Puzzle Games with Unique Mechanics
Puzzle games that have a unique mechanic, or are the first to use the mechanic in an interesting way.
56 Games
Mechanic: Time Pressure Stair-building
Mechanic: Burning Toys
Mechanic: Portals
Mechanic: Riddles
Mechanic: Things you write become real
Mechanic: Environmental Perspective-based Line-drawing
Mechanic: Non-euclidean Escape Rooms
Mechanic: Changing/writing game code while playing
Mechanic: Character movement linked to timeline
Mechanic: Various worm&can-based physics
Mechanic: No Object Permanence
Mechanic: 2D in 3D
Mechanic: Perspective Panel Artwork
Mechanic: Many + MMO
Mechanic: Building Lego
Mechanic: Draw Lines & Solve Everything
Mechanic: Build Physics-based Bridges
Mechanic: Potion Brewing
Mechanic: 3D VR Jigsaws
Mechanic: Sideview "Snake" Puzzles
Mechanic: Cooking Sausages & Fork Manipulation
Mechanic: Perspective = Reality
Mechanic: Environmental Perception Puzzles & Simple Inputs
Mechanic: Destructible Environment & Physics-based Speedrun Heists
Mechanic: Janky Physics & Army Formations
Mechanic: Tidying Your Room
Mechanic: Rolling Snowballs
Mechanic: Satisfaction
Mechanic: Create siege machines to destroy forts
Mechanic: Programming Speedrunning Robots
Mechanic: Changing the world by drawing maps
Mechanic: Train Track Design
Mechanic: Electrical Conductivity
Mechanic: Examining Random Video Clips to Uncover Story
Mechanic: Gravity Manipulation + Archery
Mechanic: Changing the world's colors
Mechanic: Limited Moves
Mechanic: Precision Alchemical Machine Optimization
Mechanic: Recursion
Mechanic: Clue Investigation & Cross Examinations
Mechanic: Dual Silhouetted Sculptures
Mechanic: Grow a Stationary Cactus
Mechanic: Simulated Snake Body
Mechanic: Squish objects into new objects
Mechanic: Put fairytale stories back together using imagery
Mechanic: Better Minesweeper
Mechanic: Altering & Creating Geometric Shapes
Mechanic: Observational Detective Work
Mechanic: Math Discovery
Mechanic: Reversing Entropy
Mechanic: Time travel while keeping memories
Mechanic: Create the hardest puzzle for AI to solve
Mechanic: Bringing pictures into reality
