10 fantastic puzzle games for Android and iOS to work out your brain muscles with

Hey there, gamer! Fancy a quick brain workout with your smartphone? Swell, then – it doesn't get better than a quality puzzle game – and here, we've rounded up no less than ten of them. Each has an interesting concept to it, and some come with a truly breathtaking, immersive atmosphere. Whether it is crunching numbers to exercise your brain muscles, making your way out of mystery-laden mazes, or guiding Lara Croft through another tomb raiding adventure, we're pretty sure you'll find something interesting to enjoy in this selection. All of these games are multiplatform as well, so Android and iOS users (along with Windows Phone fans, on occasion) are welcome to partake. Happy puzzling!

Monument Valley

Monument Valley is a game of manipulating impossible architectures while guiding a silent princess through its vivid, picturesque world. Explore puzzling structures made of improbable geometry, navigating Princess Ida through hidden paths, optical illusions, and the enigmatic Crow People. When you finish the main adventure, download the Forgotten Shores expansion pack for eight more chapters of adventures through the illusions!

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The Room Three

Push your way through puzzling machinations

Welcome back the to The Room and its third installment! It's the same beautifully tactile puzzle game, where players navigate a series of trials designed by The Craftsman. There's a lot of lever pulling, button pressing, and careful searching for detail in this fun, engaging title. The third game has been upgraded with new environments and areas full of cryptic artifacts to examine. For the first time, players can also zoom in their settings and explore the world up close and personal.

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Lara Croft GO

Guide Lara Croft through the ruins of an ancient civilization

Lara Croft GO is a turn based puzzle-adventure set in an arcane world. As Lara, you will explore the ruins of an ancient civilization, discovering its secrets and facing deadly challenges in search for the truth behind the mythical Queen of Venom. The game features lush, stylized visuals, a dynamic soundtrack, and simple swipe controls. It covers over 101 puzzles, allocated in six chapters full of ancient relics and collectible outfits for Lara.

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Hundreds

Grow points and prevent circles from exploding

Hundreds asks players to grow at least a hundred points between the circles in each puzzle. These circles turn red and volatile while they grow, and if they collide, boom! Game over! There are over a hundred unique puzzles, presented with elegant, minimalist graphics and an original soundtrack.

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Threes

A Sudoki-like narrative with a modern twist

A modern classic, Threes is about exploring a Sudoku-like challenge and utilizing your mind beyond imagination. The adventure comes complete with a cast of endearing characters and a heart-warming soundtrack. There are also no in-app purchases!

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This is a game of dragging and dropping living, squirming, talking globs of goo in order to build structures, bridges, cannonballs, zeppelins, and giant tongues out of them. It's full of mysterious levels, both strange and dangerously beautiful. It also introduces new puzzles, areas, and creatures that inhibit them. Along the way, you'll discover new species of Goo Balls, each with their unique abilities. They will come together to ooze through reluctant tales of discovery, love, conspiracy, beauty, electric power, and the third dimension. Pretty epic, huh?

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Two Dots

Join the dots and see what happens!

In this game, players connect one dot to another, sinking anchors, making lines, creating bombs, fighting fires, and doing other fun things. Two Dots takes players through 760 fun and addicting levels with a clean design and relaxing music. You can play at your own pace and figure out the perfect moves without having to worry about time.

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Where's My Water?

Bring the water to the thirsty crocodile and his gang of friends

In this Disney title, you have to help Swampy the crocodile by guiding water to his broken shower. Each level poses a challenging physics-based puzzle with amazing mechanics. You will cut through dirt to guide fresh water, dirty water, toxic water, steam, and ooze through a maze of intricate scenarios! The game will have you play through four unique stories that feature Swampy, Allie, Cranky, and Mystery Duck. This makes for over 500 awesome puzzles, all played with different characters!

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Worms 4

Worms hardly needs an introduction, but for the younger ones around here – this is a game where impossibly cute worms stand at war with each other. Designed specifically for mobile devices, Worms 4 features synchronous multiplayer matches, bite-sized matches for quick bouts of action, streamlined menu systems, and rich cartoon visuals made to look great even on small screens. The game is also full of new weapons, upgrades, gorgeous hand-drawn locations, 80 single player missions, factions, world events, daily challenges, and tons of loot. There's nothing like a Worms match!

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Alphabear

Spell words, get bears!

Alphabear has you spelling words by choosing letters on a grid. When using letters adjacent to each other, bears will appear... because, why not? Now, the more letters you use, the bigger (and more alpha) the bears will grow, and the more points you'll earn. When your score goes high enough, you'll win a bear for your permanent collection. Bears can be used as power-ups in future games, increasing the points you earn, extending your timer, increasing or decreasing the frequency with which letters appear on the game board, and other cool stuff. Alphabear!

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