Abandonware DOS title

The best 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).
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Brix

DOS1992freeware falling blocks
If Tetris and a Rubik’s Cube had a weird love child, it’d be Brix. This 1992 brain-snapper is a tile-sliding puzzle game where every move counts and logic is your only weapon. You'll feel brilliant one moment, and hope...
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Supaplex

DOS1991freeware action puzzle
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...
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Atomix

DOS1990 tile-matching
Atomix is a tile-based puzzle game released in 1990 by Thalion Software for platforms like Amiga, Atari ST, MS-DOS, and Commodore 64. The objective of Atomix is to assemble molecular structures by moving individual atoms arou...
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Stone Age

DOS1992 sokoban
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Guldkorn Expressen

DOS1991 action puzzle
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Logical

DOS1991 falling blocks
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Porntris

DOS1993remakeNSFW falling blocks
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Chain Reaction

DOS1996 falling blocks
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Bumpy's Arcade Fantasy

DOS1992 platform
Imagine Marble Madness had a caffeine overdose and fell into a platformer. That’s Bumpy’s Arcade Fantasy. You control a perpetually bouncing ball named Bumpy (creative, I know), who must navigate tricky levels full of ...
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Blockout

DOSMac OS1989 falling blocks
Imagine Tetris but in three dimensions and your brain slowly melting into a puddle of confusion. That is Blockout. You drop 3D shapes into a pit and try to line them up, but nothing fits the way you want it to. You rotate pieces o...
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Hexxagon 2

DOS1993 tile-matching
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Tetris

DOS1987 falling blocks
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Sextris

DOS1992NSFW falling blocks, reveal the picture
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Cascade

DOS1990 word puzzle
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Super Tetris

DOS1991 falling blocks
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X-Tetris

Windows XP/98/951996NSFW falling blocks
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The Fool's Errand

DOS1989freeware word puzzle
The Fool's Errand is a puzzle-adventure computer game created by Cliff Johnson and released in 1987 for Macintosh and later for MS-DOS. The game follows the journey of a nameless fool through a magical land inspired by Tarot ...
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Minesweeper

Windows 3.x1992 math puzzle
Microsoft Minesweeper is an iconic puzzle game that has been included with Microsoft Windows operating systems since Windows 3.1. The game's objective is to clear a rectangular board containing hidden mines without detonating any ...
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Lemmings

DOS1991 action puzzle
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...
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Lemmings 95

Windows XP/98/951994 action puzzle
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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...
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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...
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Arcade Trivia Quiz

DOS1993 trivia / quiz
Think you're smart? Arcade Trivia Quiz (1993) is here to humble you with rapid-fire questions about pop culture, history, and whatever else the developers could fit on a floppy disk. It’s like playing Jeopardy! with a host w...
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Archipelagos

DOS1989 action puzzle
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...
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Beauty and the Beast

DOS1992 action puzzle
This isn’t Disney’s musical fairytale—it’s a DOS game, which means Beauty and the Beast is way more "puzzle platformer" than "tale as old as time." You play as the Beast, leaping around levels, solving very...
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Boppin

DOS1994freeware tile-matching
Boppin (1994, DOS) is a puzzle game that starts out cute and then sucker-punches you with its sinister undertone—literally. You throw blocks to match symbols, release trapped creatures, and eventually realize the game has a ...
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Boulder Dash Construction Kit

DOS1987 action puzzle
Boulder Dash Construction Kit is both a full game and a level editor, built around the gameplay mechanics of the original Boulder Dash (1984). You still play as Rockford, the pixelated, googly-eyed spelunker, digging through caves...
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Contraption Zack

DOS1992 action puzzle
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Gapper

DOS1986 action puzzle