What is N-Puzzle?
N-Puzzle stands for "Nice Puzzle" and is a free platform for daily puzzles built around Nintendo games. It currently hosts two games, NintenDoku and Perfect Game, both drawing from the same database of over 1,200 titles that spans every console generation, from the NES era of the 80s through SNES, N64 and GameCube to Wii, 3DS, Nintendo Switch and Switch 2. No account and no app required, just open the page and play. It has nothing to do with the classic numbered sliding puzzle that happens to share the name.
NintenDoku: the grid puzzle
NintenDoku is a 3x3 grid where each cell needs a Nintendo game that matches both its row and its column category. You have 12 guesses, every entry counts, and no game can be used twice. Categories include platforms (Switch, SNES, Game Boy), franchises (Mario, Zelda, Pokémon), genres, release decades, Metacritic scores and sales figures. It is similar in spirit to PokeDoku or the Immaculate Grid. Everyone solves the same daily puzzle, and an Unlimited mode offers endless random grids.
Perfect Game: three rounds, one cover
Perfect Game plays out over three rounds with six Nintendo games each. Your job is to pick the title with the highest value in that round: worldwide sales in round one, the Metacritic user score in round two, the critic score in round three. You get a single attempt per round, and the three winners combine into your own Perfect Game with its own cover to share. The format is related to Higher or Lower. A new puzzle drops every day, with an Unlimited mode for extra rounds.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does the name N-Puzzle mean?
N-Puzzle stands for "Nice Puzzle" and is a platform for daily puzzles about Nintendo games. There are currently two games: NintenDoku and Perfect Game. It has nothing to do with the classic sliding puzzle from computer science that is also called "N-Puzzle".
Which games are on N-Puzzle?
NintenDoku: A 3x3 grid where each cell needs a Nintendo game that matches both categories. Inspired by PokeDoku and the Immaculate Grid.
Perfect Game: Across three rounds, pick the Nintendo game with the highest value (sales, user score, critic score) and build your own cover. Related to the Higher-or-Lower format.
Both games share the same database of over 1,200 titles from NES to Nintendo Switch 2.
Are the games free?
Yes, every game on N-Puzzle is completely free. No account, no app, no installation. They run directly in the browser on PC, Mac, iPhone, iPad and Android. The project is run as a hobby by a single developer, support is welcome via Ko-fi.
How often are there new puzzles?
Each game has a new daily puzzle every day, identical for all players worldwide so you can compare your result with friends. On top of that there is an Unlimited mode where you can play as many random puzzles as you like with no limit.
What does "Streak" mean?
The streak counts how many consecutive days you have played the daily puzzle. It is saved locally in the browser. If a day is missed, the streak resets to zero. Each game keeps its own streak.
Can I share my results?
Yes. After each solved daily puzzle you can share your result, as an emoji grid in NintenDoku and as a personally generated cover in Perfect Game. This lets you show your result without spoiling the solution for others.
Is there more on N-Puzzle than the two games?
Yes. From the entries in NintenDoku, the page Best Nintendo Games is built every day, a ranking of the best loved Nintendo titles by franchise, genre, platform and release year. The more often a game is chosen as a correct answer in the puzzle, the higher it ranks. There you can compare categories head to head and guess the number 1 in a small quiz.
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