Awesome Puzzles

Fans of Atari 8-bit games and computers might recognize the Rainbow Fuji logo from the 1980s. Show your love for these classic gaming systems with this jigsaw puzzle from Plus-Plus. It features 741 identically-shaped plastic pieces so you can rearrange the colors or make your own unique image. The finished puzzle measures just over 18″ wide.

Partitions is a difficulty Level 8 metal puzzle from designer Pit Khiam Goh and PuzzleMaster. Built from eight identical interlocking brass pieces you must take apart and reassemble. Despite having just ten solution moves, it’s trickier than it looks and cleverly subverts typical lattice-puzzle assumptions. Makes a great display piece once solved.

A sequel in the bestselling Murder Most Puzzling series, this sumptuously illustrated book features more eccentric characters and brain-teasing logic puzzles by Stephanie von Reiswitz. Quandary Park invites readers to solve murder-mystery-themed puzzles set on a gothic English country estate, then examine the clues to solve an overarching mystery.

Author Alex Bellos’ book Puzzle Me Twice: 70 Simple Puzzles (Almost) Everyone Gets Wrong features dozens of challenging puzzles that will mess with your brain. Each of its head-scratching puzzles features a solution that seems so obvious that you’ll almost certainly get it wrong the first time – then delight in figuring out the correct answer.

There’s no cheating with this 1980s themed mystery puzzle. Players need to complete the 500-piece jigsaw puzzle to find visual clues that solve a culinary crime caper involving a detailed casino scene, 100+ possible suspects, and lots of ‘80s-era fashion. Throwback fun for fans of Sally Nixon’s retro illustrations and TV whodunnits like Columbo.

This 500-piece circular jigsaw puzzle from CMY Cubes levels up the challenge with its color-changing pieces. Using a lenticular layer over its rainbow-hued image, its colors shift depending on the angle it’s viewed from. The completed puzzle measures 23″ in diameter. Good luck solving this one quickly!

Can you tell the difference between a Deathcap Mushroom and a Straw Mushroom? A devious Jack-O’-Lantern from a yummy Chanterelle? Better study up on the beautiful but dangerous fungi in eeBoo’s Poisonous Mushrooms jigsaw. Made with vegetable-based inks on FSC-certified paper, it’s probably okay if Rover eats a piece that dropped on the floor.

This colorful wooden puzzle box is unlike any we’ve seen before. Its design was inspired by by ancient Mayan designs. As you find your way through it challenges, it opens into a sunburst, revealing more hidden mechanisms to discover. The handcrafted puzzle is made from 137 individual components, and should take 60 to 90 minutes to solve.

Made from solid 304 stainless steel, the Atom is a mechanical puzzle that snaps apart with one perfect move, then taunts you to reassemble its five pieces into a smooth set of spheres. The hefty 2.25 lb. puzzle is available in polished steel, sleek black PVD, or a Kickstarter-exclusive iridescent green-purple finish that shifts with the light.

After a fan suggested that she create a jigsaw puzzle that’s all edge pieces, Simone Giertz got to work creating just that. With the help of illustrator Elin Östberg, she created a (mostly) edge-piece puzzle where 438 out of its 501 pieces are edges. Before she shows off the surprisingly tricky puzzle, she has some upgrades to make to her hidden puzzle table.

Each Uniq Volumetric puzzle is made from soft PVC and molded into sculptural pieces. The first three puzzles feature curvy, organic shapes and 30 to 70 pieces each. The finished puzzles measure about 8″ x 12″ and come with a kickstand frame for display. Choose from Phantom, Timber, or Froth designs, as well as a 3-puzzle box set.

This wooden puzzle asks players to spin its colorful wheels to reveal a small object hidden inside. It’s just one of many unique wood and metal puzzles from Kubiya Games, who makes brain-twisters for home and escape room enjoyment. The difficulty level for this puzzle is moderate, but they sell others that are much more challenging.

This teensy Rubik’s Cube was created by Megahouse and Iriso Precision Company. Built to commemorate the puzzle’s 50th anniversary, the mini cube measures just 0.50cm across. The 39-piece aluminum puzzle works just like the original, but you’ll need a jeweler’s tweezers to turn its sides. It’s priced at a wallet-busting 777,777 yen – about $5100 US.

Author Alex Cheddar is the mad mind behind the nearly impossible Find the Fox word search book, in which the word “FOX” only appears once in its 240 pages. His exasperating follow-up asks you to find all 20,000 times the word “COW” appears – with the number of occurrences increasing the further you get into the book.

GiiKER’s interactive puzzle game combines the digital and tactile worlds by displaying a puzzle arrangement on its LED screen, then asking you to solve it by sliding the pieces into the proper positions. It comes loaded with more than 500 challenges. Great for kids and adults and an excellent alternative to playing on phones.

Each slice of Stellar Factory’s pizza puzzles is a smaller puzzle indicated by patterns on the back of its pieces, making them great fun for cooperative puzzle parties. Each 550-piece, 8-slice puzzle features a wavy edge and is loaded with toppings ranging from delicious to downright disturbing. Choose from pepperoni, veggie supreme, or meat lover’s varieties.