Abandonware DOS title

Action oriented puzzle games sorted by release date

Action puzzle games require the player to manipulate game pieces in a real-time environment. Action puzzle games show features of both action games and puzzle games; it's a broad definition that can be applied to a lot of puzzle games.

Most popular action puzzle games

Lemmings 95
puzzleWindows XP/98/95
Arkanoid
actionDOS
Lemmings
puzzleDOS
  • zzt-2
    DOS1991freeware4.2/5 Epic MegaGames
  • beauty-and-the-beast-02
    DOS19924.1/5 Infogrames
  • bettlejuiceskeletons-1
    DOS19923.9/5 Hi-Tech Expressions
  • clyde-adventure-03
    DOS1992freeware3.5/5 Moonlite Software
  • contraption-zack-02
    DOS19923.7/5 Presage Software
  • dinosaur-balls-02
    DOS19923.8/5 Amwa (HK) Computer Co.
  • locomotion-4
    DOS19924.2/5 Prestige Softwareentwicklung
  • oxyd-3
    DOS19923.9/5 Dongleware
  • pushover-1
    DOS19923.8/5 Red Rat software
  • super-zzt-05
    DOS19923.3/5 Epic MegaGames
  • thomas-tank-engine-1-03
    DOS19923.3/5 Peakstar Software
  • tinyskweeks-1
    DOS19923.5/5 Kalisto Entertainment
  • xmas-lemmings-01
    DOS1992freeware4/5 DMA Design
  • holidaylemmings-1
    DOS19934.2/5 DMA Design

    Lemmings was one of the most iconic puzzle games ever made. It was also one of the most inventive. The idea behind those tiny furred punk suicidal rodents is truly a stroke of genius. Not surprisingly, after the huge success of the first game a lot of sequels followed. Holiday Lemmings is just one of them.

  • lemmings2-2
    DOS19934.3/5 DMA Design

    Lemmings 2: The Tribes is an abandoned puzzle game part of the acclaimed Lemmings series. It was developed by DMA Design and released by Psygnosis in 1993. Lemmings 2: The Tribes runs on DOS but was also published for Acorn, Amiga, Atari ST, Game Boy, Genesis, SNES. 

  • litil-divil-02
    DOS1993protected4/5 Gremlin Graphics / Gremlin Interactive
  • nanotank-3x-03
    Windows 3.x19933.7/5
  • robbo-02
    DOS1993freeware3.8/5 xLand Games
  • sink-or-swim-05
    DOS19933.6/5 Zeppelin Games
  • thehumans-2
    DOS1993protected4.2/5 Imagitec Design
  • lostvikings-1
    DOS19934.3/5 Silicon & Synapse

    The Lost Vikings is an old DOS platform-puzzle game, developed by Silicon & Synapse and published by Interplay Productions in 1993. In The Lost Vikings you have to solve puzzles by controlling three characters (glorious vikings!), each with a single skill of its own.

  • thomas-tank-engine-2-03
    DOS19933.3/5 Peakstar Software
  • lemmings-chronicles-03
    DOS19943.4/5 DMA Design
  • diggers-5
    DOS19944.3/5 Millennium Interactive
  • lemmings95-03
    Windows XP/98/9519944/5 DMA Design
  • marble-cooking-05
    DOS1994NSFW3.5/5 Negative
  • clyde-revenge-04
    DOS1995freeware3/5 Moonlite Software
  • thehumans3-01
    DOS1995protected4.1/5 Imagitec Design
  • 3d-lemmings-3
    DOS19953.4/5 Psygnosis
  • zoop-03
    DOS19953.2/5 Hookstone