GPLv3 Media license GPLv3 P. language Rust Contribute System Syzygy is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Development Project System Syzygy is a narrative puzzle game modelled on Andrew Plotkin's System's Twilight. As in that game and the Cliff Johnson classics Fool's Errand and 3 in Three which inspired it, gameplay involves solving an assortment of ingenious logical and verbal puzzles embedded within a storyline which is revealed piece by piece as the puzzles are solved. The puzzles and story are entirely original to this game.
T^3		December 20, 2004	Puzzle	T^3 Genre Puzzle Latest release 04.12.20-beta Release date December 20, 2004 Developer Derek Hausauer Code license GPL v2 or later P. language GLUT Library C++ Contribute T^3 is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. T^3 is a Blockout clone by Derek Hausauer. It was made as an assignment for a 400-level graphics course at the University of Alberta. The latest version of the game is 04.12.20-beta released on December 20th, 2004. It was written in the C++ programming library using the GLUT library.
The Butterfly Effect		2016-05-24	Puzzle	The Butterfly Effect Genre Puzzle Latest release 0.9.3.1  (Announcement) Release date 24 May 2016 Developer Kaa-Ching Code license GPLv2 Media license GPLv2 P. language C++ Library Qt Contribute The Butterfly Effect is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Development Project Source Code Bug/Feature Tracker Chat The Butterfly Effect is a physics-based puzzle game in which you solve puzzles in a 2D environment to build complex contraptions (like Rube Goldberg did) to solve relatively simple tasks, such as helping a butterfly find its way to a flower, shooting a soccer ball into the goal, knocking off bowling pins. The game features various moving and non-moving objects, like balls, seesaws, cola-and-mentos bottles but also interactive objects such as dynamite.
Tile World		2015-09-10	Puzzle	Tile World Genre Puzzle Latest release 1.3.2  (Announcement) Release date September 10th, 2015 Code license GPL Media license GPL Contribute Tile World is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Homepage Tile World is a Puzzle game that is an emulation of the game Chip's Challenge, licensed entirely under the GPL.
TinyTris		2020-01-15	Puzzle, Tetris-like	TinyTrisPC TinyTrisPC Genre Puzzle, Tetris-like Latest release 2.2 Release date 15th, January 2020 Developer Electro L.I.B Code license GPLv3 Media license GPLv3 P. language C Library SDL Contribute TinyTrisPC is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Homepage [TinyTrisPC] is a puzzle game clone of classic tetris game on GPLv3 Licence. Originaly write in c language for attiny85 MCU and ARDUBOY. The code is modified for compile and run on linux and windows(C/SDL1.2). If you want the original code for attiny85 or arduboy visit: https://www.tinyjoypad.com
Which Way Is Up		February 11th, 2008	Puzzle puzzle, platformer	Puzzle games Genres Puzzle Latest release 0.7.9 Release date February 11th, 2008 Developer Olli "Hectigo" Etuaho Code license GPLv2 Media license CC BY 3.0 P. language Python Library Pygame Contribute Puzzle games is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Which Way Is Up? is a puzzle platformer written by Olli Etuaho. It is written in the Python programming language using the Pygame library. It is a solo entry in the PyWeek 4 contest.
Xye		2013-08-13	Sokoban-style, Arcade	Xye A Xye level Genre Sokoban-style, Arcade Latest release 0.12.2  (Announcement) Release date August 13th, 2013 Developer Victor Hugo Soliz Kuncar Code license zlib/libpng license Media license Custom free license P. language C++ Library SDL Contribute Xye is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Development Project Source Code Bug/Feature Tracker Forum Xye is a puzzle game similar to Sokoban but it includes Arcade elements. The main objective is to get all the gems in each level. The player gets bonus points for collecting all stars before getting the last gem. There are different obstacles, such as blocks in different shapes and size: Some blocks move on their own Some blocks can be pushed Magnets that can be used to pull blocks. Moving blocks to certain locations will open doors Monsters chase the player
Zaz		2010-09-03	Puzzle game	Zaz Genre Puzzle game Latest release 1.0  (Announcement) Release date September 3th, 2010 Code license GPLv3 P. language C++ Contribute Zaz is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Homepage Source Code Bug/Feature Tracker Forum Zaz is a puzzle game loosely based on games like Luxor, Zuma and Puzzle Bobble. It is written in the C++ programming language and licensed under the GPLv3.