Crossword and Puzzle Games for Android: Brain Teasers and Match-3

What you will really find under this tag

Strictly speaking, a crossword is a word grid with clues. The cards collected here lean wider: logic riddles, match-three boards, physical puzzles and room-escape adventures. The tag was applied by label, so expect a general puzzle shelf where the shared promise is a problem that gets solved with your head, not your reflexes.

If you want to narrow it, puzzle is the broad page, brain training leans toward daily mental exercises, and merge covers the combine-and-grow style. All our games are one click away.

A tour of the puzzle styles

• Brain Out: a series of tricky riddles where the obvious answer is usually wrong, offered here with unlimited hints.
• Monument Valley 2: a quiet puzzle game built around impossible architecture and optical illusions.
• The Room: a mystery game where you open intricate puzzle boxes by touching and turning them.
• Human: Fall Flat: a physics puzzle platformer where you solve levels with clumsy movement and objects.
• Candy Crush Saga: the classic match-three game, available here as a build with unlimited lives.
• Royal Match: a match-three game with level goals and boosters.
• Merge Mansion: a merge game wrapped in a mansion mystery.

How to choose your kind of puzzle

Decide whether you want a calm evening or a quick break. Premium style games such as Monument Valley 2 and The Room are meant to be played slowly and finished. Match-three titles are built for short sessions, but they pace you with lives and boosters. Riddle games reward lateral thinking, and you will either love or hate the trick questions.

Before you install

The one-time purchase titles usually work offline, while match-three and merge games often need internet for events and saves. Check the Android version and size, and for any MOD build note that unlimited lives or hints change the challenge. An online puzzle may refuse to start after an update. See the MOD section and guides for details.