Abandonware DOS title

The most popular abandonware puzzle games

Puzzle games are about solving logical or strategic puzzles, jigsaws, mathematical brain teasers, and quizzes. The player can control one or more characters (as in Lemmings) or interact with static or moving objects (as in Tetris).
sentinel-returns-05

Sentinel Returns

Windows XP/98/951998
robbo-02

Robbo

DOS1993freeware action puzzle, sokoban
jeopardy-junior-03

Jeopardy! Junior Edition

DOS1989 word puzzle
15x15picpuzzle-02

15x15 Picture Puzzle

DOS1996freeware tile-matching, reveal the picture
This game is either a delightful brain teaser or a slow descent into madness, depending on how patient you are. 15x15 Picture Puzzle gives you a scrambled mess of tiny square tiles and challenges you to rearrange them into a beaut...
magcrane-2

Magnetic Crane

DOS1989 tile-matching
pick-and-pile-02

Pick 'n Pile

DOS1990 tile-matching
xmas-lemmings-01

Xmas Lemmings

DOS1992freeware action puzzle
turbo-science-04

Quarky & Quaysoo's Turbo Science

DOS1992 trivia / quiz
mario-time-machine-01

Mario's Time Machine

DOS1993 action puzzle
sarakon-01

Sarakon

DOS1991 tile-matching
beyond-columns-03

Beyond Columns

DOS1989remake falling blocks
Beyond Columns is what happens when someone looks at Tetris and says, “What if we made it... slightly fancier?” This match-three puzzle game involves dropping shiny columns of gems and aligning them for points, all whi...
future-classics-03

Future Classics Collection

DOS1990 maze, action puzzle, falling blocks
extractors-01

Diggers 2: Extractors

DOS1995 action puzzle
mystery-at-the-museums-01

Mystery at the Museums

DOS1993 tile-matching, reveal the picture
nyet-03

Nyet

DOS1988freeware falling blocks
zyconix-2

Zyconix

DOS1992protected falling blocks
Imagine Tetris went on a sugar binge and had an identity crisis. That’s Zyconix (1992, DOS) in a nutshell. It’s a tile-matching puzzle game where nothing quite behaves how you expect it to, and that’s half the fu...
swap-microids-01

Swap

DOS1992 tile-matching
safe-opening-sim-01

Safe Opening Simulator

DOS1993 math puzzle
nanotank-3x-03

Nanotank

Windows 3.x1993 action puzzle
snood-03

Snood

DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OS1996freeware tile-matching
tetrisacademysoft-splash

Tetris (Academysoft)

DOS1996 falling blocks
shangai2-01

Shanghai II: Dragon's Eye

Windows 3.xMac OS1990 tile-matching, board game
helter-skelter-04

Helter Skelter

DOS1989 action puzzle, physics puzzle
the-price-is-right-01

The Price is Right

DOS1990 trivia / quiz
classic-concentration-01

Classic Concentration

DOS1988 board game
kwiksnax-03

Kwik Snax Dizzy

DOS1993 sokoban
gapper-03

Gapper

DOS1986 action puzzle
wordtris-01

Wordtris

DOSMac OS1991 word puzzle
sink-or-swim-05

Sink or Swim

DOS1993 action puzzle