Abandonware DOS title

Abandonware puzzle games sorted by release date

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).
late-night-tv-show-06

Late Night Sexy TV Show

DOS1994NSFW trivia / quiz
lemmings95-03

Lemmings 95

Windows XP/98/951994 action puzzle
marble-cooking-05

Marble Cooking

DOS1994NSFW action puzzle
the-incredible-machine-2-title

The Incredible Machine 2

DOSWindows 3.xWindows XP/98/951994 physics puzzle
the-incredible-toon-machine-05

The Incredible Toon Machine

Windows 3.x1994 physics puzzle
The Incredible Toon Machine is a puzzle video game developed by Jeff Tunnell Productions and published by Sierra On-Line in 1994. It serves as the successor to the game Sid & Al's Incredible Toons and is part of the The Incred...
extractors-01

Diggers 2: Extractors

DOS1995 action puzzle
thehumans3-01

Humans 3: Evolution - Lost in Time

DOS1995protected action puzzle
3d-lemmings-3

Lemmings 3D

DOS1995 action puzzle
mirror-magic-2-02

Mirror Magic

Windows XP/98/95Linux1995freeware physics puzzle
xixit-1

Xixit

DOS1995 falling blocks
zoop-03

Zoop

DOS1995 action puzzle
Imagine if Tetris, Columns, and a pack of highlighters had a baby. That’s Zoop. You’re in the center of the screen, and colorful shapes are marching toward you from all sides like angry abstract art. Your job? Blast th...
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...
chain-reaction-02

Chain Reaction

DOS1996 falling blocks
color-balls-02

Color Balls

DOS1996 falling blocks
snood-03

Snood

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

Tetris (Academysoft)

DOS1996 falling blocks
x-tetris-win-02

X-Tetris

Windows XP/98/951996NSFW falling blocks
bust-a-move-01

Bust-A-Move

DOS1997freeware tile-matching, action puzzle
Also known as Puzzle Bobble, this bubble-popping classic stars those cute dragons from Bubble Bobble, now in competitive puzzle mode. Match three colors, clear the screen, panic as the ceiling drops—repeat until addicted. Bu...
acid-tetris-02

Acid Tetris

DOS1998freewareremake falling blocks
If you ever looked at regular Tetris and thought, “What this really needs is eye-melting colors and a possible migraine,” then Acid Tetris (1998, DOS) is your jam. It’s the classic block-dropper, now with a palet...
sentinel-returns-05

Sentinel Returns

Windows XP/98/951998
bit-storm-03

BitStorm

DOS1999 action puzzle
1999’s BitStorm is what happens when someone decides to make a strategy game and forgets to put the brakes on the caffeine. It’s fast, it’s furious, and you’ll probably lose your first five games before rea...
gruntz-01

Gruntz

Windows XP/98/951999
traintown-deluxe-04

3D Ultra Lionel Traintown

Windows XP/98/952000 action puzzle
If your childhood involved model trains and elaborate setups that your cat kept destroying, 3D Ultra Lionel Traintown is digital therapy. Released in 2000 for Windows XP, it mixes puzzles, deliveries, and train management in a wor...
blockout2-03

BlockOut 2

Windows XP/98/95Linux2000freeware
If you’ve ever looked at Tetris and thought, “This needs to be in 3D and way harder,” then BlockOut 2 (2000) is your kind of punishment. This brain-melter takes falling blocks to the next dimension—literall...