Games for Geniuses
Games that are still entertaining and challenging for people who are really smart. Especially games that have hidden depths that can be plumbed by the truly clever.
Not listed on IMDB:
Armadillo Run - suitable for children
The Bridge - suitable for children
Chromagun
Cut the Rope
Glitchspace
Human Resource Machine
Obduction
Perspective
Quadrilateral Cowboy
Samorost
Stephen's Sausage Roll
The Turing Test
Zoombinis - suitable for children
Not listed on IMDB:
Armadillo Run - suitable for children
The Bridge - suitable for children
Chromagun
Cut the Rope
Glitchspace
Human Resource Machine
Obduction
Perspective
Quadrilateral Cowboy
Samorost
Stephen's Sausage Roll
The Turing Test
Zoombinis - suitable for children
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- DirectorJonathan BlowStarsTerra DevaAshley JohnsonPhil LaMarrYou awake on a mysterious island with no goal but to simply traverse the area's multiple landscapes, unlock new pathways and solve all of the puzzles that prevent you from escaping.Suitable for children
- Navigate Pac-Man through a maze escaping ghosts and eating Pac-Dots.Suitable for children
- DirectorAlexey PazhitnovDifferently shaped blocks descend into a 2D container. The blocks can be moved and rotated, and must be sorted into the rest of the blocks on the fly.Suitable for children
- DirectorMatthias KempkeJohn KirbyStarsJeremiah CostelloNick Blair WilfongJonathan GussA man with no past must rediscover his identity and figure out the events that have brought the world to the edge of destruction.
- DirectorRobert DoddMark HamiltonYou solve puzzles around a box, as notes from an author - one who previously had solved the mystery of the box - are found, describing the box's use of an ethereal material, as well as showing the author slowly descending into madness.
- DirectorKen LevineStarsJohn AhlinGreg BaldwinJane BellerIn 1960, a lone survivor of a plane crash named Jack discovers an abandoned underwater utopia, only to find out that the mystery behind its creation is much more sinister than he first believed.
- DirectorKen LevineStarsTroy BakerCourtnee DraperKiff VandenHeuvelA man is sent to the flying city of Columbia to find a missing girl. However, upon arrival he discovers that the city, its people, and his objective are all not what they seem.
- FreeCell is a solitaire card game played using the standard 52-card deck. It is fundamentally different from most solitaire games in that very few deals are unsolvable, and all cards are dealt face-up from the very beginning of the gameSuitable for children
- StarsEllen McLainMike PattonAlesia GlidewellA test subject wakes up in a scientific facility controlled by a sadistic artificial intelligence and must escape with the help of the only instrument she has--a gun that makes portals.Only suitable for children who are comfortable contending against a HAL-type AI
- StarsEllen McLainStephen MerchantJ.K. SimmonsMany years after "Portal," Chell reawakens at Aperture Science and tries to stop GLaDOS once again with the help of Wheatley, who has his own plans for the historical facility.
- DirectorAgnes LarssonStarsPierre CoffinKatie CrownCW21Welcome to the world of Minecraft where you can build, brew potions, enchant your armor and tools and adventure other biomes. Visit the Nether, or even defeat the Ender Dragon in the End.Suitable for children, especially when played on Peaceful. Recommend the youtube channel EthosLab to see what a genius can do with Minecraft.
- DirectorFrancisco GonzalezStarsShelly ShenoyAbe GoldfarbFelicia HudsonThe world ended on the day the bombs fell. Since then, it's always been like this: disease, hunger, death. The ruling Aristocrats - a faceless oligarchy that controls all resources - have unchallenged authority. There's never enough food, water, or vaccine to go around. The rich receive regular doses of vaccinations in exchange for their unconditional government support. The poor live in fear, superstition, and squalor until they die. Amy Wellard, a young woman reluctantly working for the government to qualify for the vaccine lottery, believes there's a cure - and she's going to find it. Even if it costs her her life.
- DirectorAndrew SpinksTake on the role of an adventurer as you explore a randomly generated map while facing off enemy npc's.
- DirectorRaoul BarbetMichel KochStarsHannah TelleAshly BurchNik ShrinerAn awkward photography student named Max discovers her ability to rewind time, and reunites with her estranged best friend Chloe to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a local girl.
- DirectorArnt JensenA boy wakes up in a forest and sets off to find his sister.Only suitable for children who are very comfortable with the macabre - if you chuckle at Chas. Addams cartoons, it might be worth a try
- DirectorRon CarmelKyle GablerWorld of Goo is a physics based puzzle / construction game. You must explore 5 islands and construct jiggly architecture, bridges, straightaways, makeshift high-rises, and transport all of the goo balls to the World of Goo Corporation.Suitable for children
- DirectorJenova ChenA robed figure in a desolate world undertakes a journey towards a distant, glowing mountain.Suitable for children
- DirectorTim SchaferStarsElijah WoodJack BlackMasasa MoyoA point-and-click adventure that tells the story of two young people leading parallel lives. A boy lives alone on an all-too-secure spacecraft, and a girl's village has planned to sacrifice her to a monster.
- DirectorCarlos CoronadoStarsGreg NugentA first-person puzzler that throws you into a fantastic and surreal world. You will bend the natural elements to your will in order to progress in this emotive, mind-bending tale.
- DirectorJoe McDermottStarsRobert HirschboeckDouglas KnappMichael PocaroAn unidentified man finds himself in the foyer of an old mansion that was once the property of a well known toy maker, a Mr. Stauf. As the man explores the mansion, he discovers that the mansion is haunted by six ghosts.
- Minesweeper is a single-player puzzle game wherein the player must find and defuse hidden mines without detonating them.Suitable for children
- StarsTimothy WatsonErin FitzgeraldPlayers are tasked with solving a series of increasingly difficult series of complex puzzles woven into a metaphysical parable about intelligence and meaning in an inevitably doomed world.
- The story focuses on four prisoners who receive a royal pardon, the moment they are thrown into the dungeons of Mount Grimrock. The king hopes that one such group of prisoners will one day conquest the mountain and be able to tell of the secrets of this ancient place, but so far, nobody has come out alive. While trying to escape from the mountain, the party will encounter many tunnels, traps, contraptions and dangerous creatures as they fight for their lives.
- DirectorJonathan BlowA man, Tim, goes on a quest to save a princess from an evil monster.
- DirectorSatoshi TajiriPlay as a young Pokémon trainer trying to catch all 150 Pokémon.Suitable for children