It’s National Puzzle Day (January 29th), so one of the best ways to celebrate is by playing one of these cozy puzzle games!

There’s a bit of variance here that hopefully catches the attention of most people. If you like nanograms, logic puzzles, or point-and-click games where what you need is hidden in your environment, then this list is here for you!

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Cozy puzzle games

Tiny Robots: Portal Escape - cozy puzzle game

Tiny Robots: Portal Escape

Tiny Robots: Portal Escape is a puzzle escape game where you’re trying to save your grandpa in a robot world. Play mini-games, craft artifacts, and unlock fun colors for your robot, Telly. Experience colorful levels and alternate realities as you look for clues, collect items, and solve puzzles.

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Squeakross: Home Squeak Home

Squeakross: Home Squeak Home is a puzzle game where you’ll solve nonograms in the shapes of furniture in order to furnish the home of your rat. There are hundreds of decorations that can be customized by color and you can even create your own rat avatar. With aids like toggling hints, solving a random cell, and using the Logic-Assist system, you don’t have to worry about getting stuck on a difficult puzzle.

Steam | Our Review

Squeakross: Home Squeak Home

Is This Seat Taken?

Is This Seat Taken?

Is This Seat Taken? is a logic puzzle where you’ll need to manage the seating chart for multiple people who all have specific requests. It starts easy, but things start getting harder since some issues have an area of effect that you’ll need to work around. Luckily, you can move people around without penalty and there are no timers, so you have the freedom to futz with their placements until everyone is satisfied.

Steam | Our Review

If none of these cozy puzzle games solve your relaxation needs, then you can try some of our other themed lists, like 3 cozy photography games and 3 cozy music games.