Abandonware puzzle games sorted by title, from Z to A

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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Pipe Dream

DOSWindows 3.x19894.3/5 tile-matching

Pipe Mania (also known as Pipe Dream is a tile-matching (sort of) puzzle game about flowing liquids developed by The Assembly Line in 1989. You must build a path made of pipe pieces to let a green liquid (sewer goo?) flow. It's simple, original and addicting, that's why Pipe Mania was cloned a number of times.

Pick 'n Pile

DOS19903.5/5 tile-matching

Penthouse Hot Numbers

DOS1993NSFW4/5 tile-matching

Penthouse electric jigsaw

DOS1990NSFW3.7/5 tile-matching, reveal the picture

Oxyd

DOS19923.9/5 action puzzle

Oh no! More Lemmings

DOS19914/5 action puzzle

Nyet

DOS1988freeware3.6/5 falling blocks

Number Munchers

DOS19903.6/5 math puzzle

Night Shift

DOS19904.2/5 action puzzle, platform

Never mind

DOS19892.8/5 action puzzle

Nanotank

Windows 3.x19933.7/5 action puzzle

Mystery at the Museums

DOS19933.3/5 tile-matching, reveal the picture

Mirror Magic

Windows XP/98/95Linux1995freeware3.6/5 physics puzzle

Minesweeper

Windows 3.x19924/5 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 of them. The player clicks on a square to reveal what's underneath, and numbers are displayed to indicate how many mines...

Mario Teaches Typing

DOSMac19924/5 word puzzle

Marble Cooking

DOS1994NSFW3.5/5 action puzzle

Mah Jongg Solitaire

DOS19874/5 board game, tile-matching

Magnetic Crane

DOS19892.9/5 tile-matching

M Labyrinth

DOS19933.9/5 tile-matching

Loopz

DOS19903.8/5 tile-matching

Logo

DOS1990NSFW3.8/5 tile-matching

Logical

DOS19914.1/5 falling blocks

Locomotion

DOS19924.2/5 action puzzle

Lexi-Cross

DOS19914/5 word puzzle

Lexi-Cross is an abandoned science fiction tv show-styled puzzle game. Lexi-Cross was developed by Platinumware and released for DOS by Interplay Productions in 1991. The gameplay is a turn-based mix between Scrabble and Wheel of fortune with elements of Battleship.

Lemmings 95

Windows XP/98/9519944/5 action puzzle

Lemmings 3D

DOS19953.5/5 action puzzle

Lemmings 2: The Tribes

DOS19934.3/5 action puzzle

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.