Puzzle games on Nintendo Switch 2

These 4 games I've reviewed so far that really fit puzzle: Airport Hero Haneda, Balatro, Limbo and Grim Fandango Remastered. Here is what put each of them on this page.

• I am an Air Traffic Controller: Airport Hero Haneda

  I describe it as a puzzle that happens to have engines. Each plane needs a few simple choices, and the puzzle is the order: arrivals, takeoffs and taxi routes have to fit together before three more planes line up. Each stage also has extra challenges for extra points, which add cool ways to play. The one real frustration is the very long stages (some run one to two hours), where some actions can't be undone and a loss can send you back to a checkpoint the game chose.

• Balatro

  It's poker turned into a puzzle: you play up to five cards as a hand and have to hit a target score before you run out of hands. Each hand type has its own chips and multiplier. You don't need to know poker, since everything is shown on screen and the most powerful hand isn't always the winning one. Jokers from the shop each break the rules in their own small way, so the puzzle is building a strange machine of your own.

• Limbo

  It's purely a puzzle game, and most puzzles are physical: push a box, swing from a chain, time a jump, work out what a switch does. Move, jump, grab and push is the whole toolbox, and the puzzles are just hard enough not to get frustrating, apart from the last few. It took me around six hours to finish, and you can play a single puzzle or several in one sitting.

• Grim Fandango Remastered

  It's an adventure built on puzzle chains, and a typical session is 30 to 60 minutes of working one out. Sometimes it feels like you have to keep trying things until something works, instead of relying on clues or observation. A good place to stop is right after you finish a big chain.