The best puzzles for adults and children 2024-2025

If you're looking for a hobby away from your computer screen (or just want to give your eyes a rest after a long day at work), puzzles are a good option. Less expensive and less fiddly than crafts, puzzles have become something of a godsend for many people during lockdown and beyond.

Below I have collected the most popular puzzles for children and adults, according to reviews on Yandex.Market. All of them are available in Russian online stores.

10. Woodland Tetris Big Space

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  • Material: wood
  • Age: from 5 years
  • Operating principle: collection

If you were into Tetris as a child, you will probably join in assembling this puzzle with your son or daughter. Such puzzles develop fine motor skills, logic and perseverance, so the “big Cosmos” will become a small step in the child’s development.

environmentally friendly materials

bright and beautiful picture

some pieces are slightly larger than needed, they have to be literally "pushed" into the puzzle

9. Bondibon "Smart. Cylinder", 4 rows

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  • Material: plastic
  • Age: from 4 years

The goal of the puzzle is to collect elements of the same color in one vertical row. Given the small size of the puzzle, it is convenient to take it with you on the road. The parts move effortlessly, so the child can easily cope with the task.

durable

compact

8. Woodland Kaleidoscope. Sea

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  • Material: wood
  • Operating principle: collection
  • By age: over 5 years old

This smart toy is designed to train logical and spatial thinking, attentiveness and patience. The goal of the puzzle is to use the pieces as a mosaic to get a geometric figure in the end.

The parts (there are 47 pieces in the set) are very bright, made of environmentally friendly material. The kit also includes an assembly diagram.

useful for fine motor skills

safe material

7. Balls, 120 tasks

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  • Material: plastic
  • Age: from 4 years
  • Size: 14x10 cm

One of the best puzzles for children was developed with the participation of teachers and psychologists according to the principle “from simple to complex”.

The goal of the puzzle is to put the balls in a certain sequence, or build a pyramid. In total, the book included in the set contains 120 tasks of varying difficulty levels. This is a good brain trainer not only for children, but also for parents.

the balls are comfortable to hold in your hand

robust construction

Excellent for developing fine motor skills and precise coordination of movements

6. Cast Puzzle Cast Infinity HZ 6-07

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  • Material: metal
  • Age: from 8 years
  • Operating principle: disconnection

Although this puzzle game looks simple, it can entertain you all day long, until your fingers tremble. It has a difficulty level of 6 on the Hanayama scale and, although it is advertised for school-age children, is more suitable for adults.

The puzzle consists of two rings connected to each other in the shape of an infinity sign. The task is to separate all the pieces. Good luck!

stylish design

quite complex for an adult

Excellent for developing manual dexterity and logical thinking

5. BONDIBON Smart Games Thrifty Squirrels

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  • Material: plastic
  • Age: from 6 years
  • Features: several difficulty levels
  • Operating principle: moving segments

This puzzle is suitable for both boys and girls. You need to place the squirrel figures in a certain order, and then move them so that all the nuts are underground. In some ways, "Squirrels" is similar to fifteen.

The game is compact, so you can take it on a trip. And several difficulty levels will not let the child get bored after completing the first task.

well made

Excellent for developing forecasting

4. Gravity 3D Labyrinth

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  • Material: plastic
  • Age: from 8 years
  • Operating principle: passing through a labyrinth

In this beautiful and unusual puzzle, you need to place translucent towers on the playing field so that the ball can roll through them to the finish. There are 60 cards with tasks, varying in difficulty. Each task can be solved in different ways.

"3D Labyrinth" will be entertaining for both one player and the whole family.

you can build your own labyrinths

high-quality, pleasant to the touch plastic

3. Neocube 216 5mm 8 colors

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  • Material: metal
  • Age: from 8 years
  • Features: magnetic
  • Operating principle: collection

A universal puzzle - suitable for both children and adults as an anti-stress. From this neocube you can assemble various figures and figurines, from geometric ones to robots, motorcycles and everything that a child's imagination is capable of.

Please note that the parts are small, so the Neocube should not be given to a preschool-aged child.

bright and colorful balloons

small size (3x3x3x3 cm) – convenient to take on the road

2. Magic World Labyrinth Track Ball 3D 138 moves

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  • Material: plastic
  • Age: from 6 years
  • Features: several difficulty levels
  • Operating principle: passing through a labyrinth

In a small transparent plastic sphere there is a complex labyrinth, with many turns and obstacles. You need to guide an iron ball through this labyrinth, rotating the sphere around its axis. Each path is numbered, so you can't make a mistake in the sequence of steps.

According to customer reviews, the "Labyrinth" is an exciting activity even for adults.

light and compact ball

wide paths

Excellent for developing abstract thinking and perseverance

The step numbers on the tracks may not be clearly visible, please note this before purchasing.

1. Moyu 3x3x3 MEILONG 3M magnetic color

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  • Material: magnet, plastic
  • Features: for speedcubing
  • Operating principle: collection
  • Age: from 5 years

One of the best puzzles of 2023 is not so difficult that it makes a child throw away a new toy because of failure, and interesting enough to captivate the owner for a day or two. Or even longer, if the child gets carried away with assembling the cube for speed.

The cube is made of colored plastic, and the letter M in the name indicates that it is magnetic.

The toy comes with instructions and a screwdriver for disassembling.

light and bright

spins quickly and effortlessly

convenient magnetic fixation