Puzzle games

About these puzzle games

Puzzle games ask you to think rather than react, so you can usually take your time. This category covers matching and memory games, spot-the-difference scenes, sorting and merging puzzles, number games such as 2048, jigsaws, trivia and simple maths practice. Some are quick brain teasers, while others get harder level by level, so the first few levels are the best place to learn the rules.

This is also where you will find the classics people look for by name. Solitaire, mahjong, chess, sudoku, ludo, tic-tac-toe and checkers each have their own page with more games of that kind, linked at the top of this page. Many of these games are turn-based, which makes them comfortable to play on a phone.