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Upcoming puzzle games: 27 coming in 2026
Discrete problems built around a mechanic the game teaches you without saying so. These have not been released, so none of them carry a score. They are ordered by when you can play them. For puzzle games you can play today, see the ranked puzzle games.
Every upcoming puzzle games we track
- as Steam has it
The Girl in the WindowAnticipation 94
A girl appears at the window of an abandoned house, untouched for 20 years. Enter its eerie rooms, solve puzzles, uncover hidden clues, and discover the dark secret that began the mysteries of Hidden Town.
- as Steam has it
Math-HavocAnticipation 81
Solve fast. Think faster. Math-Havoc is a rapid-fire logic game where every second counts. Chain correct answers, push your limits, and survive as long as you can.
- as Steam has it
Nowhere HouseAnticipation 78
Enter the cursed house of a vanished witch and solve puzzles across three parallel worlds. A dark point-and-click escape adventure full of mystery, trapped souls, hidden secrets, and eerie choices that shape your fate.
- as Steam has it
Ghost CaseAnticipation 78
Reopen a 20-year-old murder case after receiving messages from the afterlife. Explore Hidden Town, solve puzzles, question suspects, and uncover the truth in this dark point-and-click detective mystery.
- as Steam has it
Unwanted ExperimentAnticipation 75
Kidnapped by a mysterious scientist, you wake up trapped inside his strange laboratory. Switch between two characters, solve twisted puzzles, uncover hidden experiments, and escape before you become his next victim.
- as Steam has it
Hidden MemoriesAnticipation 74
Lucian wakes up trapped with no memory of how he got there. Explore fragments of the previous night, solve dark puzzles, uncover hidden clues, and discover the terrifying truth buried within his forgotten memories.
- as Steam has it
Another ShadowAnticipation 74
Bastian is trapped in darkness by an ancient curse, and only Carissa can bring him back. Switch between two connected worlds, solve eerie puzzles, uncover hidden memories, and reveal the shadow haunting their new home.
- as Steam has it
Beyond the RoomAnticipation 73
Enter an abandoned building haunted by rituals, witchcraft, and a dark past. Follow the signals from the fifth floor, solve eerie puzzles, rescue a trapped soul, and uncover the truth behind the spirits beyond the room
- as Steam has it
Edge Of EvilAnticipation 35
Descend into terror in this first-person psychological horror experience as you follow your lost kitten into an ancient pirate crypt. Explore, shoot and dig for clues…literally, while unravelling a chilling mystery, all in a desperate bid to rescue your helplessly curious pet from this dark tomb.
- as Steam has it
Tails & TrailsAnticipation 32
Explore cozy 3D worlds, follow the trails, solve playful puzzles, and photograph every hidden cat you can find.
- as Steam has it
We Are GumAnticipation 31
A wholesome yet challenging puzzle game about goofy alien bubble gums that all move simultaneously and try to find their way home. Stick to walls, drag heavy stones, and turn simple steps into brain-melting puzzle.
- as Steam has it
Text Survival Rules - MicroAnticipation 31
Amid info nodes, you’re a codebreaker—each choice shifts the story. Click nodes for clues, pull key details from text, crack codes, link logic. When all light up, truth emerges: unravel with reason, or get stuck in a thought labyrinth? It depends on your calls.
- as Steam has it
Cyber Classics CollectionAnticipation 18
A growing cyberpunk collection of classic card, board, puzzle and arcade games plus local duels — each rebuilt as a clean, responsive game table with bots, rule variants and a shared neon interface.
- as Steam has it
WheelMatesAnticipation 98
Grab a friend and race into a co-op driving adventure as two tiny RC cars. Explore the professor’s home laboratory, solve puzzles across oversized locations, find hidden paths, and uncover what really happened inside.
- as Steam has it
Cognition MethodAnticipation 88
Cognition Method is a story-driven, first-person puzzle game inspired by 2001: A Space Odyssey and Solaris. Discover the innovative mechanics of altering gravity and dive into the surreal setting. Find your way within a mysterious artifact and unveil a non-ordinary story.
- as Steam has it
Aerial_Knight's MrFreezyAnticipation 21
Play as a woman who's an axe-wielding serial killer in this light-hearted puzzle game about decapitating men, uncover the disturbing story behind New Detroit’s infamous serial killer, Mr. Freezy.
- as Steam has it
sussy babies: rebornAnticipation 13
Sussy Babies: Reborn is a psychological horror experience, where you and your friend get trapped in a mysterious mine system, the deeper you go, the stranger the mines become, and the more challenging it gets to find your way out.
- as Steam has it
NULLAnticipation 12
NULL is an alternate reality game where you talk with Mere, an AI companion, by voice or text. Lost in a strange digital world with no memory of your past, explore eight surreal chapters, face psychological challenges, and choose between staying human or becoming digital.
- as Steam has it
DvorAnticipation 11
A falling-block puzzle game rooted in Soviet aesthetics. Lock concretes into a living facade as the seasons turn and the music shifts with them. Dvor means courtyard – the place where Soviet children played, where life happened. The version the falling blocks game always deserved.
- as Steam has it
Drowned LightAnticipation 6
Drowned Light is a first-person psychological horror game with a striking pencil aesthetic. Survive a monolithic lighthouse with a light that lasts exactly 2 minutes. Follow the missing keeper's trail and use your past failures to unlock the mysteries of the dark.
- as Steam has it
WoolmatesAnticipation 2
Two balls of wool, one thread, one big adventure! Jump, swing and puzzle your way together through more than 50 interwoven levels — in co-op or multiplayer.
- as Steam has it
BOMBANANA!Anticipation 100
Chaotic bomb disposal fun with friends & monkeys! Work together as a 3-player co-op team of blind, deaf, and mute monkeys. Each player has only part of the needed information. Communicate, solve puzzles, and race against the clock. Can you defuse the bombs before they explode?
- as Steam has it
He Who WatchesAnticipation 82
Walk on walls. Manipulate gravity. Discover secrets. In this first-person puzzle game, delve deep into an ancient labyrinth of intricate conundrums, seeking an imprisoned god at the centre.
- as Steam has it
Mosaique Neko Waifus 6Anticipation 89
Solve rotating puzzles with cute cat girls. Cozy, soft-incremental gameplay. Chat With Cat Girls. Somehow Get Better at Puzzles. Make Questionable Choices. Unlock Surprisingly Useful Stuff.
- as Steam has it
Isle of ReveriesAnticipation 62
Make a pilgrimage skybound to the Isle of Reveries, where any wish can be granted. Conquer mysterious dungeons, solve puzzles, and explore a vast overworld in this retro-inspired adventure.
- as Steam has it
SILENT HILL: TownfallAnticipation 94
Returning to an island town to ‘put things right’, Simon Ordell descends into a world of tense evasion, explosive confrontations, and mind-bending puzzles that slowly surface the truth of St. Amelia.
- August 2026window, not a date
Hush DarlingAnticipation 75
Hush Darling is a psychological point-and-click narrative game inspired by classic makeup and dress-up games. Follow a young woman as she uses makeup to hide the visible signs of an abusive relationship, while the cute facade gradually gives way to a much darker reality.
Matched on store genre and description rather than player tags, because unreleased games have none. That will occasionally pull in a game that mentions the subject without being about it.
Already out
Our ranked list of puzzle games you can play now is computed from player sentiment, critic aggregates and reach, which is the evidence these upcoming titles do not have yet.
Common questions
What upcoming puzzle games are coming out next?
The Girl in the Window is the next one with a firm date, 30 August 2026 as its Steam listing has it. 26 of the 27 on this page carry a real date; the rest give a window only.
How are these puzzle games chosen?
An unreleased game has no player tags, because nobody has played it. So these are matched on the store genres and description text rather than on the tags behind our released puzzle games pages. That is a weaker match: a description mentioning the subject is not the same evidence as thousands of players tagging a game with it.
Why is there no ranking here?
Because there is nothing to rank on. The GamingPickz Score is computed from player sentiment, critic aggregates and reach, none of which exist before a game is released. Ordering these by anticipation would be an opinion dressed as a measurement, so they are ordered by date instead.