Puzzle Quest Immortal Edition is a fine name for this, because the original Puzzle Quest is a game that will never die. I’m not talking in terms of World of Warcraft, a live service well beyond its prime. I’m talking Street Fighter 2 or Tetris, games rereleased over and over again for all time. The original PQ released in 2007 for handhelds and was a smash hit, eventually releasing for consoles and PC. PQ: Galactrix released in 2009. PQ 2 released in 2010. Then it went to mobile, only veering off for a PQ 1 rerelease called PQ: The Legend Returns. So this makes it the third iteration(not counting a 2008 expansion).
Puzzle Quest Immortal Edition is a remaster of the 2007 game and includes all the content, plus the Revenge of the Plague Lord expansion(which I never played unfortunately) and the new stuff in Legend Returns. So what exactly is PQ? Its a match 3 RPG where you battle monsters by taking turns matching gems. There are classes and spells and equipment. But instead of spending the next 18 paragraphs going over this in-depth, I’ll just post a portion of the marketing blurb.
Create a Hero who gains skills and spells
Match-3 Battles with varied opponents requiring different strategies
Complete Quests and Side Quests
Meet Companions who will aide you
Learn Spells and collect Items
Build your Citadel – add buildings that grant you special powers
Capture creatures, use them as Mounts and train them
Capture monsters and play the research mini-game to learn their spells
Discover hidden Runes and create magical items in your Citadel Forge
Siege Cities around Etheria to expand your dominion
Got it? Good! Puzzle Quest Immortal Edition is one of those games that hooks you and hours later, you realize you are still playing. Yeah the AI is a bit wonky at times, either decimating you in one go, or making questionable blunders. Still, you’ll be playing this for a very long time.
However, to be honest, I did not play past the first boss for review. I really didn’t need too. Back in 2007, I squeezed every ounce of game play out of the original. The core game has not changed in Puzzle Quest: Immortal edition. It is still the great game it was. However, The UI has changed, and it is a lot better. The map and graphics in general are also vastly more detailed. The sound design sadly remains exactly the same. There are a lot more side quests this time around, but they don’t set the world on fire, they’re go here and fight that with little elaboration.
Chances are, by the time you read this, PQ: The Legends Returns will be removed from the Nintendo eShop. Not surprising at all, why play that when you can play Puzzle Quest Immortal instead? If you haven’t played PQ at all, go play this, it is an awesome game. If you have played The Legend Returns, there’s not really any reason to get this. If you’ve only played the original, it’s entirely up to you if you want to see the new content, keeping in mind the 2 expansions are back-loaded and the new side quests are poorly made. Honestly, I’m going to have to go an unusual route and split the verdict and score here. Puzzle Quest Immortal Edition gets a Your Mileage May Vary Verdict with a 9 score. Whether or not you want to play this quality game is really up to you.
Overall: Puzzle Quest Immortal Edition is the best version of a classic game. But whether you need to play this is completely up to you.
Verdict: Your Mileage May Vary
Score: 9
| Release Date | 9/18/25 |
| Cost | $14.99 |
| Publisher | 505 Games |
| ESRB Rating | E10+ |
Game received for free from the Publisher!
P.S. Puzzle Quest Immortal is not to be confused with Anime Puzzle Quest which is garbage.
Joseph Choi
Man, I racked up unfathomable hours on this gem on my old flip phone waaay back in the day. Beat it with every class. So tempted, but I have such a backlog. Don’t need any more crack, thank you.