Cypher
Continuing with our black and white theme, Cypher is a puzzle game all about cryptography. There are very little details in the game’s scenery and gameplay, instead using stark whites and vivid blacks to guide the player through a muted museum.
Absolutely no color can be found within this game and even the puzzles themselves are restricted to black and white.
To top it off, a persistent classical soundtrack plays as you do your best to solve each and every puzzle, contributing to the peaceful, minimalist atmosphere the game tries to give you.
Cypher’s minimalism allows players to focus entirely on its puzzles with very little distractions. Though, in all honesty, the fact that there is practically nothing in the museum can be pretty distracting.
Regardless, Cypher is the only game on this list that takes the more traditional approach to minimalism with quite a lot of empty space, open areas, and plain locations.