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Which puzzle games actually get played?

320 puzzle games owned in at least 30 of the libraries read here, ranked by how many owners got past Steam’s two-hour refund window. Across all of them it’s 38%.

S25 games
  1. #1Portal 275% of 500
  2. #2PRAGMATA94% of 34
  3. #3Teardown75% of 65
  4. #4Big Walk70% of 89
  5. #5Peglin83% of 42
  6. #6Blue Prince72% of 65
  7. #7Escape Simulator69% of 83
  8. #8Stray66% of 83
  9. #9Mini Motorways81% of 37
  10. #10Glass Masquerade83% of 30
  11. #11Outer Wilds60% of 126
  12. #12Scribblenauts Unlimited59% of 111
  13. #13Energy Balance77% of 31
  14. #14MIND Path to Thalamus E.Edition71% of 38
  15. #15The Room Two65% of 54
  16. #16Unpacking62% of 66
  17. #17Portal52% of 387
  18. #18McPixel68% of 41
  19. #19We Were Here Forever64% of 50
  20. #20Pixel Puzzles 2: Anime68% of 38
  21. #21The Room59% of 73
  22. #22Bad Rats60% of 63
  23. #23Marble Mayhem: Fragile Ball68% of 37
  24. #24The Tiny Bang Story60% of 62
  25. #25Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator60% of 58
A64 games
  1. #26Tumblestone60% of 58
  2. #27A Little to the Left62% of 50
  3. #28Infinifactory67% of 36
  4. #29Oknytt70% of 30
  5. #30Through Abandoned: The Underground City64% of 39
  6. #31Furry Love67% of 33
  7. #32Tiny Bridge: Ratventure68% of 31
  8. #33Poly Bridge54% of 97
  9. #34Through Abandoned: The Forest66% of 32
  10. #35Baba Is You56% of 66
  11. #36Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter55% of 69
  12. #37We Were Here Together54% of 80
  13. #38Return of the Obra Dinn56% of 57
  14. #39Gods Will Be Watching57% of 49
  15. #40SUPERHOT50% of 129
  16. #41Akin63% of 30
  17. #42Valiant Hearts: The Great War™ / Soldats Inconnus : Mémoires de la Grande Guerre™58% of 43
  18. #43I, Zombie59% of 41
  19. #44Little Inferno53% of 78
  20. #45Tinboy59% of 39
  21. #46Stacking56% of 50
  22. #47Manual Samuel - Last Tuesday Edition53% of 74
  23. #48Party Hard53% of 74
  24. #49The Room Three56% of 48
  25. #50Doodle God60% of 35
  26. #51Zup!60% of 35
  27. #52Train Valley57% of 46
  28. #53Rollers of the Realm61% of 33
  29. #54Suicide Guy61% of 31
  30. #55Zup! 361% of 31
  31. #56Silence of the Sleep58% of 38
  32. #57Melissa K. and the Heart of Gold Collector's Edition56% of 45
  33. #58Cat on a Diet59% of 32
  34. #59Leisure Suit Larry - Wet Dreams Don't Dry59% of 32
  35. #60LYNE56% of 41
  36. #61Is This Seat Taken?60% of 30
  37. #62Mini Metro51% of 70
  38. #63OneShot53% of 49
  39. #64Hello Neighbor52% of 58
  40. #65Rusty Lake: Roots55% of 38
  41. #66Antichamber51% of 63
  42. #67Legend of Grimrock 253% of 43
  43. #68World to the West56% of 34
  44. #69The Vanishing of Ethan Carter50% of 66
  45. #70Contraption Maker56% of 32
  46. #71House of Caravan57% of 30
  47. #72Samorost 352% of 44
  48. #73Zup! S52% of 44
  49. #74Reus50% of 60
  50. #75Violett54% of 35
  51. #76We Were Here Too48% of 90
  52. #77CrossCode51% of 49
  53. #78BOMBANANA!55% of 31
  54. #79Save Jesus55% of 31
  55. #80Alchemy Mysteries: Prague Legends53% of 36
  56. #81Draw a Stickman: EPIC53% of 36
  57. #82Labyrinthine53% of 34
  58. #83WayOut53% of 34
  59. #84Mages of Mystralia53% of 32
  60. #85Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas53% of 32

And 4 more: Lucius, Tricky Towers, Enigmatis: The Ghosts of Maple Creek, The Talos Principle.

B96 games
  1. #90Pressured52% of 31
  2. #91Volt52% of 31
  3. #92Zup! X52% of 31
  4. #93DETOUR49% of 43
  5. #94FRAMED Collection49% of 43
  6. #95Mind Spheres49% of 41
  7. #96Gunpoint46% of 72
  8. #97Superliminal45% of 89
  9. #98Hentai Girl50% of 32
  10. #99Hook50% of 32
  11. #100Schein50% of 32
  12. #101Space Pilgrim Episode IV: Sol48% of 44
  13. #102Human Resource Machine49% of 37
  14. #103Scribblenauts Unmasked49% of 37
  15. #104The Next Door49% of 37
  16. #105The Farmer Was Replaced50% of 30
  17. #106Millie47% of 45
  18. #107TUNIC45% of 62
  19. #108Last Day of June46% of 50
  20. #109The Room 4: Old Sins47% of 38
  21. #110The Last Campfire45% of 55
  22. #111Dreamfall Chapters47% of 43
  23. #112Machinarium45% of 60
  24. #113Aporia: Beyond The Valley48% of 31

And 72 more: Nova-111, Bridge Constructor Portal, Ninja Stealth, Back to Bed, Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes, The Sexy Brutale, Octodad: Dadliest Catch, Neighbours back From Hell, Finding Teddy, Zup! 8, Love is Dead, Rakuen, Spin Rush, Hitman GO: Definitive Edition, Hacker Evolution, Dorfromantik, PUSS!, Hypnospace Outlaw, Legacy of Kain™ Soul Reaver 1&2 Remastered, Racer 8, Solar Flux, Train Valley 2, Waveform, AER Memories of Old, SUPERHOT VR, Hacker Evolution: Untold, PixelJunk™ Shooter, Morphopolis, A Virus Named TOM, Hacknet, Operation Tango, The Fall, See No Evil, The Dweller, Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons, FORCED, Carto, Catherine Classic, World of Goo, Labyrinthine Dreams, Zombie Night Terror, Zup! F, We Were Here Expeditions: The FriendShip, Runestone Keeper, Syberia 3, Besiege, Untitled Goose Game, Randal's Monday, Chants of Sennaar, Ittle Dew, MirrorMoon EP, Crazy Machines 3, Rusty Lake Paradise, ISLANDERS, Morkredd, The Past Within, Please, Don’t Touch Anything, Detention, McPixel 3, When Ski Lifts Go Wrong , A Guidebook Of Babel, Q.U.B.E. 2, Behind the Frame: The Finest Scenery, The Testament of Sherlock Holmes, Goetia, SpaceChem, Space Farmers, Eets Munchies, Evergarden, Peggle Deluxe, Pool Panic, Concrete Jungle.

C80 games
  1. #186Opus Magnum34% of 38
  2. #187The Talos Principle 234% of 41
  3. #188Pawnbarian33% of 30
  4. #189Lightmatter34% of 44
  5. #190Space Pilgrim Episode II: Epsilon Indi35% of 69
  6. #191Deliver Us The Moon33% of 33
  7. #192Whispering Willows33% of 33
  8. #193Portal with RTX34% of 47
  9. #194Automachef33% of 36
  10. #195Timelie31% of 32
  11. #196Drop Duchy31% of 35
  12. #197Last Call BBS31% of 35

And 68 more: She Remembered Caterpillars, Divide by Sheep, Lara Croft GO, INDIKA, Still There, Scorn, The Turing Test, CHUCHEL, Felix the Reaper, Strange Horticulture, Figment 2: Creed Valley, Amanda the Adventurer, Monument Valley, The Witness, Lakeview Cabin Collection, Katamari Damacy REROLL, Neverout, Smile For Me, The Spiral Scouts, Old Man's Journey, Hexcells, Tomb Raider I-III Remastered Starring Lara Croft, Stories Untold, Cryptmaster, Splice, The Count Lucanor, The Bookwalker, Hexcells Infinite, Hexcells Plus, Hexologic, Size Matters, Sherlock Holmes: Nemesis, Pony Island, SIMULACRA, SHENZHEN I/O, Boxes, Assemble with Care, Peggle Nights, NecroWorm, The Basement Collection, Toki Tori, Crown Champion: Legends of the Arena, TOEM, TIS-100, Bridge Constructor, Osmos, Bridge Constructor Medieval, Neighbours from Hell, Kraken Academy!!, Rusty Lake Hotel, Jusant, The Ball, The Forgotten City, Station to Station, Heaven's Vault, The Entropy Centre, Call of the Sea, EXAPUNKS, Obulis, Path of Giants, Hob, Maize, RUSH, Samorost 2, Hello Neighbor: Hide and Seek, Puzzle Agent, Relicta, The Exit 8.

D55 games
  1. #266Eternal Threads8% of 39
  2. #267Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet6% of 36
  3. #268Lumino City6% of 36
  4. #269Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP12% of 52
  5. #270Cogs3% of 33
  6. #271Dreamscapes: The Sandman - Premium Edition3% of 33
  7. #272Gunspell: Steam Edition3% of 33
  8. #273Lexica3% of 33
  9. #274Cobi Treasure Deluxe5% of 38
  10. #275Penumbra: Black Plague10% of 50
  11. #276Winexy15% of 78
  12. #277Figment19% of 127

And 43 more: Nephise Begins, Hack 'n' Slash, Dracula 4 and 5 - Special Steam Edition, English Country Tune, NAIRI: Tower of Shirin, Mata Hari, Vane, The Search, Crayon Physics Deluxe, Cubetractor, Numba Deluxe, Road to Ballhalla, Morphblade, TRAUMA, Else Heart.Break(), Islands of Insight, Broken Sword 3 - the Sleeping Dragon (2003), 趣拼拼：肖像画 Pleasure Puzzle:Portrait, Genesis Noir, Worms Crazy Golf, You Suck at Parking® - Complete Edition, Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris, The Deed: Dynasty, Magrunner: Dark Pulse, Interkosmos, Desktop Dungeons, Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, Penumbra: Overture, Q.U.B.E: Director's Cut, Hacker Evolution Duality, Worms Blast, Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation (1999), Puzzle Agent 2, Q.U.B.E., Transpose, Puzzle Chambers, Portal 2 Sixense Perceptual Pack, Penumbra: Requiem, Peaky Blinders: Mastermind, Machinika Museum, Amerzone: The Explorer’s Legacy (1999), Crystal Crisis, Moonrise Fall.

Counted from the Steam libraries read here, by the hours Steam has on each game; free games are left out, since Steam lists one as owned only once it has been played. A game owned in only a few libraries is pulled toward the kind’s 38% as if 60 more owners had played it like the typical one, so a lucky handful can’t top the list. S is the top 8%, A the next 20%, B the next 30%, C the next 25%, D the rest.