There are so many kinds of games on the market now and I prefer the puzzle games to all the other kinds. What's the best puzzle game you have ever played? For me it's iBlast Moki. The point of iBlast Moki is to blast the moki into the portal at the end.The controls of the game are quite simple. Pinch in/out to zoom in or out, move finger around is enough.The graphics are fabulous.There are 6 different worlds with different style. Each one is a nice experience. As you go to other worlds, you get more elements. My favorite element is the bomb with timer.You can move the circle as a clock, adding or removing time. Very useful for the later levels where more than one bombs are needed, or a “delayed” bomb is needed. The most amazing thing is you can build your own levels. The editor is very simple to use and you can choose the object and theme as you like. iBlast Moki is a great value at $1.99. With a unique concept, decent amount of levels,and a level editor, its just awesome.
In general or on i-devices? Best puzzles I've ever seen myself were those in the Myst series (first two most notably). Runners up (somewhat easier, though) were Return to Zork, Zork Nemesis and Riddle of the Sphinx. On iOS, Myst is available. But if you're refering to puzzles with a level-by-level approach, I agree Beyond Ynth and Helsing's Fire are both good choices. Still waiting for a real brain buster, though. EDIT: Would love to see an Oxyd port for the iPad.
Will's World the best Chip's Challenge like game in the app store you can even play the origional Chip's Challenge levels with it and best of all its Free
I really like Devil Invasion on iOS. It's a hectic timed match 3 game with a tower defense mini-component... who would think that a world of cliches would make a game as interesting as that.
Fling! and Mouse About. Both fall in the randomized, high score puzzle game genre (in fact, both have a similar mechanic as well.) Infinite replayability. Drop 7 is also very good, as noted by others. Alchemize and Cash Machine take match 3 to such a different level that they are great puzzle games in their own right. Alchemize is better, though cash machine has nice simplicity. (Not sure it matters, but the developers of Alchemize always struck me as nuts, for example by once raising the price to $199.99 to try and make a point about price cuts.)
Some good ones (not already mentioned - Helsing's Fire and Huebris are both great.) Puzzle Maniak - infinite logic games, a must have on the device IMHO Str8ts - Good alternative to Sudoku iBlast Moki - My favorite game of 2009 Aqeduct Rush Hour - the classic solitaire board game with a billion puzzles Sarang - goes free every so often, takes a long time to get difficult, but fun. Sherlock - not as good on iOS, but a classic (if you have a PC, google for "Honeycomb Hotel" my favorite of his games!) Wriggle Subway Shuffle - Starts out simple, will melt your brain about 30 levels in... Launchball - surprised this didn't get more recognition, is one of the neater physics based puzzles (like The Package, Master of Alchemy, etc) as it includes more variety of elements Psychoban - best sokoban on the system, hands down. Doodle Bomb - just plain fun! Both Ragdoll Blasters are fun - play for low score, Physics Box some more and the really fun Roly Poly Cannon. iDrop Dead Flower Edition - has a lot more depth to it than it appears... Color Bind is nice and difficult at the same time.
Drop 7 is second only to tetris in my book, but the ios tetris doesn't control as nicely as the copy in my pink gameboy pocket so... drop 7 gets the nod as far as ios puzzlers go cogs is pretty brutal in the later stages, ive only played it on pc so i cant comment on the ios version. Oh and Ken Ken gets a nod for being my favorite puzzle game that isn't necessarily a video game
I forgot Trainyard and Trainyard Express, they are really good. Gets too hard for my small brain eventually, but its a nice difficulty curve.
@Drelbs, could you pls add a link to Sherlock as I can't find it (100's of books are listed instead) I have a love for puzzle games, but I can't really narrow down the best. A good thread to look at is Mew2468's Ultimate Puzzle Game Discussion Thread and look at the first page of posts. A lot of really great games are listed there.
Similar to Drelbs, I loved Sherlock on the PC but thought the iOS version just wasn't quite the same. Link to PC game: http://www.kaser.com/sherwin.html
Cogs, indeed, is an amazing puzzle game. I really don't like how they put the iAP system together for the game though. You have to make 4 payments to get the full game. Either way, it's very well made.
Meh. I payed for those 10 puzzles and liked them. Probably would've payed for the rest if I hadn't bought the full game off of Steam. One's that I've enjoyed are iBlast Moki, Blue Block, Helsing's Fire, Cut the Rope, Puzzle Quest! and Spirit.