Worlds within Worlds COCOON is a unique take on the puzzle adventure genre, where each world exists within an orb that you can carry on your back. Wrap your head around the core mechanic of leaping between worlds—and combine, manipulate, and rearrange them to solve intricate puzzles

A planet that used to be a place of undisturbed balance between human, nature, and animal has now become something else entirely.

The disharmony that had been in the making for hundreds of years has finally arrived in the form of a faceless army. But this is not a story about war. This is a story about a vibrant, beautiful planet –and the journey to keep it that way.

Little Nightmares II is a suspense-adventure game in which you play as Mono, a young boy trapped in a world that has been distorted by the humming transmission of a distant tower. With Six, the girl in a yellow raincoat, as his guide, Mono sets out to discover the dark secrets of The Signal Tower and save Six from her terrible fate; but their journey will not be straightforward as Mono and Six will face a gallery of new threats from the terrible residents of this world. Will you dare to face this collection of new, little nightmares?

Unpacking is a BAFTA Award-winning zen game about the familiar experience of pulling possessions out of boxes and fitting them into a new home. Part block-fitting puzzle, part home decoration, you are invited to create a satisfying living space while learning clues about the life you’re unpacking. Over the course of eight house moves, you are given a chance to experience a sense of intimacy with a character you never see and a story you’re never told.

In Sound Mind is an imaginative first-person psychological horror with frenetic puzzles, unique boss fights, and original music by The Living Tombstone. Journey within the inner workings of the one place you can’t seem to escape—your own mind.

Venba is a narrative cooking game where you play as an Indian mom who immigrates to Canada with her family in the 1980s. Players will cook various dishes and restore lost recipes, hold branching conversations and explore in this story about family, love, loss and more.

Cook Mouth Watering Dishes
Venba's recipe book gets damaged when she moves to Canada. Restore the lost recipes to cook delicious, mouth-watering dishes that serve as a connection to the home left behind.

Explore, Converse, Experience
Get to know the family well, hold branching conversations, and explore as you face the challenges that arise from day to day life.

FAR: Changing Tides is an atmospheric vehicle adventure driven by an emotional story. When floods ravage your world, captain a ship like no other and search for a new home. Sail stormy waters, dive unknown depths, and explore forgotten ruins on your voyage.

The Plucky Squire follows the magical adventures of Jot and his friends - storybook characters who discover a three-dimensional world outside the pages of their book.

When the malevolent Humgrump realises he's the villain of the book - destined to lose his battle against the forces of good for all eternity - he kicks the heroic Jot out of its pages and changes the story forever.

Jot must face challenges unlike anything he's ever seen if he is to save his friends from Humgrump's dark forces and restore the book's happy ending.

Jump between 2D and 3D worlds in this charming action adventure - solving puzzles, boxing badgers, flying with a jetpack, and enjoying many more delightful and surprising mini challenges as you become the hero of a living storybook.

Now with all-new co-op and competitive online and local multiplayer modes! This is Tetris® like you’ve never seen it, or heard it, or felt it before—an incredibly addictive, unique, and breathtakingly gorgeous reinvention of one of the most popular puzzle games of all time.

Call of the Sea is an otherworldly adventure game set in the 1930s South Pacific. Explore a lush island paradise and puzzle out the secrets of a lost civilization in the hunt for your husband’s missing expedition.

Japan’s beloved puzzle game series Puyo Puyo and the world-renowned Tetris® game franchise have teamed up again to deliver even more Puyo-popping and Tetrimino-clearing fun in Puyo Puyo Tetris 2. Playing is easy: match 4 or more same-colored Puyos or complete a line of blocks to clear them from your board and dump Garbage into your opponent’s game. But keep an eye on what’s coming your way too. Play traditional Puyo Puyo and Tetris…or mix them together to level up your game. Offline or online, you’ll have loads of modes that let you play the way you want from single-player Adventure to couch-competition Versus to ranked Online matches, and more.

In this story-driven detective thriller, a young Sherlock Holmes struggles to prove himself as he navigates an exotic, dangerous island in the Mediterranean to investigate the mystery of his mother’s death.

TWELVE MINUTES is a real-time top-down interactive thriller with an accessible click and drag interface. Featuring James McAvoy, Daisy Ridley, and Willem Dafoe. What should be a romantic evening with your wife turns into a nightmare when a police detective breaks into your home, accuses your wife of murder and beats you to death... Only for you to find yourself immediately returned to the exact moment you opened the front door, stuck in a TWELVE-MINUTE time loop, doomed to relive the same terror again and again... Unless you can find a way to use the knowledge of what’s coming to change the outcome and break the loop. TWELVE MINUTES blends the dream-like tension of THE SHINING with the claustrophobia of REAR WINDOW and the fragmented structure of MEMENTO.

BALAN WONDERWORLD is a wondrous action platformer game themed around the Balan Theatre. Led by the enigmatic maestro named Balan, the stars of the show Emma and Leo will use special abilities from a multitude of characterful costumes as they adventure in the bizarre and imaginary land of Wonderworld. Here memories and vistas from the real world mix with the things that people hold dear.
Twelve different tales await our stars in the Wonderworld, each with their own unique quirks. They will explore all corners of these labyrinthine stages, filled with a myriad of tricks and traps, to get to the heart of each story.

Cat Pipes: More Meow is a cozy, hand-drawn puzzle game about guiding warmth to sleepy cats. Rotate the pipes to connect the flow from the main source to every cat in the room, then watch each one light up and purr.

With 51 handcrafted levels that ease you in and slowly grow into satisfying brain-teasers, portals that bend the path across the board, and a warm lo-fi atmosphere, it's the perfect little game to unwind with.

HELLBOUND INC is a hellish 2D platformer where you jump & carry packages to deliver against time, demons and HR. Play as an undead courier trapped in a fulfillment center recently purchased by Satan himself.

Step into the shoes of a police officer investigating the mysterious disappearance of children. Enter the twisted world of a dangerous mind and uncover the truth.

See everything through a body camera. Every moment is recorded and later reviewed at the station to teach rookies how a real pro handles a case.

It feels real — the old, abandoned school, the dark corners, and hidden secrets. You can almost touch the worn walls and feel the cracks beneath your fingertips.

It’s terrifying — the madman is out there, lurking. Be careful with every step. Stay sharp. This place may look deserted, but it hides terrible secrets.

Pay close attention to the clues — they might lead you back to where it all began. Only you have the power to put an end to it. Open the door and step into the nightmare.

Escape from your own house, in which you have been locked up. But be careful, you will not be alone in your captivity. Immerse yourself in this first-person horror adventure, full of family secrets and betrayals. And find out who and why they locked you up.

In House Builder 2 you build your dream constructions with friends or alone in a vibrant, low-poly open world! Buy materials for work, load it up, and drive to your next job in the ultimate co-op construction adventure!

A kidnapping, a desperate mother, and a shadow from the past. The final chapter of the trilogy reveals every secret behind the series most unsettling icon: the Red Nun.

Get ready for a sneaky adventure in Sneaky Purr! Control Bill, a mischievous cat and expert little thief, and help him steal all the food pouches before making his way back to the exit of each level. But be careful: escaping with the loot can be much harder than it looks!

Get ready for a journey full of challenges in Railroad Swap! Help Mat, an adorable train-driving cat, build the tracks needed to guide his train to the final destination. But be careful: the available pieces aren't enough to complete the entire route, so you'll need to think beyond the tracks!

On a hexagonal grid, select, rotate, and reposition pieces to build the perfect route. Along the way, you'll find swap tiles that let you assign colors to tracks or empty spaces. When the train passes over them, their positions are swapped, transforming the board and revealing new possibilities for continuing the journey.

Grab your spray can and step into a colorful adventure in Spray Trace! Control a talented graffiti artist and move through each environment, painting the tiles along your path. But you can't just paint everything you see: each color has an exact number of tiles that must be filled!

Move across the environment in four directions and carefully plan your routes. Every tile you pass over is painted with your current color, but retracing a path already painted with the same color makes the paint disappear, allowing you to correct part of your route and discover new solutions.

Along the way, you'll find sprays in different colors. Collecting them permanently changes your paint color, completely transforming the possibilities of the level. Choose when and where to change colors, and think a few steps ahead to avoid leaving paint where it shouldn't be!

The grand opening is tomorrow, and someone has helpfully unpacked the entire delivery onto the floor. Pick the flowers up an armful at a time, sort them by species into baskets, paint them in patterns, and have the place ready by morning. No timers, nobody watching. A cozy first-person tidy-up.

Best Xbox Series X|S Puzzle Games

COCOON

Planet of Lana

Little Nightmares II

Unpacking

In Sound Mind

Venba

FAR: Changing Tides

The Plucky Squire

Tetris Effect: Connected

Call of the Sea

Puyo Puyo Tetris 2

Sherlock Holmes Chapter One

Twelve Minutes

BALAN WONDERWORLD

Cat Pipes: More Meow

Hellbound, Inc.

The Last Case

The Transference

House Builder 2

Remothered: Red Nun's Legacy

Sneaky Purr

The Séance of Blake Manor

Railroad Swap

Spray Trace

Tidy Up the Flower Shop