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Puzzle Agent
Created with indie comic artist Graham Annable's unique narrative and visual sensibilities, delivered with the distinctive Telltale storytelling style, Puzzle Agent is sure to challenge, thrill and engage in more ways than you can shake a cryptogram at!
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “enjoyable puzzle solving” (43 of 79 reviews) and “quirky creepy mysteries” (23); the most common complaint is “short few-hour campaign” (17). What reviewers agree on ↓
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-10-22 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
43 of the 79 reviews raise this.
“Underrated puzzle game with a detective story. As a big puzzles fan, this puzzle game is absolutely made for me. The story and characters were intriguing too. I was even spooked a few times by the horror elements. It's…”
23 of the 79 reviews raise this.
“Underrated puzzle game with a detective story. As a big puzzles fan, this puzzle game is absolutely made for me. The story and characters were intriguing too. I was even spooked a few times by the horror elements. It's…”
18 of the 79 reviews raise this.
“Nice little puzzle game with mostly easy to intermediate puzzles. fairly short (i only got the 4.2h as i forgot to close the game while cooking my dinner)”
18 of the 79 reviews raise this.
“mmm puzzle agent, I love the artstyle and the story. the puzzles make me feel like an idiot”
8 of the 79 reviews raise this.
17 of the 79 reviews raise this · 15 of them still recommend the game.
“Underrated puzzle game with a detective story. As a big puzzles fan, this puzzle game is absolutely made for me. The story and characters were intriguing too. I was even spooked a few times by the horror elements. It's…”
12 of the 79 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
12 of the 79 reviews raise this · 9 of them still recommend the game.
“Love love loveeee this game. First played it when I was around 8 years old with my basically uncle -- and though I wasn't any good I still remember having so much fun and always looking forward to it (the red gnomes did…”
“Not very long but fun to play. Even better if you used to watch this artist's animations as I did many years ago but also if it's new to you. It keeps the usual mystery and creepiness, just no monkey screams lol. Some…”
4 of the 79 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“The story just stops midway with no answer to any of the mysteries, I'm assuming they get resolved in the second game. Apart from that, an all around excellent game. (about my hours, I alt-tabbed the game one night and…”
Counted across 79 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 89.1% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“Diary of a Wimpy Kid meets Twin Peaks meets that random mobile game your mom plays. Short yet sweet, challenging at times (I’m stupid.) but absolutely amazing. The game has a really amazing small-town feel & storyline to follow along with. There's also hot dish & gnomes. 10/10”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played“It is fun and silly. Sort of a Twin Peaks meets Fargo meets Puzzles”
— a player, Steam review · 34 hrs played“Puzzles were quite a bit of an double edged sword, sometimes they were easy to understand & some were just out there. That or i'm very clearly not the right demographic to be playing this... The story however was very interesting, it leaves it up to interpretation on what really…”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
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Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-10-23). Relative comparison only.
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Casual |
| Player tags | Puzzle · Adventure · Point & Click · Casual · Detective · Singleplayer · Mystery · Comedy · Surreal · Short · Action · Horror (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
| Official site | https://www.telltale.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows XP / Vista / Windows 7 Processor: 2.0 GHz + Memory: 512MB Graphics: 64MB DirectX 8.1-compliant video card DirectX®: DirectX 8.1 or greater Hard Drive: 220MB Sound: DirectX 8.1 or greater sound device