Action oriented puzzle games sorted by year, newest first
Action puzzle games are a hybrid genre that combine elements of both action and puzzle games, requiring players to manipulate a character or solve problems within a real-time environment. Unlike traditional puzzle games that often allow for careful, turn-based thinking, action puzzle games demand quick reflexes and fast decision-making.
These games often involve navigating characters through obstacle-filled environments (thing about puzzle platformers). The core gameplay still revolves around problem-solving, but it’s layered with the intensity and pacing typically found in action titles.
These games often involve navigating characters through obstacle-filled environments (thing about puzzle platformers). The core gameplay still revolves around problem-solving, but it’s layered with the intensity and pacing typically found in action titles.
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Dinosaur Balls
DOS1992 Amwa (HK) Computer Co.
Locomotion
DOS1992 Prestige Softwareentwicklung
Oxyd
DOS1992 Dongleware
Pushover
DOS1992 Red Rat software
Pushover is a puzzle platformer video game developed by Red Rat Software and released by Ocean Software in 1992. It was initially available for the Commodore Amiga and later ported to various other platforms, including MS-DOS and ...
Super ZZT
DOS1992 Epic MegaGames
Thomas the Tank Engine
DOS1992 Peakstar Software
Tiny Skweeks
DOS1992 Kalisto Entertainment
Xmas Lemmings
DOS1992freeware DMA Design
Daffy Duck PI: The Case of the Missing Letters
DOS1991 Riedel Software Productions
Guldkorn Expressen
DOS1991 SilverRock productions
Lemmings
DOS1991 DMA Design
Lemmings is a classic puzzle-platformer video game developed by DMA Design (now known as Rockstar North) and published by Psygnosis. It was originally released in 1991 for the Amiga and later ported to numerous platforms including...
Oh no! More Lemmings
DOS1991 DMA Design
Paganitzu
DOS1991protected Apogee Software
Paganitzu is a classic puzzle-adventure game released in 1991 by Apogee Software. Set in an ancient pyramid, the game follows the exploits of its protagonist, Alabama Smith, who must navigate through a series of increasingly compl...
Rodent's Revenge
Windows 3.x1991 Microsoft
Rodent's Revenge is a puzzle video game originally released in 1991 as part of the Microsoft Entertainment Pack for Windows. Developed by Christopher Lee Fraley, the game is simple, with gameplay revolving around a small mouse cha...
Supaplex
DOS1991freeware Think!Ware Development
Supaplex is a classic puzzle game released in 1991 by Think!Ware Development for MS-DOS and Amiga. It is heavily inspired by Boulder Dash but introduces more complex mechanics. In Supaplex, you control a red, Pac-Man-like cha...
ZZT
DOS1991freeware Epic MegaGames
ZZT (1991, DOS) looks like it was drawn by an enthusiastic ASCII artist with too much time and not enough colors. And yet, it’s brilliant. Part action game, part puzzle adventure, part game creation tool, ZZT is the reason s...
Chagunitzu
DOS1990 Softdisk Publishing
Cloud Kingdoms
DOS1990 Logotron
Future Classics Collection
DOS1990
Night Shift
DOS1990 LucasArts
The Game of Harmony
DOS1990 The Assembly Line
The Light Corridor
DOS1990 Infogrames
All Dogs Go to Heaven
DOS1989 Polarware
This 1989 game is based on the animated movie where dogs die, go to heaven, then come back for revenge (sort of). The DOS adaptation? Well, it’s more like All Pixels Go Nowhere Fast. You jump, you dodge, you squint at the sc...
Archipelagos
DOS1989 Astral Software
Archipelagos is like a fever dream after watching too much Myst. You’re dropped onto strange, floating islands inhabited by stone monoliths and evil terrain-infecting sludge. Your job? Purify the land by destroying said mono...
Arkanoid 2: The Revenge of Doh
DOS1989 Taito
Doh is back, and he’s mad - presumably because no one understood what he was in the first place. Arkanoid 2 takes the original formula and dials everything up: more levels, more power-ups, more neon madness. It’s still...
Bombuzal
DOS1989 Image Works
Part puzzle, part platformer, part “what is even happening,” Bombuzal (1989, DOS) is a game where your job is to blow up every bomb on the screen—while not accidentally turning yourself into pixel confetti. Each ...
Helter Skelter
DOS1989 The Assembly Line
Never mind
DOS1989 Psygnosis
Rock 'n Roll
DOS1989 Rainbow Arts
Titan
DOS1989 Titus Interactive